Wairarapa Midweek Wed 15th January by Wairarapa Times-Age

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Ali’s fostering young minds Life dedicated to empowering children Hayley Gastmeier Even though Ali Foster’s three kids are all grown up, she continues to dedicate her life to empowering children. In part, she does this through her books, which tell tales that teach of Wairarapa history along with messages that encourage kids to believe in themselves and “ﬁnd the hero within”. Ali also works as a teacher aide at Wairarapa College and, quite ﬁttingly – considering her existence revolves around younger generations – she lives on the site of the old Matahiwi School, west of Masterton. The school closed in the early 1970s, before being utilised by the Scout Association, and then later by what is now known as the Department of

Conservation. Ali and husband Garry have for 30 years lived on the 1ha property, where the old basketball court, bike shed, and monkey bars still remain. And on what was once the school playing ﬁeld, they’ve created a food forest. “It’s always felt like the energy of the kids is still here,” Ali said. “I think that’s a big part of the property’s good feeling.” As far back as Ali can remember, she wanted to write children’s books. Now she’s had four picture books published, the most recent

was launched in April 2019, as well as a junior fantasy trilogy. But success didn’t come easily. Ali began her writing journey at age 15 and was re-inspired to pick up the pen when she had children of her own. It was a “hard road,” with her stories turned Continued on page 3

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2 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Council

Shooting

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Two people dead

Town hall survey

A woman and a man are dead following a firearms incident on Monday morning at a rural property near Castlepoint. Police said the pair were known to each other and the deaths were being treated as suspicious. Police said they were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident. A homicide investigation is underway.

About 500 people have completed a survey about what they would like done about the Masterton Town Hall. Demolishing it will cost about $2 million, building a new centre or keeping the facade and building a centre connected to it will cost $15-16m. The survey closes on February 7. The council will be presented with a proposal of options, including costs. These will be included in the draft Annual Plan and go out for formal public consultation in March.

Environment

Toxic algae closes lake

High levels of toxic algae has prompted the Masterton District Council to close Henley Lake for recreational use and issue a health warning. It’s a recurring issue which flares up over the summer months, with MDC monitoring cyanobacteria levels in the lake weekly. MDC says people should avoid contact with the lake water and keep dogs clear. Cyanobacteria produce toxins that are harmful to humans and animals.

Sea tragedy

Crash

Farewell to father and son

Carterton fatality

The search for a father and son who were reported missing while diving off the coast of Mataikona ended in tragedy after their bodies were recovered on Saturday afternoon. Police divers found Masterton man Darren Southon, 48, and his 11-year-old son Josh shortly after 4.30pm near where they went missing. Full story P8.

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A woman died and a man was critically injured after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck near Dalefield School, Carterton, on Monday. Wairarapa Police response manager Senior Sergeant Jen Hansen said the woman, in her 70s, had been driving the car. A passenger, a 42-year-old man, was in a critical condition, a Wairarapa Hospital spokesperson confirmed. The driver of the truck had “no reported injuries”.

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Cancer charity brings cheer to children Hayley Gastmeier

Alex and Josh, both 12, from Masterton say they can’t wait to give back to a cause that has brought them lots of joy. The pair were among 70 children, aged from five to 13, living with cancer who got to “just be kids” again for a week as they participated in a variety of activities at Camp Quality in Masterton last week. A not-for-profit organisation, Camp Quality held the week-long summer camp for the lower North Island area at Rathkeale College for the first time in 14 years.

Alex was attending her eighth Camp Quality camp and said she kept coming back because “it was so much fun”. “And you never know what you’re going to do. It’s always a surprise.” Next year will be the last year she can attend the camp as a camper. “But I’m going to come back as a companion.” Each camper is paired with a companion whom they meet and build a relationship with before the camp. Some children have developmental or physical effects as a result of the cancer, and some may be away from home

for their first time. Having a companion provides support and encourages the kids to be independent. “They helped me, so I’ll help the next people,” Alex said. Sixth time camper Josh agreed the camps were a lot of fun and he too planned to train and return as a companion in future. Each camp costs more than $100,000. Fundraising efforts, donations, and huge support from the communities in which the camps are hosted gives Camp Quality the ability to provide the camp at no cost to the child and their families.

Alex (second from left) and Josh, both from Masterton, with their companions, and Camp Quality staff member David Montgomery (right), from Greytown. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER

‘Finding yourself and finding your purpose in life’ Continued from page 1 down, one after another. During these years she developed “a thick skin” for rejection, but persevered. Then in 2008, at the age of 50, Ali’s dreams to become a published author came true when she won a competition with her story, Elwyn’s Dream. It tells of the true tale of bird enthusiast Elwyn Welch, from the Mt Bruce area, and his small bantam hen and their journey in the 1950s to help save the takahe, which was thought to be extinct. Ali then went on to write The Eels of Anzac Bridge, which covers the incredible life cycle of the long-finned eel, and a young man’s journey across the globe to World War II. Eels migrate from New Zealand to the Pacific Ocean, where they breed and die. “The adults don’t come back, but the babies do.” This story of nature is mimicked in the soldier’s tale. “He went to war, leaving his pregnant wife back here, and never returned home,” Ali said. “It’s a dual story, but I didn’t know that when I was writing it. “That story also talks about the importance of

Ali Foster’s books outside the old Matahiwi School in Masterton. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER

looking after our wildlife.” A Beam of Bright Light, Ali’s third picture book for children, covers the history of Castlepoint lighthouse, which was built in pieces in Wellington in 1912 and then shipped and erected on the spot it stands today. “Half the fun is in the research,” she said. “There were all these shipwrecks on that coast, so they decided to build the lighthouse.” That book was launched on the iconic landmark’s

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100th anniversary. All three books were illustrated by Carterton artist Viv Walker. Ali’s latest picture book release is Trompet and Trumbone. The book’s name was inspired by conversations she had as a child with her father around puns and wordplay. “It’s about the special relationship between the matriarch of a herd of elephants and her greatgranddaughter.

“It addresses the importance of passing on family history, as well as touching on the sensitive issues around memory loss.” Ali’s third and final book in her Ginomees trilogy, which was illustrated with her own sketches, came out October 2019. The first two books were written many years ago when she worked at Fernridge School. “They languished in the bottom drawer for a long

time until I finally made time to complete the third book.” She said they were about a garden gnome’s journey to find the hero within. “It’s about finding yourself and finding your purpose in life. “That takes some time, so be patient and brave, take chances, and just believe in yourself.” Ali said the importance of nurturing and encouraging children shouldn’t be underestimated, with her goal being to “help them grow into great human beings”. She also worked with Pahiatua School pupils, helping them write and illustrate their own picture book. Pahiatua and Beyond was launched in April last year. It gives the reader a bird’s eye view of the region, as a solitary tui flies off from Pukaha Mt Bruce in search of a mate. A copy of the book was given to every family in the school of more than 400 pupils. Ali said as well as writing, working with young people was her main passion. “Maybe it’s because I enjoy looking at the world through a child’s eyes – with that same curiosity and wonder.”

Guitar star in town Flamenco guitarist and composer Paul Bosauder is set to perform in Wairarapa at the Martinborough Town Hall on Sunday, January 26. He’ll be accompanied by a singer, percussionist, and �� nco dancer. Tickets can be purchased through eve�� .nz

Cinderella on stage The Pantoloons are putting on the classic tale of rags to riches, Cinderella, at the Carterton Events Centre on Sunday, January 19, at 2pm. Join the magical fairy godmother and horrible stepsisters for an afternoon of comedy for all ages. Written and directed by Amanda Stone, tickets are $12, family pass $40. Booking fees apply.

Big Heart Appeal With more than 120 people in New Zealand each week dying from heart disease, the Heart Foundation is calling for people to show their big heart and donate to its Big Heart Appeal on February 21-22. Heart Foundation medical director Gerry Devlin said about 6300 New Zealanders die of heart disease annually. “The Heart Foundation funds research to save lives and improve the quality of life for the 180,000 New Zealanders living with heart disease.” Street collections will take place during the appeal.

4 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, January 15, 2020 What’s up DOC?

Guardians of our precious waterways and tuna (eels) with Joe Potangaroa, and introducing the Para Kore sustainable marae network with Te Kawa Robb. The Department of Conservation [DOC] Wairarapa district office is based in Masterton and led by operations manager Kathy Houkamau. The Wairarapa DOC team is made up of 21 permanent and part time staff across three teams biodiversity, recreation/ historic, and community. The district covers over 16,000 square kilometres with boundaries encompassing the South Wairarapa coast, the entirety of the Tararua Forest Park and reaching as far north as Norsewood. During 2019, the Wairarapa team were involved in a range of work, including habitat restoration, predator and pest plant control, maintaining visitor assets and heritage sites, supporting community conservation and education efforts, as well as treaty settlement implementation. Here are some of their 2019 highlights.

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage visits, May The Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre board invited Minister Sage to give the keynote address at the Love Pūkaha fundraising dinner at the Copthorne Hotel. While she was in Wairarapa she visited sites including the Pou Aruhe Saltmarsh Freshwater Initiative near Lake Ōnoke where she did some planting alongside Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa environmental manager Rawiri Smith. She also visited Pūkaha with Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Settlement Trust general manager Yvette Grace and thanked Rangitāne o Wairarapa for their generous gifting of Pūkaha (a remnant of the original forest, Te tapere nui o Whatonga) to the people of New Zealand.

Sea Week at Te P˜ tukituki, March Sea Week is an annual event led by the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education and supported by DOC. This year’s theme was ‘Tiakina o Tātou Moana Care for our Seas’, which highlighted the impact of plastic, litter and other pollutants on our coasts and seas. The Wairarapa DOC team collaborated with Te Pātukituki, Queen St gallery and learning space to provide events promoting sustainable alternatives including beeswax wraps and bamboo straw workshops, moana-themed peace pennants with artist Ron Te Kawa, kaitiaki kōrero about impacts of rubbish on

Brown mudfish at Lowes Bush.

Mudfi sh monitoring at Lowes Bush, July Mudﬁsh are amazing creatures that are able to survive without water through a process called aestivation. However, they are listed as a ‘declining species’ due to loss of habitat through wetland drainage, land clearance and modiﬁcation of streams. We know there is a population at Lowes Bush so the biodiversity team monitors them once a year.

