Nelson Magazine July 2022 by Top South Media

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MARITIME HISTORY

Cloudy Kitchen’s

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What’s inside Features 18-21

Stargazers

22-25

Cloudy Kitchen’s sunny future

27-29

The road to Roblox

31-33

Painting our maritime history

35-37

Lessons from Lake Angelus

71-75

Winter travel

31-33 Regular 15

If I could…

On the Couch

What’s Hot

On the Street

48-51

Food and Drink

53-55

My Home

Gardening

Health

What’s On

81-86

Social pages

87-90

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My favourite recipe is a pork ball rice paper roll. It’s a good mix of pretending to be fancy while still being fun because you make it at the table with everyone, like tacos.

A borscht soup recipe, which is an Eastern European beetroot dish, that I got from a friend whose son is the Masterchef, Josh Emett.

A traditional Russian potato salad, called Olivier salad. I remember my grandmother making it and it’s been passed down through the family.

Letter to the Editor My husband and I have recently moved to live full time in the Nelson Tasman district. There is plenty to enjoy in this lovely area, not least of which is your beautifully produced magazine, which is a pleasure to receive each month. We did enjoy the kitchen section in the June issue, Cooper Webley having recently finished installing our new kitchen. They were a pleasure to deal with and it was good to see them being recognised in the local kitchen awards. We also enjoyed reading about the Cathedral in the latest Nelson Magazine, as well as the ‘fresh way to shop’ article, which confirms that there are so many people who produce quality fresh food in this area of New Zealand. It is good to know who some of them are, and where they can be found. I always like the What’s Hot and the Home-Style pages showcasing new products, and importantly, where to find them. You are producing a quality magazine filled with lots of interesting and relevant information. Jane Midgley Congratulations to Jane Midgley who won a luxury hydrojelly mask treatment at Nelson Skin Clinic.

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Headliners What made news in our region Beer for the birds

Closure of Nelson’s library

What do you get when a local brewery teams up with an eco-sanctuary? In the case of the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary and The Free House, it’s a delicious kawakawa beer called the ‘kākāriki pale ale,’ named after the kākāriki karaka, one of the species of parakeet released in the sanctuary. The beer collaboration hopes to raise some awareness about the birds while also raising funds for the sanctuary as 10% from every beer purchased will be donated to the sanctuary.

Nelson’s Elma Turner Library has been closed following a safety inspection of its ceiling tiles. A Nelson City Council spokesperson says an inspection was recently carried out which identified the safety risks in the heavy ceiling tiles, which makes it unsafe for people to be in the building. The library will be closed temporarily, possibly for up to three months, depending on when repair work can be carried out.

Firefighters face a climb for charity Nicole Semaine will be carrying more than half her body weight in gear when she climbs 1103 stairs in the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge on Saturday 20 August. Nicole is joining six others from the Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade to climb the 51 flights of stairs to raise money for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand. Last year $1.37 million was raised through the Sky Tower Challenge and an associated event. The team are looking forward to the event, although a little nervous, with firefighter Ashley McCabe saying she’s more nervous to do the stair challenge than she is fighting fires.

Black jersey call-up for locals Five players from the Tasman region have been selected for the U20 All Blacks ahead of their upcoming tour. Hooker Monu Moli, loose forward Viliami Napa’a, fullback Macca Springer, halfback Noah Hotham and winger Nik Vikena have all been named in the squad to play in the Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship. The squad has already left for Australia to prepare for games against Fiji, Argentina and Australia U20. The players are all excited about the announcement, “I told my nana first, it was pretty emotional and I was pretty proud,” says Macca.

Three candidates for mayor, so far

Nelson College puts field up for adoption

The Nelson mayoralty race has increased to three with councillor Matt Lawrey, councillor Rohan O’Neill Stevens and ex-councillor Kerry Neale all vying for the top job. Incumbent mayor Rachel Reese has announced she will not run again after nine years in the position. Deputy mayor Judene Edgar says she is still “considering options” for council but has ruled out running for mayor, as has former mayoral candidate and current councillor, Mel Courtney.

Funding drives have started for the Nelson College front field’s much-needed facelift later this year. The project will see the mud-prone, front field ripped up and drainage and irrigation added. To help with raising funds for the project the field’s 8750 square metres have been put up for ‘adoption’ at $20 per square metre. While adoption does not infer ownership, Nelson College Old Boy’s Association president Chris Harvey says it is a way to show your support for the iconic field’s revitalisation.

Things we love We love Amber Sisarich’s commitment to beautifying the streets. On a chilly winter afternoon, Amber was spotted rugged up on Main Road Stoke painting a mural titled, ‘Fungi of Aotearoa’ on a telecommunications cabinet as part of the Chorus Cabinet Art campaign.

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If I could... Simon Duffy has been the manager of Uniquely Nelson for eight years, in charge of marketing and promoting Nelson City. Although he loves his job, if he had the choice, he’d be a helicopter pilot.

If I could spend a day with anyone, it would be... Without hesitation, David Attenborough. He is a true statesman of our current world. He has a depth of past experiences to know where we are truly going environmentally.

If I could tell my younger self one thing, it would be... Slow down. My father, who was a headmaster, always used to say to us kids, “always practice the three R’s in life.” Being kids we hopped on our bicycles and headed off to the river only to return at dinner time. He was right though. It wasn’t until later in life that I started to understand his wise words. Respect yourself, respect others and take responsibility for your actions. If you don’t get the first R, you will not get the other two.

If I could be Prime Minister for a day, I would… Buy every 18-21 year old a one-way ticket to go and see the world. 94% of New Zealanders return home culturally broadened, with a wealth of knowledge and wisdom to be a better person.

If I could have any job, it would be… A helicopter pilot. Comes with a lot of responsibility, you can work around the world and every day is different on so many levels. Like any job, it has its ups and downs!

If I could only eat one meal for the rest of my life it would be... I’ve cooked all my life, so this is a tricky one. It would have to be an Asian dish due to so many flavour combinations that covers the diversity of over 48 Asian countries. Lots of spices, and garlic, and make it hot!

If I could only take one thing to a desert island, it would be… Interesting question. It’s similar to - if you had to parachute into the middle of the Amazon jungle and spend six months walking out, what would you take with you? The answer for me would be a survivalist. Someone with a different skill set to get collectively to an end goal.

If I could be on a reality TV show, it would be… If I had the misfortune to be on a reality TV show, it wouldn’t be reality.

If I could travel anywhere, it would be…

If I could donate $1m to any charity it would be…

South America. I worked in travel and tour guiding in my early days all around the world and I never went to South America. It would have to be on a motorbike because that’s where the adventure would begin, top to bottom.

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Drawing upon 18 years of surgical experience in the Nelson and Tasman regions, Tasman Day Surgery opened its doors to the public on March 7. We talk to director, Dr Jane Strang about how things are progressing with the new clinic and her team of talented health care professionals.

The opening of the day stay hospital has been on the cards since 2019, how have you found things so far? Everything has been running as we hoped it would, we were very well prepared! It has taken a team of us getting together, involved every step of the way, with many meetings to ensure everything aligned. We are excited to offer a safe, caring and welcoming space for people to come to. Lynda Wakefield, our general manager has been instrumental in it all coming together.

How easy is it for people to access Tasman Day Stay and the services that your team have available? We always prefer people have a referral from their general practitioner as it is always important to keep your GP informed of your health. But we do welcome people to pop in and have a chat with one of our well-resourced administration or nursing team, they are always happy to assist in whatever way they can.

Having any surgical procedure done can be a daunting time for anyone, how do you put someone at ease? Being able to provide a comfortable and welcoming place for a procedure is paramount to reassurance – it doesn’t feel like a hospital. We provide an environment that is well staffed and well- resourced

giving us the ability to provide that extra little bit of care and attention that is required. The four endoscopists at TDS work collaboratively to ensure quick access to the service and the nursing and administration staff assist in helping patients get well prepared for the day of procedure. Many patients will have a procedure done and be comfortably home within four hours.

Your passion for your work shines through, what is it that drives your devotion to the field? I just love my work! I have been a consultant at NMDHB for 14 years, doing private general surgery and endoscopy for 13 years. I enjoy the theory and science behind surgical problems, the technical aspect of my work, and the people that we are helping. It can be a scary time for people, and you end up forming long-term relationships with many of them. It is wonderful to be able to stay involved and support people through their tough times. I also love the teaching element of my work, it really is satisfying, and having to keep up to date with ever changing technologies and techniques is extremely important.

What do you look forward to in the future with Tasman Day Stay? We look forward to welcoming new endoscopists and surgeons on board in the next few months and have a few exciting plans in the pipeline for further development of the services we provide.

Stargazers As New Zealand celebrates Matariki, Paula Hulburt discovers what makes the Top of the South so special when it comes to stargazing and why the night skies here are so alluring.

Jack Burden The Janie Seddon shipwreck, captured under the night sky, with the lights of Nelson in the background.

