15 May 2019

Nelson Weekly

Affordable Excellence 69 Haven Road, Nelson 7010 24 Hour Service - 7 Days

03 539 0066

Locally Owned and Operated

www.simplicity.co.nz

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Zoe’s big year

Pages 16-17

Page 15

Marist’s mammoth man

Page 27

More hospital carparks on the way Kate Russell Reporter

kate@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Finding a car park at Nelson Hospital is about to become a

whole lot easier with construction of a new carpark due to start in the next few months.

The carpark will be built on an unused greenspace on Franklyn St and will be for staff. The current

staff carpark - closer to the hospital - will then be reallocated for public parking.

This will provide an extra 29 general public carparks.

The number of mobility parks is

also set to rise from 16 to 20, with reconfiguration of the parking at the main entrance set to happen this year, too.

Nelson Weekly reported on the frustration of hospital goers last

August, with many expressing how difficult it was to find a carpark.

Nelson Marlborough Health’s (NMH) general manager of

SEE PAGE 3

Story Grandad’s new lease on life Charles Anderson

Darryl Pynsent reads to Stoke kindergarten students Erin Harris, 3, Charlie Foote, 3, Jack Turu Kemp, 4, and Ethan Keyer, 4. Photo: Charles Anderson.

Bathroom Solutions

3n1 Commode Over toilet aid and safety chair combo Incl Bucket, Lid and Splash Guard Removable back for use as a toilet frame

Cnr McGlashen Ave & Croucher St, Richmond Additional copies $1

Toilet Risers Allowing the user to lower and rise from the toilet with ease Heights start from 2” Also available with handles

Ph: 03 544 7717

100% LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

At 72-years-old Darryl Pynsent feels like he has found his true calling.

Two days a week he is usually the first person to arrive at Stoke Kindergarten – bag of books in hand.

Then, as children file in for the day, they will wave or give him a hug and say “good morning Story Grandad”.

It’s a role Darryl found himself with over three years ago, when he answered an advert looking for men to read books to kindergarten children. He thought that it could be a good idea.

Darryl, who was born in Australia but lived most of his life in Nelson, was fostered out as a child.

“It wasn’t that happy. I was well

Cosy Seat Warm, soft, hygienic toilet cover seat Will not absorb moisture Washable Will fit most toilets

SEE PAGE 2

Grab Rails Ranging in a variety of sizes and styles to suit your needs

www.accessmobility.co.nz www.nelsonweekly.co.nz

2

Nelson Weekly

News

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

Street talk • Residential, farm and commercial sales and purchases • Subdivision • Building contracts • Company law and business formations • Trusts • Wills and estates

Ray White Nelson

Who was your role model when you were young?

38 Buxton Square, Nelson. Phone 03 548 9966 www.rwnelson.co.nz

Belinda Clark REGISTERED LEGAL EXECUTIVE (DipLExSt)

92 Collingwood St, Nelson Ph: 546 8670 or 0274 312 874 belinda@stallardlaw.co.nz

Pokotea Samuels, Stoke.

Christine Johansen, Stoke.

Murray B, Nelson.

Shaaron James, Stoke.

“Probably my grandfather, because he taught me a lot of life skills.”

“I always sort of remember my first primary school teacher.”

“In the 50s/60s you respected your elders. It wasn’t till later that you reflected on whether they were worthy of your respect, but I’d say my uncle and my college teachers.”

“Yeah, I think teachers were people who you looked up to. I had a very strict teacher at primary school but she really had a heart of gold.”

EXPERIENCE EFFICIENCY INTEGRITY

Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Distributed to over 21,000 homes and businesses in Nelson

Contact us News Charles Anderson charles@nelsonweekly.co.nz Kate Russell kate@nelsonweekly.co.nz Jonty Dine jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz Sara Hollyman sara@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Advertising Sales Lauren Rameka-iti lauren@nelsonweekly.co.nz Reuben Dudley reuben@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Accounts Queries

accounts@nelsonweekly.co.nz

www.nelsonweekly.co.nz 75 Tahunanui Drive 548 5900 or 021 972 572 100% locally owned and operated

New lease on life FROM PAGE 1

clothed and fed but there wasn’t much else. I missed the family and the love they have together.”

Then as he got older, life went on and marriage and children never happened for him.

“I thought perhaps I could give back to the children something that I never had. That would help me and be good for the children.”

So, he started at Tahunanui Kindergarten. Darryl walked through the front door, picked up a book and sat down on a couch.

Within seconds half a dozen children had congregated around him.

At the kindergarten, children all call teachers by their first name but Darryl “being a bit old school” didn’t quite like the idea of that.

So, he suggested “Grandad Story”.

The name stuck, but when he

started at Stoke Kindergarten they flipped it and it became “Story Granddad”.

He spends two full days a week at Stoke and one-half day at Tahunanui.

“For me reading is a big part of the learning process,” he says.

“It’s a lovely feeling.”

The rest of the time he volunteers at Re:Store, in the book department, where he can stock up on new reads for the children.

“It works pretty well,” he says.

Many children drop the “story” part of his name because they don’t have grandparents in Nelson or they are overseas.

One little girl recently told her mum that she wanted to adopt Darryl because her own grandparents were overseas. So, he asked the parents if he could be her “New Zealand grandad”.

“Now we do things together. Like a real family. It’s lovely.”

Darryl spent most of his life in manual labour – working first at the Griffins factory and then at Sealord. But he admits he is probably working more hours as a volunteer than he ever used to.

“This has given me a new lease on life,” he says. “Some of my friends say, ‘you should be rewarded for all the work you do’. But I say, ‘I do get rewarded’. I get hugs and smiles and a laugh from the children.

What more could you ask for?”

Darryl says that he knows now that he should have been a teacher but is happy that he is helping now.

He always regretted not having children, even though he admits he probably would have spoiled them. Instead, now he spoils his “grandchildren”.

“Everyone laughs when they ask ‘how many children have you got?’ I say, ‘none but I have 80 grandchildren’.”

Mystery yacht wrecked on Haluashore

A mystery yacht was found wrecked on Haulashore Island on Monday.

Deputy harbourmaster Amanda Kerr says the wreckage was first reported by launch masters on a pilot boat.

They are unsure where the yacht came from but suspect the rough weather through the night had something to do with it.

She says it makes the most sense that it’s come from a mooring within the Haven as there are a lot of yachts moored there that don’t have people on them permanently.

Amanda says divers are currently salvaging the wreck, but they have been so far unable to find a name on the yacht.

“It has been smashed against the rocks, completely destroying it, there is debris along the shore line and high-water mark.”

Nelson Weekly

News

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

3

Nelson Marlborough Health’s Amy Clarke stands where the new hospital carpark will be built on Franklyn St. Photo: Kate Russell.

More Nelson hospital carparks on the way FROM PAGE 1 financial performance and facilities, Eric Sinclair, says that while there are few options within current hospital site to reconfigure parking, this work was prioritised in response to what NMH hears from patients and visitors.

“We know from what patients and visitors tell us, and from what our own staff tell us, that parking difficulties are stressful and - at the worst - can cause people to be late for their appointments.

“We are investing in this because

it’s important, and we will also continue to offer free public parking, unlike some DHBs.” Eric says that the eventual redevelopment of Nelson Hospital will provide the opportunity to reconfigure parking again.

Improvement facilitator at NMH, Amy Clarke, says it’s an exciting development.

“From my point of view, it’s about the patient experience. It can be stressful enough just coming to the hospital, so more car parking will help to alleviate that.”

Tenders for the new carpark closed last Friday and although

a work schedule and completion target are yet to be confirmed, the carpark will be up and running before summer.

In the meantime, patients and visitors are encouraged to allow enough driving time to find a park before appointment times and to consider using public transport to get to the hospital.

The shuttle buggy is also available to pick people up from the shuttle shelter near the carpark entrance off Tipahi St, from the bus-stop on Waimea Rd, or from their car and deliver them to the main hospital entrance.

NELSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Young men taking their place in the world

INFORMATION EVENING Entry Year 7 & 8, 2020

TUESDAY 28 MAY, 7.00pm Big Kev’s Specials Nelson College Hall Specials Valid: 13 May - 18 May 2019

While last boys and their families We invite all stocks interested to join us for our Information Evening.

Old English Sausages

Rump Steak

Chicken Breast Skinless

Future Problem Solving World Junior Champions for 20

Jerky

Salmon Portions

Visit the Nelson College website for further details 300gm Packets 03 548 3099 | pn@nelsoncollege.school.nz Frozen www.nelsoncollege.school.nz

Handcrafted at Westmeat

7

8

$ .99

$ .50

Per Kg

Per Kg

41 McGlashen Avenue, Richmond

11.50

$

Per Kg

PHONE 544 6137

5

$ .99 Each

19.99

$

OPEN: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Thurs till 6.30pm, Sat 8am-4pm

Per Kg

4

Nelson Weekly

News

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Koha Shed treated ‘like a dump’ Kate Russell Reporter

kate@nelsonweekly.co.nz

It’s early on Monday morning and Nelson’s Koha Shed is already knee-deep in unusable donations.

From broken mops, stained clothing and ripped furniture, soggy from the night’s rain, shed manager Cara Gledhill estimates this haul will cost them up to $400 to dispose of.

“This is pure dumping. This is what will close us,” she says.

The Koha Shed is a place where people can come and receive donated goods at no cost. It has been run from two shipping containers in the Victory Community Centre carpark since 2016 and has helped countless people in need.

But Cara says the shed is feeling the full brunt of rising landfill costs, with more and more people struggling to afford to dispose of their rubbish.

“We don’t generate any money.

When someone drops off an unusable mattress, that’s a trip to the dump.”

The shed receives a cash donation from Port Nelson and a discounted skip, but Cara says all that is spent on dumping.

“Over Christmas, we had the most monumental amount dumped on us. We couldn’t even get to the door.

“I know most people are trying

to do the right thing and we acknowledge that dumping is expensive, but people need to ask themselves, ‘is it actually helpful?’”

Cara says they’ve have had a security camera installed twice, but both were taken down by vandals.

And with the shed being in a school and community centre carpark, Cara urges people to be mindful of what they are leaving there.

“Some people are dropping off knives and handbags with medical implements. Anything that is left outside that shed is going to be fossicked through.”

Cara also says people need to drop things off during their opening hours.

“Some things that people drop off are in good condition, but all it takes is some rain to make them unusable.

“Those things could be used by someone that really needs it. It’s frustrating, and it’s a waste.”

She says they can connect people with unwanted items to those who could use them.

“They just need to get in touch.”

Victory Community Centre manager Rebecca Greig says she fully supports the Koha Shed in what they do but has noticed a recent increase of unusable or damaged goods left outside.

“I know the cost of dumping this

Locally Owned and Operated

Cara Gledhill from Nelson’s Koha Shed is urging people not to dump their rubbish on them. Photo: Kate Russell. rubbish is expensive and time consuming for the Koha Shed team. The need is there, but it’s not a dumping ground.”

The Koha Shed is open Monday,

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 11am – 2:30pm, depending on weather and volunteer availability.

Cara says they are always looking

for new volunteers and people can message them through their Facebook page or email thekohashednelson@gmail.com to help, or to donate items.

Yamaha MusicCast Frames

ISX-18D

was $399

ISX-80

$199

was $599

$299

SIGHT & SOUND SPECIALISTS 264 - 268 Hardy Street, Nelson Ph 548 8699

Sound has rarely looked so good and for a lim- goes on. All new from Yamaha, the MusicCast ited time Begg’s Musicworks in Nelson has the system brings everything to everywhere for stylish MusicCast frames at half price. everyone.

The frames come in two sizes and usually retail The frames – properly name is ISX-18D – use for $599 or $799 but Tim Babbage and his team a 2-way, 2-speaker system with a 2.5 cm (1”) at Beggs are making way for a model change tweeter and 5 cm (2”) woofer. The woofer unit and selling a limited supply at half price. employs a neodymium magnet and there is a “We’re having a little bit of a clean out for them bass reflex port, so even with its small size, it as there are a few othputs out strong sound er MusicCast product with good bass relines coming in but sponse. The high that’s good news for quality body is the reNelsonians, as we’re sult of Yamaha’s audio able to offer these expertise and techpretty great deals.” nology.

The frames can hang The front panel on the wall, sit on a manufactured from bench top or bedside a single sheet of extable. They have a panded steel mesh reclock, streaming caduces waste, resulting Beggs Musicworks owner Tim Babbage with pability and FM radio. in lower environmensome of the Yamaha MusicCast frames that For those who haven’t tal impact. Additionare currently on sale at half price until stocks heard of MusicCast ally, the frame is cut last. before, it is a new revofrom a single sheet of lution in network audio by Yamaha. Users can aluminum, providing high strength and texsync various MusicCast products together or ture as well as the luxury appearance of a moduse them separately. It’s completely up to you. ern art object to enhance your room interior.

Control it, all from one app, designed to be in- Both stylish and compact, the ISX-18D can be tuitive, quick and simple to use. Use a sound- placed like a work of art to beautify any intebar, a wireless speaker, an AV Receiver, HiFi rior. A keyhole on the rear allows you to hang audio whichever suits you best, mix and match it on a wall. then expand your MusicCast system as time Business Update. Adv.

Nelson Weekly

News

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

5

Women’s growing strength in workforce Recently released figures by Statistics New Zealand show, for the first-time, women make up almost half the country’s workforce. Nelson Weekly’s Sara Hollyman spoke to three local women to find out how things have changed for them in the workplace. your family need you or want you … but you have to work. My industry, historically, has been a male-driven environment. But I have always felt valued, respected and taken just as seriously as my male colleagues. I don’t feel this can be said for all women in the workforce, I feel other industries aren’t quite there yet.

Kellie Todd Kellie Todd, Bayley’s senior licensed sales consultant My job is very time-consuming and I’m on the job all day, every day, because I’m in real-estate.

Having a young family and being in this industry does restrict me to a particular volume of work if I want to have a balanced home/work lifestyle. If I wanted to increase that volume, which I would because I love the job, but this would most definitely affect family time. At times it can be a struggle. Those times when

Ali Boswijk, chief executive of Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce I think that for women with children it can sometimes be a challenge to work full-time. For quite a few years we both worked part-time so that we could share childcare, I realise that I was fortunate we could do that – although financially it was much harder. I think that for most women family will come first and so you do have to make difficult decisions. There were certainly opportunities that I did not take any further because it would have meant being away from home for even more than I was. I am very fortunate in that my partner and I have always tried to share the

I think that my biggest professional accomplishment is that I have managed to do work I love - and live in Nelson. That is not always easy and, while things are certainly vastly improving in terms of opportunities, it definitely was not the case when I arrived here 23 years ago. I can see that Nelson is full of clever, passionate people who put themselves on the line every day to build exciting businesses and create employment.

