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A celebration of women and girls being active, developed by Featherston Community Centre, Fab Feathy and Nuku Ora, will be hosted at the Featherston Sports Hub this month, thanks to funding from Manatū Wāhine, the Ministry for Women. The $1 million fund to promote women’s physical activity and wellbeing was launched by Manatū Wāhine to maximise the benefits of last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Hana Makin, former facilitator with the now retired community-led development agency, Fab Feathy, saw the fund as an opportunity to act on something that “I and others in the community had been speaking about for a while – what we can do to encourage more women and girls in sport?” “So we pitched a festival – Wāhine Unite – to the ministry that promoted being active for women and girls and opportunities for that which we have in Pae tū Mōkai [Featherston],” Jo Baldwin, Featherston Community Centre’s manager, said. “We are lucky in
Featherston. We are so rich in sport and recreation, and this festival is a way of letting people know you don’t have to be good at sport to participate or be very coordinated, and of course, there are huge health benefits to being active.” “It’s highlighting that women can be active and still have fun, even when you start feeling a bit self-conscious”, Makin agreed. The festival is Continued page 4
Tiff North [left] and Joanna Baldwin have helped organise Wāhine Unite. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
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Local News 1-9 Carterton 10 Opinion 12-13 Extra 14
Music
Technology
Blow your own... trombone
WRAZE Craze Local group still making contact. Full story P5.
Youth orchestra on the lookout. Full story P6.
Opinion
Our Community
Be my Valentine
Causing division
Carterton
Fundraiser progress
Show local libraries your love. Full story P8.
Coops is feeling disagreeable. Full Story P12.
Big Swim raising more than just money. Full Story P10.
Lifestyle 15-26 Greytown 27 Rural 28 Puzzles 29
Business 30-31 Events 32 Classifieds 33 Sport 34
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Aratoi is holding out for a hero Lucy Cooper
I’m surprised that a housebuilder hasn’t offered to sponsor the Lego section.
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If you were the kind of child who hung onto your treasured toys well into adulthood, you might be able to help with Aratoi’s winter exhibition, Pastimes, which is currently in development. Pastimes is a celebration of toys and games from the last 150 years and will explore how “they have a social history behind them”, Becky Bateman, Aratoi’s public programmes and communications manager and the exhibition’s curator, said. “Once you start digging, there’s all these amazing stories about how simple games have come into being and been passed onto children.” Hopscotch, for example, was initially designed as a training exercise for Roman soldiers.
– Becky Bateman
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And Monopoly’s origin story doesn’t lie with a man named Charles Darrow and friends, as the games’ original marketers would have you believe, but with an American woman called Lizzie Magie in 1903. “But, because she was a woman, and she was single and of that kind of time, a whole extra layer of history was created to wipe her out of the story”, Bateman explained. Keen to source some toys for the exhibition
locally, Bateman took to Facebook seeking donations of TY Beanie Babies with their tag still on, original Troll dolls, and unwanted Lego for the interactive Lego table. “It’s amazing what people in the community have collected. My post went a little bit nuts!” But the hunt for an original Action Man or G.I Joe from the 1960s or 1970s continues, Bateman said. “The thinking back then was boys wouldn’t play with dolls. So the makers, Palitoy, made Action Man, the first ‘boy toy’ or action figure, a doll, to be invented.” In her search for exhibits, Bateman has noticed an interesting pattern. “Finding really old
toys is quite easy – you just go to Te Papa or Te Manawa museums, and they have them in their collections. Today’s toys are easy because you can just go and buy them. But I’m really struggling with the 1980s and 1990s toys, cool things like Tamagotchi – it took me ages to find one of those.” Bateman’s theory is toys became viewed as more disposable at that time. “People thought, ‘I’ll just chuck this away when I’m done, rather than keep it’.” As well as tracking down that elusive Action Man, Bateman is also looking for funding and sponsors to help bring the exhibition to life. “I’m surprised that a housebuilder hasn’t offered to sponsor the
Lego section”, Bateman said. As well as having their name displayed and being invited to the opening event, sponsors “will get a morning or afternoon just with their friends and family in the space by themselves. Local business IT support company Ohnyx is sponsoring the technology section, which will include handheld games and the opportunity to play Super Mario. Managing director Mike Hines said supporting the Pastimes exhibition was “a natural fit” for Ohnyx, which also supports Hospice Wairarapa and Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre. They are “really necessary for a vibrant community”, he said. “Arts, culture and sports are things everyone needs as part of their lives. We don’t operate as hermits. We need to encourage these things where everyone gets out
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and about.” Bateman said that curating the exhibition is “so much fun”, and opened up several research “rabbit holes”. “I’ve even learned how to work out the age of Lego”, she said. Bateman hopes the “fun, colourful, interactive and memorysparking” winter exhibition will create opportunities for people young and old to engage with the exhibits and activities together. “The Wesley Wing is such a great space. The exhibition space will be free, warm and childfocused, and hopefully, kids will spend a lot of time in here and bring their families back time and again.” • Pastimes will run from June 01 to September 08. For more information about sponsorship opportunities or donations, contact Becky Bateman, becky@aratoi.co.nz
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Multi-sports, fun and fitness Continued from page 1 combined with Featherston Sports Hub’s open day, a facility that is “integral to physical activity in Pae tū Mōkai”, Baldwin said. There are six sports under the Sports Hub roof, Nifo Ili, the facility’s coordinator explained – basketball, rugby, netball, rugby league, cricket, and football, and the centre’s annual open day provides an opportunity for people to sign up for sports and activities taking place across Featherston. She sees Wāhine Unite as “good for our community”. “Because we are small, the more women we can get out there playing, or volunteering or helping out with sports is great because that’s what we need in a small town. We’re not a city, where it’s easy to find women to participate.” For Ili, the February event is totally in keeping with Featherston’s kaupapa. “That’s what I like about this town. We don’t hide anything; everything is out in the open and people help each other and the community.” While the focus of Wāhine Unite is encouraging women
That’s what I like about this town. We don’t hide anything; everything is out in the open and people help each other and the community.
– Nifo Ili, Sports Hub coordinator
You can try your hand [and feet] at football with Feddy Fantails at the Wāhine Unite festival on February 17 at Featherston Sports Hub. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED
and girls to be active, “everyone is welcome”, Makin said. “We’ve got some cool things lined up”, she said. “We’ve got the tennis club coming, Feldenkrais, yoga, a holistic movement tutor, the local women’s football team, Feddy Fantails, will be there, there will be cycling, athletics are
doing their stuff, and South Wairarapa District Council are bringing their play trailer down, and more besides.” “I’m looking forward to the celebration of diversity both in terms of the recreational opportunities that abound in Featherston and also the broad spectrum of people who
I think will attend, the wāhine, kotiro [girls] and their whanau,” Featherston local and member of Feddy Fantails, Tiff North, said. She said the festival is a great “chance to dip your toe in the water” of a range of activities. “I’m particularly excited about throwing myself into the Zumba
session. And also Feddy Fantails will be down there in true ‘rock-up’ style, letting people have a go.” Other health and wellbeing organisations will also be there on the day, including the bowel screening programme team from Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa with Bella the Bowel, the giant inflatable colon, parent support agency, Hokai Tahi, Wellington Free Ambulance, and Pathways, the addictions support service. Nuku Ora, the independent body for physical activity in the greater Wellington region, has helped organise and facilitate the festival and will host a stall about Green Prescription, a free service designed to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families through physical activity and nutrition support. “Green Prescription
assists families in reaching their health goals by providing resources, information, removing barriers, and fostering lasting lifestyle changes,” Antonia [AJ] Kilmister-Thompson, the agency’s neighbourhood manager said. Kilmister-Thompson is excited about Wāhine Unite’s potential to “establish a platform that fosters encouragement, empowerment, and celebration of women and girls being active in Featherston.” Her hopes are it will help to “break barriers for community members to engage in physical activity and access health information while celebrating overall health and wellness.” “Remember, nurturing positive feelings in your heart will raise your sense of self-worth.” • For more information, visit facebook.com/ fabfeathy
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WRAZE makes contact in USA The Wairarapa Radio And Zello Enthusiasts (WRAZE) group kickstarted the year in style “with a night filled with awards”. WRAZE is “a communications group” that provides a way to talk with others using technology in a safe and legal way, Shaun Evans, the club’s net administrator said. One of the group’s aims is to reach people in the community “who are on their own. It’s one way to socialise on air without leaving your house. We are about trying to get people talking again.” At the latest meeting, WRAZE members, Paul Harper and Josie Howells, were in charge of the BBQ and made sure everyone was well-fed before the award ceremony. The Echo Awards were the first item on the agenda. Echo Awards celebrate a club member making ‘first contact’ with fellow radio and Zello enthusiasts in New Zealand or overseas. New member Matthew Ogg took the First Echo of the Year award with his contact to Martin from Manchester, England. Other Echo winners were Ian Real, Brian Hart, Josie Howells and Matthew Campbell. The Spring Seasonal Bingo Net Champion shield went to Ian Real, who also received an award certificate and prize. Using the club Ham radios and supervised by Ham radio operator Shaun Evans, Peter Swain made three overseas contacts, all based in America. “He made contact with Mac from Oregon, Paul from the Bronx in New York and Toddy from Phoenix Arizona,” Evans said. “He’ll receive a Radio
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While the weather has been kinder lately to runner Chris van Gerven as he works towards his challenge to run 85km daily for 25 days in a row, “training has been up and down a bit this month”. Just over a month out before he starts his test of endurance on March 25 to raise money for Wellington Free Ambulance’s [WFA] new Masterton station build, van Gerven has been battling a bad back and spells of lightheadedness. “My back was badly out due to a build-up of
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“Even though we use [cell phone] technology, there is nothing better than using your voice rather than playing on tech,” Evans said. “That’s what we are trying to do: promote voice, promote people talking to each other.” • For further information, contact net admin Shaun Evans: 06 377 5064.