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awn is several hours away. Puffs of warm breath hitting the cold night air briefly bloom and disappear as stargazers point telescopes skyward. The Wai-iti dark sky park near Wakefield is almost silent as, above, the Milky Way dazzles.

seven sisters, or the Pleiades. During the months

Once a popular recreation reserve for day trippers from Nelson in the 19th century, the whispers of picnics past hover in the peace, the echoes of laughter just out of reach. The Top of the South Dark Sky Committee have helped make the domain a popular haunt once again. The clear winter nights at the domain are a welcome sight for members of the Nelson Astronomical Society, a time of wonder as the clearer skies reveal more of their secrets than any other time of the year.

across the Pacific centuries ago, the cluster are

For long time astronomer and society secretary Dennis Goodman, the colder nights are special. “Winter is definitely the best time as you get the clearer skies in the middle of winter, bringing parts of the Milky Way directly overhead. It’s just magnificent. “When you look up at the Milky Way, you’re looking at the centre of the galaxy.” Dennis is fascinated by the sky. As a keen 16-yearold he first became secretary of the society, a role he has gravitated back to. He has spent decades studying the night sky and fondly remembers saving to buy his first telescope for $400 in the 1970s. “I got my first telescope in 1970 from proceeds of my job at the Watties factory.” You can hear the warmth in his voice as Dennis recollects his early days as a stargazer. “I remember taking my telescope out as a kid between 7 and 8pm on a winter’s evening, but you wouldn’t see much because of the haze from the fires. It’s much better now, you get a lot of clear nights in the Top of the South but now the problem is light pollution.”

of June and July, the Matariki star cluster reappears above the horizon, ushering in a new year according to the Māori lunar calendar. While navigators followed these stars to guide them relatively new in terms of stars, explains Dennis. “The Seven Sisters are significant as in stellar term they’re very young, so young that if you take photos, you can see remnants of the dust cloud where the stars were formed.” Dennis is looking forward to seeing the rising of Matariki in the dawn skies and is set to attend a dark sky retreat in Otago. While Nelson city is too close to the hills for a crystal-clear view, Rarangi and Seddon in Marlborough are ideal, he says. But wherever he is in the country, Dennis keeps a keen eye on the night skies. “Sometimes I just go out at night and stand on my doorstep and have a look at what’s up there. The northern hemisphere don’t see it like we do, we get unique views that are really special.” For Ralph Bradley, chairman of the Top of the South Dark Sky Committee, protecting the pristine night skies that offer such rewards is of vital importance. While he says the Wai-iti Dark Sky Park has been created for pure enjoyment, it has a more serious function too – preserving the night sky for future generations. He was instrumental in helping the 135-hectare park gain sought-after Dark Sky status. The park is one of just four in New Zealand to achieve this. Wai-iti Dark Sky Park has achieved international recognition, being endorsed by the International

“If you want to see the night sky at its pristine best, you need to go to the country, to Wai-iti.

Dark Sky Association (IDA). It includes the Wai-iti

“We are also in a fortunate position in the north side of Nelson, being so far away from the main town, and from out there the sky, on a very clear moonless night, can be just magnificent.”

south of Wakefield.

Winter in New Zealand signals the beginning of Matariki, the Māori New Year and the rising of the

dark night sky for our own health and well-being,

Recreational Reserve and Tunnicliff Forest, just “This is a small step to preserve the night sky for future generations. It is a place to teach and educate the community about the importance of the natural and that of plants and animals in our environment.”

Jack Burden

1. Cawthron Atkinson Observatory director Brent Nicholls, Dennis Goodman and Jake Beemeyer at the Cawthron Atkinson Observatory. | 2. Dennis Goodman, Secretary of the Nelson Astronomical Society. | 3. Jack Burden photographing the night skies in Iceland. | 4. Cable Bay Milky Way.

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A world without stars is like a world without flowers.

Ralph’s fascination with astronomy began when aged 11, he witnessed an unusual event for the Top of the South, a full-scale aurora. Then living in Golden Bay, he was shaken awake by his father who got up at 1am to ready for work at the local exchange. What Ralph saw that night made a huge impact. “It was very, very rare that far north. The sky was dancing with blues and greens. It made such an impression on me and started my interest in the night sky.” Over the last four years, Ralph has painstakingly built an observatory on his farm near Wakefield. It has been a labour of love for the one-time automotive engineer. He hopes to soon open it to members of the public to help educate people about the importance of preserving what he explains is a precious commodity. “Our propensity of lighting up the night is damaging; we’re going away from soft light and candlelight to LED, and the blue light is causing serious damage. You lose the view of the stars, that treasure that we really must preserve. A world without stars is like a world without flowers.

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His interest grew, and when he first started photography in 2014, it was the skies he was attracted to. Self-taught, he laughs as he recalls his first attempts. “The first time I attempted to capture the stars was on Whangamata Beach in the Coromandel. I wasn’t even sure which settings to use or how to focus on the stars.” Since then, Jack’s photos have garnered international interest and he holds beginners’ workshops in Mount Maunganui, attended by up to 50 people. “It was such a buzz seeing these folks smile from ear to ear once they captured a sharp photo of the night sky.” Like other stargazers, Jack looks forward to winter, the very early wake-up calls now two-fold with a new baby in the house. “I absolutely love capturing images in autumn especially. It means a pretty obnoxious wake-up time to shoot the Milky Way around 3 or 4am. “My latest purchase was an astro tracker, which

Talented Nelson-based Astro photographer Jack Burden is preserving the night skies too, capturing them through a lens. While he has never owned a telescope his fascination with the dark skies quickly become a passion.

rotates at the same speed as the earth, so I can

After many years of stargazing, the hugeness of space is still a concept he struggles to comprehend, he says. “I think the thing that attracts me to photographing the night sky is the peacefulness when standing under a sky full of stars. It is like a little reset for me, to get away from the city lights and remind myself that many of our day-to-day stresses can be very trivial.

This winter is a bit different for me however, as we

“After many years of stargazing, the vastness of space is still something I’m trying to get my head around. I don’t think I can ever comprehend it. Space is quite the leveller.” A camping trip with his dad to Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf as an eight-year-old is recalled when Jack is asked when his interest in stars began? He remembers gazing up, neck tilted back and eyes wide in wonder. “Dad was pointing out the Southern Cross and “The Pot” (Orion). I think I always had an interest from that point on and would always look up when camping in Coromandel with my family.”

capture longer exposures of the stars at a much lower iso, making the image a lot cleaner and less grainy. “I feel very lucky to be living in Nelson and to have world-class dark skies within an hour’s drive. have a three-month-old. I’m still getting sleepless nights, just unfortunately not under the stars as much as usual.” So, what is it about the night sky that fascinates us so much? For Jack, it’s a sense of connection. “I feel like it might be because you can look up and see the same stars that your ancestors saw once upon a time. “We have certainly lost our connection with the stars for the most part. In Maori culture, the stars play an important role, in the past being used for navigation as well as an indicator of when to hunt certain species and many other uses. It is a shame, but I think with more emphasis being placed on Matariki, we can all use it as a chance to learn more about the heavens above.”

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Cloudy Kitchen’s sunny future What began as a fun thing to do has evolved into a thriving business showcasing recipes to her more than 300,000 social media followers. Adrienne Matthews speaks to Nelsonian Erin Clarkson about her rapid rise in the food game.

rin Clarkson counts her lucky stars that as a child growing up in Nelson she was encouraged by her parents to “make a mess in the kitchen” from an early age. An early photo taken by her father shows her in a bright red pinny taking pikelets from a pan to a baking tray. “We were a classic New Zealand family who made everything from scratch,” she says. Long holidays spent with her grandparents meant endless baking. “I got to learn all the good biscuit tin recipes like shortbread, tan squares, chocolate chip cookies and louise cake.” Meeting husband-to-be Richard was a defining moment. The couple met two months before he moved to New York to undertake a Master’s degree in Product Design at the School of Visual Arts. Two years later Erin was on the plane and starting a brand-new life in the Big Apple. For the first two years in the city the couple worked at establishing Richard Clarkson Studio, Richard’s avenue for designing and selling his intriguing hand-crafted lamps with their nod to all things sky, stars and celestial. Erin found herself homesick for New Zealand and began baking in the mornings for morning tea and lunch. “We were working our butts off,” she says, “and it was comforting to get my hands back in the flour and butter and making familiar recipes.”

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She began to post photos of her efforts on the couple’s studio Instagram page before Rich encouraged her to start her own blog. “Initially I just thought my family and a few friends would be interested, but other people began to find it and started asking for recipes,” she says. What began as a fun thing to do has now transformed into a full-time business for Erin with over 315,000 followers on Instagram. “Rich built me a great website and things really took off from there,” she says. “I certainly never started out with the idea that it would become my job.”

Having decided early on to make baking her niche, Erin tries to post a new recipe every week. Having trained as a geologist she is obsessed with testing each one. “I am known for having accurate, reliable and consistent recipes which has been a big part of my success,” she says. “Americans like to follow recipes that have cup and spoon measurements, but I insist that everything is weighed out. There is too much variation in size. An American cup, for example is 240mls whereas a New Zealand one is 250mls.” These days computer and social media work takes up most of her time. “I have a desk job with baking as a bonus,” she laughs. “When you look at a website you don’t see the colossal amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to help make it work properly and attract visitors.” She has also had to teach herself photography as good quality images are vital to the success of a site. Since her experience in the last few years in New York, Erin has been working on creating recipes in smaller batches. “I might make a slice in a loaf pan or a batch of six muffins,” she says. “Many people love the act of baking but don’t always have others to give it to. Scaling back recipes is not as easy as halving them. There is always the issue of egg maths,” she laughs. “Halving an egg is not straightforward so I do the work for them and make sure that if they follow my instructions the recipe will turn out exactly as it should.”