Ali Boswijk load. I have certainly witnessed times when women are not taken seriously and talked over in meetings, and have definitely experienced that myself. I have worked with some very strong, brilliant, entrepreneurial women, in fact for the last seven years I have worked in organisations that are almost 100% women.

Chris Dunn, NMIT curriculum manager of health and fitness Unfortunately, I think barriers do still exist. Child care hours often do not cover the hours worked.

This is especially true in my profession - nursing. A day shift starts at 7am or ends at 11.30pm.

Not many employers support child-friendly work hours, nor have tolerance to child sick days or taking holidays during the school breaks. If the woman is the major caregiver this limits one’s ability to work full time. I have changed roles to accommodate my family. Family first and job

Chris Dunn

second. I feel women have a valuable role in the workforce. I have always worked in femaledominated, caring professions, where women are valued, so I feel very fortunate. In some roles, jobs and professions women are not valued at all. I do believe there is a glass ceiling and males would be promoted far more frequently than their female counterparts.

But I do believe the times are changing and equality prevails, though I feel women work harder to prove themselves.

6

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Nelson Weekly

News

Locally Owned and Operated

Cycling New Zealand to help NEWS Sara Hollyman

When Grant Kerr had to catch an early morning flight to the North Island last weekend to visit his ill mother, it wasn’t as simple as setting the alarm and heading to the airport.

Grant had to sneak in a 50km bike ride before heading to catch his flight shortly after 6am.

He is one of six individuals and 15 teams, who are taking part in the ‘50k a Day for the Month of May Challenge’ to raise funds for the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust (NMRHT).

“When I got to the airport the flights were cancelled because of the fog so I’ll do it again this weekend, but I’ll take my bike with me and do my rides up north,” says Grant.

The challenge sees participants walk, run or bike 50km every day in May in a bid to raise $50,000 for the NMRHT. By the end of the challenge participants will have travelled almost the length of New Zealand – 1600 kilometres.

Grant’s boss was flown to Wellington by the rescue helicopter last year after a medical event. So he thought

NMIT top of table: The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) performance indicator results for 2018 have placed NMIT first above all other New Zealand Institutes of Technology/Polytechnics for course completions by all learners. NMIT was also placed first for completion rates for both Maori and Pasifika learners during 2018. The rankings are produced following assessment against performance of all sixteen Institutes of technology and polytechnics.

Grant Kerr has been cycling 50km every day to support the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust. Photo: Charles Anderson. it would be the perfect time to join the challenge.

“I thought ‘why not, it’s a good cause’.”

Grant says he has several different routes that he rides to get his kilometres up, each one taking between 1 hour 45 mins and two hours.

“It’s not too bad. I’m a cyclist anyway and I’ve been riding for quite a few years on and off but it’s just a bit more commitment.”

Outside of the challenge Grant

says it would be easy to not go for a ride if it was a bad day or the weather wasn’t great.

“Now I’ve got to go.”

He says while it’s “fairly easy” to clock up 50km on a bike, it doesn’t come without challenges.

“Thursday was the worst day, I rode 15 kilometres and got two punctures, so I headed home, had a shower and did the rest in the garage with my bike on rollers.”

Grant says the support of his

workplace – Ewing Poultry, has given him extra motivation.

“They are sponsoring me a total amount if I complete the challenge and he lets me finish half an hour early every day so I can head out on my bike.”

Grant has even done a 100km ride to “get a day in the bank” in case he can’t ride for a day.

“You’ve just got to keep going,” he says.

To donate to Grant or any of the participants go to https:// givealittle.co.nz/event/50k

Richmond Mall floods: Richmond Mall was affected by flooding when heavy rain fell on the region on Sunday evening.

Some of the mall’s shops were closed on Monday morning and dryers were hard at work so stores could reopen. A MetService spokesperson says that Richmond received 42mm of rain between 4pm and 6pm on Sunday, while Nelson received 12mm between 4pm and 5pm and 19mm between 5pm and 6pm.

Teachers to strike again: Nelson primary and secondary teachers have voted to take part in the education industry’s biggest ever nationwide strike on May 29. The historic combined all-schools strike takes place on the eve of the Government’s “Wellbeing Budget” and aims to persuade ministers to offer more than the $1.2 billion over four years that they have already offered.

Primary teachers have already gone on strike twice in this bargaining round - in August and November.

Nelson Weekly

News

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

BE IN TO Nelmac’s Jude Abel plants a fern in Queens Gardens. Photo: Jonty Dine.

Teaming up to save our kea Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

If we are to save the planet, we must do it together.

A team of Nelson conservationists has adopted this mantra and teamed up to help protect one of the region’s most iconic native birds.

Nelmac has announced a partnership with the Department of Conservation (DOC), the Kea Conservation Trust (KCT), and Ngati Kuia to help protect New Zealand’s endangered kea - the world’s only mountain parrot.

Key members of the collaboration gathered at Queens Park on Friday morning where they planted ferns in the gardens to symbolise their commitment to the environment.

The partnership will see Nelmac provide at least $60,000 of financial support to KCT and DOC’s kea recovery initiatives over the next three years.

Nelmac’s support will focus on lead removal from DOC buildings in kea habitat in Tasman, kea

surveys, KCT’s community conflict resolution programme and general operational costs.

DOC Motueka operations manager Chris Golding says kea chew on the lead nails and flashing because it’s soft, easy to access and tastes sweet to them.

“It accumulates in the body causing brain damage, organ failure and various other physiological problems.

“Many kea that have ingested lead eventually die as a direct result of ingesting the toxic heavy metal.”

He says Nelmac’s contributions will go a long way to eradicating this issue for kea.

CEO Jane Sheard says the kea has an iconic presence in the Nelson region and Nelmac will commit to protect, restore and sustain the precious bird.

“Without the work we all do to nurture mother nature, mother nature cannot nurture human nature.”

She says it is becoming increasingly urgent to help save the last 5000 kea and restore their numbers.

WIN

A SUPER RUGBY SUPPORTERS PACK

1 PER STORE TO BE WON!

SEE IN-STORE FOR DETAILS

The Natural Confectionery Company 200-260g

2

$ 69 ea

4

$ 79 ea

Puhoi Valley Yoghurt 450g

Whittaker’s Destination or Artisan 100g Range

Tip Top Bakery Supersoft Bread 700g

2

3

$ 99 ea

Fresh NZ Quality Mark Prime Beef Mince

$ 69

1099

$

kg

Satsuma Mandarins Loose Product of New Zealand

ea

5

$ 49 kg

www.foursquare.co.nz facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specials available South Island only from Monday 13th May until Sunday 19th May 2019 or while stocks last. Wine and beer available at stores with an off licence. Wine and beer purchases restricted to persons aged 18 years old and over.

7

8

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Nelson Weekly

News

Locally Owned and Operated

Woman charged in relation to Moutere Highway fire Sara Hollyman

Nelson author Marianne Castle with her new book, ‘Two Dogs, One Bone’, and her Airedale terrier Chelsea. Photo: Kate Russell.

Love of dogs and writing come together Kate Russell Marianne Castle has two big passions in life - dogs and writing. So, she decided to combine them.

The Nelsonian has just selfpublished her first book, ‘Two Dogs, One Bone’ which is based on her 30-year career as a dog trainer, walker and groomer.

“I call it an anecdotal account of my career from 1983 until the late 1990s. Training methods were so different back then and

the book takes you through the history of the old-fashioned ways through to the new,” says Marianne.

“It’s both entertaining and informative - but people might need their hankies.”

Marianne says she has loved writing ever since she learned to hold a pen, and with a few articles, short stories and plays already under her belt, she decided to have a go at writing a novel.

She started her career as a dog

trainer in Australia and says she was hooked straight away.

“I remember going to a dog obedience trial and became bedazzled. I got my first dog - a golden retriever called Ben and haven’t looked back.”

Marianne now lives up the Maitai with her husband and two dogs - Marty the border collie cross and Chelsea the Airedale terrier.

She says her book, which has been printed locally, has been getting good interest and the

feedback from readers has been “great”.

She says it’s the first of many novels to come with her next two already on the go.

To find out more about Marianne’s book, go to www. charactersandclay.weebly.com Marianne will be giving an author talk at the Elma Turner Library this Sunday, 19 May at 2pm, hosted by Friends of the Library. There is a $2 entry donation and books will be for sale for $27, cash only.

A second person has been charged with setting a fire on the Moutere Highway in February.

A 24-year old woman, who has continued name suppression, has been charged with arson.

Benjamin Phillip Durrant, 34, was also charged with arson on March 6 in relation to the same fire.

Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Johnston says the fire on the side of the Moutere Highway on February 27 caused extensive damage to a wide area of pine forest and caused the evacuation of local residents.

“The man and woman have also been charged in relation to a fire on the side of the road in Pigeon Valley near Wakefield on Wednesday, 6 March.”

The fires were part of a spate of blazes which began with an out-ofcontrol wildfire in Pigeon Valley on February 5 that put the region into a Civil State of Emergency.

Craig says the investigation in relation to two other fires; the Rabbit Island fire on February 6 and the Iwa Rd fire in Nelson on February 8, is ongoing.

Nelson Police urge anyone who has information that may assist them to call Nelson Police on 03-546 3840 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Professional marquee hire service perfect for special events In 2017, a business called Nelson Bays Marquee try to make things as easy as possible for our and Events Hire was established by Caleb Hill, customers, providing a professional service, on his Father Steve Hill and Ian Mortimer. It began and off site. Marquee hire is one of our passions, after they started hiring out some marquees for alongside the entertainment industry and we the weekend and today it’s a flourishing busi- want to know we’ve done the best job possible ness with a wide range of hire inventory avail- for our clients. We are here to help with every able. Since then, Nelson Bays Marquee and aspect of marquee hire! Caleb helps with site Events Hire has carried out local jobs includ- visits, meeting with people onsite and ensuring ing the royal visit, everything is safe the Lift Off Abel for a marquee to Tasman Festival, be set up. We put a The New Zealand huge emphasis on Cider Festival and safety standards to countless weddings ensure our workacross Nelson and ers and our clients Blenheim. If you are are safe as well as planning a special comfortable in our event or wedding If you planning a wedding or event, Nelson Bays marquees. In the there’s a great selec- Marquee and Events Hire has some fantastic event hiring intion of marquees marquees available in a range of different sizes. dustry, deadlines available ranging are everything. We from 25 square metres to 200 square metres, will get the job done on time and ensure your clear wall, white walls, with lots of options to hire marquee looks amazing.” enhance your occasion such as dance floor, ta- To contact Nelson Bays Marquee and Events bles, ceiling silks, wall silks, chairs, heating op- Hire, phone 03 541 0984, send a message via tions, interior lighting, and more! the Nelson Bays Marquee Facebook page or “Our company is very customer-friendly fo- you can email inquiry@nelsonbaymarquee. cused, providing top quality service,” says Event co.nz NB: The company’s website is currently Planner-Coordinator, Betsy Hill. We recognise being updated. how stressful organising an event can be, so we Business Update. Adv.

Nelson Weekly

Advert

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

9

bowater hyundai & iSuZu $

6,990

2009 honda odyssey VtiL

2.4 auto 7 x leather seats, sunroof

$

$

2014 Peugeot 208 active

1.6 auto

13,990

$

2012 hyundai elantra

2010 hyundai Santa Fe $

4wd manual

$

3.3 petrol auto 2wd 7 x leather seats

$

2017 hyundai Santa Fe

$

$

2.4 petrol auto awd

$

37,990

13,990

2016 hyundai tucson

2.0 diesel auto awd Leather seats

$

2015 isuzu d-Max

2014 hyundai iMax

2015 toyota Land Cruiser Prado VX

7 x leather seats auto diesel

$

35,990

1.6 turbo petrol auto awd Leather seats

now $

29,990

2016 renault Master Van

diesel auto

$

49,990

2016 hyundai Santa Fe

2.2r series diesel auto awd Ltd 7 x leather seats Glass roof

$

$

59,990

2018 isuzu MuX 3.0

diesel, auto 4wd 7 x leather seats, tow bar

36,990

2019 hyundai Kona

2wd 2.0 auto elite leather seats very low kms

39,990

$

39,990

2018 Mitsi outlander wrX

2.4 auto 4wd 7 x seats

$

53,990

2019 hyundai Santa Fe

2.2r series diesel auto awd 7 x leather seats very low kms

$

65,990

2018 hyundai Santa Fe

tM diesel auto awd elite 7 x leather seats

Call free 0508 449 863 or 545 8032 Cnr Rutherford & Hardy St (Opposite McDonalds)

Meet our SaLeS teaM daryl Pritchard 027 688 3639

2012 holden Captiva

auto CX 7x seater

2014 holden Colorado

2016 hyundai tucson

www.bowaterhyundai.co.nz www.bowaterisuzu.co.nz James duncan 027 533 8743

17,990

4wd auto

$

54,990

$

22,990

2.4 petrol auto 8 x seater

43,990

LS terrain 4wd 3.0 diesel auto

$

$

12,990

1.6 petrol auto

2006 hyundai Santa Fe

waS $44,990

$

2013 hyundai accent

awd 2.4 auto

32,990

2014 hyundai Santa Fe

53,990

2017 Vw tiguan r-line

Leather auto

2012 hyundai ix35

39,990

2.2 diesel auto awd 7 x seats

2007 toyota raV4

21,990

2.0 diesel auto awd leather seats glass roof

37,990

2016 Kia Sorento urban Ltd

$

$

29,990

2013 isuzu d-max

12,990

diesel auto awd 7x leather seats, 12mth mechanical warranty

19,990

2.2r series diesel auto awd

$

13,990

2010 bMw X1

1.8 petrol auto elite leather seats

$

10,990

adam olverson 027 630 3356

Matthew enright 027 475 6744

ross Prangnell 021 583 085

10

Nelson Weekly

Out & About

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

1

3

2 4 Jennian Homes Mother's Day fun run and walk

4

1 2 3 4 5

Jack, Zara and Matilda Irvine Angie Wadsworth and Pearl Day Jenny Vaile and Glenda Ferguson

5

Niamh Martin and Anna May Martin Rebecca Norgate, Lucinda Forscutt and Chloe Bray

Mums meet Mums at Founders Heritage Park

6

6 7 8 9 10

Becky and Alice Webster Jenna Collett and Gemma Inglis Holly Dishington and Lynn McCarthy Grace Powell and Maureen Gibson

8

9

Would you like us to take photos at your next event?

PH 03 548 5900

Do your tools NEED A WINtEr sErvIcE? Bring in your tools and get them looked at by our trained professionals, we can service all types of outdoor power equipment, including: • MoWErs • cHAINsAWs • BloWErs • WAtEr BlAstErs • HEDGE trIMMErs

• corDlEss BAttEry tools • lINE trIMMErs / free pickup & drop off Conditions apply.