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Opening the new Powell Hut, July Powell Hut is the most popular hut in Tararua Forest Park with over 3000 bed-nights a year. In July it was reopened with a small ceremony following a rebuild with four separate bunk rooms as opposed to one large sleeping area, with a total of 32 bunks. The deck size was tripled to allow more visitors to experience the panoramic view. Located just above the bushline, the stunning vistas are a ﬁtting reward for those who complete the 1200-metre climb through the surrounding native beech forest. Powell Hut is one of the overnight stays on the Powell-Jumbo Circuit, which is a popular three-day walk. The original Powell Hut was built in 1939 by the Hutt Valley Tramping Club.

Planting Some of this year’s planting sites were Okorewa Lagoon, Ōnoke Spit, Lowes Bush, Lansdowne, Riversdale, Pou Aruhe

Nanny Frances Reiri-Smith and trainee ranger Zara Coombe planting at Uhi M˜ nuka.

Freshwater Improvement Site, Castlepoint and Buck’s Road. The district team has worked with various organisations across Wairarapa, including whānau, hapū and iwi, district and regional councils, schools and community groups to restore a range of environments. We often provide plants to put in the ground and a barbecue to sustain the troops. We are in the envious position of having too many groups to name but rest assured they are doing amazing work across the Wairarapa district.

Community ranger Aiden Broughton at the Okorewa Lagoon event (supported by South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group, GWRC, and Sustainable Coastlines), where more than 50 people planted 1800 native plants.

Visit to Hurunui o Rangi marae and Uhi M˜ nuka (Carter’s Reserve), August The whānau of marae in our district descend from the Kurahaupō and Takitimu waka and whakapapa to Rangitāne o Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Tamaki nui ā Rua, and Kahungunu ki Tāmaki nui a Rua iwi. Both treaty settlements contain cultural redress, much of which are public conservation land. DOC, under Section 4 of the Conservation Act 1987,

Please do not grow pea plants, sow pea seeds or use pea straw. A Controlled Area Notice is still in place for the Wairarapa region. We’ll be continuing the ban on growing peas in the 2019-20 pea growing season. The pea weevil only feeds on peas so if we remove their food, they’ll die out.

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Whareama School pupils at Riversdale beach for Conservation Week protecting pingao grass from rabbits.

are obligated to give eﬀect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. To enhance relationships with our treaty partners and improve cultural competency within our team, we visited Hurunui o Rangi marae outside Carterton. We learned from the whānau about their place and their kaitiakitanga aspirations, particularly in relation to Uhi Mānuka (Carter’s Scenic Reserve) which holds great signiﬁcance for them.

Council, Pūkaha, and Enviroschools. Thank you to everyone who attended one of the following events: Conservation Week opening ceremony at Pūkaha, Pūkaha Rongoā workshop, Meet the Locals: Urban Conservation event, 2040 environmental ﬁlm evening at The Screening Room, Wetland Restoration at Pou Aruhe, Dune Restoration at Riversdale, and closing ceremony and dedication at Pūkaha.

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Conservation Week was launched by the New Zealand Scout Association in 1969 so last year we celebrated 50 years of the event. It was only ﬁtting to attempt our biggest ever Conservation Week eﬀort and we were successful in organising this with support from Rangitāne o Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu o Wairarapa, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Masterton District

We set up a stall at the Māori Women’s Welfare League annual conference that was held in the War Memorial Stadium in Masterton. Hundreds of delegates attended from around the country and it was a great opportunity for DOC to engage with whānau and talk about conservation and conservation careers. Predator Free 2050 was a major theme and is something everyone can

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get behind. The taxidermied animals – native and introduced – were a point of interest for young and old alike. We set up a station giving out rongoā (Māori medicine) in the form of kawakawa and karamu tea. It was also a way to connect to concepts such as kaitiakitanga and being able to sustainably interact with our environment for our own well-being. This also adds another layer to why we look after our environment – because it looks after us. We would like to thank our friends at GWRC and Pūkaha for their support with the event. • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with the Department of Conservation Wairarapa team to highlight the important work they do restoring our diverse natural heritage, supporting treaty partners’ aspirations, enabling recreation, and encouraging community conservation eﬀorts.

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Calling time to labour of love Kevin Ball A large chunk of Wairarapa’s – and New Zealand’s – rural heritage will go under the hammer on February 1, when Masterton man Peter Cameron sells his collection of Ferguson tractors and implements. Peter, 77, suffers from Parkinson’s disease, combined with arthritis in both knees, which makes bending and kneeling to work on the tractors painful. He has decided to call it a day. Already there have been interest from around New Zealand, Tasmania, the United States and England, so it seems likely the collection will be leaving the area. It’s a major lifestyle change for Peter and his wife Marion, who later this year will move into a new home in the city. They will leave behind them their parklike property where they run coloured sheep to supply Marion’s spinning, knitting and embroidery hobbies. She won’t have to give those up though – “she’s got a few bits put away,” says Peter. He has been collection Fergusons and their implements for 30 years, and still has the first item he got, a sawbench. “We’re still using it,” he said. Fourteen Fergies will be sold, along with 70

Masterton’s driest year on record Eli Hill

Peter Cameron has a fascination with Fergies.

implements, some of them the only ones left in New Zealand. Peter’s tractors and implements, some of them unique to New Zealand, have been a feature of A&P shows from the time he got his first tractor. An example is a fully restored Ferguson trailer. His implements came from anywhere from Dunedin to Whangarei. “It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time,” he said. As the collection grew and items were restored, he saw a need to keep them under shelter, and

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that saw the construction of a series of sheds on his property. And that led to more donations of exhibits … “people would drop stuff off,” he recalls. He became involved with Ferguson Heritage, an English organisation devoted to the little grey tractors. New Zealand, with 80 members, is the biggest branch outside the UK. That involvement will continue. Peter spent his working life with the Greater Wellington Regional Council and was based for 45 years at the Akura Conservation Centre, which

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is still going strong, he notes with satisfaction. In his spare time he became a motorsport enthusiast, organising 11 rallies for the Wairarapa Car Club, starting in 1974. He also served as an Automobile Association counsellor for 40-odd years. That included writing, and later updating, a history of the Wairarapa branch. In his latest “retirement” Peter will focus on his collection of model cars, going back to the mid-50s and numbering in the hundreds, and his model railway.

Masterton experienced its driest year on record last year – and the message from experts is that warm and dry conditions are likely to become more common. Masterton received 602 millimetres of rain during 2019 – just 65 per cent of the normal annual rainfall and the lowest since records began in 1926. Nationally New Zealand experienced its fourth warmest year on record. This is according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s [NIWA] annual climate summary. NIWA National Climate Centre forecaster Nava Fedaeff said many parts of the North Island had received low rainfall. “A lot of that was out of the first half of the year which was really dry. In the winter months we had quite a lot of high-pressure systems so we didn’t get the winter rains we usually would,” she said. “Essentially quite a lot of dry months came together as the driest year on record in Masterton.” Fedaeff said projections show Wairarapa is likely to get drier into the future. “While this year was the driest on record it may not be long before that record

Average temperature: MASTERTON: 12.6 MARTINBOROUGH: 13.5 Sunshine hours: MASTERTON: 2399 MARTINBOROUGH: 2023 Rainfall: MASTERTON: 602 MARTINBOROUGH: 568 millimetres* * There were 20 days where data wasn’t recorded, so results don’t cover a full year.

is broken essentially. “What we’re expecting is those types of records will be broken more frequently whereas your wettest year may be something more difficult to achieve.” Masterton’s average temperature for the year was 12.6 degrees Celsius, while Martinborough was almost a degree higher with 13.5C. Ngawi came in at a balmy 15.4C – its highest average temperature since records began in 1972. Masterton experienced 2399 sunshine hours, while Martinborough received 2023. Current climate conditions show that New Zealand will get warmer, Fendaff said. MetService Meteorologist and Weather Communication head Lisa Murray said five of the last seven years have been amongst the hottest on record for New Zealand.

Who gets your things when you die without a Will? Law Commission is to review the law relating to the administration of Estates Who should be entitled to inherit a person’s property is up for debate in a new review by the Law Commission. The Law Commission will consider, amongst other things, the law of succession and the rules that apply when someone dies without leaving a Will.

The situation at present is this: • If you die with a partner (either married or in a de facto relationship) and children, your spouse or partner gets your personal belongings, the first $155,000.00 of the estate and one-third of the rest. The other two-thirds goes to your children. • Particularly when there is a subsequent relationship and blended families involved and children and other property from each relationship are involved the result on death of one party may result in a situation which is not anticipated and could possibly cause “friction” with the other spouse or partner and children. • As it will take some time for a law change to come into effect it is important that each of you have current Wills and probably a property relationship agreement particularly where it is a subsequent relationship to record who owns what. In addition when reviewing your Wills you should consider: (a) Entering into Enduring Powers of Attorney, if you have not done this, and (b) Reviewing the ongoing relevance of a Trust is you entered into a Trust sometime in the past. If you wish to consider the above matters further please give me a call to make an appointment to discuss the above matters - my first appointment is free. I offer a free initial appointment to discuss your particular circumstances.

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The search for a father and son who were reported missing while diving oﬀ the coast of Mataikona, north of Castlepoint, ended in tragedy after their bodies were recovered on Saturday afternoon. Police divers found 48-year-old Masterton man Darren Southon and his 11-year-old son Josh shortly after 4.30pm near where they went missing. Darren, a foreman at Tararua Builders and keen cyclist, was father to two, including Josh who was a student at Douglas Park School in Masterton. A friend in the cycling community who had ridden with Darren several times a week for the last six years said they were devastated by the loss of Darren and his son. “It’s very sad what happened, and we will miss him terribly. Our rides on the weekends will never be the same.” He said Darren would be remembered for his ability to get along with everyone and for always smiling. “He always loved the outdoors.” Jorge Sandoval race director of the New Zealand Cycle Classic, which starts today, said it would be diﬃcult heading into the competition

Darren and Josh Southon were located by the police dive team on Saturday afternoon. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE

without Darren this year. “It’s a big loss,” he said. A memorial ride was planned for yesterday. Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson said the community was feeling the loss. “Darren was a hardworking family man, he worked in the trades and [was] involved in sport.” The father and son were part of a family outing to the coast on Friday morning to look for paua. A third man joined them in the water but soon exited after deciding the conditions were too rough. In the time it took him to walk the 40 or 50 metres back to shore, the father and son had disappeared, prompting watching family to call police. The two were wearing wetsuits but weren’t believed to be using ﬂippers.

