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Tutoring sessions in a safe environment, social groups for neurodiverse students, a new boxing club, experimenting with clay sculptures, and caring for rescued heritage horses.

These are just a handful of new strategies to help Wairarapa rangatahi [young people] re-connect with their education and community, plan their future, and realise their potential amid the chaos of covid-19.

Last year, the Ministry for Youth Development [MYD] introduced its Ākonga Pathway Programme, a covid-19 response initiative to support ākonga [students] whose learning has been impacted by the pandemic — and who are at risk of disengaging from education, or have left school with no pathway into training or employment.

The programme, part of MYD’s youth mentorship strategy Future Leaders, was first rolled out in Wellington and Waikato, and was expanded to include Wairarapa in February 2022. Ākonga referred for the programme receive

weekly individual mentoring sessions to help them identify and pursue their future goals, develop life skills, build community connections and, eventually, transition into paid employment or work-based learning.

It’s a relief for them to know there are possibilities within their grasp ... and that there’s hope for them.

Nationally, covid-19 has had significant repercussions for secondary ākonga: with young people struggling to adjust to remote learning, disrupted by staffing shortages, and having to navigate strained family dynamics at home.

Wairarapa, Robinson said, is no exception – with covid severely affecting their mental health, several of her students have reported truanting and substance abuse.

However, thanks to

the Ākonga Pathway Programme, her young charges are turning a corner: improving, grades, applying for jobs, doing volunteer work, and tapping into creative passions.

Robinson said the fallout from the pandemic had left her students feeling despondent about their future prospects – but working on their goals in a safe and supportive one-to-one environment has given them “the motivation and accountability to find a way forward”.

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Sessions can also involve academic and mental health support – to help young people work through the challenges holding them back at school.

In Wairarapa, the programme is facilitated by youth coach Tara Robinson, currently working with a cohort of 30 students from various secondary schools.

Future Leaders youth coach Tara Robinson, with students Kehu [left] and Jaye at King Street Artworks.

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Win for oliveloving locals

Whare Awhina hosted an opening ceremony for its new learning space on May 27 - with special guest Councillor Frazer Mailman.

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New accessible space a hit Erin Kavanagh-Hall

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The weather was “horrible” and there were a few last minute adjustments to the guest list — but the students of Wairarapa College’s Whare Āwhina still had plenty to celebrate at the official opening of their new accessible learning space.

On May 27, Whare Āwhina (formerly known as the Supported Learning Centre) hosted an informal opening ceremony for its new building — completed at the start of this year — with a crowd of parents and supporters in attendance.

The 358 square metre learning space, a project made possible by fierce advocacy from staff, was purpose-built to cater for Whare Āwhina’s 22 students — who have various physical and learning [intellectual] disabilities.

Funded by the Ministry of Education, the building includes a range of accessible features: including a sensory room, break-out areas, bathrooms with several mobility aids, and a wheelchair-friendly technology suite — complete with brand new

computers and interactive television.

A significant upgrade from Whare Āwhina’s old building — which was, as head teacher Amanda Kawana put it, “just a couple of old prefabricated classrooms joined together”, with “not much space” and few accommodations for disabled learners.

The Whare Āwhina community’s pride in its “home away from home” was on full display at the opening ceremony: with the students, unfazed by the cold and wet weather, performing an opening karakia and waiata.

This was followed by a speech from WaiCol principal Matt White and a “ribbon cutting”, led by Masterton district councillor Frazer Mailman [representing Mayor Lyn Patterson, who was unwell].

Kawana said she was “thrilled to bits”, both with the opening and the building — which she said has made “a big difference” to student and staff wellbeing.

“The new environment has made life so much less stressful for everyone,” she said.

“It all adds up: it’s things like having an office with doors big enough for a wheelchair

The new Whare Awhina building was purpose built for students with additional needs.

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to fit through, the extra rooms for the kids to have quiet time, a separate kitchen space, and a resource room where we can actually store things — opposed to just putting them wherever there was space.

“The new building was designed with young people with additional needs in mind. It’s an environment that works for them — and that’s the key to a successful education.

“It’s a total upgrade we’re very lucky.”

Kawana said building work on the new space began in June 2020 — and Whare Āwhina teaching staff were heavily involved in the design process.

After several delays, mostly thanks to covid-19, the building was completed in time for Term 1, receiving a blessing from Mike

Kawana of Rangitāne o Wairarapa.

The space features two main classrooms, three smaller break-out areas for group work and one-on-one teaching, a spacious staff room, fully accessible kitchen for “learning life skills”, and “de-escalation” room for students struggling with sensory overload — with an interactive touch pad, low lighting, calming music, and a rocking chair.

It has four accessible toilets and a large bathroom, kitted out with an electric ceiling hoist and safety railings for extra support.

Outside, there is an enclosed basketball court, herb garden — which the students maintain themselves — and several picnic benches.

Teacher Sue Partridge said the students were particularly enjoying

the larger kitchen and technology area — which made a welcome change from the cramped and restrictive spaces in the previous building.

“It was a challenge for our kids who have sensory issues — there’d be a lot of action going on in a small area,” she said.

“We didn’t have the luxury of space — if the kids needed to escape from the noise for a bit, they had to go outside onto the deck.

“Now, if they need some down time, they can go to one of the break out rooms, or sit in the deescalation room to chill out and cool down.”

Another welcome addition are the new computers — which students say are “much faster” than the “hand me down” machines from the previous building.

Though there were concerns some students would find the change in environment difficult, Partridge said the young people have “adjusted brilliantly” so far.

“Some of the kids we thought would struggle have all coped really well.

They’ve been amazing.

“The space feels like home – got a real air about it. The kids love being here — they love coming to school.”

Wairarapa olive oils have taken out three medals in the 2022 New York International Olive Oil Competition.

Martinborough-based Blue Earth Olive Oil won a gold medal, and Opaki’s Loopline Olives won two golds.

The competition is the world’s largest and most prestigious olive oil quality contest - with this year’s adjudicators presented with 1200 entries from 28 countries.

This was Loopline Olive’s fourth year winning gold in the competition for its Picual and Picoline oils.

Owner Stephen Davies Howard was “delighted” with the result.

“To maintain a global standard is huge. On a global stage, we’re tiny, compared to olive oil production in Europe.

“We’re all about quality, not quantity. To be able to compete with them is a testament to the quality we produce.”

Blue Earth owners Mike and Margaret Hanson started planting their olive grove on an old river terrace on White Rock Rd in 1998. They now have about 1100 trees in their vineyard.

This was the second time Blue Earth had won an award at the New York competition for its Intense oil.

“It’s been such a good indication of [the quality of] New Zealand olive oil, especially Wairarapa.

“It’s been hard work, but a lot of fun.”

She said Wairarapa was a special place to produce olive oil.

“It has a great climate, and we’re able to produce interesting flavours.”

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Engaged in class and community Continued from page 1 “You get so excited when you see their successes,” she said.

“They’ve had some revolutionary moments: even small things, like their school assignments making sense, realising they actually do want to do a [university] course, and getting out of the house and showing up to school. Which, when you’re struggling, is a huge achievement.

“It’s a relief for them to know there are possibilities within their grasp. They know there are people here to help them get to where they want to be and, after everything they’ve been through, that there’s hope for them.”

Robinson, who has a background in sociology and prisoner education, works with students aged 14 and 21 - usually referred to the Ākonga Pathway Programme by schools, parents, or mental health services.

Robinson said covid has been hugely challenging for Wairarapa rangatahi – particularly for those who don’t have access to the technology for online learning or have inadequate internet speed or cellular reception.

Others have had to contend with family pressures — such as changes to a parent’s

Charlotte, a student mentored by the programme, is doing volunteer work for a local farmer, caring for her Kaimanawa horses.

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employment — and domestic abuse issues resurfacing during lockdowns.

Neurodiverse ākonga and those with additional learning needs have been particularly impacted often unable to access learning support at home and struggling to adapt to the rapidly shifting covid environment.

To cope with rising anxiety, many of Robinson’s students have resorted to “selfmedicating”.

“Drug use is a huge issue – and it’s affecting kids younger and younger,”

Robinson said.

“I’ve got a lot of students telling me, ‘I’ve got bad anxiety, and I just don’t want to deal with it.’

“It gets to the point where they don’t want to go to school – which leaves them feeling more disconnected.”

Despite them contending with many challenges, Robinson is thrilled with her students’ progress over the last two terms.

Attendance and studentteacher relationships have improved, previously failed NCEA standards have been resubmitted, and several students have gained work

experience and volunteer placements – including with a local carpentry business and the Salvation Army Family Store in Carterton. Ākonga are also pursuing creative endeavours, such as attending King Street Artworks, signing up to dance classes, and joining local theatre groups.

Robinson is currently working with the Wairarapa Boxing Academy to set up a dedicated girls’ boxing club — for students to find a positive outlet for their emotions.

“Some of the girls have a lot of anger issues. We want

to help them express that in a healthy way – so they don’t get into fights and get kicked out of school.”

One particular success story is Charlotte – a young woman passionate about all things equestrian, whom Robinson was able to connect with a Carterton farmer who rescued three Kaimanawa horses.

Charlotte now makes regular trips to Carterton to help care for the horses, which she “absolutely loves”.

Robinson said the programme can also cater to students’ access needs: such as funding learning

support devices, transport to and from activities, and supporting students to get their driver’s licenses by paying for lessons and testing fees.

“Plus, we can do things like take the kids out for lunch and have pampering sessions at the end of term.

“We also put together care packages for kids recovering from covid – things like blankets, tissues, Panadol, and snacks.”

Robinson said one of the most gratifying parts of her work is seeing ākonga gain confidence during their tutoring sessions – with the one-to-one environment a welcome respite from the stress of a classroom.

“I’ll get a text saying, ‘I’m having a bad day, can I see you period 3?’ And we can just chill out together, go over some homework, and chat about what’s on their mind.

“They know they’re in a safe place, where there’s no judgement.”

• The Ākonga Pathway Programme in Wairarapa is keen to partner with local businesses interested in providing work experience opportunities for students. For more information, contact Tara Robinson at tara@futureleaders. co.nz.

Celebrating Matariki with te reo on screen This year’s Matariki celebrations in Masterton will include a community screening of an iconic Disney classic – in te reo Māori .

The Lion King Reo Māori will have one free screening at Regent 3 Cinemas on June 25 at 11am. Tickets are limited to 75 and must be collected from the theatre.

When Masterton District Council invited applications from groups and individuals planning

community events for Matariki, Film Talks founder Jane Ross immediately applied — with the idea that a free screening would provide “a wonderful whānaufriendly experience as well as a sense of community connection”.

“All applications had to align to one or more of the nine stars in the Matariki star cluster”, Ross said.

“The Matariki star is connected to the health and wellbeing of our tangata.

It also signifies reflection, hope, new beginnings, our connection to the environment, and the gathering of people.

“So, I really wanted to gather the community together around a film event to connect with Matariki.

“After talking with the team at Regent 3, we decided The Lion King Reo Māori was the perfect film to offer.”

The Lion King Reo Māori is being released

in cinemas throughout New Zealand this month.

The beloved Disney film has been revoiced in te reo, translated by language experts in each rohe [region], with key characters speaking the five different mita [dialects] featured in the film.

Fourteen actors were chosen after hundreds of auditions were submitted across the country. Actors include Ani-Piki Tuari, who will play lead hyena Shenzi, with Jase Te Patu and

Antonio Te Maioha playing Banzai and Ed. Ross, who established Film Talks in 2017, is the organiser of the annual Wairarapa Film Festival – which offers screenings of films with a connection to Wairarapa in all three districts.

She has also organised premiere events for films that have been shot in Wairarapa, such as Milk, Daffodils and Two Idiots and a Tin Whistle.

“A lot of the films

I support tell stories about people and the contributions that they have made to enrich our world,” Ross said.

“Every event is unique and offers something special to the audience. The screening of The Lion King Reo Māori is no exception and is a fabulous fit for the Film Talks kaupapa.”

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Odes to people and places Erin Kavanagh-Hall

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Whether she’s visiting a crowded beach in Thailand or gaudy theme park in Florida, touring a remote village in India, or taking in a seemingly deserted Masterton during lockdown — Isha Wagner is most content with pen in hand, committing her experiences to verse.

Wagner’s many adventures, at home and abroad, are captured within her poetry collection “Odes to Unrealities”, now available in Wairarapa bookstores.

“Odes to Unrealities”, printed by Lamb-Peters in Greytown, is her first self-published anthology: capturing years of intrepid travels, musings on human nature, and encounters with various colourful characters.

Wagner, a poet for “most of [her] adult life”,

has a similarly vivid and engrossing backstory: her poetry a commentary on her time spent making traditional woollen rugs in Iceland, as a scholar of ancient religion throughout Asia, and living among political idealogues in Central America.

Her nom de plume, Isha, pays tribute to the imposing Esja mountain range outside of Reykjavik — which, as noted on her back-cover blurb, “changed colours each day, increasing within her understanding of people and places in constant change”.

As a poet, Wagner finds people the most fascinating subject for observation: a striking woman selling toilet paper in Havana, a flamboyant wedding party at Walt Disney World, a friend in the grip of dementia, and an elegy to Sylvia Plath all making an appearance in her

Masterton-based poet Isha Wagner, author of the poetry collection “Odes to Unrealities”.

collection.

“I like to write about the different people that have come in and out of my life,” she said.

“I write about everything, really. I feel like I think in poetry — I’ll be out for a walk and see the leaves falling and feel the wind on my face, and I’ll notice a poem forming in my head.

“If I see something that’s interesting, I’ll write about it. I find words and inspirations come from everywhere.”

