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Numbers called for wellbeing

The old Housie method involved a caller using a wooden box and numbers, with single Housie cards and button counters. There was no microphone and the caller had to shout the numbers out loud – if you missed, ‘bad luck’.

Housie patron and supporter for 30 years, Marie Devonshire recalled the days when Housie numbers had names such as: Two Fat Ladies (88), 10 Downing St (10), Legs Eleven (11) and Two Little Ducks (22).

The Housie group eventually earned sufficient funds and in 1993 upgraded to an automated Housie Powercall System from Ranfords Bingo and Fundraising Supplies Ltd.

In 2003, the council gained status as the Wairarapa Kaumātua Charitable Trust.

The late Pani Himona, events organiser and treasurer, began organising hīkoi to marae in the North and South Islands and other destinations.

Pani set up a kitchen roster of volunteers at the Housie and his wife June Himona recalled how important kitchen duty was: “Whānau would bring a plate and food would be donated to be sold to boost income,” she said.

Overseas hīkoi have included Rarotonga in 2008 and a cruise to Vanuatu in 2009.

“There was entertainment on the plane to Rarotonga,” said current trust chairperson Rewa Walker, who is known for baking traditional rēwena bread to raffle at Housie.

“The trip was a real eye-opener, to see the way people

live – they are so laid back,” Rewa said.

Housie patron numbers have fluctuated over the years, partly due to indoor smoking regulations and covid-19.

During covid-19 lockdowns, patrons had “withdrawal symptoms” from being unable to leave their homes to play

providers and the wider health and support sector looked after kaumātua, with food/ hygiene parcels and testing kits delivered to homes.

“When vaccinations became available, we organised a bus for our kaumātua to receive some of the first

Over the years, local celebratory events have included two banquets to honour kaumātua aged over 80 – the first banquet included guest artist, the late Sir Howard Morrison. Regular Christmas barbeques and luncheons are still

Heretaunga and a day trip to Dannevirke.

“We sang up large with our hosts at karaoke in Dannevirke,” Marie Devonshire said.

The Housie group continues to be supported by some original patrons and volunteers, including a kuia in her 80s from Woodville.

“There is a lot of fun back-chat from patrons – for example, if someone wins, another may call out ‘go home’,” Mere said.

Mere continues to support the Housie fundraising, with organiser Tania Heitia and her dedicated team of whānau and volunteers.

Trust secretary and assistant treasurer, Maria HampsteadRimene, said the trust

acknowledged the “time, energy, commitment and dedication required to organise, manage and maintain the relationships and accountabilities with patrons, service providers, whānau volunteers and kaumātua on a weekly basis, over many years”.

“The relationship with Ranfords continues today after three decades and the members and whānau volunteers are thankful and appreciative of the continued service and back-up support provided by the staff of Ranfords – ngā mihi mo to manaakitanga mai.”

• Housie is at Senior Citizens Hall, 12 Cole Street, Masterton, 1pm every Saturday.

Hīkoi memories made over the decades include a trip to Vanuatu in 2009. Pictured are hīkoi participants onboard the Pacific Sun cruise ship, with some ‘pirates’.

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Training hard for the future

with Sicarius at a special ceremony.

Military drills, diving into freezing rivers and ironing are skills learned at the Mākoura College Services Academy, with students topping their region’s tough courses.

The Services Academies programme is run in secondary schools in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Defence Force.

The aim is to support future pathways for students through improvement of NCEA qualifications and development of leadership and life skills.

Mākoura College in Masterton has Wairarapa’s only Services Academy, where students strive for physical and mental improvement.

Year 12 student Sicarius Taylor was selected as the top student from 240 Central North Island participants at an Advanced Leaders [AL] Course at Ohakea Air Base this month.

Fellow Mākoura Year 12 student Motu-Waireka

Rawiri - the other Mākoura student selected for the AL course – graduated

There are currently 17 students in the Mākoura academy, working under the guidance of course director Steve Jar. They train hard at school twice a week, on top of sporting commitments and other areas of school and home life.

