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FARMING Lifestyles
April 2017 Edition
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health services in rural communities.” Applications for the Rural Women New Zealand and Access Community Health Scholarship close on July 1 2017. Preference will be given to applicants who are studying at postgraduate level. For further information and to download application forms visit ruralwomen.org. nz or access.org.nz.
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Initiative celebrates women
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A drive to promote women living and working in the primary industries in New Zealand and abroad was launched recently. AgWomen Global celebrates all women who help shape the primary industries, no matter the size of the part they play.
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a story because you are ‘just a wife or mother who lives on farm’. Every woman who is connected to the industry contributes to its success and we want to share the breadth of impact we have on our industry. “By engaging with your community, doing the school run, inventing new tools or even working within an agribusiness, you’re all playing a part in making the boat go faster so please share that with us. We’d love to profile you.” A PledgeMe campaign has started to help support the passion behind AgWomen. The team are excited to announce that Plant & Food Research are supporting the campaign. Pledges are welcomed and start at $10 as they look to hit the $28,500 target to ensure the initiative can continue its success.
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AgWomen is a year-long project celebrating and sharing unique stories from 365 different women, all who have contributed in shaping the primary industries. At the end of the 365 days a coffee table book will be produced sharing these stories. Chelsea Millar, founder and CEO of Grass Roots Media NZ, wants to honour women in the rural sector who she believes can often be under-represented. “There are many amazing women doing amazing things throughout our industry and they all have a part to play in its success,” said Chelsea. “We want to showcase a range of primary industry women by telling their stories digitally and bringing the audience on a journey to showcase and explore all parts of the industry.” The content, which comes directly from women who experience it first hand, will share the successes and hardships of the primary industry as they know it. Images accompanied with written stories will be posted on the AgWomen Global Instagram and Facebook accounts, as well as an extended story published as a blog on the website agwomenglobal.com. “This allows the audience a real opportunity to engage and share the women’s stories. Those profiled won’t only be from farms or the wives of farmers — they may be within a business that supports the industry; insurance, banking or media for example.” AgWomen has stories from women in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, USA, Chile and Argentina, and hope to gain more locally and abroad. “We encourage women to contact us if they are interested or want to nominate someone to have their story told,” said Chelsea. “Please don’t think you don’t have
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BY ANN MORGAN Duckingham Palace is the home to many white Indian Runner ducks including Lucky, Plucky, Jemima, Showduck, Gronway, Colin and Tony. It is also a haven for rescued endangered ducklings such as the Grey Teal, which get hand-reared and released back into the wild.
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hen Stacey Austin and Larry Tessier (Sunny) moved to their property, there was a flock of Indian runners with 13 ducklings residing on the lake. “They are a lovely duck with great personalities but they are notoriously terrible parents,” said Stacey. “There were 13 ducklings and one was abandoned and all by itself on the lake, so I called it over and it amazingly came close enough for us to catch it in a net, and we called it Lucky. A couple of months later another lone duckling was peeping away by itself so we caught him and called him Plucky.” The pair happened to be a male and a female and Stacey says nature then took over, and suddenly they had ducklings everywhere.
“We house the babies in their own private enclosure and hand-rear them, they don’t go on the lake. We have 16 ducks in total at present and the number is growing. “The Indian runners are flightless and are amazing if you have an orchard or garden because their favourite foods are slugs, bugs and snails. “As long as you don’t have brand new seedlings in your garden they will remove the bugs for you and fertilise the garden as they go. The couple also feed their ducks cracked corn and chook chow with lots of fresh water, and Stacey says ideally people should have three females to a male. “They are amazing for people with lifestyle blocks and they get on with
other birds, but if you want to keep the line pure they need to be kept separate. “They are a very healthy bird, like all ducks they can get worms, but I put apple cider vinegar in their drinking water to avoid this — maybe a quarter of a cup to ten litres of water. “They aren’t really an eating bird but they are the most prolific egg layer, we get approximately 300 eggs per year per duck. “ Staceys says the eggs are approximately twice the size of hens, are slightly richer and great for eating. “They make the best sponge and meringues. If your recipe asks for one egg just use a duck egg. I love them. “The Indian runners make great companions and their lifespan can be 15 years. “They are super friendly with children and they don’t have sharp beaks like other ducks have. Their favourite treat is lettuce, they love it. “Our line is pure white but you can get fawn or a variety of different colours.
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by Paul Campbell Lime Terrace, the home of the Hardy family at Makaretu in the Hawke’s Bay foothills of the Ruahine Ranges is at once the focal point of an extended family, a diverse farming enterprise, and a rural garden of huge proportions, with a touch of political comment.