Wagner, born in Wellington, “left school at 14”, heading off to travel around Europe and work in London.

She later spent time in Iceland, Canada, Libya [working on a US Airforce

base], and Scotland, where she married and started a family.

In later life, she continued her travels: making trips to India to explore “spiritual philosophy”, living on a socialist compound in Cuba, and spending a month in Nicaragua, where she was invited to read at the annual Granada International Poetry Festival.

“That was a wonderful experience,” she said.

“There were huge crowds — people of all nationalities. You do your reading on a big stage — very professional, with good acoustics and brilliant stage lighting.

“Because of the bright lights, you can’t see the

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“I do prefer to be alone. I’ve written a few poems about that.

“About half a dozen poems in the book talk about living through lockdown and what that was like for me, living by myself.”

Wagner said she is proud of her work on “Odes to Unrealities” — and hopes to publish “many more collections” in the future.

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On returning to New Zealand, Wagner settled in Dunedin, where she continued to write — and won first prize in the annual Robbie Burns Poetry Competition, organised by the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature.

It was also in Dunedin that she published three collections of poetry, printed by local company Sqaure One Publishing.

She relocated to Wairarapa in 2017 to be near her son, who farms in Carterton.

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Remote-controlled cars hit the track at the Manaia RC Raceway’s fundraiser event.

Racing - club speeds towards a new track GEORGE SHIERS

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A race day at Manaia RC Raceway, a remotecontrol race car track near Masterton has raised over $300 that will go towards the development of the track.

More than 20 drivers brought a collection of about 50 remote controlled cars to last Monday’s event, descending on the circuit for a day of racing and socialising.

There were seven categories for racers to compete in, including twowheel drive, four-wheel drive, and e-buggies.

Raceway owner Matt Evans said the day was “really good” — and hoped

it would help draw people in and encourage the club to grow.

“We will hopefully host some bigger race days in the near future. But my focus now is that we have a usable track so we can grow our local numbers — and just get Mastertonians out on the dirt having fun with cars.

“The competitive stuff will evolve naturally as the club moves forward.”

Evans said it would probably cost about $2000 to line the entire track in tubing, which was just one of the upgrades he was hoping to carry out.

“After expenses, [the race day] raised $320, which will go towards further track

development,” he said.

“We need to build a permanent driver’s stand, truck in some more dirt, finish lining the track with a drainage pipe product called Novaflo, and finally install a proper digital timing system.”

Evans said he has “always had an interest in RC cars”, but taking part in racing was “a bit of an unknown”.

Two years ago, he stumbled on a Facebook page for the Ruakawa International Raceway, based at Ashhurst.

“As soon as I got involved, I was blown away by the club’s ability to provide such a positive environment for competitive racing.

“I was a stranger from out of town — but everyone was friendly and helpful and, of course, passionate about racing their cars.”

Evans decided to open his own, track for remotecontrolled cars after attending a race day at the Ruakawa club — and wanted to bring something similar to Wairarapa.

“I remember thinking ‘man, Masterton needs something like this’, and that was where my inspiration started”.

• For more information about joining up with the club, visit the Manaia RC Raceway’s Facebook page, or email info.manaia.rc@ gmail.com.

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Carterton Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Mike’s all about connection Erin Kavanagh-Hall

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“For as long as [he’s] got the energy”, Mike Johns is keen to lend a hand in his community: helping seniors with legal queries, ensuring whanau can get groceries during isolation, and connecting lonely people through crafting groups and food swaps.

As a volunteer for various community organisations, Mike often meets people doing it tough — dealing with the “stresses and strains” of covid-19 and, in many cases, unsure of where to go for help.

Assisted by Ka Pai Carterton, Mike came up with a solution: Connections, a local clearinghouse to link “socially isolated community members” with those who can help them access information and practical support.

The clearinghouse would comprise a group of volunteers, who can steer people towards organisations that provide financial and legal advice, home help, mental health support, and transport.

Connections would hold regular monthly meetings featuring “local guest speakers”offering everything from guidance

Carterton local Mike Johns is the driving force behind Connections - a community clearinghouse to help people access information and practical support.

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on Power of Attorney applications, to gardening tips, to “sympathetic ears and companionship”.

Next week, Mike will host a public meeting to gather people who can offer their expertise.

Mike said he was inspired to set up Connections by his work as a volunteer driver for the St John Health Shuttle — where he has spoken with countless people who have fallen on hard times and struggled to access social support.

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So, we want to create a hub of information — where people can tell us their problem, and we can point them in the right direction.

“I wanted to do something to help — I’m 82, but I’ve still got the energy and the gift of the

gab and may as well put it to good use.”

Since retiring at 70, Mike has led “a full life” in service to the community.

As well as driving for St John, Mike volunteers for the Society of St Vincent de Paul, is a member of the Wairarapa Catholic Parish council, has chaired the Wairarapa Monsignor Education Trust, and runs a social group for older people in Greytown.

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Avoid illness this winter Flu, Covid-19 and RSV are in our community and doing the rounds this winter.

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• RSV, flu and Covid-19 are respiratory infections that are highly contagious and easily spread.

• Get protected – being vaccinated against both flu and Covid-19 is the best way to protect you and your family from getting seriously ill and spreading a virus to others.

• Symptoms for all include: fever, sneezing and congestion, coughing, sore throats, head and muscle aches, fatigue and reduced appetite.

• These illnesses can be particularly serious for babies and young children, older people, pregnant women, and people with certain medical conditions.

• Wear a face mask and socially distance in indoor public places.

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• Avoid seeing people who are sick.

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, June 15, 2022 EDITORIAL

Aotearoa needs Pride — all year round Young(ish), scrappy & hungry

Opinion

Erin Kavanagh-Hall Happy Pride Month to the Rainbow community of Wairarapa.

Throughout the world, Pride Month is a joyous commemoration of LGBTQ+ identity and culture. A time to remember those who fought to advance queer rights, and continue fighting for those still victimised by stigma and discrimination.

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To the casual viewer, Pride conjures up familiar images. Parades with flags, balloons, and leather outfits, politicians shaking hands with drag queens, and companies brandishing rainbow logos.

The origins of Pride, however, are not so aesthetically pleasing.

On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. NYC’s queer community, fed up after years of harassment from authorities, fought back —

culminating in several days of rioting.

To mark the first anniversary of the uprising, the US held its first Gay Pride marches — from

which grew the Pride movement we know today.

In Aotearoa, queer rights became more visible in 1972 — thanks to lesbian academic Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, whose visa to study abroad was denied on the grounds of “sexual deviance”.

This incident inspired Aotearoa’s first gay liberation group, formed

by Te Awkotuku at her Auckland flat — with other groups to follow in Wellington and Christchurch.

Activists then organised the “Gay Day” protest (considered our first Pride event), gathering under Albert Park’s statue of Queen Victoria, chanting “will Victorian morality ever die?”

A fierce campaign for law reform followed, with laws decriminalising sexual relations between men enacted in 1986.

More changes were to come: discrimation of sexual orientation declared unlawful, Civil Union Act, marriage equality and adoption rights for samesex couples, and this year’s ban on conversion therapy.

Today, Aotearoa is

considered one of the world’s most Rainbowfriendly destinations. With this in mind, some have questioned — why the need for Pride?

Simple: there’s still work to do.

Firstly, LGBTQ+ teens are still bullied by peers, rejected by churches, and disowned by parents.

The Pride movement, an unabashed celebration of the Rainbow community, is a space where people are welcomed, affirmed, and honoured exactly as they are. For young people, that acceptance is powerful.

Secondly, homophobic violence is still part of our society. Just last week, an LGBTQ+ venue in Greymouth was defaced with homophobic graffiti.

Recent Ministry of Justice data found queer Kiwis are twice as likely to experience sexual violence than the general population. Worldwide, transgender women are murdered at an alarming rate.

Pride started as a physical fight — and reminds us that all communities still have a fight on their hands

to protect our Rainbow whanau.

Finally, history shows us that Pride has brought real change. And, in Aotearoa, changes are yet to be made. Gay men still face barriers when donating blood. Trans and intersex people face significant medical and social discrimation. The Human Rights Act needs amending to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity (not just sex). We’ve come a long way — but the journey isn’t over.

There’s more to Pride than colourful placards and fabulous drag makeup.

It empowers queer people to reclaim the rights and freedoms they’ve been denied. If there are rights to be upheld, and laws to update, Pride will have a place — all year round.

The name of my weekly editorial comes from the musical “Hamilton” — and I’ll finish with another quote from the same tune: “We’ll never be truly free until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me.”

Happy Pride — to all.

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Evening adventure at Aratoi

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If you are an early riser like me (not by choice but because of young children in the house) you will have seen the sunrise recently.

We often take our natural environment for granted, forgetting that the sun always rises towards the east and sets in the west, moving closer to the north as the Winter Solstice approaches.

The sky is like a giant map, a calendar and compass all in one. Certain stars can only be seen at particular times of the year so when you observe that star rise in the evening or the morning it can remind you to do something, gather in the harvest, plan for a voyage or plant.

The rising of Matariki in the dawn sky signifies a special time for us here in Aotearoa. It is when we take note of the Winter Solstice, our nights are at their longest; but it is also a time to reflect on the past year and plan for the next.

Spica is our autumn star, rising in the east in the evening. It reminds us to bring in our harvest before the cold weather comes.

Scorpius/Te Matau-aMāui is our winter marker, slowly crawling across the sky for the six months of winter.

Join us for a public programme in connection with our exhibition Ngā Haerenga/Journeys – Celebrating Matariki.

Using the stars to navigate and tell the times of the year has been an important resource for people for thousands of years across the world.

This is an outdoor programme, starting at Aratoi and moving into Queen Elizabeth Park, 7-8pm and is weather dependent.

Cost: $20; limited to 40 spaces. Bookings essential info@aratoi.co.nz or call (06) 370-0001 to book your place.

Creative writer to feature at Word Multi-award-winning writer Jillian Sullivan will feature at Wairarapa Word’s event on June 19. Sullivan is the author of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, short stories and poetry for adults, teenagers and children.

She has taught creative writing in NZ and the USA. Sullivan has a masters’ degree in creative writing as well as winning awards in New Zealand, Australia and the USA for her poetry, children’s stories, memoir fiction and nonfiction.

Sullivan grew up in Masterton but is now based in the Ida Valley in Central Otago, where she cycles and tramps in that unique environment.

She is the secretary of the Central Otago Environmental Society.

As part of the discussion about writing, memoir and the environment Sullivan

will include the visual and poetic power point on walking the length of the Manuherekia River that she presented to the Environment Court.

Otago University Press describe Sullivan’s latest book, Map For the Heart, as ‘a haunting collection of essays braiding history and memoir with environmentalism. It leads readers to the core of the questions that persist throughout a life: who to love, how to love, how to be independent and yet how to live a moral life that also cares for others’.

Joy Cowley said, ‘The writing is so beautiful it fills me with wonder, laughter and tears’.

Writer and Wai Word committee member Madeleine Slavick said, ‘Map for the Heart really grew on me. A blend of personal, environmental and political. Poetry

and prose. The last five essays are phenomenal unforgettable’.

In her memoir A Way Home Sullivan describes the process of building her straw bale house.

Publisher Potton and Burton said, ‘The house that emerges through this memoir is a physical testament to the rebuilding of a life, and of moving past loneliness and loss to find a place to call home’.

Copies of A Way Home and Map for the Heart will be on sale at the event.

• Wairarapa Word will meet in the foyer at the Carterton Events Centre on Sunday, June 19, at 3pm. Entry is by koha. Masks are required. There will be an open mike session at the beginning.

Wairarapa Word is supported by Almo’s Books and Carterton Creative Communities.

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Chief executive’s message Welcome to our monthly information page. It’s always a pleasure to celebrate the many wonderful things going on in our communities and this month we highlight two of them – Matariki and the Tonganui Corridor. Both of them required a vision, a build-it-and-they-will-come kind of thinking.

And so this year we have a public holiday which is not only unique to New Zealand but also has a really beautiful meaning – a moment to pause and reflect on life.

The Tonganui Corridor is also about a key value – the need to protect our indigenous environment. Private landowners, local authorities, government departments, environmentalists and Māori have banded together for a common goal, and the Council is pleased to be part of it.

JUNE UPDATE

The next local government elections are looming large now. Councils need a diverse range of people – ethnic backgrounds, ages and genders - to properly represent their communities. If you care about our community and want to help make decisions of substance, do think about standing.

Candidate nominations open next month and a candidate handbook with much more information will be up on our

website soon. The elections themselves are held by post in September and October.

This month many of our staff have been occupied by getting the Annual Plan ready for adoption at the end of the month.

Your feedback is important to us. In the last month we have printed a summary in the Times Age, invited your online or written feedback, run a public meeting via Zoom, and held six drop-in sessions with elected members.

This all informs what we are drafting right now and we thank you for your thoughts. You can read the FAQs people asked us, on the Annual Page section of our website.

As winter beds in, please stay safe, stay healthy and enjoy the great Mid-Winter activities I hear are being organised around us.

Harry Wilson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Matariki Wairarapa’s dark skies make this region a perfect place to learn about Matariki, the Māori New Year - which is why Te Papa’s Stardome is making a rare visit this month.

June is the start of the planting season for the Tonganui Corridor, which ultimately would stretch from Aorangi Forest Park (pictured) to the Remutaka Ranges. Credit: Joe Hansen.

A gift to the future South Wairarapa District Council is proud to be associated with the Tonganui Corridor project, which is restoring South Wairarapa pasture land back to native bush.

