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While some members of the online Marlborough communi ty rallied to help with offers of donations, the family have first asked for time. Their friend says support at this difficult time is appreciated. But she says the negative reaction online among some has made the family’s ordeal worse. “Blenheim is a small town, and you’d think it’d be easier to work together as a community, but there will always people there to say “Theotherwise.leastweall could do is sup port Clinicalthem.”Manager Sue Sheat from Ashwood Park Retirement home who works with the couple, says the family are grateful for all the offers of help. “They thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. “They politely decline any do nations of goods and clothing at present. They understandably are trying to come to terms with where they are going through and what they need.
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“The fact that they are all alive is all that matters. It’s been a night mare for them. They have lost everything,” she says. Emergency crews rushed to the house, situated next door to Ash wood Park Retirement home, about 2.15pm. Three fire engines, police and an ambulance were called to the fire, with firefighters donning breath ing Theapparatus.familywere checked over by medical staff. Now staying in a motel, the fami ly, including two girls aged 3 and 4 years old and a 2-year-old boy, are struggling to come to terms with the ordeal.
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A young family has lost everything after a fire gutted their Blenheim home. Kalara and Akeneta Ragasau and their three young children, are being cared for by friends after a blaze broke out in their Colemans Road home on Sunday. A family friend says they have been left devastated by the blaze; and by ugly rumours blaming the fire on them. “There are three kids involved so why would a mother or any nor mal human being want to wish a fire in their own house, Why would they risk everything?
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Charles Acojido Yes, a little bit. My property had a bit of flooding, but the water has subsided now. There was no damage, it was just inconvenient to find a way around flood waters to get to work. Ella Harvey I feel really bad for all the af fected people. Everything they’ve worked hard for, taken away in minutes. It makes me sad, I’d hate it if it was my fam ily. Rob Roy Yes. I had a minor slip behind my house in Picton. I had wa ter cascading over onto our deck. A main drain of the hill, a sump, was blocked and I was up to my chest in water dig ging out to clear it. Kirsty Bouwstra
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Police rushed to the On The Spot dairy on Scott Street in Blen heim shortly after 11.40am on spokeswoman says two young people were talked to at the “Policescene.have taken two youths into custody, after a toy gun was presented in a public place, on Scott Street, Blenheim,” she says. by thieves tried from the popular store at knife
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Kenepuru and Central Sounds Residents Association treasurer and rural firefighter Stefan Schulz could only walk about 50 metres from his house one way, and 250 metres the other. “The slips aren’t really the prob lem, although there’s quite a few of them,” Schulz said.
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“The trouble is what they call the underslips, slumps, that’s where the road subsided. “There is a number of them. So the reality is we will be weeks be fore the road is open again.” Schulz said he went about
Civil Defence Marlborough regional controller Richard McNamara says the damage to Marlborough, particularly the north-west, is “extensive”.
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Marlborough moved into “recov ery mode” on Monday, but fixing what’s damaged following heavy rain is going to be a “long game”, says the region’s civil defence Civilcontroller.Defence Emergency teams continued to provide welfare sup port on Sunday, with the region’s harbourmaster Jake Oliver also out on the water in Queen Char lotte Sound to check on residents. Civil Defence Marlborough re gional controller Richard McNa mara said some of the region’s north-western areas, such as Rai Valley “suffered” anywhere be tween 750 and 1000mm of rain over the last three to four days. It meant residents in Kenepuru, French Pass, Canvastown and Rai Valley, among others, were isolat “Thoseed. are unprecedented levels of rain, and therefore the damage is quite extensive,” McNamara “Thosesaid. are short, sharp catch ments, and the rivers came up very quickly, and of course we had a lot of slipping and slumping right across the landscape.” McNamara said a number of houses had been impacted and destroyed, and several people had been “Civildisplaced.Defence is currently deal ing with some key issues, such as medication and supply out to affected people, and transferring people that need to get out, such as for hospital appointments. “We’re just dealing with individ uals as these cases are known to Heus.”said they were trying to get to everywhere they could, but this was “hampered” on Sunday due to the low cloud. Meanwhile, us ing boats could be problematic because of the amount of debris in the water. One water taxi had been damaged in the Queen Charlotte Sound because of this, McNamara said. He said Geotech engineers were undertaking some work, particu larly around Picton where there had been slips. More engineers, assisted by the Minister of Busi ness and Innovation, were ex pected to arrive on Sunday. “This is a long game. We’re deal ing with this very large, slow moving slip of damage, and dis placement, right across northern Marlborough. That’s taxing re Hesources.”said Marlborough Lines had done a good job at restoring pow er across the region. The Marlborough Lines website indicated about 2000 residents had been impacted by power out ages in the 48 hours leading up to noon on Sunday. Of those, 1500 properties had been restored, with nearly 500 still without power, mainly in the Marlborough Sounds. McNamara anticipated State Highway 63 would be closed for a “number of days”, but said they were lucky to get State Highway 1 reopened on Saturday night, giv en it was such a critical network. “It’s a widespread disaster that we’re looking at. “But the agencies throughout Marlborough are doing a ster ling job, including Marlborough Lines, police, ambulance, local iwi, fire and emergency. “If you think about Nelson, it’s highly concentrated, particularly in that Maitai catchment, where as for us, we’ve got these pockets of damage right throughout a large area. “The Marlborough Sounds fore shore ... it’s a massive area, and it’s got massive infrastructure prob lems with vulnerable roading and vulnerable power networks.” Havelock water supply remained in short supply on Sunday fol lowing a leak. McNamara said it would be difficult to fix the leak until water levels came down.
“I know people are obviously upset, particularly where they suffered a similar fate in the July floods last year, we fully under stand that, and we’re doing the best we can to respond to this.
“I can tell you the response here in Marlborough is one to be ex tremely proud of.”
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Meghan and her two boys, Isyiah and Ezekiel, just moved to Rai Valley three weeks ago to live a more peaceful life. “I was loving it, you wake up and you hear the birds, in the dark you see the stars, I love it out there,” she says. Her ex-husband also moved, and they co-parent from the same property.
Meghan Fagan with her children Isyiah, 7, and Ezekiel, 3.
