Marlborough Weekly 16 August 2022 by Top South Media

marlboroughapp.co.nzLOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED Tuesday 16 August 2022 Biggest eBike range in town! Flimsy council rubbish bags are being ridiculed by angry rate payers who say the black sacks are not up to the job. Every July Marlborough District Council provide home owners with 52 official rubbish bags for street collections. But this year’s supply has come under fire, with the council’s own appointed rubbish collection contractors even refusing to pick up the “dodgy” bags. A post on social media last week sparked a stream of com ments from unhappy residents. The original post said bags weren’t picked up as they kept ripping. complainresidentsgarbagebagsRubbishare PAULA HULBURT paula@topsouthmedia.co.nz CONTINUED PAGE 4 CanadacleansCamupin PAGE 26 forrunninghopefulMayoralalaugh SEE PAGE 5 Ladies, plan for retirement PAGE 7 wantedwarmersWinter St John volunteer Christine Holliday has volunteered at Redwoodtown shop since it opened, eight years ago. Photo: Paula Hulburt. READ THE STORY ON PAGE 6 On average it takes 7 years for someone with a hearing loss to seek help with their hearing. Don’t wait and miss our on hearing the things and people you love. Contact us to find out how you can re-connect with the world. P: 579 3092 | 21 Francis Street

Local artist Marian Painter says she was happy to contribute to the exhibition. “I have total and utter sympathy for the people there and any op portunity to help raise funds is good,” she says. The Motueka art group has about 10 people giving artwork. A member says they were moti vated by one of their group who is Russian and was feeling terri ble about what was happening. She encouraged the members to join her in giving work to the Theauction. auction is supported by Nel son City Council, Multicultural Nelson Tasman, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts and the Tautoko Ukraine Charitable Trust. The art will be auctioned from 6 pm on 25 August at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts. Artists

JENNY NICHOLSON Lyubov Lawrence with some of the are to be auctioned later this month to raise money for Ukraine.

Cruise ships are scheduled to return this summer. Is it the right time for them to come back?

Jaxon Reid I think it will be good for the community. The businesses will benefit from the extra cus tomers. If the cruise passen gers take the precautions nec essary it should be fine. I think people are tested for Covid be fore they get on the ship. Greg Bengston It’s all right - there are just as many people coming to New Zealand on planes, just not all at once. Most people have already had Covid. I’m look ing at going on a cruise soon, but I’m worried about it being cancelled. KW Beams We’ve got to live with Covid, now. As long as we take pre cautions, there’s not much else we can do about it. The coun try needs the cruise ships - I suppose they bring in a fair bit of money. Jenny Fagan It’s about time they came back. I think we’ve got the necessary measures in place to protect everybody. It’s our own, indi vidual responsibility to look after ourselves.

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A group of artists from the Top of the South have donated art work to raise funds for Ukraine. It’s personal for Anastasia Shum qova, a Ukrainian living in Blen heim. It’s just a year since she was home in Ukraine holidaying. She says at the time Covid-19 was the worry for people, but now places she visited on her trip have since been destroyed. She is pleased to have had the opportunity to con tribute a painting to the auction. Tautoko Ukraine Charitable Trust chairperson Lyubov Law rence’s son and his family live in Odessa and Lyubov says there are sirens going off a few times every day. Lyubov has given some Ukrainian cognac along with artwork from her late hus band’s collection to the auction. Trust secretary Dmytro Roma nenko says the money raised will be divided between three charities, with some providing medicine and medical supplies for those on the frontline in Ukraine. Another charity helps displaced people to find accom modation, providing them with water, food, and clothing where necessary and helping rebuild Theinfrastructure. thirdcharity provides food for people in Kharkiv. “That’s one of the most destroyed cities, and volunteers buy, cook, and provide food for people in cluding children and the elderly,” Dmytro says. The trust has already raised and donated about $30 thousand, with $20,000 sent to the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine. Dmytro says every dollar do nated is accounted for, with all money being used to help people and no salaries paid from dona tions.

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Council rubbish bags are falling apart making collections difficult: Photo: Paula Hulburt.

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“The council needs to be made aware of this problem immediately and rectify the Obviously,problem. the bags are not fit for purpose so the council will need to hit the supplier up to replace with more ap propriate bags. “They are clearly not ac ceptable, and replacements should be arranged for rate payers who have paid for Peoplethem.” can contact Council if they have any concerns.

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year, Marlburians throw out around 750,000 official council rubbish bags, around 4,000 tons of rubbish. A council spokeswoman says the new look bags undergo strength and resistance test “Counciling. issued rubbish bags undergo strength and resist ance tests as part of the QC process during manufactur ing to test the tensile stress, tensile strain, maximum load and a dart drop test to ensure they are fit for purpose.”

It was a special day for staff and passengers on the Kaitaki on Sar turday as Interislander marked a milestone Staffbirthday.dressed up and handed out blue iced cupcakes to mark 60 years of crossing the Cook Strait in the start of celebrations that will take place throughout the KiwiRailyear.

