Before responding to an upturned boat in rough seas off Pakawau, Michael McKay and Tony Cottle probably hadn’t considered ‘be a humble rescuer’ among their New Year’s resolutions for 2021.
The two Golden Bay friends were presented with the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand’s Bronze Medal at a recent Golden Bay Community Board meeting for aiding three fishermen on 1 January 2021.
The citation acknowledged the actions of Tony and Michael had been crucial in a situation “which could almost certainly have become a drowning.”
“We were just there at the time and that’s what had to be done – we didn’t think we were doing anything brave,” Tony says.
According to the men’s citation, the three fishermen had initially gone out in settled sea conditions aboard an alloy boat powered by a 15 hp engine. By mid-after-
noon, the weather had deteriorated to the point where the boat was swamped and overturned in heavy swells, sending all three occupants into the water.
The situation may have gone unnoticed, had it not been for Tony’s wife who spotted a white flash from a lifejacket in the distance through her binoculars from the campground where the couple were holidaying.
Further inspection confirmed it was in fact people clinging to an upturned boat – prompting Tony to launch his boat with the help of his friend Michael. Despite a rough trip and their own boat taking on water, they located the fishermen, who had been in the water for 45 minutes by this stage, and were able to drag all of them on board.
One of those rescued, Nigel Rose, was in attendance to thank the men personally, while his son Sam provided a video to express his gratitude.
Castle Trust is a team of financial experts who are committed to providing reliable financial advice and support to both their clients and the wider community. With a presence in Motueka for 13 years, they have now expanded their services by opening an office in the heart of Richmond, right beside the library on Queen Street, making their services more accessible to everyone.
At Castle Trust, they recognise that every individual has unique aspirations, priorities, and challenges. They take a holistic approach to financial planning and spend time getting to know their clients, considering their goals and needs before creating a personalised plan to suit their specific circumstances. Their friendly, personalized approach to financial situations has earned them a reputation as a trusted local business.
Castle Trust’s team is passionate about helping people, and their professional qualifications and decades of advisory experience enable them to offer ongoing monitoring and adjustment of their clients’ financial plans. They understand that a successful financial plan is not a one-time event but a continuous process that requires regular review and adjustment.
The opening of Castle Trust’s office in Richmond is a welcomed addition to the community. Their focus on personalised, holistic financial planning aligns perfectly with the needs of locals who are looking for a trusted partner to help them achieve their financial goals. Whether it’s making decisions about insurance, savings, mortgages, or investments, Castle Trust is here to help their clients get their finances organised, so their money goes further.
IF you don’t know what direction to go in with your finances the approachable team at Castle Trust can help pop in and see them in either in Motueka or Richmond. They also have a helpful website which includes a variety of financial information and advice.
Find out more at castletrust.co.nz
or give them a call on 03 528 4184.
What causes you to treasure something?
Perhaps it’s beautiful. Or it belonged to someone special. Maybe it has a story that touches your heart.
This exhibition brings together an outstanding and diverse selection of objects from Nelson Provincial Museum’s collection that have all of these qualities. They may have a significant history, possess splendour, or retain great mana. What they all share is that they’re Treasured.
“Knowing what has passed, and keeping memories in the form of significant objects, is one of the key functions of a museum,” says Museum CEO, Lucinda Jimson. “This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view some of the amazing treasures that we hold on behalf of the people of Nelson and Tasman”.
These range from medals that tell the story of a World War One heroine, through a rangatira - Atama Paparangi - in a painting by Goldie, to a stunning cloak gifted to a Riwaka local a few short years before he became Prime Minister of New Zealand - Keith Holyoake.
Then there are objects that will elicit moving memories to many in the region.
Reminders of the much-loved cafe Chez Eelco, the famous windows of a muchmissed Nelson department store, and a hand-written recipe for gingernuts from the original Griffin’s factory.
The Museum has worked closely with iwi and the Tongan community to tell the story of their taonga in their own words. “It was important to us that whanau wrote the text to accompany their taonga,” says Lucinda. “We are also exceptionally proud that Treasured will be our first fully-bilingual exhibition, with all labels in both English and te reo Maori”.
“Visitors will also likely be surprised at the extent of internationally significant objects held by the Museum. There are paintings by old masters, Chippendale furniture, a bone ship made by prisoners in the Napoleonic wars, and even a balaclava from the Russian punk protest group, Pussy Riot. Definitely something for everyoneand not to be missed!” says Lucinda. The exhibition is proudly supported by Golden Edge Nelson Pine.
‘Morimoritia Ngq Taonga Tuku Iho |
Treasured: Objects of Mana and Significance’
Will be on display at Nelson Provincial Museum from 6th April – 9th July.
