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SUMMER 2013-14 ISSUE #32

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EXPERIENCE Summer Outdoors in the beautiful Wairarapa Patuna Chasm Rimutaka Cycle track Harvest Festival Tui HQ Events

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here’s so much going on over the next few months with festivals, events and various outdoor pursuits.

This issue we feature the Wairarapa Harvest Festival, a great annual event by the river just outside of Masterton, the Tauherenikau Races, plus many other outdoor pursuits.

Recently I have been doing some work with Robyn Richardson, the manager of the new Hospice shop opposite the library in Queen Street, Masterton. The boutique op-shop is staffed by Robyn and her group of volunteers who have done a fantastic job, for a worthy cause. This story is on page 34 and if you have any quality goods that you would like to donate please contact the Hospice Shop.

The amazing Patuna Farm Chasm, featured on the cover, is an ideal way to spend a summer’s afternoon, exploring the bush and warm river waters. And for those with lots of energy there’s the Tora Coastal Walk, the recently completed Rimutaka Cycle Track or walking the bush surrounding the French Village in Mangatarere Valley.

I am constantly amazed by the interesting people who have made the Wairarapa their home and this issue we profile designer Paul Holmstrom, retailers David and Conor Kershaw, host with the most David Betteridge, Aratoi director Alice Hutchison, organic farmer Frank van Steensel, vintners Ann and James Brodie, steampunk artist Trevor Lamb, hosts Rob Allen and Janelle Harrington and bakers Michael and Rosalie Kloeg - each doing something to make the Wairarapa a very special place.

Hope you enjoy this issue and have a great summer - see you again in Autumn, cheers Raewyn.

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Snippets Events Calendar Harvest Festival 2014 Tauherenikau Races Rimutaka Cycle track Tui HQ Events Track and Trail to Greytown Paul Holmstrom Designer David and Conor Kershaw David Betteridge Patuna Farm Chasm William Beetham exhibition at Aratoi Alice Hutchison Brodie Estate Pukaha Rat Trapping Frank van Steensel of Wairarapa Eco Farms Greytown Plunket Calendar Hospice Wairarapa Hospice Shop Trevor Lamb Clareville Bakery Lacewood at Tuhitarata Estate Summer Dining Guide Wines from Martinborough Olive Oil Directory North Wairarapa Wines Laurie’s Garden Yarn Lifestyle Directory Events Map

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Cover Photography: Patuna Farm Chasm.

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The Natural Path to Perfection

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ance Redgwell believes that he can take his wines to the next level by mimicking nature.

Cambridge Road Vineyard is a small estate in the heart of the Martinborough Terrace Appellation.

Lance and Bridie McKenna with son Aston, came to Martinborough seven years ago to pursue a dream to create beautiful wines while giving their son the country life the Wairarapa offers.

Together as a family, they focus their time and energy on perfecting and beautifying the land and cultivate it according to natural biodynamic principles. They have a commitment to making fine, handcrafted wines, incorporating meticulous viticulture and winemaking techniques that take inspiration from history and nature.

Today, driven by the committed pursuit of quality at the innovative fringe of the wine movement, producers are beginning to once

again look to the past with fresh eyes seeking the wisdom that it holds. The ancient terracotta amphorae or giare are gaining a fresh following right around the world, some countries never abandoned the form including Georgia on the Black Sea, considered the cradle of vinous conception.

Being the first in New Zealand to incorporate this philosophy Lance and Bridie imported a 675 litre ceramic ‘Egg’ they have come to know as Mork. Traditionally inspired, this vessel uses the fabled Golden Ratio, the formula purported by some to be found in the architecture of all natural form. Most famously the nautilus shell demonstrates this rhythmic beauty. For Cambridge Road the ‘Egg’ gives the opportunity to create wines in a more natural process.

While untested in this country they believe it will enable the wines to retain more of their energy and add another beautiful layer to wine character in general.

As a winegrower seeking the most pure health giving wine the couple employ several less than conventional techniques. Organic husbandry has extended to embrace and harness the benefits of biodynamic farming, and they have striven to reduce the amount of preservative in the wine and now boast some of the most allergen free wines in the country.

Over the Hill to Greytown

GOLD AGAIN!

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ongratulations to Gavin, Julie and the team at Greytown Butchery for scooping up a Gold Award again for their famous beef flavoured sausage in the 2013 Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition held in October. With over 460 entries and 30 awards up for grabs, it is no easy game for anyone, and being up against the big companies to win such an award is an astounding effort by the team at Greytown Butchery.

Many awards have been clocked up by Greytown Butchery, even before Gavin and Julie took ownership back in 2006. The first entry was sent to the annual Sausage Competition and winning gold on their first effort was absolutely amazing.

What is also amazing is to see a consistent award winner and such as Greytown Butchery’s classic beef flavoured sausage impress the judges year after year. Other sausage flavours that Gavin and Julie have entered have gained awards in the annual competition, but not to the extent like the tried and true beef flavoured. Stacking up a Gold and four Silvers and now this year taking the Gold again has been impressive and to top that off, when receiving their results in the competition, some were marked at 100%. To be consistently winning awards at this level is truly outstanding.

Well done Greytown Butchery!

Charity fun ride comes of age

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he Rimutaka Hill Road is one of the most spectacular highways in the North Island.

It can also be one of the most treacherous.

Even today, after numerous redevelopments, the road can still present something of a challenge to motorists. Spare a thought then for Samuel Oates, a farmer from the U.K., who 157 years ago, pushed a wheelbarrow over the same route. There was no road at the time and it took him three or four days to complete the journey. A gum tree that Samuel brought over in his barrow, still flourishes in the town today.

Children’s writer Tania Atkinson had been fascinated by the story since she came to live in Greytown in 2010. “Given the steepness of the hill, it was an extraordinary feat,’ she says. “Samuel must have been a superman!”

When Tania wanted to write a story for her four year old granddaughter, Samuel and his barrow was the first idea to come to mind.

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“The little girl was too young for a straight historical account, so I adapted it to appeal to her age group by the introduction of a band of imaginary animals who cadge a ride over the hill in Sam’s barrow!” She also included plenty of repetition and wrote the story in the meter of a nursery rhyme.

When it came to finding an illustrator,

Tania didn’t have to look far. Carterton artist, Viv Walker, had already illustrated three successful picture books about the Wairarapa (Elwyn’s Dream, The Eels of Anzac Bridge and A Beam of Bright Light.)

“Right from the start I knew we could work together,” Tania said. “We shared the same imagination and sense of humour and Viv’s figure drawing and representation of animals was amazing!”

“As soon as I read Tania’s story it appealed to me” said Viv. “It offered a great combination with Sam and a cast of colourful characters, a lovely textual rhythm and a factual foundation.” As with her previous historical picture books set in the region and now with Over the Hill to Greytown, Viv felt fortunate to be involved.”It was a privilege to be part of the artistic journey depicting Sam’s own incredible one and I bounced along for the ride till the last brush mark!”

Over the Hill to Greytown is available from selected bookshops.

Wairarapa Machinery Harvest Rally

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ike Tatham’s home in Masterton has five sheds, each filled with refurbished vintage tractors, combine harvesters, balers and dozers. A roadside paddock is freshly ploughed and the vintage gear used to do it sits neatly off to the side. Inside the house hangs a fantastic aerial photograph of the Wairarapa Machinery Harvest Rally held every fourth year by the Wairarapa Machinery Club of which he is a part of. His passion for vintage farm machinery is immediately apparent and having spent most of his life as a farmer and contractor it’s not surprising.

Mike’s been collecting for the past 20 years and now in his retirement, restores the pieces back to original running order, on the most part with his own two hands. Inside one of his sheds, right in the back corner is one of his favourites, a machine “John Deere made their name on” the BR 1935. A cylinder, fly wheel start immaculately restored from the ground up by Mike – with some help from a panel-beating friend.

Next door the John Deere Model 40, 1953 was the first of its kind to use a vertical motor. This was originally owned by Greytown market gardener Jack Wong who ran it near on 30 years before passing it on. Most of the machines belonging to Mike have been local working gear.

Another favourite is the International Deering 1020 1928. This original machine is “a bit of a beast” still using a crank start motor.

The 16.5 tonne, 1941 D8 Caterpillar is “a real magnet at shows”, its huge yellow presence attracting the crowds in swarms. This machine is so big it uses a smaller motor just to start the bigger one.

Mike will be taking as many of his machines as he can to the Wairarapa Machinery Harvest Rally in February. Set in a 20 acre paddock on Dalefield Road in Carterton the two-day event showcases a vast array of working vintage machinery from tractors to steam traction engines. Preparations are made well in advance with the wheat planting taking place in August ready to be harvested, ground,

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milled and baked into scones – the old fashioned way of course. Mike thinks it’s a really good family day out; “It’s great fun for the kids, they’re interested and excited, they love watching the machinery work.”

Run by the Wairarapa Machinery Club, members have imported machinery from as far away as the US enabling the rally to present a great variety of equipment. Alongside this the club work in with other regional groups close by who contribute their machinery to the rally as well making for a very comprehensive set of equipment on show.

The Wairarapa Vintage Machinery Harvest Rally on the 22nd and 23rd February 2014 is a rare chance to see private machinery collections come to life in working displays. Get up close, talk to the collectors, see how they operate and the work that’s gone into restoring them.

A natural match

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omen from all around the Wairarapa have been visiting Alluminus Beauty Therapy in Greytown for more than just facials and pedicures lately.

A recent relationship struck between Alluminus and the prominent Wellington Plastic Surgical Masters team, Dr. John Masters with practice nurse (and wife) Leanne, has the region abuzz with the

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prospect of being treated by a worldclass plastic surgeon, right here, in the Wairarapa.

The partnership between the two companies, both renowned for providing the highest quality in service and cosmetic treatments, means they have easily booked out three successive months’ for non-surgical treatments, including Botox and dermal fillers.

Once a month, women can book an appointment that includes a private consultation with Dr. Masters in the peaceful Alluminus practice rooms. This is followed by Dr. Masters performing the prescribed treatment, supported by Leanne, with his ‘hands on, continuous care’ approach.

Dr. Masters and Leanne are enjoying working with the team at Alluminus.

Having been approached by several Wairarapa clinics seeking to work with them, he is very happy to have found a clinic that aspires to the same high standards and level of customer care that

he does, “It’s fabulous to meet and help so many people in the Wairarapa. They are now enjoying a new sense of confidence with their natural appearing results, achieved with a single Botox and dermal filler treatment. Many say they’ve dreamt of ridding themselves of unwanted facial lines and wrinkles for years, so to have the treatment performed in their home town is like having Christmas come early for them.

Thanks to our partnership with Alluminus I’m pleased to say some locals won’t be spending summer hiding under oversized glasses – though I do advocate the use of large sunhats to protect the skin from the harsh New Zealand sun – but that’s another conversation!”

The seemingly natural match between the two businesses means they can provide the highest level of service and care for women and we hope the word spreads as Dr. J (as his loyal patients refer to him) and Leanne become better known in the Wairarapa community.

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LIGHTS IN THE LANDSCAPE - New Zealand Lighthouses Photographs by Grant Sheehan

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ights in the Landscape is a spectacular photographic journey from New Zealand’s most northern lighthouse at Cape Reinga, to our most southern, in Foveaux Strait and includes comprehensive chapters on both Castle Point Lighthouse and Palliser Lighthouse and surrounding landscapes.

The book shows not only the lighthouses themselves but also the landscape around them, capturing the wild beauty of the coastline, the often unpredictable weather and the wildlife that live in these, mostly isolated areas.

Accompanying the photographs is text giving a short history and for lighthouses still operational, technical details.

The photographs capture sharp textural landscapes in many different light situations, from storm light and moonlight and nightscapes filled with stars.

Photographic data is included in the caption of each image.

The book also includes a brief history, with portraits, of the last keepers that manned the lighthouses in the final days before automation. Available from Hedleys Bookshop. www.lightsinthelandscape.com

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Not only scarecrows at Gladstone

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atamata might have its Hobbits but Gladstone has its Scarecrows! The Gladstone Scarecrows, however, can only be seen around November each year and they pop up in the most unexpected places – you have to drive around the area and hunt them down! By Tracey O’Callaghan.

The first scarecrows appeared around 12 years ago and have been an annual event ever since drawing in busloads of people!

For the uninitiated it may appear that Gladstone is little more than a label on the map within the Carterton District, but it is actual a vibrant, friendly community with a school, pub, sports centre and church.

The Scarecrow Festival is organised by the Gladstone School who also host a country fair and Scarecrow Scamper (fun run and walk) through local farmland all as fundraisers for the school. Gladstone residents and businesses alike display their creative talents by producing a variety of scarecrows which are then displayed throughout the district – the best one being awarded a prize.

Prize giving happens during the Scarecrow Fair at the school – which features arts, crafts and produce for sale as well as providing a variety of entertainment.

The scarecrows may be around only in November but Gladstone has much to offer year round.

The Gladstone Inn is a true country pub - great food, a relaxing setting and friendly company – just leave your dirty boots by the door! There are also lots of wineries in Gladstone – all of which produce fabulous

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wines – Pinot Noir, Savvie, Reisling – it is all here and several have cellar doors.

Every March there is the Wairarapa Wine Harvest Festival, held by the river on East Taratahi Rd. But shush – it is a closely guarded secret! Featuring many of the Gladstone and Masterton wineries; good music and great local food, once you have been, you will keep going back!