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lactic acid, probably from training every day since May last year,” he told Midweek. “A few physio appointments have solved most of this, but I’ve had to buy a massage machine and a portable spa pool.” Thoughts of a hot soak after a day out on the track are out of the question, however, as “the spa pool is not heated as the cold plunges really help my recovery. It just takes a bit to get in on colder days.” Van Gerven’s intense training regime has also brought home to him that his running shoes don’t seem last like they used to. “I did 873km in my first pair of shoes, and they are
more worn than shoes I’ve run 1500 to 2500 km in.” He thinks it may be down to the quantity of recycled plastics used in the manufacture of modern trainers. Van Gerven ran a total of 672km in January, and with just seven weeks of the 20-week training programme to go, he’s hoping “February will go a lot smoother”. • The Wairarapa community can support Chris van Gerven’s fundraising for WFA via his Givealittle page: https://givealittle. co.nz/fundraiser/ running-2125-km-in25-day/exercise
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Youth orchestra toots its horn Lucy Cooper
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Wairarapa Youth Orchestra [WYO] is desperately seeking... a trombone tutor. WYO’s current tutor, Claudia Morgan, is moving to Wellington for a new job, leaving a trombone-shaped hole in the orchestra’s tuition team. She isn’t a professional musician and was originally a choir singer before she picked up trombone when her children were in the Masterton brass band. “She has a love of music and a real affinity for sharing her knowledge with new students in the brass band and orchestra,” orchestra founder Caitlin Morris said. “She has been great, and we will certainly miss her.” Morris describes WYO’s tutors as “the engine room of our scholarship team”, and currently available for children learning French horn, double bass, violin, cello, clarinet and flute. “They train and encourage new young musicians to develop the
Claudia Morgan [right], trombone tutor.
skills needed to graduate to the full orchestra. We want to continue providing our trombone lessons, and this is why we are reaching out to the Wairarapa community to find another trombone tutor.” Founded in 2021, WYO makes music tuition accessible for Wairarapa students, including transport options and tutelage provided by retired and active industry professionals. “We’ve received very generous funding over the years from the likes of Creative New Zealand,
Claudia Morgan teaching students at WYO.
Carterton District Council, Masterton District Council, South Wairarapa District Council, local Lions and Rotary clubs, as well as several private donors,” Morris said. “This has enabled the orchestra to establish a solid platform to continue delivering quality tuition and an opportunity for members to learn and perform.” The funding is vital, she said. “Participation in the orchestra is free, and funding means we can offer equal opportunities to our youth, regardless of age, gender, or
demographic background. All are welcome.” The funding also means that tutors such as Morgan can now be paid, which “makes a huge difference for us and our tutors”, WYO committee member Roger Fraser said. “We value their skill sets and expertise. Paying our tutors means we can also provide consistency for our students and the best music education possible.” The new tutor will need not just technical ability but “a willingness and passion to pass their skills on”, Fraser said. “This is a
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great opportunity to work with talented kids in a wonderful environment.” Prospective tutors would need to be able to commit to being available on Monday afternoons during the school term, and providing tuition to the orchestra’s three trombone students. Fraser joined the committee after seeing a performance of the orchestra in which his granddaughter was playing. “When I watch them play, I actually feel quite emotional,” he said. “The kids join up, they are
valued and they play away on their instruments.” The orchestra has grown to over 60 members and constitutes a full orchestra when they play together. There are 12 young people currently enrolled in the scholarship programme. “It’s our hope potential trombone tutors will make contact and offer their skills in a very rewarding environment,” Morris said. • For more information, email wairarapa youthorchestra@ gmail.com
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Show your library your love The Wairarapa Library Service [WLS] is inviting you to let your local library be your Valentine as it celebrates Love Your Library week. Library branches in Carterton, Featherston, Greytown and Martinborough are asking users to share what they like, love, appreciate and enjoy about their libraries on heart-shaped notes, which can then be added to the ‘Why I Love My Library’ mood boards. The week-long celebration is an opportunity to remind the community that libraries aren’t just about borrowing books. The region’s libraries host classes and workshops, such as those run by personal health and wellbeing charity Divine River and
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for creative hands and minds of all ages, and there are plenty of board games to enjoy. Digital Seniors, a Wairarapabased charity providing free tech support to people aged over 65, runs advice workshops at Carterton and Greytown libraries on Tuesday. The Love Your Library initiative began in Australia in 2006 as an international day on February 14 and was picked up by the Australian Library and Information Association a year later. WLS is sharing the love for longer, extending the celebrations for one week starting February 12.
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performer. “Poetry would be good, we wouldn’t mind poetry. And people doing skits. Excerpts from a play.” For all contestants, Pickering is encouraging people to “think outside the square”. “It doesn’t just have to be a band. You could sing in a quartet. You could be gymnasts or jugglers or comics. It would be great to see a kapa haka group, or cultural dancers.” Cimone Grayson and Ryan Cole will be among the judging panel again this year, and entry to the heats is priced at $5 for individuals and $10 for groups. The winner of last year’s under-14s competition was Henare Kerehi, who also scooped the People’s Choice award. Ruby Matthews won the over-14s contest, and band, Dead End, topped the group category. The heat will be held on May 11 at Carterton School.
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It’s time to dust off the tap shoes, warm up your voices, and tune up those guitars: the heats are open for this year’s Talent Wairarapa contest. And this year, Carterton Rotary Club, which organises the annual event, is keen to see adults, as well as young people, step into the limelight. “We want everyone to come and have a go”, Vickie Pickering, Carterton Rotary club member, said. “We’d love to see a diverse range of acts and ages.” Young performers have featured strongly at all stages of the competition in recent years, but it hasn’t always been the case, Pickering said. “In the first year, we had a guy playing the spoons, and ballroom dancers.” Pickering has plenty of ideas that may appeal to a more mature
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Shell ginger grows well in a pot indoors.
Handy HERBS There are ground cover herbs, that smell delightful, look good, feed the bees, and can be grown as a lawn that doesn’t need mowing. These can also be grown in pots, look good as garden edging and around rock pools with poor soil. Ruby Carpet & Woolly Thyme, and Chamomile ‘Lawn’ are some suggestions, but come and see us for more ideas.
Casimiroa Sapote Fruit has a mild, sweet flavour, like a combo of peach, banana & pear, with a smooth, ripe avocado texture.
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Fruit is high in Vit A & C. A hardy tree, perfect for the home garden, with a bushy, semi-weeping habit.
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Murraya koenigii The leaves are used in traditional Asian cooking & the red berries are also edible (the seeds are poisonous). Grows into a small evergreen tree with fragrant foliage. These do well in pots, but don’t like wet roots so keep on the dry side during winter (adding extra pumice to soil may help with this).
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Satoimo
The big stem down the bottom is grated and used as fresh wasabi; the leaves are used for paste.
Satoimo means ‘potato of the homeland’. A starchy root crop with small corms, or tubers.