Consumers say the bags are not strong enough to cope with rubbish from an average Thehousehold.posts prompted a call for wheelie bins to be intro duced Blenheiminstead.resident Sheila Cunningham has lived in countries across the globe. She says the system here is one of the most inefficient she has seen. “These new bags are ridicu “Iflous.we use our own bins the cost, which we supposedly rejected, becomes irrelevant. “One of the excuses is that our trucks are not set up for wheelie bins, so we use standard rubbish bins. Prob lem Othersolved.”unhappy residents called for a recall of the “weak” bags. “Yeah, we have the same problem, they are weak and keep ripping. Council’s gone all cheap on us! Need a re call!” William Small says. The 60 litre capacity bags have a different feel to the previous bags, says the spokesperson. The rolls are more tightly packed than previous years too. “The new council rubbish bags are made using 50 per cent post-consumer recycled material which is why they have a different look and feel to the previous bags.

Staff dressed up to give passengers on the 60th anniversary sailings pecially created cup cakes. Photo: Supplied.

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Chief Executive Peter Reidy says Inter islander is a remarkable story of resilience and pride in delivering a critical service for New Zea landers across a challenging stretch of water. “This is a momentous year for Interislander. “We’re celebrating 60 years but also looking to the future and strengthening our connection with the whenua, the rich history of Te Moana o Rauka wakawa Cook Strait and with our Mana Whenua partners.” The company carries around 850,000 passengers, 240,000 cars and $14 billion worth of freight on around 3,800 sailings every year. Interislander General Manager Walter Rushbrook says Interislander has created many magical memories for Kiwis and visitors alike. “We probably all remember the first time we sailed on Interislander, whether it was the beauty of the crossing on a sunny day, spotting dolphins, eating our ‘world famous’ fish and chips or enjoying a ‘band on board’. “We all have amazing memories of cruising on the Interislander and sailing to the other side.”

“Our bags didn’t get picked up because they kept rip ping apart when the rubbish truckdrivers tried to pick them up. “We even put way less in them than we usually do because of how flimsy these new council bags are Is an ybody else having these is Everysues?”

“They are a 60 Litre capac ity so whilst some dimen sions (width, gusset, length) may vary with the previous bags, the capacity is the same and they will hold the same amount of waste. “If the rolls seem smaller it is because they are more tight ly wound than the previous “Duemanufacturer.tothis, bags may be stuck together appearing as one when in fact there may be two bags stuck together. Resident Jason Burkhart says the issue needs to be fixed quickly.

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“And they’ll tell me, they already tell me. I can’t even really go to the pub without an old person dragging me to the side and tell ing me that everything is wrong. “Apparently the rates are too high, let’s look into that. I pay rates, I don’t rate it.” He said he did not actually have any money to campaign though. “Basically what happened was the Government did this thing, where they gave some people some money (Cost of Living Pay ment) recently, and I spent that on running,” he said. “But if I win, then I’m mayor and I have to take that seriously. “Have you seen the mayor? They get to wear chains and a cape, there’s no way I cannot take that seriously. Although one thing I do have to check in on, is if I can wear t-shirts. I don’t know any other mayors that wear t-shirts, but that’s what I like.”

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Despite the resemblance (if you take away the long hair), and the fact he turned up to be inter viewed wearing the t-shirt, Chris Lippiatt denies he is Fist Puncher. However, stand-up comedian and “maybe mayor” Lippiatt did rate some of the “really attractive” superhero’s messages. Fist Puncher and his sidekick Foot Kicker are “Blenheim’s new est self-appointed superheroes” trying to highlight local issues on social media. They are not “just two middle-aged men dressed up in costumes”, according to their Facebook page. A post earlier this year gave the new toilets at Blen heim’s Seymour Square a test run, to see if they were safe. Lippiatt, who has put his name forward for Marlborough mayor, said Fist Puncher and Foot Kick er highlighted an important safe ty flaw in the toilets. “We just won awards for hav ing really sexy public toilets and I know everyone wants to have sexy looking public toilets. But Fist Puncher and Foot Kicker pointed out the locks don’t work properly. That’s dodgy,” Lippiatt “Isaid.think we need to have the best public toilets. Toilet policies are Thehuge.”38-year-old said he was looking to bring a bit of “enter tainment” to October’s election. Nominations closed at noon on Friday, with Lippiatt, deputy mayor Nadine Taylor, former La bour Party candidate Matt Flight and Money Free Party founder Richard Osmaston running for Lippiatt,mayor. who’s also running in the Wairau-Awatere ward, said a friend told him running for council would be a good idea. “People have asked me if I'm qualified,” he said. “But where do you go to school to qualify for mayor? The only per son qualified to be the mayor is the Lippiattmayor.”said, if he won, the first thing he would do is Google how to be a “Believemayor.itornot ... they actually have training for anyone who is new to office,” he said. “So you can learn while you earn.” A comedian, he said, was the “log ical choice” for mayor, because everyone you asked thought “pol itics was a joke”. “So who better than a comedian. Jokes are my bread and butter, and that's why I have high cho lesterol.” Lippiatt said he would like to get young people voting, so they could “learn to make mistakes”. “I am 38, I would be the youngest councillor, not the youngest ever. Jamie Arbuckle got in when he was like 30, and I was so hardcore “Butjealous.now he's like 40, and so I'll be younger than him, which is cool because by all other stand ards I'm old.”

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Lippiatt said he didn’t have any policies as such. “You’re supposed to represent the people, so I would probably walk on the street and say, ‘hey do you have any problems?’