Search and rescue personnel, police, firefighters, and dozens of fishing vessels competing in the Castlepoint fishing competition were among those involved in the search on Friday until it was called off several hours later because sea conditions turned bad. The police dive squad was deployed on Saturday as was the Life Flight Westpac Rescue helicopter. Pete Donaldson, of Wairarapa police, said the dive team got in the water at about 10.30am but found conditions were challenging. “There was nil visibility and the water was really turbulent,” he said. The team went in for a second dive around 12.30pm and located the two bodies on the sea floor later that afternoon.

Police search and rescue controller Sergeant Tony Matheson said the family was “distraught”. He thanked the community for their support in the search. A family member posted to the Times-Age website offering his thanks to the efforts undertaken to find the bodies. “I would also like to thank Tangaroa for allowing us to have our babies back so soon and to limit my whanau and their friends from any further anguish,” he said. “My whanau do not have to look out at the ocean now hoping and praying for a miracle.” A memorial service for both Darren and Josh will be held at 1pm on Thursday at the Wairarapa College Hall in Masterton.

Hundreds of people got a bargain paying only $1 an item at the Wairarapa Resource Centre last month. The $1000 put in the till went straight to the Masterton Foodbank. Centre manager Trudie Jones made Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before Christmas Day $1 days so the centre could give back to customers and to a good cause. Clothing, books, and toys were free. Couches, drawers, and beds were sold for only a dollar. Jones said the place was packed and about 17 volunteers served hundreds of people over the three days. “All year we get donations and for a short period we wanted to give people a real bargain to end the year with,”

Jones said. “One lady walked out with enough carpet to carpet her house and only paid a dollar and another lady got a dining room table and four chairs for a dollar. “We were ﬂat tack, but it was neat, and I’m so pleased we could hand over $1000 to the Foodbank.” The centre trains its volunteers so that many of them can go into paid employment. Its 76th trainee has just started work in the delicatessen at Masterton New World. Masterton Foodbank manager Lyn Tankersley said her team packed up 232 Christmas parcels. However, the “Foodbank cupboards are bare” now so she is encouraging donations. • Donations to the Wairarapa Resource Centre can be dropped in to 8 King St, Masterton, and food to the Foodbank at 7 Cricket St, Masterton between 11am and 12.30pm. Trudie Jones with $1000 to hand over to Lyn Tankersley for the Masterton Foodbank. PHOTO/ KAREN COLTMAN

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December felt like a relatively mild start to our summer, but temperatures seem to be rising during January, and will likely get hotter in the weeks to come. The heat & dry conditions can be harsh on the garden, but there are things you can do to minimise the stress, and hopefully loss of life. PLANT WISELY: If you’re planting in a garden that’s going to be exposed to extreme conditions a bit of forethought helps. Choose plants that are drought tolerant, group plants together that require the same conditions, and plant closer together so there is less exposure to soil, sun and wind. REDUCE THE COMPETITION: Weeds will take up essential nutrients and moisture that should be left for your trees and shrubs, so it pays to keep on top of them (we have a range of sprays instore). It’s a good idea to lay weed mat at planting time or an alternative is EcoWool or EcoJute Mulch Mats. These help to retain moisture in soil, release nutrients to the soil over time and are biodegradable.

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Carterton Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Sports hub project not off the table yet

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Emily Ireland A multi-sports hub at Carterton’s Howard Booth Park, which was put on hold last year, is still on the cards. The proposed sports hub, known as HubCap, would bring rugby, football, squash, tennis, indoor netball, and croquet together at the same venue, as well as other facilities. HubCap Trust chairman Steve Hurley told the Times-Age that meetings would be organised this month to progress the project. “There’s a lot of misinformation that this project has fallen away,” he said. “It’s not going to go away.” The HubCap proposal was ﬁrst put to Carterton

District Council in 2017 and a community consultation was done about the potential for the council to provide funding to the project. The rugby club was to be the anchor tenant at the HubCap and would be its principal investor. Part of the proposal was for the rugby club to sell its existing land and use the funds from the sale to invest into the buildings at the sports hub as part of Stage One of the design. The total cost of stage one would be between $1.57 million and $1.75m. This would include grass and drainage work, fencing, demolition, paths, car parks, a clubhouse, and grandstand relocation. Prior to providing the council with its ﬁnal

plans, Carterton Rugby Club found the proposal in its current form was not feasible at the time due to escalating costs, and the project was put on hold last March. Hurley said the main issue which put a halt to the project was the value of the rugby club’s land to be sold. He could not say how much the rugby club were hoping to get for the land to make the project feasible. Since March, the HubCap Trust had been looking at other designs for the sports hub and Hurley said he would have a better idea of whether HubCap would happen “sooner or later” by the end of the month. He was certain the project would go ahead.

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Lavender picking at Lavender Abbey in Carterton. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Hoping for heat before harvest Emma Brown

A field of green and purple is what Lavender Abbey owners Jan and Stuart Abernethy get to enjoy every day. After falling in love with the Dalefield Rd property in Carterton, they later fell in love with lavender before joining the two together. They now have thousands of plants on site which they harvest for lavender oil and use to create a variety of natural products. But this summer, the weather had been colder than expected. “I thought originally the lavender growth was quite slow but there were a couple hot days then a little bit of rain and it perked up,” Jan said. She said it was hard to know how the weather was going to affect the oil as it

liked hot temperatures. The ﬁrst crop is expected to be ready in the next couple weeks, but the main crop won’t be harvested until late February. The lavender is used to make their multi-awardwinning oil and other products which they sell online, at picking days, and at markets. Before harvesting, Jan hoped there would be more sunny days to help develop the lavender ﬂowers. She said they had a busy season with open days, when the public could pick their own bunches to take home. The visitors enjoyed themselves, she said, with many bringing along their own picnic to enjoy on site. • For more information on Lavender Abbey visit lavenderabbey. co.nz or their Facebook page.

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Getting to know your Regional Trails and Cycling Coordinator for the three Wairarapa councils For the last 12 months, the her role is interacting with three Wairarapa Councils have the community and helping been fortunate to have Erin them spread the word for any Collins in the Regional community events and Trails and Cycling fundraisers. Coordinator role. Erin has also This fantastic been involved role has seen with Erin take over community guardianship events, of the Huri such as the Huri website, Wairarapa which is a Bike Rodeo year-round, in October one-stop last year shop for all at Carterton things biking in School. She Wairarapa. If there’s recognises that a cycling event going Erin Collins cycling is growing as on in Wairarapa, or mode of transport you would like to link as well as being great for up with a Club or cycling health and well-being group, then the Huri Huri site benefits, making her a great is where you’ll find it. This is fit as the cycling advocate on because Erin has been busy the Wairarapa Road Safety making connections with Council. She has also been an all the cycling clubs in our active part of the Five Towns region, as well as acting as Trails Project Team, which the go-between for event has just secured $120,000 organisers and the councils. Another important part of in funding to progress the

Is January a planning month for you? The hardest part of planning for me is thinking about unintended consequences. In the soil profile of many places throughout Wairarapa is a line of charcoal and ash. This is normally aligned to human arrival. Māori view this as a move from kūmara to fern root as the staple diet because young fern is a colonizing plant and is one of the first plants to move into burnt areas. The young fern is preferable to the older woody fern roots, so fires were used to clear land and initially some of these got out of hand, hence the layer of ash in the soil profiles. When Wairarapa Māori became better at growing fern root, fires like at Ahiaruhe or the fern root fire, they were started with a natural fire break, like the Ruamāhanga River.

development of a master plan for a region wide recreational trail network linking the five main Wairarapa towns. If you have any ideas for cycling and/or trails in our region or would like to know more about Erin’s role in the community, then get in touch at erin@cdc.govt.nz More information on cycling in Wairarapa can be found at the following sites: For events http://www.hurihuri.co.nz/ For all trail related activities (walking/running, tramping/ hiking, mountain biking & horse riding) https://www. wellingtonregionaltrails.com/ Or visit cdc.govt.nz/cycling

HAVE YOUR SAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK go to our website: cdc.govt.nz, email us on info@cdc.govt.nz or send us your thoughts by mail to: Carterton District Council PO Box 9 | Carterton 5743

12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, January 15, 2020 EDITORIAL

Opinion

Animals in the news No one wants to see an animal harmed. Any news of animals being endangered or mistreated is sure to pull on even the toughest looking bloke’s heartstrings. Reports that more than one billion animals may have died in Australia this bushfire season is a figure hard to get your head around. One thousand million. That tragic number is an estimate by University of Sydney scientist Professor Chris Dickman, who has been reported as saying the deadly blazes are “hastening extinction” for some species. The dead includes thousands of koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, kookaburras, cockatoos, and honeyeaters. Frogs, insects, and other invertebrates have not been included in the figure. Professor Dickman said Australian biodiversity had been declining over the past several decades. “It’s probably fairly well known that Australia’s got the world’s highest rate of extinction for mammals. “It’s events like this that may well hasten the

Piece of mind

Hayley Gastmeier extinction process for a range of other species.” Many more animals who have survived the blazes are injured and homeless. It is great to see Wairarapa folks coming together to do what they can to help our wildlife friends across the Tasman (examples of this are on pages 17 and 21). Another animal story in the news recently caught my attention, however, this one made me smile. It was about the “cold case” of Thomas the missing cat and it came with a “purrfect ending”. His Wellington owners, who adopted him from the SPCA nine years ago, told RNZ that he had run away after being “spooked” on a Guy Fawkes evening six years ago. What Thomas got up to between then and now remains a mystery. But earlier this month, he found his way into the care of Loose Leash Cat Rescue,

which, through the magic of micro-chipping, reunited Thomas with his long-lost family. The owners, a couple, now reside in a motor home – I imagine life on the road would not be ideal for a cat. So their 19-year-old son is looking for a pet friendly flat. Animals have a way of making their way into our hearts. They are waiting for us when we come home, they never talk back, and are usually always up for a cuddle. It will be some time before we know the true extent of the Australian fires, which have devastated thousands of homes and killed at least 28 people. A quick Google search reveals the many avenues in which we can support our neighbours over the ditch. Let’s hope they get a break soon.