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he sprawling homestead has grown during the past half-century in which Michael and Jane Hardy raised five children, who in turn have added 15 grandchildren to the birthdays and Christmas gift list. While Jane tended the homestead, family and worker’s needs, and Michael strode the rolling hills tending sheep, cattle and deer on the eastern flanks of often snow-capped peaks, time was still found to create a garden that has developed into a showpiece, with extensive plantings that turn spring and summer months into a mini-paradise. “We found huge pleasure in the grounds of our home when time could be spared
from the family and farm regime,” said Michael. Adds Jane: ”There was not even a drive up from the nearest road in those early days, and all there was a shelterbelt of conifers on the western side of the house, which divided it off from the shearing shed and quarters that was the nerve centre of the farming operation. “The garden was often an exhausting affair, with plants nicely set out only to be blown down or washed away — and so we just started again.” The Hardy’s enthusiasm for the task finally saw a lawn tennis court carved out with the aid of discs and rakes and it became
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The garden is a labour of love bordered by camellias, rhododendron, cherry trees, magnolias and assorted deciduous plantings. Scattered through the one and a half hectares, vying with ornamental stumps from past and present tree-fellings, is a huge variety of rhododendrons that are the Hardy signature planting — more than 300 varieties that do well in the mountain climate and free-draining acid soil. Himalayan mountain lilies provide an exotic touch while bluebells, forgetme-nots and ajugas run riot. But it is in the odd corner and dell that one finds an added dimension. Pottery sculptures of past and present politicians, some gathering lichen, peer out of the garden in a touch of whimsy that provides Michael with an outlet for his rather irreverent view of those who take themselves too seriously. “People who take on positions of importance have to be able to look after themselves, and when they take
themselves too seriously, I can poke fun at them,” he says. “I’ve set some of them at ‘dog-interest height too, although when one particular persona arrived from the local sculptor, the dog ran away!” Nestled among the rhododendrons and ferns are the somewhat irreverent busts of former prime ministers Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley, former National Party leader Don Brash, former Labour leader David Cunliffe, and many more. “Some visitors wonder what the hell they’ve walked into,” said Michael. “But if they are offended?” — a silence says it all. On a more serious note, the latest addition to the garden is a memorial plot in honour of a family ancestor, soldier Lance Hardy, who died in Belgium at La Basse Ville in July 1917. A quiet memorial ceremony is planned for the 100th anniversary of his death, and in recognition of all
those who ended their lives in battle. The memorial plantings are propagated from cuttings from an azalea shrub that Lance Hardy planted the day he went off to war.
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Better home and living Creating a healthy home Creating a healthy home and keeping warm, dry and comfortable is important for every family in New Zealand, whether it be an older home or a new build. A dry home is easier to heat, because heat distributes more readily through dry air, meaning less firewood and less power is needed to run household heaters or fires. A home needs good ventilation and insulation. Good insulation helps create a warm, dry and healthy environment. For older homes, ensure there is insulation in the ceiling and under the floor if possible, renew it if there are gaps or there is sagging in the original material used. Mould is created from a damp environment and wiping it away from the bathroom, household ceilings or walls does not fix the problem, and having draft coming through poorly sealed windows and doors also makes matters worse. Extractor fans in the bathroom and kitchen to remove steam helps keep mould at bay. Having a dehumidifying ventilation systems is an advantage, particularly when some of the nation’s main health concerns are respiratory illness such as asthma. Ensuring windows and doors are draft free and sealing well will keep the heat in and the cold out. Rubber seals are available at most hardware stores and
are easy to attach around the window and door frames yourself. Making sure your firewood is dry will also cut down expense, as dry wood gives off heat where as wet wood does not burn well. Keeping windows covered with drapes or blinds helps keep the warmth in and the cold out. Some people tape ‘bubble wrap’ onto the windows in winter as a form of insulation. Wool is a natural fibre and it is said that wool carpet outperforms nylon in repelling dust mites, a fact backed up by rigorous studies by the German Applied and Experimental Allergy Research Association. Wool is naturally resistant to dirt and stains, is flame retardant and is a nonallergenic fibre. It does not promote the growth of bacteria or give off harmful emissions, making it a better choice for allergy sufferers. Whilst on the subject of healthy homes, smoke alarms are as important as anything else. Ensure all rooms have working smoke alarms and that the batteries are checked every six months to ensure the safety of your household in case of a fire.
