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Brave mum defies odds after horror smash Paula Hulburt Editor

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Sport’s back Coby McMillan was part of a group of young basketballers enjoying court time at Stadium 2000 as community sport began to return a level of normality. See page 21.

Seconds before the car struck, Jamie Miller, 29, closed her eyes and braced for the worst. The Blenheim mum broke her pelvis, fractured her back and ribs and damaged both her windpipe and liver. Now she has defied the odds, walking less than two weeks after a horror smash that could have killed her and her children. The brave mum is already back on her feet, using a walker, and is back home with her family after being discharged from Wairau Hospital on Friday. “I remember pulling out and seeing the car coming towards me and knew it was going to happen. “We’re just lucky it turned out the way it did. It could have been much, much worse,” she says. And the family want to pass on

Jamie Miller was injured in a serious car accident. their thanks to the community for all their support, especially Mike Newman from Meaters of Marlborough who donated $250 of meat and $100 cash to the family. Jamie spent an hour trapped in the wreckage of their family car while emergency crews battled to free her. She was then flown to Nelson Hospital by helicopter. “The hospital staff have all been amazing,” Jamie says. “Both our families have been really supportive too.”

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Jamie was knocked unconscious by the impact of the crash which happened on 21 May at the the intersection of SH1 and Roadhouse Drive, in Riverlands. She suffered severe lacerations to her head and has two black eyes. She had just dropped her partner, Nate Dyer, off at Vent Mechanical Repairs where he works, minutes before the crash, she says. “It was like I was dreaming, like a nightmare really. I remember asking about my children but don’t remember being in the helicopter or seeing Nate there,” she says. “I was very, very lucky to be honest, as was the driver of the other car. “Nate heard the sirens but didn’t

Nate Dyer, left, with Mike Newman from Meaters. Photo: Supplied. think much of it until a truck driver told him it was me and the children and he just rushed to

the scene.” Their youngest child, who turns 2-years-old in July, broke her

collarbone, and fractured her arm. The 3-year-old broke his femur and the 7-year-old suffered a hit to his head and two black eyes. Jamie believes the child car seats saved their lives. “The two youngest were in their car seats and the oldest was sitting in between them wearing a seatbelt. “That’s what saved him, his siblings’ car seats, they saved his life. “I blamed myself at first, but it was a freak accident, nobody’s fault. “It makes you think a lot about life and what matters.” A Give a Little page has been set up to help with costs while the family recover. To make a donation visit https:// givealittle.co.nz/cause/nathansstory

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Election fight looms for Flight Matt Brown

Matt comes from a trades background and currently works managing maintenance on state houses. Married to Medlab medical scientist Dallas Flight and with two young sons, Matt is a well-known face in the community. He says he will also advocate for environmental and climate change policies if elected. Matt was confirmed as Labour’s candidate for Kaikōura at a Labour Party Zoom meeting on Tuesday evening. Kaikōura Labour Electorate chair Corey Hebberd says Matt was the only nominee and was unanimously endorsed by Labour Party members. “We believe Matt will do our Party proud this election,” Corey says. “His work helping people in state homes including managing the conversion of a Blenheim motel for social housing shows he shares Labour’s values of fairness and opportunity. “A campaign team is already formed to support him.”

A Blenheim father of two has thrown his hat in the ring to take on National in the next general election. Matt Flight, 44, has been confirmed as Labour’s candidate for the Kaikōura electorate for the 19 September general election. The tradie and former DJ is promising to ensure the region gets its fair share of Government funding for jobs, training, and state housing builds. Kaikōura is traditionally a safe seat for the National Party, returning a National MP at every election since it was created, with Stuart Smith winning in 2014. Matt says he is confident that he can help make a positive difference in the community following in the wake of COVID-19. “I’ve lived in this electorate for 17 years and know that we can come through the current challenges presented by the pandemic if we work with Jacinda and the Labour team.”

The dinghy that made the Cook Strait crossing getting a tow from the coast guard. Photo: NZ Police.

Dinghy rescue after Cook Strait adventure

Matt Flight has been endorsed by the Labour Party to stand as their official candidate in the general election. Photo: Supplied.

A teenager rescued by police after crossing Cook Strait in a small dingy was trying to visit his brother in Wellington. Tachyon Hutt, 18, left Kenepuru Sound at 10pm on Friday to make the 100km plus trip. But after his motor died, he was forced to call for help. He was rescued by police after emergency crews used the signal from his fast fading cell phone to trace him. Police say the overnight conditions were “rough” for a small dingy and are warning people to ensure they have all the necessary safety equipment. Senior Sergeant Dave Houston says the cell phone saved the teenager’s life. “If we didn’t have the mobile locate, we would have had a massive search. The mobile literally saved his life. “While this was a good outcome and no one was injured, we’d like to remind people the Cook Strait is a dangerous stretch of water.”

