Wairarapa Midweek Wed 15th Dec by Wairarapa Times-Age

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Tackling period poverty, reducing environmental waste, encouraging open conversations about menstruation and sexuality, and empowering the community to make more sustainable choices – one handcrafted sanitary pad at a time. These are just a few of the dreams Lisa Birrell and Joanna Hehir aim to make a reality throughout Wairarapa. The two Carterton women are the visionaries behind The Divine River: a charitable organisation aiming to nurture sustainable personal care choices, by way of educational programmes and hands-on workshops in schools and throughout the wider community. The Divine River, named for the te reo word for the menstrual cycle [“te awa tapu”], started in 2019 with a pilot programme at Kuranui College – supporting young people to learn about and explore environmentally friendly period products. This year, Lisa and Jo have run similar programmes in both primary and secondary schools, not only raising awareness of sustainable products, but empowering students to learn more about their menstrual cycle and make positive choices for their personal health and wellbeing. As well as continuing its work in schools, The Divine River will deliver a

series of community-wide workshops, teaching people to sew their own reusable period pans – using cotton fabrics and old towels for the inner core – and, eventually, incontinence products. So far, Lisa and Jo have received “amazing support”, from funding bodies, councils, community organisations and politicians alike. In fact, on The Divine River’s Facebook page, there is a video of Jo presenting a pack of reusable period products to Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty – who has them in his Masterton oﬃce for the community to use. Lisa and Jo, both parents of teenage daughters, said they were inspired to start the organisation after noticing local youth had a desire for more choice when it came to period products. “For Gen Z in particular, sustainability is a big part of their value system. They are very aware that consumer choices have an impact on the environment and climate change. “The Government now provides free period products in schools, and we wanted to enhance that. But, most of the products are disposable – which can help take care of period poverty, but not necessarily the planet. “Our role is to help young people, and the entire community, learn the

Lexie (left) and Georgina Birrell, daughters of The Divine River cofounder Lisa Birrell, help out at a workshop at Makoura College. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

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Road safety stalwart retires Mary Argue

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The year came to a bittersweet end for Wairarapa Road Safety Council [WRSC] as they farewelled board member and road safety stalwart Chris Horrocks. In a final meeting last Thursday, the board acknowledged Horrocks’ 33-year service and thanked him for his dedication to keeping New Zealanders safe on the road. A founding member of WRSC in 1988, Horrocks had represented the Automobile Association [AA] Wairarapa during that time. Masterton councillor and board chairman Frazer Mailman said Horrocks’ commitment was “rare these days” and thanked him, in particular,

for advocating for young driver safety. Over three decades, Horrocks attended about 200 board meetings. Mailman said he could not recall Horrocks having missed one.

I’m in my early 80s, and to be able to pass the baton on to someone young with the same passion and integrity is great.

“You don’t hold back on suggestions about how things could be improved, and we thank you for that,” Mailman said. Horrocks batted away the compliments in typical humour (“you’re

embarrassing me!”), but dutifully received his parting gift, a facemask printed with his trademark maxim: “drive to the conditions”. A “born and bred Aucklander” with a legal background, Horrocks said he grew up “doing what young people do” before spending three years in Vancouver. After his return, Horrocks said agricultural and motor industry jobs had him travelling all around Aotearoa. “I travelled from the Cape to Bluff, and in all that driving, I’ve always thought, ‘you must drive to the conditions.’” Horrocks said he had

After 33 years of service, Chris Horrocks has retired from the WRSC board. PHOTO/MARY ARGUE

had a passion for people since his youth, and road safety fitted into that.

He said his father, who was in the army during World War II, sent the family to Rotorua. “He thought the Japanese were going to bomb Auckland. “But because I was mischievous at primary school, I was then sent away to prep school and boarding school. “And I just got to love people. People have been my life.” He said his retirement would likely “hit later”, but he was gratified that AA Wairarapa chairman Craig Bowyer would be stepping into his role. “I’m in my early 80s,

and to be able to pass the baton on to someone young with the same passion and integrity is great. “Why not walk away now having had a great time with a wonderful organisation? And know that someone will do equally well.” A keen surfer, Horrocks said he was looking forward to spending time by the sea at the family bach in Akitio. WRSC manager Bruce Pauling said Horrocks would be missed, and both his common sense and keen humour had seen many of his ideas adopted. From improved signage and roads, to motivating government agencies to deliver better outcomes for road users, Pauling said Horrocks “has always been the first to offer his support, time and ideas.”

Carterton pair provide some divine inspiration Continued from page 1 skills to provide their own solutions – for not a lot of money.” As an organisation, The Divine River, has three main arms: introductory reusable period pad workshops in schools, SKY (Sustainability Knowledge - Youth) programmes, and SEWstainable workshops to create reusable products. The SKY programmes are designed to complement schools’ existing health curriculums, with students having significant input into what they would like to discuss – such as the science behind sustainability, biology, or personal wellbeing. Lisa and Jo ran a SKY programme this year at Makoura College – which the students found “eyeopening”. “At one of our sessions, the students figured out that using one pack of

reusable pads can replace about five years’ worth of disposable pads. “To put that in context – on average, a person will use about 240 disposable pads in one year. Which adds up to 1200 over five years. “They were pretty amazed. Several of them didn’t know about reusable options.” The students also had the opportunity to discuss their questions and concerns around periods and sexual health – and were enthralled to learn about preventing sexually transmitted infections, sexuality and gender identity, internet misinformation about sex and contraception, and the role of the menstrual cycle in fertility. Jo said they presented the students with a printout which read “How do we empower and educate young people about their bodies and options for sustainable personal care choices?” – and opened

Lisa Birrell and Joanna Hehir [middle], co-founders of Divine River, have received widespread community support for their initiative – including from Hana Baldwin of Fab Feathy [far left] and Jo Baldwin of the Featherston Community Centre [far right]. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

the floor to questions. “The first question was, ‘does it hurt to have a baby?’ And it went from there! We had their rapt attention,” Jo said. “Things like periods are discussed in health classes – but the information isn’t always accessible for

them, and they can feel embarrassed to ask their teachers questions. “The young people felt comfortable around us – we’re less like teachers, and more like a couple of Mums!” While running the programmes, Lisa and Jo

have had support from a range of experts, including Makoura College science teacher Anna Wilton, health coach Megan Savage and Emilie Fleur Neubauer, environmental scientist and founder of Te Kura O Papatuanuku Wairarapa Earth School. They can also link the students with other organisations if they have more questions, such as the Masterton Medical Youth Clinic. “We’re all about sharing knowledge so they can make informed choices,” Lisa said. She and Jo look forward to running a series of SEWstainable workshops in each Wairarapa town next year – for which they have received a grant from the Tindall Foundation. Several organisations have come on board and offered to host the workshops, including the Wairarapa Women’s Centre, King Street Artworks, Thunderpants, the Featherston

Community Centre and Featherston School. At present, the organisation is on the look-out for volunteers with good sewing skills who can help run the workshops, and any donations of fabric for the pads. Eventually, Jo and Lisa hope to provide reusable period and incontinence products to food banks, health clinics and aged care facilities, and expand the workshops to include other care products, like wipes, lip balms and shampoos. Both women say they have been floored by the support The Divine River has received so far. “We’ve had such a wonderful response so far – so many people want to help.” • If you would like to assist with any of The Divine River’s projects, email divinerivernz@ gmail.com, or go to its Facebook page.

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‘Nothing scary about death’ Death is a full-time gig for funeral director Anna Wolffram. She chats to ERIN KAVANAGH-HALL about confronting taboo subjects, supporting grieving whanau though lockdown, and the funeral industry getting younger. “If you see it, you can be it.” This is the wisdom Anna Wolffram would like to impart to young Kiwis hoping for a career in the funeral industry. While many people would admit the mere thought of death keeps them up at night, it’s a full-time job for Carterton-based Anna, a qualified funeral director and embalmer. A typical day at Wairarapa Funeral Services in Masterton, where she has worked for the past year, could involve anything from transporting a deceased person to the funeral home, to preparing a body for a family viewing, to returning cremated remains to whanau. “The more time you spend with tūpāpaku (the deceased), the more you realise there’s nothing scary about death – it’s a natural progression,” she says. “I think I’m more at peace with death, though I’m no less affected by the death of someone I love than anyone else.” Other days, she keeps busy with cleaning hearses and “keeping the gardens weed free” – no less essential for creating a positive experience for grieving whanau. Anna is one of the hundreds of funeral directors under 40 to enter the industry over the last decade – having started in 2012, aged 26. Stereotypically, the words “funeral director” tend to conjure up images of older men in suits, who have been running their family funeral home for decades. However, throughout the world, younger people are signing up for mortuary science qualifications in droves – partially inspired by morticians sharing the tricks of the trade on YouTube and Tiktok. In New Zealand, TV shows such as The Casketeers have also helped demystify the industry, though Anna argues the uptick of younger funeral directors is simply “exponential growth”. “When people see themselves represented in a career, they

realise there’s a place for them. “Young girls around will see Jacinda Ardern and realise they too could be Prime Minister. “Funeral service is the same.” Plus, younger funeral directors have been at the forefront of the industry’s innovation – embracing trends such as live-streaming services, memorial jewelry, eco-friendly burials, and sustainable caskets. “Young people bring openmindedness, fresh perspectives and new ideas. “We don’t need to use the same veneer caskets just because it’s what we’ve always done.” Anna started her career as an apprentice at Lychgate Funerals in Wellington, while studying through the Wellington Institute of Technology. She graduated as top overall student with the New Zealand Diploma in Embalming in 2014, and later with the Diploma in Funeral Directing. Last year, she started work at the locally-owned Wairarapa Funeral Services – alongside owner and seasoned funeral director Robert Milne. Anna is passionate about helping prepare the deceased for their final send-off – which includes washing, embalming, dressing, styling hair and applying cosmetics. For this, she uses makeup specifically prepared by embalming chemical companies for post-mortem faces [regular cosmetics don’t typically adhere to a dead person’s skin]. Anna says she gets a lot of confronting questions about embalming - the process of preserving a body using disinfectant fluids. “Embalming has become quite sensationalised. People have some outrageous ideas. For example, I’ve been asked if we remove all the organs. That would be a no. “It’s actually a very clinical process, done with precision and professionalism. “But I think it’s awesome that people are asking. There’s

still a mystery surrounding death, and it can be a taboo subject – so it’s important to talk about it openly.” Anna says a typical day at work would more often be spent with the living – supporting bereaved whanau as they plan a loved one’s funeral. This can involve assisting them as they liaise with celebrants, ﬂorists or caterers, making enquiries about various memorial requests, and “doing a lot of listening”. “In our role, it’s important to listen more than we talk – and listen without prejudice. “We can ask questions and provide some guidance, but the process is very much led by the family.” More recently, Anna has provided a listening ear to those planning their own funerals – while perfectly healthy. For example, people are happy to “walk in oﬀ the street”, and ask how they can make their own casket, or where to source locally-made urns. Conversely, she has noticed a “worrying trend” towards people opting not to have a funeral – mostly because they don’t wish to burden their family. Traditional mourning rituals, she says, like gathering to share memories of a loved one, can bring comfort and closure – and not doing so can exacerbate feelings of loss. “Funerals are about the dead, but they’re for the living. “People may think they’re shielding their family from more pain – but not having that closure can lead to a secondary grief. “Money isn’t our focus – funerals can be very simple and no frills. We advocate for funerals because we know the power they have.” This power became apparent over the last two years: as Anna and Robert have supported

whanau who have been devastated to call-oﬀ funerals due to covid restrictions. However, they put their problem-solving skills to the test – oﬀering longer-term embalmings so families could postpone a funeral, or virtual funeral services and private family viewings via platforms like Zoom. Anna says one of the most satisfying parts of the job is seeing the relief on a person’s face when they visit their loved one at the funeral home and see them looking rested and at peace. “Families sometimes feel trepidation before seeing a loved one in their casket – and it’s very satisfying when they

ﬁnd this a positive, helpful experience. “We’ve also had whanau help us with dressing their loved ones before the funeral. Spending that time with the deceased can help them process their grief – and they appreciate being able to provide that ﬁnal act of love and care.” Unfortunately, there have been times where she has had to prepare a child or young person for a funeral. “But I look at it as helping a whanau by caring for their child or wee baby after death. And that’s a privilege. “People assume the hardest part is dealing with people’s grief – but I just see grief as a natural response to love.”