Usually grown commercially in gravel beds with pure water, but can be grown in potting mix so long as it’s kept damp, especially over summer.
Is higher in fibre, and has fewer calories compared to potatoes. Has a texture similar to coconut with a mild, nutty flavour. Cook tubers like new potatoes. These must be cooked, when raw the calcium oxalate can be irritating to skin.
If you are tired of random weeds popping up between your pavers, or along your edges, there are creepers that will fill the space perfectly.
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Replace refined sugar with home grown Stevia—the leaves are around 30 times sweeter. Stevia can be grown in pots, in rockeries or as edging. They don’t like the cold, so give them a warm spot. Pinch the tips to encourage bushiness and feed with a food high in potassium & phosphorus, rather than nitrogen.
Spearmint Pyrethrum Grow these as a border in a sunny spot that attracts beneficial insects, in pots, or for a natural insecticide.
Drinking spearmint tea can be calming and may help colic, but it also entices bees & butterflies and may even repel mice & rats! The roots can be a bit invasive, so best grown in a pot.
Prefers a shaded spot. Satoimo is a popular staple for many Japanese dishes.
Easy to grow but protect from white butterflies.
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’Queen’. Ananas comosus This is a very hardy plant that does great in pots. For best results give them plenty of citrus fertiliser, keep them free from frost, and make sure they stay a bit dry over winter.
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Raising funds and building awareness Lucy Cooper
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Interest in the Central ITM Big Swim 10^6 fundraising initiative is “really starting to gain momentum now”, and with it, greater awareness that Carterton has the only indoor pool in South Wairarapa on its doorstep. “What we found doing the promotion is that people didn’t realise there was an indoor pool they could use in Carterton,” Catherine Rossiter-Stead, one of the fundraiser’s organisers said. “An all-weather, all-yearround pool in Carterton and many people don’t know it exists and they can use it.” For Rossiter-Stead, it’s a win-win situation. “Despite the fact we are trying to raise a million dollars, despite the fact we are trying for this audacious goal of a million metres,
“We all feel very passionate about saving this asset, so you’ll do anything and everything to make that happen.”
– Catherine Rossiter-Stead
if we can let people know there is a facility they can use year-round and encourage them: it’s got to be a good thing.” Built in 1987, the pool now needs an “urgent upgrade”. “It’s a little tatty, a little rusty, but the water is fabulous,” Rossiter-Stead, a keen swimmer, said. “There is nothing wrong with the water, and it’s a nice temperature. “But people will be more inclined to use it if there were better changing rooms and better toilet facilities, and it didn’t look like it was rusting to death.
“And we have to learn to swim,” she said. “It’s not about just learning to swim to compete, it’s about learning to swim to save your life and to stay fit and mobile.” The “big, audacious goal” at the heart of the Central ITM Big Swim challenge is to complete a total of a million metres during March. “Hence the name The Big Swim 10^6 [10 to the power 6 = 1,000,000m],” RossiterStead explained. People are invited to swim as individuals or as a team, and with a couple of weeks before the challenge
begins, the Givealittle crowdfunding page shows $2575 raised so far. Participants can do as many or as few metres as they like, and RossiterStead is enjoying the stories emerging from those who have signed up to swim. One young man’s audacious goal is to swim one length – 25m – as part of his “big ambition to join the Masters swimming club in Masterton”. Another participant is using the challenge to “get back into swimming. The fact that she can swim all through March and see how many metres she can swim in that month is a way of keeping her focused and honest and swimming every day.” Family groups are also taking up the call to fundraise for the pool, Rossiter-Stead said. “We’ve got a family of four generations, they’re
swimming and doing it as a relay. There’s a lady in that family who is in her 80s and she’s walking her part of it.” People can participate in the challenge at any pool, but some have chosen to swim in Carterton because of their connection with the facility. “We have an exswimmer, a brilliant swimmer, who has signed up and she said, ‘I just have to do this, because this is where I learned to swim’.” For Rossiter-Stead and the team of volunteers behind the Big Swim saving the pool is a ‘no brainer’. “We all feel very passionate about saving this asset. Without a doubt, we don’t want to lose this asset, so you’ll do anything and everything to make that happen.” • To sign up visit www. givealittle.co.nz/event/ the-big-swim-nz
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COMMUNITY NEWS CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
New national rules on recycling New national rules on recycling began earlier this month.
most clean paper, cardboard and pizza boxes in your recycling bin.
What does it mean for me?
plastic bottles 1, 2 and 5 in your recycling bin (no lids).
You can put... most tins and cans in your recycling bin. most glass bottles and jars in your recycling bin.
plastic trays and containers 1, 2 and 5 in your recycling bin (no lids). Remember, there’s a
whole range of items you can recycle for free at our Transfer Station.
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Waiwiri, Shimmering Water
visit our Recycling & Waste page, at cdc.govt.nz/recycling
Funding success for CDC secures support for innovative Flat Point Flood resilience project Funding success for CDC secures support for innovative Flat Point Flood resilience project Carterton District Council is excited to announce a further step towards improving coastline resilience against extreme weather and flooding, as we continue to tackle
climate change impacts and boost recovery from the aftermath of Cyclones Hales and Gabrielle.
channelled into enhancing flood resilience at Flat Point, the heart of Carterton District’s coastal community.
CDC has successfully secured a substantial $350,000 from the Local Government Flood Resilience Co-Investment Fund for our Flat Point Flood resilience project.
The innovative initiative will investigate the construction of a planted, earthen bund around Flat Point’s northern and western boundaries, redirecting surface water into the ocean.
This funding injection will be
Cyclone debris will be redeployed in building this protective bund, with planted native flora also playing a part in resisting the flooding. CDC will join forces with Crown Infrastructure Partners [CIP] to plan and execute this project in the coming weeks and months.
Waiwiri is the name of a place on the Longbush Road and on the Makahakaha Stream. The most common place where we people see wiri is when Kapa Haka performers are readying themselves and their hands are quivering by their sides. The energy of the thinking and the taking on the character of Maori ancestors is made known in the quivering hand. The shimmering water is a quality of light and water and alludes to an energy. The energy of water and light feeds our present agriculture; our past ngahere or native bush; our historical reflection of comets; our current reflection of our dark skies reserve; our future hope for an energetic life. Waiwiri is the surface proof of an ever-ready energy. – Ra Smith
Creative Communities Grants Scheme and Festival Fund are now open
It’s that time again! Avoid a notice - trim ya bush! We’ve noticed that a lot of bushes near our footpaths have flourished with growth over spring and summer. Overhanging branches are causing issues, and we have begun notifying homeowners about the problems their bushes and trees are causing. That means obstructions for people walking on our footpaths and pavements. Please use the summer to get into the garden and trim that bush!
What is the Creative Communities Grants Scheme [CCS]? The CCS helps to fund local arts projects. Each year Creative New Zealand provides funding to Carterton and other city and district councils to distribute in our area. What is the Festival Fund? The CCS Festival Fund is a one-off funding boost from Government, to support established festivals that celebrate the life experiences, stories, cultures, and regional identities of New Zealanders, that continue to be impacted by the effects of COVID-19.
When can I apply? You can make applications from Wednesday 31 January to 2pm, Wednesday 13 March. How to apply? You can apply for CCS and Festival funding through our online grants portal, cartertondc. smartygrants.com.au. How do I get help or more information? Help with applications is available through our online grants portal. You can also visit the Creative NZ website, creativenz.govt.nz, or contact Vic Bates at CDC on 06 379 4081 or email victoria@cdc.govt.nz.
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Applications for the 2024 Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund and the Carterton & Districts Returned & Services Memorial Trust Tertiary Fund opened close at the end of February. The Sport New Zealand Rural Travel grant provides support for rural sports clubs and rural school teams with young people aged between 5 and 19 years who require subsidies to assist with transport expenses to local sporting competitions.
The Carterton & Districts Returned & Services Memorial Trust Tertiary Grant provides a Tertiary fund for residents of the Carterton district who are direct descendants of veterans and servicemen. The grants are provided by the Trust to students under 25 years of age to assist with expenses related to their tertiary education. Find out more about these opportunities and apply online at cartertondc.smartygrants. com.au. Call 06 379 4081 or email sandrab@cdc.govt.nz for more information.