Dad Erin cooking up as storm in her younger days.

Recently the busy couple have returned to Wellington to live. “New York was fun until it wasn’t,” explains Erin. “Being confined by the pandemic to a small apartment was very stressful. Richard Clarkson Studio was well established and we have good distribution outlets in the United States and the time had come to be back near family.” While Rich continues his design work, Erin continues baking up a storm that is attracting attention from all around the world.

Most popular recipes include Erin’s cookie ones, macarons, a focaccia that doesn’t require kneading and a burger bun. Time in the USA also provided her with a passion for fruit pies. “I can’t understand why we don’t make better fruit pies here,” she says. “We have such excellent dairy products and an abundance of fruit. They have become another of my baking obsessions.” All her hard work in the kitchen and in front of a computer screen has to make Erin a living, and it does through the sponsored content on her website and devising recipes around company products. “A vanilla extract company might ask me to develop a recipe using vanilla which they then use for promotion. That is my main income stream,” she says. “Back here in New Zealand, Rich and I have the opportunity to continue working in the areas we are passionate about while still connecting with people all around the world,” says Erin. “It doesn’t get much better than that.”

Erin Clarkson ABOVE: Squiggle slice, no knead foccacia. BOTTOM: Apple hand pies, brookies.

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies By Erin Clarkson

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies come together in the time it takes to preheat the oven. Chewy on the inside and crispy on the edges, these cookies have massive chocolate puddles, and these no mixer, no chill time cookies will become your new favourite!

Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients: • 150g unsalted butter, cold from the fridge is fine • 100g light or dark brown sugar

Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar to the bowl with the brown butter and mix to combine. Add the egg and whisk well for 1-2 minutes, or mix using an electric mixer, until the mixture has lightened in colour and has thickened.

• 60g granulated sugar • 1 large egg • ½ tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract • 150g all-purpose flour • ¼ tsp baking powder • ¼ tsp baking soda • 3g (1 tsp) salt • 220g dark chocolate, chopped, plus about 150g additional for the tops of the cookies (optional)

Add the vanilla and mix well. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix to combine with a rubber spatula until there are some flour streaks remaining - this is to ensure you do not over work the dough. Add the chocolate and mix to incorporate with a rubber spatula.

Instructions:

Scoop 6 cookies (about 55g per cookie dough ball) using a 2 Tbsp cookie scoop onto the prepared baking sheet. If desired, flatten each ball of dough, press more chocolate pieces on the top, and roll into a ball (this works particularly well in this recipe).

Preheat the oven to 350°f / 180°c. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.

Arrange evenly apart on the pan. Keep the remainder of the batter in the bowl lightly covered with plastic wrap.

Place the butter in a medium saucepan, and place over medium heat. Cook until the butter has melted, and then continue to cook, swirling the pan often and stirring with a whisk, until the butter foams and turns golden brown and nutty - this should take 3-4 minutes. Weigh out 110g of the brown butter into a medium bowl and leave to cool for 15-20 minutes so that it does not scramble your eggs.

Bake the cookies for 11-13 minutes, until the edges are set. Bake for longer if you would like your cookies to be crispier. Remove from the oven and bang the pan briefly on the counter to help deflate the cookies. Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with flaky sea salt. Allow to cool on the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat the baking process with the remainder of the cookies. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.

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The road to Roblox Once upon a time, all we had was Space Invaders and Pacman. Simple games for simple devices. But the worldwide web we spun became a literal gamechanger. It enabled not just massively more games, but platforms which countless creative teenagers have since built careers on. Britt Coker catches up with one local developer who found global success with some wacky wizards.

ay one. Create video game. Day two. Earn $2 from day one’s work. Are you disappointed? If you are Janzen Madsen the answer is no. You are in fact, ‘super jacked’. Now if a single gold coin could bring that much jack to him then you can only imagine that after six years, dozens of games and millions of plays, Janzen must be beside himself. Instead, he appears, as we speak, to be the antithesis of this. Though I guess that euphoric moment was a quarter of his lifetime ago and game developing is a job for him now. The 25-year-old is a creative director of a company that employs 15 game developers based in the UK, USA and Canada. Yes, it turns out that day one’s effort has generated many more days, and many more two dollars since.

Son of Nelson musician Paul Madsen, Janzen had fancied the idea of making video games from a young age. When he was 19, he sat down and did something about it. “I just played Roblox at a party and then the next day I just like logged in and decided to create a game. Back then as well, Roblox was a lot different. It’s still relatively easy now. A lot of people come to the platform and create games but it’s a lot more competitive now because it’s like a lot bigger.” Roblox, if you haven’t heard of it (don’t worry, me neither), is a U.S platform with more users than Minecraft. Games are often free to play, (and when I say, games, the official Roblox line is ‘experiences’) but the players do need to spend money on game passes or accessories within the game.

1. Janzen shows that from his simple home office in Richmond, big dreams can be achieved. | 2. Janzen and some of the Splitting Point Studios team. Together they founded the business in 2018, with members from around the world. | 3 & 4. The Roblox experience, 'Field Trip Z', is one of Splitting Point Studios most successful, with over 160 million plays worldwide. | 5. In 'Wacky Wizards', users create all kinds of magical potions to achieve different results. The experience has become popular primarily with players aged 9-14.

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I feel very blessed and lucky. I’ve done something that I’m really passionate about and it’s worked out.

Seventy-five percent of your spend goes to Roblox and the balance, to the game developer. In Janzen’s case, it is now his company, Splitting Point Studios, where he and his global team spend their days (his) and nights (theirs), developing more games for Roblox. I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is, 'yes, you can'. Just get a grasp on the finer elements of coding and you can create your own Roblox experience and watch the $2 coins metaphorically roll in. But that’s if it’s any good. It’s a competitive gaming world out there. Janzen’s word of advice, just do it. “I make heaps of games and I still fail all the time. Most of my games probably, but then there are a few that do well which makes it all worth it. A failure for me now would have been something I would have seen as a success in the past.” “If you really just start creating a game on Roblox, there are so many resources on Google and you can search up questions. I Google search constantly now, and I’ve been working on Roblox for five or six years.” Janzen’s definition of failure is a game that doesn’t get a lot of plays. Not one that doesn’t offer an interesting concept or isn’t well made. It just hasn’t resonated. He says it’s always a surprise when some don’t do well (but I guess you wouldn’t create them if failure seemed likely) though he’s philosophical, seeing lessons in the fails before he moves on to the next project.

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But when he creates a winner, it’s all worth it. Janzen’s most successful experience is Wacky Wizards where players, primarily aged 9 to 14, can make their own potions. Since May last year, he says, the game has had over 645 million plays, 130,000 at one time. This has resulted in an enthusiastic fan base who look to the game creator with adulation. “I think it’s nice, I do appreciate it. I think my favourite things are when kids draw artwork… It’s pictures of my game or my characters and stuff. It’s super cute.” So, what next after this? I’m not by a long shot, the first to ask. But I guess when we observe a young, successful entrepreneur, the constraints that keep the rest of us on the typical life path do not have to be his. The world, his oyster, etc. He hasn’t given it much serious thought, but he does feel the next adventure, whatever it is, will be a complete step away from tech. The option he mentions is, nevertheless, a stride further than I was expecting. Affordable housing. “I just think it’s really messed up that people can’t buy houses in New Zealand, it really bothers me.” He’s a property owner himself, so the concern is not personal. In the meantime, Janzen is happy to keep creating games. It was a childhood dream, after all. “I feel very blessed and lucky. I’ve done something that I’m really passionate about and it’s worked out.” Yep, you could say that.

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Painting our maritime history Words: Adrienne Matthews

Maritime artists in the classic realism style are something of a rarity in today’s world but local Nelson artist Sean Garwood has embraced the genre with passion and skill. As each of his exhibitions unfold it is becoming obvious that he is one of the most accomplished and exciting marine artists the world has seen.

“Maritime art is much more than the ocean, ships, harbours and wharves it depicts,” he says. “It records a vital part of the history of our civilization. It is about voyages to distant lands, adventure and discovery and the movement of peoples. It is about trade and naval power, the forces of the oceans and the skill of shipbuilding. Sadly not many artists have the patience or time to develop the mastery required to undertake this type of complex, time-consuming art.” At twenty-one years of age and the youngest ever New Zealand deep sea master, Sean graduated to

captain of trawlers and spent twenty-eight years at sea, many of them in the wilds of the Southern Ocean. Encouraged by his father, the late Michael Garwood, himself a fine marine artist, Sean was never without his sketchbook and had it instilled in him from a young age that ‘the foundation of good art is drawing.’ His years of sketching were sound preparation for when the time came to forgo his sea legs and take up the role of full-time artist. Self-taught, he spent the first five years of his painting career teaching himself everything he could about painting in his chosen, classic realism style.