Anna Wolffram, funeral director and embalmer at Wairarapa Funeral Services, says it is a privilege to care for the dead. PHOTO/ERIN KAVANAGH-HALL

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Trust, Sallies spread the joy Masterton Trust Lands Trust has teamed up with the local Salvation Army Masterton Corps to spread a little joy this festive season. The Trust’s Community Christmas Tree initiative is the brainchild of the Trust’s deputy chair and long-serving trustee Christine Brewster. Christine ﬂoated the idea of a Community Christmas Tree in the Trust’s Queen St oﬃce as a collection point for new children’s gifts to be donated - and eventually delivered to families in need. “The Trust is all about supporting the community,” Christine said. “There’s no better time than Christmas for us all to spread the love, especially for the children. ‘Tis the

season after all.” Christine pitched her idea to Salvation Army Masterton Corps team leader Sarah-Ann Grove, who supported it wholeheartedly. Sarah-Ann suggested including the Community Christmas Tree in the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Appeal – and oﬀered to deliver the gifts to Wairarapa families. Christine also contacted “Christmas elves” Suzie Wilmshurst and Jo Scott who, since 2012, have organised a pop-up Christmas Wonderland for children in a vacant Trust building in central Masterton. This year, Jo and Suzie have been unable to do a pop-up shop, thanks to covid-19 – but were thrilled to support the Community

Christmas Tree, supplying and decorating “three gorgeous trees”. The Trust has kickstarted the festive cheer by donating $1000 worth of gifts – as well as wrapping paper to deliver to families, so they can wrap the presents themselves. The Trust is welcoming donations of gifts for children of all ages from the community. Volunteers from the Salvation Army will “load up the sleigh” and distribute age-appropriate gifts, and wrapping paper, to families throughout the region – just in time for Christmas. • If you would like to donate a gift, drop it oﬀ to 189 Queen Street (opposite Farmers). Please bring in donations by 5pm on Monday, December 20.

Local potter’s work and life remembered Mazzola Jewellery & Gallery has published a book to mark the passing of Featherston potter John de Joux. The book, John de Joux: A Featherston Potter, is based around a retrospective exhibition held at Featherstonbased Mazzola in February this year. De Joux, who died in March, was an active professional potter in Wairarapa from the early 1970s to 1990s, says author and publisher David Famularo. For the early part of his career, de Joux focused mainly on domestic ware, such as bowls and cups until the 1980s, when the arrival of cheap imports decimated the New Zealand pottery industry. He then switched his focus to making

John de Joux: A Featherston Potter, published by Mazzola Jewellery and Gallery in Featherston. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

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A talented crew of Greytown youngsters have learned that creating public artworks not only brings some extra colour to their surroundings – but can give language to their universal struggles and emotions. Nine Year 7 and 8 pupils from Greytown School teamed up to paint a mural to install on their school campus - which they have entered in the national Resene Mural Masterpieces Competition. The competition is open to entrants of all ages – schools, community groups, and professional and emerging artists – and has over $7000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The children’s mural, painted on a 3m by 1m piece of plywood, captures the impact of covid-19 on young people throughout the world – depicting uncertainty and isolation, but also the potential for hope and rebirth. The mural has two distinct scenes: a more somber image on the left of two children wearing masks against a background of newspaper clippings about the pandemic, and a stark, greyscale cityscape on the horizon. On the right, inside a thought bubble, is a colourful and textured

The young artists behind Greytown School’s entry into the Resene Mural Masterpieces Competition. Left to right: Ella, Aisling, Maiya, Oscar, Hunter, Evelyn, Nico, Zoe and Eva. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

“fantasy” landscape – with snow-capped mountains, a weeping tree, toadstools, flowers surrounded by hummingbirds, and kereru and piwakawaka taking flight. While creating the mural, the pupils received coaching and mentorship from Linda Kirkland, a Greytown-based artist and recently retired teacher. Together, they researched previous entries in the Resene competition – and decided to go into a different direction to the popular “kiwiana” theme. Discussions about the effect of covid on both

their schooling and home lives eventually gave way to creative inspiration – with the youngsters coming up with their ﬁnal design almost completely unprompted. “The ideas were all their own. I gave them some technical guidance and helped facilitate – but it’s absolutely their artwork,” mentor Kirkland said. “Plus, they did pretty much all of the painting – I just tidied up some of the wobbly edges! “They wanted to do something that was relevant to the current times – something

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“Damage to the liner at the top of the ponds is more of a risk, due to the additional effect of sunlight and ultraviolet light accelerating degradation of the liner material.” Carterton District Council will need to repair the damage before the ponds are filled to ensure the integrity of the liner and minimise any potential negative environmental impacts or breaches of resource consent conditions. The contract with CHBE allows for the council to complete the contract and seek reimbursement for additional costs within the

agreed scope of works. The council intends to follow this process to recover the cost of liner remediation and completing the contract works. The legal costs to enforce this would not be able to be recovered and were expected to be between $150-$300k. For the council to still be within its consent requirements the ponds must begin filling with partially treated wastewater by April 2022. This means the damage must be assessed and repaired as soon as possible. The real driver is the end of the council’s current discharge consent in January 2023 which is when the project must be completed. The council is set to meet today to approve additional budget for remediation and completion of the project. Carterton Mayor Greg Lang said he was “hugely disappointed, personally and on behalf our community, that we have found ourselves in this situation”. CHBE was approached for comment but requested more time for a formal substantiated response to the council’s claims, due to this being a legal matter.

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We are mere mortals I‘ve got bad news, Wairarapa – we’re all going to die. But you knew that: death is one of only two certainties in life (the other being taxes, unless you’re a certain tangerine-hued former US President). Many of us fear taking a trip to that “undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns”. It can be disquieting to contemplate our mortality, especially when considering all the unknown variables. Will we die in pain? What will happen to our body? If we die suddenly, who will care for our dependents? Is there an afterlife? Is it any wonder people would rather not think about death at all? More recently, however, there has been an international movement towards “death acceptance” – aiming to normalise death by encouraging open and frank conversations. One of my favourite YouTubers is US-based mortician Caitlin Doughty – who founded the nonprofit organisation Order of the Good Death. A key part of Caitlin’s

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Erin Kavanagh-Hall organisation is advocating for end-of-life planning – embracing the “death process” to help reduce anxiety. Of course, we cannot usually control the “when” and “how” of our death. But you can, for example, set up an advanced directive (or “living will”) which gives instructions on your medical care as you near your end. You can talk to a lawyer about a will or a guardianship for your children, or approach an insurer about funeral cover. Less formally, Wairarapa funeral director Anna Wolffram (the delightful subject of our page 4 story) suggests sitting down with loved ones and sharing your end-of-life wishes over a cuppa. Do you want to die at home? Who do you want planning your funeral? What do you envision

wearing in your casket (not so weird – Victorian women often made their own burial shrouds as part of their wedding trousseau)? Burial or cremation? Your ashes interred, or scattered somewhere special? Whatever you decide, Anna and Caitlin recommend putting your requests in writing, and leaving them for loved ones to find. It will give your loved ones peace to know they can honour your final wishes. It’s normal to fear death. But sometimes, the best way to confront our fears is facing them head on. And picking out a funeral playlist could be a good start. J M Barrie said it best: “To die would be an awfully big adventure”. Like for all adventures, it can’t hurt to plan ahead.

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Great year for education As this crazy year comes to an end, it seems we are all learning to adapt to the challenges of covid. When 2021 began, with the risk of another year of covid restrictions, Aratoi wondered if schools would return to visit our museum. Our education programme relies heavily on teachers being able to take their students out of school to experience learning outside the classroom, something far less common in a covid world. Instead, young visitor numbers to Aratoi have been wonderfully strong this year. A whopping 2500 students participated in our museum education programme. From creating crazy Rob McLeod body parts, making poi out of recycled materials, crafting treasured bracelets, tours of our collection store and printmaking. The educators have loved teaching and exploring

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new ways to create art with school children. We send a big thank you out to all the schools and preschools who visited us at Aratoi throughout 2021. One of the highlights was our programme

for the exhibition Pūkana: Te Karu o te Ika - Moments in Māori performance. Students enjoyed sharing their stories and experiences of Māori performance and learning more about the

instruments, traditions and performers who have made their mark locally, nationally, and internationally. The progamme provided students with the opportunity to connect the

Pukaha fundraiser reaches record sum Sue Teodoro

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Despite ongoing uncertainty due to covid, a key event on Wairarapa’s spring calendar has been an outstanding success. This year’s Pukaha National Wildlife Centre garden tour was one for the record books, attracting bumper crowds and raising thousands of dollars. The annual fundraiser, held early last month, raised more than $72,000 in ticket sales and donations, the best result ever. In its eleventh year, the centre took a calculated risk of going ahead with the event, with many others cancelled. Emily Court, general manager of Pukaha, was pleased with the outcome. “We are so pleased we did it as it has really paid oﬀ. The funds raised will make a huge diﬀerence to

the wildlife centre, which has in the past been so reliant on income from overseas visitors.” Court said running one of Wairarapa’s biggest spring events during covid had not been easy, and the safety of all participants had been vital.

We are so pleased we did it as it has really paid off. “Our event manager Rachael Dell did an incredible job and was well supported by an army of volunteers over the weekend,” she said. “The event was able to be run safely because it was outdoors, and visitors could scan in at each garden and also safely maintain physical distance from each other”. Even though the

pandemic prevented Northland, Auckland and Waikato ticketholders from attending, they had the option of a refund or donating their ticket price to the centre. “Many of these wonderful people chose to donate their ticket to us, and their generosity has contributed to the record result. We are truly grateful for their kindness,” Court said. The tour focused on thirteen private gardens near Masterton, eight of them new. Feedback from attendees was positive. The region beneﬁted, with accommodation sold out and retail and hospitality businesses having a busy weekend. Caterers, plant sellers and others who operated the gardens were also kept busy. “Each made a generous contribution to Pukaha to participate, which also

contributed to the success. Some gardens helped to raise money through selling teas, coffees, and sweet treats,” Court said. She also acknowledged the generosity, skills and commitment of the gardeners themselves. “There was so much variety on offer – I was truly inspired. Nothing was a problem either, neither the rain nor the muddy paddocks and, in some cases, rather trampled wet lawns. A huge thank you to everybody and the community that supported us. “This is the biggest annual fundraiser for the National Wildlife Centre, and it makes a real difference to what we can do in the forest. Pukaha has always been a community project built on so much love and volunteer time. All of the gardeners over the last 11 years are part of this

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past, present and future together through stories, taonga and objects from our community and the wider world. Planning has already begun for next year’s education programme. Aratoi educators are excited about venturing into virtual tours where we will Zoom into classrooms, taking Aratoi’s collection directly to the schools of Wairarapa. Our interactive gallery tours will continue to be a big part of the services we provide. We look forward to seeing you all again in February 2022. Aratoi runs a free education programme Monday to Friday during term time. Each session runs for 70 minutes and always includes a making activity related to the tour. 2022 programmes will begin in mid-February, keep an eye out on our website for further details in the New Year.

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important conservation story.” Pukaha National Wildlife Centre is a wildlife reserve and captive breeding facility managed by the Pukaha Mount Bruce board in partnership with Rangitane o Wairarapa and the Department of Conservation. Through captive breeding, the centre has successfully reintroduced North Island kaka, North Island brown kiwi, and North Island kokako into their forest reserve. Pukaha expects to hold next year’s garden tour in November in South Wairarapa. People who are keen to open their gardens or who know about a possible garden contender should contact Pukaha. More information about the centre, including how to get in touch, is at pukaha. org.nz/

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Message from the Mayor

Christmas is upon us, far too quickly, and summer holidays, which will be a great respite for many from another unusual year.

It looks like a long hot summer may be coming, and certainly the number of fire callouts by the Fire Brigade are a cause of concern. Please ensure you follow the rules on permits and restricted seasons. This Christmas will be different as a number of facilities, both in the Wairarapa and around New Zealand, will require vaccine passes at many facilities, including at our libraries and pools for those 12 years and three months or older. Vaccine passes have been a polarising issue throughout the country and we at the Council have taken a course which many other councils have also landed at, to best reduce the risk of Covid-19. Not everyone will agree, but we ask that everyone respect that and the staff who work for these facilities.

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As you may know, we had a public meeting on rates, where we outlined the issues and invited a discussion on solutions. In general, there was good and thoughtful feedback on the impact of higher rates and the options we face to reduce the impact. The Council has undertaken to look closer at costs when it looks at the annual plan next year, with the aim of avoiding major expense, which would defeat the purpose. Whether it will reduce rates next year still

Covid Passes – common questions

Since then, South Wairarapa and many other councils, have restricted entry to pools, libraries and event centres to those with Covid vaccine passes if they are 12 years and three months or older.

Council meetings will be via Zoom until Christmas.

Vaccine passes are not required at: • Parks, transfer stations and cemeteries • Council’s freedom campgrounds, although DOC huts do require them • Our Council offices.