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Meghan Fagan just wants to go home. She has been stuck in Nelson since Wednesday, unable to get to her home in Rai CurrentlyValley. the only access to Rai Valley for residents of the small township is via Kaikōu ra – a more than five-hour journey, and not one that is commutable to her truck driving job in Nelson. “I commute to Nelson every day for work and school so I can’t just go home the long way and stay there.” She says Ministry of Social Development has offered her a weekly payment if she can not get to work, but being a third of her weekly wage, it’s not something she can sur vive on. She said she thought about going home via the detour and staying there until SH6 reopens between Rai and Nelson, but only having been in her current job for a little over a week, she doesn’t want to do that to her employer.
Meghan has connected with Civil Defence to look at ex tending her motel accommo dation, which was due to run out on Monday but has been extended till Thursday.
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“We were both renting sep arately but we can’t afford to be here. He was paying $440 a week in rent, I was paying $500 so we just thought ‘stuff it, let’s do something differ ent’,” but this is not what she imagined. Until Sunday, she didn’t yet know the fate of her home, as flooding ravaged the township, and she hasn’t yet built connections in the community to ask anyone to check on it. A chance meet ing with a stranger gave her the peace of mind that flood waters have not entered her home, and flooding has sub sided around the property.
A long-standing team of pool experts have taken top accolades at a national industry award night. In the first time entering the awards, Aquanort Pools, run by the Norton family for more than 50 years, is now considered the best pool store in the Andcountry.owner Greg Norton’s long, 30year service and dedication to the pool industry was recognised. “It was pretty cool to be called up on stage in front of your industry peers and to recognised. It feels like a slow burner after all that time, it was very humbling,” Greg says. He received the Acknowledgement of Industry Service award for his hard work, dedication, and valuable contri Gregbution. says the Auckland awards evening, at the Grand Millenium, was an opportunity to put some faces to Onlynames.last year, Aquanort Pools joined the Swimming Pool & Spa Association (SPASA), and the association’s awards highlight the best in the business around New Zealand. “As a business we wanted to become a member of SPASA as it gives the in dustry a real collectiveness.” Greg says. “SPASA is great for the industry, it is working to create a recognised trade for the pool industry which we have never had before, assisting with pool building contracts/terms and condi tions and working with MBIE and dis trict councils regarding pool permits and regulations. We are stronger in AquaNortnumbers.”
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“I’ve sucked out my savings – it’s cost me $1000 extra this week on everything, but I still don’t have lunch food for the Shekids.”says the lack of consisten cy and small space is a strug gle for her children, but she is grateful to have a roof. “I want consistency for them. My oldest has Opposition al Defiant Disorder, so he doesn’t cope well with change, my youngest is immune com promised and so am I so we can’t be jumping around too much. “The motel is doing my head in; I just want to take them home.” want HOLLYMAN
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A driver who walked to safety af ter his ute crashed down a steep slope, died the next day - not from his injuries but from having drunk out of his vehicle’s water coolant Marlboroughbottle. man Pryor Alan Lee suffered metabolic acidosis following ingestion of ethylene glycol (an anti-freeze used in car radiators), coroner Meenal Dug gal said in a recently-released re Leeport. had described being insa tiably thirsty after his crash on March 6, 2019, and likely drank from the coolant bottle in his ve hicle before managing to walk to a rural house the following day. His family told Open Justice they still miss their adventurous son, brother, and nephew who they say packed more into his 36 years than most people do in a lifetime. Pryor’s mother Wendy Matthews said her son spent 11 years train ing for various tickets and was a competent helicopter pilot and boat skipper. He had recently also completed dive training. His interests led him to outdoor work throughout New Zealand, including driving commercial jet boats in Taupo and operating a charter fishing business in Auck Atland.the time of the crash, he was employed as a skipper with King Salmon in the Marlborough HavingSounds. just had his scheduled days off at home in Greymouth he was on a long drive back to work in Bulwer in the Outer Pe lorus Sounds when his 2011 Ford Ranger 4WD utility left the road some time during the afternoon. It rolled 200m down a slope un
As he was still lucid and had good colour, they did not insist.
The unmarked and unsealed road was a challenging drive but ne gotiable for a driver maintaining proper control, Burbery said. He noted the particular dangers for drivers travelling to the Out er Marlborough Sounds is that the edge of the road on their left falls away and “holds grave con sequences” if a driver drifts too far to the left when negotiating left-hand curves. He suggested Marlborough Dis trict Council consider installing reflective roadside marker posts. He believed posts would better delineate the road and create a psychological barrier that would keep drivers from straying too close to the edge. The council responded by saying the road near the crash site car ried fewer than 20 vehicles a day so was not required to have re flective Notwithstanding,posts. the council had installed the posts where hazards had been identified. But it was difficult to maintain them due to harsh conditions and in tense winds in the outer Sounds.
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His condition deteriorated After arriving at Nelson Hospi tal just after midday the home owners helped Lee to complete the admission forms, spoke with nursing staff, and then left once his clinical assessment began. About 3.40pm Lee’s condition deteriorated rapidly. He was ad mitted to the Intensive Care Unit, intubated and ventilated. He was suffering from severe acidosis (a buildup of acid in his blood) as well as hyperkalemia (a high level of potassium in his blood). Despite full resuscitation at tempts, he could not be revived.
der Te Towaka-Port Ligar Road - an unsealed road that follows extreme terrain to connect the outer Marlborough Sounds from Rai Valley.
Pryor Alan Lee died the day af ter he crashed. Photo: Supplied.
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“They reckoned it was just his bush skills that got him to the house,” Matthews said. Born in Wairoa, Pryor and his family moved when he was a young boy to Haast, where he did most of his schooling and devel oped a love of hunting and fish ing. Later he went to Mt Aspiring College, where he continued to build on his repertoire of outdoor pursuits and took up snowboard ing.
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The homeowners at the French Pass house Lee went to told the coroner he arrived there using a stick as a crutch and looking di Heshevelled.was“clearly bashed up” with cuts and his feet only partly cov ered with socks. The homeown ers said Lee had bruising to his face and body and was breathing Leeheavily.told them he had spent the night outdoors after a crash caused by him having to take evasive action to avoid a vehi cle overtaking another one. He thought the drivers were freedom Hecampers.refused the homeowners’ of fer to call emergency services to airlift him to hospital but accept ed their offer to drive him to Nel son Hospital instead. They said Lee was talkative and coherent during the drive but was worried about his dog, which he couldn’t find after the accident. He complained of pain in his chest and was breathing heavily at times. The couple again offered to call the air ambulance but Lee was adamant it was not necessary.