The four-year project’s ambition is to recreate a green “corridor” all the way from Aorangi Forest Park to the Remutaka Ranges by linking patches of existing bush with new plantings and the help of private land owners.

This is year 3 and by the end of this season, it’s hoped the project will have planted around 170,000 trees. Some will take a century to reach maturity. However, the end result should be a forest of totara, kahikatea and rata along with many other species at different heights and hues.

Up to 1600 local school children are expected to go through the museum’s inflatable planetarium when it visits later this month.

Guided by Wairarapa Library Service’s STEM co-ordinator Scott Ogilvie, the planetarium will be made available to school children in Featherston, Greytown, Martinborough and Carterton.

Scott hopes that people will

NOTICE OF MEETINGS come away learning “a little bit more about Matariki and just more of an appreciation of the night sky.”

Meeting agendas are available for inspection at least two days before the meeting at the district libraries, Council offices and at www.swdc.govt.nz.

“It’s something humans have been looking at forever, using them to help tell stories, to use as calendars and to navigate.”

Public participation is welcome. If you wish to speak during the public participation session at any of the below meetings, please phone 06 306 9611 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting or email enquiries@swdc.govt.nz.

Adults will be able to see the Stardome too. Bookings for public viewings can be made on the Wairarapa Library Service website, www.wls.org.nz

Masks are required for those in attendance and physical distancing is recommended at all times. If you have cold and flu symptoms, please stay at home.

The meetings will be livestreamed on YouTube Channel, where possible.

Tuesday June 21 6pm - 8pm Carterton Events Centre

JULY MEETINGS PLANNING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE

Tuesday June 28 6pm - 8pm Featherston Anzac Hall

Wednesday, 13 July at 10.00am Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

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While many groups are involved, Aorangi Restoration Trust is in charge of the project’s delivery, and its chairman Clive Paton says it will be beneficial in many ways.

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For the landowners, it’s often land that is of no pastoral value to them, and the trees will help offset their carbon footprint.

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“There is also predator control that is going in with the trees so that’s helping with Predator Free NZ, and just enhancing the countryside and creating places for birds, and linking us to Wellington, in the long term.”

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The trust shares the cost of the plants with landowners, and implements the planting. Robert Burgess, the corridor’s project manager, says there are “lots of dots to join up, but when you stand back and see the big picture, you start to see a corridor emerging.”

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As its contribution this year, the Council will plant out 3.5ha of land opposite Kohinui Marae, with trees bought from the marae’s newly established nursery. This adds to 4.5ha of Council land planted out last year in the wake of some pine felling.

Paton hopes that the trust will get an extension of funding so that the full vision of the corridor can be completed.

“We have about 38 different plantings across the valley and if we can keep that up, in 10 years’ time things will be starting to look a bit different down there.”

If you would like to get involved, a community planting day is scheduled for July 29 at Palliser Ridge, planting out some of the 6000 trees given to the trust as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. For more details, contact aarondonges@hotmail.co.nz

Harry Wilson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N C O N TAC T:

Dog regos The deadline for the next year’s dog registrations is drawing near (31 July). Don’t let your woofer go around unregistered.

Look out for your registration form in your inbox or letter box from this month. You can return your form and pay your registration fee at Greytown or Featherston libraries or at our Martinborough offices from 20 June.

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Creativity can be simple

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Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson use of using limited and inexpensive ingredients to make a tasty meal.

This is the type of low key creativity that makes the world a better place without many even noticing it is happening.

Join a club

In 1998 I arrived in Masterton. When I got here I didn’t know anyone, so one of the first things I did was join a football club before the 1999 season started. The team I played for had no one in it I knew either, but I was given the name of a player who was in the team that gave me an ‘in’.

Twenty-four years later I attended a 60th birthday

for a friend who was in that very team (his brother was the guy whose name I was given way back when I joined that first team). At the 60th were a lot of good friends, all of who I met through football, either as teammates or opponents.

Had I not nervously, and a little shyly, gone to that first training session these connections might never have been made and I wouldn’t have these lifelong friends.

Clubs are such a great way to form friendships.

Just by joining you’ll be among likeminded people with similar interests.

It might not have been easy for me making that

first step, but the lifelong benefits have been immense.

Happy 60th Pete.

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Often we read and hear that people don’t pay attention or notice what we do, as they are so caught up in their own lives.

While this is true for a vast majority of people, it isn’t the case for all; those we care about most are almost certainly very aware of what we say and do.

Joe De Sena, the founder of Spartan Races, is one who really does believe our actions matter. Speaking from the perspective of parents and caregivers, De Sena is adamant that what children see from those who look after them is incredibly important; there is a good chance that children will pick up the same habits as their

parents, whether these habits are good or bad.

Of course there will be exceptions, but don’t let the outlier have the biggest impact on you, instead look at what usually happens, this being our actions having a strong influence on others. I love seeing my children living the values of my wife and I, something I take great pride in; they are doing what I hope they have seen in their parents.

Fixing ‘little’ problems

Today I completed a duty at school. Part of the duty involves a simple clearfile with several different sheets inside. We have had the same clearfile for many years, which had meant split plastic sheets inside that really didn’t do the job they were meant to.

Today when I arrived

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Creativity is something that is very much sought after. In the world today this is a quality that many feel gives an edge to individuals or groups. We even see it in countries, who collectively believe that creativity is a pathway to a better nation, a means to compete in many ways to make the lives of citizens better.

The problem too often with creativity is that it will be valued only at the very highest level, such as with a company that develops a standout product or service. An example of this is Apple and the iPad. This was developed over a decade ago and was clearly a big ticket item that so many have come to believe they need. However, the creativity didn’t stop there with that device, it has continued in the many minor tweaks and changes that incrementally make the product better.

For me, creativity is summed up so well in The School of Life book The Meaning of Life, which states: ‘We just need to be persistently on the lookout for (sometimes very small) ways of improving life.’

We don’t need to create the equivalent of an iPad to be creative. Rather, our creativity could be in the

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Matariki Colouring Competition 2022

Open to residents of Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa Districts.

Age categories: 0 - 5 Years 6 - 12 years 13 - 18 years 18 + and adults

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: JULY 1st 5PM 2022 TAKE YOUR ENTRY TO your local library: Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston & Martinborough.

PRIZES = Great Books from the Wairarapa Library Service !

Please write your first name, age, town, phone & email on the reverse of this page

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MASTERTON MONTHLY WRAP

JUNE 2022

HE TĀKAI KŌRERO MAI I WHAKAORIORI ANNUAL PLAN CLOSE TO ADOPTION The Council is currently finalising the Annual Plan for 2022/23, setting out what work is planned for the next financial year.

We’re not consulting on the 2022/23 Annual Plan.

This isn’t unusual in Year 2 of a Long-Term Plan (LTP) as nothing significant or material has changed since we consulted last year.

The annual plan will be published after it is adopted by the Council at its meeting on 29 June.

While there are no significant or material changes to our work programme, some variations have been identified for 2022/23.

Key changes include:

We are forecasting an average rates increase of 6.9 per cent. This is 1.3 per cent more than we projected for Year 2 in the LTP but less than the limit we set in our financial strategy of 7.3 per cent.

Hood Aerodrome Developments – some aspects of construction will now occur in 2022/23 while the runway extension is dependent on the purchase of land and is now more likely to commence during 2023/24.

y forecast rises in roading and urban water

supply expenditure

A survey is available online on the Council website (www.mstn. govt.nz) if you would like to suggest changes that Council could consider for future plans.

HOOD AERODROME REFUELLING AREA UPGRADE Work on upgrading the refuelling area at Hood Aerodrome is progressing well with excavation of the lime sub base ready for the installation of the base course metal.

The walkway from Oxford Street to the bridge has been started with a base course being laid so trucks don’t get stuck in the mud.

For more information, see the Council website -www.mstn.govt.nz (search ‘Annual Plan 2022-23’).

IF YOU’RE REPRESENTED HERE...

Contractors aim to seal the immediate refuelling area within approximately three weeks – this is weather dependent. The surrounding area will be grassed.

Fuel remains available throughout the construction process.

The Wairarapa Archive will remain open during this time.

Once the ramps are complete, it will be possible to start work on the suspension section of the bridge.

The bridge is now likely to be complete in August.

TACKLING SURFACE WATER ISSUES

(inflation)

We have worked hard to minimise the impact of these external drivers , such as inflation, on rates.

Masterton District Library will be closed on Wednesday 29 June for staff training.

Access ramps are being constructed on both sides of the river and the structure is beginning to shape.

y increasing costs to deliver services y changing demand for some services.

LIBRARY CLOSED – 29 JUNE

After interruptions due to COVID-19, work has resumed on the walking/cycling bridge across the Waipoua River.

RATES

The key drivers for this rate increase are:

Animal Shelter Redevelopment – this will now be completed in 2022/23 due to delays with the design work. The capital spending and loan funding will be carried forward.

PIPIRI 2022

WAIPOUA BRIDGE UPDATE

Property Renewals – a range of renewals that were scheduled in 2021/22 have been deferred and funding will be carried forward.

A lack of contractors to complete the work has contributed to this.

With winter upon us, the Council is carrying out work to reduce surface flooding near the SH2 roundabout at the northern entrance to Masterton, and Buchanan Place at the southern end.

Two soak pits have been constructed by G&C Diggers on the banks of the Waipoua River, near the northern roundabout.

These are designed to collect water running off from the road at times of high rainfall.

A third soak pit will also be constructed at the end of Buchanan Place off SH2 at the southern entrance to Masterton.

NEW COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON NEXT STEPS ON CIVIC FACILITY The next steps in Masterton District Council’s Civic Facility project will be a matter for the new Council, to be elected in October.

An extraordinary meeting of the Council last month approved complementary work, including a review led by an independent chair, to provide the new Council with information to enable a decision on next steps early in the new term.

The meeting discussed a reverse brief from the project architect in which costs for the proposed Civic Facility were estimated by the Quantity Surveyor at $57.14m, up from $30.8 in last year’s LTP consultation document. A recommended construction contingency of $14.2 million would lift this to $71.3m.

Terms of reference for the review are scheduled to be discussed at the June 29 meeting of the Council.

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WHAT’S ON Today 15 June 1:30pm Extraordinary Council Meeting (adoption of the LongTerm Plan Amendment relating to Panama Land) Monday 20 - Sunday 26 June Follow the Stars for Matariki events (for more information see the calendar printed in this paper or download a full calendar at: www.mstn.govt.nz) Friday 24 June - Matariki Holiday

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Gain a sense of purpose

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Continued from page 17 to do the duty I found that the clearfile had been replaced with a new one.

Not only that, the contents had also been updated and organised. As simple as this may sound, it really did make doing the duty a little easier; it was a small pleasure using the updated folder.

Writing this makes me think about the many small jobs that could be done to make our lives easier. However, we instead put up with minor inconveniences for long periods of time, when what’s required to fix the problem really is quite simple. Perhaps a list could be made of many similar problems, then a plan put in place to fix them one at a time. Doing so will make your job that little bit easier and a lot more enjoyable.

Who can you help?

I saw an inspiring clip on YouTube in which the narrator describes a person who seems to be almost at ‘rock bottom’ in so many areas of her life. The person described has so little and has come from so little. However, there is one thing that this unfortunate person does have, this being a newly acquired dog that she

where you do want to be.

Are you okay?

Arthur Brooks at the American Enterprise Institute’s Dupont Circle space in Washington in 2017. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

walks and cares for.

The inspiration comes from what the person seeks to do, this being to visit a clinic with people who seemingly are even less fortunate than herself, where she can volunteer by taking them out for walks with her dog; what an incredible gesture!

This post shows three things: that there is always something we can be grateful for; there will always be people less fortunate than ourselves, and; there is always something we can do to help others.

I’ll add one more thing … if we help others we’ll have a greater sense of purpose, meaning we’re

helping ourselves too!

Do the work

Author Arthur Brooks is a recognised expert on happiness. His books on the topic are highly regarded, and the course he lectures in at Harvard University is oversubscribed; he really does seem to have the credentials and experience that make him someone worth listening to.

When interviewed on The Rich Roll Podcast he shares a strategy that always strikes a chord with me, and it is one I have shared many times in the past, this being that if you want something you really need to do the work to

get it. The beauty of this idea is that it really is a simple one that is easy to understand and anyone can do. However, there is one catch that means so many fail to apply it, this being a vast majority simply aren’t prepared to do the work to get what they want.

If you want to be healthier, exercise and eat a better diet; if you want to be more social, be the person who makes the first call; if you want more money; work extra hours or upskill in the area you want to work in. Yes, there will be times when doing the work won’t get you exactly what you want, but it will get you closer to

I heard a great interview today on the Radio New Zealand Nine to Noon show. The interviewee was Dave Burt, a person with a very successful electrical contracting business who, to the surprise of many, wrote a book about his battle with depression.

The reason so many were surprised was that Burt just wasn’t a person who they thought would be depressed.

Burt really believes that it is so important to be prepared to ask the question ‘are you okay?’

Too often we’re worried about causing offence when, in fact, the worst thing that could happen could be a curt reply, whereas the opposite might be a person genuinely opening up to you with a sense of relief that someone really does care.

• Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a happy and purposeful life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

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Space is fascinating.

Stars just as much.

Matariki especially.

2022 Matariki The Matariki star cluster rises in the morning sky on the eastern horizon, before the sun. This signals the beginning of Te M˜ tahi o te Tau or the M˜ori Ne w Year.

Matariki is always special and this year it is particularly so.