You can find out more about the exhibition at www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz
I AM TREASURED
‘Morimoritia Nga Taonga Tuku Iho | Treasured: Objects of Mana and Significance’
New exhibition opening at Nelson Provincial Museum
6 April – 9 July
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Ever wondered ‘Who on earth would know that?’
Citizens Advice Bureau Nelson Tasman have been helping people find answers to absolutely anything for nearly 40 years. But Motueka folk have had to either phone, email or take a trip into Nelson city.
But from next Monday, 17 March, this will change.
Why? Because you’ll find them at Motueka Community House each Monday between 9am and Noon, as a
trial to gauge local need.
Many government agencies are being centralised and a lot of other services use off-shore call centres, which can be frustrating. CAB believes it’s much easier to have a successful outcome if you talk with a real person who has the time to listen, and is trained to help. Having a chat with someone who isn’t involved and who suggests things you hadn’t considered can be really helpful. Volunteers know
about consumer rights, employment, housing, relationships, finances and recreation – the list is endless, and their resources, local knowledge and creative thinking are amazing!
If you don’t quite know where to start with a problem, they’ll help you clarify the key issues, supply information, suggest alternatives, or maybe refer you to a specialist for help.
At CAB, you won’t be told what to do, but you’ll be given as
much information as you need so you can make your own decision. If your query is a bit personal, you can relax because no one will judge you, and the CAB service is completely confidential. Their volunteers can also help you read and understand complex documents, fill in forms, and either write or check letters for you.
But the best bit? They do all this for free!
So next time you need to know some-
thing, pop along to Motueka Community House on a Monday morning for a chat with a friendly CAB volunteer.
The Motueka Greens, Local Matters team is delighted to welcome back Dr Mike Joy to the Tasman District for a presentation at the Mapua Hall on Monday, 17 April, 7.30pm at the Mapua Hall.
Dr. Mike Joy is a well-known ecologist and senior researcher at Victoria University. His critical and thought provoking presentation will be on “degrowth” as the path forward to addressing the multiple global crises that
are facing us due to an overshooting of our planetary boundaries. Climate change is but one of these crises and he, along with a growing number of scientists and economists, advocate that planned degrowth is the crucial way forward.
If not planned, it will be forced upon us!
This comes with the understanding that our current path of endless growth is just not possible on a planet with finite resources and ecological and
human wellbeing must now take priority over economic growth.
What would this transition look like and what could a future world be if this is embraced?
Dr Joy, as always, will offer a very clear, well researched and inspiring message.
The public is invited to attend this presentation followed by a Q&A session and korero over supper afterwards.
What : “Degrowth”
talk by Dr. Mike Joy
When : Monday 17 April 7.30 pm – 9 pm
Where: Mapua Hall, Aranui Road (opposite of Sprig&Fern)
Fee : Door sales only - $10 ticket, students with ID free. Supper included.
This is a Local Matters event, organised by the Motueka Branch of the Green Party of Aotearoa NZ.
Motueka High School student Emma Hobson (centre) set about achieving community work around our area on March 20. Together with MHS Learning Support Centre staff, Stefan Laing and Ellie Evitt (pictured), Emma picked up rubbish at Kaiteriteri, Rabbit Island, Motueka’s foreshore and more recently Thorp Bush.
The trio say they were “disgusted” at the state of Thorp Bush with Emma sorting the rubbish from recycling, bagging it up and together they delivered to the dump.
Emma hopes people will “do better and use the bins provided”.
Inset: Rubbish collected from Thorp Bush.
Atkinson Crehan combines the expertise of former Partners from Knapps Lawyers, Jacintha Atkinson-Manson and Amanda Crehan, with the ongoing expertise of Hamish Kennedy [former Partner of Knapps and of Kennedy & Associates] and our wonderful o ce sta of Berny Chamberlain, Diane McIlwrick and Lyn Blows.
Hamish will head the Motueka o ce where we will continue to provide the area of Motueka with a high level of legal knowhow.
It is important for us to continue to have a physical presence in Motueka where our existing and new clients can meet with us face-to-face. As a modern law firm, we can also help clients with the use of technology whether you’re situated in Cape Reinga, Stewart Island or anywhere in-between. We will continue to o er our existing and new clients the following services: Wills, Power of Attorney, Estate Administration, Buying & Selling Residential, Commercial, Rural or Industrial Property, Family Trusts & Asset Planning, Relationship Contracting Out Agreements, Buying & Selling Businesses, Developments & Subdivisions, Business Structures, Farming and Farm Succession, Leases, Forestry Agreements, Resource Consent Applications, Unit Title Developments and Financing.