Spatial Plan After much consultation, the Council has just published the first stage of its Spatial Plan. This document sets out what we believe should be the areas of growth for our district over the next 30 years. It is a broad approach, with finer details to be worked out in the master plan. The community asked us to focus firstly on residential housing. Rural, commercial and industrial planning will be addressed by the Wairarapa Combined District Plan which is under review by all three of the region’s councils. The challenge for planners was to design a Plan that balanced the development and growth needs of the district, with the need to enhance the environment, support sustainability, foster connections and protect the district’s heritage and character. For more details about how the Spatial Plan aims to achieve this, please go to our website under the projects and consultations page, https://swdc.govt.nz/spatial-plan

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Finally, we have a number of events scheduled for the summer period, all of which may be affected by Covid. Let’s cross our fingers that they can proceed as planned – I for one would hate to have the Martinborough Fair cancelled! Have a good break over Christmas, I wish you all well. Alex Beijen MAYOR

Retiling work at Martinborough and Featherston pools removed some safety issues, and a new BBQ has been installed at Martinborough.

Our libraries have also been inundated with enquiries from those needing assistance to download or print the pass.

For those who do not have a pass, the libraries are working hard to provide other means of access. Through the Wairarapa Library Service website, people can already access hundreds of e-books and electronic magazines. Please check the library service’s website for updates.

A special vote of thanks to the hard work our planners have been doing on the first stage of our 30-year Spatial Plan. South Wairarapa is growing at a fast clip and the Plan will serve as important guidance for the direction in which we wish to head.

Our three pools are back in action, and much improved after some important maintenance work.

The change was in response to the Government’s traffic light system which came in on December 3.

Passes are also being printed at Lamb-Peters in Greytown, PrintSpace and Lang’s Pharmacy in Featherston, and Carterton Pharmacy. Charges apply.

In the meantime, there are several options for rates relief available to ratepayers including spreading the payments over a longer period, or setting up fortnightly or monthly direct debits to lessen the impact. We encourage people to make contact with us to discuss their individual circumstances.

Swimming’s back!

A major change for the Council this month was its decision to require Vaccine Passes for entry to some venues to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.

This work is now being done by Digital Seniors, which has been holding hubs within the libraries and elsewhere. If you are having trouble getting your pass, you can contact them for assistance at 0800 373 646, or contact Age Concern at 06 377 0066.

depends on a number of long-standing commitments, but the intention is certainly to provide some relief.

Pool hours are the same as last year and entry is free.

Please note: Children under 12 years 3 months can access the pools without restriction, but anyone older needs a Covid vaccine pass. Children under 8 need to be with a person over 16, and that person will need a pass.

Hinekura

A meeting was recently held with residents along Hinekura Road to discuss a plan for remediating slippage on the road. The Council, in conjunction with the Martinborough Community Board and Greater Wellington, outlined the work plan and listened to residents, who provided useful feedback on managing the project. It is hoped to have the work done by March/April 2022. Residents will be updated on progress via monthly email.

Pack the Bus

“Pack the Bus” had another successful year picking up gifts and non-perishables for those in need at Christmas. The annual operation stopped at schools and supermarkets throughout the region and was greeted with huge generosity. Schools were particularly on board with the plan, helped along by a huge 800-gift donation by Craggy Range winery in Martinborough. Over 700 local families will receive the gifts, which are being distributed by social agencies and foodbanks.

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Colin Olds will fill a vacancy on the South Wairarapa District Council until the next election. The vacancy arose in the Featherston ward after Councillor Ross Vickery resigned in October. Mr Olds is a familiar face at the Council, having been a Councillor from 2013 to 2019.

The Council chose to appoint a councillor rather than leave the position vacant for the remaining 11 months of the council term.

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Camping and heavy swells Summer means camping for many, with a Covid twist. Vaccine passes are not required at the Council’s freedom campsites, although we are asking people to scan. However, operators leasing campgrounds from the Council may require a pass and DOC is requiring them for their huts and campgrounds. Campers on our rugged coastline may also like to know that Metservice has just extended its heavy swell warnings service. In the Wairarapa, coverage stretches from Turakirae Head to Mataikona. Those visiting or living on the coast are encouraged to sign up to receive severe weather email alerts when swell thresholds are met by visiting www.metservice.com/warnings MetService hopes to introduce a national wave warning service by late 2022.

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Watt a powerful problem Grace Prior

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There were 16 unplanned large-scale power outages in Wairarapa between January and October this year. And with the most recent outage hitting last week, the region is not out of the woods yet. Powerco said the three largest outages were on October 24, impacting 4607 customers in Masterton; October 31, impacting 2223 customers in Featherston; and January 9, impacting 2112 customers in Featherston. Powerco considered large-scale outages those that affected more than 1000 customers. It said the causes of the unplanned outages in Wairarapa had included trees in lines, high winds, animal interference, and damaged equipment. Last Monday evening, an additional power outage affected 117 customers in Te Ore Ore, Masterton. “The outage began around 5.20pm, after which a field crew was dispatched to investigate the cause and restore power to customers,” a Powerco spokesperson said. “They determined the outage was caused by a fault at the feeder, having found a blown insulator at a power pole.”

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Powerco said crews made repairs, and all customers were reconnected by 9.20pm that same evening. Featherston ward councillor Brenda West said she has had to keep the camping gear handy in case of another unplanned outage. She said Wairarapa had experienced too many outages this year. West said she thought the power cuts were in a complicated environment that raised several concerns. “Consumers are becoming more reliant on power, with electric vehicles, heat pumps, technology, and the ability to work from home becoming the new normal.

“The outages have economic and social impacts. Businesses are having to turn customers away because they are unable to provide food, accommodation, supplies or services.” The endless wave of power cuts came as Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods released an investigation into a power cut on August 9 that left more than 34,000 households across New Zealand without electricity on one of the coldest nights of the year. The investigation found that there had been no need for any disconnections. It is unclear how many Wairarapa properties were affected during this outage.

The Ministry of Business and Innovation’s [MBIE] report into power outages on August 9 said turning off any householder’s electricity, apart from their hot water cylinder, should not have happened. At the time of this disconnection, Powerco stated it was responding to the Transpower request for electricity lines companies nationwide to reduce the load on the national grid. “Controlled hot water systems across Powerco’s electricity network areas have been temporarily switched off to reduce network load and avoid the need to disconnect any customers.” As a result, customers’ hot water systems were

progressively switched back on through the night once peak power load had passed and Transpower gave instructions to do so, Powerco said. The following day, on August 10, Powerco issued a statement to say it was proactively managing hot water systems across its electricity network areas of which Wairarapa was included. Woods said she had written to the chairs of Transpower and the Electricity Authority requesting they consider recommendations in the report and provide her with quarterly progress updates. “I do not want households to be put in this situation again. Kiwis deserve more.” Pointing to a much larger issue with electrification and decarbonisation, Woods said it was clear that the market needed much greater demand-side participation. She said in the future, better use of hot water control, known as ripple control, and other technologies were likely to be crucial to management. Powerco customer experience manager Haydn Davies said along with the response of field crews, Powerco was also investing in projects to reduce the likelihood of outages in the future.

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Lifestyle Wairarapa Midweek

MASTERTON MONTHLY WRAP

DECEMBER 2021

HE TĀKAI KŌRERO MAI I WHAKAORIORI MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR It’s been a year full of surprises, interruptions, and frustrations, but it’s also been about getting things done. Christmas will look different, due to COVID-19, but my message is that if we look back we have much to celebrate. Our world-class skatepark will be ready for action by Christmas – as long as enthusiasts can stay patient for just a little longer and not jump the fence! Anyone walking past the skatepark site will have more than an inkling how fantastic it will be as an asset for our community for a long time to come.

Among other things to celebrate, this year the Council voted to introduce a Māori Ward for at least the next two local body elections (2022 and 2025) – something I am particularly proud about.

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

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Rubbish and recyling will be as normal over Christmas and New Year.

We also completed a new Long-Term Plan, and we’re making progress engaging some key contractors for our Civic Facility project. Hopefully, we can confirm the site early next year.

Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Friday 24 December 9.30am-noon Wednesday 29 December 9.30am-5.30pm Thursday 30 December 9.30am-6.30pm Friday 31 December 9.30am-noon Normal hours resume from 5 December

Normal hours until 24 December. Closed Christmas Day 26 December to 4 January - full facility 8am – 6pm 5 January normal hours resume

Heading into what will be a break for many of us, I would like to encourage us to do two things. Please take advantage of our wonderful retail and hospitality outlets and buy local – it has been a very difficult year for those businesses. And remember the message from the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak – be kind. Life has a few added frustrations these days, but a smile can really make a difference.

PATIENCE PLEASE! SKATEPARK NEEDS A FEW MORE DAYS... Christmas is coming for skateboarders and scooter enthusiasts – but they need to be patient for a few more days as Hunter Civil complete the final touches on the main areas of our revamped skatepark. The majority of the park will be open on 23 December, with a small area of pump track at the southern end still to be completed in the New Year.

HAKIHEA 2021

SUMMER HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS

This is my final column for the year, and as 2021 draws to a close, it is also a time for reflection.

This a great example of a community-led project and all I ask is that our community holds fire on trying to use it for a week.

The park will be open for use ahead of its official opening next year, but please respect fenced-off areas. This fantastic area has been a communityled project and we need the community to keep an eye out to ensure it is looked after. Police have identified and spoken to the over-enthusiastic skateboarder who climbed the fence and damaged an unfinished area in the skatepark last month.

Transfer stations Masterton Transfer Station 26-28 December and 2-4 January – 1am-4pm. Open as normal all other times.

This pandemic will pass, and the way we will overcome its impacts is to connect with our communities, our whanau, and our friends. Now is a great time to do this.

Castlepoint Transfer Station Opening hours during December, January, and February Wednesdays 9am-12 noon Sundays 11am-3pm

I want to also acknowledge everyone who will be continuing to do essential work during the festive season.

Riversdale Transfer Station Wednesdays 1.30-4.30pm Sundays 1.30-7.30pm

For those having a break, please have a safe and relaxing holiday.

QUEEN STREET OFFICE

NEW CE APPOINTED Masterton District Council has appointed David Hopman as its new Chief Executive. David, who has been acting in the role of CE for the Council since July, and has worked for Masterton District Council as Asset and Operations Manager for the past 12 years. Mayor Lyn Patterson said the appointment followed interviews by the full council with several high-quality candidates. “Given his experience at a local government level, his understanding of Masterton District Council and the community we serve, and his knowledge of the future challenges councils will be facing, offering David the role was a unanimous decision by myself and councillors,” she said. David said the Council was facing a period of change with the Government’s Three Waters Reform and the Future For Local Government Review. “I hope my experience and leadership will help steer Council through the changes... and help continue to make the Council a great place to work, while working in the best interests of the people of our district.”

To keep up-to-date and report issues, download Antenno from your Apple App Store or Google Play store. WWW.MSTN.GOVT.NZ @MastertonDC

WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE Closed from noon 24 December, reopening on 10 December for online queries at archive@library. mstn.govt.nz or by phoning 06 370 6253

ANIMAL SERVICES AND ANIMAL SHELTER Closed weekends (as normal) and all public holidays. Animal shelter hope for collection by appointment only between Friday 24 December and Wednesday 5 January.

Closed 12noon Friday 24 December - opening Monday 10 January.

HAVE YOURSELF A COLOURFUL CHRISTMAS! It’s all about the lights this Christmas, with Queen Elizabeth Park creating a colourful Christmas splash with a fantastic display, and a chance to vote for the best decorated home and business. We were very disappointed COVID-19 restrictions forced the cancellation of our Christmas parade this year, but we’ve expanded the lights in the park to create a fantastic display to enjoy in an evening stroll.

We’re also running a competition to find the best decorated homes and businesses in town. Our Christmas Lights Map will be available on the Council website – and our Queen Street office and the library – showing the location of registered entries for the competition. Make sure you have your vote And while COVID may have cancelled the Christmas Parade last week’s fantastic Council Sleigh-by saw Santa visiting 14 kura and kōhanga reo all over Masterton, with the help of some outstanding elves from Lakeview School’s SHIFT group. Thanks to Mitre 10 Mega for use of the sleigh and Santa for taking time out from his day job at Seeds and Cereals.