Medical evidence was that he suffered from depression, anxi ety, and difficulty with sleep for which he took medication. He also had a significant underlying coronary artery disease. Ethylene glycol was detected in his toxicology results raising con cerns about whether Lee – who described being insatiably thirsty after the crash - might have drunk from the coolant bottle in his Policevehicle.found the bottle had been tipped over and the top of it was removed, making it possible Lee took water from it. The risks Senior Constable Simon Burbery said Lee’s vehicle did not contrib ute to the crash. He might have been suffering from the side ef fects of his routine medication or from fatigue - during the drive he messaged his partner that he was going to stop for a nap.
Police made numerous inquiries of locals but no one had seen any vehicles in the area like those Lee told the homeowners had caused him to swerve.
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Standard reflective posts only last a month outdoors. The council was currently trialling more ro bust Afterones.thetrial, it intended to in stall posts on the inside and out side corners on the CroisellesFrench Pass Road and the Te Towaka-Port Ligar Road along with multi-hazard signs. Reflections on a talented and much-loved son Matthews said she had never driven the road where her son crashed and couldn’t bear to do so since. Pryor and other people had told her what a treacherous, twisting road it was, especially in high winds. A country person herself, she too had been on a fair few “narrow goat tracks” so could visualise what it was like. She believed Pryor might have dozed off ahead of the crash - po lice told her vehicle marks sug gested it. Pryor was knocked out and had lain outside of the vehicle for 14 hours in the heat before finally coming to. She could well imagine the con fusion and thirst that would have caused him to take a “swig” of the radiator water on what was a “stinking hot” night. Before leaving the crash scene he had called out to his dog - a silver bichon frise named Violet who he affectionately called “Filthy” - but she did not come. He feared she had been thrown from the vehicle and had not survived. Police crash investigators later found Filthy waiting with the ve Matthewshicle. said officers told her they could not believe Pryor sur vived the crash given the distance his ute had plummeted.
The rain had been relentless all afternoon and by 4pm on Friday muddy flood water had breached State Highway 63. It was the second time in a month Iain had alerted his neighbours to fast rising flood waters, waking people at 4am two weeks earlier. Now, they are hoping officials can help solve the mystery as to why the area is suddenly so flood Iain,prone.who has lived in his Renwick home for 39 years, says he hasn’t seen anything like it. “It’s hard to visualise just how much water there was. It started coming with a vengeance about 9.30pm … it was coming in like a waterfall.
“This is the second time this has happened, and I’ve not seen any thing like it in 18 years.” A torrent of water rushed over the main highway and down Renwick’s Gee Street, swamping surrounding vineyard, running through buildings and flooding a “Thebasement.ground’s so saturated and the water just wends its way through the natural hollows and through peoples’ property.
Marlene Weatherall’s home was flooded in the storm. Inset: Ren wick resident Iain Macdonald alerted neighbours as the flood wa ters started to rise. Photos: Paula Hulburt Photo: Brya
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“There are two old culverts that run under the State Highway however, these are owned by Waka Kotahi (NZTA), not coun cil.” for Renwick residents
Standing in fast rising flood wa ters, Iain Macdonald knocked on doors warning people their homes were in danger.
“When I looked outside, I just gasped, the whole house was sur rounded. I kept going around the house and pressing the carpet to see if it was wet,” Marlene says. The couple have lived in the house for 30 years and say the only other flood they have seen of this magnitude, was at the end of July and the beginning of August.
“…[council] is committed to working with local residents to come up with a solution.
50 hours without power, but as a volunteer firefighter, quickly turned on his radio to keep in contact with other residents.
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“We instantly had a reasonably good picture of where the major dramas were.” While he could not speak for everyone in his community, he said he had enough food and supplies to last a couple of weeks. “But I think what we need to or ganise is some sort of smaller boat transport which takes care of everyday items. “There may be some people that will rely on more regular supply of “We’regroceries.trying to cope as much as we possibly can, we do appreciate all of the effort that everyone does to help us Meanwhile,out.”Te Tauihu iwi have placed a rāhui across the entire northern coastline of Te Tauihu o Te TheWaka-a-Māui.rāhuitookeffect at noon on Saturday, which covered the area from Te Parinui o Whiti (the White Bluffs) in the east, west to Kahuran gi Point, including Aorere and Tai Tapu. It covered all coastlines, riv er mouths, and floodwaters, and prevented the gathering of seafood and kai in those areas, as well as swimming or entering the water. It was put in place by the Iwi Emer gency Management Rōpū, working as part of the region’s emergency operations centre, with the support of all eight mana whenua iwi of Te Tauihu (the top of the south). Iwi Emergency Management Rōpū Tikanga Pou lead Barney Thom as said the rāhui would remain in place as long as te Taiao dictated. “It has to be healthy and that could be some time off. It’s sad that we are here again, but that is Tāwhirimātea and what we must do as people of the land is work with that - work with what we are handed.” Anyone displaced by flooding or road closures was encouraged to contact the Marlborough Emer gency Management by orteamwelfare@marlborough.govt.nzemailingbyphoning035207400. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ on Air.
Baffled Renwick residents are calling for help to discover why their normally flood safe homes were swamped in the storm.
“Once it started across the main road, I realised we were in trou Nearbyble.” neighbours helped fill sandbags, Iain says which saved his garage and helped keep water out of the home. Iain says he has spoken to Marl borough District Council about the problem, and they had ar ranged to send someone out to have a “They’velook.been great and, of course, there are plenty of peo ple worse off but this will happen again. The solution? Either a cul vert or get bigger gum boots.” Marlene and John Weatherall’s home across the highway was surrounded by floodwater, for the second time in just 18 days. A pump running through the night on Friday did little to keep the water from rushing in, Mar lene says.
“The water’s lower now but what happens next time it rains like this?” Marlene says. A spokeswoman from Marlbor ough District Council says coun cil is aware of the issue.