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“Many of these families can’t access essentials such as warm blankets and bedding,” says St John Marlborough Area Com mittee Chair Scott Cresswell. “The Area Committee has al ready been able to donate to a local school to distribute to families who have been strug gling to get the children back into the school environment due to ongoing illness. “With support from local busi nesses and through donations received in our St John Retail Store, we have gathered up blankets, sheets, hot water bot tles, draft stoppers and knitted Ambulanceitems.” staff keep a stock of supplies on hand for officers to take with them. But more donations are needed to help ensure the vital service can keep operating says Scott. “There is an onsite supply so that ambulance officers can grab supplies and gift them out to families in need when they’re attending incidents. “This just highlights the care and empathy that our ambulance officers have to wards the wellbeing of their Thecommunity.” StJohnMarlborough Area Committee are looking for good quality secondhand blan kets and warm clothes, new knitted clothing items, bean ies, scarves, socks, jerseys and Donationsblankets. can be dropped at the St John Retail Store on Boyce Street in Springlands.

Ambulance staff are helping struggling families keep warm this Marlboroughwinter.

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based ambulance staff have been seeing more patients sick with respiratory illnesses linked to cold, damp Withhomes.some people unable to buy warm blankets and bed ding, St John stepped in to help with donations.

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The St John Marlborough Area Committee are looking for good quality secondhand blankets and warm clothes for their winter warmer initiative.

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The winter warmer initiative has already helped some chil dren stricken with illness get well enough to return to school.

During my speech I listed a string of government departments set up to report on income dispari ty issues for women over the last 40 years and we are still asking why women are disadvantaged. I suggested some actions that may help to improve the financial resilience of women in their re tirement and contribute towards closing some of this gap. Employers should carry out a fi nancial resilience health check for all Employersstaff commit to identify gender pay gaps and where pos sible bring the gap to zero within three years by using up to 20% of their annual profit.

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A new report, commissioned by Kiwi Wealth and released by the New Zealand Institute of Eco nomic Research (NZIER), con firmed what most of us women anecdotally already know: There is a gender gap in KiwiS aver contribution and balances which in my view are not likely to disappear in a hurry if we do not take some bold, creative actions Womennow. are up to $318,000 worse off in retirement than men as the gender pay and savings gap takes its toll. In other words, the average balance for women is 20 percent lower than the average balance for men across all age Othergroups.facts all tell the same sto ry – a gap in savings in general and retirement savings in par ticular, a gap in access to financial products and services, a lack of and support for opportunities to re-enter the workforce and career advancement after motherhood, and taking a break to care for whanau member/s.

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As a nation, we have made some progress and we continue to do so, although the progress in my professional opinion is not fast as I would like to see. Our ROI remains low in this area. In 2021 the gender pay gap was 9.1% overall (9.6% in 2018, 9.3% in 2019 and 9.5% in 2020). The aim is to bring this to zero. This gap impacts negatively on women’s resilience for the future and their preparedness for retire ment. And this resilience can be further impacted by a change in relationship status, cultural ex pectations, lack of opportunities for high paying careers and a cau tious nature in investing despite the fact women are very good at managing household finances.

Last month I participated in a Summit organised by the Fi nancial Services Council (FSC) which came at the end of a threemonth nationwide campaign It Starts with Action. What did this campaign want to achieve? As a pan-sector cam paign it was to put a spotlight on the financial well-being of wom en, a topic close to my heart, and the summit was attended by more than 200 people. As a speaker, I thought about the key points I wanted to make, and with a long history in adult and financial literacy advocacy with gender pay gap research in New Zealand able to be traced back to at least 1980, some of my think ing was informed by a few sober ing facts.

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Corporate shareholders commit to donating 20% of their gains on investment for the next five years to a central pool that helps to contribute to the KiwiSaver for women in the ‘low income’ and ‘not in employment’ groups When a woman has a child and is away from work, government should consider topping up their JanKiwiSaver.Tinetti, the government’s Minister for Women and Asso ciate Minister for Education and who launched the Women’s Em ployment Action Plan in June, said she is also committed to re ducing the gender pay gap in New Zealand and exclaimed “Looking at financial literacy for women, we know there is a concern there, we know that women experience the world differently to men. And we know that when financial and economic shocks hit – as they are now – they hit unequally. And those in the most vulnerable sit uations are impacted the most –they are women”. As we continue our work on fi nancial wellbeing and review outcomes from our research and discussions, we can see strong er links being formed to overall wellbeing and the great news is that the importance of building financial wellbeing and interven tions to improve financial wellbe ing, will only increase.

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During the summit I addressed the fact we were still sitting here in 2022 discussing the same things that I read about in 1980 and whatever we have been doing we have not been doing it right. Or, we are not asking the right people to do what we need to do. I asked each member of the au dience to do something concrete to make a meaningful change - What is the one guarantee all of you can give me today that in two years’ time we will not need to talk about it? Do we know the issue we are trying to resolve? Is it knowledge, confidence, paying debt? One at a time, let’s identify what we are trying to address.”