We are really excited to be moving ahead with our new Partnership, our fantastic sta and continued high level of service and responsiveness to individuals and local businesses. With our wealth of knowledge and modern thinking when it comes to legal services, we will work with you to achieve the outcomes that work best for you.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Shape Poetry Competition, throughout April
Write a poem in the shape of something to do with “Nature” eg a whale. Drop your poem back into the library by the end of April. Lucky Dip prizes. For all ages.
ANZAC Poppy Take & Make kits, 11-22nd April
For all ages
Paper Artsy, Thursday 13 April, 1.30pm-3pm Enjoy friendly company while creating cards, bookmarks, postcards with decorative papers.
Valetta Sówka Author talk, Friday 14 April, 4pm-6pm
“Family of Forest and Fungi – He Tukutuku Toira”
Come and hear about this delightful book, suitable for 8-12 year olds. Books available for purchase.
Garden Gurus, Monday 17 April, 10.30am-12pm
Classic games for adults, 2pm-4pm WHAM, Tuesday 12pm-2pm
Kate Souness, 27 April, 4.30pm-6pm Kate Souness will be speaking about her books: Ko waka he waka ko au and Kapehu Whetu.
Ko au he waka, he waka ko au celebrates the events and history of the waka renaissance movement throughout the Pacific. Kapehu Whetu is a bilingual resource to support learnings about star navigation and Matariki.
Successful
Australian author
April May is launching three book titles at the Motueka Christian Fellowship Church this Saturday, 15 April from 1-3pm.
“I’m really looking forward to the launch here in Motueka. I am just astounded by the level of support I’ve received from locals and actually all over New Zealand,” says April May.
April May’s first title sold out in Australia and since her arrival in New Zealand in July last year she has successfully published three books and is currently writing a fourth.
The first book is titled ‘He is Faithful from A-Z’ and contains inspirational true stories, some miraculous and supernatural.
“Real and raw, these small chunks of true accounts of God’s extraordinary faithfulness in the life of a very ordinary person, will encourage and edify, inspire and change you, as well as restore hearts that are in need of hope,” says April May.
The second book is a bold-colour children’s rhyming book, written for children who experience loss, particularly a sibling, through miscarriage or
still born or SIDs etc and titled “The Baby who went Straight to Heaven”.
“This story came about because I buried a little girl and had four other children to console.”
The final book in the launch is “Petals in the Wasteland”. A novel love story inspired by true accounts of emotional healing. A love story of a character who is often downtrodden and depressed and is continually uplifted by her unnamed lover.
“This is written for women who long to be accepted and loved unconditionally, particularly those who have struggled with rejection or know the pain of a hard marriage, divorce, abandonment and single-
mothering,” says April May. “Those of us who want to be swept off our feet and rescued by our beloved Knight in shining armour, who will romance us and care for us, cherish us and never, ever leave us. It’s for women who have been hurt and need to be healed.”
It was also written from first-hand experiences she says and includes an epilogue where April May elaborates on each chapter from the point of her experiencing these personal encounters.
“It is real. It is relatable. It is my story, within a story.”
This book launch is open to all and copies of the books will be available for purchase at a discounted rate, costing between $3040, with cash preferred
Local writer Valetta Sówka is releasing her first book, Family of Forest and Fungi – He Tukutuku Toiora.
The book reveals the hidden kingdom of fungi, looking at topics like ancestral uses of mushrooms and some fascinating contemporary applications of fungi, such as their ability to heal soils of pollutants.
Valetta also explores her ancestor’s world view of the natural world, and the book includes useful te reo Maori words for each section. “My nan, Mihi Amomate Bennett, was fluent in te reo Maori but was forbidden to speak it at school. If she did, she was beaten. I never heard her speak a complete sentence of Maori. Yet after she passed away, we found books she had written in her beautiful handwriting, pages of fluent reo.
Although I missed out on the language, she did pass down to me many cultural aspects: respect for the natural world, knowledge of fish-
ing and gardening by the maramataka, the awareness that everything has a mauri, or life force and that everything is interconnected. “ These aspects of te ao Maori are explored through the book. He tukutuku toiora translates as ‘a network of life’ and refers to the role of fungi as an interconnector of the natural world. Because of this interrelationship, the book first explores the reader’s connection to their environment, before discussing forests and lastly the kingdom of fungi that interweaves through everything.