“The Services Academy helps us better ourselves,” Sicarius said. “We go through some military training, which includes physical and mental exercise, we learn how to keep our personal standards up, so our clothes are neat, our room is neat and we are organised.”

This year, academy students began with a twoweek Induction Course at Waiouru Military Base.

“The scariest challenge was the day we arrived,” Motu-Waireka said. “We were on the bus and you get yelled at to go from Point A to Point B and empty out your bags in a certain amount of time. I was shaking – but it wasn’t that bad.”

Sicarius agreed: ”The hardest part was the first two days of induction because you don’t know what to expect.”

Let’s talk fish frolics

Julian Warmington news@age.co.nz

Ecologist and environmental educator Rachel Griffiths likes watching fish get together.

She describes the romantic riverside setting, where the females of one species lay eggs after “getting jiggy with it” in the water.

“There’s a bigger picture here –

Banded k˜kopu PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

we need to provide for the whole life cycle of the adults,” she said, talking excitedly about the five different species of whitebait.

Griffiths, who works for Greytown-based environmental consultancy, Kahu Environmental, is one of four experts talking at a free fish science information evening, being held as part of Conservation Week, coordinated annually by the Department of Conservation [DOC].

The

Motu-Waireka said the group learned new skills and were pushed to complete challenges.

“I learnt how to iron my clothes properly because the navy is pretty precise on how thing are done,” she said. The hardest part for her “was leaving at the end and saying goodbye to the people we met”.

“The hardest part for me was diving into a freezing

river as part of the assault course,” Sicarius said.

Motu-Waireka ended the induction with the fastest Required Fitness Level [RFL] for females, which included a 2.4km run, push-ups, curl-ups and a 4.2km cross country run.

Both agreed the food at Waiouru was great.

“Breakfast was five-star –bacon, eggs, hash browns, baked beans, spaghetti, toast, cereal, yoghurt,”

Motu-Waireka said.

There were curries, lasagne, burgers and nachos for dinner, with cut lunches including peanuts, popcorn, juices, chips, a sandwich and beef jerky.

The Mākoura academy won two additional trophies, one for drills and one for the ‘Longest Day’ which involved starting at 5am with a drill, lifting weights, running up and around a hill, then back

will give photo-based presentations introducing their work within three organisations.

The first speaker is freshwater ecologist Jakob Lechner.

to rugby field for activities until about 8pm, dinner, then two more hours until showers.

At induction, five people from each academy were chosen for a Basic Leaders course and two went on to the AL course at Ohakea –where Sicarius stood out from students from 11 other academies.

“They look at people across the year, how they present themselves, how they treat everyone, from supervisors down to trainees. I couldn’t have done that without the support of my [Mākoura] academy. They pushed me to go for that award,” he said.

“The Services Academy is good for learning what is expected of people who enter the Defence Force –some find it’s not for them, which is fine.”

Both Sicarius and MotuWaireka hope to enter the Navy after completing school.

Motu-Waireka is one of two females in the Mākoura academy: “It’s actually alright. But we don’t get special treatment.”

The outstanding pair enjoy training at school, even in cold weather.

“It’s actually pretty nice training in the cold,” Sicarius said. “I don’t like the heat during training.”

Motu-Waireka added: “On the AL course, we had thunder and lightning but [the course leaders] didn’t care.”

meeting was held in the Waihinga Centre in Martinborough.

“The name Waihinga means ‘cascading stream’,” she said.

event, called ‘Let’s Talk Fish’, is hosted by Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Project, a collaboration between Rangitāne o Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, DOC, South Wairarapa District Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council [GWRC].

On the night, Griffiths

will share her knowledge and passion for adult īnanga [whitebait] and their habits.