Check out Stonehenge and find out more about the Southern night skies or celebrate the Winter Equinox and Summer Solstice here –truly magical experiences.

Gladstone also has one of the only working Wheelwrights in New Zealand – so, if you are looking for a new cartwheel crafted by hand – this is where you go! Rumour has it that some of the cartwheels featuring in Lord of the Rings originated here – and there

may be couple of cartwheels in Matamata!

Spend a few days exploring the Gladstone area soaking up the rural tranquillity and fresh air, marvelling at the clear night skies and beautiful countryside. Only 15 minutes from Carterton, Greytown and Masterton but you feel as though you have truly escaped the stresses of everyday life.

There are several accommodation options ranging from rural baches to a five star guest lodge – oh, and bring your bikes (or hire them), there are a number of perfect road circuits to explore.

Check out the community facebook page for what is happening around Gladstone – facebook.com/GladstoneWairarapa.

Tracey O’Callaghan, along with husband Jim Kettle, own and run the Summit Lodge, Gladstone’s only 5 star guest lodge.

Supporting the learners

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tarting up a branch of Learning Support Tuition in the Wairarapa has been an exciting challenge for part time school teacher Kim Register. Learning Support was started in Wellington approximately five years ago, with the Christchurch branch starting 18 months ago. Both Wairarapa’s Learning support branches have been steadily increasing tutors Kirsten Matthews and in students ever since. With so many Kim Register. specialist education services based over the hill it seemed a group of struggling learners and their parents were not being offered similar services on this side of the hill, with a number of students from the Wairarapa making the trip over the hill on a weekly bases to access Learning Support’s intervention programmes.

Learning Support provides evidence-based, individualised support and monitoring in reading, spelling, comprehension, dyslexia, specific learning difficulties, assistive technology and mathematics.

Kim currently tutors her students at their various schools around the Wairarapa within the school day and is quick to point out that this of course wouldn’t be possible without the support of understanding principals and teachers who see this service as improving individual’s learning and confidence.

By building a collegial, collaborative approach between tutor, school and home their aim is to ensure that struggling learners understand their differences and celebrate their strengths. Learning Support’s individualised programmes meet the specific needs of each struggling learner. No two children share the same set of strengths or areas of weakness. With student numbers growing Kim is looking forward to having Kirsten Matthews, another experienced teacher join the team in 2014. Together with 30 + years of teaching experience they want to build confidence to uncover true potential for children within the Wairarapa. See advertisement page 23.

Wairarapa’s Coastal Communities by Jim Graydon

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he Wairarapa coastline stretches for 220 kilometres, from the mouth of the Mataikona River in the north to Turakirae Head in the south. It is a wild and remote coastal landscape, much of it still deserted, with a distinctive spartan beauty. Some of New Zealand’s worst shipwrecks happened here and it is still a dangerous place to go to sea. However, the coast is a prolific fishery and Maori based themselves close to this resource well before Europeans arrived in the 1840s. Then the iconic sheep stations were established, ferry services appeared to deal with coastal traffic, and lighthouses were constructed.

Eventually, the first hardy campers and commercial fishermen arrived. Coastal communities began to grow which are now holiday venues with some luxurious homes. However, reliable roads and bridges to reach them have only been completed in the last few decades. Until recent times, the history of Wairarapa’s coastal communities is the tale of hardy, self-sufficient individuals prepared to tolerate isolation, absence of services, and unreliable communications, to enjoy the ambience and opportunities of their unique coastal environment. On The Edge chronicles the history of these coastal settlements and captures the atmosphere enjoyed by those who have lived or holidayed in the communities.

Published by Wairarapa Archive/Fraser Books.

One of the older baches at Flat Point facing the wild coast.

(Jim Graydon photo)

Living the dream

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indsey and her husband Chris arrived in the sunny Wairarapa almost two years ago to open the new FreshChoice supermarket in Greytown. After selling their FreshChoice in Greymouth to Countdown, Chris and Lindsey were offered the Greytown opportunity. They came up to explore the South Wairarapa with an open mind not know anything about the area – but after just one day fell in love with the place. “Everyone has been very welcoming and we really enjoy living in the Wairarapa,” says Lindsey.

The supermarket has now celebrated its first birthday and after being in the admin managers role, setting up financial and data systems it was time for Lindsey to hand over the reins to her capable team and do something that she has always had a passion for, real estate.

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consultant and is covering the Carterton, Greytown and Martinborough markets.

“Remax Leaders was an obvious choice for me – nobody in the world sells more real estate than Remax. I love to be part of a great team with a trusted reputation.

“I really enjoy helping people achieve their dreams and goals” says Lindsey “and what better way to do it than in helping someone buy or sell a home. I take this role very seriously as someone is trusting me with what is usually their biggest financial asset.”

Lindsey has particularly enjoyed marketing the sections and the land house packages at Westwood where she lives.

“It’s a great area of Greytown and I am enjoying watching the subdivision develop.

The four bedroom, executive home that I am currently marketing is almost complete and there are some gorgeous town houses

at the planning stage – it’s all very exciting.

This month’s special offer is $200 in FreshChoice vouchers for any new exclusive listing. I also give $100 if you refer me to a friend and it leads to a listing.”

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Summer Events Calendar There’s plenty happening over the next few months in the Wairarapa, so don’t forget to mark your calendar and participate in all of the fun-filled events. For further information go to www.wairarapanz.com DECEMBER 1: Wharekauhau Wine and Food Society Markets at Te Kairanga 30/31: La De Da Music Festival, Daisy Bank Farm, Martinborough. www.ladeda.co.nz JANUARY 2014 2: Interislander Summer Festival Races at Tauherenikau Racecourse.

www.tauherenikau.co.nz 5: Wharekauhau Wine & Food Society Farmers Market 10 - 12: Clareville Country Music Festival, Clareville Showgrounds, Carterton.

18: Meandering Summer Lunch. www.coneywines.co.nz 26: Mangatainoka Motors The Rods & Pistons Chrome Show. Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka.

www.tui.co.nz FEBRUARY 1: Martinborough Fair. www.martinboroughfair.org.nz 1: Super Rugby pre-season game involving the Hurricanes. Memorial Park, Masterton 2: Wharekauhau Wine & Food Society Farmers Market 6: Interislander Summer Festival Races: Waitangi Day at Tauherenikau Racecourse.

www.tauherenikau.co.nz 6-8: Hot Rods, Masterton 8: Classic Hits Winery Tour featuring the Exponents, Stan Walker and Breaks Co-Op. Alana Estate 14 - 16: Ngawi Big Three Fishing Competition, Cape Palliser 15: Trust House Masterton A&P Show and Gate to Plate Lamb event 22 - 23: Wairarapa Vintage Machinery Harvest Club Rally Carterton 28 – Mar 2: Golden Shears 2014 Championships. www.goldenshears.co.nz MARCH 1: 3: 8 8: 9: 15: 11 - 16: 16 21 30:

Martinborough Fair www.martinboroughfair.org.nz Wharekauhau Wine & Food Society Farmers Market The Toki Open organised by Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka. www.tui.co.nz Greater Wellington Region Brew Day in Martinborough. www.brewday.co.nz The Bush Cycle Classic organised by Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka. www.tui.co.nz Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival local wines, food and music .www.wairarapawines.co.nz Wairarapa Balloon Fiesta - www.nzballoons.co.nz Round the Vines 2014 Martinborough www.roundthevines.org.nz Pokey LaFarge performing King Street Live in Masterton. www.kingstreetlive.co.nz Bring the Keg Back to the Brewery teams race.Organised by Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka. www.tui.co.nz

The thrill of the Golden Shears

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avid Buick, a Pongoroa local, has been competing in the Golden Shears since 1996. It’s the thrill of the competition that keeps him coming back, each year striving to make that final and be number one.

“Shearing’s been in the family for generations, I’ve watched it since I was a little kid and wanted to pick up the hand-piece and give it a go,” says David. “It’s the biggest shearing show in the world, it’s one to strive for.”

The Golden Shears is a unique event, the pinnacle of New Zealand sheep shearing, wool-handling and wool pressing. It’s a high performance sport and the contestants are athletes. They’ve trained hard and the Golden Shears held each summer in Masterton is where they lay it all on the line.

Competitors like David are out shearing 11 months of the year and those are long hard days. Fitness in their line of work is a given but at crunch time it’s coming home from a 12 hour day and getting

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on the bike or the rowing machine that really make a difference.

The atmosphere; the smell, the sounds, the crowd, the lanolin, the wolf whistling, the bellowing of sheep and the hum of shearing motors all create a real buzz that gets people hooked and keeps them coming back year after year.

“It’s an amazing spectacle; these are the best shearers in the world. And it’s a great night’s entertainment too.”

Features include the Women’s Shearing Invitational, the wool pressing finals on Friday night and the open final on Saturday night.

The top two wool handlers and the open shearing champion of the 2014 event will head to Ireland for the World Championship later in the year. Preliminaries for these competitions are already underway across the country.

The 2014 Golden Shears will run from Feb 27 – Mar 1 at the Genesis Recreation Centre in Masterton. It’s predicted to be edgeof-your-seat action that’s bound to get people clapping and cheering with the best of them!

Wairarapa Wines’ Harvest Festival 2014 Summer wouldn’t be summer without the Wairarapa Wines’ Harvest Festival, an unmissable date on New Zealand’s wine and food calendar.

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ary Blakemore couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate summer than attending Wairarapa Wines’ Harvest Festival. The annual festival held on a picturesque riverside setting with ancient native trees showcases Wairarapa’s food and wine producers. But it’s the atmosphere that draws Mary back year after year.

“I love Harvest because it has an intimacy about it. It is held in the one location and you can take a picnic blanket, find the perfect spot under the trees and relax,” she says.

Mary has attended five Harvest Festivals and last year made it a family affair bringing her daughter Stella and granddaughter Frankie.

“Each year we go with friends and family to enjoy the amazing local wine and food and last year was no exception. It was lovely having three generations of our family there and we just all relaxed in the sun and enjoyed the variety of music,” says Mary. “In many respects it’s the perfect way to spend a summer’s day.”

The eighth annual Harvest Festival will take place on Saturday 15 March, 2014 and will feature 16 wineries from the surrounding Gladstone, East Taratahi and Opaki areas, as well as a couple from Martinborough. Nine local restaurants will tempt festival-goers with a wide variety of food while Cuisine Magazine’s Ray McVinnie and John Saker will return to judge the food and wine match competition reinforcing the high value now being placed on Wairarapa wines and produce. vent manager Liz Pollock says the festival’s setting amongst totara and kahikatea creates the ideal environment for festival goers to walk around the wineries represented and enjoy food from their accompanying restaurants.

“The Harvest Festival’s location takes advantage of the natural beauty of rural Wairarapa but is only a ten minute drive from either Carterton or Masterton. Its reputation with the many locals in the 2,000-strong crowd, also means the festival is now attracting the palates of folk from far and wide.“ Since the first festival, the wine adjunct of the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club have been coming by the bus load to the Harvest Festival. Members, Ray and Rick Watson, (uncle and cousin of Raewyn Watson, editor of Lifestyle Magazine) along with Karen McNulty, Rick’s partner, have been enjoying the glorious weather,

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Mary Blakemore with grandaughter Frankie.

food and wine. “It’s a great time to catch up with friends and regular festival goers who we have met over the years,” said Ray. “Not to mention family, as we always meet up with Raewyn and Nic on the day and share a glass or two of wine.”

Tickets to the 2014 Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival will go on sale from late November 2013. For further information please visit www.wairarapawines.co.nz.

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Furlongs and Flora People have gathered for generations under the trees at Tauherenikau to see horses race. As the Wairarapa Racing Club nears 150 years of gallops, Julia Mahony visits the beautiful racecourse between meetings.

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ithout a thrumming raceday crowd, the prime carpark outside Ginni Thurston’s office next to the birdcage is free.

Tauherenikau Racecourse is quiet but stands of magnificent tawa, kahikatea, totara, rimu and titoki, melded with old English trees send sparkling shadows and whispers around the complex of characterful wooden buildings.

Wairarapa Racing Club secretary Ginni is puzzling over how to remove a fat wood pigeon which crashed through a window in the tea kiosk and is perched high in the rafters.

It’s on Ginni’s to-do list before the two big meetings of 2014 -January 2 and February 6 -- at the racecourse between Greytown and Featherston. The club’s sesqui celebrations are planned for 2015.

“In the days before January 2nd there’s usually a storm, requiring all hands on deck,’’ Ginni says. There have even been trees hastily felled on the morning of a race day, for public safety.

Picnics under the sheltering boughs, wobbly tables, bacon and egg pie in one hand, racebook in the other, is an iconic Tauherenikau race day scene. Generations of families set up in the same spots year after year, others arriving as early as 6am to secure shady parks.

The Wairarapa Racing Club held race meetings from 1865 at Pihautea and Moroa in South Wairarapa – a brown gelding called Volunteer was known as “Wairarapa’s wonder horse’’ of the 1860s.

The club shifted to Tauherenikau a decade later after a track was marked out amongst scrub, flax and thistles on the Old Ferry Reserve.

“It must have been a huge amount of work to establish the track here near the river,’’ Ginni says. “It was pretty much built on stones.’’

Club stalwart W. J. Nix described the course in a letter as a very dangerous piece of ground to ride over owing to the number of holes thrown up during the earthquake of 1855.