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blocked culvert could be too Theblame.St John shop manager says they are lucky the water did not breach the house, though it lapped at the weatherboards.
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• What is your colour choice with regards to foliage?
• Make sure the plant you choose likes the conditions you are providing.
• Are the plants robust, as who wants to lose a soldier in the line.
• Remember that small leafed plants clip nicely.
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Tuesday 23 August 20228 Gardening This week’s GARDENING page is proudly supported by THINGS TO REMEMBER: • Consider the desired final height.
• Evergreen/always has foliage.
• Variegated leaves? Meaning two tone.
EVERGREEN/TALL HEDGES Camellia - use sasanqua types for hedging. Flowers. Fast growing and has lush green foliage. Avoid dry. Coprosma Native. Choose smaller leafed varieties. Lots of colour choice and height. Corokia My favourite. Native. Lots of col ours and height’s. A good dense hedge. Griselenia - popular as I write. Everyone seems to have one. Native. Lush green. Wants to grow 5 metres. Pittosporum Native – Lots of colours and heights. Hardy. Michelia Perfumed. Lush green. Will not do well in dry.
• Flowers or not? Colour?
DECIDUOUS HEDGES Hornbeam, Berberis, Wiegela, Virburnum. There are lots more. Go for a walk around your neighbourhood and find the hedge YOU like. Pricing - Nurseries will often offer smaller grades (GOL’s) also known as growing on lines. A great option when you need lots of plants - en masse. Enquire at your local nursery.
Choisya Lush green with white flowers. Make sure you like the smell. Does well with a cool root run. Prunus Hardy. Some varieties flower. Dif ferent leaf choices. Can be susceptible to thrip. Olearia Native. Very hardy. Some greys and flowers. Tolerates coastal.
• Deciduous /loses their leaves – usually in winter.
EVERGREEN/BORDERS AND SMALL HEDGES Hebe Natives. Choose smaller leafed vari eties. Hardy and usually flowers. Lavandula Grey foliage. Needs to be clipped at the right time. Flowers. Hardy. Rosemary. Fragrant and has culinary uses. Choose upright varieties. Flowers.
Buxus. Timeless, formal and evergreen. Investigate best variety. Lonicera. Fast growing and lush green. Teucruim Grey. Fast growing. Needs reg ular clipping. Eunomys. Lush green and stays tidy.
• The faster growing the plant, the more you will need to clip. • As a general rule - plant spacing’s should be half the height of your chosen plants height.
KELVIN DAVIDSON CoreLogic chief economist CoreLogic chief economist Kelvin Davidson: “There are some optimistic house price views starting to emerge.”
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4. Still lots of gain, but also a lit tle more pain The CoreLogic Pain & Gain Re port released last week showed that property resellers got a price higher than what they original ly paid on about 98% of deals in Q2 2022, with a median resale profit of $370,000. These figures are clearly still high (often re flecting a typical hold period of 7-8 years), but they have start ed to weaken as the wider mar ket drops. The ‘pain’ side of the equation, i.e. selling for less than originally paid, looks set to creep higher in the coming quarters, not necessarily due to a swathe of forced sales, but just due to un fortunate changes in personal cir cumstances (e.g. divorce) which mean properties need to be sold sooner than originally intended.
1. Official cash rate has further to rise, but mortgages not so much There were no surprises that the Reserve Bank pushed up the of ficial cash rate (OCR) to 3% last week, and reaffirmed a peak in this cycle of around 4%. Howev er, they’re also envisaging that the inflation rate will start to drop soon, alongside no economic re cession or large falls in employ ment. So the implications for the housing market from the latest decision, I think, are pretty mut ed. In particular, fixed mortgage rates may not rise much (if at all), given a higher OCR is already ‘priced in’, and that the lending environment remains very com petitive, with banks really fo cused on market share in a world where new lending flows are low.
2. Is it too early to call the end of house price falls?
The Reserve Bank’s forecasts last week also predicted further falls in property values over the next 9-12 months, taking them back towards “sustainable levels” (al beit perhaps not truly affordable for more people). But there are also some more optimistic house price views starting to emerge, on the back of recent falls in mort gage rates, a reduced new supply pipeline, and the possibility of a change in government next year and potential reversal of housing tax changes. As a typical econ omist, I can see merit on both sides! But for now, it’s hard to see house price falls ending this year – because the rises already seen in mortgage rates mean that new borrowers can’t get as much money and existing borrowers also have to tighten up – howev er a floor is likely on the cards for 2023. A continuation of low un employment remains key to that view though.
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3. Economy continues to bum ble along For now, any risks of mass job losses still seem relatively low. In deed, the economy continues to tick along, not surging, but also not going backwards – the NZ Activity Index (timely indicator for official GDP) grew by 0.8% in the year to July. This modest growth is underpinning jobs, and in turn, that’s also something of a backstop for the housing market.
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5. Low lending flows and tight LVRs? Looking ahead, the Reserve Bank will publish aggregated mort gage lending figures for July on Wednesday. Total lending activi ty across new loans, top-ups, and bank switches will have stayed pretty low last month, given we already know that property sales volumes were soft. But my inter est lies with the breakdown by loan to value ratio (LVR) – high LVR finance dipped in June, and there hasn’t been much to suggest that banks eased up greatly over July (or into August). We’ll see what the figures show. - This article first appeared on On eRoof, and is republished with per mission. Kelvin Davidson is chief economist at property insights firm CoreLogic
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We are half-way through the month of August and reported burglaries and thefts in Marlborough are far fewer than they were in August last year. This is a good thing, but we all need to work at keeping things this Historicallyway. we have been a bit slack with our home security in Marlborough, with doors and windows left insecure by residents when they leave the property, al lowing offenders to easily access buildings and the valuables inside them, or valuables that are left ly ing around on properties, making them easy to steal.
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Police regularly take burglary com plaints where offenders have found keys to buildings hidden outside on the property and have used these to gain entry and steal valuables. New builds or properties under renovation have been targeted by thieves in recent months, and the criminals either found the build ings insecure or have been able to force their way in through tempo rary cladding without too much effort. Items stolen have included contractors power tools and oth er equipment, building supplies like timber and electrical cable and even larger, unfixed items like hand-basins and taps. Please don’t become a victim of burglary or theft. You are unlikely to become a victim if you: • always secure windows and doors when you leave your property – this includes dwell ings, garages, and sheds • don’t leave valuables like bikes and tools insecure on your property – offenders walk in and check backyards too, so valuables like bicycles, motor mowers and tools are not safe just because they are out of sight around the back • don’t leave keys to buildings hidden outside anywhere on the property – police experience says that criminals find and use them • always lock your vehicle, and park it off the road, if possible, when leaving it parked up over night – police see more damage to and theft from vehicles parked on the road than anywhere else.