Including artwork by award-winning illustrator Isobel Te AhoWhite, the book is intended for tamariki aged 8 to 12, though it also suitable for adults who seek to build a stronger connection to nature. Interviews are also included with local cultural advisor, Sean Delany, and mushroom grower and educator Mihau Sówka. Valetta and Mihau together operate local business Matariki Mushrooms, offering wananga about mushroom-growing, fungi, and their applications.
Valetta has collaborated with local kaiako reo, Hana Park, who
Local writer Valetta Sówka is releasing her first book, Family of Forest and Fungi – He Tukutuku Toiora.
provided the translations throughout the book. “Hana’s te reo vocabularies enable the reader to easily include Maori words in their conversations about the natural world. It’s encouraging to see the language being embraced and used more often. I think my Nan would have been very happy to see that.”
A book launch for Family of Forest and Fungi will be held at the Motueka Library on Friday, 14 April, 4pm – 6pm, with talks by the author and collaborators. Books will be available for purchase.
Congratulations to Ngahere Hedlund, who has won the “Best Understanding of a Text” Award for his speech at the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2023 held at Nayland College this month. Ngahere now has direct entry to attend workshops at the National Competitions in Wellington. He will also attend the National Shakespeare Schools Production in Wellington in September, where he will be directed in a piece. From this event, 25 students will be chosen to go to the Globe, London.
Age Concern Nelson Tasman has a drop-in session at the Motueka Library on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday mornings of each month. If youÿ d like to find out more about what we do for older adults in your community, please pop in to see us between 9.30am-12noon. To make an appointment, please phone 03 544 7624 ext 9.
There’s a wonderful group of people who play Pickleball at the Motueka Recreation Centre. It’s a fun game to play and watch, all newcomers are welcome.
If you head to the Motueka Library on the third Wednesday of any month you’ll encounter a friendly group of people chatting over a cuppa and you would be most welcome to join them. Wellby Talking Cafés have arrived in Motueka and are about social connection and finding out about local groups, activities and services.
Wellby Talking Cafés are held in various locations right across the Nelson Tasman region and are a great opportunity to talk face-toface with people and for making connections. You can pop in for a quick chat and a cuppa or stay for a longer conversation and learn a bit about the range of organisations, groups and support available in the area. There is no need to register, just turn up on the day.
The friendly hosts
will welcome you and tea and coffee are provided.
People are often curious about who might come along to a Wellby Talking Café. People new to the area often come along, and the information shared by the knowledgeable hosts is especially helpful for these community members. Recently retired people are frequent guests, who are looking to meet
others who also suddenly have more time on their hands. Other Talking Café guests have been people who work from home and can sometimes feel quite disconnected and appreciate the opportunity for a friendly face-to-face chat and cuppa during their work day. Talking Cafés appeal to a wide variety of people, which illustrates the common need we all have for social con-
nection.
Some guests become ‘regulars’ while others visit once, find a club or group to join (sometimes along with another Talking Café guest they meet) and happily carry on with their new activity.
One regular guest named John had this to say about his Talking Café experience, “I am an introvert; I don’t make friends very easily. I don’t do well in large
All sorts of people are attracted to the Wellby Talking Cafes and you can join them too at the Motueka Library next Wednesday 10-11.30am.
groups, but I can come along to Wellby and I can move around the group and I can talk to different people and just make connections. I really value my time at Wellby, it makes a real difference for me”. To learn more about Wellby and Talking Cafés, visit wellby.org. nz
The next Talking Café hosted at the Motueka Library is next Wednesday, 19 April 10-11.30am.
Free youth work training available in Golden Bay! Golden Bay’s youth sector is about to receive a boost, with a training programme designed to help youth workers and youth volunteers attain an entry-level qualification in youth work.
The Fundamentals of Youth Work Programme supports participants as they work towards an NZQA Level 3, 44 credit Certificate in Youth Work. This qualification is targeted at new or potential entrants into the youth-
work sector, including those currently working (paid or voluntary) with youth who would benefit from recognition of their skills in the workplace.
Participants will develop skills and competencies to enable them to support young people in a manner which is culturally and ethically safe. This qualification provides a pathway for entry into careers in the youth-development sector.
team of experienced youth and community workers, who are affiliated with the Nelson Tasman Youth Workers Collective. The main part of this training will be delivered in Kotinga Hall during the Easter school holidays, 17-21 April, from 9.00am –5.00pm.
After the training week, participants will have four months of putting their learning into practice in their workplace, or where they volunteer. Ongoing mentoring and support will be provided along with
opportunities to participate in shared learning initiatives.
An interactive training programme has been developed and will be delivered by a
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Do you have any Nelson or Wairau Hospital equipment that you are no longer needing? A shower stool in your back shed? A raised toilet seat in a hall cupboard? Or even something in the garage - perhaps a walking frame that’s now home to a spider?