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A school student’s creative take on lockdown has won her a top place in a national design competition. Fourteen-year-old Emma Flanagan from Marlborough Girls’ College entered a Radio New Zealand competition to design a T-shirt to mark the Covid-19 lockdown. Her flower-powered entry was picked from thousands to join four other winning designs to be made into Tshirts. The Year 10 pupil entered the competition at the beginning

of May, as the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus began to drop. Flowers in her designs represent a kinder chapter in people’s lives, Emma says. “I decided to do a face mask as all the nurses and health care professionals were wearing them. “The flowers are about growth during lockdown and how people were being kinder to each other.” Emma also hid a teddy bear, toilet paper, a loaf of bread and a bag of flour in her penned drawing.

Five dollars from every sale will be donated to Emma’s chosen charity, the Kiwi Can initiative run by the Graham Dingle Foundation in schools across Marlborough. Emma says she wanted to choose a local charity so money raised would benefit people in her community. All remaining profits from the $45 shirt go back to the t-shirt producers in Kolkata, India to ensure they have an opportunity at a better way of life. Emma says she is a keen supporter of the Kiwi Can

programme as her mum, Sal, is a teacher at Redwoodtown School where the initiative is run. Graeme Dingle Foundation Marlborough Regional Manager Kelvin Watt says he is grateful for Emma’s support. “It’s so touching that Emma, as a young person herself, is in turn benefitting other children and teenagers here in Marlborough,” he says. To buy a T-shirt featuring Emma’s work visit https:// liminal.org.nz/collections/ lockdown-t-shirt-competition

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Council cancels free-parking fines after confusing meter message Chloe Ranford Local Democracy Reporter Confusion over free parking has prompted a call to council to communicate better after muddled motorists were fined. Rick and Trish Rawlings left their vehicle at Blenheim’s Kinross St car park to go shopping last week, only to return 25 minutes later to a $40 ticket for “failing to pay the required parking fee”. The incident came a week after Marlborough District Council announced it would roll out two hours of free parking in Blenheim and Picton from May 18 to June 30, in a bid to boost business as the region moved through Covid-19 alert levels. A parking warden told the pair that drivers were fined if they had not put their vehicle registration into a parking machine, as the council was unable to tell if they had already “claimed” their two hours. “We said to her, ‘But where does it say that?’ ... All the advertising we’ve seen for it says parking is free in Blenheim, not to put our registration into the parking ma-

chine,” Rick says. Public notices released by council did not state drivers needed to put their registration into a machine to claim the two-hours free parking. “We said, ‘Obviously we don’t want to pay this [fee],” Rick says. “Our day started out very happy, as we haven’t been outside our property in two weeks ... This stuffed the day though, absolutely. “As a public body, the council departments need to communicate better with each other, and say what the real rules are to people.” A council spokesman says while drivers did need to “activate” a parking meter, the ticket was part of a larger “misunderstanding” by Armourguard, who provided the wardens. Armourguard was told it would still cost $4 a day to park in ‘all day’ parking zones, located at Kinross St and Wynen St. “Unfortunately, this was interpreted as ‘two hours free does not apply to anyone parking in the all day car parks’.” A total of 22 fines were issued “in error” on Monday. All fines were

Koromiko man Rick Rawlings was surprised to find a parking ticket after 25 minutes when council told the public it was starting two hours free parking. Photo: Chloe Ranford/LDR cancelled, the spokesperson says. Rawlings says the council cancelled their infringement notice on Tuesday morning after they complained but did not state why. About 27 people had been fined for overstaying their free two hours since the start of the sixweek initiative, bringing in a total of $1080. The spokesman says motorists who wanted to stay for more than

two hours needed to make a payment at a parking meter or use the PayMyPark smartphone app after their free time had expired. “People who are parking need to activate the meters by providing their number plate, even if they plan to park less than two hours.” Council property and community facilities manager Jamie Lyall said earlier this month residents would still be unable to park in

10-minute and 30-minute spots for two hours during the venture. A report he headed says it would cost about $2500 to change the pay-by-plate parking times to include the two hours free, and about $2500 to change it back. This did not include the $300 needed to modify the council’s Alfred St parking building times.

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Goodbye cheese, hello bees News A 102-year-old building is being given a new lease of life by a couple determined to honour its historic past. Matt Brown On a small road in Koromiko sits a white building, its rather nondescript exterior gives little hint of its colourful past. The buzz of bees drowns out the distant highway and colourful hives dot the front lawn. Once the home of Koromiko Cheese, now the century-old building houses sticky sweet honey and hordes of bees. Now in the process of a loving restoration by Koromiko Honey owners Matt and Catherine Wells extracted honey for the first time at the factory and say they’re on the “brink of greatness”. “We’re on the brink of greatness – well, on the brink of something,” Catherine says. The building was a jewellery studio, an engineering firm, a plastic extrusion plant and a seafood processing plant throughout its 100 years. But when Matt and Catherine moved in – it was nothing but a “concrete bunker”. “We’re bringing it back to life,” Matt says. “It’s probably a 20-year project.” The couple bought the property from Picton man Kevin Cooper – he acquired the property in

Supporting local: The ‘Make It Marlborough’ campaign team has been unveiled to encourage people to support and spend locally to assist economic recovery post COVID-19. The team includes members from Destination Marlborough, Marlborough Chamber of Commerce and Marlborough District Council. The winning slogan, ‘Dream It, Do It, Make It Marlborough’ has been created by Megan Boreham of Eyecatcher Designs and Juliet Gibbons from Kina Communications & Marketing.