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Mike Osborne “The United States and Britain are two countries separated by a common language”, is a quote attributed to George Bernard Shaw. However, separation by common language is a fairly common phenomenon especially across knowledge domains. We won’t know the full details of the White Island tragedy until the police have completed their investigation for the coroner, but I’d suggest a failure of communication was a contributing factor. GeoNet scientists have established an “Alert Scale” (tiny.cc/Alerts) that describes unrest and eruption. Levels 0,1 and 2 describe levels of unrest and 3,4 and 5 eruptions. These descriptions are about the volcano and what is likely to be happening. There is no mention of danger, risk or recommendation of what distance people should be from the volcano. If you’re a tour operator who’s been operating for

years with significant regular demand for tours to an “active” volcano you have a completely different point of view. Your bias automatically leans towards serving your customers. A tour operator assessing the alert levels wants the answer to, “Is it too dangerous for visitors?” One of the classic communication failures across knowledge domains was the space shuttle Challenger disaster. This involved actual rocket scientists, clever people. NASA was under political pressure to keep up the schedule of the shuttle programme so their bias was towards making the flight. It was suspected that the O-rings that sealed in the rocket fuel were prone to damage in colder temperatures. The launch day was exceptionally cold, 20 degrees Fahrenheit lower than any previous launch. The chart that the rocket company, Morton Thiokol, presented to NASA showed a plot of

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O-ring distress against joint temperature. However, it omitted the all-important trend line that would have showed an unacceptably high probability of O-ring failure at the launch temperature. Without that risk effectively communicated, the bias was to downplay it and proceed. Some years ago, I investigated a computer system that performed poorly and was considered to be unfriendly and unusable by the users despite it being only a year old. The users, in the domain of education, were speaking a different language to the IT people who were across the city and had no real understanding. One user gave me this classic statement, “they gave us what we asked for but it wasn’t what we wanted”. When we deal with people who work in a different discipline to us it’s critical that we step out of our own frame and bias and listen and speak their language. If not, disasters can happen. As GB Shaw put it, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

STREET TALK Miriam Coulter “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” (George Eliot)

bells. Thank you Andrew.

Robyn Ramsden Going back to university to follow my dream of ÿ nishing my geology degree.

Pammie Micklewright Getting through 2019, yay!

Anna Florencia Koata Patete Graduated from ÿ lm school and got a job in ÿ lm. Adele Pentony-Graham Having Andrew over to see our clock tower bells [Carterton] and check them out. He is from John Taylor Foundry in Loughborough, Leicestershire but is based in Perth. He travels all over the place seeing

Graeme Burnard Wairarapa hospital food.

Jo Waitoa-Hall Moving into our own home. Patricia Pye Going to see my 90-yearold father in the United Kingdom. Wake N Renee Matthews Surviving 2019. Richard Alan Dahlberg Being around to see 2020. Jocelyn Konig Letting go of things I don’t need.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, January 15, 2020 ARATOI KEEPERS

Your classic bicycle This is the week of the bicycle. The New Zealand Cycle Classic is in town, with top Kiwi and international riders in action, and public events across the region. The largest race in its history, NZ Cycle Classic is hosting 17 teams from around the world. Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History joins the action, displaying a rare Crypto Bantam bicycle from 1893. The very last of the original front-driven style of bicycle, the Crypto Bantam was only

manufactured for a short time in the 1890s. Its makers – Crypto Works of London – said it met “the requirements of two classes of riders: those wanting a highly geared but very light machine for racing on road or path (track), and those preferring a machine that could be easily mounted without having to use a step.” Note that there is no chain. The Crypto Bantam bridged the gap between the Penny Farthing (considered dangerous for

the general public to ride) and the pneumatic-tyred safety bicycle (the design we know today). This particular bicycle was previously owned by a Mr Howarth of Masterton. Aratoi now holds the rare item in its collection, one of the 4000 items of regional, national and international signiﬁcance held in the museum for the beneﬁt of the community. We publish it here in its specially made crate. • The display runs from January 14-19 in the museum foyer.

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GARDEN OPEN DAY

Historic garden got Sir Peter’s tick The historic garden at Fernside, near Featherston, will be open February 15-16. The magnificent house and gardens were developed in the 1870s by wealthy pastoralist Charles Elgar and his wife Ella. The first homestead burned down in 1923 and a new one in American colonial style was designed and built by Heathcote Helmore. The homestead is set at the end of a treelined avenue, in acres of landscaped gardens. Visitors can wander their way through the scented walkway, through the oak cathedral, passing the sound shell to the stunning lake area which played a starring role as Lothlorien in several scenes in the filming of the Sir Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. The gardens have been developed over the years in a style that reflects both English Arts and Crafts with a layout in rooms but with the additional touches of European and Japanese water gardens and Australian and New Zealand natives interspersed. The effect is an appealing fusion of old

The historic Fernside gardens featured in several scenes in Sir Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

and new world. When the current owners bought the property in 2007, they recognised its historic importance and have dedicated themselves to the continued restoration of the gardens. This rare opportunity to visit these beautiful gardens is a fundraiser for Greytown Little Theatre’s

new building project. Greytown Little Theatre president John Gilberthorpe said it would be a rare opportunity to visit gardens of national signiﬁcance. “It will be a magical day out for garden enthusiasts and lovers of historical places.” He said entertainment

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would be programmed over both days on the sound shell lawn. He thanked the Fernside owners for making their garden available for the fundraiser. “We also appreciate the support of local organisations including Rotary and Friends of Cobblestones Museum and

The Orchards Greytown, Lifestyle Retirement for their very generous support.” Plans are in the pipeline to build a new theatre for Greytown Little Theatre following the sale of its earthquake prone Main St theatre, which it had called home for 15 years. “We undertook a detailed evaluation of the costs to seismically strengthen the building and upgrade to meet current theatre standards, but these costs were prohibitive leaving our only option to sell and look to build on a new site. “We are well advanced in our planning to build on a South Wairarapa District Council-owned site in West St and our focus is now fundraising. “We hope to open the building in late 2021, the same year we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Greytown Little Theatre.” • Tickets for the event are on sale from eventﬁnda.co.nz for $28 and local cash sales will be available from Heather’s Attic, next to The French Baker, Main St, Greytown for $25. • The garden visit does not include admission to the house.

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Support so anyone can be an athlete At Volunteering Wairarapa, we believe that everyone should have the chance to be involved in their community, meet new people and learn new skills, and hopefully have a bit of fun as well. Special Olympics is an international organisation which provides sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. They operate in 172 countries worldwide and offer more than five million athletes the chance to participate in sports like soccer, basketball, and table tennis. Their programmes give people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to develop their physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and participate in a sharing of skills and friendship with other Special Olympics athletes and members of the community. Special Olympics operates throughout New Zealand. The country is divided into eight regions, with regional coordinators who provide support to the local area boards.

Special Olympics football medallists at the World Summer Games, Abu Dhabi 2019. PHOTO/SPECIAL OLYMPICS NZ

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but are keen to oﬀer a wider variety of sports and to develop the operation as a whole. If you have a background in sports and maybe some experience with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics Wairarapa would love to have you on board. If this sounds like an opportunity that you would enjoy, please contact Donna on (06) 929 0960 or email admin@ waivc.org.nz.

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Donna Robinson Local boards coordinate and grow the programmes oﬀered in each area, with members providing overall leadership for the group, as well as personal guidance for the sports they are particularly involved with. Volunteers are critical to the functioning of Special Olympics, not just as board members but also acting as coaches or in supporting roles.

They can advance with the athletes from local training and matches, through regional and national competitions, all the way to the Special Olympics World Games. Here in Wairarapa, Special Olympics is looking for board members with a sporting background to help them grow their programmes. Currently they oﬀer swimming and athletics,

Big Heart Appeal street collectors The Heart Foundation is looking for volunteers to do street collection for their annual appeal on February 21-22. South Wairarapa Foodbank helper Volunteers are wanted to help the Foodbank in Featherston with preparing food parcels, collecting food and administrative tasks.

• Interested in ﬁnding out more? Contact Donna Robinson on (06) 929 0960 or email admin@waivc.org.nz.

Hospital goods for Australian wildlife Eli Hill

Expired medical supplies from Wairarapa hospitals are being sent to Australia to help treat animals affected by wildfires. Wairarapa District Health Board communications manager Anna Cardno delivered a pallet load of medical supplies, collected from Wairarapa and Selina Sutherland hospitals, to PGG Wrightsons Masterton last Tuesday. The donation included surgical masks, gloves, hand gels, needles, IV fluids and bandaging, all destined to assist the teams that are providing relief for and treating the animals affected by the fires. A qualified veterinary nurse “in a past life”, Cardno found the coverage of the animals suffering

extremely hard to watch. “The sheer numbers being reported - an estimated 500 million animals aﬀected, and that’s not even including some species – it is devastating. “We can’t do much. We can do this.” Cardno’s strong equestrian connections are shared by Selina Sutherland Hospital manager, Cate Tyrer, and they were inspired by New Zealand’s Saddlery Warehouse initiative for the stores to become a collection point for donated supplies. “We manage our ordering carefully at the hospitals, so as not to run with expired supplies, but we do have a small amount of still-useful stock passed its use-by date that is ﬁne for this purpose,” Cardno said. “It is the very least we can do.”

