Waimea Weekly - 1 February 2023

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Wednesday 1 February 2023

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Floyd a cut above

Tasman shearer Floyd Haare successfully defended the Tapawera Shears

Open shearing title on Saturday.

Floyd, 35, originally from Southland but now based at Bainham, near Collingwood, dominated the four-man final, shearing the 20 sheep in 19min 24.22sec, beating secondman-off and eventual runner-up Nick Nalder, of Tākaka, by more than two sheep, a buffer of almost 9pts on time. There was more than two minutes back to veteran Blenheim competitor Chris Jones, who won the Open Plate at Tapawera last year, and who at the age of almost 65 has competed at all three Top-of-the-South shows so far this season, also finishing third at the Marlborough show in October.

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Orchards take new staffing initiative

ANNE HARDIE

The apple harvest begins this month (February) and a tight labour market combined with low backpacker numbers prompted one business to take the innovative step to set up a recruitment stand in the Richmond Mall to find staff.

Heartland Fruit NZ packs and

markets Luv’ya apples in Richmond for a number of growers and employs up to 150 staff, with its busiest period between the start of harvest in mid-February through to July.

Operations manager Daniel Manson says it has been a tough couple of years finding staff due to Covid-19, especially last year when overseas backpackers with

Working Holiday Visas (WHV) were shut out of New Zealand. It left them short of staff through the season and the packing operation on Beach Road had to reduce three production lines down to two. He says the business still achieved its goals for export and local markets, but it was challenging for all areas of the business. Though the borders are open

again, he says the number of backpackers seeking work for the coming season is still low.

“We aim to hire as many local workers as possible, but there is never enough for all the jobs available and so we fill the gap with backpacker workers.”

The company tries to attract seasonal workers including backpackers from cherry packhouses

in Central Otago as the cherry season finishes before the apple harvest begins. But this year the cherry season is running later due to weather and it will be too late to get those workers for the beginning of the apple harvest in Tasman.

Few backpackers prompted the

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Floyd Haare successfully defended his title at the Tapawera Shears on Saturday. Photo: Barry Whitnall / Shuttersport.

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What can the new Prime Minister do to help with the cost-of-living crisis?

“Take the GST off vegetables so people can feed their families proper food.”

“My son lives in Australia and it seems to be cheaper to live there. It’s pretty hard to fix because it’s a global problem.”

“More housing would help. Costs are going up but not wages, the cost of living payment was brilliant.”

“I don’t think they’ve got time to fix it before the election. Poor bugger, he’s been set up a bit.”

Orchards take new staffing initiative

company to take the initiative and set up a recruitment stand in the Richmond Mall where it could reach a large number of people.

“We needed a more public display to say ‘we need you’. We’re also trying to show people it is more than a seasonal job and can lead to a rewarding career.”

He says the promotion has had some success attracting more staff with some job seekers receiving contracts for the pending packing season.

The overall result will be hard to judge though as many people picked up application forms or pamphlets for family and friends

which may lead to job applications.

Different staff members fronted the pop-up recruitment stand and Daniel says it was an opportunity for them to talk to the public about the jobs on offer, which was key to its success.

Out at Hoddy’s Orchard in Hope where staff are needed for harvest as well as the packhouse, general manager Jos Bell says the WHV workers are starting to come back, but nowhere near the numbers seen preCovid-19.

Fortunately, more Kiwis are seeking seasonal work which is resulting in more applicants from a broader pool of people.

“The feeling is that people

are a bit more willing to get out and do something post Covid.

“We’re feeling reasonably confident and doing a lot of work to find people,” Jos says.

“But it will be a relief when we cross the start line with the right number of people.”

Jos says the apple crop is looking “really, really good” this season for quality as well as quantity which is a good start.

“The flip side is we have certainly struggled over the last two years to pick and pack the crop and also the logistics to get it to market. This year we’re feeling a bit more positive in staff and shipping, but there are still a lot of unknowns.”

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Heartland Fruit NZ staff Fumie Iwai (left) and Ella Haddon at the pop-up recruitment stand in the Richmond Mall. Photo: Anne Hardie.

George swims 300km around Lake Rotoiti

PETER JONES

Ultra-distance swimmer

George Glover has settled into a relentless daily routine as he tackles his latest fund-raising venture.

The young Marlburian set out on Saturday morning, at 5.30am, to swim 300km in the cool alpine waters of Lake Rotoiti, bidding to raise much-needed funds for charity. Originally planned as a 300km ocean swim from New Brighton in Christchurch to Marlborough’s White’s Bay, George’s ‘Black Dog Swim’ was re-sited at a late stage to St Arnaud, due to unfavourable conditions forecast at sea.

He has a loyal support team on hand, both on the water and on the shoreline at Rotoiti’s East Bay.

Rarangi surf lifesaving stalwart

Brendon Ferguson is accompanying George in an IRB with Andrea Koorey handling the day shift logistics. Molly Glover is looking after the night shift, alongside her father Ben Glover, Jonty Gallagher, “camp mum” Jon Haack, Nicola Poswillo and Eliza Glover, plus a succession of guest swimmers and paddlers accompanying George on his way.

Local multisport coach Mark Grammer swam alongside George on lap one and said on Facebook, “It’s [George’s] extraordinary mental resilience that’s sets him apart from anyone else I know. Six hours in a cold alpine lake with him is six hours I’ll never forget.”

George swam the first lap in a clockwise direction, then went anti-clockwise for lap two, a pattern he aims to repeat for the next five days, hoping to finish around 11.30am on Sunday, February 5.

The 20-year-old has set a goal of raising $100,000 for Mike King’s I Am Hope charity throughout the challenge, supporting the charity’s work

providing positive attitudinal societal change around mental health throughout New Zealand.

This isn’t the first time the third-year Canterbury University student has taken to the water on behalf of youth mental health. In 2020 his “Black Dog Swim”, where he swam the 61.5km length of the Queen Charlotte Sound and back again, raised more than $60,000 for the same charity. The following year he prompted his university mates to stage New Zealand’s first Cricket Marathon, raising $45,000 for I Am Hope while running a marathon in an overnight game of backyard cricket.

George Glover is mid-way through swimming 300km around Lake Rotoiti. Photo: Supplied.

‘Please save my girl’, baby born at 27 weeks, mother left with no bowel or colon

SARA HOLLYMAN

Summah and Brad Fuller remember the day their daughter was born like it was yesterday. “We had tried to conceive for two and a half years so she was my miracle baby,” Summah says.

Just over a week ago the couple welcomed their son Brooklyn into the world, but this time they will remember his birth for different reasons.

Brooklyn was born via emergency surgery in Christchurch Hospital at just 27 weeks. Summah was then rushed straight to surgery, having her bowel and colon removed, and is now facing a long uphill battle to recover.

Summah’s rapid health decline began in November when she got Covid-19. She says, from there, her health went downhill.

“A week after I got Covid, I was hospitalized with kidney troubles, which was thought to be kidney stones.”

It turned out to not be stones and she was discharged a week later, the day she had her scan and found out they would be welcoming a little brother for 19-monthold Sienna.

A week later Summah was readmitted to hospital with “excruciating” back and stomach pain.

“It was withering pain, it was so much worse than labour,” Sum-

mah recalls. She had a JJ stent inserted, which helps urine drain from the kidney into the bladder. But after struggling to breathe she was also diagnosed with a blood clot on her lung, so was immediately put on blood thinners which upset her kidney again.

Summah’s mother Karen Marfell spent the next six weeks taking Summah back and forth to Nelson Hospital “almost daily”.

“Three weeks ago, I started to get a gripey tummy, I said to Brad, ‘I’m worried about my bowels, something doesn’t feel right’,” Summah says.

On Thursday, 19 January, Summah was readmitted to Nelson Hospital. By Saturday morning she had rapidly declined.

“I woke up at 1am in excruciating pain. By 8am I was really not good.”

She told her midwife she felt “absolutely terrible”, and from there

“things got crazy”.

“There were so many doctors, I was so unwell. My skin was swollen, and my eyes were burning.”

The decision was made that Summah needed to go to Christchurch Hospital via Lifeflight.

Karen gets emotional remembering the call telling her how sick her daughter had become.

“Because she was in hospital I felt a bit more relaxed so took a

weekend away and went to Port Underwood.

“Getting that call telling me I needed to get back to Nelson, it was the longest drive of my life. I was crying the whole way because I didn’t think I was going to make it in time.”

She arrived back just before Summah’s transfer began.

“Seeing your child in that much pain was horrible, I don’t think I realized just how serious it was.”

Karen was told the flight would take 55 minutes and not to expect to hear from anybody for at least a couple of hours.