A New Zealand Times report on the second meeting at Tauherenikau in December 1874 said: “By 12 o’clock Greytown was all alive. Shops were closed for the day, everybody was off to the races…station owners and station hands trooped in on horseback from all directions… the cattle pens were improvised stabling…

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A day at the races, yesteryear and today.

the Masterton band tickled the sensibilities of those inclined to be jovial.’’

The Dominion newspaper once reported that Prime Minister Richard Seddon lazed happily under a large tree during a visit to Tauherenikau around 1905, before weighing in on the jockeys’ scales at a whopping 24 stone (152kg).

Today, a good race meeting sees about 8000 people flock to the course, and while not quite the 12,000-plus of some years ago, still makes an impressive crowd. A family-orientated race day in October keeps the course active and about seven trainers currently use the track when it opens at daylight Monday-Saturday.

Inside the white pillared gateway to Tauherenikau, a giant kahikatea (white pine) stands sentinel along the driveway, its age unknown. One of the treasured old trees that -- along with the horses -- is sure to impress future generations.

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New Rimutaka Cycle Trail ready to ride

New Zealand’s only cycle trail located on the doorstep of a major city will be launched today. Wairarapa to benefit.

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he 115km Rimutaka Cycle Trail starts at Petone’s foreshore, then runs through Wairarapa before finishing at Wainuiomata’s Orongorongo River. Three stages of the cycleway are complete, with the final section from Ocean Beach to Orongorongo currently being finalised. The Rimutaka Cycle Trail will be promoted as one of New Zealand’s Great Rides as part of Nga Haerenga – The New Zealand Cycle Trail.

Destination Wairarapa general manager David Hancock expects the new trail will be a strong tourism drawcard for the region.

“We expect this trail will be a great economic driver for the region,” he says. “Based on the success of other Great Rides around New Zealand we expect to see thousands of tourists access the Wairarapa through the trail and then experience all the other activities on offer here.

“In addition we expect to see several new tourism operators opening up to support this new type of visitor the trail will bring.”

The project involved the work of PWT, Hutt City Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Destination Wairarapa, South Wairarapa District Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and the Department of Conservation, in collaboration with both iwi and rotary groups.

Mr Hancock says the collaboration is a good example of multiple private businesses and government organisations working together. It also highlights the dedication and drive of the Collective, who pushed ahead with creating the cycle trail despite missing out on central government funding.

“This collaborative approach with other regions and groups ensured the trail has come to fruition and is a perfect example of how having a great idea and the energy to get it done can achieve great results,” says Mr Hancock.

Highlights of the new cycle trail include its location on the doorstep of the country’s capital city, the Rimutaka incline and the picturesque Turakirae Head – home to the largest New Zealand fur seal colony in the Wellington region.

It also features part of the south Wairarapa coastline previously inaccessible to the public.

“We’ve ended up with a terrific two to three day Great Ride that will take cyclists through distinctive Wellington and Wairarapa landscapes

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and present our regional stories, all of which are supported by world class products,” says Mr Hancock.

“All this along a trail that is well signposted and offers a good mix of cycling grades.”

Positively Wellington Tourism (PWT) chief executive David Perks says it’s expected the new trail will be a strong tourism drawcard for the entire region.

“With accessibility a key factor for visitors, the trail should become as equally popular as other prominent trails throughout the country.”

The first three sections of the trail are fully operational with the final section expected to be ready to ride shortly. A proposal for the second phase of the project, which would see the trail link around Pencarrow through to Eastbourne where a ferry could be caught back to Petone or Wellington city, is also currently underway.

A list of transport options and operators providing shuttle services can be found at RimutakaCycleTrail.com.

Above: Rugged coastline at Wharekauhau.

Below: Lake Onoke, South Wairarapa.

Cheer (and beer) at Tui HQ Recent upgrades at Tui HQ have helped cement its reputation as a stand-alone events and conference venue.

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he popular tourist destination located at Mangatainoka – 45 We have been supplying New Zealand with their minutes drive northof Masterton - features the iconic Tui tower, favourite drop, from right here, since 1889. The the Tuiversity Conference Centre, historic Flagon Room and Tui HQ beer, the tower and the brewery are New Zealand and Café. This summer Tui HQ is available for private functions icons, so come on in. including Christmas parties.

Tui HQ manager Jenny Holmes says many local businesses Come visit Tui HQ, home of have booked their office Christmas parties at Tui while couples are all things Tui. We are open choosing it as a wedding venue.

7 days a week, come in for “With summer just around the corner, the team at Tui HQ wants a beer tasting, some to make the planning for everyone’s wedding or Christmas party tasty kiwi tucker from easy,” says Jenny. “Whether it’s a small group of three people or the Tui HQ Café, a tour a large corporate group we can cater for up to 180 people and give or a free look around them a fuss-free, unique and memorable experience.” the museum and shop Jenny says recent upgrades to the historic Flagon Room (and please remember include a new floor, a huge open fire place which is great to toast tours need to be booked). marshmallows in, a new roof, a covered veranda area and freshly painted exterior complete with new signage. It was used during Ph (06) 376 0815 · email: hq@tui.co.nz this year’s Tourism Export Council Conference, which attracted 200 www.tuibrewery.co.nz delegates from all over the country.

Tui HQ was also voted “NZ’s best private function venue” by Corporate Events Guide.

TUI BREWERY, STATE HIGHWAY 2, MANGATAINOKA. “The feedback we received from delegates who came to the TEC conference’s final night at Tui HQ was just terrific. They really enjoyed themselves, had great food and such a unique night. We www.tuibrewery.co.nz hope to replicate this successful formula over the summer.”

Tui HQ will also host a number of events during the coming months including the popular Tunes Under the Tower, beginning on Sunday 29 December.

“This is the perfect reward for all the hard work people have 0230TGS NEW 92x135(h) Ad.indd 1 30/01/12 done during the year and a great day for those just wanting to hang out and relax in the garden bar listening to live music,” says Jenny.

Tunes under the Tower will then be held on the last Sunday of each month.

For all common New Zealand visas Motoring fans are catered for with the Mangatainoka Motors The th i.e. work visa, Skilled Migrant Category, student visa Rods & Pistons Chrome Show on Sunday 26 January while those who enjoy a spot of golf can challenge themselves in the 12 Holes Services include: to Heaven Mangatainoka Open on Saturday 8th March.

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For the last four years and in true No 8 wire style, Tui Brewery has brought the big game to the small town of Mangatainoka. However after consultation with Neil ‘Skin’ Symonds, the farmer who owns the land on which the game has been played, a decision was made to relocate the 2014 game to Memorial Park in Masterton.

“Unfortunately Skin, whose farm we’ve previously used to host the game, has health issues so we have made the decision to move this year’s pre-season Super Rugby game from Mangatainoka to Masterton,” says Tui’s Nick Rogers.

“This is a temporary move for 2014 and we look forward to Call or email today returning the game to Mangatainoka in 2015 and then making it a biannual event. Skin’s health and family take priority at this time.” info@experienzimmigration.co.nz The pre-season game involving the Hurricanes franchise will Ph: +64 (0)6 927 2540 or M: +64 (0)22 381 5146 be played at Memorial Park in Masterton on Saturday, February 1. www.experienzimmigration.co.nz Tickets available from www.tui.co.nz

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Track and Trail to Greytown It’s possible for visitors to spend a day in Greytown without a car. Julia Mahony hosts a friend from Wellington, using local services, pedal power and sharp shopping focus.

There follows more shopping at Emporos in its stunning highstudded historical premises, SuperMinx shoes, Verandah, Hall, Designer Clothing Gallery and Password Please boutiques and the gift-rich Adorn and Pour Homme shops. uirky and stylish furniture can be found at Chambers on Main and its neighbour Mango, while Shalari Lingerie has underwear covered. Annabel is most appreciative of shop doors open after 4pm and it’s worth checking closing times to plan accordingly.

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Woodside Railway Station nnabel steps off the train from Wellington at Woodside with a big smile, an empty coffee cup and a newspaper. The Saturday train is on time at 11am, the early morning drizzle has vanished and we are set for a day in Greytown.

Waiting for us at the station are two bicycles, sized to fit our leg lengths, thanks to Stuart Edwards at Green Jersey Cycle Tour Company, who also provides his Greytown Groove map and vouchers.

The bikes glide along the 5km Greytown Rail Trail into town, with Annabel remarking that she feels transported into Darling Buds of May. The trail is flat and easy, allowing talk along the way, as we pass llamas, bee hives and a magnificent stand of oak trees.

After a cycle around Greytown’s beautiful streets, our first stop is for an excellent Supreme coffee at the spacious and bright Jack and Jill café. A quick spin around some boutique shops and we find ourselves being nourished by the exuberant Rusty at Bar Saluté Restaurant-Café.

Time for a little shopping at Emporos It’s back on the bikes for a quick pedal south to the Cobblestones museum complex and a tasting session at the Schoc chocolate shop, which offers its classic tablet range, as well as a variety of small treats for children – lips, hedgehogs, turtles, etc., which Annabel scoops up for her family. he bikes are dropped off in town and Annabel takes the excellent $2 shuttle bus service from Greytown back out to Woodside to catch the 5.16pm train home. The shuttle connects with most trains coming and going at Woodside, for an easy link to the village.

The south-bound train also arrives on time and Annabel is carried off home to the city, just an hour away. Thank you Greytown!

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Annabel with Vanessa Coleman and Cleve Worthington at Saluté Annabel relishes the train of tapas brought to our table, each one a “taste sensation’’. We take coffee and dessert out to the deck, where our furtive people-watching culminates in the arrival of Vanessa Coleman and Cleve Worthington, who have popped in for some “Dutch courage’’ ahead of their steam punk themed wedding.

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Temptation at Schoc chocolate shop.

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License to scavenge Industrial furniture maker, Paul Holmstrom, explains how his magpie ways have led to a fulfilling creative career. Tina Finn joins him for a chat.

aul Holmstrom likes to collect junk. Although for a long time it wasn’t clear exactly what he’d do with it all. Originally from Minnesota in America; ‘The land of 10,000 lakes,’ as bumper stickers declare across the state, Paul was about to graduate from Cordon Bleu chef school when he got ‘chit-chatting’ with an instructor in the wine section who’d recently visited New Zealand. The instructor painted such a glowing picture of the country that Paul immediately went online to check it out, liked what he saw and sent out mass emails to potential employers.

Two replies came back; one from a winter resort in Christchurch, the other a winery in Martinborough. The winery offered fulltime work and so a ticket to Martinborough it was.

Paul didn’t think of it as a big leap to leave home for an unknown land. He didn’t even think of it as travelling. It was just another job. But that’s not to say upping sticks came easily to this inveterate hoarder.

“I moved around all the time growing up but in the five years that we’d lived in our house back in the States, I’d collected so much stuff that we had a garage sale and it took three days to sell everything,” says Paul. “Not even including the shop [workshop] equipment, and still we had to take a load of stuff to the tip.

“One time up in north Minnesota I bought an entire junkyard.

This old guy was a blacksmith as was his father before him. They had cars in the paddocks, sheds full of stuff… I bought it all for 250 bucks.”

Paul says he’s been very good since he and his wife, Jen, have lived in New Zealand.

“Friends know I’m a magpie, but it’s not over the top - just small bits, shiny bits. Although I still might pull stuff off a burn pile if it catches my eye…” isely, Jen has made their kiwi home a shop-free zone. Paul has a shed down the road where he can gather his finds and turn disparate elements into beautiful and eclectic industrial furniture and homewares: lights made from chunks of cars and vacuum cleaners; a table from glass, steel, reclaimed timber and the upended cast iron brackets of a vintage sewing machine. Particularly impressive is a very tall articulated crane-like metal standard lamp, bracketed and riveted and with an old Dodge headlamp swivelling at is tip like an irrescent eye.

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Paul in his workshop.

Though he’s had a circuitous career route through various trades – cheffing, hot-dog-carting, building – Paul feels he has returned to his first passion. His creating skills come naturally to him, he says, having grown up pulling things to pieces.

“Alarm clocks and tricycles… although they didn’t always get put back together. Clocks are particularly hard. Once you open those guys up, pwang!” he grins, miming the explosion of springs and parts that would result.

Later people would bring him hot-rods and race-cars to rebuild and his love of cars is evidenced in the many body parts that appear in his creations.

Now that his business is building up steam, Paul can give free rein to his magpie tendencies, although he finds the pickings dryer than those in his lake-filled home.

“It’s the one thing Jen and I miss; the variety of ‘things’ available in the States,” he says.

But it’s a small gripe.

“I’ve never felt as ‘home’ as I do here,” says Paul, “and I’ve never said that before.”

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David Kershaw says Martinborough’s P&K is all about change; otherwise it wouldn’t be celebrating 140 years and transitioning the family business to the fourth generation. By Susan McLeary Fourth generation Conor Kershaw is stepping into his father David’s shoes.

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hen the original Martinborough store was established in 1873, Kirkcaldie & Stains was 10 years old and Smith & Caughey did not yet exist. Its central location by the Square reflects its central role in Martinborough’s growth.

Re-named Pain & Kershaw in 1923 when the first Mr Kershaw (John) bought out George Pain, it was the last remaining country department store until the Mitre10 store was built in 2002. It is one of the oldest family-owned businesses in New Zealand.