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Things have come to a pretty pass I don’t know when it began – I think it was around the time of the election – but initially, I thought I was hearing things. Divizzif. Politicians were referring to topics or issues as being ‘divizzif’. Shorely shome mishtake. Are we talking about ‘divisive’? As in de-vye-sif? Or as the phoneticians would have it, , meaning tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people? As far as I could glean from context, that was the very word I was talking about. Was this pronunciation hiccup just a politician thing, I wondered. For our newly minted PM and leader of the opposition, matters were definitely divizzif. Chris Hipkins, freshfaced and live from Lower Hutt: “I was around in politics when Don Brash did his very, very divizzif speech.” Chris Luxon, sun gleaming off his
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Lucy Cooper While is at the semiskimmed end of the spectrum, divizzif, to my ear, is on starvation rations. cranial ‘real estate’ [his description, not mine] at a gloriously sunny Rātana in 2023, on the tenor of the debate around the polarising topic of co-governance: “And I would say to you, it has been quite a divizzif and immature conversation over recent years.” Just a bloke politician thing, maybe? Well, a quick search of recent Hansard reports and associated videos reveals that while Te Pāti Māori’s Takutai Tarsh Kemp is happy to say , Carmel Sepuloni is decidedly in Camp Divizzif.
As Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong would have sung, “I say , you say divizzif.” Indeed. And yes, this possibly is quite a small hill to die on, but it drives me bananas. Not banoonoos or bonobos. Bananas. Occasionally, I’m capable of introspection and self-reflection, so I have asked myself why I find divizzif so divisive. Firstly, it just sounds weird. I prefer round, soft, plump words. Words with a bit of body to them. While is at the semi-skimmed end of the spectrum, divizzif, to
my ear, is on starvation rations. Secondly, given that has been around for eons, divizzif seems a bit too try-hard, affected, a phonetic attempt to stand out from the crowd. It’s the ‘look at me!’ of pronunciation. And thirdly [and no one is more surprised than me to find I have three reasons for moaning about this issue] in an uncertain world, the very least I could hope for is that would remain . Maybe I need to get out more, but I find myself on alert for it. And such is the complex psychological nature of our many-headed Hydra of a government and the issues they like to tackle, I’m frequently rewarded. I shouldn’t throw stones, though. In a single conversation, I can flip-flop between organising my SHED-
yul and my SKED-yul. And is it datta, sounding like matter; darta, sounding like smarter, or dayta, sounding like crater? I have no idea, and will often avoid the issue altogether by talking animatedly about ‘information’ instead. According to the website Linguisticus, ration was at one time pronounced to rhyme with nation, antique used to sound like antic, and we only started pronouncing the ‘h’ in humour in the early twentieth century. How funny. Honestly, it’s enough to make one bloosh. Maybe we should leave the last word on this topic to Ella and Louis: You say eether and I say eyether, You say neether and I say nyther, Eether, eyether, neether, nyther, Let’s call the whole thing off!
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Hana Makin, services manager at Heartland Services, Martinborough When I was a child I liked to…. Collect insects and fossils. I was a pretty nerdy kid who loved to be outside in nature. Not much has changed there, if I’m honest. I would love more time to…. Be creative. I really enjoy the monthly knit nights we have in Featherston, and outside of work/volunteering I make silver jewellery and take
photos. I also find cooking a lovely way to get creative. My family and friends describe me as… Well, that’s a tough one. I reckon they’d say enthusiastic [maybe too enthusiastic sometimes?], and hopefully a good listener. What I love about Featherston is…. The beautiful community. And how much there is to
get involved in here. We have a lot of incredible people working to make Featherston and the South Wairarapa more and more amazing.
Fab Feathy was a great way of discovering what was happening and who was making it happen. I’ve made some lifelong friends through that job.
Fab Feathy was…. An honour, and such a great way for me to meet people. We didn’t know anyone when we moved to Pae Tū Mōkai in 2020, and covid-19 made it difficult to connect and meet up with people.
The country I would love to visit the most is …. I’ve always had Madagascar high up there on my list. I think the wildlife would be so incredible to see. Egypt was top of the list, but I was lucky enough to travel to
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Egypt with my husband on our honeymoon, so that’s been ticked off. Wairarapa needs…. Not much, we’re so lucky here. More regular public transport would be great, but that’s quite a boring answer. My favourite food is…. Indian food, particularly Goan food. I’m a big fan of pork xacuti. The superpower I would most enjoy is…. I’m going to borrow Steff Willmore’s from last week
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and for the same reason – teleportation so I can pop back and see my whānau in Manchester whenever I want. I have a great collection of…. Cookbooks. I used to work for an Indian food shop in the UK, so I learnt so much about Indian cuisine and spices and collected loads of books there. My husband, Will is also a great cook and baker, so between the two of us, we have a whole bookcase dedicated to cookbooks.
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Aratoi on hunt for Action Man Do you have boxes of old toys gathering dust in your attic? We are searching for a special toy to borrow for our winter exhibition Pastimes: Toys and Games. Discover why toy soldiers are now made from plastic and not lead, the rise and fall of Fad toys, why Tetris theory is used in psychology, how Pokémon helped get people more active and why Star Wars started a toy revolution. We are looking to borrow a 1970’s GI Joe/Action Man to put on display. Curator of the exhibition, Becky Bateman said, “We aren’t looking for a doll that’s perfect or still in the box. We are looking for toys that have been played with and loved.” In the early 1960s it was thought boys would not play with dolls and parents would not buy their sons dolls. The word
“Action figure” was the only acceptable marketing term and has since become the generic description for any poseable doll intended for boys. The GI Joe was the first “Action figure” made for boys. In Europe it was called Action Man. Hasbro released the Target Exclusive Duke in 1991 in response to the high demand from nostalgic collectors of the vintage era GI Joe action figures. Duke was the first 30cm action figure produced in the Hasbro GI Joe line since 1978. Today, plastic action figures often represent superheroes, and are primarily marketed to boys. Fashion dolls and action figures are usually part of a media franchise that may include films and other related merchandise, and are highly prized as
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collectables. Bateman is excited for the exhibition. It will be a really fun interactive exhibition, with playable tables, technology and classic board games on offer every school holiday and weekends during the exhibition. The exhibition features a Lego table, playground activities like Cat’s Cradle
and Hopscotch, plus the retro fun of Super Mario on the NES. Puzzles, tabletop games and playing cards are available for families to rediscover the joy of playing these nostalgic games and spending quality time together. “The full exhibition will be an interactive space that is welcoming and
interesting for the whole whānau, nostalgic and fun.” If you have an original GI Joe or Action Man from the 1960s that we can borrow, please contact Becky Bateman, email becky@aratoi.co.nz • Pastimes: Toys and Games opens June 1 and runs to September 8.
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To Uganda and back Geoff Walker will be 2024’s first speaker at the Wairarapa branch of the Institute of International Affairs. Masterton-born Geoff Walker, a well-known photographer, will give an illustrated talk, ‘From Here to Uganda and Back’, on February 22 at Rosewood, Queen Street, Masterton at 8.00pm. As Geoff Walker will discuss, Uganda is bordered by five countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the west; South Sudan to the north; Kenya, to the east; and Rwanda and Tanzania to the south. In the southeast, Uganda has a coast on Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake. Most New Zealanders are aware of Idi Amin’s regime in the 1970s, but little else.
Uganda, independent from Britain in 1962, still has English as an official language together with Swahili. With its 50 million population and an economy solidly based on agriculture and tourism, Uganda still has high levels of poverty and corruption. At the same time, it is part of the pan-African emergence as a growing economic power block – along with the wellentrenched influence of China. Walker first took the opportunity, via a Danish friend, to visit Uganda after photographing the fatal hot air balloon tragedy in Carterton in 2012. Becoming very fond of the land-locked central African country and its people, Geoff Walker spent
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longer periods there from 2013 to 2016 and, in early 2016, was in Kampala the day Yoweri Museveni won his fifth five-year term as an increasingly autocratic president. Walker spent most of 2017 to 2023 in the northern Ugandan city of Gulu, several hundred kilometres north of Kampala, with partner Mirriam Auma and her two children.