“I tracked her flight, and it took just 35 minutes, that’s when I knew something must be real-

ly wrong, why would they have gone that fast?”

Just an hour and a half after Summah departed Nelson, Karen got a phone call from the surgeon in Christchurch. Things were not looking good. Brooklyn was going to be born and Summah would head straight for emergency surgery.

“I just said ‘please save my girl’,” Karen recollects. “The surgeon said, ‘I’m going to try my hardest, but I’m really worried’.”

At around 1am Karen’s phone rang.

“It was a private number and my heart sunk, I picked up and said ‘hello Karen speaking’.” The response was ‘hi mum, it’s me’.

“I burst into tears,” recalls Karen. Both Summah and Brooklyn had pulled through. Summah had lost her large bowel and colon, leaving her with an ostomy bag. The arrival in Christchurch is all a bit of a blur to Summah but she remembers one thing clear as day. “I remember telling them ‘I have to get through this, I have to get home to my girl’.”

Summah, being a stay-at-home mum, had never spent a night away from Sienna before her health issues began. Now they face at least another five weeks in Christchurch before Brooklyn can be transferred back to Nelson - if all goes well.

“Brooklyn is a trooper, he is amazing,” Summah says, “NICU love him.”

Karen, Brad and Sienna have been in Christchurch ever since, but on Monday Karen and Sienna had to head home to Nelson. “It’s been a huge adjustment for everybody,” Summah says.

Karen says Brad and herself will continue to juggle looking after Sienna between visits to Christchurch, but it will take a financial toll. Summah wants to thank her family and her midwife team for getting her and Brooklyn through. You can donate at givealittle.co.nz/cause/assistingthe-fullers-on-the-road-to-recovery

Tasman water restrictions begin

The first water restrictions of the summer are now in place, meaning many residents in Tasman can no longer water their lawn or fill swimming pools. “It’s later this year than normal,” says Tasman District Council’s group manager community infrastructure Richard Kirby. “We’ve sometimes had to bring restrictions in before Christmas and other times it’s been early- to mid-January.” He attributes the later-than-normal water restrictions to the wet weather seen in November in December. Phase B water restrictions are now in effect for anyone on a council

water supply in Richmond, Brightwater, Hope, Wakefield, Redwood Valley and Māpua / Ruby Bay and their rural extensions.

Nelson residents living on Champion Road, the Wakatu Industrial Estate and parts of Saxton Road, where water is supplied from the Richmond Water Supply Scheme, will also face Phase B water restrictions. “Over the last week or so, the demand from Richmond, Waimea, and Māpua has got to a point where we’re very close to – and in a couple of cases exceeded our extraction by 1 or 2 per cent,” Richard says.

Summah Fuller has a long road to recovery ahead but her son Brooklyn, who was born at just 27 weeks, is doing well. Photo: Supplied.

Josh hits the golf course with poppa

SARA HOLLYMAN

Six-year-old Josh Winnington has been hitting the golf course with his poppa, Lloyd Moyle, since he was a toddler. But over the past couple of years, it’s been hunting for lost golf balls that entices Josh more than playing the game itself.

Lloyd and Josh have done the rounds at Waahi Taakaro Golf Club in the Maitai Valley about twice a week since Josh was a toddler.

Although Josh has his own set of clubs, it’s the collecting that keeps his attention.

“He’s always had a good eye for finding the balls,” Lloyd says.

“He can be very persuasive if he sees one in a tricky to reach spot like the middle of the river, he begs and pleads with me to get them.”

“Yesterday you didn’t get the one out of the river,” Josh reminds Lloyd.

Lloyd admits that from time-totime it is his turn to do the persuading, when Josh finds some nice balls that would be good to hit round the course.

“I have to say I want three of his nice shiny white ones if he wants my nice colourful one I found.”

Josh’s mum Kate says, ever since he was six months old Josh has had an obsession with balls and at first he didn’t want to sell any. But after spreading them across his Richmond home and poppa’s house, it was time to put them up for sale.

The most balls the pair have col-

lected is 135 in one day, which happened after a minor flood. Josh says that when he gets lots his mum Kate puts the golf balls for sale on Facebook. He even has regular customers who have standing orders for a particular ball type if they are ever found.

And he uses the money for his favourite toy.

“Monster trucks, I’ve got heaps.” Last summer he made over $200 and he’s made almost the same this year.

“We save some, we spend some, and hopefully later we’ll get to the give some away stage,” Kate says.

Josh’s current favourite ball is a shiny red one with a number 2 that was found in the river, but he says he won’t sell that one. Once collected the balls get placed into two categories, good condition and practice.

“Good condition doesn’t have any scratches and it looks nice, if it’s practice condition there’s scratches and it doesn’t look that nice,” Josh says.

“We have to go over the fence because sometimes people hit them in the long grass,” Josh says. “And poppa always misses them,” he laughs.

Lloyd can’t disagree.

“One time we were walking along a drain, and I was looking all through the drain and he went and found one sticking out of a flax bush, he’s got them out of trees too, he sees them up there.”

Josh says he felt sad that his little brother Levi didn’t have any money so they have started collecting pinecones so he can have his own ‘business’ too. Now that Josh is at school, they don’t get as much time to go golfing together.

“Now it’s mostly the holidays,” Lloyd says. “He’s relying on me to find them now but I don’t have his eye.”

Tākaka Hill road resurfacing from Riwaka Valley Road to Aaron Creek Road

7 February to 17 March

2023

State Highway 60 between Aaron Creek Road and Riwaka Valley Road will have stop/go traffic management during the day from Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 21 February and at night, road closures from Sunday 26 February to Friday 17 March.

Day time stop/go traffic management

7 to 21 February 6am to 6pm

Please plan ahead and expect short delays.

Night time closure

26 February to 17 March 8pm to 5:30am

The road will be opened at 1am each night for traffic queued at the two road closure points – Aaron Creek Road and Riwaka Valley Road. Road users wanting to travel over Tākaka Hill at the 1am opening need to be at the Aaron Creek Road closure point by 12.30am or at the Riwaka Valley Road road closure point by 1am.

Note: these roadworks are weather dependent and may be rescheduled.

For more information, email Mario Lunjevich at mario.lunjevich@fultonhogan.com or phone 03 547 9789 or visit journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic

Six-year-old Josh Winnington has been collecting golf balls while hitting the course with his poppa Lloyd Moyle, since he was a toddler. Photo: Sara Hollyman.

‘Piece of history’ found at recycling centre

KATE RUSSELL

A 125-year-old bible belonging to the first ordained Presbyterian minister to volunteer for active service as a soldier during the First World War has been found at the Nelson Recycling Centre.

The bible, printed in 1898, belonged to Adam R Madill, who volunteered for active service in 1916.

Chief executive of the Nelson Environment Centre, Anton Drazevic, says the bible turned up in a big box of donated books.

“One of our team members spotted it and did a bit of research and it turns out that it has quite an interesting history.”

Adam was the presbyterian minister for Whakatane. When the war broke out he had the opportunity for chaplaincy, but refused, instead opting to fight in the war.

“At the time it was hugely controversial because he chose to enlist and serve with his fellow men rather than taking the opportunity for promotion within the church,” Anton says. Adam sadly died in a daylight raid on the German trenches in France on 21 February 1917, aged 37.

His name is written on the inside first page, signed and dated 1911 from Knox College in Dunedin.

“When you look through the bible you’ll see his handwritten notes on

certain pages,” says Anton. The bible was auctioned on Trade Me last week and will be making its way back to Dunedin to the Presbyterian Research Centre at Knox College in Dunedin after they won the auction on Trade Me for $125. All proceeds from the auction will go to the Nelson Environment Centre and Kai Rescue.

Anton says the bible is just one of the many unusual items that show up at the centre every day. “You name it, it will find its way here. We’ve got this beautiful set of original sailing charts that were used to sail from the coast of the UK to Nelson, complete with notes and coffee stains.”

Retirement village residents back on their bike

ANNE HARDIE

Oaklands Retirement Village

residents Pauline Johnston and Pat Fearn had smiles from ear to ear even before they were helped into the trishaw e-bike for a ride around the gardens. The trishaw rides were put on hold throughout two years of Covid-19 restrictions, but the village was able to crank it up again toward the end of last year and residents in the rest home are exploring their neighbourhood once again.

Oaklands’ wellness leader Chris Borlase says it has been great to kickstart the trishaw rides again for residents who come back beaming and telling other residents about everything they have seen along the way.