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Hot, dry summers and water shortages are major problems facing Hawke’s Bay farmers most years. Danny Angland and Quentin Hunter of Kereru Station had areas of productive land that lacked a sustainable water supply during the dry season and this wasn’t good for farm profitability. The solution was simple, but until recent years, impossible without advancements to solar technology. Kereru Station sits at the foothills of the Ruahine Ranges and had basic water reticulation. With the purchase of additional land, they needed to get it productive quickly. As the farm had a large dam, they discussed reticulation and pumping options. The traditional pumping solution for remote off-grid areas is to install a diesel generator to power any pumps drawing water from a source to a holding tank. Harris Pumps & Filtration were called in to scope the project. A traditional system came with daunting problems: getting fuel to the pumping station, setting up a maintenance regime, as well as serious health and safety issues resulting from the lack of all-weather access to the site. At that moment, Quentin saw the light — literally — the big, round, yellow one up in the sky and said, “Why don’t we try solar?” While the sun is a farmer’s friend, and a friend to all life, the
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DUCK SHOOTING New rules for hunting season The Wellington Fish & Game region is now one of six adopting new loading rules as a measure for ‘sound’ conservation and sporting reasons. The new game bird hunting season gets underway on Saturday, May 6, and a three-shot rule now requires hunters to plug their shotgun magazines so that the gun holds no more than three shots in total. Other regions introducing restrictions on the number of shots are Eastern, Hawke’s Bay and West Coast, while Wellington and Nelson Marlborough are banning magazine extensions. Fish & Game communications manager Don Rood says the three-shot rule is simply another tool to help reduce pressure on game bird populations and provide more opportunity for other hunters. “We have to strike a balance between providing hunters enough ducks every season, while conserving populations for following seasons. We strive to achieve this with appropriate bag limits and season lengths,” he said. “The three-shot rule is another tool to help sustainability — that will help limit the number of ducks being harvested.” Mr Rood says that decades ago, when semi-automatics first came on the market, they were restricted to a twoshot capacity. “But these days, it’s possible to have shotguns with a capacity of eight-plus shots, so that six hunters on a pond could conceivably be firing up to 54 shots at a time. “The threeshot rule means hunters know their
shots are limited — which we believe makes them think more carefully about shot placement. “The rule makes game bird hunting more sporting as it reduces any temptation to continue firing as game birds are moving out of range — which reduces the chances of wounding a bird. “We have had positive feedback from hunters to say that ‘sky busting’ (taking too many shots at too long a range) is less prevalent.” He adds that Fish & Game is pleased to see the three-shot rule applied more widely “as we look to healthier game bird populations in regions such as Eastern, where the mallard population is on the way up.” Fish & Game rangers will take a firm line where the rule is concerned this season because compliance is “pretty easy and inexpensive to achieve.” The three-shot rule says that a shotgun magazine must not hold more than two rounds of any size, plus one more in the breech — three in all. The rule applies for all waterfowl including pukekos. Firearm safety rules should always be followed and a cartridge should not be put in the chamber until a shot is about to be taken. We advise hunters to study the game bird regulations booklet so they are very clear about whether the regulations apply in the regions they’ll be hunting in, Mr Rood says.
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management. “The three stock classes give market diversification with the three processing companies providing a balanced market position while still giving consistency in their specialised area. The move from breeding to trading was a 10-year journey that was well thought out. This works in well with the strengths and weaknesses (mainly dry) of the property and with the passion of the Rentons, which is finishing quality stock.” Greg and Rachel Hart from Mangarara in Central Hawke’s Bay were named Panpac Hawke’s Bay Farm Foresters of
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the Year. The judges said the couple had created tree plantations with throughout pastured areas, a remnant native bush block had been put into a QEII National Trust covenant and significant areas of steep hill country were being planted in natives. The judges said the Harts had an innovative approach to stock management and marketing. Apple grower and marketer John Paynter took out the Hastings District Council’s Primary Sector Industry Leader Award 2017 with his Johnny Appleseed Group. His company’s Yummy brand leads the New Zealand domestic market, and the company produces more than a million cartons of fruit and employs
more than 500 people at the height of the season. In an unusual twist, the Hawke’s Bay Helicopter Trust was awarded the Laurie Dowling Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to agriculture. The citation said that volunteers and staff flew some 300 missions across the region helping those who need urgent medical care and transportation, many of them farmers and people living and working in rural communities. Retired vet Ian Walker from Waipukurau was awarded the Primary Sector Professional of the Year while Massey vet student Amy Hoogenboom from Waipukurau was awarded the Hawke’s Bay A&P Scholarship.