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Felicity Spencer (front, centre right) of Cancer Society Marlborough with Paula Olliver (centre) and Murray Eyles (front, centre left) who coordinate the Live Stronger & Prost-FIT exercise classes in Marlborough. Also pictured, Ricky D White from Stadium 2000 and some of the Prost-FIT crew.
Painting the town yellow for Daffodil Day, August 26, is set to be a biggie with organisers saying that after having to miss last year’s fundraising event due to covid, volunteers and participants are excited to get things underway.
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Pat Davidsen, General Manager Clinical Services said, “Healthcare needs don’t stop during an emergency and nor do we. Our hospital and health services remain open.”
Thank you to those who have answered and been flexible, for example shifting appointments as telephone or video link, this is greatly appreciated.”
Visit www.HealthPoint.co.nz to find contact details for your local GP or pharmacy, they will be able to provide further advice.
“Our administration team have been busy contacting people. If you haven’t heard from us, then your appointment or procedure is going ahead as planned. If there is a change, we will contact you.”
“Our Health incident management team which incorporates our Primary Health Organisations, Te Piki Oranga, St John and community and hospital services, has enabled us to give a coordinated response and escalate needs as they arise.”
“Mask wearing and distancing are much harder when we are away from normal routine, but still very important for preventing and managing winter bugs including COVID-19.
“Travel between Nelson and Wairau hospital has been impacted which is resulting in some changes to appointments as staff or patient travel cannot take place.”
Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough is proud of the emergency response in the wake of the severe weather event across the district.
If you have complex health needs, a long-term health condition or you’re aged 75 and older and you test positive for COVID-19 or you’re a household contact of someone with COVID-19, you may be eligible for antiviral medication from your GP or pharmacy.
Health Incident Controller, Hilary Exton said, “It is a privilege to be part of such a well-connected community, which comes together in times of need. Civil Defence in Nelson Tasman and the Marlborough District Council have a done an amazing job at keeping the community safe and informed as homes were evacuated and infrastructure severely damaged.”
Some antiviral medicines are available from a pharmacist without a prescription and can be collected 7 days a week.
Going through tough times or a big shock takes a toll on all of us and coping is not always easy. We know people respond in many different ways to an emergency. Good mental health helps us carry on and deal with all that life throws at us.
Pharmacies, General Practice and Emergency Departments are prepared for increased concerns around gastrointestinal illnesses and skin infections which may occur from direct contact with sewage affected water.”
“Our Medical Officers of Health have advised people to treat all floodwater as contaminated, and for people on their own water supplies, who have been impacted by flooding, to boil their water.
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The shot put exponent, one of the nation’s most-decorated ath letes, comes to the event fresh from picking up his second Com monwealth Games gold at the Birmingham Games earlier this Themonth.Timaru Boys’ High School product is one of the grassroots success stories of New Zea land athletics, progressing from balancing life as an apprentice builder and part-time athlete to his emergence as a world-class performer, winning a world championship title in 2017 and now one of the world’s elite shot Tomputters.boasts a tenuous family link to Marlborough in another sport, his father Peter being part of the 1974 South Canterbury rugby side that came to Blenheim and relieved the Red Devils of the Ranfurly Shield. The 56th Marlborough Sports Awards, organised by Sport Tas man, the Blenheim Round Table and the Marlborough Weekly, will follow a similarly successful format to previous years.
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Five category winners will be an nounced during the course of the evening - the Glenn Kirby, Bay leys Marlborough Junior Sports woman of the Year, the Red wood Trust Junior Sportsman of the Year, the WK and Advisors Team of the Year, the MoreFM Sportswoman of the Year and the Greywacke Sportsman of the ThoseYear. category winners will then go forward to vie for the coveted Marlborough Sportsperson of the Year Trophy, won last year by in ternational rower Tom Murray. Also presented on the evening will be the Fairweathers Marl borough Medal, designed to recognise someone who has giv en long-term service to sport in the province. Previous recipients have included Graham Thomas, Ian Columbus, Roy Titheridge, Nigel Perry, Denise Lloyd, Tony Quirk, Simon Halliday and Gra ham Henderson. The identity of the recipient will be kept under wraps and announced on the Nominationevening. forms for the var ious category awards went out to sporting organisations today, each sporting body able to nomi nate a male, female and team. Nominations, which can be made on the Marlborough Sports Awards website, will close on Fri day, September 30, with sports bodies urged to be in quickly as demand for seats at the ev er-popular event is expected to be Anystrong.inquiries regarding tickets or event should be Ma Henry-Campbell call queries should be addressed Peter Jones, or call putter locked in for gold Walsh JONES
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One of this country’s high est-achieving athletes will be on hand to celebrate this province’s foremost sporting achievers at the 2022 Marlborough Sports Awards dinner. Tom Walsh, a former world champion, dual Olympic medal list and double gold medal-win ner at the Commonwealth Games will be a special guest at the pres tigious event, to be staged at the Marlborough Convention Centre on Monday November 21.
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PETER JONES No 8 Sione Havili Talitui put in a big shift for the Mako at Albany on Saturday. Photo: Shuttersport.