1. 'Early Golden Years, Waka and sailing ships, Golden Bay 1843' was the last to be completed for Sean's exhibition 'A Painted Voyage'. | 2. Sean spends many hours painting from his home studio in Atawhai. | 3. Following Sean's 2015 trip to Antarctica with Antarctica New Zealand and Antarctic Heritage Trust, NZ Post issued a collector suite of stamps featuring his paintings. | 4. Shackleton's Nimrod hut, oil on canvas. Painted by Sean after his trip to Antarctica in 2015. | 5. Sean paints all his artworks not from photos, but from visualizing a scene and researching Aotearoa's history.

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Blessed to be a recipient of Antarctica New Zealand’s Community Engagement Programme, Sean was able to travel to the icy continent in 2015 and spend time sketching Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott’s huts, producing, as a result, a sell-out exhibition of paintings two years later. This body of work included paintings of Scott’s ship “Terra Nova” and Shackleton’s “Nimrod”, and when he was contemplating a new project his agent, Grant Bezett, was quick to suggest marine painting should be his obvious choice. “It’s where you come from, what you know, where you feel comfortable, and there are very few maritime artists left in the world,” he said. “I had never imagined there would be a market for this kind of work but how wrong I was,” says Sean, as he embarked on a new series of works, ‘A Painted Voyage’, which documented the rich maritime history of New Zealand, including such diverse subjects as waka and sailing ships in Golden Bay 1843, the Tamihene entering Tory Channel 1926 and Lyttleton Port 1892. “My big disappointment is that we don’t recognise our maritime history as much as we should,” he says. “We are a maritime nation because we are an island. This country was built by mariners but unfortunately, much of this history has been forgotten and it should be a lot more acknowledged. I hope in my own small way to be able to bring more of it to light,” he says. Doing so is extraordinarily challenging and what gets Sean into his studio every morning by 5.15 am. “If I can get a few good hours in before breakfast I feel set for the day,” he says. He works eight-hour days and doesn’t stop at the weekends except to work for a few hours outdoors on the family’s property with his wife Ligliana. “I am grateful that she is so tolerant and such a rock behind the scenes,” he says. “There is no substitute for unconditional support from your closest friend. I am a bit of a recluse but Ligliana understands that is the only way I can accomplish the work I do.” Each painting requires endless hours of meticulous preparation. “When you are painting sailing ships you have to really scrutinize the ship’s plans,” explains Sean. It’s not just painting the ship. You have to understand every detail of the boat’s rigging and so I’ve developed a comprehensive library full of ships’ plans showing the various types of riggings. There have been some very generous mariners in Nelson who have helped me with the research, lovely people who have been extraordinarily kind in giving

their view on certain aspects. There is no substitute for experience. Some are in their eighties and have knowledge that is priceless.” “There is a synergy between ships and the ocean that you can’t make up,” he continues. “You need to have experienced first-hand the power of those big bodies of water. As I paint, the memories of my time at sea come out onto the canvas. The relationship between the ship and the ocean is very important and you must also be able to draught a ship from every angle so that you can portray the ship accurately. That is extremely hard to do but the people who purchase maritime art really know their stuff. You have to be technically correct but also never lose the poetry of a painting.” “No one can teach you how to paint the ocean,” he continues. “You have to have a deep understanding of its various moods. There’s an old saying that says you must have lived and worked on the sea to be able to paint the sea. The ocean is regarded as the most difficult subject to paint because you must make the water look wet and that is challenging. It has many colours and you need to understand its movement, the swells, the sea foam and the way waves break.” Sean’s paintings have twice been chosen to grace the nation’s stamps with one issue depicting paintings from his Antarctica series and, this year, another showcasing historic ships of the nineteenth century. Represented exclusively by the Jonathan Grant Gallery in Auckland, Sean is delighted that his paintings appeal as equally to women as men. “At one exhibition I had three women all vying for one painting,” he laughs. “There is something about the mystique of the southern ocean that particularly seems to appeal because so few people are actually able to go there.” Following the success of his last exhibition, Sean is already underway with a new series of work. “I am obsessed with painting and am excited to start on my next project which should keep me busy for at least the next couple of years,” he says. Not quite ready to announce the theme, he will however confirm that it will be another great maritime series. You have to be a master of your craft to navigate an ocean-going vessel through swells that are many metres high, and you also have to be a master to create paintings as intricate and spellbinding as the ones Sean is bringing to life. His deep commitment and adeptness at the first has stood him in excellent stead to succeed at the second.

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Lessons from Lake Angelus Staying at the Angelus Hut is a privilege, getting there – particularly without the right equipment – is a challenge, as Nelson journalist Charles Anderson found out. Charles Anderson

inally, my boot slipped. It lost its grip after what felt like an hour of leaning on the edge of the sole. That boot, and me, had been

trying desperately to dig into the ice, to keep some semblance of stability high above the valley. But then, the gradient was too much. The boot went from underneath me, and I went with it. I swung my body over to face the mountain, gripping the ice axe in two hands, pulling it to my sternum, and dug it into the slope. Then, I started sliding. The “most straightforward” way to Angelus Hut, the tramping notes said, was via Robert Ridge. I informed a work colleague earlier in the week of my plans to make the journey to Angelus Hut. She raised her eyebrows. The finer print of the tramping notes

warned of the exposed nature of the trail, traversing nearly 10km of open tops - “with no easy escape routes”. “Though it is relatively straightforward in good conditions, it quickly gets difficult and dangerous when the temperature drops and the wind picks up.” The last time I went to Angelus Hut was more than a decade earlier when I was flown by helicopter to report on its opening. From high above, the difficulty of the route was diluted. In the height of summer it was a combination of browns and greys - a symptom of the alpine environment where beech forest gives way to stark landscapes. It only took about 15 minutes to make that journey. This latest trip would be longer.

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My neighbour and I had been wanting to go on a tramp and Angelus Hut seemed to be the best combination of difficulty, altitude and convenience. The weather conditions were looking good, but, still, it was October - not quite out of the winter conditions that can make it apparently perilous. After all, the hut itself sits at 1650 metres above sea level. The notes made it clear: “From May to October in most years the lake is frozen and snow blankets all four routes, and you may have to dig your way to the hut.” We made good progress and felt like we were well prepared. My colleague was an ecologist - well versed in harsh conditions from camping on the ridges of exposed places to monitor vegetation for extended periods of time. We had a PLB, good all weather gear and plenty of food and water. We skipped up to Robert Ridge, admiring the changing vegetation, each element of the forest adapting as the altitude increased. We passed through the “Krummholz” - the zone between treeline and more open alpine vegetation, where tree species are limited by the harsh conditions to a dense shrub growth-form. And then the landscape opened up into that brown and grey. Then the landscape was punctuated by a singular pixelated figure. He was grizzled and bearded and clad in hi-viz. It was a sign, literally. The man on the sign held a hand out. “Decision time,” it read. “Feeling cold or tired?” it asked. “Weather getting worse?” it asked. Neither were worrisome. We were full of pep. The weather was blazing hot with no clouds in the sky. There was hardly a semblance of snow on the ground. “If yes,” the sign said, “turn back.” The answer was no. There were no notes about snow levels. We pressed on. The ecologist stopped to admire some of the finest raoulia Australis he had seen. They were full and plump and green and had come to be known by the colloquial name - “vegetable sheep”. Spirits were high, vegetation knowledge was coming thick and fast. And then the snow. Robert Ridge laid out before us - its spine separating the scree and the snow. We traipsed along it, sliding on its gentle gradient. Soon we came across route markers barely visible and only just peeking out from the height of the snow. But the pack was firm and we pressed on. Then we came across the group. There were about six of them, male and female. They were prepared. They had settled down to put on brand-new crampons and pull out brand-new ice axes. My partner and I cynically narrowed our eyes. Surely that sort of preparation wasn’t required. Surely. It was. We took a look out along the next part of the journey. The gradient steepened and the snowpack increased. We waited for the group to set off and we

joked with them that we would follow their lead. It was no joke. We literally did that. One of the group handed us both an ice axe. Our eyes narrowed. “You might need it,” he said. We took them and ventured on, following in their crampons footsteps, digging our axes into the high side of the slope. We laddered down and traversed across the slopes and started wishing for crampons of our own - those daggered beasts that made such tramping seemingly simple. But we didn’t have those. We only had their footsteps. So, we ventured on, leaning into the soles of our boots and holding our bodies in curious positions while waiting for the trail to be laid out before us. Before long we felt like we had crossed the worst of it. The snow gave way to rock and our boots became more useful. We gleefully pushed ahead of the group. We thought we had crossed the worst of it. We hadn’t. Soon the rock subsided again for snow and the slope became more immense. But we carried on, ice axes in hand. We saw the tracks of skis ahead of us and met a couple whose friend had skied the entire slope. We trudged on, jealous of crampons and skis, and general preparation. And then, finally, the boot slipped. The ice axe went in by instinct and I slid for several metres before coming to a stop. Below was the deep valley of scree. If I had gone any further I would be going all the way down and having to walk out. But I stopped. Looked up and swore. I traversed along the line of snow and scree that was separating making the hut or not. I managed to clamber back up to take a breath. Then we saw the group of our saviours coming around the corner. So we waited once more for their footsteps. We slowly made our way to Angelus Hut, over the saddle and down to the lake. It was indeed frozen. The entire basin was covered in snow. We slid down to the hut, this time in relative control and knew that it had been a lucky break. Without that group, those ice axes, we would have headed back to the car long before we got into the snowy slope of the ridge. We were glad we didn’t have to. The night slowly came on and Venus rose over the other side of the basin. Skiers tramped back up to the ridge and we watched them carve back down. I’d never seen anything quite like it. The hut lit up with the voices and the light of myriad groups of trampers conversing and cooking. The next morning, we clambered back out of the basin and into dense vegetation. The snow subsided for flax and alpine tarns. We were thankful to the group that helped us out and this was the reward of the challenge. But the challenge was unneeded. A former colleague sent me a story a few days later about a rescue that happened on the ridge soon after our trip. Next time, we will have crampons.