Age Concern organises volunteers to pilot the trishaw and Tess Bygate put her hand up for a monthly slot after she saw a trishaw at a Ride by Cycle day. She had been looking for a volunteer role and when she saw

Rachel's Report

Happy Anniversary Nelson! I hope you were able to enjoy some time with your loved ones over the long weekend Good luck to all of the students starting and returning to school over the next few days

It has been an enormous privilege to serve as a Labour MP under the leadership of Jacinda Ardern I am so grateful for the love and support shown by Jacinda to the people of Nelson during our tough times, like the Pigeon Valley Fires and the 2022 floods Jacinda will be remembered as one of New Zealand's best Prime Ministers, and her legacy will be felt by generations to come

I am delighted that Chris Hipkins is now Prime Minister of New Zealand

Together, we have worked hard to keep Salisbury School for Girls open, and to grow the roll so that our most vulnerable girls from across New Zealand have a safe place to enjoy and engage in education Prime Minister Hipkins has regularly visited Nelson under his previous Ministerial portfolios, visiting schools, businesses, police stations and meeting with Nelson leaders I am looking forward to bringing him to Nelson as our Prime Minister, and continuing our work here

the trishaw she thought: “that’s what I want to do”.

“You hear lots of stories when you take them out! And there’s a lot that don’t want to stop when you take them back.”

Wellness coordinator Grace Horner says about 15 of their residents are physically able to get into the trishaw and enjoy rides that usually take them through Oakland’s gardens or down the road to Berryfields.

“I took Pat out for a birthday treat and couldn’t believe what a restful, cathartic experience it is. It’s a really lovely interactive experience for them.”

The village bought the trishaw a few years ago as part of the Cycling Without Age programme to get their elderly residents back onto a bike and around their community. The programme is aimed at challenging the way ageing is treated.

Chris says they want to change the view of ageing from the perspective of the elderly and those around them, but acknowledges

it is a slow process.

“We’re trying very hard to change it in multiple different ways, like keeping people engaged in the community. Having lots of community connections is one thing we are really striving for.”

As well as getting out into the community, the village is increasingly bringing the community to its residents. School students now work with residents to help them with mobile phones and iPads. Chris says the plan is to look for more ways to involve their elderly residents with the community.

She says both the elderly and those around them sometimes expect them to be elderly people who need help, whereas the goal now is to encourage everyone to help the elderly retain their independence and community engagement. “It’s about not taking people’s independence away from them, but rather encouraging independence and decision making.”

Volunteer Tess Bygate pilots for Pat Fearn (left) and Pauline Johnston.

Photo: Anne Hardie.

A 125-year-old bible with a big history was discovered in a bag of donated books at the Nelson Environment Centre.

Photo: Supplied.

Residents have their say on future community hub

MAX FRETHEY

Local Democracy Reporter

What makes up a community hub? This is the question the communities of Brightwater and Wakefield are trying to answer for themselves.

Community consultation sessions for a needs assessment for a new Waimea South Community Hub have now been completed, with many residents in the two towns giving feedback on the holes they see in the current accessible leisure options in their area.

“What’s really important with this project is actually getting that feedback from the community,” says Moutere-Waimea Ward councillor Christeen Mackenzie, a long-time advocate for the facility.

“I feel very strongly that it shouldn’t be the council deciding what the community needs.”

Attendees of the consultation session at the Wanderers Community Sports Club in Brightwater last Tuesday spoke of a need for more youth activities in the town, as well as highlighting the underutilisation of existing community buildings like the Brightwater Public Hall.

And at another consultation last

November, some Wakefield residents emphasized the senior community and said that any new community facility should need adequate heating so it could serve as a social space for the elderly, even in winter.

The Tasman District will see its elderly population increase to onein-three residents by 2048, and with the populations of Brightwater and Wakefield expected to grow by a total of 1,800 people by 2051, there is a real need for any new community hub to have adequate facilities for those of all ages and a wide range of interests.

“We actually want to have some-

thing for them to do so they can remain here in their local communities and not have to travel,” Christeen says.

Wanderers Community Sports

Club manager Jimmy van der Colk was one of the Brightwater community’s attendees at the consultation session last Tuesday night.

“There’s a lot that we could offer the community which we’re not currently doing,” he says.

While he specifically mentioned youth engagement and smaller activity groups, like chess and table tennis, Jimmy says there’s a lot of broader untapped potential in

Brightwater that hopefully a unified community facility could tap into.

The Wanderers Community Sports Club used to be the Wanderers Rugby Club but has since rebranded and reorganised its governance structure with many local sports run by their own committees but each having a say in club matters.

A similar system has been floated as a potential management structure for a Waimea South Community Hub to ensure the needs of Brightwater and Wakefield and their various groups and clubs are not outcompeting each other.

That approach seems to be working well for the Wanderers.

“It’s definitely put us in the right place to take on those larger community projects,” Jimmy says. The report on the needs assessment is expected to be completed in the next few weeks at which stage the feasibility and design work can begin.

Feasibility and design work is already funded by a grant from central government as part of its Better Off funding.

“Once this piece of work is finished, we can rapidly move on to the next stage,” Christeen says. “The sooner the better.”

It’s still very early days in the Waimea South Community Hub project, and nothing is yet set in stone.

The location, design, governance model, and decision on whether the hub’s a new build, a renovation of an existing building, or a network of buildings across Brightwater and Wakefield are still yet to be discussed and will be subject to further community input.

Left: Jimmy van der Colk says there’s a lot more the Brightwater community could be offered with the right facility. Above: Community consultation raised the view that the Brightwater Hall is “under-utilised”. Photos: File.

Remembering 50 years of nursing

ANNE HARDIE

For 50 years, many of the Nelson nursing class of 1972 have stayed in touch and last week they reunited to celebrate the milestone. Among them are Pauline Tout, Jan Gillanders and Ann Ferguson who lived with the rest of the class of 40 students in the nurses’ home by Nelson Hospital where they forged close friendships.

Back then, the students who were mostly 17 and 18-year-old girls, were restricted by a 10 o’clock curfew which could be overcome by leaving the back window open. It was fun times with much hilarity, and Jan remembers being the butt of a joke when she visited an army cousin and accidentally left her underpants behind.

“He turned up in his full army gear and held up a plastic bag with my underpants and said ‘I believe there’s a student nurse here called Jan who owns these underwear’.”

Their nursing careers have been diverse and they have acquired a wealth of experience and expertise between them.

Pauline, who is the only one still working, has nursed in surgical, medical, intensive care, coronary care, been a tutor and spent 27 years working with diabetes. Now she works with Covid-19 vaccinations.

Her mother and sister were both

nurses and it was always her ambition to be a nurse.

“I used to watch these people walk along Waimea Rd with their white uniforms and red capes and I wanted to be like them.”

Ann was involved with intensive care, chemotherapy dialysis, and cardiology. She spent part of her career working in Australia’s

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private-care sector, which she decided was not as good as New Zealand’s public health system. While Jan – who remembers helping to deliver six babies in one eight-hour shift – specialised in intravenous therapy where she helped write the hospital policies for it.

“We all learnt on the job, and it

became obvious that the hospital needed policies and procedures, so I became involved with writing the policies and guidelines to do intravenous therapy in the community.”

Pauline says their careers changed to suit their lifestyles, such as raising children, and it was easier during their careers as nurses to

be a parent with young children than it is today.

“I think these days, one of the problems causing the lack of nurses is that it isn’t as flexible as it was.

“The nurses today aren’t supported enough and have to work out childcare around the rosters they are given.”

One of her memories during 50 years of nursing is working in a children’s ward and looking out the window to see a man with a gun.

“I was in charge of the children’s ward and I looked out the window and I could see a man with a gun hiding behind a tree.”

After a period of panic, they were told the gunman was carrying out pest control and was hiding behind a tree to shoot birds.

“It absolutely freaked me out.”

Ann says she is amazed when she thinks back to when they were still teenagers and had so much responsibility.

But it was also a care-based role in those early days compared with the technology that is part of a nurses’ career now.

All three say they would do it all again because nursing offers such a diverse career.

Several of the 1972 class who still live in the Nelson-Tasman region get together a few times a year, but the 50th reunion was their biggest get-together yet.

Turntables – the rare survivor of technological advances

Providing a full music experience, turntables are an icon of music history that has remained in our hearts for many years. Back on the rise in its popularity, there is nothing quite like listening to a vinyl album, says Beggs Musicworks owner Tim Babbage. “Playing a record is a ceremony, there is something quite special about the whole process. You find an album that you love, check out the cover art on it, take the record out of the sleeve, make sure it’s all clean, lay it out on the turntable and wait for the music to play. You take in the music the way the artist intended.”

Stocking a range of turntables from critically acclaimed Audio-Technica, creatively drivenPro-Ject Audio, historically renowned Thorens, and the supremely high-end VPI brand – prices range from $399 through to $19,000. “Our turntables are reasonably priced but really great quality – they are set at a realistic price for a good product.” Beggs provides full turntable packages and installations of sound gear, with warranties on all of their products.