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The New Zealand Ploughing Cham pionship committee are investing in the ploughers of tomorrow. The group held the 67th national competition in Seddon earlier this Butyear.Seddon School, Awatere Rugby Club, St John’s and Marlborough Hospice were the real beneficiaries, as the group donated some of the profits from the event to the four worthy organisations. New Zealand Ploughing Associa tion president Ian Woolley thanked the rugby club for their help during the event, and said it’s always a good thing to give to the kids. “It’s just huge. Putting it back into the community is why we’re here,” Ian says. Rugby Terry Renner and Seddon School principal Anita Phillips with ploughing commitee members James Cameron, Ian Woolley and John Butt. members Jenny Woolley, treasurer Amy Swain and president Alan Gifford. Photo: Supplied.

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NZ Winegrowers Fellows announced

The New Zealand Winegrowers Fellows for 2022: Dominic Pec chenino; for services to wine and grape industry research, Jim and Rose Delegat; for services to ex porting and industry organisa tions, Clive Paton and Phyll Pat tie; for services to sustainability and Pinot Noir, and Chris How ell; for services to industry organ isations and education.

Dominic’s commitment to an in dustry led research programme culminated with the foundation of Bragato Research Institute as an industry-owned and directed research entity. Dominic served on the foundation Board of Bragato Research Institute until his retirement from industry or ganisations in 2020.

PHYLL PATTIE AND CLIVE PATON Phyll Pattie and Clive Paton are business and life partners who have made an immense contri bution to Pinot Noir, Martinbor ough and sustainability in the Cliveindustry.planted some of the first of the famous Abel Pinot Noir clones in the early 1980s, while Phyll was one of just a handful of female winemakers at that time. They joined forces in 1987 and have built Ata Rangi into the widely respected producer and brand that it is today. Ata Ran

DOMINIC PECCHENINO Dominic Pecchenino, originally from the USA, is a Marlborough based grape grower and con sultant, who has served industry organisations for more than two decades, during which time he has had a particular focus on re Dominicsearch. served on the Wine Marlborough Board for 12 years, including serving three years as Chair. Nationally, he served as a member of the NZ Grape Grow ers Council from 2005 to 2014, and was a Board member of New Zealand Winegrowers from 2005 to He2020.chaired the Research Com mittee from 2006 to 2020 playing a leading role in the development of research programmes through that period. Grape Days were Dominic’s brainchild, and he along with Dr Simon Hooker got the events – which present rele vant and thought-provoking re search outputs as a key platform for information transfer to mem bers – off the ground. He also spearheaded bringing researcher Dr Mark Kristic from Australia to do research trials with him for mechanical thin ning, which due to his initiative and research, is being used very successfully today.

The Fellows award recognises in dividuals who have made an out standing contribution to the New Zealand wine industry. New Zealand Winegrowers chair Clive Jones says the Roll of Fel lows honours the modern pio neers of the New Zealand wine “Weindustry.wholeheartedly thank Dom inic, Jim, Rose, Clive, Phyll and Chris for their years of service, and their role in shaping the New Zealand wine industry to be what it is today,” he says. All the 2022 Fellows have worked over many decades for the “bet terment of the wine industry,” says Clive. “The work of these in dividuals enables a small indus try like ours to punch above our weight on the world stage, and we thank them for their efforts.”

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The New Zealand wine industry has recognised the service and dedication of industry icons Dominic Pecchenino, Jim and Rose Delegat, Clive Paton and Phyll Pattie, and Chris Howell, by inducting them as Fellows of New Zealand Winegrowers.

Jim and Rose Delegat, a brother and sister combination, have built one of New Zealand’s most suc cessful wine businesses through a lifetime’s involvement in the New Zealand wine industry. Beyond growing Delegat into one of our largest wineries, they have made an extensive contribution to the development of the wid er industry. Rose was deeply in volved in export marketing in the 1980s and 1990s, a pivotal time in the development of the mod ern New Zealand export wine industry. Rose was a member of the Wine Institute’s Export Sub committee from 1987-1990, chair of the UK-focussed group during that time and played a pivotal role in the development of the New Zealand Wine Guild that led export activity in our largest mar ket during the 1990s.

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Jim has been deeply involved in industry affairs over many years. He first joined the Wine Institute Board in 1985, serving as both an alternate and full director through to 1996, the critical time period during which the indus try was pivoting from a domestic to an international focus. He rejoined the Wine Institute Board in the 2000s, serving between 2005 and 2016, and served on the New Zealand Winegrowers Board from 2007 to 2016.

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A draft bylaw proposing to ban most vehicles from the East Coast, between the Awatere and Waima Rivers, is hoped to be in place by summer. A panel made up of inde pendent commissioners Rob Enright and Commission er Ma-rea Clayton as well as councillor David Croad con sidered 190 submissions, and listened to about 50 people who wished to have their say on the bylaw. And despite not publishing the panel’s recommendations, in a statement mayor John Leggett says the process has shown there is public consensus on the special stretch of coast. The East Coast is known for its wide-ranging values from rec reation and commercial fish ing to ecological and cultural significance. Following the 7.8 magnitude Kaikōura earth quake in late 2016, this stretch of the East Coast became much more accessible, as the seabed lifted and wide new expans es of beach and exposed reefs were created. In places where access was pre viously restricted, it became possible to walk or drive at any time.

“Thecouncillor.submission period was a chance for everyone to be heard on this proposal,” Mayor Leggett says. “At the heart of the issue has been how to balance these cul tural, environmental and so cial considerations both today, and for future generations.

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“Council is aiming to complete its work and implement a by law in time for the peak holi day season. After the required work has concluded, but prior to any bylaw decision being made, the panel’s report and recommendations will be re leased to the public,” he says.