BrusH cuttErs

ANy MAkE, ANy MoDEl

Stihl Shop NelSoN 66-68 Vanguard Street, Nelson. ph 548 0179. www.nelsonstihlshop.co.nz

7

Brooke Langford and Tessa Pomeroy

LOVE YOUR LAND

10 or email editorial@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Nelson Weekly

News

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

11

Nelson Snippets under fire Locally Owned and Operated

Jonty Dine Nelson’s most notorious community Facebook page has apparently shut down in the wake of an online controversy.

A recent post on Nelson Snippets portrayed what appeared to be an underweight pony - attracting a slew of attention from people calling the owner neglectful.

However, it became apparent that the pony, which belonged to Wild Oats Farm in Wakefield, was entirely healthy, according to the SPCA. The reaction from commenters led the horse’s owner, Kirsty Lalich, to contemplate shutting down entirely.

This led to an online backlash against the moderator of Nelson Snippets, a Facebook page which has often been the centre of controversy with the way it names and shames people in the community as well as often giving a misleading impression of events around the city.

It has also been praised with the way it can use its large following to get results in police investigations.

Now the longtime moderator of the page is copping a torrent of threats and abuse for posting the photo of the pony in the first place.

The woman shut down the page on Monday afternoon for several hours before reactivating it and most recently shutting it down again.

Getting a straight answer out of her is difficult with the woman often saying it is not her responsible for flicking the switch on the site.

It is not the first time the woman has been threatened over her online actions.

She says her dog was beaten in an apparent revenge attack and the woman had no choice but to put her down.

Later, she discovered a note stuffed into

her letterbox which read: “Payback’s a b****.”

“It was horrendous,” she says. “I found her screaming in the middle of the night.”

This latest incident has her fearing for another attack. This is why the Nelson Weekly is not naming her.

She says her inbox has been flooded with messages calling her scum and a lowlife, some from as far away as England.

The woman says running the page can be exhausting and thankless.

“I don’t do this for ego or likes, I do it

because it makes a difference in our community.”

She says she tries to always remain as balanced an impartial as possible.

Nelson Snippets had 32,272 followers on Monday afternoon and is used to help identify burglars, reunite pets and inform the community.

“It is a huge amount of work and no one ever says thank you, it can be really hard.”

The page was shutdown at about 4pm and then reactivated at about 7pm. It was last shut down on Tuesday morning.

Hot winter offers PLUS 12 MONTHS INTEREST FREE*

FREE

CURTAIN

Nelson Snippets’ Photo: Jonty Dine.

anonymous

MAKING*

moderator.

Mortgages Made Easy Let me help you obtain the best home loan for you

MARK LANGDON Mortgage Services

Ph 03 544 9977 or 027 262 3594 mark@langdonmortgages.co.nz

MORE

www.langdonmortgages.co.nz

SAVINGS ONLINE

One taste is all it takes Fresh daily – quality baking • pies • filled rolls • savouries • cakes • muffins • desserts and quiches • eat in or takeaway

STOKE BAKERY CAKE KITCHEN LTD “Stoke’s Original Bakery”

510 Main Road, Stoke Ph (03) 547 6998 Open: Mon - Fri 5.00am – 5.00pm Sat 5.00am – 1.30pm

Building, renovating or redecorating?

We can price off your plans. Our nationwide consultants bring the largest range of fabrics to you to help create just the right look, made to suit your lifestyle. Your curtains and blinds are then custom crafted in New Zealand and professionally installed by our experts to guarantee a perfect fit.

FREE in-home consultation 0800 808 300 russellscurtains.co.nz *Terms and conditions apply.

12

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Opinion

Your Voice

New Annesbrook cycleway ‘disaster waiting to happen’: I agree, it’s a disaster waiting to happen and I’m a cyclist. No way I’m using that with all the driveways. What are these experts thinking? Poor pedestrians as well.

Jo Wilson

Fingers crossed an island is put somewhere along the road so those on the opposite side of the path can cross safely and actually use it. There is nothing between the Annesbrook overbridge and the crossing down

by Tahunanui School.

Kaz Carr

I agree, a total disaster. I think they should put on a 30km speed limit and then put the bikes on the road and make the cars slow down. Make it safer for all users. Troy Chapman

All cyclists need to ride at a speed that suits the circumstances and conditions.

John Sauer Is a shared pathway the safest option if bikes are going that fast downhill? I feel like the council didn’t really think this one through properly and I can see many near misses or collisions between cyclists and pedestrians.

Nikole Berkett It's ridiculous!! They are doing work with no speed signs, I have seen one person fall over, no protection other than cones, now I have a broken window screen from stone and truck pulling out of my driveway!!!

Fear it is going to be so dangerous once complete and used by pedestrians and cyclists.

Lisa Dalton Road rules - if pulling out of a driveway or turning into a drive you must GIVE WAY

Nelson Weekly

Opinion

Locally Owned and Operated

editorial@nelsonweekly.co.nz facebook.com/nelsonweekly www.nelsonweekly.co.nz to ALL traffic (and that includes pedestrians, cyclists, mobility scooters). Paul Jonkers Cycleways should NOT be part of the roadways.... separate and adjacent to.

Jeannette MacEwan When you pull out of your driveway you have to pull out on the path before you can see what's coming.

Craig Bell That St Vincent Street one is a killer as well. You have to go so slowly turning into a driveway as you have to get past the parked cars to see if any bikes or pedestrians are coming. Meanwhile, cars are attempting to get around you. Very dangerous and should be avoided like the plague.

Gary Scott It’s a no brainier to me councils have grass verges they don’t want to maintain on state highways and around town.

Take the grass verges out, widen the footpaths and cyclists and walkers can use the same thing.

They would be plenty wide enough for both things.

Annette Mckenzie Refugees left out in the cold: Everyone is having trouble getting accommodation in Nelson. A friend of mine had to leave Nelson as the unit she rented was sold. She was told

by Housing New Zealand that refugees get priority - this a New Zealander with ill health. She has been in touch and said the people of Timaru have been wonderful to her, she is already in a place. It’s a terrible situation for everyone.

Brenda Kenny Sadly, it’s a familiar story, no matter where you are from. Shelley Bishop Who decides what city/ town refugees go and why? There is housing in other cities and towns in NZ. I sympa-

Nelson Matters Nelson’s emergency services described the New Years Eve 2017 road smash in Appleby that killed 23-year-old Matthew Dow as the worst they had ever seen.

The offending driver was high on meth and cannabis and was witnessed driving like a maniac and passing recklessly. Matthew was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He was the 79th fatality that year caused by a drug impaired driver. These tragic numbers have skyrocketed from 14 in 2014, 27 in 2015, 54 in 2016 to 79 in 2017.

There are now more road fatalities caused by drug impaired drivers than by drunk drivers. Police lack tools for getting drugged drivers off the road.

The number of prosecutions was only 200 for drug impaired driving compared to 16,000 for drunk driving in 2017.

Matthew’s family sought my support to get drugged drivers off the road. We launched a petition for New Zealand to introduce roadside drug testing as occurs in Australia, the UK and Canada. Police Minister Stewart Nash was dismissive of the petition saying on TVNZ in December 2018 “‘There’s a Discussion Document that’s been approved

by Cabinet that’s going out to the public early next year.’

This was not true. We now know Police and Transport presented Ministers with a Discussion Document on roadside drug

testing in December 2017 yet it has been sitting on Ministers desks for 17 months and is still not public.

The problem is this Government has a blind spot on the dangers of drugs. Green Minister for Road Safety Ms. Genter has rejected Police and Transport Ministry advice. She says saliva drug testing is too intrusive. Meanwhile the Government is liberalising access to recreational drugs like cannabis and weakening enforcement laws on drugs like Meth.

I caused a stir in Parliament last week when I questioned Police Minister Stuart Nash. I sought leave to introduce Nationals Bill enabling Police to randomly test

Nelson at your fingertips...

Things to do Events Walk/Cycle Tracks Weather

'They are us' seems to have been forgotten quickly by many.

Dawn Rameka-iti New 10-bed unit for Nelson Hospital: This sounds great!

Megan Stephens So good to see they're keeping this concept.

Robyn Ferris-Maxwell Tasman rugby league in crisis: Sad day for Nelson league. Daniel Boa Unreal, what a shame.

Brendon Hibbs Gutted!

Hayley N Jason Kaisia

544 Waimea Road, Nelson

drivers for drugs. Speaker Mallard inexplicably blocked the Bill against normal Parliamentary practice. I objected resulting in me being suspended from Parliament. I make no apologies.

It’s my job to call Ministers out when they are untruthful and to push for progress on important issues for our community.

The following day the Coroners Court reported that the Waverley tragedy in June 2018 was caused by a driver high on cannabis and synthetics. This was the worst road crash in a decade killing 7 people. The affected families over the weekend joined Matthews family and I in pushing for roadside drug testing.

The Government, with Nation-

Breaking News

thize with this family as it is hard to get a rental and a decent one at that. Sarah Scammell Barker

al’s support, quickly passed new gun control laws in response to the 51 tragic deaths in the Christchurch Mosque attack.

We need the same urgency in addressing drug impaired drivers who kill over 70 people a year.

I urge Nelsonians to support this campaign. You can sign at my caravan at the Nelson Market this Saturday, at my office or online by searching ‘Matthew Dow Petition’. We need to work together to get drug impaired drivers off our roads.

Advert.

Nelson Weekly

Advert

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

It’s all about you

Ph 545 9997 www.bkinky.co.nz 117 Hardy St (Montgomery Arcade)

New Zealand’s skin and appearance experts 0800 458 458 | caci.co.nz

13

Natural Health & Beauty

240 Trafalgar St, Nelson. 03 546 8700

32 Bridge Street, Nelson. Phone 546 8611

www.beetees.co.nz

www.naturalhealthnelson.co.nz

83 Hardy st, nelson. 03 539 0282

155 Hardy Street, Nelson. Ph 548 4016 www.cruellas.co.nz

www.chokdee.co.nz

DECOR NEST

DiNe iN, Takeaway & yumCHa LuNCHeS 200 Hardy Street, Nelson. Ph 545 8163

191 Trafalgar St, Nelson Ph 03 548 4380

OPEN 7 DAYS 11.30am - 9.30pm

Make your car more efficient 28 halifax street east, nelson www.nood.co.nz

237 Trafalgar St, Nelson. Ph 546 8188

www.paperplus.co.nz

Give us a call or pop in & see us, we'll look forward to hearing from you 87a Vanguard St, nelSon • Ph 539 4152 www.pitstop.co.nz

Monday to Saturday 11am-2.30pm & 4.30-9pm

$6 Express Lunch

Dine in or Takeaway

105 Hardy St, Nelson

Ph 548 1382

by mariposa 39 Halifax Street, Nelson. Ph 545 7501

Quality Comfort footwear 257 Hardy Street, Nelson | 03 548 7789

Z RutheRfoRd 106 Rutherford St, Nelson 03 546 6626

Dine in and Take away lunch and dinner

142 Hardy St, Nelson Ph: 548 8997 www.tongthai.co.nz

fashion to Celebrate Your Curves 3 Alma Lane, Buxton Square 03 546 8474 www.nelsonbeautytherapy.co.nz

TA K I N G S H A P E N E L S O N 1 6 3 Tr a f a l g a r S t 03 539 1460

14

Nelson Weekly

News

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

Budding biologists seeking breakthrough Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Are we harming our ocean’s inhabitants with the pharmaceuticals we pour into their home?

A team of Nelson secondary school scientists wants to find out.

The budding biologists have been running a series of experiments on mussels at the Cawthron Aquaculture Park to figure out what effects the likes of antidepressants and birth control have on spats.

Richard de Hamel of the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre at the University of Otago says the answers to such questions may have multimillion-dollar consequences.

Richard is part of a team of educators who have teamed up with Cawthron NMIT and SpatNZ to deliver ‘real world’

laboratory workshops.

More than 100 Year 13 biology students from secondary schools in Nelson and Marlborough have been finding out about the science that lies behind our successful aquaculture industry.

The workshops are designed to give students access to stateof-the-art laboratory facilities to carry out experiments with mussels.

Alice McCullough, who took part in the very first workshops eight years ago, says they were a major influence on what she is doing now.

“The workshops were the first time I really got to think for myself in a real-world laboratory environment.”

Alice says she had to use her knowledge and apply it to a real problem.

Since leaving school, Alice has completed a Bachelor of Science and a Graduate Diploma in

Marine Science and will shortly start her master’s degree, where she will study sponges.

Alice was also one of Cawthron’s summer scholars and spent ten weeks looking at the use of algae as feed in the aquaculture industry.

She says students lead their own experiments and for many it’s the first time that they are faced with the challenge of overcoming science challenges.

Jess Alloway and Roz Walker from Nelson College for Girls were looking at the effect of different concentrations of adrenalin on mussel heart rate.

“We can’t access this in a school environment, so it’s been fantastic to be able to come here and talk to scientists and work in a laboratory,” says Jess.

She says it’s ‘real science’, and it’s exciting to think about how new research might be framed because of something they discover.

Nayland College student Eva Ang analysing mussel spurs at the Cawthron Aquaculture Park last week. Photo: Jonty Dine.

Council welcomes climate change policy

EXCELLENCE IN DERMATOLOGY

NELSON & TASMAN SUNDAY 9 JUNE

REGISTER NOW!

Register by going online to the Tasman District or Nelson City Council’s websites (search phrase = Second Hand Sunday). You can also call the Councils’ Customer Service Centres, Ph. Tasman 03 543 8400, Ph. Nelson 03 546 0200.

Instructions for the day are also online.

Brought to you by Marsden House

Hard GoinG up tHe WanGapeka

An 1860s gold strike at Blue Creek in the Wangapeka Val‑ ley prompted optimistic par‑ ties to invest in quartz‑crushing stampers, meaning parts up to 400 kilograms in weight had to

be brought in by bullock wagon, sledged 20 kilometres up river and assembled on site. The ardu‑ ous terrain, however, did them in. Only one stamper made it, the companies went bankrupt, and the rest of the parts lie aban‑ doned near the track still.

Generations of Nelson presents Snippets of History The latest Snippets of History, Volume Four, is now available!

Volumes 1–3 are $15 per book Volume 4 is $20 Or get the full set for just $60 Purchase from Marsden House or NZME. 41 Selwyn Place, Nelson.