Koromiko Honey owners Matt and Catherine Wells. Photo: Matt Brown. Right: The dairy co-op in the early days. Photo: Supplied. the mid 80’s. “He liked to invest and help people out,” Matt says. “He was a gorgeous person that gathered people up and helped them,” Catherine added. “Everyone in Picton seems to know him.” Matt says the cheese factory was decommissioned from cheese in 1985 as it did not meet food safety standards. “It wasn’t up to scratch,” he says. “It closed down and moved to Tua Marina.”

The couple set up Urban Bees, leasing hives to townies in Blenheim and Nelson. It was the first programme of its kind in New Zealand. “In the first year we had 40 sites in Blenheim and another 40 in Nelson,” Matt says. Matt took a beekeeper course when he was a teenager. But he says it didn’t pay the mortgage. “I got a trade – bought a house – then beekeeping got more popular.

Pink Breakfast: Broadcaster and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ Ambassador Stacey Morrison is encouraging people in Marlborough to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast this July. Last year 30 breakfasts were held Marlborough. Around 105 people in the Nelson Marlborough DHB area are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Funds will help to drive early detection and ground-breaking research to prevent further deaths. For more information visit www.pinkribbonbreakfast. co.nz

“Now, bees have boomed,” he says. Matt says he wants to keep his operation small – and the “iconic” building is part of their plan. “It’s iconic, this place.” Koromiko Cheese lives on in Marlborough legend, if not fridges.

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Former migrant centre manager awarded Queen’s Service Medal Matt Brown Reporter

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A community leader with a passion for people has been honoured with one of New Zealand’s highest awards. Former Marlborough Migrant Centre manager Margaret Western has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal. Humbled and honoured by the recognition, the award comes as she prepares for a new role having moved on from her role as manager. But the memories and friends she has made there will last a lifetime, she says. “Many of the migrants I supported over the years I’ve been privileged to form friendships with and share in their celebrations,” Margaret says. “I have seen many acts of kindness and people supporting one another. “I have seen people celebrating the good times together and helping lift each other up when life was tough.” Margaret also pays special thanks to her husband Alan and says the

community she helped foster was special to them both. “The award acknowledges and celebrates the migrants whose settlement pathway I have supported, and I share this with them,” she says. “Also, my husband and family who have supported me along the way. “Alan and I bought our family up to celebrate the richness of diversity and take opportunities in the wider world.” Established in 2007, the Migrant Centre played a pivotal role in helping people arriving in the region. As a key member of the group, Margaret saw a need for a place where new arrivals to the country could access help. And with an increasing number of migrants coming to live in Marlborough, she led the development of what is now the Marlborough Multicultural Centre. “Embracing that diversity is about how we can make our differences a strength and foster social cohesion, which was the focus of my work,” Margaret says. “From humble beginnings, I have

Former Marlborough Migrant Centre manager Margaret Western. Photo: Matt Brown. seen the centre go from strength to strength.” Margaret’s main focus was delivering programmes and services that support migrants’ successful settlement. But she says the most important part of the job was fostering unity in diversity and connectedness with the community. Margaret was part of the steering group preparing the community

for the first intake of former refugees coming to Marlborough in 2020. Her new role at the Blenheim branch of New Zealand Red Cross, will enable her to continue working to support refugees in the region. Margaret has organised the Multicultural Festival in Marlborough since 2009, the inaugural Diwali Festival and many suc-

cessful International Women’s Evenings. She has volunteered for IHC Marlborough, the Marlborough Budgeting Service, Child Cancer Foundation, is former president of ESOL Marlborough, current chairperson of the Star of the Sea Cultural Committee, and a Marlborough Community Organisations’ Grants Scheme board member.

Community heroes recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours Jim Thomas The Queen’s Service Medal for services to victim support and the community Well known for his work with Victim Support Marlborough, Jim was a service co-ordinator from 2001 to 2007 and then continued with the organisation as a dedicated volunteer. Recognised as a Homicide Specialist within the group, Jim dealt with many challenges and demanding situations. He has volunteered with Restorative Justice Marlborough for 17 years and helped Blenheim police set up community patrols. A New Zealander of the Year, Local Hero Award Winner, Jim has a long history with the Lions and has been a stalwart of the Blenheim Lions Club since 1993, serving as President, Treasurer and Zone Chairman. He helped start the successful firewood project for people in need and was also key in the Club’s predator trapping initiative. A Founding member of Marlborough Stadium 2000 Trust, Jim received a District of Marlborough Civic Honour in 20-17 and is also known for his tireless efforts on behalf of the Rarangi Golf Club.