“Our turntables are easy to connect, they can just plug into your existing sound system or active speaker and are ready to go. For me, playing a vinyl is a whole lot more involving than pressing a few buttons to download your favourite song, that just doesn’t quite hold the same magic for it. Some people passionately say it sounds better, but for me it’s much more about the ceremonial process.”

Adding elegance to your space and quality time relaxing with your favourite artist, turntables provide a unique physical listening experience that is hard to beat. Turntables have been around for over six decades, but its technological roots go back over 160 years. Vinyl has survived through the digital ages, and they don’t seem to be disappearing anytime soon. So, pop into Beggs Musicworks, check out their range of high-quality turntable products, dust off your record collection, and re-experience the distinct joy of finding that rare gem of an album, and enjoy the music as it was intended.

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Pauline Tout (left), Ann Ferguson and Jan Gillanders are part of the nursing class of 1972.

Photo: Anne Hardie.

From council worker to children’s author

JO KENT

Yulia Panfylova is better known for her work as community partnerships coordinator at Tasman District Council, but has most recently showcased her debut novel at Richmond library during a workshop for children.

“This is my first book but I’m creating an audio book too, so I asked local children to come along and draw some of the characters which haven’t yet been illustrated in the book.”

Her children’s book, ‘Lada Between Two Worlds,’ is about animal rights and predator control.

“When I came to New Zealand from the Ukraine, I studied conservation biology and was quite hurt about how this country treats introduced predators,” Yulia says. “I wanted to communicate to kids that introduced animals are not evil and not to be hated.

“I understand there needs to be predator control, but I don’t believe we should nurture hatred in kids against the animals, rather we should put emphasis on the fact that we are responsible for what we’ve done.”

The story is of Lada and fox who travel through a magic portal from the Ukraine and end up in New Zealand.

“Lada needs to save fox and stoat from the hunters, the poisons and traps, so it’s about the adventure of how she takes responsibility of ‘I actually brought him here, he’s my

friend, but I need to take him back as well’.”

The book took three years to create because when she started she had no real idea about storytelling, and as English isn’t her first language, it was difficult to put together.

“I wanted the readers to put themselves in the position of the animal and see how they would feel if it were them who were being hunted.”

To make it interactive, there are also QR codes at various places in the book which kids can scan to hear Yulia narrating the first draft of the opening chapter, which ended up totally different from the finished product.

“They can also scan to hear the song that one of the characters sings in the book and it comes up in YouTube for them to listen to.”

Her long-time friend Kat Parsley illustrated the book which makes it all the more special for Yulia.

“We were best friends at university, so working on the book with her has been amazing. She’s just managed to flee the war in Ukraine and is now settling in Turkey with her son.”

Yulia is now working on her second book which is aimed at the 13 plus age group.

It is set in the time just after the Soviet Union split and there was a spike in criminal activity.

“The book is set in that time of corruption and Mafia-like crime, so is quite different to Lada’s story,” she says.

They’re on the Nelson App

New children’s author Yulia Panfylova (right) with Lucy Gauntlett during her workshop at Richmond Library.

Photo: Jo Kent.

Jazz Summers Paul Nelson, Tracy Fallow and Paul Fox Andy, Ella (5) and Hazel (9) Robertson Jediah Claridge and Jezebel Wilson-Moll Haim Baranes Debby Verdonk and Caitlin Welsh

Arabella, Ruby, and Alisa Duncan Jack Ladley and Vicki Frost Peter, David, and Rachel Randrup Sophus Glasgow and Cat Budai

Richmond Library Booknic at Washbourn Gardens

Disaster responders recruiting new members

MAX FRETHEY Local Democracy Reporter

From responding to floods, bushfires, and everything in between, Nelson Tasman’s volunteer frontline disaster responders say their work is incredibly rewarding.

“You want to make sure you’re part of the community and able to help where you can,” says Jen Fris. “It’s nice to give something back.”

For 15 years, Jen has been a member of New Zealand Response Team 2 – the region’s specialist Civil Defence Emergency Management rescue team. She, along with the rest of the team, undergo rigorous fortnightly training to ensure they’re completely prepared for anything that could be thrown their way.

“The training alone gives you an incredible skillset to not only take forward for the response work but also just in life in general,” says three-year member Dwayne Lohmann.

Most recently, the team responded to the August weather event with members stationed both in Golden Bay and Nelson, evacuating residents, managing cordons, performing reconnaissance on road infrastructure, protecting property, and generally checking in on the community.

The team was also involved in the

2010 Canterbury earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, the Pigeon Valley fire, storms like cyclones Fehi and Gita.

“No one wants these events to happen,” Dwayne says. “But when they do, let’s be honest, it’s quite cool to … actually get out there and do what you’ve trained to do.”

They also helped with the initial

Covid-19 response, and provide support at events like the Bay Dreams festival.

Two events stick out in Jen’s mind as reminders of why she’s been a team member for so long. The first and most recent event was the Pigeon Valley fire back in 2019.

“I’m a veterinary nurse by day, so I really felt for our community because in the vet clinic that I

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work in we were taking on people’s animals from evacuations and we were sending out vets to manage stock that were injured,” she says.

“Then, after hours, I’d be going and helping with the people, driving through the valleys looking for fires. It was a really profound moment that this was actually our local community.”

The other event was the Christ-

church earthquake in 2011 when she was responding in the city’s CBD.

“That is a completely impermissible situation to be in, you cannot just go and help in scenarios like that. You have to be trained and you have to be deployed to that area. I was really grateful I was in a team like that to be able to go and help.”

Civil Defence is a massive agency and responds to wide range of issues around the country, so having a large team of dedicated volunteers is essential.

To further safeguard against future events, Response Team 2 is currently recruiting new members for both their frontline responders and support team.

An information evening is being held in the Tasman Emergency Management offices at 28 Oxford Street in Richmond on Wednesday 15 February from 5.30pm for anyone who is interested.

“If you’re even slightly inquisitive about what it is that we do, just give it a go... We’re just ordinary people with day jobs,” Jen says. “There is no harm in joining a team like this.” Dwayne adds “It becomes a bit like a family.”

The Brightwater Hill family Part 2

CHERYL HILL

Laura was a much-loved member of the Hill family and this is summed up beautifully in the book ‘The Hill’s In Order’, An Account of Thomas and Ann Hill and their family.

Written by Alma Wright, the book is dedicated to Laura with the words: ‘For Laura Hollis Hill, the guardian of the family lore, with love and gratitude.’

Laura was also very well-liked and respected in the Brightwater community.

She had a wonderful career as a teacher and taught at Collingwood, Brightwater and Wakefield schools.

She was also the Infant Mistress at Richmond School for many years before she retired.

After her retirement she continued teaching, helping out with relieving at Brightwater School. Many people through the 40s and 50s lived reasonably frugal lives, and it would have been big news in Brightwater when Laura splashed out and bought herself a brand-new Morris Minor car.

Graham Burrows, who lived with his parents in one of the farm cottages, says he and his dad Frank helped Hollis around the farm and Frank taught Laura to drive. It was probably fortuitous that the lessons took place in one of the paddocks on the farm, given that Laura in the Morris Minor wiped out a gate post several times. She did eventually get her licence, but it is probably not surprising that she was known to be a bit of a menace when she was driving the little car on the roads. Being the generous soul she

they were going to something special and didn’t have a car. The Pinegrove Trustees made the decision to contribute to the purchase of Snowden’s Bush for the people of Brightwater and the wider community to enjoy as a reserve into the future, which is something Laura would have been passionate about. She was a devout Christian and member of St Paul’s Parish congregation.

She would have great pleasure in knowing that her bequeath and the purchase of the land has also assisted St Paul’s.

The Pinegrove Trust was dissolved in June 2022 and has ensured that Laura’s life and generosity to the Brightwater community will be remembered for generations to come.

Response Team 2 members Dwayne Lohmann and Jen Fris say it’s a great initiative to be involved in.

Photo: Max Frethey.

was,

Laura was always pleased to loan the Morris Minor to friends if

Dad Hollis, Laura, Frank Burrows and Mum Emma with Laura’s brand-new Morris Minor. Photo: Supplied.

Summer Flower Show

Saturday 4 February, 11am

Brightwater Hall, 12 Lord Rutherford Road

The annual summer flower show returns with displays, raffles and plant sales tables. Free admission.

Ancient New Zealand

Saturday 4 February, 6pm

Room25, McShane Road, Richmond

Bestselling author and ancient mysteries researcher Freddy Silva gives a visual presentation.