If hospital equipment has served its purpose in helping you or a loved one, please return it so the equipment can go on helping more people. On average, 350 items leave the Nelson Hospital store every week, so getting items back that are no longer in use is very important.
You can identify equipment as belonging to the hospital if it has a grey barcode sticker with hospital identification on it.
Monday to Friday, drop it by: Nelson
The Allied Health Store, Motueka Street, next to Taylor’s Laundry 8am to 4:30pm
Takaka
Golden Bay Community Health, 10 Central Street
8:30am to 5pm
Motueka
Motueka Health Centre, 15 Courtney Street
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Blenheim
Taylor Pass Road, southern entrance to the hospital via the service entrance 8am to 2:30pm
We’ll clean it, check it for health and safety criteria, and reissue it to another patient in need.
We really appreciate your assistance in helping us help others.
Many thanks from the Occupational Therapists and the Physiotherapists of Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough.
Whooping Cough is highly contagious and can cause serious harm to newborn babies.
It’s recommended that, if you’re over 16 weeks pregnant, you protect your baby by getting vaccinated. The vaccine is FREE in your second and third trimester.
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While displaying attractive bell-like purplish flowers the Cathedral Bells plant is a pest vine needing eradication.
This pest alert is a pleasant-looking plant species whose name and appearance almost evoke a Sunday cuppa with the vicar.
Cathedral Bells (Cobaea scandens) is a fast-growing, evergreen climbing vine that can grow six metres tall and cover trees and shrubs in forests, roadsides, riverbanks, gardens, hedges, shelter belts and open areas.
It was introduced to New Zealand for its
ornamental qualities and was historically planted around homesteads for its attractive bell-like purplish flowers.
The shape of the flowers has previously led to it also being called the “Cup and Saucer” plant.
Flowering occurs between February and April, followed by the emergence of seed pods – hard, oval capsules around 5–8cm long which are full of winged seeds and spread into the imme-
diate surroundings. These seeds germinate and a clag of thick smothering vines eventuate. This is where the pesty properties come to the fore.
This pest vine is listed in the Tasman Nelson Pest Management Plan as an eradication species. It is currently
known to be active at three locations in Golden Bay and an infestation in Dodson’s Valley, Nelson. Please let the TDC know if you spot this pest around the region – call them on 03 543 8400 and ask to speak to one of their Biosecurity Officers.
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Every week, Network Tasman is carrying out planned maintenance somewhere on the power line network. This requires us temporarily turning the power o to some houses or businesses.
The work of the Kotahitanga mo te Taiao Alliance to restore nature in the top of the South Island is attracting international attention, with the release this Friday of a short film by BBC Earth Our Frozen Planet released through its Facebook feed which has 17 million viewers. The film is also available on BBC Earth.
The 12-minute short film tells the story of the Kotahitanga mo te Taiao Alliance (The Alliance) as it grows and connects multiple conservation projects across the top of New Zealand’s South Island.
The Alliance’s collaborative model caught the attention of the BBC’s Natural History Unit, and the film is one in a series focusing on accelerating change in response to climate change and biodiversity loss.
The Alliance brings together Te Tauihu (Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman) and Kawatiri (Buller) iwi, Councils and DOC with a shared vision to restore nature. Its work is supported by The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa NZ (TNC NZ), the NZ arm of a global environmental not-for-profit.
“The Alliance brings these groups together with one purpose and one vision, to achieve what no entity can do alone,” explains Co-chair Martin Rodd. “The Alliance covers 3.5 million ha – if we work on it at a landscape scale, I think we can make a massive difference to climate change.”
As New Zealand experiences the impacts of humaninduced climate change and biodiversity loss, the film explores the Alliance’s vision to restore
healthy ecosystems, increase their capacity to absorb carbon and protect against flooding, slips, erosion, biodiversity loss and economic and social hardship. It highlights the ways this work can support economic, cultural and environmental resilience for communities feeling the impacts of climate change.
Outgoing Alliance Co-chair Dave Johnston talks about bringing the ori world view into play, and how that allows for a different approach.
“It makes you think a little bit differently in terms of how we need to care for and respect Papatuanuku earth mother and Ranginui sky father, and everything in between.”
At the heart of the film are some of the Alliance’s key projects: the iwi-led restoration of an ancient forest and its resident long-tailed bats in the Te Hoiere/Pelorus Catchment; Project Mahitahi — restoring the health of the Maitai/Mahitahi River in Nelson; community predator control by Picton Dawn Chorus; and plans to make Westport more resilient to climate changerelated flooding.