This year - 2022 - marks o˜ cial recognition for the ÿ rst time of Matariki with a designated public holiday on Friday 24 June. It celebrates the reappearance of the constellation of the stars by having a day dedicated to Remembrance and Rejuvenation. The pre-dawn rising of Matariki in the midwinter sky marks the changing of the seasons and the beginning of the M˛ori New Year. Historically, Matariki was celebrated during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June); the ceremony involved viewing the individual stars for forecasts of the year to come, mourning the deceased of the past year, and making an o˝ ering of food to replenish the stars.

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Children celebrate Matariki in 2021, at the light show on the park island at Queen Elizabeth Park.

Ah, the night sky! There’s something magical about gazing into the darknessand looking at the stars.

Mankind has had a relationship with the stars since time began. Philosophers have marvelled over their existence. Gardeners have planted by them, mariners have sailed by them and civilisations have risen and fallen, based on their entire existence, and cultural rituals.

Egyptians aligned their pyramids and temples towards the north because they believed their pharaohs became stars in the northern sky after they died. The ancient Maya were avid astronomers, recording and interpreting every aspect of the sky. They believed that the will and actions of the Gods could be read in the stars, moon, and planets. Many of their prominent buildings were built with astronomy in mind.

One of artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci’s most well-known astronomical discoveries resulted from his gazing at

the moon and stars. He was fascinated that even during crescent and new moon phases, the remainder of the moon could still be faintly seen. He pieced together that this was due to sunlight hitting the Earth and re˜ ecting on to the moon, giving it a noticeable glow, which he entitled ‘Earth shine’, others calling it the Da Vinci Glow.

Then there were the Wise Men who followed the stars to the birth of Jesus Christ and in today’s world, companies like Speights have leveraged such legends, and placed stars on their beer branding hoping that advertising slogans like “wise men have always followed the stars” will help them to sell more beer. In 1953, ÿ ve Japanese car companies merged to form Fuji Heavy Industries and adopted a cluster of stars as its o˛ cial logo. This cluster of stars is better known by the Greek name ‘Pleiades’ which is part of the Taurus constellation.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 There are many interesting facts and stories about stars (whet˜):  Matariki is one of the nearest star clusters to Earth – it’s just 444.2 light years away. The distance to Matariki is used by astronomers as a marker to help calculate distances to other stars.

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 Did you know the nearest star to our planet is called Alpha Centauri? It’s about 4.3 light years from earth and it takes about four years for the light from this star to reach us. Which means that here on earth we’re seeing this star today, as it appeared four years ago!  Most stars that you see are from 10 to 1000 light years away. A star that you’re seeing at night might not exist anymore.  The sun is a star and scientists believe it will live for about 10 billion years.

But don’t worry it’s not going to stop shining any time soon. It’s thought to be 4.6 billion years old, so it still has plenty of happy sun rays to beam down to us.  What about shooting stars? If you see a ‘star’ that’s moving across the sky, it’s likely to be a satellite orbiting the earth. Most satellites orbit 36,000km above the earth in a geosynchronous state, meaning they appear almost stationary, because they move in line with the earth’s rotation. Those in a slightly deeper orbit can have their gravitational pull from earth cancelled out by gravity from the sun and need constant adjustments to stay in space. If, however you do indeed see a shooting star, it’s not actually a star at all. These are pieces of rock – small meteors that move so fast they heat

up and glow, dying out as they hit the earth’s atmosphere and disintegrate.

Any pieces that survive re-entry to earth are called meteorites.  Stars shine because they are extremely hot (which is why ÿ re give o° light).

The source of their energy is nuclear reactions going on deep inside the star.

In most stars, like our sun, hydrogen is being converted into helium, a process which gives o° energy that heats the star.  Stars don’t twinkle. Stars appear to twinkle or ‘scintillate’, especially when they are near the horizon. One star, Sirius, twinkles, sparkles, and ˛ ashes so much sometimes that people actually report it as a UFO. But in fact, the twinkling is not a property of the stars, but of Earth’s turbulent atmosphere.  Black holes don’t suck. Many people describe black holes as “sucking” in everything around them. It is a common worry that the so-far hypothetical mini black holes that may be produced by the Large Hadron Collider would suck in everything around them in an ever-increasing vortex that would consume the Earth!

In the case of black holes, there is no suction involved. So black holes don’t suck, but they are very cool. Actually, they are cold. Very, very cold. But that’s a story for another time.

So, that’s the stars and universe for you, which brings us back to Matariki.

While it’s the celebration of the M˝or i New Year it’s more than this and o° ers insights into the te ao M˝or i world and all its rich culture.

The Matariki star cluster is made up of nine stars.

They are: Matariki, P˙hutuk awa, Waitˆ, Wait˝, Waipuna-˝-r angi, Tupu˝nuk u, Tupu˝r angi, Ururangi, and Hiwa-i-terangi. Traditionally, M˝or i ancestors did not just look at the constellation as a whole, but rather viewed each star individually, gaining an insight into the year ahead.

Star clusters are groups of stars that are connected – held together – by gravity. A constellation is a group of stars that appear to be close together in an imaginary outline or pattern, but they may actually be far apart.

M˝hut onga, also known as the Southern Cross or Crux, is an example of a constellation.

The stars (whetˇ) in M atariki are relatively young ‘teenage’ stars, born together in a nebula at about the same time. They are much larger than our Sun and are blue because they are hot. Blue stars are the hottest, yellow are medium hot, and red stars are at the cooler end of the spectrum.

The hazy white light around the stars that can be seen with a telescope was thought to be the remnants of the nebula the stars came from.

However, scientists have discovered that the stars are a little too old to still have remains of the molecular cloud. The hazy light connecting the stars together is a nebula the stars are passing through – the Merope nebula.

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ELDER ABUSE HITS CLOSE TO HOME World Elder Abuse Awareness 15-22 June 2022.

every culture, faith, ethnicity, and socio-economic group.

10% of the population aged over 65 years who are living in the community, may experience abuse.

In 2006 the United Nations General Assembly, designated June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to represent the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generation. . The public discussion created since then, has led to the United Nations recognising that elder abuse is a public health and a human rights issue.

Each year World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15 June, is acknowledged in many countries through activities that bring attention to the issues of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older people. These highlight how elder abuse devalues older people, and how elder abuse is underpinned by ageist views in many societies.

In New Zealand, the impact of Covid-19 and winter weather means that for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day activities are usually indoors. To find out what is happening nationally and in your own area, visit www.ageconcern.org.nz

WHAT IS ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT? Elder Abuse and Neglect is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.

This internationally agreed definition is used in New Zealand. Elder abuse usually occurs behind closed doors and is seldom noticed in public, so raising awareness in all our communities is crucial.

WHAT DOES AGE CONCERN DO TO PREVENT ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT? Anyone can call us at Age Concern if you suspect elder abuse might be happening. If you are unsure, have a hunch or an inkling that something may be amiss with an older person, trust your gut and

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF ELDER ABUSE?

phone to discuss your concern.

The longer elder abuse goes on for, the more harm is caused, and the harder it becomes to untangle the negative effects for older people.

Age Concern offers free, confidential, specialist Elder Abuse services throughout most regions of New Zealand.

We work with older people and their family / whānau to stop abuse, reduce the harm caused and increase understanding to keep all family members safe.

Age Concern works alongside health services, needs assessment services, police, banks, residential care facilities, iwi, and other community agencies, to improve outcomes for the older person/ kaumātua.

WHAT DOES ELDER ABUSE LOOK LIKE? It is common for several types of abuse occur together. The types of abuse include: Psychological Abuse Actions and words that cause misery, anxiety, or fear. For example: • ridicule, humiliation, threats, coercion, and bullying • control, social isolation, and prevention of choice • hostility and lack of affection Financial Abuse Illegal or improper use of money, property, or other assets. For example: • unauthorised taking of money or possessions, or failure to repay loans given • misuse of power of attorney

• use of home and assets without contributing to costs.

• scams that establish relationships with the older people for exploitation e.g. romance scams Physical Abuse Infliction of pain, injury, or use of force. For example: • hitting, pushing, rough handling • over-medication or under-medication • inappropriate use of restraints or confinement.

Neglect Not providing for physical, emotional, or social needs. For example: • inadequate food, clothing, shelter • lack of social contact, support • health needs not attended to.

Sexual Abuse Non-consensual sexual acts or exploitive behaviours. For example: • inappropriate touching • sexual acts which are not wanted Institutional Abuse A policy or accepted practice within an organisation that does not respect a person’s rights or causes them harm or distress. For example: • rigid routines that disregard a person’s culture or customs • rationing of continence products or other personal care needs

HOW PREVALENT IS ELDER ABUSE? Elder abuse is a issue. It can happen to men and women of

Elder abuse and neglect can be a significant cause of injury, illness, lost productivity, isolation, and despair. Abuse can reduce a person’s independence by undermining their selfesteem and confidence. It also damages family/whānau relationships, financial security, and mental and physical health, as well as increasing dependency on health and support agencies, which may result in the need for residential care. Elder abuse and neglect have a negative impact on the wellbeing and quality of life of older people. Age Concerns in most regions investigate instances of elder abuse and neglect that are referred to them. Statistics presented are from the combined reports from Age Concern’s Elder Abuse Response Services for the year 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Age Concerns worked with 2452 cases of which 68% had abuse identified 43% of cases the older person was under 75 years of age.

35% of cases the older person was living alone but 57% live with partners and/or relatives.

83% of cases include psychological abuse.

40% of cases involve financial abuse.

32% of cases involve neglect and self-neglect.

20% of cases involve physical abuse.

84% of alleged abusers were family members of which 58% were adult children or grandchildren.

72% of the alleged abusers are aged under 60 and 51% live with the older person.

68% of cases the abuse has continued for longer than 3 months, and 31% longer than a year.

WHY DON’T OLDER PEOPLE SEEK HELP WHEN THEY ARE ABUSED? As an older person/kaumātua, it is not easy to tell someone about the elder abuse I may be experiencing because:  I depend on the abuser for support.  I don’t want to make a fuss

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or get my loved ones into trouble.

I am afraid that if I complain, the abuse will get worse.

I am ashamed that the abuser is one of my family/ whānau.

I am isolated, so that it is difficult to find someone to talk to.

They do not know who to tell or how to get help.

I have dementia or an illness that prevents me from telling anyone.

I can’t fathom that someone I love and trust, would do this to me.

I blame myself for the abuse.

 I have low self-confidence and self-esteem.

HOW CAN I TELL IF SOMEONE IS BEING ABUSED OR NEGLECTED? The following signs MAY indicate an older person/ kaumātua is being abused:  Unexplained behaviour, sleeping or eating habits.  Fearfulness and edginess.  Confusion.  Unexplained injuries.  Drowsiness (due to overmedication).  Recoiling from touch.  Withdrawing from contact with a particular person.  Appearing fearful and remaining silent when some people are present.  Unusual withdrawals from bank accounts.  Unpaid bills, lack of money for necessities.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN AN OLDER PERSON IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT? Older people/ kaumātua…  Are valued for who we are and treated fairly.  Live safely, free of exploitation and abuse.  Receive the care and support we need.  Make our own decisions.  Have our physical, spiritual, cultural, and emotional needs met.  Are included in conversations.  Are part of each community.

Contact details for Age Concerns services in each region are available at www.ageconcern.org.nz

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DAUGHTERS STORY Anyone can contact Age Concern like this daughter living overseas I used to come home every year to see Mum, but with Covid I haven’t been able to visit. I send money to my niece to do shopping and vacuuming for Mum each week. She is at Polytech close by, so its good money for her while she is studying.

I sent Mum a smart phone to do video calls with her, but it’s too hard for Mum to use by herself. I asked my niece, but she gets too frustrated and snaps at Mum, (I hear the way she talks to Mum when I am on the other end of the phone). So, it’s easier for Mum if I ring on the landline, she always says everything is “fine”, she has no complaints about anything.

But when I kept getting no reply from Mum or my niece, I got so worried I rang Mum’s GP practice.

The nurse rang me back after visiting her, saying Mum was in bed, was dehydrated and hungry and didn’t feel up to

10 TIPS TO BE KIND AND PREVENT ABUSE  Love and cherish your older relatives/whānau.  Phone, zoom or facetime older people/kaumātua.

answering the phone. I protested that my niece was shopping for her each week and rang my brother.

He said was too busy to visit Mum now it was the rugby season with coaching his first-grade team! I blew my top at him saying: “She was our Mum and she deserved better”, he just said: “Well if you really cared you wouldn’t be on the other side of the world”.

I replied: “At least I pay for his daughter (my niece) to do shopping and vacuuming for Mum every week”. That’s when

he told me his daughter had dropped out of her Polytech course a month ago and gone to work on the ski fields with her new boyfriend, I screamed: “No wonder Mum’s dehydrated and hungry” and hung up.

Who can I talk to about my Mum? Even if siblings are arguing with one another, neglect of older family members is abusive.

You can contact Age Concern to ask about how to support an older person who is being neglected? Freephone 0800 65 2 105.

 Visit older people/kaumātua in your neighbourhood.  Involve older people / kaumātua in your social activities.  Encourage older people/ kaumātua to make their own decisions.  Support older people/ kaumātua to use their money for their needs.  Honour older people’s/ kaumātua’s wisdom.  Enable older people/ kaumātua to set their own pace.  Speak respectfully and listen to older people’s/kaumātua’s stories.  Seek advice from any Elder Abuse Service or Age Concern if you think an older person/kaumātua is being abused or neglected.