“We have responded to changing conditions. Some have been incremental but at times introducing new ideas has meant we’ve had to work around an older generation,” comments David, the third Mr Kershaw.

“I pushed strongly to join the new Mitre10 co-operative buying group but my father Harry struggled to get his head around the idea.

He preferred traditional High Street hardware and grocery stores.

“In hindsight it was one of the best things we did, giving us better buying power and access to promotional programmes. But it wasn’t easy at the time. Going into Lotto was a similarly big call,” he smiles wryly.

After 16 years on the Foodstuffs Board, David knows the grocery industry well. Ironically, he had no intention of joining the family firm, but when asked to help out for six months with centenary celebrations in 1973 he stepped in. Now, after 40 years, he is retiring.

“My father never really retired, and I didn’t want that. Conor drove our recent re-branding from Pain & Kershaw to P&K, and he will unfold his own ideas.”

Conor recalls being “a vege boy at 8”, starting with tea and biscuits in the smoko room to catch up with everyone.

Leaving Martinborough for business studies in Dunedin and living in London convinced him he would enjoy the business world challenge, and he returned in 2004 to manage the Mitre10 store.

Now on the Mitre10 national board, Conor was part of an intensive

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18 day study tour looking at international hardware trends earlier this year.

“Customers enjoy convenience and personal connections with a local business. In a small town the personal element is so important, and our team are great at putting the customer first.” he comments.

“Weekenders come in to Mitre10 to buy materials, and are often blown away that a team member remembers them and asks later “how did that project go last weekend?”

The two firmly believe the wine industry, plus Mike Laven’s redevelopment of the Martinborough Hotel, were major catalysts for change to the wine village destination it has become.

“Visitors, weekenders and new residents are a great addition for our businesses, and P&K has changed along with the town to meet those demands.

“We see ourselves complementing winery cellar doors. How many Four Square stores stock high-end culinary items like Lewis Road butter and Ruth Pretty preserves?” David asks.

P&K may be changing but the Kershaw family’s loyalty and commitment to the Martinborough community will not.

This cash till was the Rolls Royce of its day when installed in 1950, and converted to decimal currency in 1967. Extremely heavy, David was pleased to see the old cash tills replaced when P&K computerised in 1986.

Susan Mcleary

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Coming Home

Fourth generation Martinborough man David Beveridge is fast becoming an ambassador for the wine village discovers Katie Farman.

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t was the memory of his childhood that inspired David Beveridge to return to Martinborough. After living most of his adult life in the big city including stints in London and Wellington, the former corporate banker chose to move over this side of the Rimutakas in 2012 for lifestyle reasons.

“I had an idyllic childhood growing up here and have so many rich memories of Martinborough,” says David, who now owns Micro Wine Bar with his partner Nathan Ferry and business partner Wendy Potts.

“I remember when the majority of this area was paddocks and I’d go pea picking and do hay baling … now it’s covered in vines and expensive houses.”

David’s family used to own the land where Dry River Wines, Martinborough Estate, Te Kairanga Vineyard and a large number of lifestyle blocks are now situated. It was a family farm dating back three generations, but a soil report in the late 1970s concluded the ground was perfect for growing vines. So when David was eight, his family sold their land in town to buy a large hill farm called Mangapari Station, which is now owned by David’s brother. After school David pursued a corporate career rather than a farming one and then returned to university as a mature student to complete a BA (Political Science and Asian Studies). It was during this time he would return to the Wairarapa before opting to move here permanently.

“I always thought I’d return when I was ready, and that decision was driven largely by wanting to spend more time with my parents, I enjoyed the more settled weather here and I was just ready for a change,” he says.

Sadly, David’s mum passed away three weeks before he moved into his 1950s stucco house, which he has since renovated. She was also unable to see his new business venture unfold, an idea which came about following a random night with Wendy and Nathan.

“You could say it was a bit serendipitous but the idea came to

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us over a few bottles of wine. We decided to play to our individual strengths and Mirco was born.”

Micro Wine Bar lives up to its name occupying a compact site on Ohio Street. Even though its small inside there is a large wine and beer list and a surprising menu of small plates, many influenced

by Spanish or Asian flavours such as the slow roast pork belly with garlic, palm sugar and fish sauce or the sesame fried chicken with wasabi mayo. avid’s partner Nathan, who originally trained as a chef in Sydney before pursuing a career in IT, has returned to his roots and runs the kitchen. While Wendy, a former wine maker at Te Kairanga who has also worked vintages in Europe and the United States, is in charge of the wine menu. David says each of the trio brings a unique perspective to the business and this has created a real point of difference. What’s also added to Micro’s charm is its commitment to local wines.

“I always found it odd that people coming to a renowned wine village – a village that produces some of the New Zealand’s most amazing Pinot Noirs weren’t able to buy a selection of wines by the glass,” says David. “So part of our difference is showcasing the very best wine Martinborough has to offer and of course offering some of best craft beers around.”

Since opening last year, David says Micro has attracted a loyal following and is popular with international visitors. It’s also allowed the affable David to connect with clients and unwittingly become an ambassador for his childhood home.

“Martinborough is very welcoming and there’s a great sense of community here. It’s a very social town and the changes it has experienced since I was a child, have allowed it to prosper,” he says.

“It also has its own flavour thanks to the movie theatre, the great restaurants and the recreational facilities like the golf, tennis and bowling clubs. Also a lot of people choose to work in Wellington and live a corporate life 9-5 but then come home to enjoy the lifestyle here, so there’s this neat juxtaposition happening.”

David, who was recently elected to the Martinborough Business Association, says at this stage of his life he couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.

“Martinborough is my Turangawaewae, I feel grounded here. I feel at peace.”

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Check out your local chasm I shall say this only once. I am so not the kind of gal who inserts herself willingly into a ‘large fissure in the earth’s surface, a narrow space between two precipices’. I am not even the kind of gal who does this by accident. I am not chasm-friendly. I am not rude to them, but I am not sure what They Even Are. Barbara Hyde does some in-depth exploring.

ere then is the in-depth (boom boom) tale of my adventure into the Patuna Chasm with my friend Helen Tickner. On a hot day last summer we drove twenty minutes out of Martinborough to the magic valley - Ruakokopatuna. At Patuna Farm Homestead Chasm-Chieftess Alison met us and we followed her up the road to the car park and launch position for our adventure.

Alison provided a good sheet of instructions.

This is what happened next. We walked through a silent pine forest springing on the pine needles underneath our feet, forded a little stream and started to walk quite steeply up through manuka studded farmland. We got hotter.

We got happy. We had fun - real fun, not that kind you have on the internet but that real sun-inyour-face-hot-Wairarapa-fun. We were clever: over the years sheep and other taller upright creatures had created sandy tracks around the hillside. We followed these clambering and climbing all in the name of said fun.

We got hungry after an hour and stopped at Wave Rock. In some places in the world a limestone rock doing such a good impersonation of an amazing limestone rock as this one does would be graffitied or turned into a café. Or both.

Not here.

A real sense of anticipation was building as we soldiered on – and we weren’t even soldiers! We were about to get to the bottom of this hidden Wairarapa gem, literally! Fortunately to make this easier ,right at the brink there was a wooden ladder! Only in NZ! Brilliant.

One minute blazing sun, next a cooler quieter calmer wetter place. Dark but light too. It really was gorgeous.

Wading through the quite warm water made the two slinky eels seem less of an issue. You had to admire them for finding such a great place to hang out. Even in the guts of the hard drought there was plenty of water in the river.

There was a strong kind of hobbity feel to the cathedral cavern, the stalactites, the gently mossy waterfall. We scrambled along over rocks, in ankle deep water through to waist high, at times past little sunny beaches. You could while away a sunny afternoon or day here, and people do.

After about an hour walking through the flecked filtered light of the chasm we came to the end and swam out.

Almost buried treasure. I can’t wait to go back.

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urvival Tips If it’s coolish taking a wetsuit would be a grand idea – especially for kids. Wear old sneakers or beach shoes that are good on slippery rocks.

Take a change of clothes – you will get wet to your waist at least. Watch for the grassy beach (after about an hour’s walk through the chasm) where you can get out and retrace your steps through the farmland/bush. If you miss this exit you have to do a short ‘swim to the end’ section .

Take a full change of clothes, leave your phone in the car and take a sealable plastic bag in case you do find yourself swimming and need to protect car keys, wallets and other valuables.

There is an access charge payable to Patuna Farm which covers keeping the track and access points clear. Call in at the farm on your way home to let Alan or Alison know you’re leaving.

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Close to Home - William Beetham portraits

Aratoi – Wairarapa Museum of Art and History. 6 December 2013 – 23 February 2014.

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elected paintings from Te Ru Movers and Shakers: Early New Zealand Portraits by William Beetham, an exhibition curated by Jane Vial for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.

William Beetham established a career as a professional portrait artist in England, but, anxious about prospects for his children, he emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1855. The following year he founded what became one of New Zealand’s most extensive pastoral stations – Brancepeth, in the Wairarapa.

Born at Doncaster in Yorkshire in 1809, William Beetham studied art and became an accomplished portrait painter. In 1834, aged a tender 25 and ready for success he exhibited at the prestigious Royal Academy in London. He married Mary Horsley, his sweetheart, the following year.

Mary and William had seven sons and three daughters who he supported through commissioned portrait work. Like many others worried by Britain’s crippling unemployment in the 1850s, he looked towards the colonies for improved financial opportunities for his family, and after considering Australia and Canada the household emigrated to New Zealand in 1855.

The family settled in the Hutt Valley and William again took up painting commissioned portraits, including of Maori chiefs, while his older sons worked on the Rimutaka Hill Road. In 1856 a lease of 4000 hectares of undeveloped pastoral land in the Wairarapa, in the northern Wellington province, became available through default and was taken up by William in partnership with Jack Hutton. Four Beetham brothers – Richmond, William Henry, George, and Hugh plus Jack Hutton took on the back-breaking task of making the land suitable for farming. This was the genesis of Brancepeth Station.

Jack Hutton soon left the hardships of isolated rural Wairarapa for Otago and in 1858, when Annie Beetham married Thomas Coldham Williams (it is said Jack Hutton left because she turned him down) the Beetham-Williams partnership was formed. Investment from T.C. Williams enabled the property to become freehold, and over the next 20 years it was expanded and developed. By the late 1880s it was a run of more than 30000 hectares and very prosperous.

Meanwhile, William Beetham expanded the farm in the Hutt Valley by leasing and then purchasing Te Mako, a block at Taita

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formerly farmed by chief Wi Tako Ngatata. He continued painting and his close location to Wellington, New Zealand’s new capital, meant he was often given the responsibility of capturing the ‘movers and shakers’ of the young New Zealand colony - rangitira, politicians, pastoralists, merchants, and their wives. The Beetham sons, especially William and George, also became prominent in colonial Wellington.

In its heyday there were more than 300 employees at Brancepeth.

The hub of the station clustered around the 32-room homestead with an imposing battlemented tower (rebuilt in 1905 after an earthquake), a grand stable with a coach-house, housing a large collection of horses, buggies and motorcars, a subscription library of 2000 Victorian books, a school, a smithy, a store, cookhouse, slaughterhouse, large kitchen gardens and a number of work camps in the hill-country. n the early 1900s Brancepeth Station was subjected to compulsory government subdivision, and in 1905 the land was divided amongst the Beetham and Williams families. The extent of Brancepeth Station was lessened further by a government-imposed purchase in 1914, and again after World War II. Today over 40 farms plus other smaller properties occupy the land which was once Brancepeth at its peak.

Most of the portraits in this exhibition are owned by descendants of William and Mary Beetham and other early Wairarapa settlers.

For a fascinating account of daily life at Brancepeth in the 1890s and what life was like for the people who worked there see ‘Reading on the Farm’ by Lydia Wevers, a history of the Brancepeth Library.

‘Reading on the Farm’ is a social history of Brancepeth seen through the library and its readers. The readers, especially John Vaughn Miller, the cantankerous and opinionated farm clerk, wrote comments in the books, spilled their tea and dinner on them, pressed flowers and dropped burning tobacco. Someone even drew a caricature of Hugh Beetham on the title page of a book. Lydia Wevers draws on the station diary, annotations in the library books and the Beetham family papers to bring Brancepeth to life more than a hundred years ago.

Reading on the Farm Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World, is available from Aratoi and Hedleys Booksellers, Masterton.

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Annie Beetham. William Beetham, c1855, oil on canvas, Collection Caroline Williams, Melbourne.

Richmond Beetham. William Beetham, c1852, oil on canvas, Collection Richmond Beetham, Lower Hutt.

CLOSE TO HOME : WILLIAM BEETHAM PORTRAITS.

Selected paintings from ‘Te Ru Movers and Shakers: Early New Zealand Portraits by William Beetham’, an exhibition curated by Jane Vial for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington.

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Alice’s Adventures Alice Hutchison lived in the Hollywood Hills and drove 12-lane freeways in California but Aratoi’s new director isn’t too proud to ask for a map of Masterton. By Julia Mahony.

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lice is easing into the top job at the Wairarapa Museum of Art and History – her day may involve finalising exhibitions, chasing the identity of a mystery woman in an old portrait, judging a student art contest and approving handmade jewellery for the retail space.

While Alice discovers the treasures of Wairarapa, she’s also revealing rich layers of her own life – including growing up the daughter of New Zealand abstract artist Philippa Blair.

As a child in Auckland, Alice was drawn into her mother’s social community of artists.