Monday - Friday Gym 5.30am – 8pm Pool 6am – 8pm Saturday -Sunday Full facility 6am – 6pm

Classes All classes as usual until 24 December No classes 25 -28 December 29 December 9.30am Aqua Aerobics 30 December 9.30am New Body 31 December 9.30am Circuit 5 January 9.30am Aqua Aerobics 6 January 9.30am New Body 7 January 9.30am Circuit Normal class timetable resumes from 10 January 2022

WHAT’S ON Under the current COVID-19 restrictions, public attendance at meetings requires a Vaccine Pass but meetings will be livestreamed. See our Facebook page or website for details. Wednesday 15 December Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road 3pm Council meeting Thursday 23 December 12 noon Voting closes for the Masterton Christmas Competition 6pm Thursday 30 December 2021 – 6am Saturday 1 January 2022 Castlepoint and Riversdale Beach alcoholfree zones 4pm Friday 31 December 2021 – 6am Saturday 1 January 2022 Castlepoint and Riversdale Beach road closures Sunday 6 February Colin Pugh Sports bowl - Vaccine Pass required 10am Waifest

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Fafeita in showstopping finale Mary Argue

mary.argue@age.co.nz

Last night’s final episode of The Great Kiwi Bake-Off [GBKO] began with a hiss and a roar – or more accurately, the rustle of recipe papers and soft murmurs. “It’s very quiet,” Wairarapa contestant Courtnay Fafeita said. GBKO, the most wholesome reality TV show to hit our shores, delivered three incredibly likeable contestants for the final episode: Jasmin Hohaia, Alby Hailes, and Masterton local Fafeita. The finalists had made it through eight elimination episodes, each featuring a technical challenge, signature dish, and showstopper to be in the running for the baker of the year. Who would be crowned 2021 winner and recipient of the prized glass cake stand? Spoiler alert – it wasn’t Fafeita. But she did Wairarapa proud, no question. In the final showdown, the hours-long challenges were edited down to cracking reaction shots, one-line zingers, and indulgent mouthwatering close-ups. Petit fours were the signature dish in the last episode, and in classic style, Fafeita delivered

Fafeita’s final cake of the competition.

flavours she loved in eyecatching yellow and hot pink. The flavours of passion fruit and raspberry “come through really well”, the judges said. “You’ve got a lovely mirror glaze, lovely shine on it.” So far, so good. The only negative comment was about the size. The petit fours were “too big”. Reflecting on the last episode, Fafeita recalled that size was an issue. At that point, she said, she knew she had lost. “I was really proud of those petit fours. It was a little heartbreaking. “I guess that was why I was so relaxed [after].” The next challenge, the blind technical, was to deliver a typical Sicilian cassata cake [sponge encased in marzipan

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and filled with alcohol and other delights]. Despite one of the elements making Fafeita gag, she came in second. True to form, the tension ratcheted up for the show’s final challenge, the showstopper. The finalists had five hours to deliver a 40cm high “something” that had one element of “cake”. Fafeita said the open brief was challenging. “At that point, my brain was fried.” Fafeita created a threetiered berry cake with all her favourite things, flowers, glitter, and “a whole lot of pink.” The recipe used

a whopping four kilos of butter, and the result was a masterpiece, if on a slight lean. Arguably the most intense moment of the episode came as Fafeita carried the cake to the judges’ table. “The most drama about your cake is it actually staying upright,” the judges said. “I wasn’t that nervous,” Fafeita said. “But I remember I looked at the food producer behind the scenes, and she had her hands over her eyes.” Reflecting on the show, Fafeita said she was proud of herself. “I did my best in the timeframe. I hold myself to a pretty high standard, but I

can’t do anything about it now. I just have to move on. “I don’t want to disappoint people by not winning. I’d like to still make them proud.” She said she had never entered intending to win. “Do I think I could have? Yes.” However, she said she wished the champion, Alby Hailes, the best. “Good on him!” Fafeita said her mentality was to celebrate the process. “You don’t always have to win.” Keep up with Courtnay Fafeita on Facebook and Instagram @ courtnaycooks.

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in their annual awards named Electric Blue, New Zealand Reseller of the Year and New Zealand and Pacific Islands Reseller of the Year, beating out 28 other reseller stores throughout New Zealand, and the Pacific. Within Jaycar Electronics Group, an “authorised reseller” is a store that carries a smaller range of official Jaycar products (though they have access to full range and are happy to order products as necessary “It’s pretty exciting - we’re one of the smaller stores, so weren’t expecting it at all,” owner Andrew says.

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in its sales of home security and surveillance systems - as well as accessories for RVs and motorhomes (such as kitchenware, heating and radio devices), and Arduino prototyping platforms for people to create and programme their own electronics. Over time, Electric Blue has built itself a loyal client base - particularly amongst model car aficionados. Model collectors can find everything from military tanks, Harley Davidson motorcycles, VW Beetles and Chevy pickup trucks, 1960s Kombi vans, to the turbo-charged Lamborghinis featured in the Fast & Furious films. “We just fell into doing the models,” Andrew says. “A sales rep came into the store and showed us a catalogue, and we thought we’d give it a go. From there, it pretty much snowballed.”

Electric Blue Electronics was first established in Masterton in 2005, originally based in one of the old Empire Lodge Buildings on Queen St.

And that snowball has gathered more momentum since COVID-19 - starting with a rush of customers just before the 2020 lockdown, hoping to grab enough models and accessories to keep them busy in the weeks ahead.

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22 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Stills from Steve Carr’s immersive films exhibited at Aratoi: Echo [2018]. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Make space for Aratoi Mary Argue

mary.argue@age.co.nz

Making space is more than an exhibition. It’s also sound advice for your calendar as you will not want to miss the latest on display at Aratoi. At the start of this month, artist Steve Carr’s “moments of transformation” would be featured in the Making Space exhibition, which runs until January 30. Aratoi described Carr’s three films Watermelon [2015], Echo [2018], and Bubble Cactus [2014] as teasing and denying the audience instant gratification. Aratoi public programmes director Becky Bateman said Watermelon was a favourite, a film that simultaneously ratcheted up the tension while making it impossible to leave. “It’s anxiety-inducing, and you just don’t want

to look away in case you miss it. “The students in here last week were just completely mesmerised by it,” she said. She said Watermelon would leave viewers wondering how rubber bands and a single watermelon could be so captivating. Bateman said Carr’s ﬁlms were about capturing a moment in time. “It’s about making you mesmerised and forcing you to sit still and live for the moment.” Art critic Anthony Byrt, featured on Carr’s website, described the ﬁlmmaker’s early work as adolescent, narcissistic and selfobsessed. “But they were also important steps to master a more archetypal condition: Carr is, above all else, a trickster,” he said. This idea of Carr the “trickster” can be seen in Echo, said Bateman.

“The mirrored swimmers are a little bit diﬀerent. He is trying to get us sucked into something, into her constant repeated actions. There is no end or beginning. It’s weird.” Bateman said Carr’s immersive ﬁlms added to the variety and range of art currently exhibiting at Aratoi. This month also sees the return of the biennial New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Wairarapa Art Review. The art review would be exhibited at Aratoi from December 10 until midFebruary and was always popular, Bateman said. Bateman said Marcia Page of Page Galleries Wellington was in the unenviable position of “whittling 144 works down to 50. I don’t know how she is going to do it.” The People’s Choice Award would be revealed on the last day of the exhibition.

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Local Pāua2 Industry

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2021 Each year we have chosen to let the Wairarapa community know about what we are doing as an Association to contribute to the better management and utilisation of the pāua fishery around our shared coastline. For the most part, commercial fishing occurs between Mataikona in the North to Turakirae Point in the South.

ACHIEVING BALANCE Our message this year is about balance. The pauamac2 executive want to acknowledge the past chair, Tony Craig for 15years of innovative leadership. We wish him well with his private interests at Terra Moana consulting group. The new chair Toa Pomare of Te Atiawa decent was appointed at the 2021 AGM. Tony’s approach over that time has always been about balance. Balancing the needs of the resource first and foremost and paua harvesters (Customary, recreational and commercial) through the initiatives he has driven during his time at the helm. Today using a twenty-eight-paddock approach we manage each paddock with either total catch limits per paddock or catch rate per hour thresholds so no one paddock gets too much pressure in any year. On top of this there are total zone effort limits as highlighted in the picture that ensures no one zone takes all the diving effort as well.

we are leaving more fish in the water longer to improve spawning rates.

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For the 2021-2022 festive period, commercial closure is set from December 20th 2021 to January 15th 2022. We acknowledge we are part of a shared fishery and as such have voluntary closed the coast to commercial take for the festive period. This will enhance the experience for recreational fishers. We want to share our objective of a more sustainable fishery and ask that recreational fishers move to a minimum size take of 128mm.

DID YOU KNOW? Pāua are haemophiliacs and if you nick them, they will bleed to death – key is to be as sure as you can it is legal size before you take it off the rocks. In fast growing areas, Pāua can grow up to 2mm per month so fish that are just short of the 125mm legal size today can grow into the fishery by this time next month.

NEW RESEARCH The use of the new SciElex “in boat” measuring boards.

This is extremely important to understand particularly where people may look to close off areas from commercial fishing because shifting that effort will upset the “balance” in other areas. A balance that has been created through a whole of coast approach and any shift would mean that extra volume would be taken off someone else’s part of the coast inevitably increasing pressure in those areas. Another form of ‘balance” has been the decision to voluntary increase the size limit on commercial harvest. During the past few years the Association through it’s divers have moved the size limit from the regulatory 125mm to 128mm in a majority of the fishery from Pahao River to Turakirae Point Zones A-D) while the Northern Zone is under review because of potential differential growth rates. This delivers two “balance” benefits customary and recreational sectors get first crack at the fishery through those size limit variances

There are now 5 of these units operating in the NZ paua industry and another 3 on order. The Baker crew who dive Pau2, Pau3 and Pau7 are faithfully using one most days they are paua fishing and the data that is coming from this is phenomenal. Last season the Bakers measured more paua than the industry wide red sack measuring project. The SciElex boards are a simple book end system so you just need to swipe the paua through the bookends – there are no buttons to press……You can set a minimum harvest size (MHS) into the units so that it will produce a loud beep if a paua you are measuring is below your required MHS. Sharing units around dive crews is the ideal situation as the scientists want to see data from as many stat areas as possible.

Hopefully as more and more of these units are used across the paua fisheries the intense level of data will enhance real-time management decision making as well as long term planning.

reaching the legal size of 125mm. At each site approximately 120 Pāua are

ONGOING RESEARCH Growth rate tagging - This research is ongoing but is not a simple job as we rely on the goodwill of dive team personnel to give up fine weather days where they would normally be diving. At each site approximately 800 Pāua ranging from 90mm to 125mm are measured and tagged (to ensure recapture is possible one year after tagging). Once again, we ask recreational and customary divers to look out for the tagged ones and when you see this sign on or near the beach to note that tagged Pāua are in the area. If you happened to find one in your catch bag please help us by contacting taggedPāua@gmail.com with the date of capture, tag number and shell measurement (mm). Length at Maturity (ongoing) – Growth and length at maturity research continues in parallel with Growth rate tagging research. There are now length at maturity data at 11 different sites spanning the majority of the commercial fishery. Another site was also tagged for growth research south of Tora (“Deer Fence”), and recapture surveys will be undertaken again this year. It is hoped that at least one more site will be sampled near Ngawi depending on conditions and crew availability. For the uninitiated the white gonad is the male and the green gonad is the female. This project looks to identify what length the Pāua are when they become sexually mature. Because Pāua cannot be aged, this project helps us to understand how many years the Pāua are breeding before

collected between a size range of 65120mm. The Pāua are carefully landed and kept separate for the purposes of removing the meat but leaving the skirt and gonads intact to be assessed for maturity status. The meat is then bagged and passed on to local Kaumatua for distribution amongst Iwi/Hapu members from these sites (outlined in the picture). Voluntary Size Limit Change – This year we have extended the voluntary size limit increase from 125mm to 128mm to encompass areas A,B,C & D (see map above). This means the fish get a longer chance to breed and also we take less fish to reach the total allowable commercial catch weight - a win win. Translocation – This work is being conducted under a Fisheries New Zealand Special Permit. Many people may not be aware that within the fishery there are significant areas of stunted Pāua. In layman’s terms they grow up (high) instead of out (long) and fail to reach the 125mm legal size. This doesn’t mean their reproductive activity slows and the trial is a two-fold project to look at how these fish, if translocated to a different site, may improve spawning and therefore recruitment into areas that may need help or have suffered an event ie sedimentation, die off, heat events etc. Site surveys of candidate donor and recipient sites for translocation will soon be approved with the Special Permit held by the Paua Industry Council.

Finally – As always the Pāua 2 Association wishes you and your families a happy Christmas and New Year. Please enjoy, be safe, and respect our precious ocean and all the creatures in it, if you are lucky enough to experience it this holiday break.

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Thinking of starting your own business – part 2: Last month we gave you some things to think about if you are considering either starting up a new business or purchasing an existing business. If you read the article [Midweek, November 17th] and feel you are up for the challenge and excited to be embarking on something new and different, then we have some more advice for you. Firstly, Jeanette Hall runs a course toward a Certificate in Small Business and Project Management. This is a free course running for 36 weeks, one session a week with the odd weekend workshop. The sessions are from 6-9pm Tuesdays or 9-12 noon on Wednesdays. The course will start in early March. However, if, for some reason, you do not want to commit to a regular course,

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or if you want to get started as soon as possible, then we have some pointers to help you.

Legal obligations:

Work out what kind of structure the business will work within [eg sole trader, partnership of company]; Decide what to name your new business, ensuring that it is not too similar to an existing business; If you will be using a Logo for your business, ensure that it is not too like the logo of an existing business. You might also consider trademarking your logo.