Wairarapa and Selina Sutherland hospital’s pallet of medical supplies to be wrapped for transporting by PGG Wrightson’s Masterton. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

18 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, January 15, 2020 ADVERTORIAL

Okay, so the monogrammed handkerchief and socks didn’t do it at Christmas. So what DO you give the man or woman who has everything? How about an hour, or a day, behind the wheel of a classic English high performance touring car, or an exotic European sports car, or an immaculate vintage car? Or maybe they could relax in indulgent luxury, leaving operation of the machine to the skilled ministrations of a uniformed chau˜ eur. Those are some of the packages o˜ ered by a small Wairarapa company, Classic Rides, run by Chris and Jane Giles from their home in rural Carterton. The business is an extension of Chris’s love of classic cars. The couple are keen members of the Wairarapa branch of the Vintage Car Club and usually take one of their ° eet on weekend rallies. And the Classic Rides o˛ ce is a mini-museum with portfolios on all the cars (including imported promotional pamphlets), maps, toy models, vintage radio equipment and other car memorabilia. The ° eet consists of a 1985 Jaguar XJ-S HE, 1991 Daimler XJ40, 1957 Daimler Century Mk II (the Century name refers to the car’s 100 horsepower), and two soft-top sports cars, a 1998 BMW Z3 and a 1992 Peugeot 205 CTI. All cars have Certiÿ cates of Fitness, allowing them to be rented. Prices range from $50 an hour to $90hr with chau˜ eur. Chris’s love of vintage cars goes back to the early 70s, when he put a lot of miles on a Wolseley 6/110 visiting a girlfriend in Napier. He began his working life as a radio technician with the NZBC. “Cars were a big part of our lives there,” he said. He variously owned an Austin-Healey Sprite and an MGA. “They were cheap and worn out, so I learned how to ÿ x them,” he recalls. In 1974 he did his OE, spending four years in the UK, working brie° y with Ford at Dagenham, but mainly in radio, and it was there he met Jane, the woman who was to become his wife and mother of his three children. Cars there included a Triumph 2000 and a Spitÿ re. They came back to NZ in 1978 and

purchased a Peugeot 404 – “wish I still had it,” he said, adding that it was the best car he had ever owned. After a spell in Gisborne and Wellington, the family moved to Wairarapa in 1988. Chris worked at Avalon commuting in an LPG-fuelled BMW. It was about then that the idea of a rental classics business ÿ rst surfaced. “It’s taken 30 years to get it sorted,” he grins. It’s the love of the old cars that keeps him going. “It’s hard to make a really good income out of it,” he says. People ask him about big American cars for weddings etc, but he’s unable to oblige. “Those things cost about $30,000 each, and that’s what I paid for all ÿ ve of my cars.” Canny purchasing and the ability to do all maintenance and minor repairs himself to keep the ° eet up to COF standard keeps costs down. The couple also operate a BNB business in their spacious old home. I had the pleasure of a drive in the XJS HE, and what a wonderful beast that is. The car was Jaguar’s replacement for the famous E Type sports car. Design started in the late 1960s, and the new XJS was released in September 1975. The move from sports car to enclosed sports sedan wasn’t welcomed by everyone but the change was successful, the XJS going on to become Jaguar’s longest running model, selling more than 115,000 units until it was discontinued in 1996. In 1981 the V12 was redesigned to improve fuel e˛ ciency (from around 12mpg to 20mpg) and also increase power. This became known as the High E˛ ciency V12, and cars ÿ tted with the new engine were renamed the XJ-S HE. Stepping down into, and climbing out of, the XJS require a degree of agility, but once you’re in the feeling is pure luxury, from soft leather to highly-polished woodwork. The car weighs around two tonnes and that is evident from the smooth ride and roadholding. The power is e˜ ortless and it is easy to forget that this car is more than 30 years old. - By Kevin Ball

Heading for the stars no time soon Contrast Betelgeuse at left with blue-white Rigel on the right. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

This period provides the most star-spangled sky of the year. Six of the brightest and most interesting stars are arrayed from north to south high across the sky. Get out after 10pm to get a really dark sky. Starting in the north, locate the red star Aldebaran in the “V” of the bull’s horns. Probably the dimmest of the stars we are going to look at but still 14th brightest in the whole sky. It’s a red giant 65 lightyears away. Just for a recap – one light-year is about 10 trillion kilometres. Heading up the sky, but a little towards the east, we encounter a much larger red giant – Betelgeuse, in the shoulder of Orion. You should easily see the red in this one. This is a super-giant, that if it replaced our sun, the Earth would be buried most of the way inside it. This one is 640 light years away and the 11th visually brightest star in our sky. Heading up towards overhead, across the distinctive three-star belt of Orion, we come to the piercingly blue-white super-giant Rigel.

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Nick Sault This one is about 860 light years away, but still appears to us as the seventh brightest in the sky, as its true brightness is tens of thousands times our sun. It is also super hot, as you can tell from its colour. Sirius is the “dog star” due to its dominance of the Canis Major constellation. It is an easy ﬁnd, just east of overhead at 10pm and also by being the visually brightest star in the sky. It cheats somewhat, because it is so close – only 8.6 light years. In reality it is a candle against the previous mentioned super-giants, though still a handy 25 times brighter than our star. Crossing overhead, we come to Canopus in the constellation of Carina. This is a white giant, 310 light-years distant. It is the second visually brightest star in the sky, though little more than half as bright as Sirius –

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see if you agree. It is hundreds of times brighter than Sirius, and 10 thousand times as bright as the sun. Last, but not least, the third visually brightest star, Alpha Centauri sits right over the southern horizon. This is our nearest star system. It’s made of three stars, though it appears as a single star to the unaided eye. The system is only 4.3 light years away, and its combined brightness little more than the sun. Only 4.3 light years? It is a sobering thought that the Voyager space probe launched in 1977 is only about 20 lightHOURS away, heading towards deep space. Which means the probe will get as far as Alpha Centauri in about 75,000 years. Humans are not heading for the stars any time soon. Next week: Mars vs Antares.

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SHARED COMMUNITY SPACES Bringing Masterton Together

COME AND CHAT ABOUT THE TOWN HALL OPEN HOUSE SESSION - THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 4-7PM AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE, 161 QUEEN STREET Masterton District Council is working on one of the biggest decisions it will make in the next three years -- whether or not to invest in a shared, multi-purpose community facility, like a civic centre or town hall. Masterton Town Hall was closed due to seismic issues in 2016, and the Council wants to hear from the community about what should happen on the site. It’s important you have your say about what YOU want. Come along at any time between 4-7pm, Thursday 16 January, and talk to staff about options and what you think should happen. y Are you willing to pay for a new facility? y What do you think should be in it? y How important is the façade of the current building? y Would you be willing to pay extra to retain the façade? You can also have your say by: y Visiting the ‘Have your Say’ hub at 161 Queen Street, open 10am-4pm weekdays. y Joining the community discussion at: www.mastertontown.nz y Doing the online survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/93WQW3Y

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ROAD CLOSURE – SEWER MAIN Pursuant to Section 342 (1)(b) and the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 9174, the following street will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of realigning the sewer main for the period indicated hereunder: Street to be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic: Manuka Street Period of Closure: Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Tuesday 21 January 2020 from 8am – 5pm.

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It will be an offence under the above Act for any person without authority to use the street for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure. Dated this 10th day of January 2020. S T Southey - Planning and Building Manager

Section 46(2), Impounding Act 1955 The undermentioned stock, having been seized for impounding at Patea Place and York Street, Masterton is impounded at Masterton District Council Pound. Description of stock: y One male goat, beige in colour, about two years old, with horns (seized at Patea Place). y One male goat, beige in colour, about 12 months old, with horns (seized at York Street).

Notice is hereby given that, unless claimed by the owner, the stock will be sold by public auction or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Impounding Act 1955 at Masterton District Council Pound, 79 Ngaumutawa Road at 11am on Wednesday 22 January 2020. Dated 10 January 2020. By order of Masterton District Council. Terri Mulligan Environmental Services Manager

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Excel Spreadsheeting - Basics

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Microsoft Excel is used by almost every business, and has important uses at home too. In this course Tracy Graham will take you through data entry, using formulas, printing, sorting, filtering and even mail merging. Where: Ko Te Aroha Dates: 25 Feb, 3, 10, 17 Mar Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $90 Must Enrol by: 20 February

Excel Spreadsheeting - Next Steps

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Designed for those who have completed the ‘Basics’ course or for those with a good understanding of Excel, Tracy will add to your basket of existing skills. Please note that this course is not for beginners. Where: Ko Te Aroha Dates: 5, 12, 19, 26 Jun, 2 July Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $120 Must Enrol by: 29 May

iPhones and iPads

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Android Smartphones and Tablets

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Apple expert Peter McNeur will take you through how to get the most from your iPad or iPhone, including taking great photos, accessing useful apps, iCloud, privacy settings and other features useful in daily life. Bring along any questions you have and come away with new found skills and confidence. Bring your own device. Where: REAP House Dates: 28, 29 Jan, 4 Feb Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Tutor: Peter McNeur Cost: $80 Must Enrol by: 23 January

Smartphones and tablets are like pocket computers. In this course Tracy Graham will take you through downloading and managing useful applications, controlling your privacy, and the important settings on your device. Bring along any questions you have and come away with new found skills and confidence. Where: REAP House, Masterton: Dates: 3, 10, 17 Feb Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $80 Must Enrol by: 30 January

Build Your Own Website with Wordpress #07179 Develop a website that fits what you need

This course is designed so that participants will be confident to develop a simple website with Wordpress on their own by the end of the 10 hour course. It is a basic course only! Participants will complete a simple website. Learners provide their own computer. No software necessary. Where: REAP House Dates: 11, 12, 18, 25, 26 Feb Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Tutor: Peter McNeur Cost: $140 Must Enrol by: 6 February

Using the Google Platform Effectively

WAIRARAPA The Office for Seniors at the Ministry of Social Development has advised that New Zealand is transitioning from delivering home phone landline and broadband computer services via the copper network, to fibre and mobile networks. This means large parts of the copper network will no longer be needed. Network provider Chorus will stop supplying services like copper landlines and the ADSL (standard fixed line) and the VDSL (very fast) broadband. The earliest this can happen is from mid-2020 and only in areas where the Commerce

Astronomy 101

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REAP What You Sew

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This four week series will help you look at the Wairarapa night sky with new eyes and help you to recognise features of the night sky as it progresses across from horizon to horizon. Tutor Becky Bateman, a passionate astronomer and teacher, is a founding member of the Wairarapa Dark Sky Society. Where: REAP House Dates: Thursdays 30 Apr, 7, 14, 21 May Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm Tutor: Becky Bateman Cost: $95.00 Must Enrol by 24 April

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in breach of the Fair Trading Act. If this happens, be sure to let the Commerce Commission know on 0800 943 600. • Make sure you have got a basic mobile phone (and keep it charged or have a battery backup) as landline provided over ﬁbre and mobile networks are unlikely to work in a power cut. • Be aware that cordless phones won’t work in a power cut, even if you still have a copper landline. Make sure you have a backup corded phone or mobile phone in case the power goes out. • If you have any questions, email the Commerce Commission regulation. branch@comcom.govt.nz or phone 0800 943 600. You can always contact the Super Seniors Oﬃce in Wellington on 0800 552 002 or email osc@msd.govt. nz for help. Copper communication networks are being replaced by fibre networks. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM

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Learn sewing tips and skills to help you add a professional finish to your home grown garments and wear them with pride. Where: REAP House Dates: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March Time: 7.00pm -9.00pm Tutor: Robyn Wyeth Cost: $130 Must Enrol by: 27 February

Languages for Beginners

Handy hints for summer

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Indicate your interest for these courses which will have a focus on essential language for travel.