Melva Robb The Queen’s Service Medal for services to rural communities and women. As the Marlborough Area Committee Chair for Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ), Melva has helped ensure a platform for the voices of rural women and their families to be heard. She previously served as an elected member of the National Council of RWNZ and was made a National Member of Honour. The Acting Leadership Councillor for the Region Three, Melva’s role covers not just Marlborough but also encompasses the West

Melva Robb. Coast, Golden Bay and Nelson. As a trustee of the Top of the

Doping Agency as well as being named an international sport ambassador for Sport New Zealand between 2011 and 2018. Presented with a Sport New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, Barry was also chair of Picton’s successful Kaipupu Wildlife Sanctuary from 2013 to 2016 and a patron in 2018. Now living In Christchurch, Barry also chaired Picton’s Smart and Connected community group and was director of Destination Marlborough. More recently he turned his talents to the Tuia 250 Totaranui Trust between 2016 and 2017 and as a patron from

Jim Thomas. South Rural Support Trust, Melva supports rural families and communities at times of crisis and in the wake of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the 2016 quake in Kaikōura she took on a key role helping organise donations and supplies through the Rural Women’s Adverse Events Relief Fund. Melva was a Marlborough District Council Civic Award winner in 2017 when her valued contribution to the rural community was officially recognised.

Barry Maister A Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sport and the community. This former Blenheim sporting ambassador has represented New Zealand on many commissions and organisations. As a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) between 2018 and 2019, Barry has made many valued contributions across a wide range of groups. He was appointed chair of the IOC Education Commission and was a member of the World Anti-

Barry Maister. 2019. He continued making his mark in Christchurch and chaired the Christchurch Multi-Purpose Arena Trust from 2017 to 2019.

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Sound of music silenced as festival postponed

Marlborough Tour Company Group is encouraging people to explore their own backyards.

Tour boss calls for ease of virus lockdown for business The boss of one of Marlborough’s biggest tour companies is calling for government to ease lockdown restrictions for businesses. Marlborough Tour Company Group chief executive Abbe Hutchins says it’s time to be more positive about the country’s future post COVID-19. As Queen’s Birthday weekend ends, the tour company boss says apps and forms are making it harder for local businesses to survive. “We are now heavily reliant on Kiwis to help our businesses, particularly tourism and hospi-

tality businesses, survive. “Yet the endless apps to download and forms to complete, the empty seats on our limited regional flights, reduced passenger capacity on Cook Strait ferries, and above all the continued messaging from Government to social distance, to stay clear of other people, to remain very wary, tell an increasingly conflicted story,” she says. The Marlborough tour Company owns and operates Punga Cove, Furneux Lodge, Cougar Line and the Pelorus Mail Boat. It recently launched a cam-

paign encouraging Marlburians to make the most of the region they live in. Their Head to the Backyard with Us campaign offers people discounted packages to explore and stay locally. Abbe says the Government needs to be communicating messages of real confidence, not ‘cautious optimism’. “It’s time be truly positive about New Zealand’s future, even if it’s a domestic future for the interim. “New Zealand is open for business, support local, back your backyard.”

A top Marlborough music festival has been forced to cancel amid safety concerns. The Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival has been called off due to coronavirus fears. But organisers have promised something fun to fill the gap. Uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic left “too many unknown variables” for the festival to proceed, organisers say. The week-long youth jazz festival and competition, featuring young musicians from high schools all around the South Island, has been a staple of the Marlborough event cal-

endar for many years. “After careful consideration and in close collaboration with the Marlborough District Council, the decision has been made to cancel Southern Jam this year,” the announcement, on Facebook, says. The festival would have seen students performing at bars and restaurants before a gala performance at the ASB theatre. “The safety of our students, staff and the public continues to be our number one priority and the current uncertainties regarding the COVID-19 situation leaves too many unknown variables at this point in time.”

The annual Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival attracts a wealth of talented musicians. File photo.

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Teenager rescued after Cook Strait dinghy crossing That may have been an awful idea, but we need to work harder as a country to make it a lot cheaper and easier to get from one island to another. Stacey Dunnachie Must be trying to save money instead of paying $54 on the ferry! Steve Bee Almost me after seeing those ferry prices! Tobias McGill

Family need help after horror car crash They're a beautiful family that have amazing aroha and strength. Please go to the givealittle page and help this family out because I know they would if it was the other way round. Kia Kaha Miller family. Natasha Haddon Best wishes to the family. I was a passenger in a car accident in January, still recovering. I know the road ahead of them is going to be tough, especially with the little ones being injured also. Sending you lots of healing energy. Sarah Hughes

Bless you all and thank you for making our community better. Rachael van Asch A local hero to so many. Peter Chapman Our way out of this: Marlborough plots course through Coronavirus recovery Time for us all to support small local businesses. Countdown and the major supermarkets have had their boom sales. Murray Charlton

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Learning to live life to the full Bary Neal lost his son Matt to suicide in 2016. Here, he continues to document how he has honoured his son’s memory by learning to live life to the full again.