GENER ATION

Y ET S OF HI ORIPP STSN ST OR Y SN IPP ET S OF HI GENER ATION S

N

NTS OF NELSO N PRESE

in this third volume of stories featurin g discovery and heartbreak and survival, triumph. These stories are about real people in real Whether you are picking this up for just a quick from read, or are reading cover l,to cover, surviva ry and N enjoy Snippets featuring discove stories of of History real in as a small glimps real people in this third volume into the Nelson e stories are about that once was. triumph. These and eak heartbr or are reading just a quick read, picking this up for glimpse Whether you are History as a small enjoy Snippets of from cover to cover, that once was. into the Nelson

S OF NELSO N PRESE NTS

VOLUM E FOUR

VOLUM E FOUR

OF NELSON PRESENTS SN

NELSON PRESENTS

www.marsdenhouse.co.n SN

You can find out about other reuse options on either Council’s website, tasman.govt.nz or nelson.govt.nz

GENERATIONS OF NELSON

GENERATIONS

Registrations must be in by 10.00 am, Friday 7 June so each Council can publish the list of addresses of people taking part on the website.

to net zero by 2050.

Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese says that the council supports bill.

“Nelsonians are all too aware of the impacts that climate change could have on our city and our country.

We have made climate change a major focus as part of our current annual plan and will continue to focus on what we can do now and into the future.

“Setting a legislative limit on global warming over the next 30 years will help us, and the rest of local government throughout New Zealand, make sure that action will occur on a national scale.”

GENERATIONS OF

Here’s your opportunity to re-home household goods!

On Second Hand Sunday, people can take away the stuff you don’t want for free!

How does it work?

The Nelson City Council is pleased the Government has introduced a bill to try and curb the effects of climate change.

Last week the Government introduced the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill which sets out a climate change plan for the next 30 years.

This includes a legally-binding objective of limiting climate change to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius within this time period.

The Government has also set a new emissions reduction target for all greenhouse gases, except methane,

z

se.co.nz

www.marsdenhou

THREE

THREE

This window was

designed and crafted

by JE (Jackie) MacDonald and building Richard (Artist), Assistant (Dick) Jones. Donated Craftsman Francis by the Day Family, H Day. Framing, Marsden House Trust. installing Dedicated on 25th August 2007.

installing Francis H Day. Framing, (Artist), Assistant Craftsman August 2007.

by JE (Jackie) MacDonald Dedicated on 25th designed and crafted Marsden House Trust.

This window was by the Day Family, (Dick) Jones. Donated and building Richard

Nile St, Nelson • 24hr Phone: 548 2770 • www.marsdenhouse.co.nz

Nelson Weekly

Feature

Locally Owned and Operated

Every few weeks we sit down with someone interesting doing something interesting. This week we meet Zoe Palmer who has had a huge year being a thorn in the side of the district health board.

Early last year she challenged the health board’s decision to change a youth mental health service.

Zoe’s petition gained thousands of signatures which she took to Parliament. Now she is looking to the next chapter.

What happened after you presented the petition to Parliament?

Well, the DHB decided to ignore it but now everything they do is under scrutiny and really it was just great to get people talking about mental health. And also getting young people interested in how decision-making works at the local and central government level.

Why did you put your hand up to become the figurehead for the petition?

I like people. I love people. I’ve got this weird thing that if I see something wrong, I want to try and help and fix it for other people.

I know that sound a bit lame.

Not at all. Did it turn out as you expected?

I never quite predicted exactly how it was going to turn out. It

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

15

Zoe Palmer is looking for people to interview for a new mental health book. Photo: Charles Anderson. all wrapped up in October. The DHB did take notice. So that was really positive.

What are you doing now?

Well, I totally failed high school and didn’t graduate but spent the summer snorkelling and mountain biking and riding my horse. I’m now working as an employment consultant - helping people with disabilities or health barriers to find work. It’s really cool. I love it.

But you have got another mental health project on the go?

I initially wanted to write a book

with young people telling their own stories, but I thought that everyone seems to be doing something like that. So, I thought ‘why not take it one step further and tell the stories of carers and whanau of people living with mental illness’. I think it’s really easy to feel alone when you are helping people with mental illness. Having a resource like that for someone like my mum or someone else’s mum would be really welcome, I think.

So, what’s the next step?

It’s finding interviewees. I have

people from my own circles, but I would love to find people outside of that and help be the medium to tell their stories.

What’s the most surprising thing that happened this year?

I won a Girl Boss award which was pretty cool. All I did was annoy the Government for a year and I was around all these young women who had done these amazing things. That was really surprising.

If you want to contact Zoe about her project, email zoepalmer77@ gmail.com

Local landscaper now building from inside to outside!

There’s been an exciting development at Green Business owners James and Gareth have over Hornet Landscaping – the masters at provid- 20 years of combined experience in landscaping ing innovative landscapes solutions for homes and project management throughout Nelson and businesses can now cover the full range of and New Zealand. building work as well! “We love working with Both have a meticulous eye for detail and will clients to bring new life to their outdoor spac- make sure you feel informed and involved dures, and what’s exciting is that we are no longer ing the process. “If you require any work done, you can contact us by Fajust doing landscaping,” cebook, phone or email, says James Maxwell who then we would set up a co-owns the business free consultation to rewith Gareth Allen. “We’ve view what’s involved, look now employed a licensed at some design processes, building practitioner and build up a quote and book have a team of qualified a time to do the work.” builders and landscapers, Green Hornet Landscapwhich means we can do ing specialise in hard/ restricted work and can construction landscapmanage council processes The team at Green Hornet Landscaping ing, offering services such and consents. So, we can are masters at landscaping and can now as: retaining walls, decks, do anything from interior cover the full range of building work. pergolas, paving, concrete renovations, construction (Adrian, Gareth, James) paths, planter boxes, stairs and exterior building and landscaping work – everything from inside to and steps and more. Green Hornet Landscaping also offers a range of soft landscaping services outside.”

James says they do a lot of commercial and such as lawns (seeded, ready lawn and even residential projects and have the capacity to artificial turf), irrigation, garden bed preparado a large volume of work from small builds to tion and planting, bark and stone mulch, gravel complicated plans. “We have a great network of paths and pads. For more information, phone suppliers and sub-contractors that we work with James on 022 197 9911 or visit www.greenhorand utilise late model vehicles and the best tools netlandscaping.co.nz. available for the job at hand”.

Business Update. Adv.

16

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Our Nelson

Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Our Nelson

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

17

18

Nelson Weekly

Feature

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

EDUCATION CArEErs AND

At the local YMCA, Executive Director Gary Cox says young people aged 16 to 19 years have the opportunity to participate in its free Y-Education programmes. “A lot of young people leave school unsure of what they want to do, but we provide a second chance to get their education and create a future for themselves,” says Gary. “At the YMCA we have chosen

a community pathway which allows young people to get NCEA Levels 1 and 2 and potentially go on to higher education or get a job they want rather than whatever they can get.” Gary says the YMCA is a values-based organisation which sees part of its role as an opportunity to develop good citizens and is not just a qualifications provider, so it has great team-

Become a nurse > NZ Certificate in Study and Career Preparation, Health pathway Start 22 July Study four days a week 9-3pm

Nursing students experience clinical practice in hospital and community settings Enrol now for study in February 2020.

ZERO FEES

Learn More - Earn More - Enroll Now!

• NZ Certificate in Automotive Engineering • NZ Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Class 2 and 4) • NZ Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Class 5 - Specialist Driver) • Youth Guarantee Courses Available Some conditions may apply

Boarding in Wellington Queen Margaret College is Wellington’s leading independent girls’ school.

nmit.ac.nz/nursing

www.qmc.school.nz

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

EDUCATION CArEErs

Apply online today:

www.nelsontech.ac.nz

Queen Margaret College is the only girls’ school in the lower North Island to offer a dual qualification pathway of either the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma or NCEA. We have a reputation for excellent academic results through both pathways.

Our school is small enough to ensure every girl is valued and nurtured to reach their full potential whilst being large enough to provide the choice of a diverse range of subjects. students are empowered to live, learn and lead throughout their school lives with access to opportunities in leadership, sport and cultural activities.

Leaving school? Didn’t complete NCEA? Gain your NCEA L1 and L2, while you’re at it, you can also complete the NZ Certificate in Foundation skills (L1), or check out the Automotive YG Programme. At Nelson Technical Institute they’re FrEE and can be started any time.

NTI also have great courses for 2018 including the NZ Certificate in Automotive Engineering, as well as the NZ Certificate in Commercial road Transport (Class 2 and 4) and NZ Certificate in Commercial road Transport (Class 5 specialist Driver), also FrEE, The team have a wealth of knowledge and experience to equip learners with the skills and qualifications they require for their future.

For industry, NTI still runs short, targeted courses in heavy trade licences and endorsements, basic fire and warden, and first aid. Classes are kept small to optimise delivery and

through courses such as ‘Digital Technology,’ ‘Apprenticeship and Qualification support,’ and ‘English Language (EsOL)’ tuition. Funded by the Tertiary Education Commission, businesses can create a programme from 8 custom models, covering anything from health and safety communication to running effective team meetings. Businesses can also refer employees to Literacy Aotearoa to start their own personalised learning programmes. For more information, visit www.literacy.org.nz.

Olivia Morrison, Software Engineering student at Victoria Olivia Morrison wasn’t initially sure University of Wellington. she would fit in with ‘typical’ engiare held in purpose-built class- interested in finding out more neers at Victoria University of Welrooms in the Wakatu Industrial about Garin College, an infor- lington. But the 20-year-old software Estate. Check them out, www. mation evening is being held Engineering student immediately nelsontech.ac.nz to learn more on Wednesday, July 25th from discovered her lecturers didn’t fit that about how Nelson Technical 7pm to 8:30pm. Enrolments mould.

Institute could work for you. close Friday, August 24th. For “Our tutors and lecturers are so pasmore information, phone 03 sionate about what they do, and they Known as “small school, Big 5439488 or visit www.garincolHeart,” Garin College is a lege.ac.nz unique, inclusive secondary school environment offering Literacy Aotearoa (formerly strong values-based education. Adult Learning support) helps The Catholic co-educational people improve their reading, college has the benefits of being writing, maths and computer a smaller school with its low skills, preparing people for emstudent to teacher ratios, while ployment or providing trainproviding a broad curriculum ing for those who are already which empowers all students in the workforce. research to learn and achieve personal suggests that one million Kiexcellence; this is reflected in wis don’t have the literacy and its consistent record for out- numeracy skills required for standing academic results and the modern workplace which scholarships. It also offers ex- affects productivity, efficiency cellent Arts, Outdoor Educa- and safety. Improving literacy tion and sports Programmes. and numeracy empowers peoThe teachers at Garin College ple to make positive changes in are all highly-regarded and en- their lives. Literacy Aotearoa thusiastic, and who educate the runs a range of free courses in whole person as God created: the Nelson-Tasman region inacademic, physical, spiritual, cluding work-fit courses, paremotional, social and creative, enting and life skills courses, while also focussing on de- etc., while also providing opveloping leadership skills and portunities for employees to building confidence. If you are improve their existing skills

GARIN COLLEGE

We offer boarding for girls Year 7–13 in our purpose built boarding facility, Queen Margaret House.

0800 788 391

oratory as well as teaching spaces. second year Bachelor of Nursing student, Emma Jonas, is currently in her fourth week of clinical placement, enabling her to put her theory learning into practice. “The CPU looks like a hospital, which makes it so much easier when you go into practice, because you feel comfortable in the environment.” says Emma.

To find out about studying the Bachelor of Nursing at NMIT, and to follow Emma’s journey, visit nmit. ac.nz/nursing

NMIT celebrates 45 Years of Nursing Education. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) celebrates 45 years of nurse education in 2019.

In 1974, when NMIT (then Nelson Polytechnic) had its first intake of 30 trainee nurses unQueen Margaret College der a pilot programme, is Wellington’s leading inQueen Margaret College is Wellington’s it was one of the first dependent girls’ school. leading independent girls’ school for technical institutes in Established in 1919, we Year 1–13, offering a boarding facility New Zealand to begin provide a world class eduand co-educational Preschool onsite. offering nursing educacation for girls Year 1–13 tion outside of the hospital- at NMIT Nelson Campus in- and have a co-educational based school system. Today, cludes high-tech mannequins Preschool onsite. In 2018 we nursing education is more stu- which can be programmed to opened our purpose-built dent-focused, interactive and simulate a wide range of health boarding facility, Queen Marmore time is spent in clinical conditions, a clinical practice garet House, offering accomplacement. The Clinical Prac- space with six hospital beds, a modation to international and tice Unit (CPU) located onsite biology and microbiology lab- domestic Year 9–13 students.

Be ready to take on degree study in 2020. > Bachelor of Nursing

Feature

Locally Owned and Operated

19

AND

building outdoor activities, the chance to study with like-minded people, one to one tuition and flexible, self-paced learning. To find out more, drop into YMCA Nelson or YMCA Motueka for a chat.

Ph: 544 7350

Nelson Weekly

teach everyone to be leaders. It’s so inspiring and makes you want to push yourself,” Olivia says. “I couldn’t even give a speech when I got here, but now I’m a mentor and a tutor as well.”

Being given the chance to intern as a front-end developer at BNZ over the summer provided her with the opportunity to apply the technical and soft skills she’s learnt and, despite feeling “really intimidated”, the chance to offer her perspective.

“It was an awesome experience. It turned out they love the University’s students and really wanted to hear my ideas,” she says. “I’m looking forward to future opportunities, and I’m really excited to find out what other companies the Faculty of Engineering can connect me with. I think my studies have really helped me develop a very positive attitude about the industry and its workplaces.”

35 Champion Rd, Richmond. Ph 03 543 9488 www.garincollege.ac.nz Ko te Whakapono Ko te Mātauranga Ko te ātua

Faith Knowledge/Education God

Garin College is a Catholic Co-educational College, based in Richmond, Nelson. we Consistently deliver • Outstanding Academic Results and Scholarships • Benefits of a Smaller College - “Small School, Big Heart” • Outstanding Arts, Outdoor Education and Sports Programmes • Highly regarded, enthusiastic, quality teachers • Strong values based education • Students and Staff who respect our inclusive culture • A safe place to learn, to grow, to share, to contribute We welcome your interest and enrolment.

For more information go to www.garincollege.ac.nz or contact Marianne at Garin College on +64 03 5439488 Email: achieve@garincollege.ac.nz

Enrol now for 2020 and bEyond

INFORMATION EVENING

victoria.ac.nz/information-evenings

NELSON

6 pm, Wednesday 12 June Rutherford Hotel Trafalgar Square Nelson

20

Nelson Weekly

Arts

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

ARTS

Locally Owned and Operated

Marcel’s big sky thinking Charles Anderson

The image Marcel captured last week of Late Rotoiti. Photo: Marcel Messemaker.

Marcel Messemaker has always been a bit obsessed with space.

After all, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on his second birthday.

