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Based in Wairarapa, the Rapa Feed Run was started by Dan and Sophie Hansen, when they heard Hawke’s Bay farmers needed help to feed their stock, due to the drought situation.
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an is the stock manager of the farm we are on, and I work off-farm as a financial controller in Martinborough. We have a mix of pre-lamb ewes, lamb fattening, a few cows and beef and the farm also has an arable side to it,” says Sophie. “We come from Hawke’s Bay, and a good friend lives in the Sheridan district. In mid-April, early May they said their dams were empty, and it looked like the middle of summer. It could have been us in the drought predicament, but 250mm of rainfall saved us.
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“Dan follows the Burrumbuttock Hay Runners on Facebook. They had 100 road trains rolling through outback Australia before the bush fires with feed for farmers. They never had any government funding — they just did it. It was amazing to watch. We decided to follow their lead and help a few people in Hawke’s Bay. “The feed was donated by more than 120 farmers in the Wairarapa. Everything from lifestyle block owners to business owners, real estate and stock agents and contractors gave one or two bales through to a whole unit.” The initiative grew much larger than Dan and Sophie ever imagined. “We had no idea that it would end up such an inspirational story. The traction it gained was amazing. The feed was delivered to two yards and distributed by the Rural Support Trust in Hawke’s Bay on our behalf. They are on the ground talking to farmers every day in the various areas and help when there is stress. They also hear from other farmers that someone needs help, so it made sense to partner with them. “Some people only needed five bales to get them through until their feed arrived, and some needed 10. It depended on each situation. Some
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needed short-term help, but others needed to survive winter and get their ewes fed. We have no contact with the farmers we help, but they are extremely thankful. “More than 160 people helped out. The drivers donated their time, drivers and fuel. We covered some road user charges to help some out. Some are
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EU Demonstrates Why Brexit Had to Happen
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New Zealand is currently negotiating a trade agreement with the EU. It’s taking a while. That’s not surprising given the EU’s penchant for bureaucratic procedures. First a preliminary political agreement had to be agreed and signed. Called the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation, negotiations commenced in 2012. It was signed four years later in 2016. Then, the EU had to go through a lengthy process of establishing its negotiating mandate for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) now being negotiated. You might think after all that, they could come up with a sensible offer on trade in goods for New Zealand.
The insult they dished up on meat and dairy products, seemed to surprise some, including trade minister, Hon David Parker. I must say, I wasn’t surprised at all. While both agriculture and international trade minister during the 1990s, I beat my head against the brick walls of the EU many times. Seared into my mind was their performance at Seattle in 1999, when the World Trade Organisation was trying to launch what became known as the DOHA
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Northland Rescue Helicopter pilot and sculpture artist Sue Dinkelacker has established a club for people who have used or been rescued by the emergency services helicopters. “The Haast Club is a way to signify the importance of the choppers missions and its patients. It is endorsed by the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust, Northland Emergency Services Trust and the Lakes District Air Rescue Trust,” says Northland Rescue Helicopter general manager, Vanessa Furze. “Sue has worked in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in New Zealand for more than seven years. She is currently a captain flying the Northland Emergency Services Trust’s Sikorsky S76C++ helicopters in Whangarei.” Sue, an artist and awardwinning sculptor, created the eagle head sculptures for people that have used the emergency helicopter services Sue Dinkelacker, Northland Rescue Helicopter pilot and as a memento that can also be sculpture artist with the Haast Club eagle sculpture used as a conversation piece. she created to represent helicopter rescues across New “The Haast Club membership Zealand and the world is a way to commemorate a personal rescue. The purpose of his family property in the Far North. Mr the club is to offer a tangible ‘legacy- Vujchich was also the first person to join quality’ collectible to remind you of your the exclusive club. “When I heard about the club I joined experience, and create a talking point to share your story while raising funds for immediately. It is thanks to their speed New Zealand Rescue Helicopter Trusts,” that got me to Whangarei Hospital says Sue. and into surgery that I survived. It was “Many different types of helicopters technically impossible for me to survive have saved people over the last half- with what actually happened because a-century. A helicopter-shaped artwork losing a foot like that you should bleed would be recognised as a specific out within five minutes,” he says. “What has always stuck in my head chopper, whereas an eagle symbolises them all. Inspired by the eagle that was I could hear the rescue chopper snatched Gandalf to safety in the Tolkien coming in, and I could see it land. I stories, the Haast Club artworks depict have a new appreciation for the service the largest eagle ever to have existed and those on the team. When I see in the world, the extinct New Zealand the chopper in the air, I wonder who is hurt, where are they from and how Haast’s eagle.” The club is designed for anyone, badly. I encourage anyone who has been anywhere in New Zealand and across rescued by chopper or their family to the world. Northland resident and join The Haast Club and support The Far North District Councillor Kaikohe- Northland Emergency Services Trust.” Follow the crew on the Northland Hokianga Ward, John Vujchich, was rescued by the emergency services Rescue Helicopter Facebook page. For more information, and to join the helicopter in 2013 after his foot was chopped off in a farming accident on club go to Haastclub.com.