They often travelled to Mirriam’s family village where he was the first white person many villagers, still living a simple, pretechnology lifestyle with no power or phone network, had ever seen. The couple had twins and it was decided to return to New Zealand in 2020, leaving her two elder children in Uganda to complete their education. However, bureaucratic
difficulties, covid-19 and the closing of New Zealand’s borders put the family’s arrival in the Wairarapa – with all four children – back to the end of 2023. During those years in Uganda, Geoff Walker was a founder member of Gulu District’s Covid Task Force, and co-founded the Ki Gen Sanctuary, a communitybased organisation working in the area of gender-based violence and particularly focused on young female survivors. • The meeting will be at Rosewood, 417 Queen Street, Masterton at 8.00pm on Thursday 30 November. Tea and coffee from 7.30pm. All are welcome. Non-members: $5.00 door charge. For more information contact Aileen Weston, phone: (06) 372 5741, email: aileen.weston@ orcon.net.nz
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hilst summer is a very fun time for play, outdoor activities and lying around in the sun , the heat can be deadly to our pets. All too frequently, veterinary clinics across the country see cases of heat stroke in dogs, a dangerous and sometimes fatal illness. An important crucial fact is that dogs and cats DO NOT sweat like humans do. They release heat through their tongues primarily, and also a lesser extent their noses and foot pads. So whilst you may be comfortable lounging around or exercising in the heat , your dog may be overheating. Along with working dogs , brachycephalic breed dogs, or short noses and flat faces are at high risk. They find it difficult to cool themselves because of their underdeveloped and smaller airways, long soft palate, and smaller, narrower nostrils mainly in Pugs, English and French Bulldogs. Heat stroke signs; • Breathing will become rapid, frantic and noisy. The tongue and mucous membranes will become bright red, saliva will be very thick and vomiting may occur
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This breeding season has been an excellent one at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre. Several yellowcrowned kākāriki are nearing their release, this comes just in time, as two pair of kākāriki are tending to two clutches of eggs between them, promising even more additions to our kākāriki family. Up to 60 kākāriki from sanctuaries around the country will be released into the Pūkaha ngahere this year. Two sibling Kiwi chicks have joined us, hatched just 20 days apart. The eldest, which hatched on December 22, 2023, is thriving in the kiwi creche, meanwhile, MB120, hatched on January 11, 2024, Yellow-crowned kakariki PHOTO/FILE
and has since entered our nocturnal house. Another two Kiwi chicks are due midMarch. Additionally, our pāteke family has expanded with the arrival of 12 adorable ducklings, they will be relocated to the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust for pre-release conditioning, and our five kākā fledglings will be released to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari from April onwards. These collaborative initiatives are vital to producing positive outcomes for these species. Pest control is also vital, and thanks to an increase in traps and intensified control efforts across 3000ha of buffer zone and the Pūkaha reserve, we are seeing positive results. Pūkaha’s pest and predator control efforts
have significantly reduced the threat from rats, stoats, cats, and rabbits which in turn, sustains the thriving bird life around Pūkaha. Witnessing the population of these special birds grow is a testament to the success of our conservation initiatives. You can keep up to date with all our manu through our Pūkaha Whānau Facebook page or our Instagram @pukahanz • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with the Department of Conservation Wairarapa team to highlight the important work they do restoring our diverse natural heritage, enabling recreation, and encouraging community conservation efforts.
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The Wairarapa Herb Society would like to welcome you to join our 2024 activities and meet-ups. We are a growing group of herb and garden enthusiasts, who get together twice a month – once a month for our get-together at the Old Courthouse in Carterton, and once for a garden visit. All are welcome. At the moment our gardens are brimming with herbs ready for harvesting. Bergamot, basil, rosemary, calendula, comfrey, lavender, the list goes on. Some herbs get turned into remedies, some get eaten,
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some are given away, and some are just left to their own devices. You can dry and store a lot of herbs for later use, or tincture fresh plant material. It really is an abundant time, even if you only have a small garden or pots, with more to come as we head to autumn. Each meet-up we have herb of the month, a recommended book of the month, a catch-up on what’s on, and a presenter talking about their area of expertise. This includes topics as diverse as making herbal remedies, different gardening techniques, looking after your mitochondria and enviro-schools. At the end of each meeting we share a tea and snack and have a chat. We also arrange a garden visit approximately once a month. It’s just amazing how many gorgeous and interesting gardens there are in Wairarapa. The February 20 meeting will include yarrow as herb of the
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Horse racing has been a unique feature at Castlepoint Beach since Thomas Guthrie se�led at Castlepoint Sta�on, over 150 years ago. Horse racing was popular among the hardworking farming folk, or it may have been the bo�les of rum offered as prizes to the jockeys and winners of wagers. You can read more history in Racing Against the Tide: 100 Years of Horse Racing at Castlepoint, by Ma� Philp. Contact the Racing Club about this book. Always governed by the �des, Castlepoint Race Day this year is scheduled for Saturday 24 February. Charles White, descended from Thomas Guthrie, has a�ended the races for about 50 years and has previously been the Clerk of the Course. That involved looking a�er the course and horses and opening the day on horseback wearing a ceremonial red jacket. Today, he’s President of the Castlepoint Racing Club. Charles’ grandfather, father, uncle, and cousins have all had some involvement in the Castlepoint Races over the years, and his daughters have competed in the pony races. “Horses are in the family’s blood,” Charles says. Beach racing at Castlepoint is a unique dovetailing of performance sport, family fun, and down to-earth-country ways including the tractoring-in of mobile be�ng booths. Whanganui’s Kevin Meyers, along with thoroughbred trainers from all over the country, bring their
horses to Castlepoint Race Day to let them really stretch out and gallop for up to 1600 metres. “The horses have an opportunity at Castlepoint to run on a firm but forgiving surface rather than a hard one, which is how racetracks are in summer,” Charles says. There are seven races, star�ng with the Sta�on Hack, which is open to anyone. The fourth race is for the Whakataki Hotel Castlepoint Cup, and there’s much an�cipa�on and wagering on this one. The night before, locals and visitors alike will gather at the Old Woolshed at the Castlepoint Sta�on for the Calcu�a. If you want to take a punt on the other races, there’s an equiliser be�ng system with $2 numbered �ckets. In between the horse races are children’s games such as the golf ball and spoon race, wheelbarrow race, sack race, and three-legged race, as well as the Westpac Big Dig in which the kids get to search for treasure. Adults can dress up, vying for the magnificent prize of a roman�c getaway for two at the Copthorne Solway Park Hotel & Resort, sponsored by Trust House. And the Undie 100 (for adults over the age of 16) involves racing in underwear for $2. Winner takes all coinage as well as a $50 cash prize. “It’s a day of family fun in a wonderful place, all made possible by many commi�ed volunteers,” Charles says. Entry is $5 per person. Bring Cash. No dogs allowed.
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Experts are urging animal owners to exercise caution around karaka trees [Corynocarpus laevigatus] over the next few months, as their berries can be life threatening if eaten by dogs. Karaka trees are widespread in lowland and coastal places throughout Wairarapa, and their fruiting season intensifies during the summer months from January to April. Signs of karaka toxicity have been recorded in humans, sheep, cattle, chickens, and other species but dogs are especially susceptible to the poison as it contains the alkaloid karakin. If eaten by a dog, karakin can lead to respiratory failure, impaired neurological function, and – in more severe cases – death. The New Zealand Veterinary Association Te Pae Kīrehe president Kate Hill said if you suspect your pet has ingested the toxic berries, early intervention was best.
“We are already seeing trees absolutely laden with fruit in some parts of the country,” Hill said. “While karaka berries are an important food source for kererū, they are particularly dangerous to dogs at this time of year as the berries ripen and fall from the trees.” Signs of karaka berry toxicity can be delayed up to 48 hours after ingestion. Symptoms can include vomiting, diarrhoea, reduced appetite, abdominal pain, paralysis of hind limbs, loss of balance, convulsions, and a reduction in the dog’s breathing rate. Hill advised dog owners to be aware of where karaka trees are located and to keep dogs on leads if walking in an area where they’re present. She said if ingestion has occurred, seeking emergency veterinary treatment is the best move. “Even if ingestion has occurred and there are no clinical signs within one to four hours, dogs should be taken to a vet clinic and made to vomit.”
The toxic karakin component found in the karaka berries is found in the seed, not the flesh of the berry. The karaka tree is culturally significant to Maori, who have used the tree as a food source, and for traditional Rongoā [healing systems] practices surrounding and preparing a body for a burial. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa spokesman Haami Te Whaiti said there is “prolific habitation” of karaka trees along Wairarapa’s coastline. “My understanding is that the karaka trees we have on our coast are not endemic to Wairarapa,” Te Whaiti said. “They have been brought from elsewhere in Aotearoa, from a lot further north. “You don’t find them growing too far away from the coast unless they’ve been planted.” Te Whaiti said that he can remember his mother preparing the seeds by boiling them. “She would boil them for quite a long time because you need to get rid of the toxin in the seed.”