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What you can get:

How much you get depends on your situation. We can pay for things like: • equipment required for the business • initial start-up stock for the business • materials required to produce goods for the business • renovation of premises to facilitate start of business or • one-off start-up costs, eg:connection fees, such as power, phone or internet • first month’s lease and bond legal costs associated with establishing the business insurance • start-up costs for advertising/marketing • printing business cards or flyers • setting up a basic website.

Find out about your tax obligations regarding your business; Get any required licences associated with your trade [eg from the appropriate regulatory authority] or relating to work premises [from the local council].

Help with setting up the business:

• Create a business plan • Get financing in place beforehand • Name and register your business [Registration can be one online through the Companies Office. There is a fee of around $NZ115 plus GST] • Market your business • Will you need insurance • Will you need to pay ACC levies • Will you need Kiwisaver for your employees • Will you need employment contracts

Flexi-wage for self employment: (a subsidy to help with living costs while you’re getting started).

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People who are able to help you with the above would be a lawyer, an accountant, your bank and your technology provider. If your business is going to be relatively small you may prefer not to have your accounts set up on computer and you may be able to find a retired accountant to help set

you up in a way you can continue to “do the books” yourself.

How to start a business when you have very little money:

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We will pay an expert who will help you with things like; • business skills training • developing a business plan

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Wilsone family had a strong settler history

As part of Cemeteries Week last month, Masterton historian GARETH WINTER continued his occasional series looking at the stories behind the stones. Today he investigated the identity of an early Scottish settler. Robert Wilsone, sometimes called Robert Wilson, has been a conundrum for researchers into Wairarapa’s early pastoralists.

A rather plain looking gravestone on a perilous lean in Masterton cemetery marks the resting place of one of Wairarapa’s early pakeha settlers, Robert Wilsone, and his daughter Helena. Robert Wilsone, sometimes called Robert Wilson, has been a conundrum for researchers into Wairarapa’s early pastoralists. Even such a talented historian as AG Bagnall was fooled by Robert Wilson, confused by the presence of two early farmers with the same name. One of the Robert Wilsons was an early occupier of the Dry River

run near present day Martinborough. He later moved to the Hawera district where he was a successful sawmiller and local politician. From there he resided in the Nelson area, but was in Wanganui when he died in 1880, aged 58. The other Robert Wilson, who customarily used the ‘e’ on the end of

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Shortly after the marriage Robert Wilsone’s fortunes took a tumble, and he was bankrupted. He shifted from the farm at Ahiaruhe and took up residence in Masterton, where he worked as a clerk for various organisations, including the Wairarapa East County and the Masterton Borough Council. He also served as a returning oﬃcer for elections. He took little part in civic aﬀairs. When he died at his Perry Street property in 1890, the local newspaper reported that he was “esteemed by all for his sterling probity and his amiable and unassuming social characteristics”. He had been a chronic invalid, having kidney disease, but had been able to work until his death. Two years after his death his daughter Helena also died. Aged only 21, she had taken ill the year before and had rapidly declined. Eliza Jane Wilsone shifted to Wellington where she died in 1916. She was pre-deceased by her son Douglas, who died in 1914. Her other son Thomas died in Te Puke in 1936.

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cattle across the Pahaoa River, when his horse fell into a hole in the river, dislodging Wilson and kicking him in the head. His body was taken to the Hutt where an autopsy was held before burial. In comprehensive papers held at Archives New Zealand, the tortuous journey of the estate of John Wilson is recorded. The estate was administered by Robert Wilsone, who described how he was one of the next-of-kin, as his brother had not married, and that he was the only one of them living in New Zealand. Robert had land interests of his own, at Bush Gully and Ahiaruhe. At the latter he had joined Doctor Hildebrand, a medical practitioner of dubious reputation – he was not registered and was regarded as a drunk. He had married one of John and Robert Wilson’s sisters, Marianne, in 1861. She died the following year. In 1866 Robert Wilsone married Eliza Jane Bontor, a Londonborn daughter of a carpet maker. They were to have three children – a daughter Helena, and two sons, Douglas and Thomas.

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‘Mausterpiece’ up for auction A unique “Mausterpiece” that was erected by stealth on Carterton’s clock tower has been sold at auction. The artwork, titled Maus, measures 1.9m by 1.75m, on heavy-duty canvas, with eyelets on top hem, using gloss paint, spray paint, and varnish. It has proved its durability, hanging for three months in Carterton’s High St, through the highly changeable Wairarapa spring weather. Maus’ creator, Wairarapa painter and graphic artist Martin Doyle, says there is an exciting “tail” behind the drawing. It was inspired by a conversation with another resident about the old rhyme “Hickory Dickory Dock”. Doyle said he and a group of like-minded artists hitched the canvas to the clock tower’s southern end late one September Sunday night, just after the latest covid-19 lockdown. “We’re people in our 50s, 60s, and 70s. It was a dark, cold, and windy night. And we were all sworn to secrecy.” Doyle, a long-term Carterton resident, said there was not enough originality and expression in art. The painting was an example of “glorious excitement” at a time when people had “got together to make something happen

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Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Masterton District Council Alcohol Control Bylaw 2018 and Section 147 of the Local Government Act 2002 the Masterton District Council has placed a prohibition on the consumption or possession of intoxicating alcohol in the places and at the times listed below: Time of prohibition: The prohibition of Alcohol is intended to run from: 6pm Thursday 30 December 2021 – 6am Saturday 1 January 2022 Areas - Riversdale y Orui Station/Riversdale Road intersection, and along Riversdale Road to Riversdale township y Bodle Drive to the lagoon and including Riversdale Beach from the lagoon to the Southern Riversdale Reserve to the water’s edge y From Blue Pacific Parade and Bodle Drive intersection along Blue Pacific Parade to, and including, the Southern Riversdale Reserve, including the beach to the water’s edge y From Riversdale Road and Pinedale Crescent intersection along Pinedale Crescent to the intersection with Blue Pacific Parade y The southern terrace off Palm Parade and the middle terrace off Pinedale Crescent, being Rochdale Road, Otaraia Road, Bull Lane, Tama Road, Pukeko Place and Knoyle Road. This includes all public places, public parks and accessways into the defined area where the prohibition will be extended to. Areas - Castlepoint y From the Castlepoint motorcamp to the Castlepoint lagoon, including Jetty Road and Castlepoint Beach to the water’s edge. y From in front of the motorcamp to the Castlepoint Lagoon, including Castlepoint Reserve y Also including Guthrie and Balfour Crescents and all public roads and places to which the public have access within the township of Castlepoint. During the period of prohibition it will be an offence to be in possession of or consume any alcohol.

Pursuant to Section 342 (1)(b) and the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 9174, the following roads will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic to facilitate an alcohol free zone at Riversdale Beach for the period indicated hereunder: Roads closed to vehicular traffic y Riversdale Road from the intersection with Orui Station, and along Riversdale Road to Riversdale township

Offences A $250 infringement notice can be served by a constable, or a person who is convicted of an offence against a bylaw is liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000. Powers of arrest, search, and seizure – Section 169 (2) A constable may, without warrant,— (a) for the purpose of ascertaining whether alcohol is present, search— (i) a container (for example, a bag, case, package, or parcel) in the possession of a person who is in, or entering, a restricted place; or (ii) a vehicle that is in, or is entering, a restricted place: (b) seize and remove any alcohol (and its container) that is in a restricted place in breach of an alcohol ban: (c) arrest any person whom the constable finds committing an offence: (d) arrest any person who has refused to comply with a request by a constable— (i) to leave a restricted place; or (ii) to surrender to a constable any alcohol that, in breach of an alcohol ban is in the person’s possession. (3) Alcohol or a container seized under subsection (2)(b) is forfeited to the Crown if the person from whom the alcohol or container is seized pays the infringement fee. Conditions relating to power of search - Section 170 (1) Before exercising the power of search under section 169(2)(a) in relation to a container or a vehicle, a member of the police must – (a) inform the person in possession of the container or the vehicle, as the case may be, that he or she has the opportunity of removing the container or the vehicle from the public place; and (b) provide the person with a reasonable opportunity to remove the container or the vehicle, as the case may be, from the public place.

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y Bodle Drive to the lagoon and including Riversdale Beach from the lagoon to the Southern Riversdale Reserve to the water’s edge y From Blue Pacific Parade and Bodle Drive intersection along Blue Pacific Parade to and including the Southern Riversdale Reserve including the beach to the water’s edge y From Riversdale Road and Pinedale Crescent intersection along Pinedale Crescent to the intersection with Blue Pacific Parade y The southern terrace off Palm Parade and the middle terrace off Pinedale Crescent being Rochdale Road, Otaraia Road, Bull Lane, Tama Road, Pukeko Place and Knoyle Road. Period of closure 4pm Friday 31 December 2021 to 6am Saturday 1 January 2022. Road users are thanked for their cooperation during this period. It will be an offence under the above Act for any person otherwise than under authority to use the road for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closures.

CASTLEPOINT Pursuant to Section 342 (1)(b) and the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974, the following road will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic to facilitate an alcohol free zone at Castlepoint for the period indicated hereunder: Roads closed to vehicular traffic y Jetty Road from the Castlepoint motorcamp to the Castlepoint lagoon, including Castlepoint Beach to the water’s edge y Balfour Crescent and Guthrie Crescent. Period of closure 4pm Friday 31 December 2021 to 6am Saturday 1 January 2022. Road users are thanked for their cooperation during this period. It will be an offence under the above Act for any person otherwise than under authority to use the road for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closures. People living within the road closure areas, or renting accommodation, may be asked to provide proof of address to gain vehicular access. Dated 15 December 2021. Kaine Jaquiery - Roading Manager

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Adversity faced with preparation I read a great article today about the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, the ﬁrst African American to play in the professional league in the United States. Knowing the extreme racism that he would face from players, administrators, fans, and oﬃcials, Robinson, along with his coach, spent time on what he was likely to face so that he went into any situation hoping for the best, but, more importantly, prepared for the worst, which turned out to be the case on countless occasions. To achieve what Jackie Robinson did as a player in such hostile conditions demonstrated what a true class act he was. However, he didn’t just hope things would turn out okay, he instead prepared for what he was likely to face so that when it inevitably did happen he was ready for it, even though it must still have been absolutely awful. Most of us are fortunate not to have to experience anything like what Robinson did. However, there will still be times in which we will be in challenging situations. Usually we will know what these will be, so this is when we should follow the example of the incredible Robinson to plan ahead and be ready for what may be coming.

Diverse perspectives

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Tim Nelson point of the Venn diagram. No one way is correct, it’s all about what works in speciﬁc situations and then applying this to get the best possible outcome.

You are interesting

I love watching The Chase. It’s such a great way to relax as the first thing to do when I get home from work. One of my favourite things about the programme is when Bradley, the host, introduces the contestants as they’re about to take part. I find it really interesting hearing about the guests hobbies and interests as they share aspects of their lives. I believe everyone is fascinating in one way or another. You don’t have to have an exotic passion – we’re all different and a huge range of things will be appealing to us. Whether it be horse riding or wrestling, and everything in between, communities are so much more dynamic when we celebrate differences, with this including the things we’re interested in.

Practical unpacking

This evening I went to a farewell event for a colleague who has just ﬁnished up in the profession I’m involved in. I’ve written about Venn diagrams before and this post again relates to them; every person at the event I attended this evening cares immensely about the children in their schools. However, the perspectives we all have on how to best meet their needs is very diﬀerent; some are very traditional and others might be considered as future focused. What we all need to understand is that there are many ways to get to that key outcome, the intersection

There are so many things that can make us anxious, probably more so today than at any other time in recent history. This can lead to a sense of overwhelm and helplessness; thinking that there’s nothing that can be done. However, in the book How to Think More Eﬀectively from The School Of Life, rather than helplessness there is instead a process of empowerment shared through the strategy of practical unpacking, a system that goes as follows: List things that make you anxious. These could be related to a range of areas, from work to money.

Take one anxiety and ask yourself three questions: 1. What steps do you need to take to resolve it? 2. What do others need to do? 3. What needs to happen and when? What you now have is a plan that you can work through to resolve the issue. The steps might not all be easy, but at least you’ll now be clearer about what needs to be done.

Do the work

I watched Dune this evening; great movie with awesome effects. Although it’s a story of science fiction there’s still plenty of learning we can get from it. One example is when Paul, the central character, is doing fight training at the beginning of the film. Initially he’s not showing a lot of enthusiasm for the session as he ‘isn’t in the mood’. However, his mentor reminds him that whatever mood he is in doesn’t matter, as when he eventually needs to apply the skills he is learning it might not be under ideal circumstances. I’ve written on other occasions about this very concept. Some of the most worthwhile training or preparation will be those sessions when you turn up and put in the effort when it’s the last thing you feel like doing. Another thing that will happen through this approach is that I can just about guarantee that you’ll feel a huge amount of satisfaction when the session is over.