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It is back to the drawing board for Tasman after the Mako men slumped to their second consecu tive Bunnings NPC loss at Albany on Saturday afternoon, losing 3527 to hosts North Harbour. The Mako will review a match where ill-discipline and an ina bility to mount lengthy periods of pressure cost them dearly. They outscored their hosts four tries to two but were sunk by the unerring boot of Harbour first five Bryn Gatland, who landed seven penalties and two conver sions for a personal haul of 25 Aussiepoints. referee Damon Murphy played a merry tune on his whis tle, both sides constantly inviting him into the game with indis cretions galore, especially at the Morebreakdown.than 30 penalties turned the match into a stop-start affair which was always likely to be de cided by the boot. Tasman led 27-26 after 53 min utes before two Gatland penalty kicks pushed the home side back into a 32-27 lead with 10 to play. Tasman had opportunities to clinch a decisive try over the fi nal period but were frustrated by their own inaccuracies and lack of composure. The return of All in the tighter regions and it was fitting that Gatland had the final say, landing his seventh penalty in the 78th minute and denying Tasman a second bonus point. Tasman scored some delightful tries, and the inevitable lineout drive touchdown to hooker An drew Makalio. Max Hicks produced a clever knockback of a bouncing ball in the corner to set up Reece’s first five-pointer, while first five Campbell Parata, who had a mixed afternoon, cross kicked cleverly for the fullback’s second. Halfback Noah Hotham contin ues to grow in this environment, but the option-taking outside him was a concern, with players tend ing to play conservatively rather than trusting their instincts, a Mako strength in the past. Up front, hooker Makalio, loosies Sione Talitui and Braden Stewart, plus props Luca Inch and Sam Matenga stood out in a much-im proved set piece performance.
The Marlborough Boys’ College First XV have come up agonis ingly short in the Miles Toyota Plate final in Christchurch on TheySaturday.went down 30-25 to Shirley Boys’ High School in a match which the hosts led throughout. Shirley got off to a strong start, racing out to a 17-0 advantage af ter 18 minutes. By halftime tries to skipper Cooper Roberts and flanker Will Flynn, plus a penalty and conversion from Hugh Rob inson, had the visitors trailing by just two points at the halftime Again,break. the hosts came out strong ly after the break, adding a con verted try to push out to a 2515 lead. Roberts scored again to close the gap to 24-20 before Shirley landed a penalty to create a seven point margin. But MBC were not done, fullback Roberts dotting down his third with four minutes to go, closing the gap to two. However, a late penalty to Shirley sealed the deal, leaving MBC as runner-up and in overall sixth position in the competition. The championship final, between Nelson College and St Bede’s was postponed to this weekend be cause of Nelson’s weather situ ation. The bowl final, for places 9-10, was won by Christ’s College 42-14 over Selwyn.
Senior Mako player Alex Nan kivell said he could not fault the effort of the Tasman troops. “We hung in there to the end but we were also ill-disciplined and made too many errors and you can’t do that against a side as dan gerous as Harbour. “We are putting the ref in a posi tion where he’s making a call and their performance, such as the travel uncertainty, plus the loss of influential forwards Quinten Strange and Hicks to HIA pro tocol in the first half, the captain leaving the game a few minutes after kick-off. However, they will no doubt put those factors aside and begin to regroup, albeit quickly, before meeting Canter bury at 5.35pm in Blenheim on Friday in what is becoming a very testing and cut-throat national provincial competition. North Harbour 35 (Kade Banks, Tevita Li tries, Bryn Gatland 7 pen, 2 con) Tasman 27 (Sevu Reece 2, Andrew Makalio, Noah Hotham tries, Campbell Parata pen, 2 con). HT: 23-17 Harbour
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“Thatplayers.was the big shift, so com ing into pre-season we knew we could give them more in terms of game plan and structure and they would be able to accept it and take it.” Mel said the coaches had also made some changes around the training regime. “We have built our training up slowly, rather than just throwing something at them that we think Black Ferns could handle … this is about the team in front of us.
felt like last week, well let’s do it Atagain’.”the centre of the Mako mo mentum are a few loan players, such as influential five-eighth Cassie Siataga and flanker Sui Pauaraisa, whose presence is nec essary as Tasman battle to find their feet in an unforgiving rugby “Oneenvironment.thingthat Tasman doesn’t have yet is depth in our players,” explained Mel. “When you don’t have that depth, you end up with player com placency and self-entitlement, which are things you don’t want.
Tasman Mako women’s head coach Mel Bosman. Photo: Shuttersport.
“It is about applying the neces sary pressure just to get them to climb a little bit each week – and that is what we have done.
“Trainings have become quite in tense now, but we can see that the team responds a lot better when they are under pressure on the field. Rather than give up when a try is scored against them, now they are very quick to get back in the fight. That is just that mental resilience that we are trying to grow as Anothercoaches.”feature of the current side is their obvious on-field enthusiasm and enjoyment, no doubt inflated by recent success after such a long drought. “Last week was our first win in three years and we as coaches hope that feeling of winning be comes addictive … like an adren aline that you want to get every “It’sweek.a bit like feeding the sharks. Put a little bait in front of them and say, ‘remember what this
Buoyed by a couple back-to-back wins, the Tasman Mako wom en’s team are well on their way to putting two disappointing Farah Palmer Cup campaigns behind Theirthem. round two victory over the Taranaki Whio landed them their first W since October 2019 and they repeated the dose with a runaway 42-15 triumph over North Harbour Hibiscus the fol lowing Althoughweekend.theywent down to the table-topping Otago outfit the following Saturday, they again showed the commitment that has marked their season so far. While the side’s two wins were crucial to their progress in the FPC championship division, it was more the manner in which they were achieved that caught the Theeye.Mako played physical, struc tured, disciplined rugby, doing the basics well on both attack and defence. Their improvement was there for all to see, a fact head coach Mel Bosman puts down to a combined mind shift after a dis appointing 2021 season. Speaking immediately after the Harbour match, the former Black Fern said, “The big shift was at the end of last year … it was a big cultural, a big mental shift where the athletes really started taking accountability and ownership of their off-field training and mind “Asset. coaches we can give that structure but whether they are willing to pick it up is up to the
So, it has taken three years to try and bleed that out. “We are bringing loan players into an environment where they understand their role, which is to grow and empower our local girls, and the locals pick that up, they lap it up. “They learn to play better off these [loan] players. “We have got [the loan players] strategically in the right places and one day we won’t need to bring loan players in because we will create that environment our selves here in Tasman. That’s the end goal,” Mel added.
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Marlborough’s representative indoor bowlers enjoyed mixed fortunes against strong Nelson teams at the Simcox Stadium recently. The top Marlborough team, playing for the Lillias Fairhall Trophy, was narrowly beaten by 23 points to 22. How ever, the second team from Marlborough came through to win the Cassia Warnes Trophy back from Nelson by 14 points to 13.