SIGN UP AS AN AGE CONCERN DIGNITY CHAMPION

Age Concern strives to create a New Zealand in which everyone is valued, supported, and empowered no matter how old they are. However, this is not the society we live in – not yet. That’s where you come in. We need New Zealanders from all walks of life to join us and become Age Concern Dignity Champions. Sign up on: www.ageconcern.org.nz

AN AGE CONCERN DIGNITY CHAMPION PLEDGES TO:

1 Reject stereotypes and focus on the uniqueness of every individual 2 Speak up when they hear people speaking negatively about growing old 3 Have the courage to question practices they feel are disrespectful to older people 4 Not patronise older people

5 Be patient, polite and friendly 6 Have zero tolerance for abuse or neglect 7 Build relationships – they combat isolation and loneliness by getting to know the older people in their lives.

If you suspect abuse or neglect of an older person may be happening, trust your gut. Contact your nearest Age Concern to discuss the questions you have.

If you or an older person/kaumātua you know is being abused, contact your nearest Age Concern to talk through the options you have.

Contact details for all services are available at: 0800 65 2 105 or www.ageconcern.org.nz Wairarapa Age Concern 06 3770066 Email ears@acww.nz or eanp@acww.nz

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Mulled wine concert A rising star from the the New Zealand School of Music, at Victoria University, in Wellington will perform at the ANZAC Hall in Featherston at 6pm on Friday, June 17.

Otis Prescott-Mason is a Wellington-born pianist and a classical performance student. He began his piano studies with Erin Taylor at the age of five and he studied with Emma Sayers from 2018-2020.

Prescott-Mason is studying under Dr Jian Liu and has been since 2018.

Prescott-Mason has been successful in local competitions, winning numerous competitions over the years. He has also been successful

in competitions at the national level - he was awarded first prize and several special prizes at the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, New Zealand’s national piano competition.

In 2020, while still in high school, PrescottMason was awarded first prize at the New Zealand Junior Piano Competition.

He has been invited to perform in many concert series and festivals including the New Zealand International Music Festival, the Whakatipu Music Festival, and last year’s inaugural At The World’s Edge Festival.

Prescott-Mason enjoys chamber music and was

selected to attend the 2021 and 2022 Adam Summer School for Chamber Music in Nelson. He is also a part of Duo Zweisamkeit, a piano duet, with Sunny Cheng, and has also dedicated his time to teaching piano since 2017.

The concert will include: Schumann - Arabeske, Op 18 Beethoven - Sonata No 28, in A major, Op 101 Movements 1 and 2 Chopin - Polonaise, in F# minor, Op 44 Scriabin - Two Impromptus, Op 12 Liszt - Après une Lecture du Dante Fantasia quasi Sonata

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I am very pleased to see we are getting three new roundabouts on State Highway 2 between Masterton and Carterton.

As a regular user of the East Taratahi intersection, I often see idiots who think they can beat the traffic and pull out on SH2 causing all sorts of near misses.

We have been told it is a dangerous stretch of road.

I disagree. I used to drive it eight times a day and on every occasion, I found it to be very amiable and friendly, apart from the 70k sign that some plonker decided was necessary at one of the intersections. A sign that very few people take any notice of and has served no useful purpose at all. It’s not the road that is dangerous.

The only thing that bothers me about these roundabouts is how long they will take to build. I fear that by the time they are finished, I will be on a mobility scooter and won’t get to enjoy using them.

I say this, based on my observations at the farcical time it took to build a little roundabout on Te Ore Ore Rd. What was it, seven months? The disruption was very frustrating.

It’s particularly hard to understand the delay when one reads of a new covid hospital being built in China in two weeks.

And I am sure we are

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Graeme Burnard all looking forward to the two years it is going to take to rebuild one lane of the bridge on Colombo Rd. Already people are getting frustrated at the delays with the traffic lights that have been assembled there. Southbound and northbound traffic both sitting at red lights waiting for one of them to turn green. Numerous comments have been made about these lights on social media but they are still the slowest traffic lights in the developing world.

Dare I mention the

on the thing, I would say three to five years for construction and $140 million. That means we would have at least two more local body elections before the official opening of the new Tina Nixon auditorium so goodness knows what mayhem will ensue.

Based on statistics, the new roundabouts, the bridge and the civic centre will all suffer considerable

The only thing that bothers me about these roundabouts is how long they will take to build. I fear that by the time they are finished, I will be on a mobility scooter and won’t get to enjoy using them. proposed Masterton civic centre? Yeah, go on. Well, I reckon it will take twice as long to build it as they say it will. The proposed cost has already more than doubled and that’s before they have even decided where to put it, so I will have a guess that we can double that figure again. If I was to have a bet

delays in construction and go way over budget.

In a survey (2018), 31 per cent of all projects came within 10 per cent of the budget and design errors accounted for 38 per cent of construction disputes causing delays.

The six common causes of project overruns and

blow out (from US37 billion to US54 billion) Dubai Metro – five year delay – 85 per cent budget blow out (from 4.2 billion to 7.8 billion) Nuclear Power Plant in Finland – eight year delay – 166 per cent budget blow PHOTO/FILE out (from three billion to eight billion) A roading/tunnel project in Boston, USA – six year delay – 685 per cent budget blow out delays were: – (from 2.8 billion to 22 Inaccurate project billion) estimates.

Scottish Parliament Serious project design building – three year delay errors.

– 730 per cent budget blow Not planning for change out – (from 50 million order (an agreement pounds to 414 million to make changes after pounds) construction has begun) But how pleased do Admin errors you think the owners of Poor site management the Empire State Building Not hiring the right would have been? The brief team was for it to be completed Imagine how the locals within 18 months with a felt about the blowouts in budget of $US50 million. these constructions.

It was finished in one year Wembley Stadium 45 days and under budget London – one year delay by over $US10 million.

– 32 per cent budget blow And this was 92 years ago. out It makes the Colombo Rd LNG Plant in Western bridge project look rather Australia – 18 months delay – 45 per cent budget embarrassing doesn’t it?

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Volunteering Wairarapa is looking A search for volunteer work on www. seekvolunteer.co.nz reveals over 600 volunteer positions across the Greater Wellington Region.

If you have the time and don’t need the money, you can plant trees, work in an opshop, be a companion for someone with early onset dementia, serve up tea and coffee to the homeless, or work in a food bank. Pretty much, if you can think up something you’d like to do there’ll be a someone wanting those services from you.

He wā whaiwhakaaro He wā moemoeā He wā pīataata

time to reflect, dream, shine time to

Closer to home Volunteering Wairarapa connects local organisations wanting volunteers with those wanting to volunteer.

It’s one of seventeen volunteer centres around New Zealand contributing to the 50% of kiwis who undertake either formal or informal volunteer work each year. Formal volunteering refers to unpaid work that is planned and coordinated by clubs, groups or

like to help out”.

Examples could be stepping up to referee a child’s football game, delivering someone’s groceries during covid, or helping a neighbour to clear their section. An additional 7.8 million hours of volunteer labour are also added in this capacity.

centres that had relationships deepen and ideas shared.

Something that’s continuing to this day.

and prepare for when the mandates and restrictions were lifted”.

Fortnightly video meetings started with the other volunteer

“It’s led to us doing a complete relaunch with a revamped website that will go live on the 8th of July”, says Jill.

“We’ll be implementing a new online system that will make It easier for organisations to list jobs and connect with the

500 volunteers in our database.”

Jill is especially looking for volunteer helpers for the Wairarapa Walking Festival. There’ll be 40+ walks happening across 11-20 November 2022. “Trust House have supplied funding for 3 first aid courses for 30 participants as we’ll need first aiders on every walking trail. Please get in touch with us if you’d

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We know there are many other organisations, community groups and individuals who generously give up their time and resources for our community.

We are grateful to each and every one of you for your support and commitment.

Carterton Lions Club is a fun, communityminded club. We do a lot of community work and also hold many fundraisers throughout the year and all proceeds go back into the community.

Want to join?

Have a chat with Pascoe Reynolds on 021 228 7871

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Volunteering Wairarapa is also working with Age Concern to deliver a Community Expo Day scheduled for the third Saturday in March 2023.

“Having been through covid, we want to bring the community back together – everyone, all ages - with food, music, stalls and fun. So get in touch with us if you’d like to be involved. It’s a wonderful time to be volunteering in the community and over volunteer awareness week we especially want to thank everyone who is volunteering throughout our region and the organisations offering grants or funding to assist. Thank you to everyone for your kindness and generosity”.

Volunteering Wairarapa is open Monday – Friday from 11am – 3pm at 41 Perry Street, Masterton.

If you’re a volunteer looking for opportunities, or a community group needing volunteers, get in touch and they’ll help connect you. www.volwairarapa.org.nz

Whakaoriori Air Scout Group attending the ANZAC Service out at Tinui.

Have fun outdoors, changing lives Whakaoriori Air Scout Group was formed in October 2018, when the last two scout groups in Masterton - Lansdowne Scout Group and Te Runga Air Scout Group - merged to become Whakaoriori Air Scout Group.

There are now only three scout groups left in Wairarapa; Greytown Scout Group, Carterton Scout Group and Whakaoriori Air Scout Group.

This also coincides with three types of scout groups throughout NZ. Land Scouts, Sea Scouts and Air Scouts. Together they make up 305 scout groups of which only nine are air scouts. Whakaoriori Air Scout Group is proud

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organisations. Per annum, New Zealanders contribute a staggering 159 million hours of formal volunteer labour valued at $4 billion.

Informal volunteering is unpaid work that is not coordinated and happens directly between individuals and communities in ad hoc ways.

Jill Greathead is the Manager at Volunteering Wairarapa. She says, covid forced a rethink and brought the sector closer together. “A lot of volunteering was put on hold, but the downtime was used productively to make improvements

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Many Leaders cover more than one section which means they do multiple nights per week.

They put in many long hours to organise a fun and exciting programme for young people to enjoy, as well as organise camps, tramps and other activities throughout each term.

Volunteering can sometimes appear to some, as a thankless role with little reward, but for

volunteer Leaders there are plenty of benefits. Like seeing the development in a young person from when they first started.

Watching youngsters step outside their comfort zones and give things a go. Or seeing adolescents grow in confidence and develop new life skills.

Perhaps most rewarding is seeing the influence they themselves can have on bringing a smile to a young persons face and helping them achieve their goals.

The purpose of Scouts is to empower youth through adventurous experiences so they can lead lives that make a positive difference.

Scouts work in small teams to develop new skills

and confidence through their achievements system. In Whakaoriori’s case they learn about aviation too. All groups are actively involved in the community, from doing park clean-ups to attending the ANZAC service at Tinui. The Scout section is currently full, with 30 youth enrolled, however Venturer, Cub and Kea sections are open for enrolment.

If you enjoy the outdoors, like working with youth and would like to make a difference in the community, come and be a volunteer Leader.

For more information, please get in touch with Julz at whakaoriori@group. scouts.nz.

Victim Support thanks all our volunteers for their time, knowledge and experience to support victims of crime and trauma.

Volunteers are needed in your community now! Contact us to find out more.

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THANK YOU to everyone who has volunteered at Cobblestones over the last 51 years.

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to be just one of those nine. Each group is run by volunteers who are known as Leaders. At Whakaoriori there are 8 Leaders who run 4 sections: Venturers from ages 14 to 18, Scouts from ages 11 to 14, Cubs from ages 8 to 11, and Keas from ages 5 to 8.

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Volunteering with Rotary

Volunteers crucial The volunteers at Wellington Free Ambulance play an enormous role in keeping our community safe and well. Volunteer Event Medics cover a variety of concerts, sporting and community events. And if things get serious, Event Medics will also look after you until one of our emergency ambulances arrive. These are people who give their time for others people who care about people.

Margaret is a volunteer Event Medic, and over the past nine years has been one of the medics helping keep you and your family safe at community events.

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“Wellington Free is really rewarding to volunteer for,” says Margaret. “Over the years, I’ve especially enjoyed working at Wings Over Wairarapa, the Martinborough Fair and cycling events. A community really feels like a community when people have the chance to get together socially, and I am proud to be a part of making that

really feels like a community when people have the chance to get together socially, and I am proud to be a part of making that happen.”

Members come from all walks of life and enjoy the friendship and camaraderie of the weekly Tuesday meeting with fellowship and dinner usually followed by a guest speaker.

happen,” says Margaret.

If you’re interested in joining the volunteer team visit www.wfa.org. nz/volunteer for more information.

a our olu A huge thank you to all the people who volunteer their time each year to help keep our community safe.

The Rotary Club of Masterton South was chartered in 1968 and over the past 54 years has lived up to the Rotary motto of ‘service before self’. It epitomises this in the involvement of its sixty plus members who involve themselves in many volunteer activities for the Masterton community.

“A community

Wellington Free Ambulance has 71 volunteers who attended 297 events over the past year. They offer medical cover at community events, volunteer on the frontline in the emergency ambulance service, act as community first responders in more rural areas and offer CPR training through the Lloyd Morrison Foundation Heartbeat programme.

Big hearts across Across the Wairarapa District, Fire & Emergency volunteers are described as being awesome, committed people. They have to be. They’re on call in 24/7 positions.

Their pagers could go off at any time indicating someone, somewhere in their community needs help. Wairarapa is a large community which matches their big hearts.

At present there are

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You really make a difference For more information contact 0800 ST JOHN (0800 785 646) or visit stjohn.org.nz/volunteer *St John does not provide Ambulance Services in Wellington or Wairarapa regions. Not all services are provided in all communities.

In the past year 71 volunteers supported 297 events across Greater Wellington & Wairarapa

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eight rural volunteer brigades located within districts from Mauriceville to Ngawi and a further four urban volunteer brigades in Carterton, Greytown, Featherston and Martinborough.