I started up the Blenheim section of Hopewalk, a suicide awareness and prevention campaign and 900 people walked it in the first year. I recently had a person come up to me with nothing to live for. He said to me “you’re the Hopewalk guy aye “. He then revealed how his partner had left him, he had lost his job, and his only remaining friend, his dog, had just died also, he had health issues, was getting under 200 dollars a week to live on, and taking his life seemed like the only way out of the dark hole he was in. The tears were streaming down his face, and I thought back to my boy, and realised he must have had this same feeling before taking his life. I encouraged this man, told him that this storm he was going through would end and not to give up. I encouraged him to make some good choices, and act on them. He now has a dog who adores him, has work, and his life is getting back on track again. I know my boy is looking down on me with a huge smile on his face, proud of his Dad.

Matt was a great sportsman, with many fantastic achievements, including Marlborough Division 1 Football player of the year, yet at his funeral, and also since then, I have had many more comments about how he was such a kind, caring person, than about his sporting abilities. At your funeral, what are people going to say about you, will you have affected people in a positive way? Positivity breeds positivity: be kind and start changing people’s lives for the better. If you can be anything, be kind and caring. After losing a loved one to suicide, many people can’t seem to find real happiness again. They struggle for years and years. I was feeling like that too, assumed I would never feel true happiness again. I can tell you now that I am happy again, and loving life. I even had a work mate ask me recently, Bary are you ever not happy? This is something my son would have a huge smile on his face about. Because people who take their lives suffer so incredibly much prior to making that final fatal decision, that does not

Vita Vaka and Bary Neal before last years’ Hopewalk. File photo. mean they would want those they leave behind to carry on with that pain. Nothing would put a smile on their face more than looking down seeing you happy. All it takes is one decision to start turning that pain into happiness, but after you make that decision,

don’t expect everything to just fall into place, it takes time, and hard work, but never give up. Make today the day your life turns around. You have gone through enough pain, more than most will endure in a lifetime. Start making positive choices in life, and act on them. Start going

for walks, going out more, and never ever be afraid or embarrassed to talk about loved ones lost too soon. If you want someone to talk to, I’m always available, If you want proof that making positive decisions and acting on them works, the random person I never knew, whose dinner I paid for, who lost her husband to suicide a year earlier, well a couple of months later she decided to offer to help me run Hopewalk, and then a year after that we got married, and together we love life, love the outdoors, love our six children (one whom is no longer with us), and love helping others. There is joy and happiness out there for all of us if we look for it. Right now, my boy is looking down with a huge smile on his face, and I hope your loved one will be too. I would love to see you all at the next Hopewalk, look us up on Facebook, follow us, and if you are ever in a dark place and there seems no way out, please ask for help, I’m available if you can’t find or trust anyone else, and let’s all enjoy the rainbow after the storm.

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The team at Matthews and Hassam Optometrist. Photos: Jim Tannock.

A vision for the future of eyecare It’s the start of a new era for staff and customers at Matthews and Hassan Optometrists as the renowned local business gets set for a change of scene. Making the move to the Forum the enthusiastic team are gearing up to welcome existing clients and new to their fresh, new premises on 8 June. The high standard of service and vision care they are renowned for will be there as always, but now clients will also

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They say that every cloud, even a COVID-19 cloud, has a silver lining. And so it has proved for professional rugby player Tim O’Malley. The 25-year-old utility back for Waitohi and the Tasman Mako, for whom he enjoyed a breakout season in 2019, has been on something of a rollercoaster ride since the NPC season ended in late September. It all happened quickly. Three days after the Mitre 10 Cup final at Trafalgar Park he was approached by Japanese Top League side NEC. Within a month he had signed a one-year contract to play, had packed his bags and was installed in a Tokyo apartment by the end of November. “We did pre-season [training] through December and started Top League in January, “said Tim, who travelled to Japan for the first time. “It was certainly a bit of a different experience for me, a Central Otago/Marlborough kid … a real eye-opener,” he recalled. Playing at first five and inside centre, Tim turned out in a handful of games for NEC before the grip of the pandemic began to

tighten and overseas players began to cast their eyes homeward. “They [the clubs and competition organisers] were deliberating for a long time on what they were going to do. “There was obviously guys over there with families at home who said ‘we need to get home’ because if the borders are shut we can’t get back to our families. “It was a bit hairy there for a week or two but in the end we said ‘look, we are going’ and they said that’s fine … the last flight out of Tokyo was just full of all the Kiwis playing footy in Japan, including former Mako man Joey Wheeler. “I pretty much had to put my foot down as I certainly didn’t want to be stuck over there in a lockdown.” The alternative was far more attractive, Tim heading back to the family farm in the spectacular Maniototo Valley in Central Otago. “It was the perfect place for isolation under lockdown because we just carried on with the farm work as normal, we were flat out down there,” he said. After five weeks down south he returned to Marlborough where he had just bought a Blenheim house with partner Georgia, his unexpected return home allowing him to check out his new

Tim O’Malley on the burst for the Mako against Northland last season. Photo: Shuttersport. abode much earlier than anticipated. With rugby on hold at the moment, Tim, who is on a one-year contract with the Mako in 2020, is working as a labourer on a local vineyard/farm and relishing a break from the game. He has had a busy schedule in recent times. Last season he played club rugby in the United States, then in Marlborough, before becoming immersed in the historic Mako NPC

campaign. “I’m really enjoying the farm work and still managing to keep my fitness work going. It’s great to have a change and freshen up,” he said. When club rugby finally gets the green light, expected to be in late June, he will pull on the boots again for Waitohi, who he helped take out the Marlborough subunion championship last year. With his Japanese contract ending in May, and his overseas

experience being abruptly curtailed, Tim is looking forward to reuniting with past and future team mates under the Mako banner later in the year. It will be hard to surpass Tasman’s ‘perfect’ season last year, but Tim says inspiration won’t be hard to find. “They say anyone can win a title once, but it is something special when you can do it twice in a row, so that will definitely be motivation for all of us.”