Beach Break

Sunday 5 February, 2pm-10pm

Tahunanui Drive, Nelson

Shapeshifter launches this new summer festival series for Nelson Tasman. Supported by Kora, My Baby and Muroki. Family friendly. Under 12s free. Tickets $109: under 18 $49. See beachbreak.co.nz for more.

Christmas display appreciation

A big thank you to Raine Farms on Suffolk Road Stoke for their impressive and imaginative Christmas display that they put together in their front paddock. Appreciated by us and our visiting children from Melbourne. Well done.

Ivan Jellyman

Queen St bus shelter

Not long ago I reported on the bus stop on Upper Queen Street as being “like Siberia” due to the exposure to an “icy wind blast” in winter. I gave a copy to the Tasman District Council – but to no effect. Obviously they won’t build a shelter there so I have given them a map of a location 50 metres down past the police station where a shelter can be built. (for the aged and infirm).

Anton Hyman

From Wakefield to Antarctica

How amazing!! Awesome story.

Heather Kelling

That sounds truly amazing.

Nicki McWhirter

What an amazing experience. You are so lucky.

Mandy Stewart

My grandson Matt from Blenheim has been over in Antarctica for two months. He’s really happy and loves it, such a great experience Nan Gretchen so proud of him.

Gretchen Tucker

Big move as supermarket looms

Love this business, will totally support them ongoing!

Beth Moody

Another supermarket in Nelson. Apparently another one by Mega 10 too… Don’t see them having price wars. Connings and 185 still way cheaper for fruit and vege.

Julian Trigg

Best of luck with the move to your new premises. Great selection and service

Irene Steele

Yes, I will be a customer still wherever they are situated. The friendly, helpful staff are always welcoming to the customers. Wish them all the best for their move and on-going business.

Chrissy Clark

Richmond only has three supermarkets

so guess the powers that be see the need for another. Nelson, with three times the population of Richmond, has six supermarkets. Maybe Nelson needs nine?

Dennis Goodman

Another supermarket???????

Sarah-Hope Bailey

Lookin sharp Jasmin Costello

Scott Bonnington

Last stop for Railway

Good luck with your new venture, guys. Harvest Kitchen

Will always remember it as the railway, funny how the old names can always be remembered but not the new ones, lots of fun times at that old pub!!

RaewynGrant Currin

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Nestled next to a nature reserve and just a two-minute walk to the shop, the friendly staff at Wakefield Homestead pride themselves on a ‘non-clinical’ approach to supporting their residents.

The small 22 bedroom, privately owned home caters to a range of people of varying ages living with chronic conditions through to palliative care. Owner and manager, Hilary Bird, says, “Because we are a smaller home all of our staff get to know the residents very well and everyone here is just like a large family. I would say we are one of the most relaxed resthomes in the district.”

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Good company never grows old, they say, and at Age Concern they know that’s true. Helping to build friendships and community connections, the team at Age Concern Nelson Tasman love to bring people together to connect, share stories with, and have a laugh. Offering a wide range of services including visiting, driving course and workshops, care and repair –whether you need a gardener handyperson or hairdresser, carer relief, elder abuse response, device advice, and assistance with navigating other support services. Age Concern Nelson Tasman also host regular and one-off events throughout the year which include singing and cooking classes, Tea and Talk

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Gardens, Richmond Meet at the Fuchsia House

Mon 20 Feb 10 - 11.30am Maitai Art Walk Maitai Walkway, Nelson Meet at Miller’s Acre Car Park

Mon 20 Feb 10 – 11am Tai Chi Botanical Reserve, Nelson Meet at Milton Street next to clubhouse

Tue 21 Feb 10 - 11.30am Croquet Nelson Hinemoa Croquet Club Rutherford Park, Saltwater Creek Lane

Thu 23 Feb 10.45 - 11.45am Sit & Be Fit Motueka Library Meet in front of the Motueka Library, if wet will be held inside the library

Mon 27 Feb 10 – 11am Tai Chi Tahuna Beach Meet at the Tahunanui Nightingale Library

Tues 28 Feb 10 - 11am Spin Poi Broadgreen Gardens, Stoke Meet outside Broadgreen House

Wed 01 Mar 10 - 11.30am Guided Walk Marsden Valley & Poorman’s Stream Meet outside Marsden Cemetery Gates

Thu 2 Mar 10 – 11am Seated Exercise Anzac Park, Richmond Meet by Age Concern Office, 62 Oxford Street, Richmond

Mon 6 Mar 10 – 11am Tai Chi Isel Park, Stoke Meet in front of Isel House

Thu 9 Mar 10 - 11.30am Heritage Walk Miyazu Gardens, Nelson Meet at the carpark off Atawhai Drive

Mon 13 Mar 10 - 11am Tai Chi Village Green, Founders Park Please meet at the Village Green at Founders Park.

Wed 15 Mar 10 - 11.30am Guided Walk Centre of NZ Meet at the start in the Botanical Gardens, Nelson

Thu 16 Mar 10 - 11.30am Sing-a-long in the Park Faulkner Bush, Wakefield Meet at the Playground

Thu 16 Mar 1 - 2pm Croquet Nelson Hinemoa Croquet Club Rutherford Park, Saltwater Creek Lane

Tues 21 Mar 10 - 11am Spin Poi Isel Park, Stoke Meet in front of Isel House

Thu 23 Mar 10 – 11am Seated Exercise Anzac Park, Richmond Meet by Age Concern Office, 62 Oxford Street, Richmond

Fri 24 Mar 10 - 11.30am Sing-a-long in the Park Cathedral Steps Meet in the Cathedral carpark

Fri 24 Mar 10 - 11.30am Guided Garden Tour Gardens of the world Corner of Patons Road and Clover Road Hope, Richmond – Please register for this event.

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The Big Sip sets up in the heart of Richmond

Fulfilling a lifelong dream and taking on one of life’s biggest challenges, Dave and Kim Fuller, along with Dave’s brother Alan, are opening a bar and restaurant ‘The Big Sip’, in an iconic Rich mond location.

Previously The Railway Hotel, the Fuller family are looking forward

seemed too good an opportunity to pass up as it holds a special

seemed too good an opportunity to pass up as it holds a special

“For as long as I have known Dave he has wanted to be a pub owner. We lived a short walk from the Railway when we first moved here, and we often spent the weekends walking the kids down to the pub for chips and fizzy after a day at the beach or river. It became ‘our place’, and our toddlers, who were two and three at the time, thought the pub

“For as long as I have known Dave he has wanted to be a pub owner. We lived a short walk from the Railway when we first moved here, and we often spent the weekends walking the kids down to the pub for chips and fizzy after a day at the beach or river. It became ‘our place’, and our toddlers, who were two and three at the time, thought the pub

Dave came up with the name, ‘The Big Sip’, saying it is a fun play on words. Being a tradie himself, Dave would often go down to the pub to have ‘a big sip’ after a big

Dave came up with the name, ‘The Big Sip’, saying it is a fun play on words. Being a tradie himself, Dave would often go down to the pub to have ‘a big sip’ after a big

ing culture in New Zealand we thought it would be a catchy

“Having such a social drinking culture in New Zealand we thought it would be a catchy name to have something that em-

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phasized that in a positive way.” Setting them apart from others in the industry, the team look forward to offering punters a bit of everything within the establishment.

“We could have a family lunch at midday with a relaxed band playing and then have a drum and bass DJ playing with cocktails and a pumping dance floor at 10pm. We are a family run business and everyone

who comes into our establishment will be made to feel part of our extended family.”

Happy to hear customers' feedback and take it on board, Dave, Kim and Alan say they are always open to suggestions on how to create the ultimate dining and bar experience.

“We are so happy to receive and absorb ideas from customers. We would hate for someone to avoid coming to

us because we didn't have a beer they liked or a gluten-free pizza base, for example - we will go out of our way to get those items for our customers. We love our customers! We are a regular married couple, and our customers are literally feeding our children - we owe them everything.”

Offering amazing burgers lovingly created by their talented chef, the goal is for the establishment to create a ‘levelled up pub menu with mouthwatering steaks, delicious fish and chips, buttermilk sliders with crispy chicken, burgers and traditional meaty pizzas. Opening will take place on Saturday 4th February, from 10am, and people can expect to see pool, cocktails, music and a dance floor!

The team have already run

a soft opening in December to get everything up to speed and look forward to welcoming patrons through their doors on opening night. “Come

down, try our cocktails and help us celebrate!”

The Big Sip - 321 Lower Queen Street, Richmond. thebigsip.net

Stephanie Keys John Baker

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AT THE BIG SIP. ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR BIG OPENING WEEKEND.

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Rachel’s 2023 priorities: fix ‘Richmond’s transport mess’

Nelson MP Rachel Boyack has laid out what her year ahead looks like for Nelson and it includes housing, climate change, the new hospital and fixing an “utter transport mess”.