“Since then I have felt this connection.”

So, it felt like a natural progression for the photography enthusiast to turn his camera skyward. It just took Marcel 30 years to start doing it.

“I’m comfortable at night time,” the Atawhai resident says. “I like the dark and I like the cold, so it sort of made sense.”

Two weeks ago, he headed out to St Arnaud with his tripod, camera and wide-angled lens.

He wanted to get away from the city’s light pollution, soon after

Marcel Messemaker a new moon when the sky is at its darkest.

Then he set up his operation overlooking Lake Rotoiti, with its iconic pontoon in the foreground. And he waited.

The result has blown some people away – the sprawling milky way lit up like a firework.

“It can make you feel appreciative that everything can happen on our planet or it can make you feel insignificant.”

For Marcel, he just gets “a sense of awesomeness”.

The draughtsman for CGW Consulting Engineers is on a computer all day, but photography is his passion.

“I’m one of those people who asked their parents to have a go with their camera from when I was eight years old. I just get really excited about capturing something so awesome and huge.

But he also likes photographing the minutiae of life – getting up close and personal with creepy crawlies in his garden.

With his night photography, he is adamant anyone can do it.

“It’s pretty easy, all you need is a digital SLR camera with a lens that will let in enough light.

Anyone can do that.”

h t n o M t s o p m o C t r a t s May is Kick For May only, Nelson City and Tasman District Councils are increasing their compost subsidy from $20 to $30 (inc gst). Subsidy coupons can be used with participating retailers for compost bins, worm farms, worms or bokashi buckets.

, 'How to compost Roadshows

Check out the Council’s Facebook page for news, tips and spot prizes about Kickstart Compost Month. let’s get food waste out of the bin and grow great plants and food instead!

• Bunnings Warehouse Saturday 11 May, 11.30am – 1.30pm

Participating retailers Compost / worm bin retailers Bunnings Warehouse 76 Saxton Road West, Stoke Ecoland / Organic Co-op 31 Vanguard Street, Nelson

• Mitre 10 Mega Saturday 4 May, 1.30 – 3.30pm

The Warehouse Motueka 270 High Street, Motueka

Ecoland / Organic Co-op 31 Vanguard Street, Nelson

The Warehouse Nelson 23 St Vincent Street, Nelson

Bay Landscapes 135 Gladstone Rd, Richmond

Bokashi retailers

Local providers of worms

Golden Bay Hammer Hardware 4a Commercial Street, Takaka

Bunnings Warehouse 76 Saxton Road West, Stoke

Mitre 10 Mega Motueka 235 High Street, Motueka

Julie’s Compost Shop compostshop.co.nz

Mitre 10 Mega Nelson 99 Quarantine Road, Annesbrook

Mitre 10 Mega Nelson 99 Quarantine Road, Annesbrook

Bokashi Boost Available at Nelson Saturday Market and other events

• Mitre 10 Mega Saturday 18 May, 1.30 – 3.30pm • Bunnings Warehouse Saturday 25 May, 11.30am – 1.30pm

$30 subsidy coupons are valid for purchases through participating retailers in May only. Conditions apply, see coupon for details.

Nelson Weekly

Arts

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

21

The Garin College team who won Showquest Nelson on Friday. Photo: Supplied.

Garin takes out Showquest Staff Reporter

Garin College took out the Nelson Showquest at Trafalgar Centre on Friday in the second regional event of the nationwide performing arts event for schools.

Local teens captured the spirit of the event in themes that are important to them, from global warming to the effect of the recent fires on the local community.

Garin College themed their piece

around deep-sea mining with student co-captain Ayden Slade saying that performing was a big learning experience.

“Winning was a huge wave of emotions, we didn’t think we’d get everything done in time,” the 17-year-old says. “I have learned that some things just don’t go our way, but if we just keep treading through then we will get there in the end, and there is evidence of that today.”

Teams in the competitive section were judged overall on their design, performance, movement, and theme.

Showquest is being staged this year in Whangarei, Nelson, Invercargill, Christchurch, Napier, Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Hamilton and Tauranga. A national final will name the top entry nationwide in September.

The full list of Showquest awards

for the Nelson region is: 1st Place: Garin College 2nd Place: Waimea College 3rd Place: Waimea Intermediate Costume Award: Waimea Intermediate Props Award: Garin College Video Wall Award: Birchwood School Theme Award: Granity School Drama Award: Nelson College Music Soundtrack Award: Garin College

Lighting Award: Waimea Intermediate Live Music Award: Waimea College Choreography Award: Waimea College Outstanding Rangatahi Award: Michael Love from Nelson College Tikanga Award: Waimea Intermediate Wearable Art Award: Garin College

22

Mall Chat Congratulations to all our Mother’s Day winners – we hope that all our Mother’s had an amazing day!

Queen for a Day Look out for our Queen for a Day promotion starting next week for a chance to win a day of pampering worth over $1000.

We have some very exciting news to share. Three new tenants coming to Richmond Mall.

The Cheesecake Shop opening mid–June The new store will be opening next to Westpac.

Visit the store to enjoy delicious Cheesecakes, Mudcakes, Tortes, Celebration Cakes, Gluten Free Cakes, Desserts, Custom Cakes and more…

Nelson Weekly

Arts

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

Welcome to the power portal Review by Pam Henson Nelson artist Josephine Cachemaille wants people to have fun with her latest work of art.

You can see Power Portal - We Feel You in the first room at the Suter gallery this week.

If you forget the name, don’t worry. It’s the black and white tent on the floor in the middle of the room.

If you take off your shoes you can crawl into the tent and lie down with your head on a comfortable bolster. You can poke your head, or a limb, through one of the circular holes in the tent walls and wave at people passing by.

You can play peek-a-boo with toddlers out of the various apertures. You can look through the spaces in the tent walls at the other works of art hung more conventionally on the Suter walls. The artist was thrilled to see people romping about and playing in her tent at the recent exhibition opening.

Josephine wants to break

down the barrier between conceptual art and art made for the pleasure of looking at it. When I see a tent I think of camping, the Occupy movement and North American Indians, but Josephine assured me her tent is unrelated specifically to any of those.

However, her aim is to stop people being afraid of having “the wrong attitude” to art.

Any personal response is OK with her.

She works with space, generally calling her works installations. She likes to use gallery spaces in unusual ways so that the art works interact with each other, and so that people can walk around and have a sensuous engagement with the art objects. Her idea of an art exhibition exists in a slightly different universe from the formal placing of separate art works more common in galleries.

Another unusual aspect of this artist’s work is her belief in the liveliness of natural and made objects. She loves $2

Josephine Cachemaille’s Power Portal - We Feel You is exhibiting at the Suter Gallery. Photo: Charles Anderson . shops for the unpredictable discoveries they can offer and the relationships she can make between bought and found items in her art. In its title, We Feel You, her tent displays her credo that objects have a spirit of their own.

The use of found, already made, objects in Josephine’s art defies the accepted wisdom that an artist must display conventional skills such as drawing and sculpting. In this sense her art is non-hierarchical: she doesn’t use traditionally

BAND

Mobile Fun opening mid-July You will find Mobile Fun near the food court next to EB Games.

Air Force The

TANK opening late July Bringing delicious, healthy and fresh smoothies, juices, salads and wraps to Richmond Mall.

Opening in the corner store by our Queen St Entrance near our Information Desk.

Belinda Cnr of Queen, Croucher & Talbot St’s, Richmond • Ph: 544 6259 • www.richmondmall.co.nz

On Tour 2019 Monday 20 May Theatre Royal, Nelson

Tickets available from Ticket Direct

accepted materials.

Josephine wants to expand the range of what people consider art and what are acceptable responses to art.

Patriarchal traditions in art don’t appeal to her; she proposes an enchantment with the world, a belief in the magic of objects, a feeling for the witchery of women’s art.

Power Portal - We Feel You is touring New Zealand as part of the Wallace Award Finalists Exhibition, and you can see it at the Suter Gallery on Bridge Street until June 9.

Nelson Weekly

Sport

Sport Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

23

www.shuttersport.co.nz

Nelson’s running doctor scores world-first Suzanne McFadden of Newsroom.co.nz As a junior doctor, Katie Wright is completely used to working long hours through the night, making decisions on little sleep.

So, when the 32-year-old lined up at the start of New Zealand’s cruellest ultramarathon two weeks ago – a race that didn’t even have a finish-line - she felt confident she could last the distance. Maybe even win it.

After running 201km, almost non-stop for 30 hours, Katie was back at work at Nelson Hospital on Monday morning.

“I’ve been trained by the NHS,” English-born Katie says of the UK’s National Health Service. “They definitely work you till you drop.”

She had just made history - as the first woman in the world to be the ‘last person standing’ in a backyard ultramarathon. She’d outlasted six other women, and 40 men, running on a challenging course through the Riverhead Forest to claim the honour.

And tucked in a secret pocket in her jacket was a special gold coin - the golden ticket giving her entry to the world championship of backyard ultras, in Tennessee in October.

After 201km, Katie Wright finally crossed the finish-line of the New Zealand’s most brutal ultramarathon. Photo: Kunal Kumar.

Back at work, Katie is typically humble about her achievement.

“I can’t even comprehend that. It’s crazy,” she says, in an interview with Dirt Church Radio.

So, did she suddenly see herself as a trailblazer for female endurance runners?

“In years to come, and hopefully not that many years with more women coming into the sport, then I fully expect it’s going to become an everyday occurrence.”

This was a woman who had no training plan, no special diet or hi-tech gear, and ran her first ultramarathon just six months ago.

The rules of the Riverhead ‘Backyard Relaps’ ultramarathon is simple: complete one 6.7km lap within an hour, and then restart again on the hour, and repeat until there’s only one runner left standing.

Katie, who came to live in New Zealand a year ago, was the first woman in the world to actually achieve it.

“I’d just seen photos, and it looked pretty beautiful.”

She initially worked in emergency medicine at Blenheim Hospital, but “popped over the hill” to Nelson Hospital seven weeks

ago to get some experience in psychiatry.

Katie grew up in the town of Windsor in south-east England, and although she was relatively sporty, she was “never particularly good – always on the B team or the reserve”.

A few years after graduating from medical school, Katie decided to run around Wales - around the coastline and border of the entire nation.

Katie ran her first 100km ultramarathon race in Taupo last October.

When she saw the notice for

this year’s inaugural Riverhead backyard ultra, Katie thought it looked right up her alley.

“I didn’t need a training plan to train for it. My standard run is to put on my backpack, fill it with a load of stuff and go run for a weekend, at a four-and-a-bit mile an hour pace,” she says.

In some laps she would have only five minutes rest before heading off again. Caffeine, adrenaline and her micro-naps kept her going.

And then the final man failed to finish the 29th lap in time. Katie was so thrilled that she’d won, she kept on running.

“I decided to go out and do another lap. I’m pretty stubborn,” she says.

Putting on her doctor’s coat, Katie believes women are biologically suited to endurance events.

“We’re biologically built to withstand labour for X number of hours,” she says. “I think it just takes women actually getting the chance to be involved in sports, and having the mental fortitude to say, ‘Actually, you know what?

We can do this’.”

This article first appeared in the LockerRoom section of Newsroom.co.nz, and is republished with permission.

Attention all local schools and parents

Our mission is to provide free school and sports footwear to children in need aged between 5 and 13 years of age in the Nelson/Tasman region.

Nelson Tasman has its very own charity putting shoes on our young people.

The Trustees of Walk with Us Trust are all local women whose aim it is to make sure that no child in our region ever goes to school or plays sport without fit-for-purpose shoes or boots. Children select their own shoe or boot under the guidance of our local suppliers - Whitwell’s Motueka, Stirling Sport Richmond and Nelson, Smith’s Shoes, Nelson and Number One Shoes. These stores have been providing shoes and boots to Walk with Us children since 2013. Parents can choose which store they go to, but the child must be present when the shoes or boots are fitted and purchased for them.

The Walk with Us Trustees need your help to spread the word so that schools and sports clubs know that they can apply for funding on behalf of local children.

The Trustees would like to Shout-out to all primary and intermediate school teachers or sports coaches that if they know of a child who needs new shoes or sports boots, simply ask the child’s school principal for an application form or call Anne-Marie on 027 544 8255 or email: walkwithusnz@gmail. com Any child between the ages of 5 and 13 years, whose parents may be struggling financially, qualifies to apply. Put your hand up, Walk with Us is here to help.

Shout-out to all local schools and parents of primary school students.

If there is a need, your child may qualify for a pair of sports boots/shoes or school shoes. Simply apply through your local school principal.* The application process is simple and confidential. Show this advert to your school office administrator or ask them to call Anne Marie on 027 544 8255 or email walkwithusnz@gmail. com for an application form.

‘Walk with Us’ is Charitable Trust registered under the Charities Act 2005 - Charities Commission #CC49440. *Conditions may apply.

Walk with Us Trustees, front row: Anne-Marie Teece, Jill Taylor, Sarze Kay, Jenny Bates.

Back row: Sue Cross, Carol Shirley, Helen Ruston, Janet Taylor. Business Update. Advt.

24

Nelson Weekly

Sport

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Prices bounce back Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

A couple of low scoring and closely fought contests kicked off round two of the Nelson Premier Netball competition at Saxton Stadium last week.

Defending champions Prices Ahurei bounced back from its loss last week to hold off a spirited Stoke side 38-35.

After easing out to a comfortable 13-8 lead following the first quarter, Stoke came storming back in the second to trail by

just three at half-time.

Goal shoot Charlotte Etheridge had a bruising battle throughout with Holly Chandler, who was again sensational inside the circle.

Kayla Rasmussen was busy for Stoke at wing attack while Lauren Chaney and Lydia Swaney continue to shine in their debut seasons in black.

The game was on a knife edge in the third as Stoke reduced the deficit to just one until some energy from the bench in the form of Katelyn Gardiner and a few clutch goals from Chealsea Reed sealed the win for Prices.

LIQUID LAUNDROMATS

Meanwhile, a similar story played out in the clash of the colleges with Nelson racing out to 12-5 lead before Motueka found its rhythm.

Led by centre Tagan Stringer, the newly promoted Motueka looked to have adjusted to premier netball and began to stem the tide as the teams would trade several turnovers.

At 34-32 with fifteen minutes to play, Nelson College for Girls needed its seniors to stand up and Chloe Webb and Scarlett Powell answered the call.

The dynamic duo showed all

Locally Owned and Operated

their experience as they controlled possession and the pace to close out a gutsy 48-42 victory.

In the evening’s later games, Jacks OPD went two from two to kick off its campaign with a 50-23 win over RichmondF45 while newcomers Stoke SPORTWISE also registered its second win of the season after

edging Waimea College 40-34.