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A group of Masterton Red Cross volunteers with a combined total of almost three centuries of service among them were honoured this month. Bev Fowler, a 30-year veteran and Meals on Wheels co-ordinator, said her biggest highlight over the years has been the gratitude of those receiving help. “It saves an awful lot of people being in hospital,” she said. Fowler wouldn’t know how many hours she’s put into volunteering for the Red Cross but said that the time’s gone very quickly. “It’s no trouble, you just fit it into your life.” Fowler started volunteering as a driver once she retired and “it sort
of went from there”, she said. Red Cross Meals on Wheels is a service providing meals to people who have a disability or ongoing health problems and find difficulty preparing food for themselves. It delivers one meal every weekday of the year to recipients, except for Christmas Day. In the past year, more than 3000 volunteers delivered 710,000 hot meals nationwide. There are 54 volunteers for the Masterton Meals on Wheels Group and 16 volunteers from Greytown, and Fowler said 706 meals are being delivered each month across three different runs inside the Masterton urban area. Meanwhile, retired nurse and Red Cross staff
member Joan Black said she felt “chuffed” to reach her 20-year milestone award as a staff member. Black has seen many changes over her two decades of voluntary service including the addition of patient transfer, immigration, and refugee services. Once she retired from nursing at Masterton hospital, Black worked nine hours a week in the Red Cross office. Black first took on the building custodian role and has since volunteered with Meals on Wheels and New Zealand Blood Service, as well as driven clients. Volunteers for the Wairarapa Hospital Meet and Greet Group, who welcome visitors to Masterton Hospital and give directions and guidance, were also
honoured. There are 25 volunteers, with at least two on duty daily. A volunteer from the NZ Blood Service also received her 20-year award in the ceremony. Red Cross Area Representative Council president John KennedyGood, who presented the awards, commended the dedication, support, and loyalty of the 23 volunteers who’ve clocked up 280 volunteer years between them. “The contribution they’ve made to the Masterton community is immeasurable,” he said.
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Wairarapa Hospital Meet and Greet Group Valmai Wright [15 years], Debbie Ewen [10 years], Judy Burns; Nicola Carstens; Lorraine Liggins; Jacqui Thomas; Ann Tibbs; Elaine Pacey [five years].
NZ Blood Group Support Volunteer Ellen Sayer [20 years].
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Joan Black [20 years]. Of the 23 volunteers, 14 people were at the Service Award Ceremony, while the nine absentees have been invited to receive their awards at a later date. • To volunteer, visit www.redcross. org.nz
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Phones are just the start The phone on the farm was a great big black thing attached to the wall, with a mouth piece on the top, a dial on the front and a handle on the
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Graeme Burnard send a text to them if you like. Wish me luck trying to explain that to him, because, to be honest, I don’t even understand it myself. Being a devoutly religious man, the only text he would have known would have been in the bible. I hope he doesn’t think I have “seen the light”. So, how do I begin to explain a mobile phone to someone who’s never even seen a phone without a cord attached to the wall. How do I explain that on this little gadget in my hand, I do all my communicating all around the world, vocal and visual. It’s my camera, I do all my banking transactions, I check my medical records, I look at a menu at a restaurant, and if I like it, I book a table.
side. We were on a party line with half-a-dozen other houses. Our call was a short and three longs and the first word you ever said when you picked up the phone was “working?” and if one of the neighbours was talking, they would say “yes” and we would have to wait until they had finished. When they sold the farm and moved into town, the telephone was a flash red one, sitting on a table still with the mouth piece and the dial. Pa never used a pushbutton phone, so I would pull my mobile phone out of my pocket and ask him if he would like to call anyone. Or you can
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I take and send photos, I can order groceries and have them delivered, I can read the newspaper or catch up with news around the world, and when we travel around the country it gives us door-to-door directions. And that’s just the start of it, I’ll say. Now, come outside and have a look at this little beast. Meet Gardena Robotica, my little robot lawn-mowing buddy. And when I explain to him that all I have to do is download the Bluetooth App on to my little phone, enter the lawn size, what days you want the lawns mowed, and preferred time of the day and Bob’s your aunty [I’ll have to explain that to him gently], his eyes will glaze over. After the glazed look in his eyes starts to recede, I will then help him up from the ground and try and explain the drone that has just buzzed over
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Wairarapa remains a ‘hotspot’ Kate Judson
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work for us today. You don’t have enough time left in your quick visit to sit and wait for five hours. Time’s running out dad and I still haven’t shown you our wonderful roads. Let’s go for a little drive. So this is State Highway 2, dad, between Carterton and Masterton. I know, unbelievable, isn’t it? We had a light shower yesterday and all the pot holes have lifted. That’s a regular thing on our roads This, apparently is as good as we can get. It’s cost, not quality that is the main factor now. And the safety
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barriers? Ah, well, yes. A little controversial. They were decided on by some unhinged moron who won’t show his face. Erected because this road was deemed very unsafe. Funnily enough, there have been more accidents happen along this road since the safety barriers went up and the speed limit reduced. One of our MPs said we had to protect schools and marae along the route. But there’s not one of those to be seen along the whole stretch of the road. Yes, he’s still an MP but one with no influence and I just don’t have time
to start on our political system. There would be too many questions and you wouldn’t believe the answers. So, there you have it dear father. A slice of life in 2024. It’s not for the faint-hearted. We are told everything where you are is perfect but you’re not going to tell me are you? I have to wait to find out for myself, don’t I? Oh well, I might just hang around here a bit longer. I don’t like surprises. See ya Pa. One thing hasn’t changed. I still love you as much now, as I did 35 years ago and a day doesn’t go past that I don’t think about you.
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Wairarapa continues to be categorised as a ‘hotspot zone’ because of little rainfall, resulting in “severely drier than normal” soil due to a moisture deficit. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [NIWA] reports that hotspots in Wairarapa could strengthen next week, with the potential to develop into drought if persistent. NIWA’s current Hotspot Watch reported that the majority of the North Island saw rainfall totals of 15–25mm this week, with smaller pockets of 25-50mm. But the lower east coast received 5mm or less, which meant there were small to moderate soil moisture decreases in central North Island. Castlepoint Station
owner Anders Crofoot, who is also part of the Castlepoint Fire Brigade, observed that if the lack of rain continues as forecast, it’s going to only get worse as the region gets drier. “As we dry out, the fire risk goes up, he said. “Around Wairarapa, there have been plenty of small fires that, so far, they have been fortunately getting on top of reasonably quickly. “The big thing is just being aware there is a high fire risk, and just not doing things that cause fires.” Crofoot encouraged people to avoid starting uncontained fires and, if farmers need to top paddocks, do so early in the morning with cool temperatures. Also, if anyone needs to weld outside, he said, make sure you have a reasonably big fire extinguisher nearby. Take care to avoid
starting a fire and if you see smoke, call the fire emergency line by dialling 111, he said. The New Zealand Drought Index [NZDI] showed abnormally dry conditions in parts of much of the lower North Island which included up North and parts of the South Island. Very dry to extremely dry conditions were found in Wellington, southern ManawatūWhanganui, and some parts of the South Island, alongside small areas of meteorological drought. However, NIWA predicts a large area of high pressure will arrive and bring multiple days of dry weather early next week. Next week, the expected rainfall may mean a decrease in moderate soil moisture for much of the North Island, with a minor change expected in central regions.
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Hard for us isn’t bad Midweek Musings
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Tim Nelson I heard the incredible life story of UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou today. When we think things are tough and times are hard, his is a life worth considering. What he has been through since he was a child, including working in sand mines as a child under 10, simply defies belief. Every sentence shared in the interview just seemed to make things seem even more impossible, yet every obstacle or challenge placed in front of him he has overcome to become the champion sportsman he is today. During the interview, the host shared the phrase, “hard for us isn’t bad for us”. This is certainly the case for Francis Ngannou. He said everything he has faced has made him who he is. Taking just one aspect of his life away would be removing a piece of the puzzle that
has been essential in his life. When times are hard it’s understandable to think it will be hard to push through. We all get shaken when things happen. However, perhaps if we can put in a strategy to overcome whatever this may be. In doing so, ask for help and support, recruiting your team to help where they can, but even if you’re on your own, think about what Francis Ngannou has done on his own against insurmountable odds.