“I walked to school with Colin McCahon along Great North Rd, hung out with the artists’ kids and lived across the road from Tony Fomison in Ponsonby. I did some painting at school but if one of your parents is a leading artist, it’s quite difficult, so I chose to study art history and Italian at university.’’

There followed a 20-year career in the galleries of California and New York, where Alice handled fierce competition to secure plum roles in gallery management and curating. She was associate director at the Ace Gallery in LA and eventually became an American citizen.

She worked with legendary minimalist sculptor Carl Andre, on an installation of aluminium ingots.

“Carl requested half a dozen young female assistants to help him install. Everyone wanted to work with him. The chosen women gave up their day jobs, or got babysitters to be there, including my sister who studied sculpture at Yale and lives in New York. However, Carl refused everyone’s help at the last minute, to everyone’s dismay and chagrin.’’

Alice also initiated an exhibition by illustrator, animator and toy designer Gary Baseman at LA’s Skirball Cultural Centre.

“Making a career in America’s metropolises is incredibly difficult and I was fortunate to be in demand for so long,’’ she says.

Alice decided to move from Los Angeles to New York City and was being interviewed by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – but ended up in Masterton.

“I was struck by the fact that New York wasn’t my culture and felt pangs of homesickness for New Zealand. I just upped and left, after a Skype interview with the Aratoi board. It seemed like a perfect fit.’’

Alice feels an affinity with Wairarapa – her grandmother and great grandparents lived here and she describes the powhiri welcoming her to Aratoi as profoundly moving. oon after that, Alice was part of a bus trip to Lake Ferry and Papawai Marae near Greytown to bring awareness to the plight of the endangered native species of long-finned eel.

Although she still needs a map of Masterton, the lighter traffic here is a relief.

“In LA you live in your car. I lived in the Hollywood Hills and having to get home was a drama every day. New Zealanders have holidays too, which is refreshing.’’

Alice says she is committed to learning Te Reo and augmenting the balance in what Aratoi offers the community. A summer exhibition features the work of William Beetham, one of New Zealand’s earliest professional portrait artists.

She’s also working with locals on the identity of a Ngati

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“I was struck by the fact that New York wasn’t my culture and felt pangs of homesickness for New Zealand. I just upped and left, after a Skype interview with the Aratoi board. It seemed like a perfect fit.

Kahungunu woman in a portrait by Gottfried Lindauer and has visited the 88-year-old visual artist Milan Mrkusich to plan a major exhibition for Aratoi in 2014.

“I’m a contemporary person and contemporary art is where I feel most comfortable,’’ Alice says. “However, conceptual art is not everyone’s cup of tea -- you have to be conscious of relevance to a specific community. I’m asking people to be patient with me.

It feels familiar here and it’s fascinating to discover the endless treasures of Wairarapa.’’

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Leaping into life’s opportunities Ann and James Brodie leaned on a stone wall at Burgundy’s Grand Cru vineyard Romanée Conti, and dreamed of their grapes winning gold medals. By Susan McLeary.

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or newcomers to wine it was a big leap of imagination, but their life is about taking leaps and “being brave in the face of risk”.

Brodie Estate Pinot Noir has since won international competition gold and silver medals, and scored an impressive 94/100 at the Pinot 2013 conference.

Today the Brodie Estate outside Martinborough looks as though it has been there forever. The two-storied house is wreathed with verandahs and flowers. Grapevines, gardens and olive trees flourish and a wildflower meadow adds explosive summer colour.

It’s all the result of another Brodie leap: created in 2001 from bare paddock.

“Planting grapes was a risk because the property was drier than we realised and we could not irrigate. In hindsight it was a blessing, because our wine is very intense in flavour.

“The land is silt over clay over gravel, which means the vines have to work hard. More vigour goes into the grapes than the canopy, giving us complexity and intensity in both colour and taste. The conditions suit grapes perfectly,” says James.

It’s a long way from their Dunedin days where the couple met when cast in an Alan Bennett play together. They were both studying for career changes, Ann from zoology to the visual arts, and James from teaching to educational psychology.

Sharing a love for theatre, art, dance and music, they say their first leap was getting married and blending families.

Moving to Wellington, James was national business development

Ann and James in the tasting room with Ann’s paintings in the background.

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Ann and James Brodie with daughter Emma, on the stone wall at Romané Conti in Burgundy.

manager with Special Education Services. Ann moved reluctantly, but enjoyed the role of national facilitator for the visual arts component of the new Arts Curriculum.

Looking for a relaxing weekend retreat, they found Martinborough in 1996. An old hockey pavilion (“so ghastly I cried when I saw it” Ann says) was shifted in and renovated, and trees planted. nn recalls the 1997-99 summers were “so magical we decided to live here and participate in the village. So our next leap was to buy 23 acres over the road and create the Brodie Estate.

“We planted 10 acres of pinot noir grapes and 10 acres of olive trees. We moved a villa from Petone, renovated it to create what is now Sage Cottage, and built a new home in the early settler Georgian style. My art studio and the tasting room were originally the Belmont Tramping Club rooms.

“Luck played its part. The 2006 vintage was very good, but we did not have a grape buyer and thought we’d make our own.

“In Williams & Kettle one morning James asked if anyone knew an available winemaker, and a voice replied “yes, I’m a winemaker”.

Thus James Walker joined the Brodie team. They describe the wine as “very hands-on, crushed when truly ripe in a wooden basket-style press and with a minimum of interference”.

Nowadays a white pavilion stands proudly atop a slight rise by the olive grove. Locals will recognise the Burnt Spur rotunda from Kitchener Street, now it symbolises the Brodies’ latest leap of faith.

From January, the pavilion will host Mid Summer Music performances in the late afternoon sunshine.

Among wildflower ambience, guests will find the newly released Angel’s Sigh Rosé a perfect match.

“Our first concert – the Puertas Quartet – is a happy accident. Andrew and Julia Joyce are the NZSO’s cello and viola Principals respectively, and while talking at our cellar door over a wine tasting mentioned their quartet and wish to play in a vineyard. And so the concert was born,” Ann smiles.

The grounds and facilities are well-suited to events, and the Brodies are keen to see guests enjoy the property for special celebrations. www.brodieestate.co.nz

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Looking after a legacy

Above: Helen Tickner left, and Catherine Rossiter-Stead right, preparing for battle with the rodents.

Left: Katie and Catherine laying the traps.

Predator control is an on-going job for volunteers at the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre discovers Katie Farman.

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alf way along the trap line we come across a rat. It is dead. Decomposing in a Department of Conservation 200 trap nestled in the dense undergrowth behind the bush clad hills of the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre. I don’t know how long it’s been there but Catherine Rossiter-Stead, one of 12 active restoration volunteers that undertake predator control duties at Pukaha Mount Bruce, estimates about 10 days.

As she carefully unscrews the box, safely releases the spring with a special lever and then removes the carcass, Catherine tells me predator control is the number one priority at Mount Bruce, a 942 hectare reserve located 15 minutes north of Masterton. She says since 2001 an intensive pest control programme has been implemented to successfully re-establish populations of kiwi, kokako and kaka. It costs the Pukaha Board $160,000 annually to fund the project which is contracted to DOC who are in turn ably assisted by volunteers like Catherine.

“On a personal level this is an opportunity for me to contribute to the maintenance of the forest for my children and my children’s children,” says Catherine, who came on board in February 2012 as a volunteer. “It’s a little part of me that is so special.”

“From a wider perspective the community also has a responsibility to look after Pukaha Mount Bruce, to ensure future generations can come here and learn from it. How else can we teach our children about the right flora, the right fauna and keep it predator free so our native birds are safe.”

I’ve been invited by Catherine and Helen Tickner, Pukaha Mount Bruce’s general manager, to help clear the SH1 (13 traps) and Rimu (three traps) trap lines. I quickly learn there’s an art to this.

“There are two main types of trap box – the DOC 200 and DOC 250 – and we use a lever to carefully release the spring,” says

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Catherine. “All volunteers are trained by qualified DOC staff in how to do it. Then we remove the old manky meat and eggs and replace them with fresh ones – stoats are partial to fresh eggs.”

During the next few hours we follow the trap lines along a track that weaves through a redwood grove, over farmland and through podocarp forest with its hanging vines and layers of vegetation. We walk through regenerated bush, pass an ancient rimu standing proud over the valley; pass kahikatea, totara, rata, matai and miro as well as walk on a copper carpet of ferns. We cross a babbling brook and take time to listen to the sounds of the forest and the native birds within it. We see two kaka playing in the canopy. atherine comes up here once a month in the autumn and winter seasons or every fortnight during the summer – leaving behind her busy life as a working mum.

“I live a very high paced, adrenalin fuelled lifestyle – always on the go. So as soon as I arrive here, I leave my cell phone in the glove box of the car and can’t wait to be in the bush,” she says. “It gives me goose bumps.”

“I know you can come here with the grumpiest of moods and leave with a smile on my face. I feel a lot happier. It’s an investment in yourself. It’s good for your soul. You slow down your breathing, slow down with the pace to that of the bush around you and of course, all that oxygen must be good for you.”

I agree. I feel invigorated after walking the trap lines – which bring in two dead rats – and develop an instant empathy for volunteers doing their bit to protect our flora and fauna.

“For me, it is important that something so close to home, something so special to our community and to all of New Zealand, needs to be protected,” says Catherine. “If it’s not looked after we could lose it. It’s about looking after a legacy.”

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Growing plants and people At Wairarapa Eco Farms, they believe farming is not just about growing fruit and vegetables but about the health of the community as a whole.

By Tina Finn. he weather gods are having a strop. One week it’s blue skies and scorching temperatures, the next furious gales and dumps of snow. It’s enough to make a farmer despair. But Frank van Steensel of Wairarapa Eco Farms appears unfazed. His family’s CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) market garden on the outskirts of Masterton has lost an entire crop of cherry blossom to the weather, but with other trees yet to blossom the impact is not so dire.

“It only proves the strength of our approach,” says Frank. “So, we have lost one crop of cherries, well we have six or seven other varieties coming on. It is strength in diversity.”

And as with all CSA farms, the burden of crop failure is not carried by the farmer alone but is shared with the people who buy from them. For a thirteen-week advance purchase commitment, customers receive a weekly, direct-delivered box of freshly-picked, seasonal and healthy produce.

Frank, who is known as ‘my farmer’ to his customers is a slight, wiry man with emphatic hands and an intense gaze honed by years of staring the sun in the eye. He is a soil specialist, food quality expert and passionate advocate for sustainable, ecological agriculture.

He and his wife, Josje Neerincx, studied tropical agriculture in the Netherlands before coming to New Zealand to put their ideas into practice.

“We were environmental refugees,” says Frank, half-jokingly.

“Now, of course they’re introducing dolphins back into the Rhine, while here...”

The couple farm on two properties. The first, bought in 1996, lies on the Tauherenikau straits near Featherston, where they built an off-the-grid home and, with their four children set out to make the impoverished land viable.

They deliberately chose stony, dry soil.

“We wanted to plant Mediterranean, perennial crops, run animals

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Frank van Steensel of Wairarapa Eco Farms

underneath and use the Tauherenikau land as a pilot scheme for rural development,” explains Frank.

In went shelter belts and olive trees, alfalfa was grown and ploughed back into the ground and the worms did the rest. Fifteen years later the land is vital and productive. rank and Josje acquired their second plot – the Masterton farm - in 2009. An old, derelict orchard, it had the benefit of mature shelter belts and less harsh conditions, and is now the market garden for Wairarapa Eco Farms. Frank and Josje and their team have taken out some of the apple trees to make space for a wide range of bountiful produce. Frank marches along the long rows and points out freshly bedded strawberries, broad beans, a huge variety of salad leaves and asian greens, broccoli and rapene; a long stemmed broccoli.

“More tender, although a lot of people don’t seem to realise you can eat the whole of the broccoli, not just the flower.”

Trays of seedlings, which are raised at the Tauherenikau farm, are laid out for planting and in the packing shed, Bernadette and Antoinette distribute freshly picked produce into brown paper bags ready for delivery.

Some seeds are sourced from the Netherlands where they have a longer history of breeding specifically for sustainability.

“It means the seed is stronger and does not require fertilisers – as they do in conventional farming - to survive,” explains Frank.

Wairarapa Eco Farms’ ideal of growing plants and people also survives, even flourishes. The number of customers for their boxes grows steadily and interest in the CSA farm is at a high point. The internet has helped, with a website which provides online shopping and gives publicity to such events as the recent Spring Blossom Open Day. “We are not just vegetable growers,” says Frank. “For a long time it seemed pride had been taken out of farming, but our aim is to bring sexy back into growing.”

More information on the Wairarapa Eco Farm and the CSA box scheme can be found on their website: wefs.co.nz

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Greytown’s Time Once, Greytown had a cycle shop, a boot maker and the butcher hung his raw wares on display in the street. Images of those days have been gathered into a golden calendar. By Julia Mahony.

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rom 1905, Greytown had a town clock atop the post office, keeping time over Main Street. Mr H. Keltie, a Greytown watchmaker and jeweller, was appointed to maintain the clock for payment of 10 pounds a year. He did so for 45 years.

When a new post office was built on the same site in 1961, the three-dial Queen Victoria Memorial Town Clock was put into storage until its inner workings were required to power the scoreboard at the Greytown rugby grounds, starting from the 1975 season kick-off.