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What is most of your wardrobe made up of? Mostly ‘everyday’ garments… lots of tops to mix with my many pairs of jeans and jackets. Or dresses that make my dressing no fuss and easy. I seem to have lots of forever pieces that I can never part with. This is probably because if I don’t love it, it doesn’t come home with me, and if I love it, it must. If it feels great and looks fab why wouldn’t you keep it?

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It wasn’t an easy task for Karl and Emma Russ, owners of Sprig + Fern Upper Queen Street to narrow it down to just ten reasons to visit their Tavern. The list continues to grow since taking over the original Sprig + Fern Tavern in 2021. 1.

Setting the standard. As Sprig + Fern Upper Queen Street was the very first tavern, we’ve been at the forefront of creating great spaces to enjoy great beer and (mostly) good chat.

Quiz nights every Tuesday see people come together for a drink and to test their knowledge in a fun environment. These have raised over $60,000 for community groups such as Helping Families, Tasman Tappers Dance studio, Natureland, Richmond Toy Library, sports trips for local schools and Waimea Kindy (we do a different charity every month).

Best outdoor area in Richmond, sunny and warm in summer and also cosy in winter with outdoor heating. Plus, plenty of car parking at the back of the tavern.

Happy hour every Monday and Friday, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, with great drinks specials.

Free bar nibbles on Fridays and meat raffles at 5pm. Money raised from raffles goes to the charity that is hosting the quiz for the month.

Live music once a month on a Saturday featuring our local Graeme Duncan. Come summer we live music in the beer garden with local talent.

Great selection of local wines and food, we proudly support local as much as possible.

Weekly food specials. Grab yourself a pizza and a pint for just $25 on a Thursday.

Open seven days a week, even on a Monday!

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Family and pet friendly. We love to see your fur babies (and your babies).

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Proud to sponsor local sports teams Richmond Sprig + Fern Upper Queen St Masters.

Offering 18 core beers and ciders on tap, as well as limited release products which are often experimental in style, or the hops used. From hazys through to porter, hard seltzer and ciders, there is something on tap for everyone. Open 7 days, Mon – 3pm to 7pm Tues to Sun - 2pm to 10pm

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Winter warmers

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There’s nothing that brightens a wintery day more than a hot bowl of nutritious soup. Find everything you need to create a pot full of healthy deliciousness at The Veggie Guy.

Nelson’s Aroha Chocolate brings you their Ultimate Chocolate Weekender. All that’s good in the world of chocolates combining two alltime favourites; their signature Gourmet Rocky Road and a real hot chocolate drink made with the finest Belgian curvature chocolate, ground, and spiced to perfection.

Empada is a traditional Brazilian pie with home-made pastry and delicious fillings, made by Davi. Try one for yourself at the Nelson Farmers Market, every Wednesday, 8am - 1pm.

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Western Ranges Honey

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From the remote Baton Valley, bordering the mountainous Kahurangi National Park, a small family business produces delicious, raw honey in glass jars. Buy with confidence knowing it has been independently tested and verified as glyphosate free.

The very best seafood available in New Zealand and around the world is easily accessible to you via online order and home delivery. Select from the finest seafood and other gourmet products, to ensure that your summer meals and dining experiences are healthy, delicious, and incredibly well priced.

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Dining

Ben & Maxxi Asian Eatery

Anchor Restaurant and Bar

Mapua Village Bakery

Perfect for when everyone wants something different for dinner. Taking Asian fusion to all new levels, try their satay chicken pizza or satay chicken burger. Partnering with neighbouring restaurant The Lemongrass, both menus are on offer in each restaurant, giving you more choices than ever.

Top quality food is best served with amazing ocean views! Blessed with a fantastic spot on the water, you will feel welcomed and won’t want to leave.

Open for breakfast, lunch, and snacks throughout the day, choose from their fantastic menu full of all your favourites. Dinner is sorted with fabulous take home family pies ready to heat and enjoy or pop in the freezer, plus takeaway cakes for dessert. A great place to have a work meeting or breakfast, then indulge in one of the many tempting treats. Their amazing coffee will add a bounce to your day too. Open 7:30am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 4pm on the weekends.

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McCashin’s Tap Room

The Indian Café

Miracle Restaurant

The cold has arrived and that means McCashin’s have the roast in the oven. Just like mum makes, matched with a Stoke brew, and the best part, no dishes! There’s delicious roast beef and juicy roast pork with your favourite roast veges. And don’t worry, they won’t forget the pork crackle!

With three great locations you can enjoy Indian Cafe’s delicious food no matter where you are. Head in and find out why Indian Café is the favourite choice for anyone looking for the highest quality food and a memorable cuisine experience.

Famous for classic Chinese and signature Thai family dishes, Miracle Restaurant offers rich and diverse Asian fusion cuisine with Yum Cha available all day. Come and meet Mira - Miracle’s friendly robot who will deliver dishes to your table and even sing happy birthday. Popular set menus are available for individual diners, and all menu items can be ordered online for takeaway. Fully licensed and open 7 days for lunch and dinner.

Head on in, enjoy great local coffee, delicious food and crafted brews and soak up the atmosphere.

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Specialising in local seafood and steaks, there are also delectable choices for non-meat eaters, people with special dietary needs and kids.

All venues offer intimate restaurant dining and courtyard settings and takeaway options.

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A proper mid-winter favourite Our go to mid-winter favourite for easy entertaining is perfect to celebrate long weekends, darker nights and socialising with friends and family gathered around a fire. We love looking to our local Nelson producers for inspiration to enjoy with Proper Crackers.

Hot Beany Cheesy Dip with Proper Crackers Ingredients • 1 tin cooked black beans, drained • 2 small onions, sliced • Splash of olive oil • 1 dsp black garlic paste (we use Neudorf Black) • 2 ViaVio Scamorza, thickly sliced • Half bottle of Ceres Organic tomato ketchup • 2 small ovenproof ramekins Method Heat oven to 180 degrees. In a fry pan, add olive oil and sliced onions. Cook till translucent. Add the black beans, black garlic and ketchup. Stir and heat through. Remove from heat and split the bean mixture into the two ramekins. Top with the sliced Scamorza. Add freshly ground black pepper. Pop in the oven and cook till the cheese is bubbling. Add to a platter alongside Proper Crisps and local favourites: • Little River Estate Brie A2 • Cranky Goat Old Tomme • ViaVio Gorganzola • Smokehouse smoked salmon pate • Heck biersticks • Canonhill gourmet chilli hummus • The Avo Tree (it’s a lovely avocado subscription service) fresh avo. • And of course, Proper Crisps Big Cut

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My H O M E

A home on Rutherford Street that once housed one of the early settler families of Nelson is now home to the Ransom family of five (plus four chickens). Tom Ransom and his family have spent much of their time over the past five years restoring the heritage home in the most sustainable ways they can to be a comfortable family home, sometimes taking a break to enjoy camping in their much-loved tipi.

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Where is your home and who lives here?

with pictures, beach photographs and a framed Isle

Our home is up near Rustic Cuisine Café (best lemon tarts in town) at the top of Rutherford Street. It’s the original 1862 house of the Snow family who arrived on the settler ship ‘The London’. It’s built covering the top of a small rise, known locally as ‘Snows Hill’. Marijke and I and our three children, Ollie, Esme and Zoe live here and have been in the house for nearly five years.

of Wight Festival poster.

What inspired this look?

Commission. This rug and several other possessions

The house itself, inspires you to remember the past. We often think of all the different people who have slept, worked and relaxed here. Our possessions fit that feel as they are mostly all second-hand and have memories from our past. Our kitchen is kind of a shrine to the Isle of Wight where we used to live,

What piece would you never part with? I have a massive Persian rug that my mum, who was once an antiques dealer, gave me. It’s been with us both here and in the UK. Before I could afford a house, I lived in a tipi in a former royal hunting forest where I was a ranger for the Forestry in the house come from this time. I also have a collection of metal trunks I used to keep the mice out and a mini wood burner with an oven to do baking. We still have a tipi now and use it for camping trips. With a fire inside, rugs and cowskins on the floor, the tipi is still as much our home as the house.