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Being an ex-resident of Edgecumbe I feel compelled to share lessons learned from similar flooding in 2004, which caused complete devastation to our farm and business along with many others. Because of repeated flooding throughout history, particularly in the 1960s there was a plan put in place by BOP Regional Council to protect Edgecumbe and the lower Rangitaiki River from flooding. The Reid Central Canal, which runs parallel to the Rangitaiki River approximately one to two kilometres east, was set up as a second bypass river with stop banks creating a 200-metre-wide channel to take the pressure off the river banks in Edgecumbe town. This channel returns back to the river just before the sea at Thornton. This work was completed in 1972 and since then the weather cycle changed and 25 years have passed with lower incidence of heavy rain, so not causing major floods. Consequently the Reid Central Floodway has never been used. There is a spillway upstream from Edgecumbe where the east bank of Rangataiki River has a lower section, which is approximately 300 metres long. This spillway is approximately one metre below the rest of the bank. When water from the river overflows it follows the contour of the land and is channelled into the Reid Central Floodway.
In July 2004 the Rangitaiki River showed similar challenges to the April 6 2017 ex-cyclone Debbie event and problems with the floodway became evident. Mainly that the spillway to activate the Reid Central Floodway was too high so water was running over banks in other parts of the river downstream from Edgecumbe before the spillway had began working. Because there was no stress relief to the sodden banks of the river, in July 2004 the banks blew out just downstream from the spillway on the eastern side. Of course this immediately dropped the river significantly and the rest of the river was safe. The general opinion afterwards was that if the river hadn’t breached when and where it did, it would have breached the bank at College Road within Edgecumbe with devastating consequences for the town! Most of that breached water ended up in the floodway but with at least three times the design capacity. Within a couple of hours the uncontrolled water was topping the banks of the Reid Central and flooding farmland as it went.
Millions of dollars were spent to repair damage and millions more on lost production throughout the Rangataiki plains from that 2004 flood. Since the 2004 flood, investigative discussions have taken place. A plan was put into action and finance attained to fix weakness in the drainage and flood mitigation system, including the Reid Central Floodway to protect Edgecumbe. A great deal of the work was underway but not completed. The lowering of the river bank spillway to activate the floodway into the Reid Central canal was part of the unfinished business. On April 5 2017 at 7.24pm (during ex-cyclone Debbie) the BOP Regional Council announced an urgent warning stating: ‘Due to steady rainfall the Rangitaiki Floodway and Reid Central canal are likely to start operating as part of the flood protection scheme … ‘ This action was not implemented until after the breach of the stopbank into Edgecumbe town, which happened the next day. After the flooding into Edgecumbe and the threat of the second storm (cyclone Cook) and more rain, action was then taken. The Matahina Dam was lowered further to be able to contain more water and subsequently reduce the impact on the river. The bank of the Rangataiki River (spillway) was lowered approximately two metres to activate the floodway automatically. If the water rose too high again. This was the action needed to avoid the flooding of Edgecumbe so a little bit late.
April 2017
I drove through Edgecumbe on Easter Sunday and out to the farmland which was being pumped by tractors just like we did in 2004 on the other side. The devastation was overwhelming and totally avoidable. The plan to mitigate the flooding was excellent but totally useless without any decision to implement it at the right time. Ratepayers have paid for the flood protection, now those same people will pay again for the flood cleanup. Failure to proceed with the flood protection plan is disrespectful to the work and people involved in the making of it. And the unnecessary emotional cost of those affected? Utter despair!
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Hastings Honda runs an efficient workshop, with four qualified mechanics and a dedicated service manager. It’s always been actively involved in training apprentices with at least one in its workforce at any given time. It doesn’t just service Honda bikes either, it also services all makes and models as well as outdoor power equipment. Hastings Honda is committed to providing only the best service available. The majority of its mechanics actively ride across a range of motorcycle disciplines, meaning they understand your bike and your urgency. Hastings Honda’s store is also full with many used bikes of different makes, models and purposes, whether it be BMW Adventure, Triumph Cruiser or Honda Quads, there’s always a wide
range of used bikes. It also has all the safety gear, apparel, accessories from the top brands and a comprehensive parts department stocked to the roof. Hastings Honda prides itself on the level of involvement it has in the Hawke’s Bay community. It actively sponsors a number of local events and clubs such as: Hawke’s Bay Dog Trials, Hawke’s Bay A&P Show, HOTY, HBMCC, numerous motorcycle, motocross and trail events, the East Coast Flat Tracks Champs, and more. Having staff that participate personally in motorcycling events strengthens its community involvement, and they’re extremely proud to support the wider Hawke’s Bay community that supports them.