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PETER JONES OFF TO MAKE A SPLASH Seven Marlborough swimmers will attend the New Zealand short course nationals at the Millennium Centre in Auck land this week. Jack Bugler, Jack Love, Joel Verran, Monette Richards, Finn McNabb, Max Skehan and Jessica Lovell, plus coach Jenni Gane, will travel north to the champs, which run from Tuesday to Saturday.
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Scores: Pelorus Edridge Contracting 53 (Paige Lovell 45/59; Liv Pinkerton 1/2; Karli Murphy 7/11) Harlequins New World 49 (Kelsee Hamilton 21/25; Lauren Murray 28/37). Quar ter scores (winning team first): 1213, 15-13, 12-12, 14-11. Marlborough Girls’ College King Salmon 68 (Fiaalii Solomona 37/43; Zoe Scaife 21/25; Hazel Glover 10/14) Tokomaru Crafar Crouch 33 (Tamara Acott 8/13; Ramona Wai kato 25/32). Quarter scores (win ning team first): 19-9, 16-7, 18-11, 15-6. Competition points: Pelorus 9, Harlequins 7, Marlborough Girls’ College 4, Tokomaru 0. - 03 544 5429
Nathan Watson qualified for post-section play in the B grade singles then took out the A grade mixed doubles with Canterbury’s Anny Li. He then joined forces with Alex Kenne dy, winning the B grade men’s doubles. Alex also won the C grade men’s doubles.
While goals were hard to come by in the division one final, it took no time at all for the score to mount in the premier decider. Within seven minutes veteran An drew McCaa slotted two field goals for Beawai, before Eli Kepes pulled one back from an Arotea Kiwi pen alty corner. The score remained 2-1 until the final quarter when Gus Varney lev elled from the field, making for a torrid final 10 minutes. With just five minutes remaining Hugo McDougall drove home the deciding goal, after which Beawai were able to run the clock down un til the final whistle. A consolation for Arotea Kiwi was a 4-0 victory in the division one playoff for third and fourth, the Arotea Kiwi women’s side scoring a com fortable win over their Beawai coun terparts.
Beawai bagged both the senior titles during Hockey Marlborough’s finals day at College Park on Saturday. The Beawai Masters side prevailed in a tightly-fought division one fi nal, beating Awatere 1-0, before the Beawai premier men’s side got the better of Arotea Kiwi 3-2 in that grade’s decider. Both games were decided in the final stages, the division one match score less until midway through the final quarter when Ollie Foster caught Awatere on the break and slipped the ball past the keeper. Up until that stage the Tussocks looked more likely to score, the ex perienced Masters outfit absorbing numerous attacks which came to nothing either through lack of fin ishing accuracy or last-gasp defen sive efforts.
130 runners and walkers of all abilities to Base Woodbourne on Sunday, August 14, for the 39th annual Woodbourne Half Marathon and Fun Runs. Par ticipants were able to choose from five events, distances ranging from 5km to the full half marathon distance of 21km. The half marathon run was taken out by Blenheim athlete Jarod Thompsett, run ning in the 30-39 age group, who completed the course in a smart time of 1 hour, 23 min utes and 48 seconds. Second was Marlborough under-20 runner Eli Dalton-Harvey in 1:32:32 with veteran Robbie Barnes third in 1:33:23. Lead ing results: 5km fun run/walk – 1 Cullum Rayner U20 19:38; 2 Dave Hansen 40-49 21:13; 3 James Hansen U20 22:56; 4 Sophie Campbell WU20 23:46. 10km fun run/walk – 1 Win ston Cosgrove 30-39 47:32; 2 Quentin Wratt 50-59 48:34; 3 Gayle Mulcahy W 40-49 49:43. Half marathon hybrid – 1 Mark Corlet 50-59 2:12:02; 2 Trish Thorne 50-59 2:19:03; 3 Daniel Gray 30-39 2:20:35. Half mar athon walk – 1 Lori Rusbatch 60-69 2:57:23; 2 Kelvin Leach 50-59 3:04:07; Bronwyn Duffy 50-59 3:34:26. Half Marathon run – 1 Jarod Thompsett 30-39 1:23:48; 2 Eli Dalton-Harvey U20 1:32:32; 3 Robbie Barnes 50-59 1:33:23; 1st woman Aimee Burnard 20-29 1:38:40 9th overall.
NETBALL The match-ups for tonight’s premier netball play-offs were decided at Stadium 2000 last week. Pelorus beat Harle quins 53-49 while Marlbor ough Girls’ College downed Tokomaru 68-33 in the later game. Pelorus, seeded top, will play bottom-placed Toko to night while Quins and MGC meet in the 2 v 3 showdown.
Beawai at the double Beawai player Corey Fransen, left, battles for possesion with Arotea Kiwi defender Luke Adams. Photo: Peter Jones.
TABLE TOPPERS Eight Marlborough players travelled to Nelson recently for the South Island Individ ual Championships, produc ing some outstanding results.
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SQUASH DUO TO OZ The fact that Marlborough’s sporting community punch es well above its weight will be underlined this week when the New Zealand secondary schools squash team does bat tle with its Australian coun terparts. Two Marlborough players will be on the plane to Brisbane on Sunday, one in the NZ senior side, the other in the junior team as they prepare for another trans-Tasman show down. Back in black, Marlbor ough Boys’ College year 12 stu dent Chris Hebberd was earlier this month named as first seed for the senior team. The 16-year-old’s selection caps off a top season so far, highlight ed by first place finishes in the 2022 North Island under-17 championships in Napier and the South Island under-17 champs in Oamaru. Chris will be joined in Brisbane by Carly Craig who has been named in the New Zealand junior team. Fourteen-year-old Carly is a year nine student at Marlbor ough Girls’ College.