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Rural Building/sheds & shelters Not just a man cave by Paul Campbell
A man’s shed is his man cave, some say, but a shed can be a boon for any family. It’s in effect another useful room on the house, with a strong storage function as well as a workplace for the handyman. On rural properties, of course, the farm shed caters for a multitude of jobs.
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A well planned out shed means it’ll cater for all the jobs you have planned
approach doesn’t appeal, remember that a prefabricated choice will still need
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Tucked under a tree might seem a good idea until the sun seems a stranger. A bright and airy outlook is to be desired. Most importantly, a building inspector will establish how far your site is from property lines, streets, driveway and sidewalks, houses, septic tanks and leach fields, et cetera. If you plan to go down the DIY road, you’ll need to have the right tools. With building supply outlets around the country, there’s no problem with selection. Many of these outlets have knowledgeable staff only too happy to advise on equipment and materials. Once you are geared up to go, the most important factor to be decided is the foundations of the new enterprise. Most sheds can be supported by concrete blocks or treated wooden pilings, but pouring a concrete pad foundation makes for a commitment to permanence. If, of course, the DIY
something to sit on before it arrives on-site.
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Like everything else in the building code world, size will be important as it will dictate what permits may be required from the local council. In many cases in New Zealand, a shed becomes a home build project, while there are quite a number of kitset and ready-built options on the market. Once the design is decided upon, permits applied for and in the case of an extensive rural facility, probably a building contractor lined up — a shed site needs selection, again in a rural context there will be several choices. It would seem simple enough, but a lack of forethought can prove one’s undoing. Don’t build in a low-lying area where water collects and access becomes a wet weather worry. If the shed is wanted for regular activities, woodwork, maintenance and the like, look at the light available.
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SPOTLIGHT ON A legacy built on rail by Andy Bryenton
There’s still some dispute as to how the city of Hastings got its name. However, we know the exact date when a puzzled editor of the Hawke’s Bay Herald reported the ‘christening’ to his readership. “The name of the new town is to be Hastings. We hear this now for the first time,” read the report on June 7 1873. There’s even an argument about who chose the name, why, and what it was called beforehand. Today Hastings is no mystery. It’s a heritage town of New Zealand, twinned in many minds with neighbouring Napier and sporting its own distinctive style. Artist Rita Angus, writer Alan Duff, media personality Paul Holmes and racing legend Greg Murphy have all called this place home. Lucky, then, that it didn’t retain its early monicker of Hicksville, as these and other famous Kiwis may have faced a bit of predictable humour. Francis Hicks was a real historical figure, who was one of the twelve ‘apostles’
(actually farmers and businessmen) who bought the land that’s now Hastings from Thomas Tanner, the original European settler in the area. Tanner claims to have picked the name after the government of the day decided to extend a railway line, vital for farming and industry, south via a new junction on the Heretaunga Plains. The rails pushed through to Port Ahuriri, suddenly making Hick’s land a prime spot for those in the export trade. Tanner jumped in and somehow convinced Wellington to name
HASTINGS the settlement Hastings, though not after the famous battle, but after a personal hero of his, the dashingly militant leader of British India during the era of Napoleon, Warren Hastings. Of course, with cities in New Zealand popping up all over with the names of heroes of the Napoleonic Wars (Wellington chief among them), it was felt to be a fine tribute. That railway line and access to export proved to be the making of Hastings. Edward Newbigin delighted thirsty Kiwis when he emigrated from Newcastle, England, learned the brewer’s trade and went on to found his own Hastings brewery in 1881. The master brewer was said to have increased the production Warren Hastings defended India against Napoleon’s of the amber suds threefold and French armies, but never actually visited the town was also a long time patron of the named for him in New Zealand town’s bowling club. However, the most famous captain Hawke’s Bay to the world ended up of export to be born in Hastings is still feeding a nation. There’s likely to be no assuredly James Wattie, who founded one at all in New Zealand who hasn’t a cannery and food processing empire had a Wattie’s product on their plate at some point in their lives, let alone the there in 1934. What began with a railway line to crimson tomato sauce that some say is boost agriculture and open up the synonymous with citizenship.
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HASTINGS
Land of the rolling vines by Andy Bryenton
The lush countryside around Hastings may be the mirror reflection of the fabled wine countries of northern Italy, or California’s Napa and Sonoma valleys on top. That’s because of utterly unique geology and soils below, giving the wine here a refreshingly local twist. There’s no need to travel the world to experience the very pinnacle of the vintner’s art; heaven may be just around the corner. The Hastings region is home to New Zealand’s oldest vines and the oldest tradition on these shores of turning grapes into fine wines. While other regions have grown in size since the 1990s, the very doorstep of Hastings still boasts some 4,680 hectares under viticultivation with 41,000 tonnes of grapes harvested in 2018 alone. That’s more than 10 per cent of the nation’s production. Still, a combination of climate, geology and a formidable ‘brains trust’ of master vintners there means that quality stacks up over quantity, to the advantage of the travelling taster. Names like Mission Estate and Church Road will likely be recognised
by those who enjoy a Kiwi drop, but there are in excess of 31 wineries offering tastings at the cellar door within a short drive of Hastings. It’s the reds, which garnered instant appeal for this area. To this day distinct subregions like the Gimblett Gravels and the Bridge Pa Triangle are noted for their red wines. However, those who seek Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc varieties to try won’t be disappointed. Local restaurateurs have lost no time in pairing up regional delicacies with the abundance of characterful wines on offer. Expect to find some distinctive matches on offer as you browse the menus.