Results: Prices Ahurei 38 def Stoke NBS 35 Jacks OPD 50 def Richmond 23 Nelson College for Girls 48 def Motueka High 42 Stoke SPORTWISE 40 def Waimea College 34

selF seRViCe

NelsoN City - 147 toi toi street 561 Main Rd, stoke (next to Mobil) 7 DAyS: 5am-11pm WAsH & DRy All yoUR lAUNDRy iN ABoUt 1 HoUR

DRy UP to 3 loADs iN ONLY 25 MINUTES! $4 sAVe tiMe & eleCtRiCity

$4.00 WAsH - $4.00 DRy Wash 2 Mink Blankets, Duvets or Woolrests for only $8

• Fast Dryers • Sports Gear • Duvets • Mink Blankets • Bedding • Washers • Domestic Laundry

Stoke’s Kayla Rasmussen in action during her side’s loss to Prices at Saxton Stadium tonight. Photo: Jonty Dine.

www.liquidlaundromats.co.nz

t a d n a l h s a r c l l i w Hawks ! m u i d a t the s NELSON GIANTS vs TAYLOR HAWKS 7pm THURSDAY 16th MAY

www.basketball.org.nz

TICKET SALES

• Door Sales on the night through Ticket Direct.

Ticket Direct Outlets: • I Site Nelson, Motueka, Blenheim & Picton • Repertory Theatre, Nelson • School of Music, Nelson • Richmond Mall Information Centre www.ticketdirect.co.nz

www.giants.nz #landofthegiants

Nelson Weekly

Sport

Locally Owned and Operated

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

25

SportS

Basketball: Finn Delany is starting to shine in Serbia with an impressive outing in FMP’s win over Borac Cacak in the second round of the Serbian KLS. Delany led all scorers in the game with 18 points, shooting an impressive 80per cent to go along with seven rebounds and three assists as his side registered an 8969 win over Borac. This week sees FMP face off against traditional Serbian powerhouse club, KK Crvena Zvezda. Giants fans will be hopeful Delany can return to Nelson in time for the end of the season, but at this stage, it remains unclear if this will happen.

Nayland College beach volleyballer Sophie Young is off to California. Photo: Jonty Dine.

Beach volleyballer California bound Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

After conquering the country’s best, Nelson beach volleyballer Sophie Young is now setting her sights on the world.

The Nayland College star has been selected in the New Zealand junior women’s beach volleyball team which will head to California in July.

The year 13 student already has a national title under her belt after she and partner Greta Stjade took out the secondary school nationals at Mount Manganui in

February.

She will now embark on a tour with 15 young volleyballers to one of the sport’s international hot spots.

Sophie only took up beach volleyball as a hobby during the indoor off-season.

The 17-year-old says the sport was just “something to do in summer” with Greta when she transferred to Nelson from Latvia.

However, she will be without her partner in crime in California.

“I don’t know who I will be playing with yet or if I’ll be playing with the same person

the whole time, but I just want to get as much as I can.”

Sophie says a partner with a similar or complementing skillset is crucial.

“You have to communicate well together, know each other’s skills and balance each other out.”

She is hopeful of a teammate to emulate the success she and Greta had earlier this year.

“Greta was an outside hitter and I am more of a setter, so I feel like that combination works well.”

The New Zealand side will compete in four different tournaments over four days from July 5-19.

Following this hectic schedule, Sophie will then shift focus to an indoor schools’ tournament in Hawaii less than a month later.

“It will be pretty full on.”

Sophie has yet to fully commit herself to one discipline or the other as she hopes to increase her chances of landing a university scholarship in America.

The trip will serve as the perfect way to introduce herself to the county.

“I’m also looking forward to playing on some amazing beaches by the city and experiencing a bit of American culture.”

20

mad butcher $

FAMILY VALUE PACK 1KG DRUMSTICKS - 1KG MINCE - 1KG FRESH SAUSAGES

CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

3

$ .99 kilo

Only

1

WHOLE BEEF FILLETS (FROZEN)

.99 19 kilo

$

Only

1

1

BEEF & PORK CHICKEN FRESH SAUSAGES MARYLAND PIECES

5

$ .99 kilo

Only

OFFERS AVAILABLE UNTIL SUNDAY 19 MAY OR WHILE STOCKS LAST

201 SONGER STREET STOKE - 547 8454 Open 7am-7pm 7 days a week

5

$ .99 kilo

Only

26

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Stihl ShoP MaRine

s w e N g n i h s Fi Fun with the club Sue Hawkins

body and share in that comradery of the club.

Being recreational fisherpersons This year my son and grandwe have been members of the daughter joined us. Sam loves to Dawnbreakers Fishing Club for come out for a fish and doesn’t the last five years. Social days have mind the early mornings, learnprovided a relaxed environment ing how to cast a lure and wind to meet and build on friendships in a fish. For her, boating up to and share banter over a drink. We French Pass was a first and she have picked up many tips on fish- enjoyed catching some nice sized ing, what hooks or cod, then back to lures to use, how the bay to catch to set your line for snapper. We look the environment forward to many you are in and also years of enjoyhow to safely rement. Go Sam. lease your fish and We end the year monthly speakers with our annual have always proprize giving dinner vided great knowlon the 15th June, edge. which is always This snapper enjoyed by all. season has been There are lots of great, with good prizes up for grabs, sizes being caught scored by points throughout. The being accumulated one thing the club during the year. does promote, is Whether you are take only what you a competitive fishneed, so we ensure erman or just enthe future for our joy being on the children to enjoy water, this club the sport of fishing. offers something for everybody, But do remember, Sammy with two nice from young famiif fishing at depth, snapper. lies to the older the fish will probably not survive if released, so keep members, for land based, kayak, boat, spearfishing or dive memit and take only what you need.

We recently had our O’Kiwi Bay bers. The fishing club has ticked weekend, where about 10 fami- all our boxes, from meeting new lies and extras enjoying the good people, making new friendships weather, fishing, a bbq, drinks to increasing that knowledge and and shared stories of the day. It learning new fishing techniques. was nice to see new members, If you are interested in finding travelling from Nelson without out more about our club, visit our even fishing to get to know every- website www.dawnbreakers.co.nz

Nelson Weekly

Sport

Locally Owned and Operated

Suburbs kick off campaign with win Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Following its historic run in 2018, Nelson Suburbs has made a perfect start to its Chatham Cup campaign with a dominant 6-0 win over FC Nelson on Sunday.

The local rivals met in the opening round of the prestigious national tournament, with hopes high for the Suburbs side after being knocked out in the semi-finals last season.

A first half hat-trick from Suburb’s star Cameron Gordon assured the result in atrocious conditions at Saxton Fields.

Gordon would net his first with just two minutes gone as

OuR LOCaLS piCk tHeiR WinneRS

Round 14 Brigitta Young 54/86

K I TC H E N & B A R

Jon Routhan 54/86

Grant Chaney 54/86

Peter Grigg 53/86

Ali Granger 53/86 Jonty Dine 52/86

Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Aun Cheah 51/86

Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Michael Lash 50/86

James Lash 50/86

25% OFF!

Brought to you by: CLOTHING Hunting & Fishing puffer jacket range from $99.99!!

Fishing gear from Deep Blue, Outboards from Mercury

Brodie Bell 50/86

Vern Mardon 49/86

Stihl Shop Marine Richmond 62 Gladstone Rd, Richmond Ph 544 6120 Leupold Yosemite 10X30 binocular was $329.99 now $249.99!

Riverworks Primax wader RRP $179.99 now $99.99!

Reliable Motors, Safe Boats

Daniel Grimshaw scored the game’s only goal to see his side advance to the next round.

Scorers: Suburbs 6 (Cameron Gordon 3, Ben Wright 2, William Tucker 1) def FC Nelson 0 Tahuna 1 (Daniel Grimshaw) def Central FC 0 Meanwhile, Suburbs development and Nelson College both registered wins in the division one football competition.

Suburbs edged past their opponents by a solitary goal while College hammered Wakefield 5-0.

Results: Suburbs 3 def Richmond 2 Nelson College 5 def Wakefield 0

Super ruGBY TippinG

Installed Solutions

Nelson and Richmond Open 7 Days

Suburbs shot out of the blocks early to stun FC. The visitors defended strongly for the remainder of the first, Suburbs taking until the 42nd minute to score a second.

However, Gordon then made it 3-0 in the final minute of the half.

The English striker now has eleven goals to his name since joining the side at the start of the season.

William Tucker added another in the second before Ben Wright bagged a brace with a final goal in the 92nd minute to complete the one-sided scoreline.

Tahuna would also make a winning start to its Chatham Cup run with a hard fought 1-0 win over Central SC at Athletic Park in Blenheim.

Life & Disability Insurance

Blair Riley 48/86

Brad McNeill 47/86 Johnston Associates South Chartered Accountants

Johnston Associates South Chartered Accountants

Hurricanes vs Jaguares

Rebels vs Bulls

Blues vs Chiefs

Reds vs Waratahs

Lions vs Highlanders

Stormers vs Crusaders

Nelson Weekly

Sport

27

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Mammoth Marist man’s big run Locally Owned and Operated

2 cons) Elsewhere, Nelson got its season back on track with a crushing win over Renwick.

Wanderers also keep its playoff hopes alive with a 33-22 win over East Coast while Stoke hammered Moutere and Central edged Kahurangi.

Results: Marist 34 def Waitohi 25 Nelson 43 def Renwick 7 Stoke 67 def Moutere 10 Wanderers 33 def East Coast 22 Central 27 def Kahurangi 19

Jonty Dine Reporter

jonty@nelsonweekly.co.nz

the likes of Manu Vatuvei and Konrad Hurrell, Teu now emulates the more traditional skills of All Blacks props Joe Moody and Owen Franks.

The 21-year-old says his scrummaging has come a long way thanks to the tutelage of Marist coach Gavin Briggs.

“In my first year I didn’t win many scrums, I knew nothing about technique.”

The loosehead says his side’s unbeaten run can be attributed to the close bond in the Marist side.

Weekly Puzzles

Across 1 Matter-of-fact (7) 5 deadlock (7) 9 Endeavour (7) 10 System of printing for the blind (7) 11 Vestige (5) 12 A hard-to-handle issue (3,6) 13 Be understandable (4,5) 15 A financial interest (5) 16 Shabby-looking (5) 18 declaration of political policy (9) 414 Hard Sudoku 8 9 7 6 5 3

2 7

“We are all willing to play for each other.”

Teu was invited to train with the Tasman squad in 2017 and says getting a taste of the Mako environment made him hungry for more.

He says he wants to crack the squad again this season but faces stiff competition.

“There are a lot of good props, so it will not be an easy challenge.”

The bruising battle against Waimea took a toll on Marist who lost three key forwards to injury Teu, Te Puhoe Stephens and Taina Fox-

7 9 5 6 4 3 7 4 1 5 5 6 7 9 2 6 1

Across contd.

21 Cognisance (9) 24 A championship in sport (5) 25 Relax one’s hold (5,2) 26 Eager to equal (7) 27 To tussle (7) 28 Heighten (7)

Puzzle 2206 1

Answers next week

32m2 First floor office/studio Duncan House $4,800 + GST pa 29.5m2 2 room studio Railway Cottage $4,430 + GST pa 35m2 First floor studio/workshop Baigent Workshop $4,400 + GST pa 13.5m2 Small first floor office rear of Hop Museum $2140 + GST pa Proposals to be received no later than noon 7 June 2019.

Lease commencement date 1 September 2019.

© Gemini Crosswords 2012 All rights reserved

2

3

4

5

9

6

7

8

19

20

10

11

12

13

14

16

down 1 Illusory (7) 2 Australian bush country (7) 3 Without purpose (9) 4 Hidden disadvantage (5) 5 Intermediate (2-7) 6 Softly, in music (5) 7 Pale seedless raisin (7) 8 Something visually offensive (7) 14 Most important (6,3) 15 Person easily imposed on (4,5) 16 Superficial (7) 17 Originate (7) 19 Record in writing (3,4) 20 Supervise (7) 22 Bring to bear (5) 23 Blockade of defended place (5)

49m2 Ground floor studio at rear of Nelson Mail Printery Includes basic bathroom & kitchenette. $6,900 + GST pa

Matamua, who were all out of Saturdays game.

However, the under-strength Marist side proved why it remains unbeaten in 2019 with an impressive 34-25 win over Waitohi.

The green machine showed it has enough depth in the ranks to survive a late comeback from the top placed Blenheim side.

Scorers: Marist 34 (Sami, Spowart, Stevenson, Tau’alupe, Taylor, Hawkey 1 con, Robinson 1 pen 2 cons) Waitohi 25 (Taylor, Bovey, Fangatua tries, Bovey 2 pens

17

15

18

21

22

23

25

26

27

28

1 9 3 6 7 2 5 8 4

8 6 2 9 5 4 1 3 7

4 7 5 3 1 8 9 6 2

2 8 1 5 4 7 6 9 3

6 4 7 1 3 9 2 5 8

5 3 9 8 2 6 7 4 1

3 2 6 4 9 1 8 7 5

7 5 8 2 6 3 4 1 9

9 1 4 7 8 5 3 2 6

24

Puzzle 2205

Clues

One page proposal sought for studio vacancies within Founders Heritage Park.

Contact Sarah Newman-Watt for critical selection criteria details 03 548 2649, founderspark@ncc.govt.nz

Marist prop Teu Sami in action during the E’stel Tasman Trophy. Photo: Barry Whitnall/ Shuttersport.

Sudoku 414 Easy

Your

TO LET

Last week’s solutions

Watching prop Teu Sami sprint 80m, outpacing a winger and fullback on his way to the try-line, you’d be forgiven for thinking he was wearing the wrong number on his jersey.

The mammoth Marist man scored the sensational try against fellow table-toppers Waimea Old Boys earlier this month, helping the green machine maintain its perfect record to start the season.

Standing at 6’1” and weighing almost 120kg, Teu is already a daunting prospect to tackle, let alone in full flight, and proved impossible to bring down as he eyed the line.

“I felt someone breathing down my neck, I didn’t think I was going to make it, but I did, just.”

He says he was running on pure adrenaline which was “exhilarating”.

Teu is no stranger to the tryline, having previously played winger in rugby league.

He was even on the radar of the Melbourne Storm before shifting his focus to one code.

The former Nelson College student says the decision was made after seeing a clearer career pathway in rugby.