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Tuesday 23 August 202226 Classifieds CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDADVERTISINGDEADLINE: Friday 5:00pm | 928 4121 | hellomarlborough@topsouthmedia.co.nz | www.topsouthmedia.co.nz REACHING THE MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY FOR HIRE Miniwww.nelsonminibushire.co.nzBusesforHirenelsonMiniBusHire0800696686mail:bookings@motorhomerentalsnz.co.nz 8 to 12 seaters - Later Models Clean • Tidy • Reliable • Long or short term TRADES / SERVICES STRAIGHTMOWINGLINES Avoid franchise fees! I’m independently owned and offer best value for Phone/Textmoney.Neil 0210 273 9755 WANTED WANTED TO BUY collection stamps, coins, postcards, old childrens toys etc 021 1388 949 FOR SALE FIRE WOOD Seasoned GumMacrocarpraGum,&OldManPineper3m3load,Pine$250&Macro$300 DELIVERED Phone or Text 03 572 8732 021 066 1468 PUBLIC NOTICE Advertise your public notice here. Ph 928 4121 FOR SALE DIVAN SOFA New Condition DELIVERED$400 Phone or Text 027 427 2189 mr green $1,000 SITUATIONS VACANT MARLBOROUGH BRIDGE CLUB September 21st 7 pm Clubs of Marlborough New Format - 10 lessons First Three lessons FREE Total Cost $20.00 Contact Annette 021 1101384 NOTICE Come join our team! SALESPERSON If you have a passion for furniture, experience in sales, great attention to detail, and value going the extra mile for customers, then this is the job for Thisyou! full-time position includes regular weekend work. Further details at ComeSeek.co.nz.join our great team; we’re locally owned and pride ourselves in offering quality furniture and incredible customer service for over 25 years. To apply, please send your cover letter and CV to accounts@lynfords. co.nz by Sunday 28 August. SITUATIONS VACANT Attention all Advertisers – Terms of Trade: By placing your advertisement you agree with the terms and conditions of the Marlborough Weekly Ltd. Namely, payment by the 20th of the following month. In the event of non payment interest will be charged on all debts 90days + overdue, The costs of any debt collection costs, included agency costs, will be on-charged to the client. For full terms of trade go to https://marlboroughweekly.co.nz/terms-of-trade/. An exciting new venture awaits you! The Thomas and sons cafe lease has come up for renewal, with the current lease holder moving her operation to a different town! If you are all about coffee & have a passion for food our busy cafe has the set-up just for you! • Fantastic established business with prime CBD site • Location, location, location! Located within the Thomas’s department store with high foot traffic. • Very reasonable monthly rent. • Rent includes use of all furniture and fixtures (NO SETUP COSTS) • Exclusive use of a commercial kitchen which could be used for any other catering purposes. • Use of outside seated area for summer trading months (can seat up to 50 people). This is currently free under the council’s covid business support package. • Existing staff already in place and can be transferred to the new owner. • This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a successful business at little to no setup costs. For more information please contact Tim Thomas on 021558917 or email tim@thomass.co.nz PUBLIC NOTICESCLASSIFIEDSPH9284121hellomarlborough@topsouthmedia.co.nz WANTED Advertise your wanted notice here. Ph 928 4121 Download the Marlborough App free at
Tuesday 23 August 2022 27Classifieds CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: Friday 5:00pm | 928 4121 | hellomarlborough@topsouthmedia.co.nz | www.topsouthmedia.co.nz REACHING THE MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY Proudly bringing the weekly puzzles to Marlborough www.sowmans.co.nz Speak to us today about no obligation, free funeral planning 03 578 4719 Cnr Hutcheson & Parker Sts, Blenheim L ast week s s o l u ti o n s Medium468SuDoKu © Gemini Crosswords 2012 All rights reserved Clue: Answers next week E S AcrossClues1Magnificent (6) 4 Scandalous (8) 9 Busily engaged (6) 10 Avaricious (8) 12 Belonging exclusively (8) 13 Savagely cruel (6) 15 Basic source (4) 16 Treated unfairly (4,4,2) 19 Go carefully! (4,4,2) 20 Exult triumphantly (4) 23 Ship’s kitchen (6) 25 Act of disloyalty (8) 27 Old-hat (8) 28 Canadian federal capital (6) 29 Impressive (8) 30 Unfriendly in manner (6) Down1Run off hastily (7) 2 Explain effectively (3,6) 3 Malign abusively (6) 5 Stringed musical instrument (4) 6 Develop rapidly (8) 7 Lose consciousness (5) 8 According to law (7) 11 Fuss and bother (7) 14 Counsellor (7) 17 Too soon to judge (5,4) 18 Gossip (4,4) 19 Absorb attention of (7) 21 Animal of kangaroo genus (7) 22 Eloquent public speaker (6) 24 Afterwards (5) 26 Have an inclination (4) Across contd. 7 9 2 5 1 1 4 3 7 8 6 9 6 2 4 5 5 2 4 6 7 8 2 9 SuDoKu 468 Hard 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 19 0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 C AP A BL E E N G R O S S H R R N N O U L E X G E N T C R O A T I A C V A R D S C KNAC K Y A R D S T I C K U T N C Z E P I E C EM E A L SH E E N C A E T T RU C K RE D CAR P E T O P L N R E C AT A C L Y S M D R A F T C A D U D I A A L G E BR A S P O R RA N T H L Y W I U A R T L ES S C O N F ES S Puzzle2406 Proud to be Marlborough’s only premium lifestyle magazine dedicated to our region, with 3,500 copies distributed throughout Marlborough and Kaikoura at various cafes, retail & commercial businesses, and public services a copy is never far away! • Clubs of Marlborough • Countdown Redwoodtown • New World Blenheim • Farmlands Westwood • Haven Café • Mitre 10 Mega Blenheim • Seddon Supermarket • Stadium 2000 • Sweet Creations • Velvet Café • Vines Village • Super Value Renwick • Mariners Mall (outside Fresh Choice) Picton • The Interislander Ferry Terminal • Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries • TSM Marlborough office 03 928 4121 | 52 SCOTT ST, BLENHEIM | TOPSOUTHMEDIA.CO.NZ 2022 Soul searching success Winter travel My Home Marlborough writer’sGLOBAL AUDIENCEgetPublishedMonthly-yourFREE copy now FIND YOURS AT A DROP STAND NEAR YOU: MOUNT’N UP ON STREETTHE KRISTA FINDS HER Home CELEBRATING MARLBOROUGH’S HARVEST GODZone ADVENTURE QUEEN NOT YOURGETTINGDELIVERY? Email accounts@marlboroughweekly.co.nz with your address and when you didn’t receive it and we will follow up for you.
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