CHRIS HOWELL Chris Howell, a Hawke’s Bay based grower has passionately served New Zealand grape and wine industry organisations for 30 years, first at re gional level and then nationally. He joined the Hawke’s Bay Grape Growers as a Committee member in 1997, serving as President between 2000 and 2004. With the formation of a united industry organisation in Hawke’s Bay, Chris served on the Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers Board from Nationally,2005-2007.Chris was elected to the New Zealand Grape Growers Coun cil between 2000 and 2004. He was a New Zealand Winegrowers Board member from 2005 to 2016 and worked on a number of committees including the Sustainability Com Chrismittee.always had had an interest in education and training and at var ious times served on the Eastern Institute of Technology Advisory Committee and Council, and the Hort ITO Advisory Committee.

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Chris played a key role in establish ing the Young Viticulturist of the Year competition and continues to serve the industry as a Trustee of the Bragato Trust which provides schol arships for students. Rose and Jim Delegat have been recognised as New Zealand Winegrower Fellows for their involvement in the wine industry. Photo: Supplied.

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The damage caused by the earthquake, coupled with in creased motor vehicle access, has led to mounting pressure on the area’s unique ecosys Environmenttems. committee chair Mayor John Leggett says while the hearings panel report has been received, there is further work to do before council will be in a position to implement any recommendation. A public consultation in 2021 resulted in 190 submissions, including 50 submitters who went before the hearings pan el. Two hearings were held in November 2021 and May 2022 in front of a panel of two inde pendent commissioners and a

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"The strategic partner needs to be the right fit." He said it was not a distressed sale. "The performance has been fine. It has had some challenging years. The whole industry had a tough year the previous vintage." But he said Yealands was on a good trajectory and had a good growth plan. "We are very comfortable with where we are going and if we don't get that strategic partner that we are looking for we are quite happy to carry on holding Askedit." why it wanted to retain a stake, Robinson said it had a sep arate holding company which looked after its investments. "We want to have a bit of a spread of industries. It's local. A lot of us are familiar with business and know how it has been developing over the last 30 years." Robinson said they hoped to get a preferred purchaser lined up by the end of 2022 although he did not expect the economic comple tion to take place until the end of the financial year in 2023.

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Marlborough Lines is looking to sell a stake in Yealands Wine Group and reinvest the money in its electricity lines business. Marlborough Lines bought a ma jority stake in Yealands Wines for $89 million in 2015, promoting it at the time as a way to "provide increased dividends to consum Theers". deal raised eyebrows in cor porate governance circles. Busi ness commentator Brian Gaynor wrote at the time that the deal was a "worrying reminder of the 1980s when manufacturers pur chased kiwifruit farms, mining companies bought retailers and fitness centres got into proper ty development. Most of these transactions were not successful in the longer term." In mid-2018, Marlborough Lines completed the takeover, pay ing an entity controlled by Peter Yealands almost $23m for his re maining stake. At the time the High Court had suppressed the fact that Peter Yealands and two former senior staff at the winery and Yealands Wines Group were being prose cuted by the Ministry for Prima ry Industries for a case relating to adding sugar to wine destined for Europe, a crime under European Union law. In November 2020 - the trustees of Marlborough Electric Power Trust (the owner of Marlborough Lines) faced civil action by a lo cal businessman concerned about whether the trust beneficiaries - tens of thousands of electricity users in the Marlborough region - had been kept informed, with particular focus on the perfor mance of Yealands.

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role in the worldwide marketplace. Each area of the country has its own unique ecosystem and Marlborough’s combination of winding waterways, mountain ous valleys and rugged coastline, free-draining soils and moderate climate make for a perfect plat form for wineries, farming, aqua culture and horticulture enabling local businesses to produce some of the finest foods in the country, and the world. An industry worth over $10 billion dollars, horticulture in New Zealand is a big business, one that is growing fast thanks to investment in new varieties, growing techniques, and harvest and post-harvest practices. Protecting your precious crop Valtex bespoke bird netting products have good lead times with low minimum orders. Photo: Supplied. SYSTEM DES GN SUPPLY INSTALL SERVICE MAINTAIN Custom 0800ORDER!MINIMUMNONETSBIRD108382•115BoltRoad, Tahunanui, Nelson • ritex@ritex.co.nz • www.ritex.co.nz • Groundcover • Windbreak Cloth • Mulch Cloth • Reflective Groundcover • Postcaps • And a HUGE range of stock nets in all shapes and sizes. VALTEX Also Offer VALTEX HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS WILL SEE YOU RIGHT. Offering high quality bespoke bird nets with a 10 season UV warranty, with absolutely no minimum order. Their world class Thailand based maker makes many products for the NZ market, meaning they’ve got at least five containers a month on the water to NZ – offering prompt delivery to your vineyard ahead of the new season, with super competitive pricing. It’s a great time to contact them for a quotation – no job is too big or too small! From asmall sectionto 200 acres Wandering dog? Check out our dog containment fences! Phone: 027 640 8171 www.hiddenfence.co.nz New PT5 smart fence can be programmed from your phone – you can be in Auckland and know what your dog is doing. We have available BARK COLLARS, SIDE WALKERS, REMOTE TRAINERS, HIDDEN FENCES and the PT5 SMART FENCE – the world-wide technology leader.