Having grown up idolising

A I M L E S S

C T A A K E T C O A V E H A R A G R O P G A M E R R D E A

I O D E D I E T Y E A D F T V E R N A L D L

N O

D A G S O G A T S Y P G H O N O N E

D E R E E A M O U P L P B L A I N E

V I N F T E B R I D O R T I R M P L A I F R

S C U P U A S P O T I I I D G E N E S I T M L A I R L O A L L Y A A U R E L M T O S T Y

Classifieds auCtion

Wanted to Buy BUYING NOW

EQUIPMENT & TOOL AUCTION to be held on

SATURDAY 18th MAY at 10.30am at

1358 UPPER MOUTERE HIGHWAY VIEWING: Friday Noon-5pm, Sat from 8.30am PHOTOS: On website.

ABSENTEE & PHONE BIDS WELCOME

13 NEW ST, NELSON | P. 546 8890 Opposite back entrance to Warehouse Stationery

www.lipscombeauctionhouse.co.nz

auCtion

for sale

Nelson Weekly

Classifieds

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

FIREARMS/ AMMUNITION Garage items, tools & estates. Also buying vintage & antique items Ph Tim Gladstone 5485235 / 0800 653935

Wanted to Buy BUYING TOOLS, SHED GEAR, COLLECTABLES Hand tools, workshop tools, garden tools.

Also, antiques and collectables of any sort.

Large or small lots Estate & downsizing specialist.

Top Prices - Cash Paid

psyCHiC

Classified deadline - 5pm friday

pH 548 5900 sales@nelsonweekly.co.nz

mediation

Psychic Suzanne readings Ph 0900 50 500 3.99/min www.psychicsuzanne.co.nz

New to area. Readings with Hara. Artist, and writer. House blessings. Hour reading 80, half hour 40, email 20. Contact me on hara131014@gmail.com or www.haranz.com or 02108189942.

mindfulness

In Loving Memory of...

bee

Sturrock & Greenwood Ltd

Leonard `Tampy’ White passed away 12/1/81 aged 74 years, both passed away in Nelson. Beloved and cherished parents of Marilyn (Lee) Charlett and husband Max. Much loved grandparents of Brett, Scott and Tracey and great grandies Georgia, Deegan, Aaron, Liam, Tre^.

We miss you, we love you, and in our hearts you will be forever. ... MIZPAH ...

Announcements It’s FREE!

email: sales@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Lois elsie After a very long struggle with dementia, our beautiful Mum, Nana, Great Nana and carer of many, has passed away in the arms of her loved ones on Monday 6th May. Peace at last. Safe in Jehovah’s memory

Tasman Swim Club Annual General Meeting Saxton Netball Pavillion Sunday 26 May - 1pm All members welcome

 Extensive Range  Sound Advice  Helpful, Friendly Staff  Locally Manufactured  Factory Direct Prices

• Full design and build • Full after sales back up • Extensive range of leading brands available

SERVICING NELSON FOR OVER 60 YEARS

Call NOW!

03 546 9219

www.sturrockandgreenwood.co.nz Builder

sales@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Builder

Builder / Handyman • Fences • Decks • House Repairs • Doors • Flatpack Kitchens • Concrete / paving • Landscaping

Building Repair and Construction maintenance, commercial fitout, decks, fences and hard landscaping

catering

cleaning

Builder

carpet laying

cars Wanted

Carpet Laying

AUTOWRECK NELSON

Servicing Nelson/Tasman • Decking • Fencing • Home Improvements • Property Maintenance • Qualified with 10yrs Experience

• New & Second Hand • Repairs • Restretching

Having a party or a wedding?

Call us for all your requirements. www.gourmetcatering.co.nz

Ph 027 667 2837

Gourmet Catering Nelson

digger & truck hire

braNds

• Cleaning • Decluttering • House organising • Gardening Marcia Higgs Clutter Buster

546 7134 or 027 249 8893

dynamic Balancing

decking

electrician

To contact us call or email:

electrician

Innovative electrical solutions

to let

Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Like us on

TAHUNANUI At Penton Way Imac 3 dble bdrm home New Kitchen & Bathrm 2 Heatpumps, HRV Sunny Deck, Dble garage Ref rqd (No dogs) Rent $480 pw Bob-marg@slingshot.co.nz Or phone 544 0441 022 079 8835 (no txts)

Sandy D Dressmaking

Now at 56 Tukuka Street electrician

Domestic & Commercial Wiring Maintenance & Repairs Registered Electricians

021 740 402

Ph: 021 482 088 or 542 2328

duncanelectrical@gmail.com

www.rowandronelectrical.co.nz 15d McGlashen Ave, Richmond

Breaking News Things to do Events Walk/Cycle Tracks Weather

Proud to be Nelson owned and operated

dressmaking

PV Solar expert

situations VaCant SECURITY - Junior Technician/Trainee. An opportunity is now available for the right individual to join our progressive and innovative Electronic Security Department in Nelson. We specialise in the commercial, government and corporate sectors. Core duties will involve installing and servicing nurse call systems, intrusion alarm systems, access control and CCTV systems for our clients in the Nelson / Tasman region. The successful applicant will be highly motivated with a positive and outgoing attitude. Experience in Nurse call systems and electronic security an advantage. Experience or knowledge of computers, Routers, IP Networks and IT infrastructure an advantage. Current drivers licence is essential. Please contact mike.allen@aoteasecurity.co.nz

CARS VANS UTES TRUCKS

Ltd

Residential 03 545 1993

stoke school 601 main Rd, stoke

$$ CASH PAID $$ *

We are LocaL!

Mobile

stamp sales & displays FRee stamps for kids

CBD

Phone: 548 2554 or 027 5484 524

Small Job Specialist Punctual and Professional Gold Card Discount

sat 18 may 10am - 4pm

carpet & Vinyl

Eveningwear Daywear Weddings Children’s wear Soft furnishings Alterations

JOHN DUNCAN

situations VaCant

www.nelsonbuilder.co.nz

*Conditions apply

bruce.leahy@hotmail.com

Nelson at ELECTRICAL your fingertips... design

Ph: 027 244 8870 A/h: 547 1389

022 024 8914

021 025 16646

puBliC notiCe

For quotes call Ross

FREE REMOVAL

Phone Bruce on

concreting

New Homes & BuildiNgs ReNovatioNs aNd alteRatioNs PlaNs aNd CoNseNt

Now at

PRomPt SeRviCe

Contact the manager on mob 027 451 8907 or (03) 547 2242

Plymouth Contracting Ltd

59 Quarantine Rd, Nelson Phone : 03 547 4567

Builder

Pamela Joy (Pam) nee Freeman

Builder

Builder

Quality workmanship guaranteed Richard 021 118 1183 or 545 2298 marblepoint@xtra.co.nz

We’ve Moved!

29

PH 548 5900

Materials at Trade Cost

SPECIALIST HEAT PUMP INSTALLATIONS & REPAIR TEAM

bennett

puBliC notiCe

public open day

Beds N E L S O N

AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMPS

8 Gloucester St, Nelson • Showroom - opposite Fire Station

nelson stamp club

situations VaCant

architect

R E F R I G E R A T I O N

deatH

Passed away peacefully after a short illness at The Wood Retirement Village on the 6th May 2019. Loved wife of the Late Donald Bennett (Don), loved mother of Andrew (Andy) & Andrea, Karen & Brent.

Adored nana of Sarah, David, Alex and their partners Ryan & Tash.

“Now at rest with Donald after 42 years”

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Trades&Services air conditioning

Passed away 19/5/2018 aged 97 years

funeral serViCes

Trades & Services

Locally Owned and Operated

deatH

Beryl Jean

021 685 910

Nelson Weekly

memoriam

white

readinGs

Like to learn how to reduce stress, anxiety and emotional reactivity? EnPh Steve 027 538 0020 hance wellness, clarity, focus, relationships and or 03 5380020 productivity in a 3-sesNelson Based sion course starting 14 May. 5.45–7.15pm. InantiQues vestment $110. Call 022Antiques, furniture 6281416 E: dharan@ (desks, bookcases, trainingsource.nz chests of drawers, tables, chairs, chaise lounge, GaraGe sale wardrobe, mirrors, rugs etc). Collectibles, paint- Richmond Saturday 18 ings, toys, books, records May. Shearer Tce (off etc. Sell, buy, value. 6 Crescent St). Signs rooms at Souchebys An- out at 8.30am. We’re Camptiques, 75 Gladstone Rd, downsizing.

Richmond ph 544 0723. ing, boating; Suitcases; Open Mon-Sat. www.an- household equipment & tiquesnewzealand.co.nz appliances; Brass lamps; Photo frames; heaters; Speakers; Toys; Books; fireWood New barbeque. Plus Quality Firewood reheaps more – too many stock now at off season items to list. rates. Clean Split Dry Pine, Gum mix. 6 mtrs Delivered $430.00 dol- situations VaCant lars. 3 mtrs Delivered Advertise your situations $240. Open 7 days. Ph vacant here. Ph 548 5900 Lindsay 0274 490 622.

puBliC notiCe

Locally Owned and Operated

INFO@DECKS4U.CO.NZ

28

electrician

30

Nelson Weekly

Trades & Services

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

Trades&Services gardening

garden maintenance

GardenAffairs

Mowers Chainsaws and more Repairs and Sales

fireWood

• Landscaping • Quality Garden Maintenance • Plant Planning & Care • All Aspects of Pruning

Chainsaws - Lawn Mowers Blower/Vacs - Weedeaters Ride On Mowers We sell the best and service the rest

gardenaffairsltd@gmail.com

Home maintenance

Pick up and Delivery Available

LaWn maintenance

• Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations • Exterior Painting • Interior Painting • Pergolas & Sheds • Water Blasting • General Maintenance

Wills - Estates - Powers of Attorney House sales - Retirement Villages Ring for a no obligation discussion

Ph: 548 3836 or

021 0235 2728

High quality imaging stills and movies.

Latest drone technology.

Friendly, professional service and great rates.

Weddings, sports, media, corporate - all events!

E aglE I magIng Toby: 027 775 5995

property maintenance property maintenance

GreatScapeS landscapes + property maintenance

Landscaping • Garden Tidy’s Tree Pruning • Lawn Mowing Hedge Trimming • Planting Painting • Paving • Fencing Trees Removed • Chainsaw Work Decking • Chainsaw Milling Any work considered Mike eManuel

022 066 8981

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Hedge Trimming Lawn Mowing General Gardening Window Cleaning Waterblasting House Washing Int & Ext Painting House Repairs New Fences Joinery Repairs plus lots more!

malcolm property maintenance LAWN MOWING & GENERAL GARDENING

GREENWASTE REMOVAL AND MULCHING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING & GIB STOPPING

NEW FENCES AND HOUSE REPAIRS

WINDOW CLEANING & HOUSE WASHING SERVICE

PRE SALE HOUSE & PROPERTY CLEANUP

KITCHEN DESIGNS (MANUFACTURE INSTALL)

RENTAL PROPERTY CLEANING SERVICE

JOINERY & FURNITURE REPAIRS

FIREWOOD SUPPLY AND STACKING

Richard Malcolm Richard Malcolm

cell 021 02 545 565 a/h 03 541 9429 395 eighty eight valley road wakefield www.malcolmpropertymaintenance@gmail.com

021 02 545 565

malcolmpropertymaintenance@gmail.com

• • • • • •

Retrofit Double Glazing Showers Splashbacks Balustrades & Fencing Mirrors Glass replacement

LaWnmoWing

 Garden Clean-ups  Pruning  Lawn Mowing  Garden Maintenance

• Roof Repairs & Painting • Gutter Cleaning & Replacement • Iron Restorations • Cement Tile Restorations

Call us today for a FREE quote

0800 36 70 70

(0800 4 JIMJIM)

www.topkat.co.nz

massage

the wise choice

roofing

OPEN MON-SAT 10am - 7pm We offer:

Body Relaxation Massage Thai Traditional Massage Deep Tissue Palm Massage Neck & Shoulder Massage Foot Reflexology Massage

NELSON BAYS ROOF REPAIRS

Smart Solutions for Smart People

Hot Water Heating Dairy Farms 12V Grid Tie

Chris Inglis 03 5448059 0275485877

Bob’s on the job...

Brumwell Painting

Are you...

Television installation & repair Satellites Over Nelson

pLumber

Honest, Reliable Master Plumbers, Drain Layers and Gasfitters Since 1915

• Leaking Taps & Pipes • Kitchens & Bathrooms • Solar Hot Water • Drainage • Gasfitting • Wastewater

543 8090

269 Queen St Richmond Ph 544 6603 www.mobility4you.co.nz

pLumber

Thistle & Fern Property Maintenance

www.tasmanbayplumbing.co.nz

270 Mt Heslington Rd, RD1 Brightwater

03 542 3224

www.chooks.co.nz

reaL estate

property management

adam_brumwell@hotmail.com

Brown Shavers ready to go Stockists of all poultry supplies

info@tuffnell.co.nz

or 544 9415

property maintenance

Professional Plumbing Services in Nelson, Richmond & Motueka

1/750 Lower Queen St Richmond

027 671 8417

pouLtry

pLumber

544 8059

Call Adam

High Reach Tree Pruning Fencing Paving Decking Retaining Walls Interior/Exterior Painting Lawn Trimming Lifestyle Blocks

Tony 021 612 316 John 021 825 290

reaL estate

Ph: 03 544 2319 M: 021 62 7663 www.nbrr.co.nz

Keith Mitchell 027 484 5709

8.5% +GST

aarOn mccrae Aaron McCrae Manager/Agent Manager/AgentAREINZ AREINZ

Sunny Nelson Realty Ltd MREINZ Licensed Real Estate Agent REAA 2008 M: 027 278 0722 E: aaron@sunnynelsonrealty.co.nz www.sunnynelsonrealty.co.nz

M: 027 278 0722 E: aaron@sunnynelsonrealty.co.nz www.sunnynelsonrealty.co.nz

021 081 82 123 Free Quotes & Prompt Service

www.stumpgrindingservice.co.nz

“Professional Arborists who take pride in their workmanship” • Complete tree care from roots to tips • All hedge trimming works • Confined area tree felling & removals • Prompt, friendly & professional services

Email – info@atomtreespecialists.co.nz

upHoLstery

WaterbLasting

Recovery Services - Lounge - Motor Homes - Motel Work

36 Nayland Rd, Nelson Ph: 03 547 3241 email: mcnaughtonsfurniture@outlook.com • House washing • Roof & gutters • Moss & algae removal • • Driveways, paths & decks • Boats & caravans •

WaterbLasting

Jeff NeilsoN

WindoWs

Top Class

WaterblastiNg House washing Mobile 0220 649for 822 (24hr) Roof treatments mould, lichen, algae A/H 547 7856 moss, • 80 Neale Ave, Stoke, Nelson Gutters cleaned out Paths, decks, driveways Jeff NeilsoN

WaterblastiNg

Mobile 0220 649 822 (24hr)

Jeff NeilsoN

A/H 547 7856 • 80 Neale Ave, Stoke, Nelson

WaterblastiNg

Mobile 0220 649 822 (24hr)

A/H 547 7856 • 80 Neale Ave, Stoke, Nelson

• House washing • Roof & gutters • Moss & algae removal • • Driveways, paths & decks • Boats & caravans •

Jeff NeilsoN

WaterblastiNg

• House washing • Roof & gutters • Moss & algae removal • • Driveways, paths & decks • Boats & caravans •

Mobile 0220 649 822 (24hr)

Jeff NeilsoN

A/H 547 7856 • 80 Neale Ave, Stoke, Nelson

WaterblastiNg

Mobile 0220 649 822 (24hr)

neLson 50+ WaLKing group May 16th, Wakamarina - Devils Creek. Ph. Beverley, 546 5616 or Deb,545 8698. sing with Nelson Bays Harmony for 8 weeks, starting 16 May. All levels of singing ability welcome. Learn vocal technique and 4part harmony singing. For details www.nelsonharmony.org or Jenny 0275444121.