ABOVE: Marijke and Tom Ransom with their daughter Zoe, in the living room of their 1862 heritage home.

What’s your favourite spot in the house?

Where do you shop for homewares?

I think the outside verandas where you can sit on a sofa and read or look out on the garden. The first time I saw a sofa on a veranda was on that Crosby Stills Young and Nash album. It’s kind of unusual in the UK, but I knew one day I would do that. It’s either there or standing next to the wood burner in winter, warming your bum on the fire and listening to Radio NZ.

Almost exclusively, we go second-hand. When the local auctioneers and guys at the Recycling Centre know you by name, you know you have a bit of a habit. New stuff just feels like the planet, or someone has been exploited somewhere along the line. Plus, like the whole house, I would rather it had a past life.

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Have you done any renovations? Heaps. We have repaired and repainted the exterior woodwork, replacing rotten weatherboards, facings and fascias and repairing the original sash windows. Where they still survive, I have kept as many of the original weatherboards as possible. The most intense work we completed was in removing a wall in the kitchen to open it up to the living space and put in a new wood burner. We did most of the labouring work ourselves, making sure we had a structural engineer and building consent for the beams and their supports. At the same time, we lifted and re-laid the rimu floor, fixing piles, insulating and digging out soil so there is enough clearance under there. We did all that work during winter, so had a few cold breakfasts, balancing on the joists.

If money was no object what would you get for your home? I would buy more original artworks from local artists. I work as Nelson City Council’s Arts Adviser commissioning public art for the community. We have a real wealth of artists and galleries here that need support. In my view, it was the arts that helped get us through all the lockdowns, reading books, watching films, and listening to music. Creatives saved our sanity.

1. The Ransoms ‘went out on a limb’ at an auction to buy their eight-seater, teak dining table. 2. The piano has been in Marijke’s family for many years and travelled with the family down from Waiheke Island. 3. Tom says every home should have a wood burner or open fire. Having the flames inside the room reminds Tom of his days living in a tipi. 4. The kitchen showcases memoribilia of the couples’ time spent living in the Isle of Wight. The hanging clocks hold original nails from the home. 5. The kitchen is a carefully constructed mix of old and new, with the cabinetry being one of the only ‘new’ things in the home.

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A mammoth effort involving the generosity of hundreds of people and sponsors, thousands of hours of work, and sheer determination to get to the finish line – the 2021/22 Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson Helping Hands Helicopter House has found its loving forever home with Alex and Anna Booth.

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This is the third Helping Hands Helicopter House built in the region, and community engagement manager and coordinator of the entire project, Murray Leaning, couldn’t be more thrilled for the family who purchased the stunning new home. Built on-site outside the Mitre 10 MEGA store, and to be moved to its new location in July, the public have been able to see the progress of the build over time from the outside but may not have been privy to the hive of activity going on inside ensuring the success of the build. “These projects are always such a massive collaboration of minds working together. There is no amount of words sufficient to thank these people enough for all of their hard work and dedication. We have local tradies and suppliers that have been involved in back-to-back projects and their generosity is just phenomenal.” A charitable organisation, Helping Hands is involved in a plethora of projects across the community. Started in Nelson by Mitre 10 Mega CEO Brandon Beverage seven years ago, it has grown exponentially. The Helicopter House is a particularly poignant project that is held dear by many involved, a lot of whom have personally had their lives

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connection with the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter service when Alex’s father suffered from a heart attack on the family farm last year. “We are lucky that the crew were able to come and get Alex’s dad in time. The sound of that helicopter coming in was the best sound in the world,” says Anna. Alex and Anna understand the need for emergency services all too well with Alex previously being in the Air Force and a search and rescue pilot himself. “We moved back to the region 18 months ago to be closer to family and were hoping to one day build on the family farm. When this opportunity came

up, it was perfect, and we wanted to give it a go.” The building of such a special home carries with it immense meaning to the family, and now ever more so, with Anna saying the home will be placed on the site that Alex’s father was rescued from. “Having it placed there is very special to us. We want to say a huge thank you to all those that contributed as this enables the rescue helicopter team to continue the good work they do every single day.” Blair Parnwell, owner of Parnwell Painting, is one such contributor. “After a horse-riding accident my

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daughter Amelia was airlifted by the helicopter in critical condition to Nelson Hospital. From there she was sent to Wellington ICU where she spent 10 days on life support. Amelia has now fully recovered from the accident, and we believe her recovery was made possible by the skill and attention given to her by the Rescue Helicopter crew.” Blair didn’t hesitate for a moment to offer his services to the substantial build, saying, “If it hadn’t been for them getting Amelia to the hospital so quickly, we believe the outcome could have been very different. We are eternally grateful for their help.”

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In previous years the Mitre 10 MEGA Helping Hands Helicopter Houses have gone to auction, however this year Debbie Cooper from The Cooper Group received multiple offers pre-completion. “Working through all of the interest on the house and considering all options, the trust decided to accept one standout pre-auction offer from Anna and Alex, who are now eagerly awaiting the delivery of their new home. The Cooper Group are dedicated to supporting local community projects and we are delighted to have been involved with this one, where we keep the helicopter in the air and a lovely family have been able to secure their forever home, at the same time acknowledging the service they have received from the rescue helicopter service. It resonates with just how important this organisation is in our community. It is a situation where everyone wins.”

Murray would like to acknowledge everyone involved in the project and says he is blown away by their immense support. “We are really happy with how it has all turned out. The home has come together beautifully, is well thought out and has a real sense of spaciousness thanks to the Premier Services design. I feel really blessed and humbled that so many people put their hands up to help, and they continue to do it time and time again. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter is an extremely worthy cause and a vital cog in the community wheel. They endure constant massive costs each year and projects like this allow the service to continue being accessible. Having fantastic people like Anna and Alex purchase the home, and the story behind it, holds so much meaning and we are just rapt that it has all turned out in this way.”

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A family affair: Angelika Mant (left) is the new manager at Kimi Ora Eco Resort, taking over from sister Karina Glaser.

From one sister to another, Kimi Ora legacy continues

n idyllic surroundings, surrounded by birdsong and lush native bush, and overlooking the golden sands of Kaiteriteri, lies a retreat that has been catering to the health and wellbeing of locals and travellers alike for the last 35 years – Kimi Ora Eco Resort.

pool and spa facilities is a true labour of love, and Angelika and her husband Blair are excited about the challenge. “It has been a big thing to take on, but Karina has been amazing, and it is great to see this side of the business.”

Managing the resort for the last nine years, Karina Glaser and Aaron Dunbar have done a fantastic job of keeping Dietmar Glaser’s vision alive. Continuing with their commitment to protect and preserve the environment, use renewable resources, and support the wider community. Karina and Aaron now welcome Karina’s sister Angelika Mant to her new role as resort manager. “My partner Aaron and I have been operating the resort for nine years now and we are ready for a bit of a change. Bringing Angelika into the fold is wonderful, she has been head of housekeeping for eight years so has a great understanding of the business, and it's nice that it keeps it in the family.”

The Views onsite restaurant is headed by talented chef Mathilde Bertholon who, Angelika says, has been constantly coming up with amazing vegetarian creations. From smoked and sauteed tempeh with spicy mixed green beans and tomato, black lentil puree, and homemade beetroot ketchup, to delicious hot stone pizzas, there is something for everyone at the unique resort restaurant.

Protecting the environment, water conservation and using renewable resources remain the core values of the resort. The sisters share a passion to hold true to preserving the lodge which is evident in their strong standards that still stand today. “We are still striving at keeping Dad’s vision alive,” says Karina, “and making it an even better, more sustainable business, while minimising waste and the impact we have on the environment as much as possible.” Providing top-quality accommodation, an onsite restaurant, exotic spa treatments, as well as

The sisters believe Kimi Ora’s strengths lie in the ability to combine enriching pampering packages with being located on the doorstep of the great outdoors. A full list of pamper and overnight packages are available on the Kimi Ora website with the ‘Overnight Dinner and Spa Package for Two’ proving to be a popular choice for visitors. This includes studio unit accommodation, use of resort facilities, continental buffet breakfast, a two-course vegetarian dinner and choice of a massage or facial treatment. All people have to do is turn up and relax!