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I have just finished reading The School of Life book, Anxiety. The book finishes with a range of ideas that we could all do to live less anxious lives. Reading the ideas, this, in itself, could cause anxiety, as the life outlined isn’t one accessible to most of us with the responsibilities we have. However, as
the chapter came to a close this very point was raised – it really would be difficult to live the life of a monk in the equivalent of a Middle Ages monastery. What we can do, though, is choose just one or two things from the ideal to incorporate calming strategies into our lives. These could be the likes of avoiding the 24-hour news cycle, or making sure you have regular contact with a friend who is a good listener, and you listen to as well. Too often we don’t do things because we can’t do them perfectly. However, if we choose to be less perfect, the things we do want in our lives will come to us, but maybe just a little less perfectly.
grateful that I did. A couple of things happened, the first being I was given very useful and reassuring advice, and the second was being told not to get consumed and worried about worst-case scenarios, as they almost never come true and the energy we give these thoughts can be quite destructive. I simply can’t recommend enough the value of reaching out and asking for help. If you have doubts about doing so, take a moment to think about how you would respond if someone asked you. If you would do it for someone else, then it’s almost certain that someone else would do it for you.
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twice; the first occasion was with a staff member giving feedback about some professional development that took place at school, and the second was when a college student came up to me in a cafe and told me she’d read my book three times [I was absolutely blown away when this
happened]. There are always things people do that we appreciate or are grateful for. However, it’s rare we tell them we appreciate what they have done. It really does just take a moment, although it may be a little uncomfortable, but the outcome is always going to be positive.
We’ll never get ‘there’, but that’s okay
There have been so many times in my life when I have thought if I get or achieve something, then pretty much everything will be okay. It might have been an item, a job, a relationship, a child’s milestone. There’s too many to
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choose from. However, the truth is that despite the satisfaction all these things have led to, I have never arrived at that state of nirvana in which everything is perfect. There will always be something in some area of my life I want more of, to be better at, to have more time with. The truth is we never truly arrive. An equal truth is that’s fine. The sooner we recognise this, the sooner we stop putting all of our eggs in one basket, thinking that everything will be okay just because one thing has happened. Life really is a journey and we will all travel through it hoping for the best we can get out of it. Have we taken the opportunities presented to us? Have we been grateful for the many blessings that have come our way? My life goal is to know I will have done the best I could, even though I may never have previously arrived at that final destination until I hopefully realise, in the very end, I will have.
Compromise
Tonight I attended a meeting in which an item was raised that was potentially divisive. Although the proposal was with the best of intentions, those not
supporting it in the form it was presented had valid reasons for their position, just as the person who created the proposal had worthy reasons for wanting it to be accepted by the group. This led to quite a robust discussion. However, the outcome was quite different to what we are used to after strong debate. Rather than there being a “winner” and a “loser”, instead there was compromise. Compromise isn’t the most sought-after or glamorous result for many of us. We tend to seek the ultimate outcome, considering anything else to be a failure. This is an attitude we need to change. Although we might not get everything we want, getting something is considerably better than getting nothing. Additionally, everyone wins at least a little bit, giving all parties at least some level of satisfaction. • Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a Happy and Purposeful Life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.
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28 Wairarapa Midweek Rural Wednesday, February 14, 2024 A limestone outcrop on Ian’s farm that has examples of Māori rock art.
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Have you used the FeedChecker calculator? It’s a handy tool for estimating the energy and nutrient demands for a selected mob of cows and then comparing this to what is supplied in the diet. With farmers really starting to feel the feed pinch from the dry now, and with many farms feeding supplement from multiple sources: crops, silage, meal etc, it’s a great time to check that what you’re putting into your animals matches your expectations for their output and performance. Information you will need for using the FeedChecker: • Details of the mob/s of cows you are interested in predicting the diet of • Estimates of feed allocations of each part of the diet offered • Recent feed test results you have for the feeds on offer (if applicable). The tool can be downloaded on the website FeedChecker calculator – DairyNZ | DairyNZ where you can also find a useful guide and how-to-use instructions to get you started.
Life a trial for farmer Former AgResearch scientist Ian Knowles likes to lead from the front when it comes to sheep and plant trials and comparative experiments on his diverse hill country farm. He farms about 4000 ewes and 1000 hoggets at Glenmark Springs and most of the genetics have come out of trial mobs he still runs to find out what works and what doesn’t. “Also with the plant genetics, if there’s anything new or novel, I’m pretty keen to get a couple of hectares in to see what it looks like on the farm,” he said. The 2023 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards supreme winner has done extensive fertiliser trials too. “For four or five years I ran fertiliser trials on two different sites on the property with all the conventional fertilisers and also comparing them with more natural type products, like seaweedbased fertilisers.” He found natural
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fertilisers to be a lot more unpredictable than chemical products. “You’re seeing some results you weren’t expecting and then often you weren’t getting the results that you were hoping for. Sometimes it would take maybe 18 months or two years to see a result,” he said. Environmental stewardship is a key part of Knowles’ land management plan. To stop soil erosion,
35 hectares of steep or uncultivable land has been planted in poplar poles, and at the back of the farm, he’s even planted a fruit orchard around a drafting yard. There are some scenic surprises dotted around the dryland property that Knowles’ parents purchased 20 years ago. Native gullies that have never been developed divide the steep hills, and large outcrops of limestone rocks jut out of
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summer-parched land. Some of the outcrops are archaeological sites as they contain examples of Māori rock drawings. “There’s 26 individual drawings that have been noted and reported on and there may be more but some of the areas are not that easy to get to,” he said. An iwi covenant or kawenata ensures they stay the way they are. Not far away in a paddock are a herd of
lanky ostriches. Ian has about 40 on his farm and the two breeding groups have started laying eggs. “They tend just to find a bit of dirt and start laying, but on the hill country the eggs do tend to roll around a bit.” Last year’s chicks, which are now as big as their parents are sharing the grazing duties with the sheep. “The only challenge we have for the young
birds is keeping them warm and dry until they’re big enough to look after themselves, and after that, they’re pretty much bulletproof.” He is not sure yet if he will farm them commercially for their meat. “If you don’t have a market for the product, there’s no point in really multiplying them up. So, at the moment, we’re a wee bit in limbo.” – rnz.co.nz
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. Call 0800 229 6757. Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High Street, Carterton,1pm for 1.30pm start. Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406672. Carterton Community Choir: 7.159pm, St David’s Presbyterian Church Youth Wing, 164 High St South. Call [0278] 205-801. Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 379-5564. Carterton Scout Group: At Rangatahi Hub [behind Carterton Event Centre], Scouts [11-14 years] 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Sylvia [027] 249-3395. Danzability Class: 11am-noon, at Studio 73, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Martinborough: 9.30-11.30am, St Andrew’s Church; Featherston: 1.303.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Fareham Creative Space: Also Fri/Tues, open studio, 10am-3pm, 80 Underhill Rd, Featherston. Email: registrations@farehamcreativespace. nz Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Food Market: Food trucks, 4.30-7pm outside the Masterton Town Hall. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. KeepFit!: 10.30am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton. Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Wairarapa Boxing Academy, Dixon St. Call Roslyn [027] 264-8623. Patient Activity Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-1pm. Call 378-8888. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Ruamahanga Club: Cards, 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. The University of the 3rd AGE [U3A]: South Wairarapa Current Affairs group meet in the Events Hall of the Roseneath Lifecare and Village, Carterton 9.30-11am. Call convener Paul Mallinson [021] 109-4652. Thursday Morning Bikers: Meet at the fountain at the Queen Elizabeth Park entrance, 9.30am. Contact David [021] 246-0295. Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice, Masterton Brass Bandrooms, Park Ave, Masterton. Email fernandthistle21@ gmail.com Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Aratoi: Kathy Bartlett: Teas Light Lunches till Feb 18; Natasha Ratuva: Buiniga till Feb 18, New Zealand International Realty Wairarapa Art Review till Feb 18. Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558. Carterton Senior Citizens: 12.303.30pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, at the old courthouse next to the library. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am-2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959. Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Featherston Friday Night Market: 6-9pm, food trucks, live music, facepaint/ tattoos, 33 Fitzherbert St.
Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am-1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm. Masterton Bowling Club: Funzie Friday, 12.30pm for 1pm start. Call 377-4664 after 4pm. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144. Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867. Wairarapa Kids Choir: For children aged seven years up, 3.50-4.50pm, during school terms, Courthouse, Holloway St, Carterton. Call Jill [027] 347-5891. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support across Wairarapa. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Walk and Talk: Meet outside Dish Cafe, First St, Masterton, 9.30am.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728. Cobblestones Early Settlers Village: Open 10am-4pm seven days. Crop Up Greytown: Fresh produce, seafood and kitchen creations from Greytown and South Wairarapa, from 9am, at Truckstop Greytown, 102 Main St. Check Facebook. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat/Sun 10am2pm, other times by arrangement. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Festival Day: Music, food, well-being stalls and activities. [24th is rain-off date]. This will be held the same day as the Featherston Sports Hub annual open day. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Lions Book Sale: 9am-1pm, under the grandstand, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton. Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon. Call John [021] 314-2485. Martinborough Museum: Open Sat/Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. Masterton Tennis Centre: Organised doubles from 12.30 pm at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm. Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Wairarapa Cancer Society Supportive Care Services: For anyone needing support after a cancer diagnosis. Call (06) 378-8039. Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9am1pm, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Greytown Country Market: Stella Bull Park, 10am-2pm. All profits go to the Greytown Trails Trust. Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, bowls roll up at 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call [027] 957-1012. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064.
Masterton Tennis Centre: Social doubles from 10 am at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632. Rotary Sunday Market: 7-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact thehodsons@xtra.co.nz South Wairarapa Pipe Band: Practice at St John’s church hall, Featherston, 4-6pm. Call [027] 628-5889 or [027] 453-0182. Wairarapa Gourmet Toastmasters Club: 11am-1pm. Contact Carol [027] 600-1710. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House. Call 379-4092. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. Call Elaine 377-0322. Carterton Scout Group: At Rangatahi Hub [behind Carterton Event Centre], Keas [5-8 years] 4.30-5.30pm; Cubs [8-11] 6-7.30pm. Contact Sylvia [027] 249-3395. CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255. Citizens Advice Bureau: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222. Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Call Kirsten 399-1050. East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Free Community Fit Club: Mon/Tues/Fri, 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. Call Di [027] 498-7261. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: For anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888. Housie: 7pm, Club Carterton, Broadway. Call 379-8069. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Keep Fit!: 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Line Dancing: 10.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults. Call 377-4214. Mah-jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729. Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 574-0742. Masterton Food Bank: 9 Church St, Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm. Call 370-8034. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Senior Citizens Club: Cards 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293. Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, Featherston: 9.30am, A/G Church. Masterton: 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Troubadour Music Group: 6-8pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Contact Stefan [027] 226-6019. Wairarapa Futsal: 6pm Clareville Showgrounds. Call Robyn [027] 235-8673. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.
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Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728. Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 379-5564. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30-9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Carterton: 9.30-11.30am, Carterton Library; Greytown: 1.30-3.30pm, Greytown Library. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: During school terms. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Featherston Toy Library: Featherston Community Centre, 9-11am. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa, 340 Queen St, Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994. GirlGuiding: Masterton Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 11am-1pm. Knit and Natter: 3pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, Perry St; 7pm, Te Awhina Cameron Community House, 2 Stuart Cres, Masterton. Mah-jong: Carterton RSA, 1pm. Call Margaret 379-8681. Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Masterton Judo Club: Tues/Thurs, youth class 5-6pm, adults 7-8.30pm, Nga Totara Dojo, 205 Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton. Contact Simon [021] 248-6111. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Masterton Toastmasters: Meet fortnightly, Salvation Army Hall, 210 High St, Carterton, 7.30pm. Call Wayne [027] 335-5825. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9amnoon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Scallyrag Border Morris Dancing: 7-8 pm at the Auditorium, Kuranui College, Greytown. Contact Alison [021] 111-1894. Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon. Call Doff 304-9748. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 1-3.30pm. Wairarapa Herb Society: Old Court House, Holloway St, Carterton, 1.303pm. Contact waiherbs@gmail.com Wairarapa Modern Jive: Carterton School hall, 7.15-7.30pm Intermediate workshop; 8-8.45pm Beginners class. Contact Lance [021] 134-5661. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practice 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974.
AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928. Athletics Wairarapa: Club night, 5.45-7pm, Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, Masterton. Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. Carterton Cycle Group: From Belvedere Rd [weather permitting]. Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Masterton: 10am-noon, Masterton Library. Free Classes: Literacy, language, numeracy for adult learners. Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 2-4pm, at St Matthews Church Hall, Church St, Masterton. Call [027] 245-2819. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery, 47 High St North, Carterton, Wed-Fri, 10am-4pm, weekends, 10am-2pm. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon. Call Doug [027] 444-7331. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call [027] 957-1012. Men’s Group: Meet for support and friendship, at the Salvation Army Village, Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton, 7-9pm. Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Scrabble Club: 1-4pm in Masterton. For venue details, call Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 308-8556. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604]. South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at a café in South Wairarapa. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Taoist Tai Chi: From 5.30pm at St Mark’s Church Hall, 185 High St, Carterton. Contact www.taoisttaichi.org Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.308.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Toi Wairarapa – Heart of Arts: 10 Minute Bites, 12.10pm, BYO sandwich. Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793. Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing. Call Graeme Burnard [027] 270-5666. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Wisdom and Well-being: Featherston Community Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline [021] 102 8857. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior
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George Deans plays an aggressive shot in his match-winning innings of 58. PHOTOS/GRAEME BOWDEN
Red Star rescued by Deans CRICKET
Chris Cogdale
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George Deans was the toast of his Burger King Red Star teammates on Saturday after he scored a match-winning halfcentury to set up their 21run victory over Levin Old Boys at Rathkeale Oval. All-rounder Deans strode to the wicket, with Red Star 67–5 and teetering on the brink of posting an almost undefendable total, and the task looked even more forlorn when Jaco Vorster and Ethan Childs were sent back to the pavilion, leaving the home side battling at 74–7. A mini partnership of 47 runs with Zach Anstis [10] added some respectability, and when Deans was
dismissed for 58 [65 balls, including eight fours], Red Star were 146–9. Peter Sigvertsen and Patrick Wootton put on 13 for the final wicket, but 159 still looked short of what was needed against the defending Coastal Challenge champions. Captain Robbie Anderson was pleased with the fightback after a rare failure of the top order but wasn’t confident Red Star had enough runs to defend with Levin Old Boys boasting arguably the competition’s strongest batting lineup. He also paid credit to the visitors’ opening bowling attack of Daemon Kaennett and Alex O’Malley in knocking over the in-form Red Star batters, including himself, Trey Bidois, Jake Jonas and Mark Steventon,
Zacah Anstis played a valuable hand in Red Star’s eighth-wicket partnership of 47 runs.
cheaply. “The top order were done by a little bit of sideways movement off the pitch and good bowling,” Anderson said, “But ‘Deansie’ came in and smashed 58 and got us in a position that we could try and bowl at something, and then we just continued to take wickets, and they played dumb cricket shots, really. “They were trying to blast their way home at the start, and it [the pitch] was a little bit tacky and slow, and we just managed to keep taking wickets and did it pretty easy in the end.” Ethan Childs and Sigvertsen had Levin Old Boys on the back foot,
taking two wickets each to have them reeling at 46–4. The main resistance came from former Horowhenua-Kapiti captain Andre Halbert, who hit a quickfire 52 [46 balls, five fours and three sixes] and put on 55 with Curtis Maclachlan for the seventh wicket. But when Halbert fell, their remaining wickets tumbled quickly. Anderson said the plan was to attack the opposite end to Halbert and deny him run-scoring opportunities and it paid off. He also praised his bowlers, with Childs and Sigvertsen working well in tandem at the top of the innings and Wootton picking up three late
wickets. The win sees Red Star retain their lead in the Coastal Challenge after four rounds, and with a game in hand on most other teams, two more wins could be enough to secure a valuable home semifinal.
BRIEF SCORES
Red Star 159 [George Deans 58, Nathan Elliott 23; Joel Bishop 4–31, Daemon Kennett 2–37, Alex O’Malley 2–34] beat Levin Old Boys 138 [Andre Halbert 52; Ethan Childs 3–29, Patrick Wootton 3–13, Pete Sigvertsen 2–40] by 21 runs.
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Red Star 11; Whanganui United 9; Levin Old Boys 7; Kapiti Old Boys, Weraroa, Paraparaumu, Whanganui Marist 6.
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