Outlining her vision and goals for 2023 to the Rotary Club of Nelson West, Rachel spoke specifically of what she refers to as the “Richmond transport mess.

“In my view lower Queen Street is an utter transport mess. I’ve been saying this since the first time I stood for office in 2017.

She said it is the worst area for congestion, is poorly designed and unsafe.

“It’s not safe for walking or cycling, and as that area grows in population it’s just going to get worse.”

She said, after speaking with colleagues the best chance of getting funding is to have a plan to fix it.

“I’m pleased that as of last year we have a plan for Richmond transport that has been signed off by Tasman District Council and Waka Kotahi. I’m going to keep advocating for this area in Richmond to be fixed.”

She said housing was still one of the “biggest issues” Nelson faced, but said she was pleased to see consent numbers increase from Nelson City Council.

“We really have had a problem at Nelson City Council around consenting,” she says.

She said she was pleased to see the increase in Nelson as Tasman had been “carrying the load” in terms of new builds.

Rachel spoke of the Government’s

investment of $35 million dollars through the infrastructure acceleration fund for Nelson City Council, to encourage the building of apartments and smaller homes in Nelson city.

“Nelson really is constrained by land in a way that Tasman isn’t, the only way we’re actually going to get those housing consent numbers up in Nelson is by building up. There are a lot of people who are interested in living in the city,” she said.

She said progress had been made in providing more social housing in the region, with Kāinga Ora not only acquiring 142 homes from NCC but also removing homes from larger sections and replacing them with three or four smaller homes.

“I recently visited some of the Nayland Rd pensioner flats that had been owned by NCC that have been completely refurbished, they have solar panels, they’re warm, they’re dry, they have been beautifully renovated, and the feedback from the tenants is that it’s made a real, positive difference to their health.”

She says her hope is that the social housing waiting list will start to “clear”.

“It is stabilising, which I’m really happy about, but we need to be able to get it back down to very low numbers.”

Continuing to decrease greenhouse gas emissions was also of “utmost importance” to Rachel and she says government has taken some good steps so far.

Rachel Boyack laid out her goals for 2023 to the Rotary Club of Nelson West last week. Photo: File.

Foodbank donations drop following Christmas generosity

ANNE HARDIE

The Nelson Community Food Bank is pleading for more donations to provide meals for people in need after a fall in donations since Christmas.

Manager Daniel Grade says the Christmas drive for donations resulted in a huge response that added up to $20,000 in food, as well as $5,000 in cash from the Waimea Weekly’s advertising campaign. But in the wake of the Christmas goodwill, donations have tailed off at a time when the number of people needing help to put food on the table continues to climb.

“Over Christmas we got our name out there to promote the Christmas donation food drive and the results were phenomenal with more than $20,000 value of food which blew us away.

“That was amazing, but we need to build on this generosity and momentum. We don’t just need help at Christmas; we need help throughout the year.”

Eighty per cent of Food Bank’s funding is from its own fundraising efforts or Ministry of Social Development, leaving 20 per cent that needs to be sourced from the general public.

Daniel says the food bank has a commitment to provide food parcels to those in need, and when funding is tight they buy food accordingly. The high price of eggs means it is one of the ingredients that has been reduced

for the food parcels.

“We’ve had to halve the quantity of eggs we’re using because we just can’t afford it. They’re easy to cook and versatile, so a staple of food parcels.”

Parcels have ingredients for four meals a week and include fruit

and vegetables, pantry essentials, meat and fish, with the goal of providing nutritionally-balanced meals. Each week, parcels are delivered from Atawhai to Wakefield.

“We know there’s a lot of people out there struggling. They’re anx-

ious about their next pay cheque and how they’re going to pay the rent and food bill. That is why the need is so great at the moment.”

Food Bank orders usually come via social services that dealt directly with those needing help. Last year, the number of parcels

increased by nearly 50 percent and Daniel says the service continues to grow. Last week alone, it delivered 94 parcels catering to 328 people and on one of those days it supplied food to 101 people which was the highest number since he has been managing the Food Bank.

At Food Bank, orders are packed and delivered each week by about 30 volunteers and Daniel says they always need more volunteers as well as donations.

He says a donation is never too small and it can be as simple as buying another packet of pasta at the supermarket. Pantry supplies are the best food donations, such as cereals, baked beans, pasta, rice, tinned fruit and fish, crackers, instant coffee and tea.

“If anyone has spare fruit and veges we’d take that gladly. It doesn’t matter how much people donate as everything is of value and will go to recipients who need our help.

“We know everyone is feeling the pinch, so we are very grateful for whatever anyone can afford to give.”

Donations can be dropped off at the Food Bank, located at the Habitat for Humanity complex, or collection points at Nelson Countdown opposite The Warehouse or Nelson Fresh Choice. Stoke New World has a Family2Family programme where customers can fill a bag of groceries for Food Bank, or buy a bag already filled.

Time to celebrate three years of resilience

MAX FRETHEY Local Democracy Reporter

It’s no secret that Te Tauihu has taken a beating over the past few years with a pandemic, major flooding and slips, and a soaring cost of living, so surely now is the time to take some time out to relax, connect, and simply have some fun?

Lorraine Eade, the pouwhakahaere rauemi (operations manager) of Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Trust, thinks so.

“We’ve had Covid, we’ve had isolations, we’re seeing an increase in the need out there. People are not able to afford kai to put on the table, pay their power bills, pay their rent, things are really tough,” she says.

And so, in comes Tū Ngātahi –an afternoon of free entertainment with kai and market stalls for the community.

Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Trust was established by the eight iwi of Te Tauihu to promote community well-being across the region. It has partnered with local Māori

business network Toiere and Whānau Ora commissioning agency for the South Island Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, supported by Te Whatu Ora and Nelson City Council, to deliver the afternoon of entertainment.

“The eight iwi, as tangata whenua of the region have a role to play… in terms of bringing everybody together and to celebrate that we’ve made it this far,” says Corey Hebberd, kaiwhakahaere matua (general manager) of Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau Trust.

The event will be held at Rutherford Park from 2pm to 6pm on Saturday 25 February – the same day as Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata Festival 2023, the largest Māori performing arts event in Aotearoa.

A livestream will be set up in the foyer of the Trafalgar Centre to “introduce the magic” of Te Matatini to the wider community, Lorraine says. Wellington band Big Little Rōpū will also be performing on the stage outside in Rutherford Park alongside a

selection of local acts.

“This was designed to bring the community together, take a breath, and celebrate three years of resilience that we’ve gotten this far,” Lorraine says.

The name given to this kaupapa,

Tū Ngātahi, translates as ‘gesture of unity’.

“It’s meant to provide a glimmer of hope and something to look forward to,” Corey says. “Something to celebrate, something a bit more positive than what

we’ve experienced over the past couple of years.”

Nelson Community Food Bank manager Daniel Grade with one of the more expensive items that is being cut back in food parcels. Photo: Anne Hardie.

Whānau Ora champion Te Rā Morris, Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau Trust general manager Corey Hebberd, Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Trust operations manager Lorraine Eade, and Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau Trust property and projects coordinator Will Macdonald want to celebrate the resilience of Te Tauihu. Photo: Max Frethey.

Tasman swimmers find success

JACK MALCOLM

Tasman Swim Club’s head coach Shaun Foley believes they’re in the best shape they’ve been in recent years as they gear up for Nationals in April.

He took 14 swimmers up to the Wellington Long Course Champs earlier this month and they were in dominant form.

All but one of their swimmers made finals, where they all improved on their times from the heats.

“It was a little bit of a surprise. I knew the kids would do well, but it’s like anything when you go to competitions. On race day is where you get the fruits of your labour,” Shaun says.

He believes the culture that they’ve tried to implement since he started the job nine months ago has started to pay dividends.

The club’s recent holiday programme solidified what they’ve been trying to build with the athletes, who responded in kind with their performances in Wel-

lington.

“They’ve improved so much over the last nine months. They’re all heading in the right direction.

“They’re coming together and we’ll use that to build for Nation-

als in April ... and South Islands in March.”

With all the swimmers coming into the meet midway through their training phases, they were still able to perform to a high lev-

Floyd a cut above

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There were nine shearers in the Open-class at Tapawera, among 19 shearers across the four classes, notably Lydia Thomson who has now shorn in 10 finals this season for seven wins.

Headed for the Intermediate grade next season and having

recently shorn 200 ewes in a day at work for the first time, Thomson also won a women’s event on Saturday, and in the Clean Shear was third behind Jones and Senior final winner Timo Hicks, of Tapawera. The Intermediate final was won by Dylan Hamlin of Bainham.

Despite the smaller number of en-

el.