If you have Greytown Plunket’s 2014 calendar on your wall, you may admire the town clock as it stood in 1918, when your page is turned to November.

Women of the Greytown Plunket Committee regularly pool their skills and connections to raise funds for local services and what started as an idea to produce a set of Greytown postcards became a full sized calendar project.

Committee member Josepha Murray examined 350 images of Greytown at the Wairarapa Archive, choosing 13 photographs themed around historical buildings and community life on Main Street.

Greytown sponsors snapped up the pages and were matched with the nature of the businesses featured.

Greytown butcher Gavin Green’s September page shows the butcher’s shop circa 1880. Homeware store Emporos sponsors the town clock page which also shows Main Street under a rare blanket of snow. Fresh Choice supermarket sponsors two pages: S. Maxton - Baker, Confectioner and Grocer circa 1875, and a fascinating image of the interior of the Wairarapa Farmers’ Cooperative store, showing stacked boxes of Griffins biscuits, displays of glassware and lamps and ghostly shop assistants in the wings.

The calendar’s principal sponsor is New Zealand Birds - The Greytown Gallery. Greytown graphic designer Geoff Francis designed the calendar, which was printed using gold tones to complement the old photographs.

“There was amazing community support for this calendar.

Each one sold is profit for Greytown Plunket,’’ Josepha says. The committee may produce more calendars down the track – the next one could have an agrarian theme.

The 2014 calendars are available from Greytown Library, TradeMe and several Main Street businesses for $17 each or $15 each for three or more. Visit the Facebook page Greytown Calendar 2014 for more details.

C. Amos Boot Depot circa 1905

Greytown Butchery circa 1880

Main Street, Greytown circa 1918

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Opportunity Knocks The new Hospice op shop in Masterton is a refreshing, minimalist space with a manager who believes that a modern take on second hand selling is just the ticket. Robyn Richardson has a flair for design and

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a passion for recycling, writes Julia Mahony.

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ntering the store, you may mistake it for a city boutique. The large space has been painted bright white by volunteers, large picture windows let the sun shine in and the homeware is creatively displayed.

Clothes hang on rails suspended from the ceiling by wires, built and installed by Robyn’s son-in-law. Two spacious dressing rooms are hung with fancy donated curtains.

“We’ll have no piles of bric-a-brac covered in dirt and rust, or boxes people have to dig through,’’ Robyn says. “Everything will be easy to reach. Everything will be cleaned and there’s no way anything smelly will be allowed in. Stock will be rotated every four weeks.’’

Robyn’s passion for op shops is so great she commuted to her previous job at a Salvation Army Family Store in the Hutt Valley, even after moving to Masterton. She’s been involved in op shops for 12 years.

“Then, when the Hospice Wairarapa board advertised for someone to manage their new shop in Masterton, my daughter said to me: “Mum, they’ve advertised your job.’’ Robyn was a shoe-in.

“I have an interest in fabric and design and old things,’’ she says. “I’m also passionate about taking things people throw out and making them part of other people’s future.’’

Robyn set out with a clear vision for the Hospice store in Queen Street opposite Masterton Library. “Not just a second hand shop but a place where people in the community can come to use our space and perhaps take workshops,’’ she says.

Upstairs, the possibilities are endless. The mezzanine floor is a hive of small rooms and spaces that Robyn hopes will be filled with activity and resources.

Already, volunteers have set up areas to restore and paint old furniture. Greytown volunteer Melissa Randell is taking donated clothes and up-cycling them into new pieces, which she calls “Granny Chic’’.

Volunteers are a key part of the store and Robyn speaks of them with heartfelt gratitude. She’s also very respectful of each person who donates items.

“Donations are like Christmas Day every day to me. Not because I want them for myself but because I love to see them dusted off, polished and re-presented,’’ she says.

“What we get stirs memories for people. An op shop reflects part of the whole of life, beginnings and endings. It fits in with Hospice, which cares for people with life limiting illness.’’

The Hospice Wairarapa Charitable Trust runs its Te Kowhai facility in Masterton and must fundraise for operational costs. The board wisely chose to have professional posters and flyers for its new shop printed and distributed.

Robyn isn’t worried about competition among Wairarapa’s growing number of op shops.

“Generally, if people like op shopping, they won’t stop at one, they’ll go to five. My hope is that people leave our shop feeling better than when they came in.’’

If you have quality goods to donate contact the Hospice Shop on 06 929 7501.

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Robyn Richardson, Hospice Shop manager

Hospice Wine Auction a Resounding Success

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ith fantastic food, wine, and company in a stunningly decorated venue, just over $96,000 was raised at the recent Hospice Wairarapa Wine Auction.

Newly appointed Hospice general manager Suzie Adamson said “Every mystery bag was sold, the silent auction items were eagerly competed for, and the live auction saw some very satisfied bidders take home mouth-watering items.

“The atmosphere was one of fun and laughter as guests mingled around the food stations and participated in the good-natured bidding.

“Throughout, no-one forgot that behind the fun was the importance of securing the future of Hospice Wairarapa, so our region can offer hospice care to Wairarapa residents in need.

“The team of volunteers who bring their time, energy and skills to pull the event together is always humbled and heartened by the generosity of so many people.

“Local chefs donated their time, talent and most food to create fabulous food stations, local businesses donated products and services for prizes and auction items and a troop of volunteers made sure the night ran effortlessly. We thank everyone who gave so much so willingly,” she concluded.

None of us knows when we, or someone we care about, may need Hospice services but almost everyone has a friend or family member who has benefitted from the ‘make every day count’ hospice philosophy.

The auction’s Fiesta of Flavours theme was reflected in the volunteers’ colourful outfits, echoing different culinary styles presented by local chefs.

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Steampunk Leather

In a quiet Carterton backstreet, Trevor Lamb rocks his own style of leather, metal and fantasy. Julia Mahony steps into his masculine world of wearable and offbeat art.

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he workshop smells of warm leather, coffee and chocolate.

Handmade helmets, collars, belts and other more bizarre pieces of Trevor’s art are displayed inside the door.

Down the back are his tools, mounds of materials and boxer dog Judas, waiting for his daily walk.

Visitors to the shed are offered a wooden chair draped in soft calf skin. Trevor leans back and firmly crosses his arms – one tattooed with red bubbles – to talk about the motorcycle he’s doing up in the middle of his gallery.

He’s replacing the Suzuki’s handlebars with brass, using stingray skin as handle grips and open possum traps as foot pegs, installing a 1920s headlight and the seat is an artwork in itself.

Behind the chair is a throwing axe. Beyond the bike is Trevor’s super grunty industrial sewing machine.

His bread and butter are 1920s-style leather helmets which fall into three groups – classic motoring helmets, aviation helmets and headwear with features like wings, spikes and bolts.

The last category includes Steampunk – a fashion combining brass, copper, leather and fantasy. The name comes from steampowered machinery but includes clothes and art, with New Zealand’s largest collection in Oamaru.

“Steampunk is a perception of how Victorian people would have seen the future, now we know what’s happened,’’ Trevor says. “But the drive of what I do is based around petrol and ink. I work for people with vintage and custom cars, as well as tattoo artists.’’

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He crafts for family too – a bouquet of leather roses for his daughter’s wedding and custom-made school bags for his grandchildren. Trevor’s wife Trudy helped him make one of his most unusual commission pieces, a leather torso of a pregnant Masterton woman.

“Trudy took a wax impression and I cast plaster into that. When I took the wax off I thought it was stuffed because there were hollows in it. It turned out to be the baby’s legs, back and head, which came through into the leather.’’

Trevor grew up in Greytown then lived for years in Southland before returning to the Wairarapa for work. He recently discovered that his grandfather’s family had a business in England making carriage whips. His mother was a milliner for a while. e describes his work as “cutting, bashing and sewing’’ but a talent for creative design and problem solving is an obvious element in his success. One of his gallery pieces is an armrest made for a tattoo artist, with a blood red slash of ostrich leg skin through the middle.

He’s made leather mirror frames, bowler hats, and yes, he does dabble in more darkly curious commissions.

“I made a horse outfit for a lady to wear to a fetish ball. It was a belt with a horse tail and a matching halter.’’

Trevor wants to craft a line of 1940s/50s-style briefcases and it won’t be a hell-for-leather process to make a quick buck but rather his slow, handcrafted perfection.

“People like buying into not just the work but the person who’s done it – they’re buying a piece of my personality.’’ www.leatherandart.co.nz

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Julia Mahony

Rise and Shine

Michael Kloeg’s artisan bakery is a margarine free zone welcoming families and foodies with open arms. Julia Mahony finds a baker with firm values and devilish cronuts.

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t 4am in a former church, Michael cranks up his stereo and gets to work on his daily bread. He’ll bake alone for a few hours until staff arrive and he can stop for some freshly baked breakfast and his first espresso.

Michael and his wife Rosalie have opened the Clareville Bakery, north of Carterton. After searching the lower North Island for premises, they landed just a few kilometres away from the iconic Masterton bakery Michael’s parents John and Anneke founded in 1988, the Ten O’Clock Cookie Company (10CC).

Back then, the Soda Straw ice cream parlour also stood sweetly on Queen St and the Centrepoint building towered in brown and orange oddness. The others are gone but 10CC has evolved and expanded.

“As little kids we’d go to Dad’s work and run up and down the centre of town creating havoc. Later, during the school holidays I would fight with my older brother over who would go and help Dad bake during the night shift,’’ Michael recalls.

He began cycling to the shop before school to help pack buns but as a teenager considered becoming a dairy farmer or builder.

“Then one of 10CC’s bakers left and I became Dad’s apprentice.

Six years ago, Rosalie and I bought into the business. The 10CC is very successful but it was a matter of then asking `what do we do next -- expand, franchise, increase our wholesale?’ Rosalie and I had different ideas and goals, more to do with our age, so we sold our share back.’’

The 10CC and the Clareville Bakery are completely separate but family bonds remain strong.

“When the cronut craze began, Dad was on the phone asking me how to make them.’’ Cronuts are a decadent donut-croissant cross and Michael sells dozens a day.

At Clareville, the 1880s building has been lightened with a white décor and through a large window, customers can watch Michael bake.

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“None of our breads have additives or preservatives to extend shelf life or quicken the process. You can make a bread dough in one or two hours ready to bake but mine takes 24 to 36 hours.’’

Raspberry chocolate cakes are made with real raspberry puree and espresso cakes include real coffee, not flavoured paste.

“No margarine is allowed on the premises,’’ Michael grins.

“Ninety-nine percent of pies made in New Zealand are made with margarine but we use butter pastry.’’ utch-born Rosalie does the books and home schools their four children. The Kloegs created a new kids’ area inside and are developing an outdoor playground. Family is central to their lives as committed Christians, which is why the couple choose not to open on Sundays.

“We believe Sunday is a day for church and rest,’’ Michael says.

“We’re not all about money. On Sundays my family sit around the breakfast table together, go to church and visit family and friends.

It’s really refreshing and it’s also good for our staff.’’

As for the other six days, Michael reveals that unlike his bread, he doesn’t rise easily.

“I don’t like getting out of bed but as soon as I begin cutting, moulding and baking the dough it’s fine. Bread is my favourite thing to bake. It’s something that’s alive, you can feel early on if it’s a good batch.’’

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Michael and Rosalie outside the bakery.

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The homestead and interior of the converted barn

From Bridles to Brides When a bride burst into “it’s so beautiful” tears at her first sight of the renovated barn for her wedding, Rob and Janelle knew Lacewood was a success.

It’s the latest incarnation for a South Wairarapa historical home. By Susan McLeary.

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ob Allen and Janelle Harrington bought the Tuhitarata property near Kahutara in 2005 as a partial change of pace from busy consulting careers in the city.

The 23 acre property’s story fascinated them as they began a major restoration project of the homestead, farm buildings and grounds, 20 minutes south-east of Featherston.

They named it Lacewood at Tuhitarata Estate. Tuhitarata (Tuitar-rata) means ‘sweet fern’.

Rob credits Janelle as ‘the creative one’ who has transformed the ‘cold dark parts’ of the homestead into gracious light-filled spaces. A refurbished conservatory, French doors and decking are perfectly in keeping with the style of the house, believed to date from the 1860s.

The formal entrance has a spectacular double-landing kauri staircase. The library has been left in traditional style, rich with warm colours and timber bookshelves, other rooms have been modernised while respecting the house’s heritage.

Formal box-edged gardens barely contain colourful flowers, and removing an old fence has brought oak trees into the park-like gardens. Wood pigeons and tuis romp in the treetops.

The greatest transformation is the huge 1870s barn and stable block, which housed horses and feed to support the original 12,000 acre farm. Despite its semi-disrepair Janelle and Rob could see ‘good bones’ and were determined to give it a new lease of life as a wedding and celebratory event venue.

Removing a second floor exposed the barn’s soaring sarked walls and timber beams, creating a dramatic and spacious area that so delighted the recent bride.

Magnificent chandeliers are a surprise element, juxtaposed against the original rustic interior and large windows opening up views to magnificent native bush and beautiful farmland.

A cottage thought to have been the original home for the McMaster family has also been refurbished, and additional accommodation built for guests in similarly colonial style.

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“Hiko’s Pakeha” n the mid-1840s Angus and Mary McMaster were among the first European settlers in South Wairarapa, after an 11 day journey on foot from Wellington.