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you to explore the beauty of the ever-changing coastal landscape on horseback. Their multi-day Hack Camps and Hack Club days are the perfect introduction to the foundations of communication with your horse, both on the ground and in the saddle. Hack n Stay can help riders of all ages find confidence and balance around horsed, both in the saddle and on the ground. Enjoy the family and pet friendly environment in a 120-year-old farmhouse and horse ranch, or park up in one of the camping spaces. Their farm stay has a new fireplace to keep you warm and cosy. Outdoor pizza nights and visits to the Glow Worm City will create memories for life. Nestled deep in a nature estate, along the bank of the sublime Maruia River, lies a stunning boutique lodge that welcomes guests to unwind from the hustle of the everyday and reconnect amongst the landscape. Maruia River Retreat invites guests to join them at the upcoming guided wellness Balance Retreat, to be hosted by Rachel Grunwell, renowned author of Balance: Food, Health + Happiness. Included in the three-night retreat is private villa accommodation, daily workshops, yoga and meditation classes, the estates extensive nature trails, use of all forestbathing facilities including an outdoor hot tub, Finnish dry sauna, infra-red chroma therapy sauna – and deliciously nourishing meals tailor-made to nurture the soul and help you enjoy a healthier, happier and more balanced life. The luxurious Balance Retreat runs from September 22 – 25. Living history in a gold rush village. Don’t need to book – just turn up! While the South Islands West Coast is well known for its magnificent scenery and glaciers, no visit to the area is complete without experiencing Shantytown Heritage Park. The discovery of gold in 1864 led to a population “explosion” from around 300 to almost 30,000 residents. Isolation, rugged terrain and extreme weather conditions produced fascinating stories of fortitude and ingenuity. The social history, as well as the importance of steam and early technology to the Coast’s development, is told through displays as Shantytown. The town’s peaceful setting, with its native forest backdrop gives visitors the opportunity to step to an earlier time, experience a range of activities and view fascinating relics from days gone by. Shantytown Heritage Park is conveniently located between the West Coast’s major towns Greymouth and Hokitika – just 3km off the main highway SH6.

Brenda-Lee King at the stunning Waterfall Retreat.

Connect with the healing benefits of nature and the ocean with Brenda-Lee’s Luxury Yoga Retreat at Waterfall Bay. At the luxury resort-style accommodation, surrounded by lush green and ocean views you will feel any stress you have melt away. Throughout the three-day retreat experienced yoga teacher Brenda-Lee King will guide you through meditation to ease the mind and help deal with stress, while using the breath to release the old and make way for the new. Through gentle flow yoga and bathing in the song of quartz crystal singing bowls that vibrate to the soul, you will feel yourself heal on a deeper level. The experience is complemented with a stay in one of Waterfall Retreat’s luxury rooms, dining on healthy and nourishing food plus access to relaxing massage and spa treatments. You will leave Waterfall Retreat feeling at ease and in tune with yourself. Brenda-Lee’s next Waterfall Bay Yoga Retreat is being held August 26-28. Visit waterfallretreat.co.nz/yoga-retreats to book your healing experience.

Pan for your own gold at Shanty Town.

Do I need private health cover? With ongoing stories of hospitals being over capacity and hundreds of people turning up to hospital emergency departments each day, a key question in your financial planning journey is whether private health care fits into your long-term plans. Private health care would generally get you better treatment, faster, and ahead of a public waiting list. Looking ahead, in a postpandemic world, it is unlikely that hospitals are going to be less overwhelmed, so if you can afford private health care, you should consider taking it to protect you from the unexpected. Private health care is obviously not free, so you need to make sure you are getting quality on your spend.

Non-Pharmac coverage A key consideration should be whether your plan has access to non-Pharmac treatments. Pharmac (Pharmaceutical Management Agency) are the government agency that decides which medicines are subsidised for use in public hospitals. With a budget of around $1 billion, some safe and effective drugs (such as Keytruda and Tafinlar) are approved, but not subsidised by Pharmac. Without health insurance you need to raise daunting amounts of money which often forces people to move overseas for treatment, seek donations or forgo treatment all together.

Managing premiums in later years Two of the most important things to people in their later years tend to be their time and their money. Private health care offers protection of both to a degree. However, managing premiums in your later years is a common criticism of health cover. There are a few strategies you can employ, such as raising excess and dropping auxiliary benefits such as dental, that can be used to keep premiums manageable into your 80s. As always, seek out independent advice and make sure taking out health cover is the right thing for you and your family. Mark Sheehan is an awardwinning Certified Financial Planner and Financial Advisor offering independent advice in Nelson since 2008. 03 545 8928 sheehanfinancial.co.nz

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Health

Drinking levels defined Moderating alcohol intake can help with weight loss, help you sleep better, give you healthier skin and more energy. Many people this month are laying off the hard stuff for Dry July, so this month Marissa Kelaher looks at the effects of alcohol, safe levels to drink, and when to seek help.

lcohol consumption can be difficult to discuss, as drinking is fairly ingrained in our culture with even heavy use being seen as ‘normal’. It is also a very popular way to celebrate and socialise. Yet there is a dark side of alcohol that doesn’t always get addressed. In Western cultures 80% of adults drink alcohol regularly, and 25% consume it at harmful levels. Alcohol is linked with over 200 health conditions and is a factor in 20% of car accidents, 33% of domestic violence cases and 40% of crime. It’s also directly responsible for 800 deaths per year in New Zealand. While many people use alcohol to relax, it’s also easy to drink too much, or to use it to mask mental health issues such as anxiety, depression or trauma. Heavy alcohol use can increase the risk of many cancers, liver disease, high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes, and dementia. It also reduces immunity, damages our digestive organs, and increases the risk of mental health conditions. Some health risks occur even with low intake - there is actually no known safe level to drink. Like with everything, in small amounts, occasionally as a part of celebrations and socialising, it’s probably OK but from a health perspective, the less you drink the better. Alcohol is a surprisingly common cause of weight gain - just one standard drink of wine (100ml) per

day can cause up to 7kg of weight gain in a year. Women often also become much more sensitive to alcohol around menopause, so reducing or avoiding it at this time can be helpful. If you do drink, try to stick to recommended amounts - seven standard drinks per week for women and 14 for men, with at least two alcohol-free days each week. If you find it hard to cut back, this can be a good time look at what’s really driving your drinking - do you actually enjoy it, or is it to cover up emotions or cope with boredom, sadness or stress? And are there other healthier habits you could try instead, such as exercise, a new hobby, relaxation techniques, or connecting with others? Exploring this can be the first step to addressing habits, and starting on the road to change. If you are concerned about your drinking, please talk to your GP, as there are lots of options to help. There is a wonderful Japanese proverb that success is falling down seven times and getting up eight - change can be hard, but being honest with yourself and taking those first steps is the best way to start.

Marissa is a GP and lifestyle medicine doctor, she runs lifestyle medicine clinics through thesimplicitydoctor.com and health courses at yourlifestylemedics.com

Gallery Showcase

Our region’s best creative talent

Protean Art Gallery

Nicola Reif

Emma Moncrieff

20 Tahunanui Drive. Wed-Sun, 10am-4pm Mon & Tues by appointment. 027 548 5003 proteanart.co.nz

View paintings at Wall to Wall Gallery, Bridge St. 03 542 4457

Songs and Fables, an exhibition of limited-edition prints, on now at Nelson City Framers.

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Bill Burke Gallery

Christine Hafermalz-Wheeler

Nelson Classic Car Museum Museum Store

15B Ajax Avenue Mon - Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am - 12.30pm 027 847 0620

The Artist Goldsmith Central Nelson. By appointment, come and play! 021 817 209

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On now - 2 October CLIMATE CHANGE EXHIBITION ‘MELTDOWN: Visualising Climate Change’ is a narrative on the importance of the world’s glaciers, the impact of climate change and their fate, through the prism of art, photography, and film. Free to Nelson Tasman locals.

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9-10 July

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The ever-popular Te Papa exhibition ‘Colossal Squid: Freaky Features! Te Ngū Tipua: Ngā Wāhanga Weriweri!’ has made its way to the Nelson Museum. Featuring interactive games and displays, it’s fun for all ages. Developed and toured by Te Papa. Free to Nelson Tasman locals.

Nelson Youth Theatre Company presents a fantastic mixed up fairy tale musical for the whole family! ‘Be careful what you wish for’ is the ongoing theme in this Broadway family favourite musical. Tickets from Theatre Royal.

Nelson Provincial Museum

Theatre Royal

13-15 July

16 July

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR

FIRST LIGHT Join NZ String Quartet for three thoughtfully-curated programmes - meditating on life, loss and rebirth as Aotearoa marks the firstever official public holiday dedicated to Matariki, Māori new year.

Nelson Youth Theatre Company presents this timeless musical of transformation and tolerance. Featuring some of the most popular songs ever written. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved the curse will end, but time is running out. Tickets from Theatre Royal. Theatre Royal

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The Feelers announce their Communicate 21st Anniversary NZ tour. Many of the Feeler’s tracks achieved huge radio rotation and single charting, such as Communicate, As Good As It Gets, Fishing for Lisa, Astronaut and Anniversary.