“Our training cycle has them performing their best at Nationals ... no one had been freshened up before Wellington.

“We’re aiming for a PB at heats

and a PB in the final at Nationals.”

Shaun says he was impressed by all the swimmers who competed in Wellington, with Sam Wilson and Will Seymour standouts in their 16-year-old categories.

Sam dominated her division, finishing first in the 50m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and the 100m and 200m butterfly, as well as finishing second in the 50m butterfly.

Will finished first in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 50m and 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke.

He also finished second in the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Shaun says the results are promising, but it’s going to take hard work to recreate their success at Nationals.

“It’s going to be hard. They’ve got to train to win.”

He says they want to be at a point where they’ve done everything to set their athletes up for success, with assistant coach Cara Pearson and strength and conditioning coach Talya Harwood also deserving a mention for their

tries, Lyn Baigent, who does the points at all the shows in the region, said it was a good day - “but hot.”

The next event in the wider Topof-the-South region is the West Coast’s only competition, at Reefton next Saturday, followed by the Murchison A and P Show on February 18.

Tapawera Sports Shears January 2023

Open final (20 sheep): Floyd Haare (Bainham) 19min 24.22sec, 67.26pts, 1; Nick Nalder (Takaka) 22min 17.22sec, 78.66pts, 2; Chris Jones (Blenheim) 24min 25.31sec, 80.57pts, 3; Thomas Lambert (Christchurch) 25min 16.75sec, 89.79pts, 4.

Open Plate (10 sheep): Robert Herbert (Kaikoura) 13min 8.16sec, 50.51pts, 1; Roger Simpson (Tapawera) 13min 16.06sec, 51.8pts, 2; Kerry Irvine (Tapawera) 15min 2.63sec, 55.83pts, 3; Enkhnasan Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia/Takaka) 14min 6.32sec, 56.72pts, 4.

Senior final (10 sheep): Timo Hicks (Tapawera) 13min 14.88sec, 49.44pts, 1; Hamish Barker (Tapawera) 13min 38.21sec, 58.51pts, 2.

Intermediate final (4 sheep): Dylan Hamlin (Bainham) 6min 39.69sec, 29.23pts, 1; Alex Kiriakos (England) 6min 49sec, 36.7pts, 2; Kimberley MacLean (Motueka) 8min 28.75sec, 36.94pts, 3; Pam

Irvine (Tapawera) 11min 55.56sec, 49.78pts, 4.

Junior final (2 sheep): Lydia Thomson (Rangiora) 5min 38.03sec, 29.9pts, 1; Campbell Barker (Tapawera) 5min 33.1sec, 33.66pts, 2; Sam MacLean (Motueka) 7min 48.31sec, 46.92pts, 3; Amy Mc-

Neil (Scotland) 6min 45.47sec, 47.27pts, 4.

Women (3 sheep): Lydia Thomson (Rangiora) 7min 14.63sec, 29.73pts, 1; Kimberley MacLean (Motueka) 7min 59.31sec, 33.63pts, 2; Pam Irvine (Tapawera) 8min 55.65sec, 41.45pts, 3; Amy McNeil (Scotland) 11min 2.13sec, 64.44pts, 4.

Clean Shears (2 sheep): Chris Jones (Blenheim) 6.5pts, 1; Timo Hicks (Tapawera) 8pts, 2; Lydia Thomson (Rangiora) 8.5pts, 3; Floyd Haare (Bainham) 8.5pts, 4.

While one round of golf might seem to take a long time – some Nelsonians went three steps further to raise funds for Nelson Cancer Society. Golf’s Longest Day saw players complete four full rounds at Maitai Valley’s Waahi Taakaro Golf course. Maree Thomas and Josh Denize completed the challenge on Monday last week, having started just after 7am and playing into the early evening, to raise funds for the Nelson Cancer Society Tasman. They say the day went by relatively issue-free, other than a whole bunch of lost balls, largely due to their 20-second rule to look for any wayward shots so as not to waste time.

Jack Malcolm.

Sam Wilson dominated her 16-year-old category, winning five gold medals and a silver at the Wellington Long Course Champs earlier this month. Photo: Swimming Wellington.

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Setting up a career playing volleyball

JACK

MALCOLM

Since graduating from Waimea College in 2013, Katie Adamson has travelled the world playing volleyball.

After playing in the United States while studying a bachelor of science in Louisiana, she spent time in Europe and even had a stint as the head coach of Auckland’s Westlake Girls High School before her agent approached her last year with an offer to play in Austria.

Playing for PSV Salzburg, the 181cm middle-courter says it’s been an eye-opener to see how differently the game is played on the other side of the world.

“I guess, like being the age that I am (29), it’s more experience for me,” she says “I enjoy playing in different places and playing in different teams, learning their style of play and adapting mine. “Over here, the speed of the game is a little bit slower.

“It’s kind of hard to explain. You just notice it when you play.”

Katie says the game is much more tactical in Europe, with teams trying to find every edge they can to get points on the board, like screening the receivers.

“We try to all stand together at the front, so the person can’t see the server. Even on an international level, you don’t really see that.”

Having played for New Zealand since 2015, she says the game has been evolving at a rapid pace.

“I’m coming into my eighth year now and it’s changed and adapted.

“Lots of people have come in and gone out, it’s changed a lot over the years, but it’s always quite a special thing to be able to represent your country.”

While volleyball is in the Olympics, New Zealand has never qualified a team in the men’s or women’s, with Ka-

tie saying it’s hard for a small country to compete against programmes that have players contracted on over a million dollars a year.

“For us, we go to Oceanias, the Asian champs, and every second year they have a Challengers cup, which is also in Asia.”

While she’s over in Europe, she’s also had the chance to travel, which has been one of the highlights of her time overseas.

Among the memorable places she has visited are Innsbruck in Austria and Venice, Italy, as well as an “eye-opening” trip to visit a concentration camp. “Just the opportunity to travel is epic. Everything is so close, whereas New Zealand is very secluded from the world,” she says.

Katie plans to continue her travels after her season with PSV Salzburg wraps up in April, wanting to visit friends in the States and make a trip to South America.

Katie Adamson, pictured mid serve, says her favourite thing to do on court is blocking because it’s beating your opposition rather than winning by yourself with a big spike. Photo: Supplied.

Changing conditions challenge National DH Series riders

JACK MALCOLM

Some of the best downhill riders in the country were in town last weekend for the third round of the MTBNZ National DH Series presented by Santa Cruz. With more than $5000 in prize money available, racing got heated as athletes pushed their bikes to the limit on Saturday and Sunday after a practice day on Friday. A mixed bag of weather over the weekend created conditions where the best would emerge as favourites.

Saturday saw the non-UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) races and the UCI Elite and U19 qualification rounds in the dry before Sunday’s racing in the rain.

Local Reuben Benseman won the open non-UCI division on Saturday, breaking the five minute barrier with a 4:59.40 to win by three-and-a-half seconds over Isaac Holman and Nelson’s Jamie Barlett.

The intermittent rain on Sunday brought changing conditions that challenged riders as they tore down FDH on Fringed Hill. All riders were given two compulsory practice runs, with the track evolving dramatically under the changing conditions and constant use through the weekend.

Last year, the National DH Series finished in Nelson on Kaka Hill while this year the series continues with races in Rotorua and Auckland in Feburary.

Saturday saw the best of the weather as riders hit the trails of Nelson in the MTBNZ National Downhill – Round 3. Photos: Evan Barnes: Shuttersport.

Community Notices

Community Notices

MONDAYS

VAST ART & CRAFT EXHIBITION AND SALES. Shedwood Hall, Tapawera. 10am - 4.30pm daily. Until Monday 6th February.

NELSON MALE VOICE CHOIR from Monday February 13th invites keen male singers to join us at rehearsals at the Reformed Church Nelson, Enner Glynn,. Monday evenings at 6.45 pm. Contact John Foes-Lamb on 021 682 776 for more details.

NELSON-WAIMEA POWERTALK. Mon 13th

february. 9.30-11am. Sport Tasman/ Richmond

Town Hall, Cambridge St. Theme: Kicking off 2023 with Ooomph! Contact: Sandra 027 766 0347

ELYSIUM WIDOW AND WIDOWERS GROUP meet each Monday for coffee and friendship at Oxford St Cafe at 10am. New members welcome. Phone Margaret 027 2600 748

LIGHTHOUSE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. Monday February 13th, 20th, 27th. 7.30pm, Trafalgar St Hall. Ph Carolyn 5474613.

RICHMOND CROQUET CLUB TWILIGHT

GOLF CROQUET TOURNAMENT 2023 Mondays: 13, 20, 27 Feb. , & 6 March 5.30 – 7.30pm Come along & have fun. No experience necessary, practice times will be available. Teams of two. Light meal provided. Cost $5 per pp Registration, $5 pp each night for food. Sponsor Nelson Pine Industries. Brian Smith 0211429170 for more details.