Masterton is a composite station meaning it is made up of both paid career firefighters (who work a four-day on, four-day off shift), and volunteers who are on call around the clock.

a big district The work is tough and unrelenting, but the rewards are huge; and the comradery is extra special. Unique bonds are formed when volunteer firefighters put their lives in the hands of each other, every time they respond to a dangerous incident. Brigades attend anything from medical emergencies, motor vehicle accidents, structural and vegetation fires, triggered alarms or

civil defence emergencies.

When you travel to rural locations across New Zealand, spare a thought for these courageous, self-sacrificing people who are stepping into the breach every day, for people they don’t even know. You may be the next unwitting benefactor of their generosity.

Want to know more? Visit www.fireandemergency. nz/volunteering/

Masterton South is one of the four Rotary Clubs in Wairarapa, and all provide much-needed volunteer work in their communities.

The long-running Sunday Market is one of the club’s biggest fundraisers. All members volunteer on a weekly roster to look after the market, which fosters important relationships with the many stallholders. Did you know the Kiddies Bike Park was also initiated

by Rotary and involved members’ labour to get

THANK YOU Wairarapa Citizen’s Advice Bureau is entirely staffed by trained Volunteers who are proud to support the Wairarapa wide community, providing information and advice to empower clients to resolve issues.

We are very grateful to all our Volunteers.

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The organisation of the bus, the medical equipment, and all the financial input was all undertaken voluntarily

by Rotarians.

Masterton South also has had a vibrant singing group. The Rotary Singers have entertained at Christmas functions in the town and many entertaining Presidential Changeover Nights.

started? As too, The Millennium Reserve, which continues to this day with volunteer members spending time planting and caring for this picturesque facility.

Another big event run

by Rotary is the Annual Foodbank Appeal. All club members contribute their time, vehicles, and manpower to make this a great success.

Members also oversee the running of the Mini Golf Programme and have recently been hard at work renovating and replanting the grounds to make them more

attractive.

Rotary is heavily involved in providing opportunities for young people too, including scholarship grants. They also have run a reading assistance programme for intermediate students and provide an attractive, illustrated dictionary for all Year 4 children in the district plus a book for every new-born baby.

Overseas they assist with emergencies, particularly in the Pacific.

A big project was setting up the Mobile Health Clinic Bus for Rarotonga.

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The Millennium Reserve, on the corner of Hillcrest St and Pownall St, was initiated in 1993 as a Rotary Club of Masterton South community project.

The vision is to restore native plants and animals to the area, as a resource for the local community and future generations.

From a swampy wetland, regenerating native forest and wetlands have been established.

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We thank all those who have responded to fires and emergencies in our communities and across the district in the last 12 months.

Your support and commitment to Fire and Emergency New Zealand is invaluable.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer recruit, please contact us for further information

Masterton Fire Station 2 Chapel Street, Masterton Phone 06 370 9551 www.fireandemergency.nz

Rotary is a vibrant international organisation that provides an opportunity for people of all ages and diversities to network and make a difference where it’s needed, in all sectors of the community.

Want to find out more? www. rotarymastertonsouth. club

A salute to volunteers creating a Masterton treasure.

Friends of Millennium Native Forest Reserve Society

Wellington Fire District Te Upoko thanks all our volunteer fire fighters.

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The great joy of belonging to Rotary is the willing spirit of its members. If a call to help in the community is received - whether it’s for collections for Parkinsons or Polio, or working at Wings over Wairarapa - there is no shortage of hands that go up to volunteer.

Rotary Club of Masterton South

The work has been done by community volunteers with financial support from the Masterton Trust Lands Trust.

The Reserve operates as an Incorporated Society with Rotary members continuing to be active on this committee. We would welcome additional volunteers.

The Reserve is a Hidden Gem open to the public to visit and enjoy the native plants bordering the pathways with a lovely grassy area to picnic in.

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Volunteers meet diverse people Murray Campbell has been volunteering with Alzheimers Wairarapa for 20 years, since his late wife Carol became part of the team that established the charity here.

He enjoys interacting with people from all walks of life.

“We have clients who have been farmers, jewellers, cricket umpires, teachers and brick layers”, he says. “Their memories and recollections are precious.”

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Volunteers are often people who know someone with dementia, or who have a family member with it. Murray says, “If you have an interest in something, taking the next step and volunteering gives an element of involvement.”

Alzheimers Wairarapa volunteers, Murray and Bev, with their new van.

A member of the Masterton Men’s Shed at Henley Lake, Murray had a varied career of his own, as a lab technician,

a shepherd, a bookshop owner and rural radio broadcaster.

“We have clients who have been

farmers, jewellers, cricket umpires, teachers and brick layers. Their memories and recollections are precious.”

He has stepped in to fill

roster gaps at Alzheimers Wairarapa many times and his experience is of great value.

GIFT US YOUR ENERGY AND SKILLS Our premier team of volunteers is boosting its ranks. Help people with dementia live their best possible lives and build an accepting community.

Do you know someone who suffers from dementia?

The harsh reality is, dementia affects nearly every New Zealand family at some point, in some way.

Alzheimers Wairarapa has a team of motivated and fun-loving volunteers, who enhance and strengthen their community. We invite you to join them.

Can you drive?

We need drivers to transport clients to and from our day activity programme at Glenwood Masonic Hospital in Masterton. We also need assistants for the van run. Volunteering can be as little as two or three hours a month.

Can you assist?

Centre volunteers help with our day programme at Glenwood. They assist with activities and outings, providing a warm and caring atmosphere for our clients. Lunch is included.

Our volunteers have a range of skills and experience to share. We treasure the time they give

each month and the feedback is that it enriches their own lives. We are flexible with hours, to accommodate our volunteers’ family and life commitments.

Do you love to talk and engage? Or work behind the scenes?

Our volunteers can help with fundraisers of all shapes and sizes. Their ideas, community contacts and energy are vital to our success.

Do you believe that `Together We Can Achieve More’ The executive meets monthly and runs an efficient meeting. We plan fundraisers, budgets and discuss the support required for our experienced registered nurse, Tam Williams, who travels Wairarapa-wide.

If you have just a few hours a month, to share your knowledge and empower others, we would love to hear from you.

Help us promote positive living and be part of our charitable organisation.

Youth and experience together at Hospice Wairarapa It is 7.30am on a brisk Saturday morning and the volunteers at the Hospice Wairarapa Garage Sale are swinging into action.

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“The new van acquired last year makes the run much easier, with more headroom and comfort.

It’s interesting how much the van run can change from month to month – with new clients coming on board.”

Interested in volunteering for Alzheimers Wairarapa?

Get in touch at: www. alzheimerswairarapa.co.nz

Thank you to all our volunteers.

Trestle tables are unfolded and boxes with everything from crockery, glassware, clothing and shoes to sports equipment and plants are unpacked.

The operation runs like clockwork and within an hour the courtyard at Hospice Wairarapa has been transformed into a mega marketplace. The place is soon humming with customers looking for a bargain.

What is surprising is the age range of the Garage Sale volunteers.

The youngest, Luca (pictured) is a 15-year-old Wairarapa College student volunteering as part of his Duke of Edinburgh community service. Luca says, “I do volunteering for the joy of helping others and the good vibe I always get from being part of an amazing team”.

Garage sale volunteers, Brian Stewart and Luca Duncan full of winter merriment.

Another long-standing volunteer, 85-year-old Gwen has been part of this enterprise since the beginning.

She enjoys the camaraderie and sense of purpose it gives her. “I’m not supposed to being lifting anything heavy” she chortles, “but it’s all for a good cause”.

Brian Stewart, at 77 years old, is the Garage Sale “Bossman” and has been the stalwart of the team

“I do volunteering for the joy of

helping others and the good vibe I always get from being part of an amazing team.”

for 11 years.

He gathers and prepares items throughout the week, with others from the team assisting with sorting and pricing items on Friday mornings. Brian got involved with the Garage Sale because, “I

was there at the opening of the Hospice facility and knew the team that were involved in getting it all up and running. I believe in putting effort into a worthwhile cause that benefits others. It’s not for yourself, it’s for the community”.

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Hospice Wairarapa also relies on the vital income from retail stores at Masterton and Greytown and several annual fundraising events to support delivery of its free

services.

These include In-home Care Companionship, Biography Writing, Gentle Touch Massage, Wellbeing Therapies, Podiatry, Precious Memories Photography/ Videography, Caregiver Support, Counselling, Bereavement Support, and the Te Kowhai Day Programme.

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The weekly Garage Sale is a fundraising enterprise to support the work of Hospice Wairarapa. It is held every Saturday from 9 to 11am, at 59 Renall St, and only the wildest weather prevents it from happening.

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Age Concern Wairarapa is deeply appreciative of all those who volunteer their time in our community, it is a tremendous gift of generosity.

Te Hua o te Mahi Tahi. Our Enliven homes, villages and communities are stronger thanks to our amazing volunteers. You bring fun, friendship and crucial support to Enliven elders.

We have volunteering opportunities for anyone who wishes to make a difference in the lives of older people. Thank you.

We have one-off and long-term volunteer opportunities available.

Contact us at support@psc.org.nz for more information.

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Crates and shelving emerge from the back shed and take their regular places along the driveway.

Murray drives the van on Fridays, transporting clients with dementia to the activity centre in Masterton.

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Care Companions provide an extra layer of compassion—supporting patients who may be lonely and helping family members who are often emotionally and physically overwhelmed.

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Creative Hands programme – arts and crafts tutors – one Monday per month teaching in a small group setting.

To find out more about these roles please contact the Hospice Wairarapa Volunteer Manager at steph@hospicewairarapa.co.nz or phone 06 929 7503.

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Get outside Seasonal a˜ ective disorder (SAD) syndrome is a very real condition for some people during winter.

If you feel your mood dropping, you’re not alone. The ‘winter blues’ is a real condition for many. Lower sunlight hours may be the culprit. It’s therefore important to go outside to get fresh air and hopefully even some sunshine which often lifts the spirits.

Get going Winter can be a di° cult time to exercise. But it’s important to keep moving, as regular exercise will strengthen your immune system.

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Thirty minutes per day is ideal.

Get friendly Time with friends is great for your happiness and general mental health. International Friendship Day falls on Saturday 30 July this year.

Plan a special get together. Laughter can be a great medicine

Get germ-free Ensure your vaccinations are up to date. Flu jabs o˜ er good protection. They’re free for some people; pregnant women, those aged 65 years and over, M˛or i and Paciÿ c people aged 55 years and over, people who have a long-term medical condition like diabetes, asthma, or a heart condition, or children four years old or younger with respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Some workplaces also o˜ er free ˙ u jabs as way of protecting sta˜ . If you’re not eligible for a free jab, and not covered by an employerfunded programme, the ˙ u jab costs from $25 - $45 depending on the vaccine and provider. You can have a Covid-19 vaccine or booster at the same time as your ˙ u vaccine.

Putting a little spin on an up and down craze Masterton has had its share of sports visitors over the years, but in 1971 we had a rather unique guest. MARK PACEY of the Wairarapa Archive writes of the visit of an international champion of the yoyo.

Depending on the source, the yoyo either started in China around 1000 BC or in 440 BC, where a boy can be seen playing with one on a Greek painted vase.

The yoyo was enjoyed over the next one and a half millennia, but it was not until the late 1920s in the United States that the craze really took off in the western world.

In 1928 a Filipino immigrant, Pedro Flores settled in Santa Barbara.

He had tried to get some other Filipino immigrants to invest in his idea for a yoyo business, but they turned him down, thinking the idea was absurd. He decided to go out on his own and handmade the first dozen

yoyos himself. He also brought the name yoyo with him from his home in the Philippines and sold his first yoyos to children in his neighbourhood. As the popularity boomed,

The yoyo was not just a basic toy, there were some that took it very seriously, so much so that there were championships to see who was the best yoyoist in the world. the business expanded, and investors became interested. A year later his company was manufacturing yoyos in three factories, employing

600 workers to keep up with the demand.

The yoyo craze continued up until World War II, when sales declined and interest in the yoyo fell.

In the 1960s with the dramatic rise in the numbers of families with televisions, toy companies stared to advertise the yoyo and interest boomed again.

The yoyo was not just a basic toy, there were some that took it very seriously, so much so that there were championships to see who was the best yoyoist in the world. In 1971 there was a world tour of seven of the best yoyoists. The tour made a stopover in New Zealand, and the Columbian

champion, Ivan Trujillo, was the one lucky enough to have Masterton on his itinerary.

The tour had been arranged by a toy company to promote the yoyo. It really was possible to make a career out of playing the yoyo as Ivan proved. Before coming to Masterton, Ivan had been to South Africa, Argentina, Australia and had made tours throughout Europe and the United States, demonstrating his skills.

His stay in Masterton lasted several days and he travelled around town, showing off his tricks.

The Times-Age reported his favourite and most impressive trick.

“He shoots the yoyo through his legs, and it lands in his pocket.”

This was not all he was limited to. Spectators watched in awe as he performed a myriad of yoyo mastery “which involve the swinging or winding of the string while the yoyo is still spinning”.

These tricks were named things that only fellow yoyo enthusiasts would understand – including rocking the baby, milking the cow, and walking the dog.

After dazzling Masterton crowds with his yoyo wizardry, Ivan continued his tour of New Zealand which lasted three months.

For Masterton families, the yoyo would be on many

children’s Christmas lists, as they aimed to follow in young Ivan’s footsteps.

The yoyo craze lasted many more years before there was another decline in their popularity. There was a resurgence in New Zealand in the 1990s before another decline. It was difficult for the classic toy to compete with new and elaborate electronic forms of entertainment.

Today there are still yoyo enthusiasts in New Zealand, but it is not the hobby it once was.