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reinforced, giving us a sense that what we think and believe is correct and that a vast majority of others share the same ideas and opinions. In my own echo chamber are the books by authors and content creators that I agree with on almost all concepts and beliefs; these are the people I respect and admire. Examples include the likes of Angela Duckworth, author of Grit, and The School of Life organisation. However, it’s important to explore outside of our echo chambers. An example of this is Immanuel Kant, whose greatest work was produced by presenting ideas counter to those of the Scottish philosopher David

Hume after he read one of Hume’s own books. Whether or not Kant or Hume was correct is beside the point, what is important is the idea that those we learn from don’t have to be those we passionately agree with and respect. Instead they can be people who we have little time for, but perhaps have had considerable inﬂuence over others. This is where we can further develop and share our own understandings and positions.

Envy broken into parts In a book on thinking I just read a chapter on

envy, particularly those people that we envy because they appear to have it all. However, the book takes a different tack and looks at the idea of the people we envy through a different perspective, breaking the envy of these people down into three different areas: What is something that the person is well known for? What is something about this person’s life that you wouldn’t want to have? What is one thing about this person you would like to have or replicate in your own life? The thing about this process is that it narrows down what it is that we want rather than the whole life package. It also helps us to recognise that the people we initially envy may not have the idyllic lives we sometimes think they do. It’s unlikely that most of us will have what Steve Jobs did, being the creative genius behind some of the world’s most ground-breaking and innovative products. To be honest though, nor would we, when looking at the poor way he treated people, including family and colleagues. We may, however, want to have some of his ability to be creative. This should be the thing we overcome our envy of by working hard and striving to be more creative in our own lives, as opposed to wanting the life of Jobs. • 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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Greytown’s new ambulance station Mary Argue Wairarapa’s new ambulance whare, Moroa, was officially opened shortly after dawn yesterday at the Five Rivers Medical Centre in Greytown. About 30 people gathered, sheltered from the drizzle, as mana whenua blessed the new Wellington Free Ambulance [WFA] station and declared it officially open. Also in attendance were Five Rivers’ developers Shane and Lynnette McManaway and WFA staff. Father and son representatives of Papawai Marae, Paora and Herewini Ammunson led the ceremony to open and bless Moroa. Paora Ammunson said the name ‘Moroa’ paid homage to the land beneath the medical centre. During the construction phase, he said the medical centre had been tapu for the contractors on-site, but now that it was completed, it was mo te iwi [for the people]. After the blessing, Five Rivers developer Shane McManaway said he wanted to thank

and acknowledge the “Wairarapa family” who had helped to complete the medical centre. A proud Wairarapa local, McManaway said he and Lynnette McManaway wished to leave a legacy for the valley that extended beyond their whanau. “We thought it better to share our fortunes and goodwill with the 7000 odd people in this valley.” He said the ﬁve rivers in Wairarapa were the “lifeblood running beneath us”, and the medical centre would carry the lifeblood of the community. McManaway said the project had been substantial but felt the expression “build it, and they will come” would bear out. The Five Rivers medical complex would be home to a broad range of clinical services, including Greytown Medical Centre, community nursing, mental health services, District Health Board services, and more. Wairarapa ambulance shift manager Jono Rees said the new ambulance bay was a blessing for the community, and its legacy would be considerable. “The staﬀ has been

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Doesn’t it amaze you that there is one person in the last 2000 years whose birth the whole world still remembers? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Even in countries where this person is hated, there are still people that love this man. Maybe you can guess who He is. His name is Jesus. When He was born, an angel came from heaven to tell some shepherds about His birth. They couldn’t wait. They had a desire to go and see this baby instantly. They left their sheep to themselves. This baby Jesus was far more important than their livestock. Not only shepherds came but also some wise men who had to travel for days, maybe even weeks. Nothing could stop them from coming. They came and worshipped this child. They saw in this child someone far greater than just another baby. Who do you see Jesus as? Is He just a historical person to you that lived long ago? By His outward appearance he didn’t look different as He was just like you and me. But I can guarantee you that if you would have lived with Him you would have seen the difference. Jesus was God’s Son. He was God Himself. It was predicted hundreds of years before that He was coming. Isaiah the prophet said in chapter 7:14 “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel” (Which means God with us). It was God’s desire to come and dwell with man on this earth. But also to die for us—we who rebelled against Him. Jesus is the most perfect one who ever lived. He who had no sin became sin for us. He died as a great criminal—a great

evil doer. Why? So that our sins could be forgiven. How could that happen? By being truly sorry for our sin. He encourages you to confess your sin to Jesus. Because God said that if you confess your sin, He will be faithful and just to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. And the moment you do this your sin will be forgiven. Don’t put your trust in yourself. Don’t try to make yourself any better, for you can’t. You can only make it worse. Your pastor, priest or any other spiritual person can’t forgive your sin. Jesus is the only One. Please stop looking at yourself or any other person but look, trust, and believe in Jesus. What a joy that would be if you could celebrate Jesus’ birth like the shepherds. Forgetting everything else, like the shepherds forgot their sheep. And worship Jesus as your Saviour because He came to save you from your sin. It’s great to receive presents, but receiving Jesus in your heart is the greatest present of all. Then you will become a child of God. Please join us Saturday 18th December at 6:30 pm for carol singing in Carrington Park Carterton. Please bring your family, and friends along. Looking forward to seeing you there. Please contact Johan for any questions 027 210 2768 Please pray.

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Featherston’s Christmas parade last year. PHOTO/FILE

Featherston cans parade Sue Teodoro

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Organisers have cancelled this year’s Featherston Christmas Parade because they could not agree with the council on safely accommodating vaccinated and unvaccinated people in time for the event. Featherston’s parade was the last in Wairarapa to be cancelled after Masterton called their parade oﬀ late last month. Featherston Christmas Parade group member Claire Bleakley said this year’s event, scheduled for Saturday, was called oﬀ by organisers on Monday evening. She said approval by South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] had not been received. Due to the short time left, organisers decided to cancel. The committee had worked with SWDC to agree on safely accommodating vaccinated and unvaccinated people

under new traﬃc light rules. Bleakley, a member of the Featherston Community Board [FCB], said there were discussions about access to food trucks and other facilities, but no agreement was reached. “We haven’t had approval from council. It’s too late, so we have decided to cancel.

We haven’t had approval from council. It’s too late, so we have decided to cancel. “There is a lot of sadness in our community because of this. We wanted all families to attend, and we didn’t want to make judgments.” A SWDC spokesperson conﬁrmed that they had not declined the application and said extensive work had been done to keep participants safe. “We received an application for a Christmas event to

be held for up to 300 people in a council reserve in Featherston during level 2. The event was supported by the FCB,” they said. SWDC said they encouraged the applicant to produce a health and safety plan. “We received the bare bones of a plan, but unfortunately, the organiser failed to demonstrate how participants and the public would be kept safe during the event under the relevant covid guidelines. “After the traﬃc light system was introduced last week, our staﬀ worked quite extensively with the organiser to help clarify what the rules were at ‘Orange’, but the organiser did not reapply. The council did not decline the application.” SWDC said other Christmas events in the region were cancelled for similar reasons. Bleakley said organisers had hoped to hold the inclusive, outdoor event.

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Reaching out at Christmas The stress can be hard enough on those whose lives are comfortable, so we all need to spare a thought for those on the margins and reach out to them at Christmas.

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A visit, a few items of specialty food, or even a bed for the night, can mean so much. And, if you’re having Christmas at home, ask someone along, if you think they’ll be on their own. Add another spud to the pot. In a country where around 250,000 kiwi kids live in poverty and one in three women are affected by domestic violence, kindness, and giving of your time are the best presents. In 2021, the Salvation Army is calling on New Zealanders to help it re-kindle hope for all Kiwis at Christmas, not just the vulnerable. Affectionately called ‘The Sallies,’ the organisation historically mobilises the generosity of people. It began its good work 138 years ago, so people in need is not a new phenomenon. The Sallies supports families’ emotional and mental wellbeing, aims to reduce loneliness, and provides counselling. It’s also known to arrange Christmas gifts for those who might otherwise wake up to find nothing beneath their Christmas tree. Many families will find something underneath the tree thanks to the

generosity of hundreds of Wairarapa souls, who have taken time to choose a person to buy for, bundles it up into a box and labels accordingly. When Featherston parent, Sophie Cosford, launched Wairarapa Shoebox Christmas in 2018 she had no idea how successful it would become. In 2018, 250 children who ‘may need an extra smile’, were given a shoebox of gifts. In 2019, 550 children were gifted boxes, in 2020 donated gifts numbered 700, and this year around a thousand will be given out. Deliveries began on 16 December.

Recipients are identified via schools, social agencies, social workers, and community organisations. Sophie says the generosity has been overwhelming. People and organisations indicate their interest via the specially designated nationwide platform shoeboxchristmas.co.nz Details then provided include gender, age, and interests of a child. Some people decided this year to select and adult to gift to. One label which took the Wairarapa Times-Age eye was ‘For a Mum’.

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Thousands of toys pack the bus… and a trailer! The popular ‘Pack the Bus’ initiative returned for Christmas 2021 and in Wairarapa it was as successful as ever. Over five thousand toys were piled onto the bus by happy volunteers who toured the region collecting from businesses, councils, organisations, and individuals who were getting into the spirit of giving. These donated items are distributed to families in need, identified by foodbanks and agency volunteers. Volunteers report a heartfelt and thankful response to the thousands of hampers and gifts. “People are excited and grateful to

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Tom Sexton – MORE FM Promotions Co-ordinator and Vaea Peterson – Tranzit Coachlines’ Operation Supervisor and Driver Training Instructor party in the Pack the Bus which has travelled Wairarapa collecting gifts for children at Christmas.

receive food and gifts during a time that is a financial strain for them,” says Vaea Peterson from Tranzit, who drove the bus for this promotion. “Wairarapa people are incredibly generous, and we ended up with not only the bus crammed full of presents, but also a trailer.”

Pack the Bus Wairarapa is an initiative between Tranzit Coachlines, Masterton District Council, Carterton District Council, South Wairarapa District Council, Mitre 10 MEGA, Property Brokers Wairarapa and proudly supported by Wairarapa’s MORE FM.

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Carols at Cobblestones Goes ahead - Sat 18 Dec

The Friends of Cobblestones and Cobblestones Trustees decided that we all need something to lift our spirits after such a hard year for everyone. They wanted everyone to have a chance to celebrate Christmas in a traditional way and what better than the participating in Carols at Cobblestones. The event will be operating under the Orange status for fully vaccinated events. So, everyone over the age of 12 entering the Cobblestones grounds will have to show proof of being fully vaccinated. Please wear

a mask when entering and moving around but you can of course take it off when sitting in your group. Entry is free – and we would appreciate a donation if you can.

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The usual extensive array of goodies won’t be available, so please bring your own picnic and sit on the grass in your own groups. But there will be a sausage sizzle and ice blocks on sale. Please make sure you bring water to drink and your own drink bottle. There will not be a bar. Local musicians Kate Marshall, Bob Cooper-Grundy, and Paddi Addison have gotten together with regular visitor, Vikki Clayton to form a band. Special guests will also make a jolly appearance. Tremains Real Estate have kindly sponsored the Carols

enabling the event to go ahead. Gates open at 4.30pm, please make sure you have your proof of vaccination to show. Music from 5pm. Watch Cobblestones Facebook page for updates.