TUESDAYS

NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP Tuesday February 7. Richmond -Saxton Stroll. Meet at 10am at Raewards Carpark. BYO lunch. Ph: Ruth 027

5471359

LUNCH ONTHE HILL Come for hot drinks from 11 a.m. and lunch at noonTuesday 7th February 2023.

27 Dorset St, Richmond. (Koha) Ph. (03) 544-8844

LINEDANCING BEGINNERS.Warnes Hall Songer

St Stoke by vet clinic. TUESDAYS starting Feb 7th 8

.45. Free morning tea. Soft shoes. Just arrive orpg 0274 491 569 Diane. We are a caring Community.

INTRODUCING SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING, FREE evening. February 14 at 7.30pm Stoke Methodist Church Hall. An enjoyable evening of information, demo dance, panel games & more.

At 94 Neale Ave Stoke. Contact Pam 021 141 8989, Christine 5440902

WELLBY TALKING CAFÉ: 10am -11.30pm, Tuesday 7th February 2023, McCashins, Stoke. Wellby Talking Cafés are about social connection and finding out about groups, activities and services. www. wellby.org.nz 03 5467681.

NELSON PHILATELIC SOCIETY Meeting Tuesday 14th February Doors Open 6.30pm - Meeting

Starts 7.00pm At Stoke Baptist Church. Technical Night Mitchener Cup – “Valentine’s Day” Contact Robin 0275442518

WEDNESDAYS

CAKE DECORATORS holding their first meeting on Wednesday 15 February, starting at 6:30pm. We are putting 3 sugar flowers and leaves into a spray. New members are welcome. Contact Desiree

TASMAN TRACKIES CYCLING SAXTON VELODROME - Champion Rd, Richmond. Track racing Wednesdays 10am -11.30am through Summer. Track bikes free of charge, road or mountain bikes

DEADLINE: MIDDAY FRIDAY - 30 WORDS OR LESS BY EMAIL ONLYPLEASE

can be used. Riders at all levels & ages, Social coffee & chat after at local café – ZINK, Contact: Murray Cameron 0276450033. murray.r.cameron@xtra.co.nz

NELSON NEWBIES, coffee morning every Wednesday 10:30 - 11.30 a.m. at Deville’s Cafe, 22 New St. Want to get out and meet people? Join us for coffee and chat. New people are always welcome. Ph: Clive 021 205 4731

THURSDAYS

TAICHI IN RICHMOND: TThursdays 10am12noon. Stillness, breath, movement. Quiet Heart Tai Chi, Holy Trinity Church, Dorset Street. Donation. Contact Merrick, email quiet.heart.tai. chi@gmail.com Ph 021 063 6620. All welcome RICHMOND WELCOME GROUP: Want to make new friends join a friendly group for coffee & a chat.10am on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at Paragon Cafe Langdale Drive Richmond . Ansley /Phillip 5410 350 0272212943

FRIDAYS

ELYSIUM WIDOW AND WIDOWERS GROUP meet for lunch at Alioke, 4a Central Park Lane (next to Sprig & Fern, Berryfields) on Friday 10th February at midday. Ph: Margaret 027 2600748.

WAITAKI OLD GIRLS’ SOCIAL GROUP. Pop in for coffee and a chat from 10am. Friday 3rd February at Beach Cafe & Bar, Beach Reserve Tahunanui ( carpark opposite Natureland. ) all Oamaruians welcome. Queries 027 673 1145 NEW RICHMOND MOBILITY SCOOTER CLUB. Do you have a mobility scoooter or thinking of buying one? A new mobility scoooter club

SEND TO: events@waimeaweekly.co.nz

in Richmond is looking for members. We want to encourage friendship, education, & advocacy amoungst our Richmond mobility scoooter comunity. First meeting Friday 27 Jan. 10am at the Richmond Library. Mike Rodwell 027 486 9955.

SONGBIRDS LADIES CHOIR New female singers welcome. Rehearsals Friday morning in Stoke. If you enjoy singing and can hold a tune, please give me a call. Ph Mary 5448232 or 0211334805

SATURDAYS

RICHMOND TENNIS CLUB - Gladstone Road

Social hit for members and non-members Saturday afternoons All levels of ability welcome.

1.30pm onwards. Contact 0274872480.

SOCIAL DANCE, Sat Feb. 11, Club Waimea

7:30pm - 11pm. Night Shift. New dancers very welcome. Entry, $12 members, $17 non-members, $5 students & non-dancers. Ph Chris 0211601358

BRIGHTWATER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

INC Summer Flower Show Brightwater Hall, Sat. 4 Feb.‘23. 9am - 3.45pm. Adults $4 Children Free.

Raffles, morning & afternoon tea, plant & cake stalls. Contact: Secretary - Cheryl 027 542 3430 (txt only please). Entries to Secretary byThursday

RICHMOND OLD TIME DANCE February 4th at RichmondTown Hall, Cambridge St, 7 .30 to 11.00

PM. Live music,Raffles & Prizes. Entry $8 00, and a Supper Plate please. Ph Richard, 5444 120

SUNDAYS

ELYSIUMWIDOW&WIDOWERS GROUP meet at Smugglers,Tahunanui . L unch Sunday 22nd January at 12 midday. Ph: Margaret 027 2600 748

WAIMEA MUSIC CLUB starts up again on 5th Feb at Methodist Church Hall Neale Ave Stoke at 1 15 pm Contact Jim 544 9446 Pat 544 5766

HIGGINS HERITAGE PARK 222 Pigeon Valley Rd, Wakefield - Sunday 5 February, steam - up and traction engine rides, museum sheds and park activities open day 10am-3pm.- old school bus & jigger rides - a great place for a picnic www.higginsheritagepark.co.nz

IN GENERAL

WAIMEA MENZSHED - catering for the interests, health and well-being of men since 2010. The shed is open Monday - Friday at Richmond Park, 384 Lower Queen St. Inquiries: mens.shed. waimea@gmail.com 027 282 0185.

NELSON RAILWAY at Founders Park. The Railcar will run Sat 4th, Sunday 5th The train will run Monday 6th. Follow us on facebook for updates.

SENIOR MOBILITY CLASSES Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays from 10.30am at the Wanderers Community Gym 12 Charlotte Lane, Brightwater. $2 donation. Improving balance, mobility & independence among our aging populations (55+). Contact James Cooper for info: 021 044 1526. CAKE DECORATORS invite new members to join. You don’t need any skills. Come & learn how to work with fondant, sugar paste & chocolate. Creating flowers, figurines & covering a cake. Contact Desiree 027 630 2359.

FREE TRAINING: New Citizens Advice Bureau Volunteers! Qualifications Needed: Common Sense, Some Life Experience, Enquiring mind! Info. Pack Available. Ph: 03 5482117.

Community Notices are free to community groups, schools, churches, gold coin donation events and fundraising. Due to the popularity of this column,while every effort will be made, inclusion cannot be guaranteed for free ads. If you want to place a business advert or want to advertise a course you are running, please call classified ads and public notices on 544 9037.

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SITS VACANT

Tutor wanted for Secondary Math students at Kip McGrath, Nelson.

If you are a qualified secondary teacher who has enthusiasm for Mathematics and our young people, this could be a rewarding job for you.

We need a tutor who can explicitly teach NCEA Math concepts to our students who are keen to learn and do well. For more information please contact Zoe 0275 267 741.

To submit a cover letter with a succinct CV and referee nelson@kipm cgrath.co.nz

ANTIQUES

Closing Down Sale. Don’t miss the bargains now at Souchebys, 75,Gladstone Rd, Richmond. Ph 544 0723 or 021 417 413.

FURNITURE

Desks, chaise longue, dressing table, mirrors, rugs, tables, chairs, cabinets, bookcases, paintings etc. Sale/shop sold at Souchebys Antiques, 75 Gladstone Rd, Richmond Ph 544 0723 or 021 417 413.

Spring Grove Drill Hall AGM. Everyone is welcome to join us on. Tuesday the 21st of February at 7pm.

BIRTH

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11 years on Saturday 4th February

We heard your voice today

And turned to see your face

We closed our eyes

And felt you near Close to our hearts you will stay The day you left us Tears and sadness filled our hearts

Only time heals the pain

Never far away from us

Our beloved youngest Son, brother and Uncle Miss you forever Mum, Dad and Family

FIREWOOD

Delivering now for firewood. Douglas, beech, gum, Lawson Cypress.

DENTURES

New dentures, relines, repairs. Phone Daniela at Bays Dentures 546 4455.