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The ECO TRELLIS vineyard post system is perfectly suited to a more mechanical process. Photo: Supplied. TIME TO REPLANT YOUR VINEYARD? Marlborough pioneered Sauvignon Blanc in the 1980s and many of these original vineyards are now ready for replacement vines. Now is the perfect time to move to the ECO TRELLIS® system which uses posts, clips and strainers as relevant to site location. Made in New Zealand of highstrength galvanised carbon steel coated with a thick layer of zinc ECO TRELLIS® posts are easy to install and fully recyclable at the end of their vineyard life. ECO TRELLIS® is the first choice of an increasing number of vineyard managers in New Zealand, Australia and the US. ECO TRELLIS® system Gareth Gardiner, Sales Engineer, NZ Tube Mills sales@ecotrellis.com ecotrellis.com I’ve been using ECO TRELLIS® posts since 2018. They’re the preferred option for replacement posts in our vineyards. We find they’re safe and easy to use and we can install them by hand without having to use machinery. They are more durable than wooden posts and it’s really important to us that they’re recyclable at the end of their life. An added benefit is the pre-determined holes which mean that the clips are always in the right spot. ECO TRELLIS® is a great product! Daniel Warman, Vineyard Manager, Constellation Brands “ ”

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Supplying vineyard posts to Marlborough for over a decade through its horticulture brand ECO TRELLIS, NZTM offers innovative and sustainable vine yard solutions. Made in Welling ton, their products have been thoroughly researched and tested for extreme weather conditions, load bearing capacities, the abil ity to withstand machine harvest ing and the harshest of soils. Seeing a shift away from conven tional products, NZTM Eco Trel lis General Manager, Terry Cart er, says, “A lot of Marlborough wine plantings were done many years ago, when the only trellis option was CCA treated timber. Those plantings are coming to the end of their lifecycle. So naturally ECO TRELLIS is a great choice when considering future proof ing the new vineyard. In addition, the constant decrease in physical labour availability and the move to a more mechanical process, is perfectly suited to the ECO TRELLIS vineyard post sys

With the company seeing expo nential growth in New Zealand’s largest wine region, Terry says Marlborough has become the main point of supply for their ECO TRELLIS vineyard posts. “With our connection to a num ber of Marlborough growers, this has allowed us to expand our customer base into other ar eas like Australia and the USA.”

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Beginning and ending on Red wood Street at Seddon School, Simon Barker, a member of the school’s organising committee says this year’s event is going to be a banger. “It was a real kicker having to cancel the event the last two years in a row, but we are rar ing to get things underway this time around!” First established in 2012, the event has grown in numbers with each consecutive run and organisers are optimis tically hoping for around 500 participants this year. “It is such a cool fundraiser and a real op portunity for the community to get together. It is pretty unique for the region and has grown into so much more than a fundrais er. Things have been tough for everybody lately and it is a great excuse to get out and have fun with the family.”

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A lot of work has gone on behind the scenes to organise the funrun with funds being raised to rework the Seddon School grounds, situ ated in the heart of the stunning Awatere Valley. Comprising of a

Divided into three categories, for all levels and abilities, Simon says there will be something for every one at the fundraiser. The major ity of the trail is through private land which has been generous ly opened for access on the day. “The event wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of all our supporters and sponsors, they are the lifeblood of the whole fundraiser. It is unbelievable how big-hearted people are especially given the current climate, they have given beyond belief.”

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5km loop, a 10.5km quarter mara thon, and a 15km category, partic ipants can choose to walk or run the courses and the first two op tions are mountain buggy friend ly, but organisers ask that no bikes or dogs are brought along. The 5km ‘Flyer’ is perfect for fam ily groups, beginners or children, with marshals along the course to allow school-age children to com plete it without parental supervi sion. This course will take con testants across farm tracks before joining the others on the course to the finish line. The quarter mar athon (10.5km) follows Marama Road, South of Seddon, before heading to the vineyard-covered river terraces. Entrants can enjoy the stunning views of the Awatere River Valley as they wind their way back towards the township. The longest course is approximately 15km and initially heads along Marama Rd for around 1.5km be fore heading up the mighty Star Hill. From the trig at the top of Star Hill participants will expe rience 360-degree panoramic views of the Awatere Valley, Cape Campbell and Mt Tapuaenuku.

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The course runs across farmland prior to joining the 10.5km course on the Awatere River Terraces. With online registrations now closed, keen individuals can pre register at the Stadium foyer this Saturday between 10am-12pm prior to the event and get their race packs, this way participants can avoid the queue and be ready for racing. ‘On the Day’ entries and registrations are open from 8am to 9am before briefings begin and staggered starts are sched uled for each course option. Prize giving is anticipated for 12:45pm and organisers say they will do everything they can to wait until all participants have arrived at the finish line. “We have a huge selec tion of spot prizes, thanks to our wonderfully generous sponsors, but participants must be present to be eligible. Please support our patrons in return as they do such a great job helping our school!” Rounding off the day, the com munity can relax and unwind in a fete-type environment with silent auctions, raffles and spot prizes on offer featuring gift vouchers, pamper and gardening packs, out