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Rangers AFC The Rangers AFC men’s side will also be back in action on June 13, playing in the first round of the Nelson division one league. They have been training twice weekly, under Government guidelines, and will take a highly-competitive squad into the top of the south competition. Leading the way is former Rangers AFC skipper Tore Waechter, a key player in their

Junior footballers will be back in action on June 13. Photo: Peter Jones. 2018 charge to the title. The 26-year-old midfielder will be player/coach of a formidable unit, comprising of some vet-

erans of previous campaigns and some untried, yet talented youngsters. Lanky striker Adam Rose,

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are also running a Mini Kicks pro- aged five and upward. rep tournaments, the Jim Wishart Memorial tournament for senior gramme for 3-4-year-olds, involving Rep teams NZ secondary schools boys’ col- club teams will be staged. over 50 children each weekend. After the club season ends the fun lege satellite event in early Sep- Smith-Scott described the state Kids then move on to Pak n Save Fun doesn’t stop, with 10 rep teams tember, the South Island 12th of football in the province as Football for 7-8-year-olds that starts in action at various South Island grade girls tournament at the end “healthy”. with a series of warm up activities tournaments. Both boys and girls of September and the traditional “We tend to lose numbers at the for half an hour and then ends in a age grade teams are selected to Gavin Roberts tournament for top end through people moving half hour game. And so on with Mini represent their province, from 12th grade boys in early October. off to pursue careers, but we are Football for 9-12-year-olds with 10th to 17th grade. Later that month, at Labour gaining from the junior end. Our game time extending each year un- This year Blenheim will host three Weekend, the annual Matt Neal numbers are steady. til they make it to the Youth League for 15-17-year-olds who play a full 90-minute game. Marlborough Football also run a series of programmes designed to upskill the younger players. They range from starters skills training through to youth development programmes. It starts with football skills centres for 7-12-year-olds, through to holiday programmes right up to the Tasman United Academy for elite players aged 12 - 16. th Another string to Marlborough Footde, ball’s bow is their innovative futsal he programme. Futsal, described as “a raw form of footwall played indoors de with a slightly weighted smaller ball” n-The Rangers AFC team will begin their is rapidly gaining with one title The BV Bullets women’s team will challenge for in thepopularity Nelson division eirlater this month. Photo: Supplied. over 100 players involved. Along be back in action soon. with organising league games for the on player. Some additions may be made to Having placed fourth last year, the team youth at Marlborough Lines Stadium le.right winger Sam Pearson, forward Carl are keen to build on that debut success. the squad in the coming weeks. Connor-McClean, defenders/midfieldand selecting youth rep teams to play Rangers AFC squad: Jordan Columers Liam Sluiter and Julian Delgado, the FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION in an annual Marlborough v Nelson or EMBROIDERY SCREEN PRINTING SIGNWRITING energetic Jordanfootballing Columbus,youngplus young (captain), Adam Rose, Tore Wae- The BV Liquid Action Bullets squad: The province’s gamebusday, Marlborough Football DIGITAL PRINTING GRAPHIC DESIGN HEAT SETTING (player/coach), Tana Connor- Makenzie Adkins, Destiny Aires, Shanstriker Harrison part of the tisters are out in Pine forcewere on Saturday lead chter the way with their introductle-winning teamsupplied. in 2018 and will form Ollie Baker, Scott Belsham, nah-Lee Aires, Eliza Bickerton, Taryn 60 High St, Renwick morning. Photo tion McClean, of futsal skills centres for players Carl Connor-McClean, Julian Delgado, Gilbert, Tessa Hyland, Hannah Martin, a solid basis of the current crop. phone 03 572 8075 Former Tahuna player Scott Belsham Liam Sluiter, Harrison Pine, Sam Pear- Lucy Martin, Erin Mustey, Abby Owen, will offer fresh talent, while such solid son, Jono Masters, Dan Diamond, Brad Lea Poletti, Riley Preece, Lauren Sloan, Rebecca Stuart, Freya Thompson, Hanlocal performers as defender Ollie Bak- Eiffe, Wolfie Waechter (manager). nah Cook, Nicole Hyland, Tessa Lewis, er, Jono Masters, James Coughlan and Bullets all fired up George Bond will team with young- The Rangers AFC men won’t be the only Alicia McLeod, Kirsten Pease, Madsters such as Tana Connor-McClean Marlborough-based team plying their dison Rowe. Coaches Alan Elvy, Ian and Dan Diamond, last year’s MBC trade in a Nelson division one football Thomas. keeper, in a squad which is expected competition. Andrea also mentioned that the Marto have more additions over the coming weeks. Providing back-up at keeper The Blenheim Valley FC Liquid Action lborough Football Skills Centre is exwill be Brad Eiffe, the Tasman United Bullets women’s team are gearing up for pected to be operational from June 11, Academy coach in Marlborough and another season, which is also scheduled while a start date for futsal is expected “shortly”. a former Waimak (Christchurch) club to kick off on Saturday, June 13.