The New Zealand Yoyo Community has 154 followers on Facebook and is eager to welcome more members.

Worldwide, over one billion official yoyos have been sold since Pedro sold his first hand-made toy. British toy retailers called the yoyo the “craze of the 20th century” and in recognition of the importance of the yoyo, it was inducted into the United States National Toy Hall of Fame.

The popularity of the toy, much like the yoyo itself, has a history of bouncing back. New Zealand is registered as a competitor in the World Yoyo Contest along with 32 others, a competition that has been dominated

by Japan, with 80 wins.

Perhaps it is time for a Kiwi champion to show the world that we can yoyo with the best of them.

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The demolition of Masterton’s old hospital is nearing completion.

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material, the three-storey ward is where we expect to save the most.

“This building was previously covered in lead-based paint which has been carefully removed to

enable the concrete to be crushed and repurposed.

“Through this commitment, we’ve managed to divert 423 tonnes from landfill.

“Once the demolition is complete, we expect the total amount salvaged will be around 2800 tonnes.”

Other remaining structures included the former nurse’s home and the Nightingale Ward, both of which contained significant amounts of

native timber.

Challenges of the project included disconnecting the buildings from connections to services and not allowing the site’s activity to disrupt the operation of the Masterton Medical Centre next door.

The site also had to be boarded up to protect it from trespassers.

Before LINZ took over the project, the building had problems with graffiti

and arson attempts which had the potential to damage the material and impact the operations of the hospital.

Teams also found unexpected amounts of asbestos which had to be manually removed, including asbestos tiles on the roof.

The buildings were expected to be cleared within the next few weeks, with final site works completed by November.

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A digger pulled down part of an old hospital building in Masterton on Tuesday, as the demolition edges nearer to completion.

Work has begun taking apart an old ward, the largest building at the site, which involved salvaging materials for recycling before pulling the threestorey structure down to the ground.

So far, over 400-tonnes of material have been salvaged from the 26 buildings, which would be recycled for things such as roads, old houses with specific wood requirements or given to local Iwi for carving.

Including the ward, there were four buildings still to come down, including one which was being used as the construction site office.

Land Information New Zealand [LINZ] project and hazard management delivery manager Matt Bradley said the focus of the demolition had been to salvage as much material as possible.

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An exposure draft of the long-delayed NSP-IB has just been made public, another step in the long journey of this policy.

“Federated Farmers endorses the goal of improving New Zealand’s biodiversity management, including maintenance, and where needed, protection of biodiversity values,” Allen said.

“Much of New Zealand’s biodiversity remains because landowners have done the right thing, and second-generation planning processes across the country are either already embedded or starting to become so. The NPS-IB needs to build on and support this impetus, not derail it.”

On an initial read Feds is concerned about some aspects of the NPS-IB exposure draft where it departs from the BCG’s recommendations, “but we need time to fully

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Success of the NPS-IB hangs upon the Government’s commitment to the partnerships, support and other key measures recommended in the BCG’s report,” Allen said.

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50 Wairarapa Midweek Community Events Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Events Events

THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Food Market: Food Trucks, 4-7pm outside the Masterton Town Hall, rain or shine.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Free one-on-one device support for seniors. Call 0800 373 646 to book an appointment.

Martinborough: St Andrew’s Church, 9.30-11am; Featherston: Featherston Community Centre, 1.30-3.30pm.

Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] =377-0066.

KeepFit!: 1030am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Thursday Morning Bikers: Meet at the fountain at the Queen Elizabeth Park entrance, 9.30am.

Contact (06) 216-2187 Patient Activity Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-1pm. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Wairarapa Boxing Academy, Dixon St. Call Roslyn [027] 264-8623.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. Call 0800 229 6757.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm.

Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated.

Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice, Masterton Brass Bandrooms, Park Ave, Masterton. Email fernandthistle21@gmail.com Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649.

Danzability Class: 11am-noon, at Studio 73, Greytown. Call Rachel Horwell [022] 077-2654.

Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton.

GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm.

Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton.

Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Call [022] 373-4299.

Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064.

Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre.

Call Barbara [06] 304-9208.

Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 5664664 or Brian 377-4066.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 3775518 or 377-1135.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am1pm, 365 Queen St. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Housie, at 1pm, afternoon tea supplied.

Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406-6728.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867.

Masterton Social Badminton Club: Chanel College gymnasium, Herbert St, enter through treelined entrance [ie by the bus stop], 7-9pm. Call Melissa Stark [027] 327-0505.

Walk and Talk: Meet outside Dish Cafe, First St, Masterton, 9.30am, Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am-1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm.

Aratoi: Toitū Te Whenua, The Land

A LEGAL AND VOLUNTARY END OF LIFE CHOICE The End of Life Choice Act 2019 (“the Act”) will come into force in November 2021. To date it has been the subject of emotive support, criticism, and ·misinformation. The focus of this article is on the law as it presently stands.

The key points to note are: Any decision you make about whether you want to use the Act’s processes, or not, cannot be made in advance.

A decision cannot be made for you by your family members, or medical staff. This means your wishes on using the processes outlined in the Act, or not, cannot be included in your will, or your advance medical directive/living will.

The Act cannot be used by people “wanting to turn off your life support” or made medical decisions for you when you cannot make them yourself.

In certain specific medical situations you will have the possibility of personally making your own choice to obtain medical assistance to take steps to end your life. This is a personal choice, which will be subject to personal moral and ethical beliefs. The Act passing into law does not make considering or using these processes compulsory.

The Act could apply in situations of terminal illness where there is a likely life expectancy of up to six months, and in other specified serious medical situations.

The Act does not apply to situations of disability, mental illness, or “advanced age”. The processes are only available to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents aged 18 years or over.

At the time any decision is made, you need to be the one making it, and you need to be competent to do so.

This means a person with dementia or who is otherwise not competent cannot use the processes in the Act. A doctor cannot start a discussion about the Act, or about assisted dying. If you want to discuss these matters, or the medical processes, you need to raise these subjects with your doctor yourself. If you raise these matters with your doctor, the process is: [i] the seriousness of your medical situation will be assessed. [ii] a second independent doctor must also independently certify that your wishes are your own, that you are competent to make such decision, and that you are not subject to coercion from others. [iii] if those two doctors cannot agree on your competence, a referral will be made to a psychiatrist.

If you change your mind, or if the doctors suspect you are being pressured into making decisions, no further action will be taken.

There is currently debate in the medical and political community about the nature of the frameworks that will need to be created to ensure that there are systems available to assist people who want to use the Act’s processes. The nature of the safeguards in place, and the extent of medical training for these issues, is also under discussion.

The Government and health sector have indicated that the required planning is underway, and that detailed guidance will be issued approximately one month before the Act comes into force. What form that guidance takes remains to be seen.

If you would like any further information about the above matters, please let me know.

I offer a free appointment to discuss the above matters or any other legal matters including wills and powers of attorneys.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek Will Always Remain, artists Jacqui Colley, Bruce Foster, Ian-Wayne Grant, Simon Lardelli, and Jenna Packer to Jun 26; William’s Legacy: The Beetham Portraits to Jun 26; Karen Madoc: The Shape of Things to Jun 26; Ngā Haerenga/ Journeys – Celebrating Matariki to August 21.

Kids Song & Story: 9.30-10.30am, a social hour for preschool children and their caregivers, Epiphany Church hall, High St, Masterton.

Call Anne Owen 377-4505.

Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/ cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you.

Call Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Needlework & Craft Dropin: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392.

Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am-2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959.

Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

Carterton Craft Market: MonSat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558.

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 Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Carterton Senior Citizens: 1.304pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am4.30pm. Contact featherston. fusiliers@gmail.com Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433.

Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am-4pm. Printing Works: Sat/ Sun, 1-4pm. Call [06] 304-9687.

Greytown Menz S hed: 9amnoon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Judds Rd, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree.

Lions Book Sale: 9am-1pm, also DVDs, CDs, records and jigsaw puzzles, next to Wairarapa Farmers Market, Solway Showgrounds, under the grandstand.

Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Wairarapa Cancer Society Supportive Care Services: Free services for anyone needing support after a cancer diagnosis.

Call (06) 378-8039.

Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 41244098.

Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk.

Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun.co.nz/ greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am-2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement. Call Elsa [021] 2639403.

Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon.

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment.

Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon.

Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Winter Bowls: 1pm.

Call Pauline [027] 406-6728. Golf Croquet: 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

Wairarapa Word: Jillian Sullivan, at 3pm, Carterton Event Centre foyer, Holloway St. Wairarapa Bonsai Club: Annual general meeting, Garden Barn staff room at 1.30pm. Call secretary Bob Macfarlane 377-1808.

Wairarapa Gourmet Toastmasters Club: 11am-1pm.

Contact Carol [027] 600-1710.

South Wairarapa Pipe Band: Practice at St John’s church hall, Featherston, 4-6pm. To confirm time please call Gordon [027] 4147433 or [027] 628-5889.

Carterton Farmers Market: Memorial Square, 9am-12.30pm.

Call [027] 663-9011.’

Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632 Masterton Toy Library: 10am1pm, 365 Queen St. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park.

Call Myrna Lane 377-3064.

Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Association croquet, 9am start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, JUNE 20 Indoor Bowls: 1.30pm Club Carterton, Broadway. Call [027] 645-0905.

Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention

and Balance Class, 9.30am, A/G Church, Featherston. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Keep Fit!: 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Line Dancing: 10.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton.

Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults. Call 377-4214.

Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm.

East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm.

Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266.

Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm.

Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249.

Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required.

Call Elaine 377-0322.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729.

Senior Citizens Club Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293.

Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 5664664 or Brian 377-4066.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds.

Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House. Call 379-4092.

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours.

Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888.

CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. 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: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm.

Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 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.

Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.308pm. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm.

Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Billie Sims 3782949 or Jenny 377-0859.

Al Anon: Do you need support for coping with alcohol problems in your family? Contact [027] 811-0006.

Featherston Toy Library: Featherston Community Centre, 9-11am.

Masterton Toastmasters: Meet in the Salvation Army Hall, 210 High St, Carterton, at 7.30pm. Call Ben [027] 892-0730.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Free one-on-one device support for

Freephone: 0800 249 529

Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am.

Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884.

Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment.

Call 379-9021 or 379-5564.

Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975.

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 Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974.

Masterton Toy Library: 10am1pm, 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: 57 High St [behind Carters], Carterton. Association Croquet: 9am start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Winter Bowls: 1pm. Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406-6728.

Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 The Book Lovers Corner: 3.304.30pm on Arrow FM {92.7FM] and available online, https://www. arrowfm.co.nz/programmes/ show/94/the-book-lovers-corner-/ Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Free one-on-one device support for seniors. Call 0800 373 646 to book an appointment. Masterton: Citizens Advice, 10-noon.

Keep Fit!: 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’

Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066.

Free Classes: Literacy, language and numeracy for adult learners.

Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214.

South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: At a café in South Wairarapa, 10am. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm.

Wisdom and Well-being: Featherston Community Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline [021] 102 8857 Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston.

Call Julia [06] 308-8109.

Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376.

Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531.

Scrabble Club: 1-4pm in Masterton. Phone Sue McRae [027] 449-0601 for venue details.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon.

Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Featherston School Hall, Lyon St, kobudo 5.15-7pm, karate 6.308.30pm. Call Paul [027] 376-9804.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160.

Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, from Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton, Wed-Sun, 11am-3pm.

Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll.

Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm.

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seniors. Call 0800 373 646 to book an appointment. Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-11.30am; Greytown: Greytown Library, 1.303.30pm.

South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd, at 7.30pm.

Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.157.30pm.

Caregivers Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, noon-1.30pm. Call Kirsten 399 1050.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton library 11am-1pm.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm.

Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/ cellphone help 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654.

Paint/draw: From live model,10am-noon, at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St. Call Elissa Smith [027] 470-6528.

Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa Masterton. Call Carol [022] 5245994 or visit us at 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505.

Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston.

Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 5664664 or Brian 377-4066.

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Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, pre-schoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 3796582 or Val 379-8329.

AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928.

Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre.

Call Jan [06] 308-8556.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 3771135.

Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.30-11am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325.

Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 7422264.

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528.

Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285.

Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton.

Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton.

Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office].

Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: 57 High Street [behind Carters]. Golf Croquet: 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 2224000.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Classifieds Wairarapa Midweek

Cl a s s i f i e d E n g ag em en t s

T rad es Serv i c es

W IL L IA M S- H A Z E L E G E R Willie Williams (son of the late John Aitamai and Elizabeth Vae Vae Williams - Cook Islands) and Vicki Hazeleger (daughter of the late Henk Hazeleger) and Nancy Hazeleger - Palmerston North are thrilled to announce their engagement to family and friends.

FE N C E S We build quality domestic fences, gates, decks and security.

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Landscape Consultation & Design Service

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Public Notices

M A ST E R T O N P A R K BOWLING CL U B MASTERTON MASTERTON 12 AlameinCt Court 1 $200 $350 6 Alamein $365 25 Alamein Court 1 63 Driving $210 $600 145H PerryRange St Rd 2 $520 4 Oban Place 3 Makoura RdRoad 3 $220 $495 56 65 Boundary $620 2 Riverstone Dr, Solway 3 $220 81 Manuka St $620 2a Miro Street 3 $220 CARTERTON 5/53 Opaki Rd $485 4 Baillie Crescent 3 $260 80D South Rd

If you need help with

$265 your 46 Kippenberger St rental property,

Annual General Meeting

to be held in the Clubrooms, 1 Sunday 26 June 2022 at 10.30am 2 All members and 1 intending members most welcome.