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Otago were less than clinical themselves and only managed eight points in the first quarter exchanges. A well-constructed try to wing er Timoci Tavatavanawai, the most dynamic Mako player on show, brought Tasman back into the match, whereupon they con spired to spurn golden scoring opportunities either through sloppy lineout work or discon nected offence. Otago led 11-8 at halftime in a low-quality arm wrestle, then stretched to 22-11 before a late lineout drive try to Quentin Mac Donald gave the Mako hope of a late Trailingrevival.25-19 in overtime the opportunity was there to do just that before yet another lineout in accuracy handed Otago the ball, which they gleefully booted into the Makostand.skipper Quinten Strange was blunt after the match, sug gesting his side can’t play in patches and think they’ll be suc “Youcessful.can’t turn up for 10 minutes at a time in this competition … I think we have to take a good, hard look at ourselves and regroup. “That first 20, first 30 (minutes), we weren’t there. We just gave them opportunity after opportu nity and I think that was the dif Heference.”saidwhen they did find their flow on attack, they were able to show what they can do with ball in “We’vehand.got some pretty talent ed guys in that backline when they’re given the space and time. . . when we finally turned up with the right attitude,” he added. On Saturday Tasman play North Harbour at Albany, with a 4.35pm kick-off. Tasman women In the earlier match at Forsyth Barr, the Tasman women were outpaced and outscored seven tries to one. The Otago Spirit coupled a rush ing defensive line with some pacy attacks, leaving the Mako batter ing at brick walls on attack and often stretched on defence by the speed of the home side’s outside Thebacks.visitors retained ball well but often went nowhere, resorting to positional kicks, which were re turned with interest.

Red Devils The Cecil Shield is in Nelson Bays’ hands after they downed the Marlborough Red Devils 41-26 in a battle of the sub-union sides at Lansdowne Park on Saturday.

The Griffins led most of the way and, although Marlbor ough scored four tries, they were unable to close the gap on a rival that made the most of their mis Nelsontakes.

ing skipper Taine Cragg-Love. After the break loosies Cody Weir and Jadyn Holdaway added tries, along with midfielder Nigel Satherley. Mitch Smith added one conversion, Riaihe Rangihaeta Devils’two. coach Riki Winitana said his side had played well in patch es but were unable to match their opponents at set piece time. He said his best performers on a tough day were winger Zac Har rison Jones, midfielders Satherley and Ben Filipo, Holdaway, CraggLove and prop Jeremy Foley.

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College rugby The Marlborough Boys’ College First XV are on their way to the final of the Miles Toyota Cham pionship Plate competition after downing Timaru BHS 20-10 in Timaru on Saturday. A try to Falcons’ midfielder Cooper Roberts, converted by Hugh Robinson, shortly before the halftime break saw MBC lead 7-0 at oranges. The home side replied with a con verted try straight after the break before winger Senetenari Pone si scored MBC’s second to push them ahead 12-7. Timaru landed a penalty to close the gap soon after, before a Rob inson penalty and a try to re placement Nikau Peipi sealed the deal for the visitors. In the other semi-final Shirley BHS eased past St Andrew’s Col lege 38-36 to book the other final position. The plate final will be played in Christchurch on Sat urday. In the top four section Nelson College, who downed Christchurch BHS 27-24, will host St Bede’s, who upset St Thomas’s 20-15. raiders leave empty-handed

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Skipper Sui Pauaraisa, fellow flanker Tamara Silcock, midfield er Chloe Dixon and winger Becky Davidson stood out for the Mako, along with the influential Cassie OnSiataga.Saturday Tasman play their final round robin match, meet ing Hawke’s Bay in Nelson with a 2.05pm kick-off.

Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadi um proved an unhappy hunting ground for two hungry Mako on BothSaturday.the Tasman men’s and women’s teams lost to their Otago opponents, the men going down 25-19 in their second round Bun nings NPC encounter, while the women lost 39-7 to their Otago counterparts in the Farah Palmer TheCup. Mako men began with the same low intensity levels that plagued the closing stages of their previous match, against South land at Lansdowne Park last Sun Theyday. allowed the home side to dominate position and posses sion, often being slow to react and adapt on both attack and de Fortunately,fence.

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A flying visit to Canada has paid off big time for young mountain biker Cam Ander Lastson. weekend the 16-year-old Marlborough Boys’ College student competed in Whistler, British Columbia, taking part in the fourth leg of the prestig ious six-event Enduro World Cam,Series.who was recently named in a New Zealand development squad, claimed the overall ti tle in the Youth 13-16 division against a 38-strong field, which included top-rated riders from 10 different countries. Among the Youth field were several Canadian riders who were familiar with the course. Although this obviously pro vided an advantage to the lo cals, Cam was good enough to claw his way to the top of the “Ipodium.knew [the Canadians] were going to be hot … they knew all the right lines on the trail. “But we did some practice, felt pretty good and the tracks are really fun. I just went out on race day, gave it my all, and had Endurofun.” involves riders ne gotiating a series of downhill courses, with each stage being timed, then the overall winner decided on combined times. In Cam’s grade there were four downhills to be ridden, with the young Kiwi taking charge from the start. “They had live timing on each stage, so I knew that I was in front the whole way,” he ex plained. “I had a shocker on the last stage though. I was 17 seconds up heading into [the last downhill], but then I just took all these bad lines … I had a howler, but I was far enough ahead to win.” He didn’t have much to spare, with second-placed Canadian Jacob Quist, a mere .42 sec onds slower. Cam admits he was surprised to take the win.