Top-class red wines from Hastings caught the attention of the world, though today there’s a vintage there for every food match and every palate
Those travelling to Hastings need not be outright connoisseurs of fine wine to enjoy the experience of a tour around the cellar doors. A particular treat in summer is to meander between
several nearby wineries by bicycle or to take advantage of the coastal vineyard setting to appreciate some angling — followed by matching your fresh catch with a bottle of something special.
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On the fish hook of Maui by Andy Bryenton
They were flying here long before the first waka reached New Zealand shores, and they have become the most prolific residents of the Hastings area, with more than 3,000 families packed into cramped accommodation on one of the wildest seashores in the North Island. They are, of course, Hastings’s famous seabirds, the gannets of Cape Kidnappers, and they make remarkable neighbours to their curious human hosts. The colony at the cape fascinates ornithologists and tourists alike. It’s thought that Cape Kidnappers is also known in Te Reo Maori as ‘Te Kauwae a Maui’ after the legendary bone hook used by the demigod to fish up the North Island, and it’s fish which attract the gannets in their thousands. Pairs form monogamous bonds, mating year after year until one of the pair perishes. They gather on the steep cliffs to build cone-shaped nests of seaweed and debris; really just cups to prevent their eggs rolling off into the sea. The gannets were prized by preEuropean Maori, who used their striking white feathers as adornments for both their cloaks, their hair and their seagoing waka. More importantly, the fine and easily sharpened bones of the gannet were perfect for the practitioners
of the traditional art of moko, as they could be fashioned into manual tattoo needles. For most of pre-European history gannets failed to flock to the headland near Hastings. They began to arrive in the 1850s, when 100 breeding pairs were counted. Now their numbers have exploded, as the gannets have very few enemies and are largely untroubled by the proximity of humans. Instead, they spend their time practising one of nature’s ultimate high dive routines. Gannets can spot squid and small schooling fish metres underwater from a height of 20 metres in the air, and when they do, they fold up to become a water-piercing ‘missile’, wings tucked back and bill poised to strike. Their grace in capturing prey is matched by the elaborate dances they use to establish their space on the
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spreading their wings, touching beaks and preening each other’s feathers in an elaborate ritual. Tourists flock to see the colony in usual years, though this year, with Covid-19 closing the borders, it’s a good time for locals to catch a glimpse of one of the country’s natural wonders.
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DAFFODIL DAY
FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST 2020
Yellow the colour of hope by Andy Bryenton
The daffodil is the symbol for one of our nation’s most well known charitable fundraisers, the annual drive for the Cancer Society of New Zealand. To carry on their good work in Kiwi communities, looking after the families of people battling cancer and the wellbeing of patients themselves, this hard-working not-for-profit organisation hits the streets to raise money and awareness. Why the daffodil, though? How has this yellow bloom come to signify the push for research into one of the modern world’s most pervasive illnesses, and why was it chosen to represent Friday, August 28, Daffodil Day? The cheerful yellow bloom of the daffodil comes out at the turning of the seasons, as winter’s cold and rain turn to spring. Thus, several cultures held the flower sacred in ancient times, from the Egyptians to the Hebrews and, of course, the Greeks, who associated the flower with the demigod Narcissus. In their legends, the yellow daffodils grew on the earthly side of the river Styx, beyond which lay the afterlife. Daffodils were significant as a flower associated with returning from illness or injury, therefore; it’s said they reminded spirits of the joys of the living world and made them turn back, returning to their friends and family. In Wales, the daffodil is the symbol of the nation’s patron saint, St David,
a real-life sixth-century holy man who founded peaceful monasteries during a time of almost constant warfare, preserving literacy and knowledge of healing. The daffodil was also sacred to Eostre, the fertility Goddess of Rome from whom we take the name of the Easter holiday. In China, the daffodil is a symbol of hope and new life and is associated with the celebration of the new year. With all of these worldwide traditions supporting the impression of the daffodil as a flower of regeneration after winter, it’s no surprise that the Cancer Society chose it as an emblem for their own works. Their mission is centred on fostering hope, both in individuals fighting cancer and in society as a whole that a cure can be found through science and research. When you see the collectors out there this year with their bright yellow flowers, think of all the people through
history who have also waited for the daffodil to herald the coming of spring. Year after year, the flowers never let them down; just as the Cancer Society continues to honour its pledge and support those in our communities fighting this illness today.
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