They made firm friends with the local paramount chief Te Hiko Piata Tama-i-hikoia, known as Hiko. His tribal affiliation was Ngati Kahungunu, from whom he inherited rights over lands in Southern Wairarapa.

Hiko leased land at Tuhitarata to Angus McMaster, who lived under the protection of his mana, and became known as ‘Hiko’s Pakeha’.

There was no fighting in the Wairarapa during the New Zealand wars, largely attributed to these strong ties between Pakeha and Maori communities.

When the government began buying land in the Wairarapa, Hiko would not sign any deed of cession unless he had an absolute assurance that McMaster’s interests would be protected. As a result McMaster came to control about 13,000 acres, much of it leased from Maori owners.

Te Hiko and his people benefited from these arrangements, profiting from trade in pork, potatoes and wheat with the growing settler population.

In the 1850s the government continued its efforts to buy Wairarapa land. Governor George Grey and Donald McLean, the chief land purchase commissioner, visited the district and gave an assurance that the rights of “squatters like McMaster” to their homesteads and to the essential parts of their runs would be protected.

Their close relationship endured and extended to their families, and Te Hiko and his wife are buried in the same cemetery on the property as the McMaster family.

By the 1930s Depression it is understood that the McMaster family lost equity after local small runholders guaranteed by McMaster failed, and the property was broken up.

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Taste of Summer - a Dining Guide

Summer is with us once again! Blooming gardens, rebirth all around, countless shades of green and fresh seasonal produce available to our Wairarapa chefs. Experience the quirks and twists of summer as chefs experiment with new recipes, local goods, imported treats and freshly foraged greens. Lighten up and venture out into courtyards and roadside seating, to soak up the sunshine and sample fantastic goodness and flavours, accompanied by top notch wine and coffee. Bon appètit!

Summer is fast approaching and the Gladstone Vineyard Café is the ultimate place for a relaxed and idyllic get away.

Enjoy a long leisurely lunch outside in front of the vines. The café offers fresh, seasonal food, sourced from local producers where possible and expertly matched with our award-winning wines.

Open Friday to Sunday 11am to 3pm, the café is also available after hours for private functions and corporate events. Our cellar door is open daily 11am to 4.30pm. Contact us for further details on 06 379 8563 or email cafe@gladstonevineyard.co.nz.

From 6-8 February we welcome back Summer Shakespeare with the Scottish play – Macbeth. Sarah Delahunty’s production promises to be contemporary and rough – think leathers and motorbikes, and a dark journey into a mind crazed by violence and greed. Check our website www.gladstonevineyard.co.nz for event details.

The close friends and business partners who jointly own Entice café and catering in Masterton say that even though New Zealanders have always enjoyed eating fresh home grown food, an increased awareness about food has changed people’s eating habits.

Alice Buchanan’s background in cooking is extensive. After completing a certificate in Cordon Bleu in the 1980s, she worked both in New Zealand and overseas before returning to the Wairarapa and dividing her time working on her farm and establishing her catering business.

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In contrast Jennie Smith, whose experience is in administration, had no formal food industry qualifications but teamed up with Alice to cater for events and weddings.

Now the pair, who boast a great team of waiting staff and an enviable list of local contacts in the food and wine industry, divides their time between the café and catering for weddings, conferences, events and corporate functions in the Wairarapa and further afield.

“We create food to suit the overall theme of the occasion and recognise each event is different,” says Alice. “Some people come to us with very set ideas on what they want, whereas others start with a blank canvas. Either way we’re thrilled to help create a menu that provides them exactly what they’re after.”

Micro winebar offers customers a good selection of local wines as well as other interesting New Zealand and international wines. Martinbororugh wines are showcased with many of these wines being available by the glass. Wines are carefully selected by Wendy Potts who is a local winemaker and her wine knowledge is also available behind the bar to help customers choose a wine suited to their tastes. For those customers that want to try a comparison of local wines, flights of wine are also offered.

For customers that enjoy a beer they have a great selection of craft beers both in the bottle and on tap. Both the wines and beers can be enjoyed with plates off the small plates menu.

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TIN HUT

NEW ZEALAND’S GREATEST BAKERY, CAFÉ AND DELI • Dine in or take away • Ample vehicle and coach parking • Seating for 150 customers • 5 star restrooms • Fully licensed • Guaranteed fast service • Best food selection in the country • 40 seat private room available • Indoor outdoor and garden seating O P E N 7 DAY S A W E E K 2003 CHARLES ROOKING ‘CARTERTON ACHIEVERS AWARD’ WINNER www. wildoatscafe.co.nz

127 HIGH STREET, CARTERTON PHONE: 06 379 5580

The Tin Hut’s new owners Lisa and Matt welcome you to their hotel with spacious garden and beautiful surrounds. Their aim is to entice you with great food and great wine at a realistic price. Matt comes with a vast knowledge of local, national and international wines, matched with Lisa’s experience in the hospitality food and beverage sector and her 15 years as a landscape gardener.

The menu caters for most dietary needs, from gluten free, vegetarian to the lactose intolerant. Their new kids menu has a healthy fun spin to it, making kids love their vegetables.

The Tin Hut caters for not only the locals but for many a weary traveller. Weddings, birthday parties and Christmas functions are a big part of what they do. A glass of wine in one hand, herbed crostini in the other, sun on your back and the view of the Tauherenikau race course .... what could be better than this?

Paper Road is our family owned winery – located in the Opaki wine region of the northern Wairarapa.

Originally planned as a road in the 1890s, it was never developed and only ever existed on local maps as a Paper Road.

At Paper Road we take ‘DIY’ to the next level. Not only do we tend to the grapes, we planted the vines and dug the post holes. Not only do we make the wine, we built the winery and the press. Not only do we sell the wine, we built the cellar door and the bar. In March we opened the Restaurant and Bar - naturally we built that too. Come around for pizzas, pastas, platters, steak, and much, much more.

The restaurant overlooks the vineyard under the Tararua Ranges, wine tastings, woodfired pizza night, picnic in the vines, winery tours by appointment, and child friendly.

Open from Thursday to Sunday from midday for lunch and dinner and bookings are recommended most days and essential for Sunday dinner. The Restaurant can be hired out for private functions and weddings any day of the week.

Now selling wood fired pizza Weekend roast is now everyday Country Pub, Restaurant Accommodation available Home of the Cross Creek Blues Club Open Tuesday till Sunday State Highway 2, Tauherenikau

Opening hours: Tue from 3pm till late Wed to Sun - 11am till late TASTE THE GOOD LIFE!

Wild Oats Café is well known for country-sized servings of fresh baked breads and cakes, quiche, lasagne, filo wraps and grill plate special corn wheels, but also offers Greek and pasta salads, roast veggies and the famous Carterton Breakfast which is available from as early as 5am. It’s also a favoured meeting place for car, motorcycle and cycle club day outings, with a private dining area upstairs for 10-40 guests or family members. The staff is proud to offer clean facilities and excellent service with a smile.

(2.2km north of Featherston).

06 308 9697 www.tinhut.co.nz

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Contemporary Wairarapa Country Cuisine are words that describe the new menu at The Grill at Solway Park. “Our food philosophy has become increasingly more focused on using what’s in season, what’s local and what’s fresh,” says the restaurant’s executive chef, Yuri McKenna. “We grow a lot of our own vegetables and herbs on site and utilise offerings from the many food heroes here in the Wairarapa as well as those with a like-minded sustainable focus.” Yuri has a passion for food and cooking - and for creating innovative menus at an affordable price. The Grill at Solway Park’s new menu is presented alongside a superb selection of awardwinning wines from the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail. Enjoy relaxed indoor and outdoor dining in the main restaurant or beside the fire on the deck, perfect for any season and any occasion. The Grill at Solway Park welcomes children and offers a special children’s menu which includes a main, dessert and drink for only $12.50.

Now in its sixth year, Café Mirabelle — a little corner of France in the heart of the Wairarapa — is well patronised by locals and visitors alike. The word has spread far and wide of the delightful food and cosy atmosphere, and as well as the regular opening hours the restaurant caters for an increasing number of private functions From Tuesday to Friday, 9am till 3.30, Saturday 10am to 2pm, Megan’s delicious cakes, pastries, dishes of the day and supreme coffee are served.

On Friday and Saturday nights from 7pm the café transforms into a French bistro serving from a menu of regional and family cuisine.

The café is fully licensed and has a selection of good wines but you are still welcome to bring your own wine for a corkage fee of $10.

Seating is limited to around 35 guests so it’s a good idea to book ahead on 06 379 7247.

At Coney wines’ Trio Café every escapist gets the quintessential vineyard experience: Succulent cuisine from the kitchen of committed foodie, Margaret Coney, matched with the award-winning Coney wines.

A sweeping vineyard vista and the ambience that goes with dining amongst the vines in the elegant courtyard.Informative and amusing tastings at the table or the bar from Coney Wines’ irrepressible owner.

In short, when you combine memorable food and wines with the perfect vineyard setting you have, quite simply “the perfect accompaniment”.With its marquee-style canopy and beautiful vineyard setting the courtyard at Trio Café is the perfect venue for weddings, corporate junkets, birthday dinners and other special celebrations.

Whether you are planning a smaller celebration or a larger ‘affair’ Coney Wines is the ideal place to create the memories.

The perfect dining venue Cellar Door & Trio Café SUMMER Friday Saturday Sunday

For further enquiries: Tel: 06 306 8345 Fax: 06 306 8344 Email: info@coneywines.co.nz www.coneywines.co.nz

French country restaurant in the heart of Carterton

Tues to Fri 9am - 3.30pm Sat 10am - 2pm Fridays & Saturdays Dinner from 7pm

31 High St North, Carterton Licensed & BYO (wine only) PRIVATE FUNCTIONS CATERED FOR

Phone 06 379 7247

Vineyard, Restaurant, and Bar

Come explore Northern Wairarapa The Restaurant is set on the Vineyard under the Tararua Ranges • Wine Tastings • Winery tours by appointment • Great function venue • Child Friendly Kid’s Menu • Open from Thursday to Sunday for lunch and dinner • Bookings Recommended • Free Wi-Fi • Picnic food available Only 5kms north of Masterton on the corner of SH2 & Wingate Road Phone 06 377 1746 or email: info@paperroad.co.nz www.paperroad.co.nz

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One of New Zealand’s finest wineries - Gourmet Wine Traveller.

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Cambridge Road Vineyard 32 Cambridge Road, Martinborough Ph. 06 3068959/0275262069 Email: lance@cambridgeroad.co.nz “...a fast ascending star of Martinborough...” Meet the winemaker, sample gourmet produce and award winning bio-dynamic wines while enjoying our Summer courtyard. Open Fri-Sat 11am-5pm or by appointment all year round.

Coney Wines -Trio Café Dry River Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 8345 Email: info@coneywines.co.nz Web: coneywines.co.nz The quintessential vineyard experience, dining amongst the vines.

Delicious café cuisine matched with award-winning Coney wines.

Croft Wines 59 Kitchener Street, Martinborough. Ph: 0508 4 CROFT Email: sales@croft.co.nz Web: croft.co.nz Call by and meet the owners and enjoy the ambience of our Home Block Tasting Room, savour our full range of carefully handcrafted wines.

Escarpment Vineyard 275 Te Muna Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 8305 Email: info@escarpment.co.nz Web: escarpment.co.nz E S CA R P M E N T Established by Larry McKenna and Robert Kirby to create tomorrow’s definitive new world Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Riesling.

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Haythornthwaite Wines 45 Omarere Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9889 Email: info@haythornthwaite.co.nz Web: haythornthwaite.co.nz Boutique family-owned vineyard located on the river terraces, offering the opportunity to taste Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer. Vineyard cottage to stay in.

HAMDEN ESTATE 214 Dry River Road, Martinborough. Ph 027 4848439 Email: hamdenestate@gmail.com Visit our new cellar door on the Dry River Terraces to taste our range of white wines and Pinot Noir. We are open most weekends and public holidays or by appointment for tastings and sales.

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Brodie Estate 142 Dublin street, Martinborough. Ph 06 306 8835 Email: info@brodieestate.co.nz. Web: www.brodieestate.co.nz Enjoy gold medal Pinot Noir , delicious olive oil and gourmet platters in our Pavilion, art works in the Cellar door and Sage Cottage for Olive Grove accommodation. The Cellar door is open daily 11.00am to 5.00pm December to Easter, otherwise weekends/ holidays or by appointment. Closed winter.

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Julicher 301 Te Muna Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 8575 Email: info@julicher.co.nz Web: julicher.co.nz Multi award winning boutique winery producing Pinot Noir and a range of white wines from our 20 hectare vineyard.

Please phone first for tasting times.

Margrain Vineyard Cnr Princess St and Huangarua Rd, Martinborough.

Ph: 06 306 9202 Email: wine@margrainvineyard.co.nz Web: margrainvineyard.co.nz. Open weekends and public holidays throughout the year. Onsite picturesque Vineyard Villas, conference facilities and The Vineyard Café.

Martinborough Vineyard 57 Princess St, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9955 Email: winery@martinborough-vineyard.co.nz Web: martinborough-vineyard.co.nz Cellar Door open 7 days.

Home of the best Pinot Noir in the World (April 2011) and voted one of the Top NZ wineries by Decanter (2010) MURDOCH JAMES Murdoch James Estate M a r t i n b o r o u g h Dry River Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9165 Email: info@murdoch-james.co.nz Web: murdochjames.co.nz Described as Martinboroughs best cellar door experience by many visitors. Enjoy our hospitality - wine sales, café, tours, picnics and functions all available. Wine tasting and sales every day between 11.am and 5pm.