Cam makes most of Canadian trip PETER JONES Premier netball sides Pelorus and Harlequins will face off tonight in a fourth-round decider after they scored contrasting victories at Stadi um 2000 last week. While Harlequins had a relative ly comfortable 60-49 victory over Tokomaru in the evening’s late game, Pelorus had to dig deep to run down a polished Marlborough Girls’ College side 49-47 in the early Withencounter.both sides unbeaten heading into tonight’s final round, their re sult will decide which club takes top billing for the forthcoming semifi nals. The top qualifier will play the fourth-placed side, either Tokomaru or MGC, who clash tonight. Scores: Pelorus Edridge Contracting 49 (Paige Lovell 40/50; Liv Pinkerton 3/5; Karli Murphy 6/8) Marlbor ough Girls’ College King Salmon 47 (Fiaalii Solomona 37/42; Zoe Scaife 3/5; Hazel Glover 7/14). Quarter scores (winning team first): 14-11, 9-16, 12-14, 14-6. Harlequins New World 60 (Wiri Bri stowe 42/44; Kelsee Hamilton 14/22; Lauren Murray 4/4) Tokomaru Cra far Crouch 49 (Gemma Hika 41/52; Mekah Lawrence 2/2; Tamara Acott 6/7). Quarter scores (winning team first): 17-8, 15-14, 14-13, 14-14. Competition points: Pelorus 6, Harlequins 6, Marlborough Girls’ Pelorus, Harlequins wins

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“I was hoping to podium but I wasn’t expecting to win it, be cause I had no clue what the competition was like going in. So, when I saw I had won I was pretty fizzed up and su Thereper-stoked.”area couple of further stops on the Enduro World Series but Cam headed home straight after his win in Whis tler, mindful of his school NCEA However,commitments.hehopesto one day tackle the whole series, the next tier of competition being under-21 as this is his final year in the Youth 13-16 grade. He said he was grateful to his many sponsors for their on-go ing support in getting him to Canada, especially Inspire Foundation Marlborough.

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The visitors scored first after 10 minutes from a long-range effort, but by halftime Katie Pugh had levelled the ledger, curling a shot home from the left wing. With scores level at the break, Foxes came out strongly and took the lead again after eight minutes, through Maryann Cant, then went further ahead when Stef White bagged her second.

Tore Waechter scored a hat-trick for Rangers AFC in Motueka.

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However, Rangers kept their composure and were rewarded when a neat ball from Lea Poletti put Lauren Sloan in a dangerous position and, under pressure, Fox es conceded the goal. The visitors were not finished however, Jen ny Harvey adding their fourth, before Arna Rob erts pulled one back for the home side who had to be content with a narrow loss – and the satisfac

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Rangers AFC are through to the semi-finals of the Price Chari ty Cup, the symbol of knockout football supremacy in the top of the south. On Saturday they took on Motue ka Ist XI in the first round, on a pitch described by Rangers man ager Wolfie Waechter as “like a ploughed field”. “It had very little resemblance to a football pitch,” said Wolfie. “There was no way you could play pretty football on it … all we could do was win the ball, send it long and try to create chances up Infront.”the end Rangers did create some chances, converting three of them to win 3-1. With prolific striker Carl Con nor-McClean absent for this match, player/coach Tore Waech ter stepped into the up-front role and made the most of it, scoring a However,hat-trick.the game’s first goal came from the home side, who caught Rangers on the break after 20 minutes, their striker hitting “a screamer” into the top corner. There was no panic in the Rang ers’ ranks and they were soon on level terms, Waechter slamming the ball into the top left corner after Callum McDonald and Kea gan Mortimer had caught the home side on the break. The match became “a little bit heated and rather colourful” after that, said Wolfie, with a number of yellow cards being dished out, five to Motueka, one to Rangers, plus a red to the home side later in the Rangersmatch.took advantage of the home side’s indiscipline, Wae chter twice stepping up to the penalty spot to push the visitors ahead 3-1 at the break. Although they created several clear chances in the second spell Rangers were unable to add to their total, while the two golden opportunities that Motueka cre ated were superbly saved by Luc Sherwood in goal, earning him the player of the day accolade. Mortimer and Jack Morris also earned praise, running hard on the flanks and producing some telling crosses. Close tussle Meanwhile, the Rangers AFC women’s side were engaged in a battle royal with Nelson side Richmond Foxes at A&P Park. In the end, the table-topping vis itors prevailed 4-3 but were made to work extremely hard for their three points.

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tion of putting up a sterling per Foxes side. Finalists found The final pairings have been found in the Mayfield Motor world senior men’s grade. Next weekend Central Wolves will meet Central Buccaneers af ter they topped their respective division one pools. Wolves beat Rangers Masters 7-1 at the week end, while Buccaneers downed Call Care Hotspurs 3-0. The second-placed teams, Call Care Trojans and Rangers De velopment will also play on Sat urday. Trojans beat BV Masters 4-3 while Development downed Rangers Clubs of Marlborough 7-3. In the division two compe tition, Picton Crow Tavern will play Call Care Red for top posi tion on Saturday. Picton beat Call Care Spartans 8-3 at the weekend to qualify top. In the other division two games, Picton Young Guns will meet Central Privateers while Call Care Spartans will play Call Care

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