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A career in Maori and Pacific dance is just a step away for Wairarapa students due to the drive of two local teachers. After a 25-year hiatus, UCOL Wairarapa would offer a diploma in the subject from early next year, with current school teachers Shari Taylor [Makoura College] and Kiri Riwai-Couch [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Wairarapa] at the helm. “This is huge for the revitalisation of te reo, tikanga, and te ao Maori journey that Wairarapa is currently on,” UCOL Wairarapa director Carrie Mckenzie said. Students of the NZ Diploma in Performing Arts, specialising in Maori and Pacific Dance, would study a full range of technical and artistic skills during the two-year programme. Professional studies and business practice courses would be spread among performance components of the programme, giving students the skills to plan events or start small businesses. Portfolio manager Melissa Lange said that all new UCOL lecturers, including Taylor and Riwai-Couch, would complete an Advanced Certificate in Adult Teaching. “We’ve got a whole lot of new people here joining the whanau next year, so there’s lots of support,” Lange said. Riwai-Couch said that she and Taylor were already experienced in the kaupapa of the course and had complementary skills, ensuring all course elements were covered. Wairarapa was an integral part of Riwai-Couch’s life,

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Manaaki Ki Wairarapa Community Trust Shari Taylor, left, with Makoura College students at a powhiri for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last month. PHOTO/FILE

being born here, and she said it was crucial to see a progression and strengthening of the local iwi. “Something like this is going to do nothing but enhance everything that the iwi wants to happen for their people. We’re here to do that,” she said. “It builds confidence and makes our te reo and our tikanga normal. When we used to do kapa haka practice, we’d get people stopping because it’s not something they see all the time. We want to make it a normalised thing. They’re going to see it and hear it every day now, right in the middle of town.” Riwai-Couch said there was already a lot going on at UCOL, but the campus was relatively quiet. “When our noise gets everybody’s attention, the whole of UCOL is going to get attention as well.” The programme would follow a similar path to a corresponding programme at the Whitireia institute but would have a distinct Wairarapa flavour. “We get to create a space that’s a lot like Whitireia, but that is for Wairarapa,” Taylor said. “It’s taking their example and shaping it to

fit our people.” The two lecturers would be based in UCOL’s Whakaoriori Marae but would move around different areas of the campus as needed. UCOL’s site at Taratahi, for example, had a springfloor gymnasium that the classes could use for rehearsals. “We can’t be in one spot learning just inside a classroom, in front of a screen, with books,” Taylor said. “It’s going to be practical; we’re going to be here, there, and everywhere.” The lecturers planned to make a lot of trips locally and said schools should get ready for regular performances. When border restrictions allowed, they planned to travel further afield to places like the Cook Islands to gain a first-hand experience of some Pacific dance styles. “Why not do something that you’re absolutely passionate about?” Taylor said. “After study here, students can do whatever – they can have their own entertainment business, they can be historians, work at museums … The world is their oyster once they have a diploma.” The New Zealand Diploma in Performing Arts [Maori and Pacific Dance] [Level 6] begins in February 2022 at UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton. The programme is a twoyear full-time diploma. Entry is by a workshop to determine skill level.

Established as a charity, the Manaaki Ki Wairarapa Community Trust (trading as First Health and Wellness Centre) opened in September 2020 to provide affordable, accessible healthcare to the residents of Wairarapa and our visitors. To date, we’ve serviced over 1400 visits to over 600 registered casual patients at the centre at 10A First Street, Lansdowne. Our aim is to provide acute health services, especially now that medical centres are under such strain that some patients have to wait up to 6 weeks to be seen by a clinician. Our nurse-led clinic (with the occasional support of a Nurse Practitioner) offers a range of services and receives referrals from other health centres in Wairarapa.

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Shari Taylor and Kiri Riwai-Couch will lead UCOL’s new diploma in performing arts. PHOTO/TOM TAYLOR

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Riversdale’s treasures Peta Campbell Here at Forest & Bird we are often contacted by others intrigued, puzzled, or upset by something they have found or seen. So it was the other day, when a lady rang me about a nesting New Zealand dotterel/ tūturiwhatu she had seen at the estuary at Riversdale beach. My caller was concerned that the dotterel and its nest were extremely vulnerable to human and dog activity. She’s entirely right. Dotterels, classy beach dwellers about the size of tui, are very special and endangered birds. With an estimated 2500 birds left, they are more at risk than some species of kiwi. At this time of year, from August right through to January, dotterels are in their rosy-chested plumage and are valiantly trying to raise their young. They do have tricks to

deter invaders: they sit very still looking to be part of the sandy shore; their nests on the sand are almost impossible to see; they feign injury to make you follow as they lead you away from the nest; and they challenge or even attack the intruder. But there is a lot to stop dotterel success: ﬂooding tides, storms, motorbikes, 4WD vehicles, human feet, inquisitive roaming dogs, hedgehogs, cats and

Dotterels, classy beach dwellers about the size of tui, are very special and endangered birds. stoats. Whew. What a list of enemies and potential disasters. Since 1993, the Department of Conservation, conservation groups and some regional councils have worked to protect and rebuild fast declining dotterel numbers along coastal Aotearoa, especially the east coast

of the North Island. This has been successful in certain areas. Take Riversdale for example. About four years ago, thanks to the dedicated eﬀorts of a small team, four dotterel pairs nested and successfully raised several chicks. How did the team do it? There were lots of ways: by fencing around nesting pairs, by explaining to prople what was being protected and how special it was, by predator trapping, by patrolling, by asking people to control their dogs and to take their walks below the tide line, by involving Whareama School pupils, and by having an ongoing display at the Riversdale Store. But people [volunteering many hours and travelling many kilometres to

get to the beach] can only keep up such a dedicated eﬀort for so long. None of that is happening now, except for a faded sign saying ‘Beware, ground nesting birds’, placed just before the entry to the beach lagoon area. So the dotterels are not doing as well as they were. Wouldn’t it be magical if Riversdale human residents took up the challenge again to protect their very special bird residents from that list of enemies and potential disasters? Thank you so much to the lady who called me. It’s time to get proactive to protect our treasures and our biodiversity on the coast and in the bush, in fact all around us. It can be done. • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with conservation groups to put a spotlight on work on conservation eﬀorts locally. Dotterel at Riversdale beach. PHOTO/PETER REESE

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Reducing New Zealand’s worryingly high drowning rates is multi-faceted. One approach this summer, applauded by local surf clubs, would see kids’ Rescue Rashies hitting the beaches. The bright red rash shirts, designed to fit children from two to eight years old, unzip to reveal CPR instructions on the torso. Reviving their focus on water safety, Westpac New Zealand said they would give away 1000 of the rash shirts to help reduce Aotearoa’s “worryingly high drowning toll, especially among children”. Water Safety New Zealand statistics indicated there had already been 54 preventable drownings in 2021. Last year, that number peaked at 74, of which 23 happened at beaches. Westpac NZ chief executive Catherine McGrath said the nation’s drowning statistics were confronting, and the company wanted to help reverse the trend. “Drowning is the leading cause of death during recreational activities in New Zealand, yet four out of five Kiwis would not feel confident

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performing CPR,” she said. McGrath said in a rescue situation, every second counted, and CPR could make the difference between life and death. In 2020, 38 children under five years old were hospitalised in neardrowning incidents, up from the 2014-2018 average of 33. Riversdale Surf Lifesaving Club [SLC] chairman Dave Rose welcomed Westpac NZ’s recommitment to water safety and said anything that could contribute to saving lives should be applauded. “As an initiative, I think the Rescue Rashies are great. Kids are at risk; they don’t always read the water and the weather conditions.” Rose said that CPR on children required more delicacy and expected the rash shirts to be in high demand. “What they’re doing [Westpac NZ] is stunning. It would be good to see more than 1000 given away. I’m sure they’ll be gobbled up pretty quickly.” Last summer, with New Zealanders confined within the nation’s borders, Rose said local beaches had been jampacked. He said Riversdale SLC responded to the influx

by increasing the number of guards on duty and monitoring the beach from the north and south watchtowers. “It was a big summer. There were a lot of hours done. “There were no drownings, but we had a good degree of rescues and preventatives. We were constantly monitoring.” Rose said that as a surf beach, Riversdale held an especially high risk at times with large waves and rips that could get people into trouble quickly. • Rescue Rashies are also available to buy for $25, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to local rescue helicopters. Visit www. nxp.nz/westpacrashies

Rescue Rashies will be given away to 1000 Kiwi kids this summer. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Rural Wairarapa Midweek

Preparation needed for covid-19 on the farm A Martinborough farmworker urged all non-essential traffic – including cyclists – to stay clear of rural areas while New Zealand was in lockdown.

The gates remained locked at the Masterton Saleyards until alert level 2. PHOTOS/FILE

Coping with covid-19 in farming is an issue creeping up on farmers, and the industry is preparing to support farmers through the challenge. Greater Wellington Regional Council farming reference group char Barbie Barton told an environment committee that there was a rising potential for covid-19 on farms. She said the group had discussed covid-19 on-farm protocols and the position that some more extensive farming operations were moving into with unvaccinated staﬀ. “That’s going to cause some issues; they’re not sure what those issues are yet when it comes to the

traﬃc light system.” Barton said the biggest issue facing the industry was the supply chain. “If we end up with covid-19 with a worker in a plant, it’s very likely that Chinese buyers will say they don’t want our product from that plant for the duration of that covid-19 outbreak. “Alongside that outbreak, we end up back social distancing, and they drop quite a lot of lines on chains so that the actual processing will slow right down as well.” Barton said the perfect storm could be brewing with a mix of covid-19related problems and a looming hot and dry summer. “The other element of the

doom and gloom story for farming is inflation; access to materials is difficult.” She said a lot of fencing products had waits of nearly six months. “While we’re going to have pressure on us to do stuff to our infrastructure, the actual ability to do it is going to be challenging.” Farming reference group member and Featherston dairy farmer Aidan Bichan said it was time to prepare for covid-19 on all farms. He said with rising labour pressure; he could see owners working when they shouldn’t and beginning to make “poor decisions”. Bichan said it was important to have a covid-19 plan prepared before dealing with sick

staﬀ or being sick yourself. He said the “preparing for covid-19 on-farm checklist for farmers” produced by much of New Zealand’s agricultural sector was a good place to start. Federated Farmers said it was only a matter of time before a positive case of covid-19 turns up on-farm; “is your business prepared if one does?” It said it was important to have a plan to ensure your farm can continue to operate if you, an employee, or a family member contracts covid-19 you may be required to leave your property quickly. Federated Farmers said the plan intended to help create a strategy if you needed to leave your

property and could not look after your animals, staﬀ, and business. “The detail contained in your plan is unique to your own property and circumstances to allow family, friends or neighbours to come in and tend to the immediate needs of your livestock.” Bichan said it was helpful to take this plan and tailor it to your farm. He said at Kaiwaiwai Dairies, they had investigated multiple options such as splitting into morning and afternoon shifts, so a team was always separated. He said it was crucial to think about who would do your job if you became sick with covid-19. “The top priority is

protecting your people.” Bichan said while there was a case of covid-19 in a farm’s system, people may end up working seven days a week with shorter shifts. He said there was not only the issue of staﬀ welfare but also animals. “You can’t have one person trying to do too much, pushing the cows too hard, and ending up with a

Covid-19 vaccine drive-through clinic in Masterton.

bunch of lame cows.” Bichan said that once welfare was considered, farmers could start to think about proﬁt again. He said there had already been farms in New Zealand that had had covid-19

within their teams. “We’re only ever half a step away from exposure.” • The covid-19 checklist for farmers can be found at fedfarm.org.nz on the home page.

Rural

Grace Prior

COUNTRY LIVESTOCK Report for week ending 10/12/21. Feeder calf bull: 1 at $50. Sheep: Ram 1 at $62, Wether 2 at $130, 1 at $128, Cryptorchid 2 at $120, 5 at $100, Ewes 11 at $115, 12 at $156, 10 at $70, 12 at $90, 3 at $145, 4 at $137, 14 at $100, 2 at $160, 9 at $80, 1 at $86, Lambs 10 at $100, 10 at $97, 4 at

$136, 8 at $70, 4 at $102, 6 at $100, 3 at $160, 8 at $52, 10 at $108, 9 at $90, 16 at $160, 5 at $52, 13 at $156, 12 at $100, 5 at $112, 9 at $100, 6 at $92, 2 at $128, 2 at $52, 3 at $102, 2 at $45, 4 at $80, 3 at $70, 2 at $61, 2 at $50, 5 at $44, 3 at $49, 7 at $46, Orphan Lambs: 2 at $20. Pigs: Weaners 2 at $121, 9 at $120 Porkers 1 at $162, 1 at $156, 1 at $141.

Cattle: Hereford X heifer 6 at $450, 4 at $650, Weaner Hereford X Heifer 2 at $360, 9 at $400, 2 at $375, 4 at $450, Speckle Park weaner heifer 2 at $460, Ylng Friesian steer 1 at $800 Jersey steer 1 at $400, Weaner Friesian bulls 2 at $200, Weaner heifer 1 at $100, Weaner angus x bull 5 at $500, 4 at $400. Poultry: Pekin ducks 6 at $8, Ducks 4 at $15. Chooks: 6 at $20, 10 at $16. Various sundries.