Sarah-Jane Jensen, a bio-diversity advisor with Greater Wellington Regional Council, who, alongside senior DOC community ranger Ronnie Priest, will co-facilitate the talk, said the four experts

Lechner works for GWRC on a fish passage project funded by the Ministry for the Environment which aims to find and fix barriers for eels and fish as they move through waterways.

Field scientists Mark Forman and Jeff Fenwick will share their insights from the Epic Spiny Rock Lobster [crayfish] monitoring survey, which has been running since the 1970s.

Jensen said it was appropriate the open

“The theme for this year’s Conservation Week is ‘Take Action for Nature’,” Jensen said, and she advised those interested in the event to take action to reserve their seat, so there’s enough fish and chips for everyone.

• Let’s Talk Fish, Friday, August 18, 5.30pm7.30pm, Waihenga Centre, Martinborough.

To book your place [and your fish and chips], visit https:// www.eventfinda. co.nz/2023/lets-talkfish/martinborough

Ecologist, Rachel Gri° ths [right], is speaking at Let’s Talk Fish.

Sicarius Taylor and Motu-Waireka Rawiri, standout students at the M˛koura College Services Academy, with trophies won by their group.

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Members of the M˛koura College Services Academy 2023. PHOTOS/JULIA MAHONY

Hours of ironing turns into award-winning art

Rebecca King rebecca.king@age.co.nz

Masterton artist Jann Lenihan has walked away with the Highly Commended prize of $500 cash in the 2023 Parkin Drawing Prize opening for her work ‘Ironing Bored’.

Auckland Art Gallery director Kirsten Lacy announced the winning submissions at the opening of the Parkin Drawing Prize exhibition at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington this month.

Lenihan was among 11 other artists awarded the highly commended prize of $500 cash. Each submission appeared anonymously and was blindly judged.

These prizes were awarded to Kata Brown, Frances Krsinich, Lucy Dolan Kang, Bonnie Wroe, Jordan Barnes, Brent Treacher, Allette Ockhuysen, Motoko Kikkawa, Duncan Anderson, Emily Harris and Clara Wells.

Lenihan told the TimesAge she was grateful to those who helped organise the event.

“It’s an acknowledgement of the work that you’ve put in. Being in that context was pretty fabulous with all the other artists – seeing it all hung like that – there were

some amazing work,” she said.

Lenihan’s ‘Ironing Bored’ is a mixed media work made with a reused ironing board cover, embroidery, paint, ink, pen, and pencil.

In a description of her

work, Lenihan said that when she worked in an office, “I ironed my work clothes every Sunday while imagining the artwork I would make if I had more time. I started drawing these ideas on the cover,

then – when I replaced it with a new one – added paint and pen. I entered this in one of the first Parkin Prize Awards but was not selected. I then added bits over the years, treating it almost like a

journal. Finally, this year, I embroidered over some of the images and stitched concentric circles to reflect my repeated process, ironing, and entries.”

Meanwhile, this year’s Parkin Drawing Prize

winner Connah Podmore – a 36-year-old mother of two from Wellington –took home the grand prize of $25,000.

To see the prize winners’ work, head to https://parkinprize.nz/

Chris Parker – the founder of the award – and Jann Lenihan. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

High-risk quests to escape from N Korea

Sundance Film Festival.

defectors out.

The Wairarapa branch of the Institute of International Affairs will host a fundraising screening of Beyond Utopia on Thursday, August 17, during the Wairarapa season of the annual New Zealand International Film Festival.

Beyond Utopia is an internationally acclaimed, edge-ofthe-seat story directed by Madeleine Gavin, and won the Audience Award at this year’s

It follows audacious, high-risk quests to escape from North Korea and the man who plans them.

In its third generation of dynastic dictatorship, North Korea remains one of the most impoverished, draconian, caged corners of the world.

Across the border in Seoul, the unlikeliest of espionage action heroes, a middle-aged pastor called Sengeun Kim, has devoted his life to the near impossible: getting

Beyond Utopia tells first-hand the knifeedge attempts he plans and leads.