Bloom restaurant open for lunch Thu-Mon 11.30 am - 3.30pm

POPPIES MARTINBOROUGH 91 Puruatanga Road, Martinborough. Ph 06 306 8473 Email: info@poppiesmartinborough.co.nz. Web: poppiesmartinborough.co.nz It’s very personal, Poppy makes the wine and Shayne manages the vines. It’s the only place you can find exclusive Poppies Martinborough wines. Relax in the stylish tasting room or under a pergola with wine and a platter of local seasonal foods, absorbing the peace and beauty of the Martinborough landscape.

Palliser Wines Kitchener Street, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9019 Email: palliser@palliser.co.nz Web: palliser.co.nz Visit our cellar door to taste award winning Palliser & Pencarrow wines Schubert Wines 57 Cambridge Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 8505 Email: info@schubert.co.nz Web: schubert.co.nz A world search brought Kai Schubert to the Wairarapa.

The unique climate produces low yields. Internationally award winning wines with intense and complex character.

“I would go as far to say Kai & Marion make some of the most profound Pinot Noir on this planet from their tiny vineyards in Martinborough, Wairarapa.” – Curtis Marsh, The Wandering Palate, Singapore Te Kairanga Martins Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9122 TE KAI RANGA Email: Tk.cellardoor@ffw.co.nz Web: www.tkwine.co.nz Open 7 days for Wine tastings and sales.Taste our gorgeous wines with a selection of cheeses or bring your own picnic, relax and enjoy our friendly surroundings. Farmers’ Markets First Sunday of every month until Easter Vynfields 22 Omarere Road, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9901 Email: info@vynfields.com Web: vynfields.com Join us for delicious gourmet platters, homemade soups and wine tasting. The only certified organic and biodynamic winery in Martinborough. Taste the difference.

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Wairarapa Olive Oil Directory

Sevilo, 179 Bidwills Cutting Road, RD 1, Greytown.

Ph: 06 304 7166 or 027 269 6428 Email: info@fantailgrove.co.nz Web: www.fantailgrove.co.nz We welcome visitors to the grove during the weekends when the OPEN sign is out - usually between 10am and 4pm. We are happy to open at other times too - please phone, text or e-mail to make an appointment. Family-run grove with single varietal oils to taste and compare, with optional grove/orchard tours. We also grow hazelnuts & table grapes so try these too, when in season.

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45 Oxford St. Ph: 06 3066377 Web: www.madltd.co.nz Delightfully inspiring art gallery and tasting room set within a gorgeous grove, producing award-winning Mad Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Our oil is well balanced, rich in colour, fresh and bursting with grassy, herbaceous characters. Available online, in store at the Martinborough Wine Centre and onsite when the open sign is up.

Verdale, 101 Cromarty Drive, Martinborough Ph: 06 306 8596 Email: verdale@xtra.co.nz.

Web: www.molive.co.nz Thirty two awards, including five international, since we launched in 2004. Talks and tastings available most days but please phone prior to arrival. Grove is situated behind the golf course at the end of Cromarty Drive one kilometre off of the Hinakura Road.

Juno Olives State Highway Tauherenikau. Ph:021 2806510 Email: info@juno-olives.co.nz.

Family owned, producing award-winning extra virgin olive oils, citrus oils and olives from our classic Mediterranean varieties.

Shop and tasting bar open weekends and public holidays. Tour groups by appointment.

136 Hinakura Road, RD4, Martinborough. Ph: 06 306 9074 Email: helen.meehan@xtra.co.nz. Web: www.olivo.co.nz Visit the oldest commercial olive grove in Martinborough and taste our award-winning extra virgin and hand crafted infused olive oils in the purpose-built tasting room. Learn how to make good food great from the owners. Open Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Other times by appointment.

Leafyridge 244 Daikins Rd, Carterton Ph: 04 528 7836 Extra Virgin olive oils. Grove tours/sales by appointment only.

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2 Oriwa 224 State Highway 53, Featherston Email: info@oriwa.co.nz Web:oriwa.co.nz Behind shelter trees and not easy to see from the highway the grove was planted in 2001. The current blend, produced from four varieties – Frantoio, Leccino, Pendilino and Piqual - has received prestigious quality certification from Olives New Zealand to signify that it has passed testing for both chemical analysis and taste excellence. Visit by appointment only.

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12 River Grove Olives 138 Gordon Street, Masterton Ph/Fax: 06 370 3722. W: www.rivergrove.co.nz Open seven days. Please phone first. No eftpos/credit.

Our beautiful grove lies beside the Ruamahunga River.

We offer award-winning, ONZ Certified, extra-virgin olive oils for sale.

We also have two-bedroom, self-contained accommodation available.

It ’s our belief, that like fine wine, a great olive oil should have a superb nose. The aroma should lead the palate and round out the flavour, heightening the senses. So whether you ’re drizzling our rich and creamy Ex tra Virgin, or da shing out one of our zes ty

1 Olea Estate 185, Boundary Road, Featherston Ph: 06 308 8007 Mob: 027 442 9065 Email: info@oleaestate.com Web: www.oleaestate.com Olea Naturae is a premium quality, award-winning Extra Virgin olive oil. It is grown, pressed and bottled on Olea Estate, a picturesque grove situated in the town of Featherston in South Wairarapa. Open for guided tours of the grove and olive press by appointment - please phone us first.

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Ph: 06 379 8563 E: info@gladstonevineyard.co.nz W: gladstonevineyard.co.nz The first and foremost vineyard in Gladstone. Enjoy award-winning wine and delicious food outside by the vines or inside by the cozy fire. Cellar door open Mon - Sun 11am - 4pm, café open for lunch Fri - Sun all year round.

Johner Estate and Wine Centre

2 359 Dakins Road, Gladstone Ph 06 370 8217 E: johner@wise.net.nz W. johner-estate.com Johner Estate is a leading boutique winery nestled on the cliffs of the scenic Ruamahanga river.

Enjoy and taste handcrafted Burgundy style Johner wines.

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4 99, East Taratahi Road, Gladstone.

Ph: 06 370 1935 E: info@urlar.co.nz W: urlar.co.nz Urlar is a 30 hectare vineyard utilising organic and biodynamic practices. Our passion is to produce wines of structure, texture and complexity which speak of their origins.

Loopline,Opaki, Masterton.

5 Ph: 06 377 3353 E: info@loopline.co.nz W:loopline.co.nz A “boutique winery” situated on the Opaki Plains justoff State Highway 2 north of Masterton. We produce handcrafted award-winning wines in our small winery.

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Ph: 06 370 1000 E: jane.cooper@matahiwi.co.nz W: matahiwi.co.nz Specialising in Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, look out for Matahiwi Estate wines throughout the region or visit our website for information and mail order.

Corner of State Highway 2 and Wingate Road, Opaki, Masterton.

Ph 06 377-1746 E: sales@paperroad.co.nz W: www.paperroad.co.nz Boutique, family owned single vineyard, cellar door and restaurant/bar.

Located just north of Masterton. Hand picked grapes, and handcrafted in our winery on site. Pop in to taste and purchase our award winning wines. Open Thursday to Sunday 9am till late

Blairpatrick Estate 9 E: wine@blairpatrick.co.nz W: blairpatrick.co.nz Small boutique Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris vineyard. Family owned and operated, this vineyard is producing a range of pinot noir, pinot gris and rose wines for your enjoyment. INTERNET SALES ONLY.

If you would like to be part of this Directory please contact Raewyn on 027 308 6071

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was reading a bulletin issued by the NGIA (Nursery & Gardening Industry Association), publishers of the Go Gardening magazine.

The bulletin was entitled “The Garden Effect” – boosting property values. We have copies available of this bulletin in store or refer to http:// Laurie from Garden Barn gogardening.co.nz. The article was explaining how to get the best return on property. The article was based on the 2011 Husqvarna survey who interviewed 5000 homeowners, 120 garden designers and a global panel of 44 real estate agents, from nine different countries. From this survey they concluded that a well-maintained garden definitely has a major influence on saleability and property prices, and will likely sell faster.

Did you know that for every $1 spent on developing your property you can expect a minimum of $3 return? The return will vary with property price. The higher the average price of property the higher the actual pay back when sold.

Simply put, houses with good gardens sell quicker, for a better price, and any money spent on the garden yields a strong return on investment.

It works like this - when taking costs of maintenance, plants and garden makeover into account, the average payback on garden investments was estimated at 3.1 times the money invested.

Another highlighted point of the survey was that a good garden reduces the sell time by weeks or even months.

Renovating a deteriorated kitchen or bathroom often pays off well in the beginning. However, the effect is usually temporary and the value of the kitchen/bathroom renovation typically declines quite rapidly, approaching close to nothing after ten or fifteen years. Investments in the garden are completely different. The value of the garden tends to follow the average rise in property values.

Studies from the U.S and Canada using this model found that when gardens are upgraded from good to excellent, the price increased an average of 10.8%. A neglected garden has also been found to have a negative effect on price of 8-10%. Hence the difference between an excellent garden and a neglected one is approximately 19-20%. On a $300,000 valued property, this is around $60,000.

In order of importance the overall top property enhancers were: 1 - Well maintained lawns, 2 - An inviting social area, 3 - Designed stone paths, 4 - Decorative trees, 5 - Decorative bushes,

6 - Well-kept hedges, 7 - Nicely designed flowerbeds, 8 - Aquatic elements 9 - A practical garden shed 10 - Fruit trees

You will be amazed at how many people come into our garden centre and will buy 10 potted colour @ $1.50 to brighten up their home because they are going to put the house on the market, or because they have an open day on the weekend. Too little too late is the catch cry here. If you are serious about selling your property, you need to get the gardens ready at least 12 months ahead. To get the best return, I think it prudent to hire the services of a landscape consultant or an exterior designer. At most, this will cost around $50 to $100 for the initial advice, but the return could be huge, and your garden, or outdoor living area, may be the key selling factor. Don’t forget people look for features, often with a critical eye.

An expert can show you all the things that need to be addressed to get the maximum dollar and interest, not to mention the fact that your property may sell a lot faster. These could be simple inexpensive things, like trimming and tidying trees and shrubs, placement of pots and tubs with flowering plants at strategic points around the patio or garden, the addition of trellises to hide ugly features, painting fences and so on. A lot of the work can be done by you. You never know, after tidying up your property you may like it so much you may decide to stay there!

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Visit TK for a serious tasting of Martinborough’s finest wines or bring a picnic and enjoy sampling at your leisure.

Open Mon/Tues 10-4 Wed-Sun 10-5 The Wine and Food Markets Dec 1, Jan 5 and Feb 2.

89 Martins Rd, Martinborough - 5 minutes from town.

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Round the Vines Fun Run/Walk – 16th March 2014 On Sunday 16th March 2014, Martinborough Wine Village will come alive to the sound of thousands of shoes running, walking, and strolling through the 18th Annual Round the Vines fun run/walk.

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Timed just prior to harvest, when the weather is settled, the vines are changing to their autumn colours, laden with ripening grapes.

Starting and finishing at Martinboroughs unique ‘Union Jack’ Town Square; this truly unique course takes you around Martinborough Wine Village and through many of the surrounding vineyards. With much of the route only opened up to the public for this one special occasion.

Catering for everyone from the seriously fit to the recreational walker, there are four entry options. The 10km walk being the most popular with families and teams and the 21km run for the more serious contestants. There are separate express lanes for competitive runners, the joggers and the walkers.

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entertain you. Drink stations are strategically placed and offer complimentary wine, watermelon and water.

“The day is truly a celebration - fun, fitness and fine wine” says another one of the volunteers. “For me, the most rewarding part of the event is seeing all the families taking part, with strollers and little kids walking with their parents, or teenagers racing their mum and dad – just great.“ Preregistration is recommended. Entry forms are available at the Martinborough I Site or you can register on line – www.roundthevines. co.nz Round the Vines is organized entirely by volunteers of parents from Martinborough School.

This event would not be possible without the kind generosity of the community who sponsor RTV, and provide the fantastic prizes on the day. All proceeds go towards funding resources for the children of Martinborough School.

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Events DECEMBER - MARCH For more information go to www.wairarapanz.com DECEMBER 1: Wharekauhau Wine and Food Society Markets at Te Kairanga 30/31: La De Da Music Festival, Daisy Bank Farm, Martinborough

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JANUARY 2014 2: Interislander Summer Festival Races at Tauherenikau

Racecourse. www.tauherenikau.co.nz 5: Wharekauhau Wine & Food Society Farmers Market 10 - 12: Clareville Country Music Festival

Clareville Showgrounds, Carterton.

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Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka. www.tui.co.nz FEBRUARY 1: Martinborough Fair. www.martinboroughfair.org.nz 1: Super Rugby pre-season game involving the Hurricanes.

Memorial Park, Masterton 2: Wharekauhau Wine & Food Society Farmers Market 6: Interislander Summer Festival Races: Waitangi Day at

Tauherenikau Racecourse. www.tauherenikau.co.nz 6-8: Hot Rods, Masterton 8: Classic Hits Winery Tour featuring the Exponents, Stan Walker

and Breaks Co-Op. Alana Estate, Martinborough.

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Organised by Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka. www.tui.co.nz

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