Interviews with Alliance leaders, project staff and volunteers capture the sense of ownership and commitment of those who work to restore the whenua/
land and awa/rivers, and the acknowledgment of Te Ao Maori, which sees the connection between people, land, freshwater, coastline and ocean as seamless. They highlight the importance of kotahitanga –working together, at a system and landscape scale to create resilient ecosystems and communities.
Jamie Cleine, Mayor of Buller District, talks about the impacts of four successive flood events in the last few years, and how the Alliance’s restoration projects are giving Buller communities hope. “It is providing tools and actions to help us get through and recover, as well as from an environmental point of view, helping us to adapt to a new normal.
Debs Martin, TNC NZ’s Programme Manager for the Alliance, explains that the ground-level projects across the region are the building blocks for the work ahead. “From working on hundreds of thousands of hectares, we will be able to scale up to millions of hectares.”
And following the publication of the film, Debs says that the Alliance will be expanding into the marine space.
“We’ve put the foundations down but the next steps are crucial to making a difference in our region
– working from the mountains into the sea, ki uta ki tai. It’s exciting but also challenging to find the support we need across the region to restore one of the globe’s biodiversity hotspots. The film will really help bring attention to what we are doing and hopefully encourage people to get behind the Alliance.”
Carl McGuinness, Acting Country Director, TNC NZ, says he is delighted to see the work of the Alliance showcased on an international platform.
“The Alliance is one of several projects TNC NZ supports, but we see the model emerging here as a blueprint for collaborative conservation projects elsewhere. The relationship between iwi, land and water is fundamental to the way the Alliance operates, and offers one of the best models we have to move forward in terms of scale, impact and resilience in our environmental restoration work.”
Overall, the film gives hope that, by working together with a more integrated, nature-based approach to conservation, we can shift the dial on environmental and climaterelated threats to nature, and look ahead to a safer, biodiversity-rich future.
We let your electricity retailer know well in advance when a power outage caused by planned maintenance is due to happen. They will let you know, usually via email, that your power is going to be turned o while we carry out the work.
Sometimes customers phone us after the power has gone o to say they were not noti ed of a planned power outage. Not knowing about an outage can be hugely disruptive for customers, which is not what we want. We want you to know in advance so that you can make plans for the outage.
There can be a number of reasons why you might be unaware that the power will be temporarily turned o for maintenance work, but there are some things you can do to make sure you get planned outage noti cations:
Î Check the contact details that your electricity retailer has for you, and make sure they are correct.
Î Check your email settings to make sure emails from your electricity retailer don’t accidentally end up in your ‘junk’ folder or somewhere else that you don’t usually look.
Î If you are not the electricity account holder, make sure the person or company who is, knows to pass outage noti cations on to you. For example, if you are a tenant and the landlord gets the power bill, the landlord will get the outage noti cation, not you.
Î Ask your electricity retailer how they let you know about planned power outages, and think about whether this will be okay for you.
Î Some electricity retailers can provide outage noti cation by text message. If you want this, ask your retailer if they can do it for you.
Î Keep an eye out for more than one outage noti cation from your electricity retailer. Sometimes we need to have two or more outages in the same area to get the work done. Each outage is noti ed separately by your electricity retailer.
There are a number of ways to heat your home, the most common methods in our region being heat pumps and woodburners. The good news is, sustainably sourced wood and electricity generated through renewable sources, such as hydro (which generates the majority of New Zealand’s power) produces the lowest net greenhouse gas emissions. If you are fortunate enough to have a wetback on your fire, this is even more so.
Check out Smarter Homes smarterhomes.org.nz for a concise breakdown of the different heating sources, we’ve listed the most common below:
Electric heaters
Electric heaters are most useful if you want to provide warmth for a single person or a single room.
Radiant heaters have an element that shines warmth directly onto you. Convection heaters (which include fan heaters, panel heaters and oil-filled column heaters) provide general background warmth. Using a fan uses a little bit of energy, but it means the room heats up more quickly and the heat is more even.
Good for:
• se panel heaters and oil filled column heaters in wellinsulated homes that don’t require a lot of heating, or to heat a single room such as a bedroom.
• se radiant heaters in poorly insulated homes since they shine warmth directly onto you, or in spaces you’ll
only use for short periods such as the bathroom (take care to keep the heater well away from water, and keep anything flammable at least a metre from the heater).
Pros:
• uiet, portable and convenient.
• enerally have a thermostat and some have a timer setting.
Cons:
• nly good for smaller spaces.
• ome radiant heaters have e posed glowing elements which can be a fire risk and shouldn’t be used in bedrooms or around young children. They generally don’t have thermostats.