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46 Wairarapa Midweek Wai Write Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Haunter will get you

Wai Write

Bevan Hussey

Dear Grandchildren “Get away.” The Boy yelled. “Get away. Not the hammer!” He was becoming frantic. The sweat on his face glistened in the subdued night light. A faraway voice pleaded, “Wake up! Wake up!” Its insistence was lost in the image of The Boss’ grey wavy hair emitting a bedazzling glow. The Boss’ exceptionally old, wooden handled hammer with an oversized head, continued to smash down getting closer and closer to The Boy’s hand. The final blow was on its way, surely it would smash the back of his hand. At that moment the faraway pleading voice pierced his desperation and he awoke. The boy’s sanity returned. The dream was a replay of his slack approach to fitting the skirting that day. He could clearly see the scene of nailing the skirting. He was half standing and squatting with his hand resting on the wall lining, holding him up. Two swipes in and his hand slipped off the wall down towards the nail at the same time he was swinging

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his hammer. The thumb and hammer arrived at the nail head at the exact same moment. He over balanced and crumpled to the floor. He was now attached to the nail. The blow had propelled his thumb over the head of the nail. The funny thing was that the nail head was over the bone but not protruding out the other side. The Boy thought it was imperative that he get his thumb off the nail otherwise he would be stuck there over

Christmas. He decided he couldn’t lever the nail out because the head was buried in the flesh of his thumb. He couldn’t get his end nippers from his tool box as he was stuck fast to the skirting. In his now numb brain, he couldn’t think of any way to remove his thumb except to lift it off the nail. He took his thumb in his other hand and began to gently ease it off the nail. It got stuck and wouldn’t move. He could feel the pressure of

the nail head pushing up against the bone. His emotions were still in shock mode so with another deep breath he overcame the resistance the bone had on the nail. The more the pressure came on, the more uncomfortable it became, until the nail head slid past the bone. The grating went through his hand and up his arm. His thumb popped off the nail and he sighed and realised that he was free. A band aid was

applied and he returned and sandpapered the blood off the skirting. The rest of the skirting went on with a minimum of fuss. In the morning, fully awake, he began to wonder how The Boss knew about it. He hadn’t told anyone about this little incident. The Boy began to suspect that The Boss somehow was haunting him. He decided there and then to ask Jack if he too was haunted. Jack of course laughed it off, but The Boy could tell it wasn’t a true dismissal of the suggestion. Years later The Boy, now The Tutor, would tell his students this story. To reinforce his teaching, he would add that it was his turn, and right to haunt them. In class discussions he would tell them, “This is what carpenters need to know. If for a moment you don’t remember, then you can be sure that I will turn up and remind you.” To all my past carpentry students, you have been warned, The Haunter cometh! Grandad Bevan • Bevan Hussey is a member of the Henley Men’s Writing Group.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867. Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm. Aratoi: Making Space, Steve Carr to Jan 30; PHOSPHENE 1, a portrait of a landscape, Esther Bunning, to Feb 7; New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Wairarapa Art Review 2021 to Feb 13; Distant Kinship-Verre Verwanten, Dutch and NZ Printmakers, to Feb 20; Beyond the red flowers, Natasha Cousens, to Feb 20. Masterton Variety Club: Practice 1.30pm, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606. Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10am-noon,

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am-2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558. Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, finger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton. Call Pam 378-6740. Greytown Music and Movement: For preschoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact email admin@stlukesgreytown. co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 2954189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Carterton Senior Citizens: 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18 Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433. Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am4pm. Printing Works: Sat/Sun, 1-4pm. Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call [06] 304-9687. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. Measured,

timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Onetime registration essential. Info: parkrun.co.nz/ greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. In conjunction with Carter Court have a display of stories and photographs in the foyer of the Carterton Events Centre about “The Story of Carter Court” from its early beginnings in Moreton Rd to present day, ends Dec 31. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Golf Croquet: 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 Wairarapa Bonsai Club: How to grow, care for and shape bonsai trees, from 9.30am followed by meeting after shared lunch. Call secretary Bob Macfarlane for location 377-1808. Wairarapa Gourmet Toastmasters Club: 11am-1pm. Contact Carol [027] 600-1710. Greytown Country Market: Stella Bull Park, 10am-2pm. All profits go to the Greytown Trails Trust for maintenance and future projects on the Greytown Rail Trail. Carterton Farmers Market: Memorial Square, 9am-12.30pm. Call [027] 663-9011.’ Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632 Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

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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. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower]. Call 379-4092. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888. CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 3782426 or 0800 227-2255. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22. Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222. Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 574-0742. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

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“I’ve been putting snippets of the history into the monthly family newsletters, and I’ve had lots of feedback saying how amazing it was to learn the history behind the name.” The document goes hand-in-hand with a wider project Peter has been working on to create a visual history of Kandahar Home within the building. “We’ve already started curating a picture wall in the entrance made up of historic photos.” A copy of the history has also been given to the Wairarapa Archive. Enliven’s Kandahar Home and Retirement Village in Lansdowne, Masterton offers retirement living, rest home and hospital care. For more information visit www.enlivencentral.org.nz or call the friendly team on 06 370 0447.

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Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Masterton: Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, pre-schoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928. Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 3088556. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.30-11am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 3701604 [church office]. Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: 57 High Street [behind Carters]. Golf Croquet: 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior.

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Aotearoa 377-4214. South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: At a café in South Wairarapa, 10am. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm. Wisdom and Well-being: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline [021] 102 8857 Wildflower Yoga: Kiwi Hall Featherston, 7-8.15pm. Call Kate [022] 390-9798. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. St John: Greytown Penguins, boys and girls 6-8 years, 6-7.30pm, St John Hall, Main St. Call Esther [027] 637-4110. Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Scrabble Club: 1-4pm at Masterton District Library in the Learning Centre, 54 Queen St. All welcome. Call Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Featherston School Hall, Lyon St, kobudo 5.15-7pm, karate 6.30-8.30pm. Call Paul [027] 376-9804. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/ Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160. Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, from Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton, WedSun, 11am-3pm. Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

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Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Call [022] 373-4299. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. 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. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Bowls: Roll-up 1.30pm start [unless tournament or gala]. Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 4066728. Housie: 1pm raffles, afternoon tea supplied. Call 379-5923.

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Jaco Vorster scored his ﬁrst century for Wairarapa with a hard hit 110. PHOTO/FILE

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Yesterday’s wet weather ended any chance of Post Oﬃce Hotel Wairarapa pushing for victory against Whanganui in their Furlong Cup twoday match at the Queen Elizabeth Park Oval. Wairarapa were strongly placed at stumps on the ﬁrst day, having posted a formidable 343 all out and the visitors struggling at 38-2. A maiden representative century by all-rounder Jaco Vorster was the highlight of Saturday’s play. The powerful South African came to the crease with the home side 110-3, which soon became 116-4 with the dismissal of Jared van Deventer for a superb 54. Vorster was patient

early in his innings but became more aggressive as he gained confidence. His 110 came from just 128 balls and featured 11 fours and four sixes. However, he did have his fair share of good fortune, having been dropped three times in one over. Although Vorster was involved in a 99-run stand off just 16 overs for the eighth wicket with Gus Borren, who contributed 46 at almost a run a ball to take Wairarapa beyond 300, two earlier partnerships laid the platform for the big score. The first was between number three van Deventer and Andy Dodd [35], who added 81 for the third wicket in difficult batting conditions. The second of 43 runs was between Vorster and captain Gordon Reisima, who took an aggressive

approach in scoring 28 from 30 balls, changing the course of the game. Whanganui struggled somewhat against the accurate Wairarapa seam attack and were 38-2, eﬀectively three down, with opener Chris Stewart retiring hurt with a dislocated shoulder, when stumps were drawn. Steady heavy rain overnight on Saturday and into yesterday morning cleared for the covers to be removed, only for water to have leaked onto the pitch, leaving it unplayable and bringing an early end to the game.

BRIEF SCORES Wairarapa 343 [Jaco Vorster 110, Jared van Deventer 54, Gus Borren 46, Andy Dodd 35; Connor O’Leary 3-82, John Beale 3-39] Whanganui 38-2. Match abandoned.

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Is it time for one of Wairarapa’s favourite sons to hang up the helmet and batting gloves on a glittering international career? The signs have been evident for some time now that the end is approaching for Ross Taylor, and the beating of the drums will only get louder since a poor return from the two-test series in India, where the 37-year-old scored only 20 runs over four innings. India has never been a happy hunting ground for Taylor. In 10 test matches there, he averages 21.15 with one test century — 113 in Bengaluru in 2012 — so his recent failures are no real surprise. He went into the series with little or no meaningful cricket, but that was the same for several of the team. In the 14 tests since his last test century, 105 not out against England in Hamilton in November 2019, Taylor has posted half-centuries on just three occasions, the latest, a well-compiled 80 in the Black Caps’ eight-wicket win over England at Edgbaston in June. However, he was all class in seeing the team to victory with an unbeaten 47 in the World Test Championship ﬁnal against India in Southampton. On the way this summer are supposedly easier pickings in a two-test series against Bangladesh for Taylor, who

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Ross Taylor plays a shot in his 47 not out in the World Test Championship final. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

scored a magniﬁcent 200 the last time the teams played in 2019. That is followed by a far more challenging two-test series against South Africa, the only major test nation New Zealand has yet to beat in a test series. The Proteas are also the only major test nation Taylor has failed to score a century against. With only two matches needed to equal Daniel Vettori’s record of 112 tests for New Zealand, there are still two mighty big carrots dangling in front of Taylor’s nose. However, he will have to show some form quick because with the emergence of Will Young, Devon Conway, and Darryl Mitchell, who have all displayed

their potential to create long term careers in the test arena, his future could be on shaky ground. With a record of 7584 test runs for New Zealand, at an average of 44.87, 19 test centuries, and a high score of 290, along with 8581 runs in 233 ODIs at 48.20, and 21 centuries, and more than 100 international T20s, the Lansdowne club prodigy has nothing to prove and owes the game nothing. There’s no place for sentiment when it comes to international sport, but Taylor deserves the right to go out on his own terms. Just ask two of our All Blacks greats — Ian Kirkpatrick, who was dumped without warning

before the 1977 tour of France, and Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford, who was controversially dropped in 1990, sparking the ‘Bring Back Buck’ protests. But then again, we don’t want to witness a demise a la Muhammad Ali, whose ﬁnal performances in the ring were sad to behold and left a blight on his storied career. Regardless of when he puts away the bat for good, the proud Taylor will not only go down as a Kiwi cricketing great but one of our small nation’s sporting greats. But Rosco, please go out on top. Don’t leave it the whim of the selectors.

That ugly word ‘default’ has again haunted Masterton Giants. On the third occasion already this season, the club’s men’s teams have been hit by an opponent pulling out of a game at South Park. For the second time in six games, the club’s Intercity Premier Three side won by default. Their opponents, Totara Park, did not have enough players available to travel to Masterton’s South Park for the game. The latest default comes only two weeks after Dodgers Black pulled the pin on their game at South Park. The Giants President’s Grade team also missed a game after Hutt City United refused to travel for their clash on November 6. Giants president Chris Feary said Intercity Softball did their best to try and get a replacement game for Giants in a

double-header involving a Hutt Valley team, but the grounds did not work out. Although the default was frustrating for the team, Feary said some players

Riley Hanson hit his first automatic home run for Giants in the 9-4 win over Totara Park. PHOTO/FILE

went down to South Park and umpired the women’s and President’s Grade games. “It was good that they still got in there and did some club stuﬀ which was

really pleasing,” Feary said. On the diamond, Giants completed what could be their last game in the Hutt Valley Presidents Grade with a 9-4 win over Totara Park. In preparation for the team’s move to the Intercity Premier Three competition, four of the club’s promising youngsters - Jesse Neumann, Riley Hanson, Thomas Kawana, and Julian Ellmers were included in the starting line-up. The quartet impressed, with Hanson scoring his ﬁrst automatic home run with a hit over the fence. Feary said the team batted and ﬁelded well, and the game was ideal preparation for stepping up to the Premier Three grade, which could happen as soon as next weekend. The Giants women were beaten 4-8 by Demons in the Hutt Valley Major B Championship, and the Under 15s were good value for their 8-4 victory over Dodgers Mini D’s.

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Boon Huxtable plays a backhand volley while teammate Rhys Hooper looks on. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV

TENNIS

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Masterton Blue were crowned Shirley Corlett Trophy winners on Friday night, but it took until the doubles to secure their second consecutive title with victory over Masterton White at the Trust House Masterton Tennis Centre. Boon Huxtable and Rhys Hooper’s closest competition throughout the Wairarapa Tennis pre-Christmas interclub championship had come from their clubmates Kelby Courtney and Liam Kerr, and that proved the case again in the decider. Huxtable easily accounted for Courtney at the top of the order in straight sets 6-1 6-3, only for Kerr to even the tie with a 6-2 6-4 defeat of Hooper in the number two singles. In their previous clash, Courtney and Kerr had forced a super tiebreaker in the doubles, but this time it was all one-way traﬃc as Huxtable and

Hooper cruised to victory in straight sets 6-2 6-3. Huxtable was dominant throughout the championship and did not drop a set in the singles, whereas Hooper’s only defeats came against Kerr, who was unbeaten in singles. The pair were also unbeaten in doubles over the seven-week championship. The Masterton team of Hilda Holman and Netia Morison made no race of the women’s ﬁnal, beating a young Martinborough Two side 3-0. The tie was all wrapped up after Holman beat Alice Whitaker 6-4 6-2 at the top of the order, and Morison defeated Elizabeth Whitaker 6-2 7-6 in a close second singles. Holman and Morison completed the clean sweep with a 6-2 6-3 victory in the doubles. The interclub season will take a break until late January, when the more traditional four-men and two-women format will commence.

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