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2 July Giants vs Airs 9 July Giants vs Sharks 13 July Giants vs Jets 30 July Electrix Cheersport 26-27 August Womens NBL Final 2 September Bret McKenzie

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Ros Pochin and Vanessa Downing

Angela Grigg, Annette Lee, Susan Holland, Kate Bennett, Pam Hale and Christine Pont

Heather Thomson and Lenore Heather

Helen Hodgekinson and Jane Duncan

Shelley Carppe and Karen Scott

Angela Miller, Helen Nott and Mary Woodford

Mary Orbell, Alison Edwards, Pam Peacock and Willy Stewart

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Elanor Herd and Caroline Gordon Bronwyn Reid and Nic Dennis Carolyn Jary and Natalie English Jessica Shrimpton and Susan Walker-Tahana

Ardine Wilson and Suzanna Pearson Dinah Shearer and Andy Colley Kate Hislop, Jackie Gibbs-Beaton and Tracy Lyall

Mandy Barrow, Chrissy Downing, Bev Hamiltion and Rita Merriman

Jo Kennaway and Pam Mccarlie

Mackenzie Charleton

Equinox Group Luncheon Urban Oyster Bar

Johnson Scutt and Christian LeGros

Raz Zulfiqar, Mark Mitchell and Cam Haring

Jason Kilworth and Matt Goodman

Charles Machie and Rachel Eggers

Aaron Shields and Allan Innes-Walker

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Top of the South Film Festival The Suter

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Brian and Sue White Glenna Armstrong and Toni Burn Judene Edgar and Jacquie Walters Jason Smith and Amiee Birmingham

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Xenon Real Estate and NZ Sotheby’s International Realty Opening Night New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty, Nelson

Bo Mansfield and Julian Brown

Keryn Kelso, Mark Harris and Steve Kelso

Justin Candish and Wade Cornelius

Julie Pavletich and Ian Keightley

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Robert Inglis and Karyn von Engelbrechten

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END OF YEAR

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JIM DAVIS & WENDY PERRY

CAMILLE COUNTRYMAN & OLIVER CONWAY

CHRIS DAVIES & JODINE TWOSE

am RANDALL TeTOBY

MATT GOODMAN NO. 1 SALES CONSULTANT RICHMOND

CAROLINE FLETCHER & JIM DAVIS

NO. 1 LIFESTYLE/RURAL

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SHARYN MILLER, SHELLEY CHENERY & HANNAH RANDALL

LISA & CHRIS HARVEY

STEVE THOMAS & JIM DAVIS

KATE GOODMAN & ADRIE JANSEN VAN RENSBURG

Nelson & Richmond AUCTION

Richmond

12 Melia Place

774m²

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC6226

AUCTION

Wakefield

13 Whiting Drive

1024m²

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC6224

Hearts committed elsewhere! Will be sold!

Highly Motivated Vendors!

Calling on all first home buyers and investors! The open plan living areas make the most of Nelson sunshine and natural light and feels cozy in the winter months assisted by a heat pump and DVS system and great insulation. With three generous bedrooms, there is plenty of room for the whole family. Added bonuses include separate toilet and bathroom as well as laundry - what more could you ask for! To add to this already fantastic property is a standalone double garage with workshop space. Bring the toys - there is plenty of room to park the boat, caravan or horse float or maybe even further garaging.

This family home really does have it all. The massive living area provides plenty of options, complete with floor to ceiling windows and a log burner. The open plan kitchen flows into the living area to ensure those preparing the meals are part of all that is going on. For a growing family, the three double bedrooms with great storage are a must. The master bedroom with its ensuite has access through a ranch slider to the covered patio area. Strategically positioned to make the most of the sun, this home also includes a heat pump in the master bedroom and a heat transfer system to keep all bedrooms at the required temperature.

Steve Thomas M 021 774 609

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley

Steve Thomas

M 021 277 9309

M 021 774 609

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley M 021 277 9309

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

AUCTION

Stoke

2/31 Manson Avenue

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC6222

AUCTION

Washington Valley 187a Quebec Road

443m²

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC6224

Vendor has purchased elsewhere! MUST be sold!

Vendor on a New Venture - MUST Sell!

Here’s a great opportunity to purchase a tidy three bedroom, low maintenance home in popular Stoke. It’s just a short walk to a park for the children or dog, and public transport is close, as are all the amenities in the Stoke shopping centre. The open plan living area opens to a sunny deck and the separate laundry is a must for young families. This private home includes an additional hobby room or office, perfect for those that work from home, or if you just need that extra space. The carport keeps your vehicle under cover plus there is extra off street parking. This property is a must view!

Overlooking the hills surrounding Nelson city from multiple decks. This opportunity just can’t be missed. This multi level family home boasts 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen, dining and living areas and the master is equipped with an ensuite. With an easy care section and plenty of storage under the house, this purchase is a no brainer. FIRST HOME BUYERS - roll up your sleeves and relish in this opportunity to make your dream home a reality. Stop renting and start living. This home could be yours now!

Steve Thomas M 021 774 609

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley

M 021 277 9309

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Steve Thomas M 021 774 609

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley M 021 277 9309

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Nelson & Richmond AUCTION

Washington Valley 15 Laval Heights

774m²

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC6242

AUCTION

Wakefield

17 Lord Auckland

920m²

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/RC5977

Location, Views, Privacy and a Motivated Vendor!

Motivated Buyer, Meet Motivated Vendor

Tucked away for your privacy down a shared drive is this very cool split level retreat. The outlook includes sea views and plenty of bush and trees. You will spend hours on the deck, soaking up the sunshine, and enjoying the Kereru and Tui performing. The family can spread out over five bedrooms (or 4 plus office), the master bedroom incorporating a walk-in robe and ensuite. A strategically placed log burner provides ample heating throughout the entire home. Recent carpet and paint means all the hard work is completed here! The modern kitchen, updated bathrooms and off street parking leaves you wanting for nothing!

Low maintenance, double glazed and completely modernised - sounds like your ideal home? Look no further. Located close to all amenities in the village of Wakefield where the living is easy. All 3 large bedrooms are kept warm by great insulation assisted by a heat pump. The master boasts a walk-in robe and ensuite - what more could you want? Lush carpets, LED lighting, a large office and separate laundry are just some of the bonuses that come with owning this stunner of a home. A conservatory accessed from both the dining area and the lounge providing a further living area, great for catching the morning sun.

Steve Thomas M 021 774 609

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley

Steve Thomas

M 021 277 9309

M 021 774 609

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz

steve.thomas@harcourts.co.nz

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Sophie Haley

M 021 277 9309

sophie.haley@harcourts.co.nz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

AUCTION

Tahunanui

27 Chandler Street

854m2

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/NN25585

AUCTION

Brightwater

12 Stagg Place

730m²

Auction (Unless Sold Prior) View: harcourts.co.nz/NN25587

Property Must Sell! Vendors are Moving On

Realistic Vendors Looking to Move On

On a quiet cul-de-sac with all day sunshine, access to The Nelson Golf Club, close to schools and only five minutes from Tahunanui Beach, this property is ideal for families, retirees and outdoor enthusiasts alike. This home is made up of three generous bedrooms, bathroom, two toilets, heat pump, mezzanine floor with a folding ladder, open plan living with sliding glass doors giving great flow to the outdoor living area. Outside there is a wonderful backyard and majestic garden with views over the golf course looking out towards Mt Arthur mountain ranges. The carport is large enough for two vehicles and a garage keeps all toys safe and sound.

This impeccable property was designed with family in mind offering four generous bedrooms, main with ensuite and a large, open plan kitchen and dining area. This combined with a spacious lounge creates a feeling of openness and is a perfect area for entertaining. This home is not short on space as it boasts a 200m2 floor area and a fully fenced 730m2 section, providing all the room for the kids to grow, play and discover. This home will keep you warm all winter long with plenty of heating options, including a HRV and a log burner. Internal access two-car garage will ensure you are kept dry and make for easy unloading of the car.

Oliver Conway

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

M 027 713 8995 oliver.conway@harcourts.co.nz

Nelson & Richmond AUCTION

AUCTION

564m²

Stoke

8 Elsa Kidson Court

Auction (Unless Sold Prior) View: harcourts.co.nz/NN25574

708m2

Stepneyville

17 Fifeshire Crescent

Auction (No Prior Sale) View: harcourts.co.nz/NN25589

We’re not Kidding on Kidson!

Simply the Best Sea Views and Location!

The time has come! The bags are packed, and the deposit has been paid for retirement - after twenty years our vendors are on their way to their new chapter. This well maintained and well-loved home offers so many quintessential features of Nelson living. Revel in the quiet cul-de-sac and feel secure in the knowledge that your family and pets remain safe within the boundaries of the fully fenced section. Property features include 3 double bedrooms, ensuite, modern kitchen, separate lounge and dining area, large backyard and fully fenced section, west facing aspect, great for the afternoon sun and double garage with internal access.

The address says it all, but there are only a handful of homes that afford the luxury of positioning at this end of the Crescent and #17 is one! Looking down the “Guts of The Cut” enjoying intimate Harbour views and activity, be it small craft or shipping, yachts or paddle boarders, ocean swimmers or marine life. Add to that the length and breadth of Tasman Bay and the snow-capped mountains, this is just a fantastic viewing point - no doubt about it! If you have been looking for that something special on Nelson’s coveted Port Hills seize the opportunity. These prime properties are tightly held and seldom relinquished!

Matt Leonard

Caroline Fletcher

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

M 027 369 4191 matt.leonard@harcourts.co.nz

M 027 453 5885 caroline.fletcher@harcourts.co.nz

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Articles inside

My Home

Health

Gardening

Winter travel

Food and Drink

Stargazers

On the Couch

Lessons from Lake Angelus

The road to Roblox

On the Street

If I could

Cloudy Kitchen’s sunny future

Painting our maritime history