28 June 2017

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Waimea Weekly

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WOB need to break losing streak Page 22 Garin turns trash into treasures Gum wrappers, used takeaway coffee cups and fencing wire metal aren’t usually the kind of materials used to make fashionable clothing, but that didn’t stop a group of creative Garin College students turning rubbish into wearable art at the RAW exhibition on Friday. The Recyclable Art that’s Wearable exhibition was held as part of the college’s two-day arts festival, Mahi Toi. The students came up with some intriguing and humorous design concepts which they transformed into 22 stunning outfits. Emma Flanagan used scrap material, copper wire and fencing wire for her outfit entitled Flowery Night. Emma says her mother, Heather, who makes children’s clothes, “had lots of scrap material lying around” and that inspired her to make her dress using that material. A parent’s addiction to coffee inspired Caitlin Roberts, Georgia Binns and Jade Alborn to make their costume from an old sheet, shoelace, singlet and “lots and lots of coffee cups”. Entitled Dad’s Addiction and modelled by Jade, the outfit featured a skirt made of coffee cups and a top from the cup lids. The top outfits will be on show at the Mahi Toi Showcase at the Hope Community Church on July 5 and 6. Tickets are available at the Garin College office.

Judene Edgar A new $130million retirement village and an ambitious residential subdivision is being planned on 50 hectares of land near Richmond. The plans for the Special Housing Area (SHA) adjacent to McShane Rd and Lower Queen St were approved by the Tasman District Council last Thursday. It was one of eight applications for SHA’s approved by council under the new Tasman Housing Accord which is designed to fast-track houses onto the market, and should provide at least 1281 new sections. The retirement village will be constructed by Arvida and set on eight hectares within The Meadows residential development. The Richmond West Development Company, owned by Andrew Spittal, Simon Collett, Gary Donaldson and Graham Vercoe, says it is in response to an acute shortage of residential land in the Richmond area. “It’s the right decision and it’s great to see that there’s some forward-thinking councillors looking ahead to the future,” Andrew says. Andrew, who is project manager for

Garin’s Emma Flanagan models her RAW outfit Flowery Night. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.

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