We are hoping to run classes in French, Italian and Spanish during 2020. Learn to speak a new language, or brush up your existing skills with a focus on essential language for travel. Introducing yourself, dealing with money, making reservations at hotels and ordering food in cafes and restaurants. Asking for directions. And some customs and culture thrown in. No confirmed dates or costs yet, but we have a few names and are looking for a few more! Contact us to register your interest.

Understanding Grief

Drink plenty of water. Stay hydrated with a regular intake of ˜ uid. Try adding a slice of lemon, lime or mint to a jug of water in the fridge. Cut down on alcohol. Water is the best form of ˜ uid, alcohol can dehydrate you more in hot weather.

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Help to understand how we can cope with our grief during difficult times

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A two hour seminar to help people better understand the feelings and emotions often experienced after losing a close relative or friend, and to offer some helpful tools for dealing with those tough times. Date: Tuesday 7 April Tutor: Hazel Neser Cost: Donation Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm Where: Rosewood Funeral Lounge Please register at REAP or through Rosewood Funeral Home, 06 370 8088

...and please remember to tell us what you want to learn. Enrolment essential if you wish to attend, so... ENROL NOW For more information or to enrol, contact: Email reception@reapwairarapa.nz Phone (06) 377 1379 0800 WAIREAP www.reapwairarapa.nz or pop into REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

Commission agrees that the fibre is available to be installed at your place at no charge. If fibre is not available to you, the copper network will remain. There are several things you can do now to prepare for this transition: • Ask your phone and broadband provider (if you have a computer) what technology you are on and investigate what new technologies are available in your area. • You can try searching your address on your computer using www.broadbandmap.nz • Be aware that retailers can decline to sell you copper services whether fibre is available or not, so it may pay to shop around. • Chorus can’t stop supplying copper services until mid-2020, so any claims that you must switch technologies urgently as Chorus is turning off your network are false and could be

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This course has been designed for those that could use Google Suite in their everyday work, and will be focussed on those working in schools and early childhood, but would be useful for anyone who needs to use this. Syncing and sharing Google Drive, Creating and using Google Forms, Google Maps and Google Photos. Where: REAP House, Masterton: Dates: 26 Feb, 4, 11 March Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm Tutor: Tracy Graham Cost: $45 Must Enrol by: 20 February

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Look out for your neighbours. Keep a close eye on neighbours, especially the elderly, to check they’re okay. Remember, children, older people or those with heath concerns may ÿ nd it more di˛ cult to cope with the heat. Don’t leave children unattended in parked cars. This is especially important on hot days. Keep your house cool. Open windows and create a cross

breeze or turn on the air conditioning. Practice being sun smart. If you have to be outside, remember to use sunscreen, cover up, wear a hat and sunglasses. Look after your pets. Keep them safe, hydrated and cool. Don’t forget Healthline too. Free health advice from trained registered nurses – 0800 611 116. Wear your SPF!! It is important to use a sun lotion of at least SPF 30 – even better, 50 - in order to protect your skin from harmful UV rays. For sensitive skin, a mineral-based sunscreen is best. Try not to sit in the sun in peak hours (10am - 4pm) in order to minimise UV radiation but if you are planning to be out in the sun for a long period, reapply sun cream every two hours and immediately after swimming. Remember to use a facial sunscreen too – just because there’s SPF in your makeup, it’s not enough!

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Karen Coltman Two Wairarapa sisters have been busy sewing pouches for marsupials injured, burnt or motherless as a result of the Australian bushfires. Courtney Stewart, 26, and her sister Casey Duckett-Mount, 23, of fruit and vegetable store Belle Fresca, have jumped onboard an initiative started by Wellington school teacher Amanda Barber, who launched the New Zealand branch of the Animal Rescue Craft Guild and set up Facebook pages for four areas of the country because she felt “isolated and overwhelmed but wanted to connect people”. “The team here at Belle Fresca are deeply saddened and heartbroken for our neighbours in Australia at this terrible time,” the sisters said. “We want to do our best to help so we will have a donation box in store and are sending handcrafted pouches, mittens and wraps for the animal rescue teams to help heal and provide a home for the animals affected by this tragedy.” Australians are fostering many of the injured animals to get them

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A wallaby licks its burnt paws after escaping a bushfire on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. PHOTO/ GETTY IMAGES [Inset] Sisters sewing pouches for baby kangaroos [joeys], koalas and bats burnt and motherless after the Australian bushfires. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN

back into health and this means carrying them around in pouches and becoming a surrogate parent. “But these fires really got me upset,” she said. “I needed to do something to help these poor animals. They are saying over half-a-billion critters in the wild have died. “Thousands and thousands of kangaroos, koala bears, snakes, lizards, birds and bats are coming out of the burning bush looking

for water and many are severely injured. They need these little beds to feel safe.” The ‘Animal Rescue Craft Guild - NEW ZEALAND Division Wairarapa’ is the Facebook page people can get information about the right fabrics for the pouches and the sewing patterns. The guild is also making birds’ nests and wraps for injured bats. The pouches can be dropped off to Belle Fresca, 101a High St, Solway, Masterton.

Welcome to summer! Our sympathies are with farmer and vet colleagues in Australia, who are having to make some very difficult decisions about the care of smoke and burn-affected livestock and wildlife. The smoky haze in the Masterton sky is a reminder that the world is interconnected. This might be a good time to remind people about heat stress and drought. I would be surprised if people still don’t know that you shouldn’t leave dogs in cars in the heat! Even with the windows open a crack temperatures can get intolerable very quickly. If you think your dog has been affected by heat stress, bring it to the vet straight away. Allow working dogs more time to stop and jump in the water trough, and of course avoid mustering in the heat of the day for the benefit of dogs and livestock. Heat stress and panting is the biggest contributor to lamb viral pneumonia. Pneumonia is the second biggest cause of poor growth rate in lambs after parasites, but unlike parasites we have very few tools prevent it. Try to move lambs slowly enough that they arrive

at the yards without panting. The better growth rates will more than make up for the extra time taken. Warm weather overnight allows blowfly eggs to hatch. Your sheep need to be protected from flystrike and you need to know the signs to look out for. The best time to dip lambs for flystrike is 4-6 weeks after shearing. The most important time for them to be protected is in the late summer and autumn. The signs of flystrike to watch for are animals standing by themselves, stamping feet and flicking their ears. Once the maggots have attacked you might see discoloured patches of fleece. Flystrike is a serious health and welfare issue and not something you can ignore. There are lots of options for treatment and prevention, talk to your vet to learn more. Hopefully the little bits of rain we have been having will keep that green tinge on the hills for a couple more weeks. It is a good idea to have your drought plan ready, just in case. Better to be prepared, then you can take your summer holiday at the beach with a bit of peace of mind.

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Too often leaders spend a lot of time planning strategies, developing strategic plans, designing vision statements, setting targets, etc, but they don’t communicate these to those who are key members of the organisation who are required to do the work to ensure goals and targets are achieved. With a clearly defined goal and target, with a process in place to achieve it, those who are responsible for getting there will have a greater sense of purpose when they are doing the small steps to get there, if they can see what their actions are leading to.

Today I was listening to the excellent What You Will Learn podcast, which features weekly reviews of books on growth and personal development. One of the two hosts shared an idea that I am sure I have posted about before, but it’s definitely worth sharing again, and this is to read books. The host’s view is that for around $30 we are able to access the ideas and inspiration of a lifetime’s work from people who are experts in their fields. If you get your books from a library, then in most cases you won’t have to pay a cent. A huge amount of what I learn and share on this platform is from books, and through this I have had a book published of my own. I am often asked how I am able to come up with content for these posts, which contribute to a weekly newspaper feature; the answer is simple... I read books.

Find one good thing among the not so good I recently attended a corporate event. In general, the event was one that I didn’t enjoy.

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for sure.” Prior to the establishment of the Mauriceville Volunteer Rural Fire Force, it took about 35 minutes for the Masterton Fire Service to respond to the centre of the village. It took about a year for the service to receive its first callout. With no fire truck, no fire station and no money, the service attended its first callout using equipment crammed into the back of a four-wheel drive and hoses running from a small water pump fixed to the back of a ute. Realising the firefighters’ determination, Masterton District Council built the community a fire depot big enough to house the brigade’s first truck, an “ancient” Ford that Taplin once described as a “poor old thing”, but the pride and joy of everyone in the fire force. When asked by the Times-Age previously, Taplin said it was determination that made

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Luna Estate It has been a busy start to the Summer here at our cellar door, meeting plenty of people from both here in New Zealand and visitors from overseas. The garden is looking fantastic and welcomes you to sit down, relax and enjoy our warm and friendly hospitality in beautiful surroundings. We are operating under our extended summer hours with the cellar door and Asian inspired food menu available 7 days per week, open from 11am. Friday’s see us offer evening dining which is a lovely way to enjoy our landscaped terrace garden. We have several new release wines on offer, including our ever-popular Rose which has been a big hit with our visitors once again. Our Estate Pinot

Noir 2017 is drinking beautifully, and we have just released our 2018 Blue Rock Syrah from a terrific vintage. Our staff are well versed in all the wines we create and love the chance to take you on a guided tasting, enabling you to try before you buy. We are offering a 10% discount on all six bottle purchases made at our cellar door until the end of January to enable you to begin the new decade in style.

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JAN 22 - 26 – Cruise Martinborough. The hot rod, classic and muscle car events showcases vehicles from the 1950’s to 1970’s. 200-odd vehicles will be heading out for drives around the Wairarapa. Saturday provides an opportunity to see them at the Martinborough Market from 9am with food stalls and entertainment. JAN 26 – Paul Bosauder Flamenco Tour. 6.30 - 8.30pm, Martinborough Town Hall. All ages, General admission - $59.89 / Students and Seniors $51.69. 0800 BUY TIX (289 849). Join world-class flamenco musicians as they explore the limits of flamenco dance, composition and improvisation.