WaKapuaKa indoor boWLs Tuesday nights 7pm.Clifton Terrace School Hall. A family friendly game for all ages. Equipment supplied.Turn up and give it a go. Shirley 539-6205.

LigHtHouse spirituaL aWareness Mondays 7.30pm. Talks, healing, clairvoyance. Trafalgar St Hall, opp Trailways. ph Carolyn 5474613 ricHmond garden cLub meets 1pm 1 June at Hall, Our Lady of the Bay Parish Centre, William Street, Richmond. Friendly club, great speakers, sales & interest tables. Do join us. Paula 547 2537 montHLy meeting Weds 15 May, 7.30pm.

Australian quilt show snippets. UFO evening Fri 17 May 5 pm. Both at Stoke School. All welcome.

Queries Alison 0210766486 t1d tec taLK diabetes nZ Nelson Youth Branch presents an education evening. Hear about the latest technology for managing Type 1 Diabetes. 22 May, 7pm, Tahunanui Community Centre. Register:dnznelsonyouth@gmail.com botanicaL soc fieLd trip Sun 19 May Fungal Foray Red Hills Contact Andy MacDonald 021 105 5905 or andy@absolutewildernes.co.nz Talk Larger Fungi Geoff Ridley 7.30pm Mon 20 May Jaycees room Founders Park astronomy Public open nights, if sky is clear, every Fri evening, 7.30pm till 9.30pm, Cawthron Atkinson Observatory, Clifton Terrace School, 888 Atawhai Drive. View star clusters and Milky Way objects through our telescopes. $5 koha per person, $15 families. Dennis 5470525. $3 LuncHtime meaLs Are you sometimes hungry or lonely or both at lunchtime? If it’s a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday you’re welcome to come for a dinner type meal, at 12 pm at All Saints hall behind the church, 30 Vanguard St, cost $3.

Phone 5482601. stoKe taHunanui men’s friendsHip cLub welcomes new members. Monthly meeting on the 3rdTuesday of the month 10am at Reformed Church, Enner Glyn. Regular outings, activities, plus a guest speaker at our meetings. Contact Ian

Gr

a ss & Gl a s s

• Windows Inside & Outside • Lawns & Edges • Maintenance programs • Hedge Trimming • WINZ Quotes available

summit.co.nz

0220 649 822

Email: jeffneilson1961@yahoo.com

phone steve - 027 324 8747 or 03 547 1503 For a No Obligation Free Quote

on 5477841 for more information’ ricHmond garden cLub meets 1pm 05 June at Hall, Our Lady of the Bay Parish Centre, William Street, Richmond. Friendly club, great speakers, sales & interest tables. Do join us. Contact Paula 03 547 2537 ceoL aneas irisH music festivaL 31 May3 June. Ceol Aneas is one of Australasia’s major Irish music gatherings, attracting musicians and traditional Irish music lovers from around NZ and overseas. Public concert and ceilidh dance. www. irishmusic.org.nz. deatH cafÉ faciLitated discussion topics determined by attendees. NB this is not a bereavement support group. See: http://deathcafe. com Last Saturday monthly, Activities Room, Elma Turnbull Library, 1.30 - 3.00pm koha requested. spirited conversations Wednesday 22 May Mary Bronsteter from Multicultural Nelson Tasman and clinical and educational psychologist Dr Hans Everts on research-based strategies for meeting the needs of Nelson’s young migrants.

Yaza Cafe opens 6pm, speakers 7.30 pm. Koha.

No reservations. Ph 5486241.

Want to Learn aiKido Japanese martiaL art! We have two age group classes for children.

LITTLE SAMURAI 5-7 yrs &AIKIKAI KIDS 8-12 yrs.

We also have adult classes running on Wednesday / Friday night.

LocaL autHor sue perKins talks about her books for 9-12 year olds and early teens featuring Spirit Stealers, ghostly pirates and more. 1.00pm2.00pm, Tuesday 21 May, Richmond Library. Free.

Join us for a meeting of the Richmond Writing Group, 2.00pm-3.00pm, Tuesday 21 May at Richmond Library. All welcome for creative writing exercises and conversation about books and writing. Free. neLson 50+ WaLKing group: May 23rd, Abel Tasman, Water taxi. Ph. Alison, 544 6833 or Jill, 548 6744. neLson 50+ mini WaLKers: May 21st, Branford Park. Meet 10am at the Botanics. Ph. Bob, 021 106 8205 artHritis society coffee morning We meet at Flock in Church St 10am on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Next Gathering 22 May 2019. Ph Claire 035450835 or 0273601039 eXperience tHe sound of souL Sing HU, a sacred sound and ancient mantra, for a sense of

inner calm, strength and centeredness. Wed 5:006:00pm, 44c Bronte Street. Lyndy 0211567914 aLcoHoLics anonymous is alcohol causing problems for you in your life? want to stop drinking but cant? maybe we can help. support meetings every day. ring 0800aaworks 0800 229 6757 fresH focus. Fascinating talks given 10am.

Mondays at Elim Church, Stoke. On 20th May : “ Are You Prepared ” with Michelle Griffiths. opening of georgie Hoby scutts new collection ‘Gold’ on Friday May 24th at 5.30pm - 7pm.

All welcome. Exhibition runs from May 24th - 19th June. groW offers Hope. A program of understanding, friendship, and practical help. Can relieve mental, physical, social, spiritual health problems. Change - build a life of meaning and personal value. Meeting Fridays 10 a.m. Tahunanui Library. Patricia 547-6120 Have you ever tHougHt of becoming a voLunteer? Are you a community organization looking for volunteers, training, info or advice?

Check out our website www.volunteernelson. org.nz Ph. 546 7681. isLe Ladies probus cLub Welcome to our friendly club, 4th Wednesday monthly. Baptist Church 648 Main Rd Stoke. Coffee and lunch groups also. Joy 538 0035 or Sue 548 6062 do you LiKe to teacH? Are you patient? Have a passion for working with different cultures? Are you an Experienced Driver with Full NZ license for 2 years or more? Interested in supporting former refugees get their license ? Contact Margo at Red Cross 59 Parkers Rd 021 255 8550 or openroad.nelson@redcross.org.nz tHe LigHtening process (one of the 2 cures for ME/CFS/FM and everything) to do with neural pathways is here this weekend. Jenny is teaching it. If you’re interested phone her on 0272555848. engLisH conversation group for ESL speakers: students, locals, visitors. Wednesdays 4.30-6.00 pm, Trinity Church, back right hand door, 64 Nile Street, by Nelson Central School. Informal conversation, tea,coffee. Inquiries: Rachael Ph 02102686970. eucHre - stoKe boWLing cLub 18a Ranui St. Every Tues be there by 1.15pm for a 1.30pm start. Cost $3.00 includes afternoon tea, prizes and good company. Contact Janet 547 7506 All welcome.

Community notices are free to community groups, schools, churches, gold coin donation events and fundraising only. For classified ads and public notices please call 548 5900. Due to the popularity of this column, while every effort will be made, inclusion cannot be guaranteed for free ads.

One church, Many expressiOns You are invited Sunday 9am & 11am Fantastic children's programmes running for 0-13 year olds.

271 Songer St. Stoke

Sunday Service at 9.45am Enquiries - Ph 547 7773 www.whakatupres.co.nz

NELSON BIBLE BELIEVERS Welcomes B ible believing Christians and those seeking truth ...

No law but love No book but the Bible No creed but Christ No denominational ideas No opinions of others 93 Beatty Street, Tahuna, Nelson (Airport End)

A: 85 Wensley Road, Richmond E: office@richmondnewlife.org.nz

Biblical Christ-Centred Worship Services:

Sunday 10:30 am & 5 pm We are located at:

Whakatu Kids and Youth Group

Sunday 10am & 5pm - Thursday 7.30pm

A/H 547 7856 • 80 Neale Ave, Stoke, Nelson

Cell:

31

DEADLINE: MIDDAY FRIDAY - 50 WORDS OR LESS BY EMAIL ONLY PLEASE SEND TO: myevent@nelsonweekly.co.nz

ChurCh NotiCes

- Window Seats - Dining Chairs

• House washing • Roof & gutters • Moss & algae removal • • Driveways, paths & decks • Boats & caravans •

nelson’s Commercial Specialist 0274 755 063 545 6100

Andrew Workman

trees

• House washing • Roof & gutters • Moss & algae removal • • Driveways, paths & decks • Boats & caravans •

Our Fair Fee

Stump Grinding Tree Felling & Removal Site Clearance

Call 0800 28 66 87 or 0800 ATOM TREE

satellitesnelson.co.nz

bevan.dixon@summit.co.nz

1.99%

www.nzsolar.co.nz

Stoke based All regions covered

Bevan Dixon Expect the best... +gst* Expect the best...Nothing less!

Nothing less! *minimum fee & conditions apply

03 544 8553 1/750 Lower Queen St Richmond 7081

•Aerial •Internet •Dish

COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL BUYING OR LEASING

Elite

03 544 8553

www.nzsolar.co.nz

Baby&Mobility HIRE

Free Quotes and Quality Prices

1-19 McPherson St Richmond

www.nzsolar.co.nz • Dairy Farms info@nzsolar.co.nz

• Domestic & Commercial

teLevision

SALES - SERVICE - RENTALS

• Off Grid PV Systems SpecialiStS Clean, green, affordable • Solar Hot Water • Camping & RV

painter

- Exterior/Interior - Airless Spraying - Waterblasting - New & Old Work - Fully Qualified Tradesmen - Obligation Free Quote

Camping and RV

Domestic and Commercial Your Solar • Grid Tied PV Systems 12v Off Grid

❱ Roof Inspections ❱ Roof Reports ❱ Roof Leaks ❱ Roof Repairs ❱ Roof Replacements

painter

mobility4you

Stump GrindinG ServiceS

Specialising in supply & installation of Solar Systems for: Your solar specialists

mobiLity

mcilroypaintingdecorating @gmail.com

stump removaL

MASSAGE

meaLs

021 137 6661

Stoke

NELSON RELAX THAI

www.sagelandscapes.co.nz

Interior/Exterior Painting Roof Spraying Wallpapering Repaints

Ph: 538 0824

Proudly supplying Orange Residential Homes roofing requirements for over 10 years

soLar

Stoke Central Mall (next to Professionals) Cnr Main Rd & Songer St

Carseats | Push Chairs | High Chairs Cots | Porta Cots | Bassinets Mobility Scooters | Walking Frames Lift Chairs | Wheelchairs | Power Chairs

• Leaks • Repairs • Maintenance • ReRoofs • New Roofs

E: topkatroofingtasman@gmail.com

Buxton Square Nelson ph | txt | walk-in 022 453 3679 shop 03 265 5040

E: ollie@sagelandscapes.co.nz

roofing

OUR SERVICES

FoR All YouR

Landscaping Landscapes

roofing

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED!

Ph 0800 4 546 546

Sage

roofing

Top Kat Roofing Tasman

Phone (03) 546 5365 5 Nayland Road, Stoke www.metrodirect.co.nz

P: 03 5530 306 M: 022 122 5013

Dallas Woods LLB - Solicitor

Call us now 546 8963 Standard Meals - $14 Large Meals - $17 Delivered fresh, chilled, on a plate. www.mobilemeals.co.nz

drone PhotograPhy

For friendly, efficient and professional servicing of ALL your glass requirements

Call us today for a friendly no obligation quote

SeniorLAW

• Too busy to cook?

• Recovering from surgery?

• A shiftworker?

• Tired of cooking for one?

pHotograpHy

gLass

Planning Construction Planting Maintenance

Specialising in Senior Law

Ph 547 33 66 E: dallas@senlaw.co.nz

massage

Call Steve for a quote

LaWyer

Meet Dallas Woods

Call us now for a FREE quote

Interior & exterior New homes Wall papering Repaints & renovations Award winners www.nbd.co.nz

• Garden tidy ups • Regular maintenance • Roses and pruning • Irrigation • Qualified team

Seniors, do you need to talk to a lawyer?

Craig: 021 822 235 or 538 0198

painter

backyard + Home Service lTd

P: 546 6161 M: 021 034 0090 E: allywalk56@gmail.com

31 Venice Place, Stoke Phone 03 547 3276

From maintenanCe to makeovers

• Landscaping • Paths & Paving • Deck Planning & Building • Fencing • Section Clearing • Retaining Walls • Rubbish Removal

garden maintenance

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Community Notices

sales@nelsonweekly.co.nz

Lawn Mowing Weeding Section Clearing Spouting Cleaned Pre House Sale Outside/Inside • Make Overs No Job Too Small

Lesley & Nick

027 831 4414

Al’s

Trades & Services

Locally Owned and Operated

PH 548 5900

• • • • •

• Office Plant Care • Commercial & Domestic

garden maintenance

Nelson Weekly

nnbb@actrix.co.nz

“...at evening time it shall be light” Zechariah 14:7 - Malachi 4:5&6

(no access off Waimea or Ridgeway) Contact: (03) 6056 Contact Ph547 547 -3255

www.rcnzonline.com/nelson

Notice to all Advertisers: By placing your advertisement you agree with the terms and conditions of the Nelson Weekly Ltd. Namely, payment by the 20th of the following month, or in the event of non payment, the recovery of any debt and its costs will be charged to the customer. This includes all costs and commissions paid to a debt recovery service. Should you require any further information please phone the newspaper on 548 5900.

32

Nelson Weekly

Advert

WEDNESDAY 15 May 2019

Locally Owned and Operated

FREE

*

UNDERLAY DEALS FOR YOUR • Renovations • New Builds • Landlord Deals

E E FR

*

l l a n o l l Insta s d n i l b d n a s n i a t r cu 18 Months Interest Free Finance available

CurtainsPlus

*T&C Apply.

+

REALLY NEAT FLOORING

199 Queen St, Richmond

Ph 544 0990

reallyneatflooring@xtra.co.nz