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us today! $285 15 call Jeans St 4 We have preapproved $295 tenants 47 Michael St for a 3 waiting home. $295 22 Stout St 3 PHONE 0 6 3 7 7 4 9 6 1 CARTERTON O R E M AIL $100office@mastertonrentals.co.nz 345 Waihakeke Rd

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Sports Notices Phone Chrissy Osborne 06 377 4961 MASTERTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

P A ST P L A Y E R S D A Y Gladstone Ruby Club welcomes all Past Players, Sponsors and Supporters to our Past Players Day on Saturday 18th June.

Seniors/Reserves will play East Coast.

Starts at 12.30 with a BBQ and refreshments.

Whānau Āwhina Plunket is entering consultation on a proposal to sell the property at 15 Wallace St, Featherston. A small number of Whānau Āwhina Plunket services operate at this property.

However, if the proposal proceeds, they will be relocated to nearby premises and will otherwise not be affected. We have identified some parties who might be affected by this possibility of sale and would welcome feedback from interested parties.

We ask anyone with an interest in this property, or who wants to provide feedback, to contact Whānau Āwhina Plunket at SustainableProperty@plunket.org.nz or PO Box 5474, Wellington 6140 (Attention: Property) by 08/07/2022.

M A ST E R T O N A FC AG

SE C R E T A R Y / C O O R D IN A T O R The Wairarapa A&P Society, based at Clareville, requires a new Secretary/Coordinator.

A great opportunity exists for an outgoing person with a positive outlook, flexible can-do approach and great people skills.

You will be required to have good knowledge and experience in office administration and event management, plus an appreciation of the agricultural sector.

Hours to be negotiated with suitable applicant.

Applications must include a covering letter, CV and evidence of the required capabilities as per the role description.

If further information is required please contact Phone 06 379 8124.

Applications close at 5pm Thursday 23rd June 2022.

Please email CV to office@waiaps.org.nz

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The AGM of the above club will be held on Sunday 19th June commencing 2.00pm at the Clubrooms on Te Whiti Road.

Any enquiries to the Secretary Phone 021 1096 711 or email mastertonafc@outlook.com

O K IN A W G O J U -R K A T A T E W A IR A R IN C O R P O R A G M

Wednesday 29 June 2022, 7.30pm at Featherston School Hall, 11 Lyon Street, Featherston.

Anna Börjesson Secretary 021 163 8867

W A IR A R A P A M A O R I W A R D EN S A G M M eet i n g

Wednesday 29th June 6pm at Te Awhina Cameron Community House 2 Stuart Crescent

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Gum 4m3 $660, 2m3 $390: Douglas-Fir 4m3 $650 (BEST BUY), 2m3 $380: Macrocarpa 4m3 $650, 2m3 $380: Split Pine 4m3 $540, 2m3 $320: Bagged Kindling $15ea.

Combo s (2m3 x 2 = 4m3) Gum & D/Fir $680: Gum & Mac $680: Gum & S/Pine $620: D/Fir & Mac $670: D/Fir & S/Pine $610: Mac & S/Pine $610: Delivery & GST included, Winz Approved

PUBLIC MEETING ON FEATHERSTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT South Wairarapa District Council and Wellington Water Limited wish to update Featherston residents on the current state of the Featherston Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), and discuss the options and challenges we face.

A public meeting will be held regarding this. We see this as an important opportunity to hear from you about your concerns and ideas.

When: Monday 20 June At: 7.00 – 9.00pm Where: Anzac Hall, Bell Street, Featherston Should you wish to speak or receive pre-meeting material, please email governance@swdc.govt.nz We look forward to seeing you there.

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PLUMB U LTD FULL TIME POSITION We are looking for a Certified or Tradesman Plumber/Drainlayer to join our small team due to an increasing work load.

If this sounds like you, give Nick a call on 021 144 9407 or email office@plumbu.nz

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We are in need of more staff for our busy kitchen.

Part-time and/or full time.

Steady hours and good wage guaranteed.

Call JK on 0274 460 924 or call in during open hours and speak to Karra or Reiss.

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Sp ec i al G en eral M eet i n g Purpose of Special General Meeting is for the Election of Club Trustees.

We encourage our Financial Members to attend.

When: Sunday 19th June at 1.30pm Where: Herbert St Clubrooms

W A IR A R A P A C A R A V A N C L UB I N C A G M Saturday 25 June 2022 2pm at Carterton Community Courthouse Hub (next to Events Centre)

To Place Your Notice

A D M I N I ST R A T I O N M A N A G E R A N D BAR M A N A G E R You are invited to apply for one of these part time roles or if you would like to combine the roles you are welcome to apply for both.

Riversdale Beach Golf Club is at the core of the Riversdale Beach community, we have an active and supportive membership and over recent years have introduced several improvements and enhancements that have benefited our members and community alike.

A d m i n i s t rat i on M an ag er M i n 2 5 h ou rs p er w eek You will be responsible for the overall administration and office management of the Club, including membership communication, finances, payroll, Dot Golf system maintenance and development, facilities, website content, Committee support and liaison. The role is flexible and well supported by membership and the Committee. We are looking for someone who is highly organised, a good communicator and willing to go the extra mile for our members. Financial literacy is a must. You will work collaboratively with the Committee and our Bar Manager, Caterer and Groundskeeper.

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B ar M an ag er M i n 5 ho u rs p er w eek pl u s Fri d ay ni g h t B ar Sh i f t s You will be responsible for the overall management of our Bar operations including rostering and supervising bar staff, recruiting and training of bar staff, stock management, point of sale equipment, liquor license compliance and supplier relationships. A Bar managers license would be advantageous, but we will pay for the costs for obtaining the license if necessary. Our clubrooms and bar are well patronised and you will have strong sense of customer service and providing excellent hospitality to our members and guests alike. You will work collaboratively with our Administration Manager, Caterer and Groundskeeper.

06 370 6033

For a copy of the job descriptions please email office@riversdalebeachgolfclub.co.nz Please submit your application to penny@stonyer.co.nz by 5pm Wednesday 15 June 2022.

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Cl a s s i f i e d Employment

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RURU FARM CLEARING SALE

A/C Canning Trust Manawa Road, Tinui Sign posted from Tinui Village Date: Sat 25 June 2022 Start Time: 11am

M A T R O N Poto College House invites applications for the role of Matron at the Wairarapa College hostel beginning July 2022. This primary role is to ensure the overall health and welfare of the students boarding at Poto College House, by providing them with care and support as needed. This is a live in position in your own apartment with meals and amenities catered for. Poto College House is a 5-day boarding hostel and the role has a rostered work pattern for a 40 hour week.

The successful applicant should have: Experience with working with teenagers, a genuine empathy for adolescents of all backgrounds and the ability and flexibility to understand and meet their needs.

Previous experience providing general medical care and support (similar to that required in a sick bay) Excellent administration and time management skills Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills Current, valid and clean license required A job description is available on request.

Please provide a CV and letter of application for the position to: Sue Wallis Poto College House Manager mailto:Sue.Wallis@waicolhostel.co.nz Applications close 27 June 2022.

2019 Can Am 650 XT MAX quad; McIntosh 4.5T steel deck hydraulic tip trailer; Pearson Mighty Hydraulic grader blade with levelling wheel; Trimax 282 topper; Rotowiper 3.2m; Giltrap 3 point linkage hydraulic wood splitter; James mole plough; Walco 6.75 grain feeder; Brent Smith wellside stock ute crate; 3 point linkage quick hitch; 3 point linkage counter weight; Water blaster; Bank of 10x 45kg front weights; 2x Husqvarna chainsaws; Makita post hole borer; Stihl combi with extension, pruner saw, grass cutter and hedge trimmer; 1 Tonne endless chain; Homelite grass cutter; 2x hand pieces; Oxy acetylene gas plant; Meteor drill press; Tri folding quad ramps; Rigid quad ramps; Wire ropes; Assorted farm tools; Assorted docking gear; Assorted pipe fittings; Grease guns; Barred gates; 15x coils HT wire; Strainers, stays, posts, pointed battens; Large quantity pig tail standards; Poly wire reels; Portable solar panels and gel battery; Alkathene pipe; Totara posts; Cyclone dog kennel and run; Husqvarna R220T ride on mower articulated steer; Miscellaneous sundry items Terms: All purchases are GST exclusive Cash or EFTPOS on day of sale Enquiries: John Canning 06 3726641 Graham Howie 0274 474 082 COUNTRY LIVESTOCK LTD

C EL L AR DO OR M A N A G ER NGA W A K A W I N ER Y Nga Waka is a highly respected, family-owned winery that has been producing premium wines from sustainably grown grapes in Martinborough for thirty years. Due to expansions in our operation, we are looking for a dynamic individual to manage our new Cellar Door facility.

The new Nga Waka Cellar Door is a stunning, architecturally designed building, g, which has beenn purpose-built purpos to maximise thee experience exp of rare opportunity to take control of an amazing space and make your mark by overseeing and contributing to the wide range of activities we have envisioned for the cellar door.

An in-depth knowledge of both New Zealand and international wines is essential as is the ability and a desire to share that knowledge in a way that is both informative and informal. The role also involves working with and managing a small team. This full-time opportunity would potentially suit an experienced sommelier or similar hospitality professional, or a fine wine retailer, especially someone looking for a change in lifestyle.

We expect the role to commence in September 2022; remuneration will reflect your experience and character. A relocation reimbursement may apply.

If you are interested in the prospect of joining the Nga Waka team, please forward a brief CV and covering email by 30th June to mick@ngawaka.co.nz Candidates must be eligible to work fulltime in New Zealand.

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Jill Penn with the victorious East Coast side. Captain Matt Perry holds the Lane Penn Trophy.

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Coastie lock up the silverware RUGBY

Chris Cogdale LANE PENN TROPHY FINAL Carterton 15 East Coast 17 East Coast adapted to the conditions better to lift the Lane Penn Trophy in a tough forward battle played in swirling gale force winds at Carterton on Saturday.

“It was a pretty ugly day for rugby, but we just tied the ball up and kept it pretty close and just played to the conditions and got in their face on defence and shut down their big ball carriers,” said East Coast coach Aaron Matenga, who added that it was a whole team effort and they played as a unit.

“Our tight five really stood up but the whole team played bloody well and executed the game plan right down to how we wanted to play it.”

Carterton coach Neil Rodger agreed that East Coast deserved the victory because they adapted

better, and his team went away from their traditional strengths.

“Maybe we read too much into the conditions because the actual ground wasn’t too bad, but the wind was terrible, it was a gale and made it really difficult for everybody,” said Rodger.

“I think if we’d tried to play a bit of rugby in regards to trying to get the ball to the edge it might have been a different result.

“There were opportunities to do it, but we didn’t even try, and the coach has to take some heat there because the game plan was to stick it up the jumper and kick to the corner but in the end, it probably doesn’t suit us.”

East Coast made the most of their opportunities in the first half to take a 10-3 lead into halftime through a try to halfback Bryan Arnold, converted by Jack Wakeling, who also slotted a penalty, while Sam Morison kicked a penalty

for the home side.

Carterton narrowed the gap to 10-8 with a try to fullback Aseri Waqa, before a converted try to Wakeling gave the Coasties a nine-point buffer with about 10 minutes to play. A try to prop Tupou Lea’aemanu, converted by Morison, gave Carterton a sniff of snatching a late victory but the Coasties held on to cap a deserved victory “They’ve got belief now,” said a thrilled coach Matenga.

“They know that they can go further, and the boys are really happy and excited and looking forward to the rest of the season now.”

As well as the Lane Penn Trophy, the Coasties lifted the Billy Herbert Memorial Cup played for between the two clubs, and the Nunn Shield - Wairarapa-Bush’s challenge trophy.

CHRIS ‘MOOSE’ KAPENE MEMORIAL CUP POINTS East Coast 14; Marist, Carterton 11; Martinborough 9; Greytown 6; Gladstone 5; Pioneer 4; Eketahuna 0

Dalefield gain wins Chris Cogdale

HOCKEY MEN

Farriers Dalefield overcame a slow start to pull away over the final two quarters for a comfortable win in their top-of-the-table clash with Indians 4-1 at the Trust House Wairarapa Hockey Complex at Clareville.

Indians took an early lead in the first quarter with the unbeaten Dalefield struggling to gain any momentum and plagued with a high error rate.

Player-co-coach Benedict van Woerkom credited goalkeeper Nick Holland with keeping them in the game with some outstanding saves.

“It was our error rate and our inability to execute the basics in the first quarter, but we got better as the game went on,” Van Woerkom said.

“Our basics improved, and we were quite good on the counterattack, and we knew that they weren’t the best defenders so if we broke with speed, we could create some good opportunities and we put some of those away in the second half.”

Graeme Murrell scored with a drag flick from a penalty corner to equalise in the second quarter.

Van Woerkom netted the second and third goals, and Rowan Yeo capped the scoring in the final quarter.

The win gave Dalefield a 10-point lead in the

championship race.

WOMEN

An understrength Farriers Dalefield were made to work hard for their 3-0 win over a determined Karori in their Wellington Women’s Premier match at Clareville.

Goals to Abby Crawley, in the first quarter and third quarter, and to Felicity Reidy in the second quarter secured a valuable three points.

In the end it was a satisfying result for coach Michael O’Connor, given that the team has been heavily impacted by illness in recent weeks, with at least three players side-lined with the flu, and others having just recovered from illness.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Wairarapa Midweek

FROM YEARs 7

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Growing confident, connected, future-ready catholic citizens

MATARIKI OPEN EVENING and LEARNING SHOWCASE Wednesday 22nd June 4.30 - 7.30PM Tours from 4.30pm onwards

School in action Open afternoon Friday 17th June 1.30pm

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