• At about 2 cents/kWh, electrical heaters are an e pensive way to heat.
Heat pumps
Heat pumps are among the most energy-efficient forms of heating appliance available. They work by taking heat from the air outside your home and using it to warm the air inside, using a process that’s a bit like a refrigerator working in reverse. They can do this even when the temperature is cold outside, although in very cold or humid areas they may shut down for short periods to defrost. In these conditions their efficiency drops, although it will rarely be less than an electric resistance heater.
Heat pumps are controlled using a thermostat, so you can set them to keep your home within set temperature ranges at different times of the day.
Heat pumps come in various si es, from single room heaters to ducted whole-house systems. It is important to get a heat pump that is the right si e for the area to be heated, and to install it in the right place.
Additionally, there is the temptation to use your heat pump for summer cooling instead of natural ventilation and shading, which increases your summer power bills. However, heat pumps are not necessarily the most energy-efficient option for cooling.
Cooling and air conditioning and passive cooling have information about other options.
Good for:
• oom-specific heating.
• Areas where there are severe air pollution problems.
• A good money saving option for people who are currently heating a lot with electric heaters.
Pros:
• odern heat pumps have oefficients of erformance and nergy fficiency atios of 4. and more which means for every kWh of electricity they use they will produce 4. kWh of heat or coolness .
• At –10 cents/kWh, heat pumps are more efficient than other electric heaters and very efficient models are now available.
• Highly controllable with a thermostat setting and, in most models, a timer for switching on and off to suit needs.
• ome heat pumps also incorporate air filters that remove dust and pollen, which can be helpful for people with asthma and allergies.
Cons:
• ess efficient when outside temperatures drop below degrees celicus and can stop working completely in deep snow or in very cold, humid conditions.
• iven they are essentially a one-room heater, they are e pensive to install.
• an be noisy particularly for neighbours .
• Heating costs can be higher than e pected if used for cooling in summer or for those who have increased the amount that they heat.
• ompletely reliant on electricity supply.
Woodburners
Modern, enclosed woodburners are much more efficient than open fires, and with a wide range of models available (8kW–30kW), most houses can be heated by a woodburner.
Authorised woodburners on the Ministry for the Environment’s website shows which ones are permitted to be installed and what their respective efficiencies and emissions are. There are ultra-low emission woodburners available.
Wood is a renewable fuel and, so long as wood that’s burned is replaced with growing trees, it’s carbon neutral. If you have a free supply of dry, untreated timber, this form of heating will be your cheapest heating option.
Selecting the right size of woodburner is important because they are most efficient when run at full capacity.
Air quality rules mean most urban woodburners cannot have the damper closed to control heat output and speed of burning as starving the fire of oxygen increases the emissions.
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Where a woodburner has a larger capacity than required to heat a space, consider using a heat transfer kit to move excess heat into other areas of the house.
Good for:
• Heating large areas.
• Where wood is cheap or freely available, or in areas with poor electricity security.
• Houses with poor insulation – we recommend that you insulate, but if you can’t, this is the cheapest way to heat your home.
Pros:
• At between 14–20 cents/kWh where wood is purchased, these are cheap heaters to run and can be combined with a wetback to provide hot water heating.
• Near-carbon neutral and renewable heating.
• Works even in a power cut and may be able to be used for cooking.
• They can heat more than one room with a heat transfer kit.
• With a ‘wetback’ system you can also use it to heat your hot water.
Wet or green wood makes more smoke and less heat, so if we burn dry wood from a Good Wood supplier our homes will be warmer, the fire will be cheaper to run and the air quality will be healthier for everyone. Council approved Good Wood suppliers will ensure you get dry wood and can give you good advice on storing wood for the following winter. Check out the full list of Good Wood suppliers at tasman.govt.nz/good-wood
Cons:
• enerally are large heaters – at least kW, which can result in overheating if the heat is not moved around though open doors or through a heat transfer system.
• oes re uire a dry space for storing wood and wood needs to be dried before burning. tacking, chopping and moving wood are re uired.
• Woodburners need flues to be cleaned at least once a year more when they are heavily used .
• lder models and those burning damp wood can con-
tribute to air pollution. Woodburners emit tiny particles of smoke which, if inhaled a lot, can cause respiratory disease. All woodburners sold since eptember 200 for non-rural use have to comply with national environmental standards.
Council requirements
Woodburners must comply with air uality standards and local council re uirements. ind out more at Tasman istrict ouncil. ou’ll need a building consent to install a woodburner, and have the woodburner installed by a specialist installer. The council will have to inspect the burner before issuing a code compliance certificate.