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Inspiration again found close to home

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Consents scrapped for low risk projects Building consents for low risk buildings are to be scrapped by central government. Single-storey detached buildings up to 30 square metres, such as sleepouts, sheds, greenhouses, carports and awnings will no longer require a council-approved building consent. The exemptions are expected to begin at the end of August after changes to the Building Act have been made. But council staff say projects must still comply with the Building Code. Exemptions include larger single-storey detached buildings up to 30 square metres, carports with a maximum floor area of 40 square metres, awnings, verandas and porches, outdoor fireplaces or ovens, flexible water storage bladders for irrigation, firefighting and short-span bridges on private land without public access and detached single-storey pole sheds and hay barns.

At a time when people in all walks of life are seeking inspiration, they need look no further than the latest group of Inspire Marlborough grantees. The first grantee evening of 2020 was held remotely, via Zoom, on Thursday night. Three new names were added to the rapidly-lengthening list of Marlborough’s young achievers who have benefitted from the efforts of the Inspire Marlborough organisation. The Foundation, which was set up in 2017, encourages applications from sports people, music students, all the arts and those with academic achievement who want to go on and make a real difference in their field of excellence of science, design, sport, technology, entrepreneurial and/ or innovation. Thursday’s digital get-together opened with some words of wisdom from Inspire ambassadors Joseph Sullivan and Craig Harper. Joseph provided an update on how he and the America’s Cup organisation had been preparing under testing circumstances, while Craig talked about resilience and adapting to challenges life throws at you. The gathering also heard from former grantees Shannon McLean, who has travelled the world representing NZ’s youth and George Glover, whose foresight and determination culminated in the Black Dog Swim for charity. Then the first grantees of 2020 were named. They are: Nikau Peipi (touch, rugby, softball, athletics). While excelling at a variety of sports, Nikau has his heart set on reaching the top in

Sportsman Nikau Peipi. Photo: Supplied. touch. He has been selected for the New Zealand under-16 mixed touch team, with a place in the Marlborough under-18 team and the national under-18 side among his goals. The multitalented teen has played rugby at a high level, represented the ISA under-14 NZ softball team and more recently excelled at athletics. He set records in several para events at the Halberg Games, earning the award for top male athlete and most promising athlete of the Games, and received an ISPS Handa scholarship. Making his efforts even more notable is the fact Nikau was born with Poland Syndrome, which means his left arm and hand is underdeveloped and he has an under-developed chest muscle. Stephie Loncar (forensic anthropology). Stephie completed her degree in Anatomy and Pathology at the University of Otago. Her dream is to work with human skeletal remains - identifying them for law enforcement or disaster victim identification purposes. She applied and was accepted into the internationally-recognised honours degree course to complete an MSC Forensic Anthropology at the Uni-

Scientist Stephie Loncar. Photo: Supplied.

versity of Dundee, Scotland, where approximately 10 people from around the world are accepted each year. After completing her course, Stephie will look for job opportunities in forensic anthropology as part of a human identification team. She would also like to complete her Doctorate in Forensic Anthropology Research. Lauren Doherty (violin). Fifteen-year-old Lauren has been learning the violin since she was seven. She writes her own compositions on the violin, creates backing tracks, produces and releases her own music on Soundcloud. She also has composed music for plays and has been asked to compose the soundtrack for the Havelock Theatre’s production this year. She aims to pass her grade 7 violin exam next year and complete her grade 8 before leaving school. She also aims to release an album of her original works, would like to be selected as part of the NZ Shakespeare Company and ultimately wants to make music her career. Nikau said his inspiration to succeed in his chosen sports, “comes from my disability”. “I have been brought up with two older siblings so have just done what they have done. I aspire to make ablebodied sports teams even with my disability.” Stephie has plans to work in her specialised field world-