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ADVERTORIAL
Providing mechanical services Jim Young Motors is based at the Mobil Service Station, 590 Main Road, Bayview, and is a privately owned firm employing local people and has been serving the farming, viticulture, market gardening and forestry industries surrounding the area for the past 60 years. The company is now operating under the logo YML (Young Motors Ltd) and to cater for our customers needs we have six departments: The Mobil Service Station, for fuel, oil and grease; the shop providing drinks, food and other goods for the travelling public; the car service workshop for repairs, mechanical advice and WOFs; the mower, chainsaw and agriculture machinery sales and service section; the large truck service department; and our spare parts for cars, trucks and tractors,” says outdoor power department manager, Ron Thompson. “We service all types of vehicles. Ensuring your vehicle is mechanically sound is all part of coming to us for your warrant of fitness. Our mechanics will help you with any concerns you may have regarding maintenance and services. Any concerns you may have regarding your vehicle or equipment, we can help and advise you with the best options available.” The company carries a comprehensive range of products from the Husqvarna brand, including mowers, chainsaws, hedge and line trimmers and scrub bars.
“JYL also sells and services chainsaws, mowers and all outdoor power equipment. Depending on the job you require the equipment for, whether it be home or industrial, we carry a good range to choose from. “We cover the whole of the outdoor power product range. Husqvarna are really good quality products, which are very reliable.” The company recently branched into supplying Applestone UTVs. “These are made in China to American specifications. They are very good quality and are called Applestone because ‘apples are beautiful and stones are hard’. “The tractor department is run by Paul Coker, and we service and maintain all types of tractors and outdoor machinery including compressors and ride-on mowers, zero turns and lawn tractors. “For all your mechanical needs, we are here to help. Our aim is to provide good service, in a humble way, for our customers by our 30 friendly and experienced staff.”
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PERFECT FOR NZ CONDITIONS
MULTILINER VEL DISCS
3 POINT LINKAGE BALE FEEDER AS EASY AS 1 2 3 • Revolutionary in its self loading compact design
INCL GST
THEN 1/3 JAN 2018
we’ll pay the
THEN 1/3 IN 12 MONTHS*
interest
aitchisonseeding.co.nz
PRESTO 300
SUITABLE FOR BOTH PRIMARY & SECONDARY CULTIVATION WORK Featuring 28 heavy-duty offset discs, a robust frame and hydraulic depth control the VEL is designed for optimum performance. • 3.15m working width • 235mm disc spacing FEATURING ULTRA SHORT CHASSIS WITH FLOATING DRAFTBAR & DRAWBAR
3,550
$
3 EQUAL PAYMENTS
N EW
PAY 1/3 DELIVERY
THEN 1/3 IN 6 MONTHS
INCL GST
N EW
THIS MONTH’S MACHINERY DEALS
FAST & EFFICIENT SOIL PREPARATION • Value for money • 10cm working depth • SKF Agrihubs (sealed for life) • Duratorque disc suspension • 510mm diameter discs • For effective residue incorporation • Choice of repackers available
new stock
arriving
maschio.co.nz
maschiogaspardoNZ
DEMONSTRATORS AVAILABLE HERE IN THE BAY - 1ST MAY 2017 READY TO INDENT FOR SPRING
deutztractors.co.nz
deutznz
37HP LOADER COMBO • 4WD • Power Steering
28,990
$
PAYMENTS FROM $82/WEEK** 2 YEAR/2000 HOUR WARRANTY
KIOTI DK4810
48HP LOADER COMBO
34,990
$
PAYMENTS FROM $101/WEEK** 2 YEAR/2000 HOUR WARRANTY
kiotitractors.co.nz
kiotinz
DEUTZ-FAHR & KIOTI TRACTOR FINANCE AVAILABLE | 0% INTEREST OR 5 YEARS OR 10% DEPOSIT*
PF584
* Terms and conditions apply. Weekly & Monthly payments based on 40% deposit (total GST paid in month 3) with 260 weekly or 60 monthly payments at 3.99%. ** Normal lending criteria and conditions apply. For a limited time only. † Subject to availability, order cut-off times and courier restrictions.
HASTINGS Power Farming Hawke’s Bay 06 879 9998 ONE NAME COVERS IT ALL
+GST
KIOTI CK3710
+GST
NEW DEUTZ-FAHR PRO-SERIES NZ TOUR