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Tracy and her team have planted a new variety of lavender known as ‘Violet Intrigue’. Buoyed by winning the 2019 NZ Lavender Growers Silver Award for their oils, Grosso and Super (Gold winner in 2018), they have installed a distillery too to distil essential oils and are able to offer a distillation service to other lavender growers as well.

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Gianina Schwanecke From sheep and beef, to dairy, and now proud owner of the Tinui Café and Bar, Stu Sowry knows rural New Zealand. He and wife Cindy bought the country pub, halfway between Masterton and Castlepoint, just over six months ago. “We’d had enough of farming,” he said, citing increased bureaucracy and paperwork as reasons for getting out. “We’ve just finished a 25-year stint in dairy and now we’re publicans. “We’ve gone from starting work at 5am and finishing at 6pm, to starting at 10am and finishing at all hours.” But for Cindy who grew up in Tinui, the pub has much more personal meaning. Her father was once the barman before he passed away in a trucking accident many years ago. “That’s why I wanted to buy the pub,” she said. “It’s very special to me and has a lot of memories. I never thought I’d be here.” The first Tinui Hotel was built in 1872 along Black Hill Rd but was destroyed in a fire seven years later. A second hotel built on the same site, also burnt down early in 1931 which

Cindy and Stu Sowry took over the Tinui Bar and Café six months ago. PHOTO/FACEBOOK

led to a third two-storey hotel being built. An addition to the left of the entrance, was originally the roadman’s cottage at Blairlogie but now houses the main bar. The hotel has gone through more changes too. In 2008 the two-storey building was relocated to Greytown where it was transformed into a multibedroom home on a grand scale. Neither Sowry had any experience in the hospitality industry but knew what country pubs meant to the community. “We’re complete greenies,” Stu said with a laugh. “We jumped in hammers and tongs.” However, they hadn’t changed the menu.

His favourite item was the Cajun chicken salad though the fish of the day was also a popular choice and steak night Tuesday was often busy. The pub also boasts a quaint garden bar where Stu hoped to set up a few acoustic performances. The café side of the business was just as important as the pub though, with their iced coffees popular. Starting at the pub in winter had given them a chance to find their feet before the busy season had struck, he said. “We have a big spike over summer. This busy time we get a lot of the overflow from the Whakataki.” Many beach-goers called

in on their way to and from the coast. The pub is also a popular spot for refreshments after the Castlepoint Races, and during competitions such as the Tinui Hunt or Castlepoint Fishing competition. Even ANZAC Day is a busy one due to Tinui’s history and the couple had applied for a special licence to be open. Despite an increase in tourist traﬃc over the summer months, the core customers were still farming families. Stu said rural pubs were the hub of the community and provided an important place for farming families to connect. The watering hole was a place for people to talk

politics, and one of the biggest topics which had come up over the past six months was the sale of hill country land for aﬀorestation, often to overseas buyers. Other topics tended to relate to whatever was happening on the farm, be that lambing season or the threat of droughts. “The conversation is very seasonal,” he said. Stu feels the old culture of hotels and country pubs was mostly gone in other parts of the country. “Coming from Pahiatua and having grown up in rural New Zealand, we’ve seen the demise of the rural community spirit. “But that’s not the case here.” Cindy agreed, saying though the area had changed, the people had stayed the same. “The place was bigger back then,” she said. “But it’s always been about community and that’s why I like it so much. There’s still this atmosphere of people caring about each other.” That’s reﬂected in the family orientated environment at the pub. “One thing that’s nice to see is that people don’t bring their phones,” Cindy said. “Here, people actually want to talk to each other.”

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36 Wairarapa Midweek Wai Write Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Children rule new society

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Calvin Winterbottom It was the early hours of a summer morning in New Zealand, where the amazing sight in the sky was ﬁrst noticed. The sky was lit up in a crimson red as a massive shower of meteorites started to burn up in the atmosphere. The main display seemed to be over a little town called Black Minster on the River Wye. The spectacular display eventually encompassed and became visible around the entire globe. Just a few hours after the shower, the population when they awoke especially in Black Minster got an amazing shock and that was the sky had changed colour to bright pink and the sun was shining through. Six-year-old Heidi Gore who lived in Black Minster with both her parents had got up and entered their bedroom, getting another shock. She noticed her parents had regressed to the size to being children themselves. Suddenly, there was a banging on the front door, Heidi answered it to ﬁnd her best friend Polly crying about the fact her parents were not in the house, but two unknown kids were. They both noticed

Would the world be a better place if children ruled the world? PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM

through their tears that many other children were crying for their parents and there were more children than usual, some saying strange things, like we are your parents. Heidi who was a smart girl and had been awake to see the meteorite storm, concluded rightly that somehow the storm had caused adults to regress to childhood and made everyone immortal. Despite the utter chaos caused everyone in Black Minster met at the town hall at noon to discuss the new situation. Food and drink had been laid on since it was lunchtime. It was decided democratically that since the adults still had their memories, despite now being children, they would continue with their normal jobs.

They decided that since everyone was now a child, they should form their own parliament with a boy and girl of each age, to help make the rules and laws for this new society ruled by children. It was also decided that for this to work, schools would have to be abolished. After the meeting, Heidi headed home with her parents Clara and Matthew, who had been a primary school teacher and politician respectively and were now both aged 12 and out of work. When they arrived home, Heidi and Clara had brilliant fun playing together with a wide selection of Barbie and Disney princess toys. By 5pm that night, Black Minster was sending messages by radio, TV and other forms of media informing the rest of the

world how they were coping with the fact there was now only children in the world. The children and adults, after getting over the shock, seemed to just accept the situation and get on with it, especially in Black Minster. The following morning, the ﬁrst meeting of the new children’s parliament sat to discuss what rules needed to be implemented and of course which old rules were no longer enforceable. Heidi had been chosen as the girls’ representative for the six year olds, and she gave an eloquent speech on what she and her fellow six-year-olds wanted from this new society. Each of the other representatives also got the chance to speak on behalf of the other children they had consulted with. Each proposal put forward by the children was

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38 Wairarapa Midweek Community Events Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 The Salvation Army Oasis: Gambling addiction help, free service, counselling service available, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Call [06] 370-3317/ [021] 804-339 [any time] – Ramil Adhikari. Open Mic Night: At the Greytown Hotel Top Pub, 8-10.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Martinborough, St Andrew’s Hall, Dublin St, 9.30-11.30am. Featherston, Featherston Fire Station, Fox St, 1.30-3.30pm. Age Concern: SayGo, 9am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club [behind clock tower Carterton], at 1pm. Narcotics Anonymous: Meet at 6pm, at 15 Victoria St, Masterton. Carterton Community Choir: Meet 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 4pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983. Social Learners Bridge: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shuf˜ers: Line dancing,

Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Senior Citizens & Beneÿ ciaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342. Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: Practice 6.30-8.30pm, Savage Club Hall, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call secretary, Gloria [027] 628-5889. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Exhibitions at Aratoi: Wairarapa Art Review [57 works of art by local artists]; First There Was Phoenician [paintings by Carterton artist Rhondda Greig] to February 9; Dominion [a red steel deer with piwakawaka by Sean Crawford] and The Body of the Work/It Does No Harm To Wonder [sculptures and photomontages by Richard Reddaway, and art by members of Henley Men’s Shed, Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild, and Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers, and pupils from Douglas Park School], to February 23; Our Town – The Changing Face of Masterton [60 photographs of Masterton over six decades, by Pete and his late father George [Ted] Nikolaison], until March 1, 12 Bruce St, Masterton. Open daily, 10am-4pm. Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 3726623 or Pam [06] 372-6459. 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 and Craft Drop-In: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call Virginia [06] 308-8392. Sewing and Craft: 10am-2pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call

Petra [021] 234-1554. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all ÿ tness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: Open 7 days, 10am-2pm, 41 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 7878558. Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, ÿ nger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton. Call Jill 377-4614. Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 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 Social Badminton Club: Play 7-9pm, all year round, at Masterton YMCA gym [371 Queen St]. Contact by text Hamish [021] 2597684 or Sam [0210] 552-113. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 6-7pm, Genesis 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: Meet 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 Men’s Group Overnight in the Wilderness: Saturday 4.30pmSunday noon, camping by the ÿ re next to the river for any men 17+ or 14+ accompanied by father/ grandfather/caregiver. You will need to carry your gear for about 15 minutes from carpark to the bush. Register at www.mensgroup-

wairarapa.nz Greytown Craft Market: At St John’s Hall, Main St, 10am-3.30pm. Stall enquiries call Wendy [06] 304-9287. Featherston Weekly Market: Fresh produce, ÿ ne food producers, creators and much more. Great atmosphere, amazing food and community spirit, 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Harlequin Theatre: Wardrobe hire, 10am-1pm. Call 377-4066. 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 Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 10am-1pm, at the Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton. Martinborough Museum: Open 1.30-3.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Open 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: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston Toy Library: 14 Wakeÿ eld St, 10am-noon. Call Merle [06] 308-8109. Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, at Farriers, 4 Queen St, Masterton. Undercover, wheelchair and dog friendly. Call [027] 356-6592. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton.

Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 3787109.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 Greytown Country Market: At Stella Bull Park [next to the White Swan Hotel], 9am-1pm. Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Martinborough Museum: Open 1.30-3.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983. Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20 Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. East Indoor Bowling Club: Meet at 7pm, all members and visitors welcome. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Literacy Wairarapa: Offers free help

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with reading, spelling and maths at Te Awhina/Cameron Community House, 9am-noon. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: Meet at 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322 or Julie 370-4493. Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat [06] 308-9729. Senior Citizens Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre Call Val [06] 308 9203. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 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: 11.30amnoon 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. https://www.facebook.com/ CartertonToyLibrary/ CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 378-2426 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: 450 Belvedere Rd Carterton. Line Dancing Class, 7-9pm, beginners followed by intermediate. Call Wendy or Don 379-6827 or [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 9am4pm, 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. Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or Pete [020] 4005-9740. Carterton: 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.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Carterton, Fire Station (new venue) 9.30-11.30am. Greytown, Greytown Fire Station, 1.30-3.30pm. Wairarapa Consumer Complaints Support & Advisory Group: 11amnoon, at Te Awhina House, Cameron Cres, Masterton. Contact adviser Aileen Haeata goddessfitnz@gmail. com Harlequin Theatre: Wardrobe hire, 10am-1pm. Call 377-4066. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Senior Net: Invites people 50 years-plus to interesting computer and Smartphone course, at the Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton, 1.30-2.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms,

79 Queen St, Masterton. Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Tribal Fusion Bellydancing: At 15 Queen St, Masterton, at 6.30pm. Text Toni [021] 105-7649 or visit Wairarapa Steampunk Tribal Bellydance on FB for more information. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 370-2511 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Juesday Art: 10am-1pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Julia [06] 308-8977. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Art For Everyone: 7-8pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, 2-4pm, or by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve 379-6999. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the YMCA. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including

cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748. Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the clock tower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Cards: Come and join other enthusiastic “500” Players 1.154.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Departmental building, level one. Entry on the carpark side. Call [027] 557-7928. Ukulele Classes: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Neil [06] 308-9341. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Club: Craft and chat afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or

just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, beginners 4.30-5.30pm; intermediate, 5.30-7pm. Call 3775518 or 377-1135. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. 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 for browsing or painting, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019. Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St, Masterton. Carterton Women’s Golf: Nine-hole golf at 10.45am. Call Jane Brooking [021] 171-9249. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: 6.45pm, at Rosewood, 417 Queen St, Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office]. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15am for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 3787109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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It’s no wonder visitors are Place pouring in and Plain new people y Nash at Upper Road During thetoperiod of closure, theoffer. To support our booming town, Masterton are arriving enjoy the lifestyle we (Stop/Go Control operating) following provision will made District Council has a lot onbe the go and we need someone with a passion for getting for ordinary things done. vehicular traffic which y Edith Street at Upper Plain Road would otherwise use the street: We have a portfolio of important, high-profileyprojects around the District from a new Carverthen Street at Civic Centre, upgrade, town centre revamp, water storage and an aerodrome Detour willlibrary be available viaaQueen Upper Plain Road of these upgrade. We need someone who can oversee successful completion and Chapel Street. projects, ensure programming is realistic and y robust and assets areat well planned, Kibblewhite Road Pursuant toTO the Transport Road Closure) Regulation 1965, STREETSand BE CLOSED(Vehicular TrafficUpper monitored controlled. Plain Road notice is hereby given that the Masterton District Council proposes to close FOR STAGE ONEandand The Project Delivery Assets Manager role has been created tofor build the following streets roads to ordinary vehicular traffic theMasterton period y Budd Road at Upper Plain Road Streets Closed to Vehicular Traffic District Council’s project, programme and asset management capacity take us to indicated hereunder, for the purpose of permitting stages in Trustand House the next level. The Manager will not only lead a new team responsible for planning, y Manuka Street from intersection y Evans Skeets Road2020: from Upper International New Zealand Cycle Classic to be heldand 14-19 January managing, monitoring and delivering infrastructure and physical assets but also Plain Road to West Bush Road with Totara, Titokistrategic and Kitchener contribute to Council’s direction, strategy and organisational capability for Streets to southern side of y West Bush Road from Skeets Road programme and project management. Tankersley Street to Ngaumutawa Road In addition to top-notch communication skills, we’re looking for someone with: y Konini Street no through traffic to Leadership skills – you will be building and developing a new team y Upper Manaia Road no Manuka Street - Coaching skillsStreet – you’llwill be be setting ambitious goals and working to achieve y Detour for Konini through traffic them via Puriri Crescent. available y Donalds Road from West Bush to - Aof tertiary qualification in an engineering, construction, project management Period Closure Boundary Road or related field. Or,2020 at least Wednesday 15 January – ten years proven project management experience y Boundary Roadprogrammes from West Bush to - Experience successfully delivering large capital works 12.30pm to 1.30pm. Donalds Road. - Knowledge and experience of business planning and project management ROADS AND STREETS - Experience improving processes, systems and functions associated with STREETS TO BEFOR CLOSED TO BEprogramme CLOSED delivery in FOR line with bestROADS practice AND STREETS TO BE TEAMS PRESENTATION CLOSED STAGE STAGE TWO managing consultants and contractors - Comfort Sunday 19FOR January 2020TWO – 19.00pm to Roadsand andconflict Streetsresolution Closed to Streets Closed to Vehicular Roads and Streets Closed toTraffic - Effective decision-making, problem solving skills 1.30pm. Vehicular Traffic Vehicular Traffic y Dixon Street from More information aboutnorthern the role side can be found in the position description available at y Ngaumutawa betweenas soon y website Te Whiti Road and Johnstone All closures willRoad be removed our of Brucemstn.govt.nz Street to the eastern side of Judds RoadAssets and asnorthern practicable. Street Pokohiwi You side can also contact Kath roundabout Ross,Road Chiefand Executive or David Hopman, Manager ofbetween the northern south eastern side River Road and Operations (from 21of Jan) 06 370 6300 southern for a confidential chat about the role. side of Renall Street y Memorial Drive for its fullonlength Dated this 7th day ofreasons to be part y Closure Nursery Road (north [access Check out mymasterton.co.nz and from wairarapanz.com forPlain 101 more y Upper Road from y of carpark entrance January 2020. of our journey. to transfer station] and south New World Supermarket onto Ngaumutawa Road to Skeets Road portions). If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your application Dixon Street. Susan Southeycompetencies y your Chamberlain from Upper Period of Closure (CV and covering letter) specifically addressing fit to the Road we are Period of Closure MANAGER PLANNING & Plain Road to West Bush Road looking for to samanthaf@mstn.govt.nz Thursday 16 January 2020 – Tuesday 14 January 2020 – REGULATORY SERVICES (Stop/Go Control operating) 1pm to 1.45pm. 5pm, Friday 7 February 2020. Applications 5.30pm to close 8pm. y Plains Avenue at Upper Plain Road Alternative for Ordinary 06 370 6300provision - 8am to 5pm (Stop/Go Control operating) Vehicular Traffic 06 378 7752 - 5pm to 8am (after hours) y Nash Place at Upper Plain Road During theStreet, period PO of closure, 161 Queen Box 444,the Masterton 5840 (Stop/Go Control operating) following provision will be made mdc@mstn.govt.nz for ordinary vehicular traffic which y Edith Street at Upper Plain Road WWW.MSTN.GOVT.NZ would otherwise use the street: y Carverthen Street at Detour will be available via Queen Upper Plain Road and Chapel Street.

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NZCC 2018 riders in Martinborough.

interest that the event generates overseas is fantastic for the tourism sector. “Cycling fans will see and read about our wonderful region and many will want to come here themselves. “They’ll do so not just because Wairarapa is clearly a great place to cycle, but also because of all that the region has to offer visitors,” Hyde said. The tour takes in much of Wairarapa’s “glorious countryside”, heading north on day one and then Masterton south for the next four stages including the gruelling 178.6km stage four which finishes at the top of Admiral Hill. Stage three includes a circuit through

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Martinborough and around the vineyards. Community events will also be held to celebrate the region’s bike-friendly status and include a picnic and fun ride in Masterton during the official opening, and a Sunday Funday before the fifth stage. The tour officially opened yesterday at a special evening in Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton. TVNZ was there, and filmed stage one racing today. There are 108 riders from 18 teams competing in the five-day tour. All crew and riders are staying at the Copthorne Solway Park Hotel & Resort. • Full details on the race at www.cycletournz. com

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Funday for kids to sample classic CYCLING

dash, the top three over the line will be presented a medal on the same podium reserved for the elite cyclists, who will race later in the morning. In addition, in the nearby Mitre 10 Mega Masterton carpark, a short, fun skills course will be set up that will run all morning. This has been designed to test balance and rider skills with wooden obstacles made by members of the Henley Men’s Shed Masterton. Spot prizes will also be up for grabs.

Timeline for Sunday

Children at a previous community cycling event organised by Huri Huri.

cycling legacy for children in Wairarapa. “Wairarapa is fortunate to have some of the best road cycling routes in the country and January’s NZ Cycle Classic has attracted some of the world’s top male cyclists. “It will be great for the next generation of riders to race on part of the course served for the elite guys and then have an opportunity to meet their

cycling heroes afterwards. It’s a bit like a pitch invasion in rugby, but on the tarmac.” On the day there will be two separate courses open to the public. The first is a shortened 4km circuit open to people of all ages and rider abilities that begins outside the front of Mitre 10 Mega Masterton and heads up Upper Plain Rd before turning left into Chamberlain

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Rd then looping back to Ngaumutawa Rd via West Bush Rd. This course will be fully marshalled, and riders can complete as many laps in that time as they wish. Then from 9.30am children will be able to do either a 300m (kids aged 5 and under and ages 5-8 years) or 400m (ages 9-14years) dash on their bikes, mountain bikes or balance bikes. After the

Location: Mitre 10 Mega Masterton, Ngaumutawa Road 9am – 10am: 4km circuit will be open to members of the public to ride at their leisure for 60 mins Start/finish line start 9.30am: 300m dash for children aged 5yrs and under. Start at Ngaumutawa Rd 9.35am: 300m dash for children aged 5yrs to 8yrs. Ngaumutawa Rd 9.40am: 400m dash for children aged 9yrs to 14yrs. Ngaumutawa Rd 9.50am: Prizegiving at the main NZCC Podium in the Mitre 10 Mega Masterton car park. 10.10am: New Zealand Cycle Classic riders assemble at Mitre 10 Mega Masterton for sign on registration 10.30am: Fifth and final stage of the NZCC begins Approx 1.30pm: Prizegiving for the fifth and final stage of the NZCC

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Cyclists of all ages and abilities will be able to experience the glitz and glamour of international racing next month when a special Sunday Funday will be held before the fifth and final stage of the New Zealand Cycle Classic. On Sunday, January 19, the final stage of the UCI 2.2 NZ Cycle Classic will be held in Masterton, Wairarapa. Before the race starts, part of the 10km route will be open to members of the public for one hour while three fun, sprint cycle races will be held for children. “We hope to recreate a slice of cycle racing mania for the littlies on Sunday morning with three special kids’ races,” says New Zealand Cycle Classic Race director Jorge Sandoval. “We will host three separate age races over two distances and at the end of these we will welcome the top three place-getters on to the podium for a special medal ceremony, emulating what the elite riders will experience later in the afternoon. “In addition, we are opening up the circuit for riders of all abilities so they can get out and pedal before the big guns take to the line. Sandoval says the idea is to leave a positive

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