wide, and says “it means a lot to me to be able to use my skills and knowledge to help families be reunited with remains for closure and to bring justice to victims.” Violinist Lauren said she had been inspired by the grantees from previous years. “From them I learned that excellence is not an act, but a habit, and these extraordinary young people from Marlborough had committed themselves to it ... that ignited the drive inside me.” Re-grants Five youngsters who have previously received grants were provided with re-grants to help them take their careers to the next level. They are: Samantha Grammer (classical ballet); Jade Otway (tennis); Brett McKeown (bagpipes); Jonty Zydenbos (music) and Angus McFarlane (rowing). Previous grants have gone to: 2017 - Liv Bishop (mountain biking); Olivia Sheat (opera); Quinn Udy (squash). 2018 - Alex Dawson (athletics); Jody Jansen Van Vuuren (shooting); Eleanor Grigg (music); Brad Palatchie (shooting); Chas Craig (golf); Jonty Zydenbos (music), Connor Guillemot (triathlon); Kodi Rasmussen (music); Lucy Sheat (athletics); Libby Holdaway (music), Brett McKeown (music); Angus McFarlane (rowing). 2019 - Samantha Grammer (ballet); Callum Saunders (cycling); Finn Sloan (woodchopping); Jade Otway (tennis); Samuel Lee (music); Josh Gwynne (tennis); Phoebe Trolove (rowing); George Glover (swimming/charity work); Jack Bugler (swimming); Shannon McLean (environmental issues); Ethan Batt (cycling); Kobe Miller (rowing); Lucy Harman (athletics). Re-grants - Connor Guillemot (triathlon), Brett McKeown (piping); Quinn Udy (squash).

Violinist Lauren Doherty. Photo: Supplied.

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Basketballers back on court Peter Jones

The familiar sounds of balls rebounding off backboards and feet pounding on the hard wood floor signalled a welcome return to some sort of normality for basketball at Marlborough Lines Stadium 2000 last week. After a two-month hiatus, small groups of young basketballers participated in 45-minute skills sessions, facilitated by the Marlborough Basketball Association. MBA administrator Stacey Hopkins and junior rep team coach Danielle Blackmore were on hand to put the youngsters through their paces, refreshing skills lost in lockdown and providing a pathway to larger gatherings and possibly competition as the level two guidelines are slowly relaxed. Twenty three primary and secondary school-age children took part in Monday’s sessions, run over two time slots, with Stacey expecting

Will Turner and Liam Cohen. Photos: Peter Jones.

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more to be involved over the next week or so. “It’s great to see the smiles on the kids’ faces as they come back to basketball, you can tell they have all missed the social aspect that comes with team sports,” she said. The MBA are hoping to run the skill sessions until the end of term two (July 3). Registrations are still being accepted, with the registration form and more info to be found on the MBA’s new website marlborough.basketball At this stage, Stacey anticipates that winter League competitions for junior grades are likely to be run in term three, with finals played on Sunday, September 20. “Our senior league is looking to run from mid-June, date to be confirmed, through to finals day on September 20, which will mean a full winter league can be played without disruption to summer codes,” she added.

Ajay Gane dribbles the basketball past defender Jake Gane, left, and towards coach Danielle Blackmore during a drill at Stadium 2000.

Tasman rugby union board reshuffled Peter Jones There has been a major reshuffle on the Tasman Rugby Union board. Three new directors have been appointed, including the union’s first female director. Well-known Marlborough rugby identity Johnny Joseph has been selected by the Marlborough Sub Union as a Tasman director, beating Andrew Lawson for the job in a two-horse race. Joseph replaces George Millar who served for four years. Two independent directors have also been introduced, with Gary Knowles and Dayveen Stephens replace Ken Beams and Scott Gibbons. There were 15 other applicants for the independent directors’

roles, the TRU’s appointment committee, chaired by independent Paul Dalzell and comprising two TRU directors, having “a very tough job with the quality of the applicants”, according to Tasman chairman Wayne Young. Beams is the union’s longestserving director, being on the board for 10 years, and was the TRU chairman from 2012-2018. Stephens is the first female to sit on the TRU board while Knowles brings vast experience of being at the top level of the NZ Police force to the role. The 2020 Tasman board is: Ramon Sutherland (president), Wayne Young (chairman), Tony Healey, Scott Ford, Gary Knowles, Johnny Joseph, Dayveen Stephens and Tony Peacock. Also out of the TRU this week

was the news that the 13-team Farah Palmer Cup competition, involving a Tasman women’s team, will begin a nine-week season on August 25. The teams will be split into North and South Island pools. It has also been confirmed that the Tasman Mako will play a preseason game against Wellington, who they met in last season’s Mitre 10 Cup final, at Lansdowne Park on Wednesday, July 29. Meanwhile the start date of senior club rugby is still up in the air. Discussions are taking place between the TRU and clubs as to whether play should begin on June 20 or June 27. A firm decision is expected this week. Junior rugby will kick off on July 25, while the rescheduled Mitre 10 Cup season is set to begin on

Johnny Joseph. Photo: Supplied. September 11. Last week’s Government announcement that gatherings of 100 are permitted has opened the door to a community rugby return.

New Zealand Rugby have moved into what they term “Phase 2: Prepare to Play”, allowing teams to return to full pre-season training from midday Friday, May 29, provided clubs have their health and safety plan approved by their local union. At this stage the relevant dates for rugby’s managed return are: From 12pm May 29 - Training in groups up to 100 Saturday June 13 - Pre-season matches are allowed Saturday June 20 - Senior season can start – to be confirmed Saturday July 25 - Age grade and JAB season starts The Government plans to review the settings of Alert Level 2 on June 8 and have agreed that no later than June 22, they will consider a move to Alert Level 1.

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