Pellet burners
ellet burners are typically more efficient than woodburners. They burn compressed wood pellets which are made from sawmill waste – so burning wood pellets is a form of recycling. The pellets contain nothing but wood. ou may have read about forestry slash into wood pellets by A Wood at their rightwater operation. ellet burners start with an electric lighter and many come with a thermostat and timer.
Good for:
• Heating larger, well-insulated spaces.
Pros:
• Are controlled by thermostat – some models have timers and remote controls to tailor operation.
• ellet burners produce very little smoke and burn more efficiently than woodburners. t is also easier to control the heat output.
• arbon neutral and a renewable heating type.
• ags of pellets are easy to handle and control, and can help to manage heating costs on a weekly budget.
• At 14–20 cent/kWh, these are a fairly cheap way to heat and can sometimes be combined with a wetback to
provide hot water heating.
Cons:
• e uires electricity to run.
• onvective heat rather than the radiant heat of a woodburner – you can’t sit in front of it for that toasty warm feeling.
• To warm the whole house, heat needs to be moved around through open doors or a heat transfer system.
• maller output than woodburners mostly kW–1 kW means large or older poorly insulated houses may need more than one pellet burner.
Legal requirements
ou’ll need a building consent to install a pellet burner and must comply with air uality standards and local council re uirements.
ike other woodburners they must be installed by a specialist installer. Tasman istrict ouncil will have to inspect the burner before issuing a code of compliance certificate.
The United Bowling Club recently held the men’s and women’s champion of champion junior pair’s tournament. With the best from all the bowling clubs in the district coming and playing to find out the best of the best.
Joelle Dadson and Sharon Smith representing the small but proud club of Riwaka. They played a very strong pairing from the Stoke Bowling Club team in the final who were perhaps even tipped as favourites but someone forgot to tell the Riwaka girls that. They won the hard fought game, winning 20-11 and will have their names engraved in silver from now on. The last time Riwaka won this trophy was in 1969, 54 years ago well done.
Results of the Motueka Bowling Club’s Open Triples Tournament held on Tuesday, 4 April 2023.
The tournament was generously sponsored by Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village.
A beautiful Autumn Day saw 12 teams competing in four 8 end games. The winner was clear cut but minor placings were closely contested.
Results:
1st Chris Allred, Carolyn Wadsworth, Mike Carter, from the Stoke club with 4 wins, 21 ends, 64 points
2nd Peter Cromwell, Sandra Johnson, Graham Johnson from the Motueka Club with 3 wins, 19ends, 30 points
3rd Sam Woods, Phil Macquet, Brian Ensor from the Motueka club with 3 wins, 18 ends, 35 points
Just missing out on a place by one end was Princie’s team from Motueka. Many thanks to Ernest Rutherford for their continued support of the Motueka Bowling Club.
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The tradition of holding a Ladies Friendship Day, or as it has come to be known, “Giggle Day”, was continued on Wednesday, 29 March at Mapua Bowling Club.
A fancy dress theme had been set for the teams and the interpretation of “a song or movie title” went beyond imagination! Mapua was host to the Peaky Blinders, Wee Willie Winkie, the Pirates of the Caribbean and ET to name but a few.
As the ladies let their hair down, the Mapua men attempted to keep order out on the green and in the kitchen and bar. The day started with a glass of bubbly and concluded with bowls of ice cream via a lovely lunch of ham, quiche and mixed salads.
All eight rinks were in action with sixteen teams of triples. There was some conventional bowling along with plenty of crazy bowling challenges, spot prizes and penalties for any wrong bias of which there were a few. A bell was rung, all play stopped and the guilty party had to stand in the middle of the green to sing a nursery rhyme. Oh! The wrong bias shame!
Arthur Win, MC for the day, aided and
abetted by Dave Dillon managed to tot up the scores at the end of the day to find the three winning teams. Prizes were sponsored by two Mapua Club members, Dave and Sue England, and awarded as –First place, Di Blanchet, Di McBride and Margie Dillon of Mapua Second Place, Mary Orbell, Trish Campbell and Rae Peterson of Stoke Third Place, Jean Daubney, Chris Green and Hilary Brown of Mapua
The prize for the best dressed team went to the “French Connection”, the ladies from Takaka Bowling Club.
All round it was a highly successful day and a whole lot of fun. Mention has to be made of greenkeeper, Ian Benbow who arrived as his alter ego, Sadie.
Not only was Sadie responsible for a green in near perfect condition but also a lot of mischief with her feather duster.
The ladies of Mapua Bowling Club are very grateful to all the outside teams who joined us for Giggle Day and to all the Club members who worked extremely hard behind the scenes to make it such a success.