The film is in English and Korean, with English subtitles There will be nibbles, drinks and music from 7.15 pm for those attending and the film starts at 8 pm.

Tickets are $20 and are available by phoning or 06 377 1359. Alternatively, they can be collected from the Regent 3 Cinemas, Queen Street, Masterton.

Donation from shed blokes

Community groups are stepping up left, right and centre in support of the new station build for Wellington Free Ambulance [WFA].

Henley Mens Shed in Masterton is the latest group to donate funds, with a $1000 boost.

“WFA said the support of our community is vital in building this station for the benefit of everyone in the Wairarapa – ‘Built for the community, by the

community’,” Henley Mens Shed manager John Bush said.

“The blokes were already well aware of the need for a great ambulance service and the support structure behind it.”

Henley Mens Shed has supported WFA by making toy ambulances as fundraisers, participating in AED-CPR training and funding an AED [defibrillator] unit outside the Mens Shed

available 24-7.

“And so, Henley Mens Shed has donated $1000 to the station build project. It just fits with our own Mens Shed motto ‘In the Community – For the Community’,” Bush said.

WFA is raising $3 million from the community to build its $7 million new station on the corner of Russell and Queen St in Masterton.

Graeme Morris, Henley Mens Shed Incorporated chairman, shakes hands with Cheryl Watson, WFA community liaison, alongside a bunch of shed blokes supporting the donation.

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Make a mess at Playcentre

Lucy Cooper lucy.cooper@age.co.nz

Gloop, foam, paint, water, glitter, sand, playdough, slime and clay are some of the ingredients available at Wairarapa Playcentres this month, as they invite children aged 0-6 to join the national Playcentre Messy Play Week.

The week-long initiative gives young children a chance to explore messy play activities, which are “essential for early childhood development”, Playcentre Aotearoa chief executive David Moger said.

“With opportunities to explore different sensory materials, young children learn about their world, discover new ways to express themselves and develop confidence in and control of their bodies, all while having loads of fun.”

Shirvana Edmonds, president of Martinborough Playcentre, agrees.

“It’s definitely a lot of textural sensation for the children and learning the way things can manoeuvre and work.”

The beauty of messy play is also its simplicity, Edmonds said.

“When you watch a child play with something

as simple as ice and they see it melting in their hands, just their little minds ticking, you can see them processing, ‘oh, hang on a minute, this isn’t just a solid. It turns into a liquid’.”

Adelaide Skeet, parent volunteer at Westside Playcentre, also sees the benefits of messy play.

“The kids explore textures and the world around them,” she said. “They just kind of let themselves go.”

At Martinborough Playcentre “every week is messy play week”, Edmonds said.

The national initiative means messy play and its benefits can be the “main focus” of Playcentre activities, Skeet said.

Some parents and caregivers appreciate being able to offer messy play to their children at Playcentre without messing up their own house.

“We have a few mums that say, ‘it’s nice because I’m not left alone to clean up the mess while dealing with my children as well’,” Edmonds said.

“Instead, it’s a group effort to clean up the mess at Playcentre. A lot of parents are comfortable having messy play out

of the house and going home to a clean house.”

It is going to be a “good, messy, fun week”, Skeet said.

• Playcentre Messy Play Week runs from August 21-25.

To find your local Playcentre and opening times, visit www.playcentre. org.nz

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Soap Flakes

Hot Water

Method

1-2 cups Soap Flakes into bowl

Add hot water until flakes covered Beat until soft and foamy Consistency of shaving foam

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Soap Flake Gel

Ingredients

2 cups Soap Flakes

3 cups Hot Water

Method

Mix until soap flakes dissolved and leave for an hour until solution has set Alternatively make it the night before

Recipe from Playcenter, www.playcentre.org

[L] Paisley George [age 1] and Sophie George [age 4] at Martinborough Playcentre. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

Violet Skeet enjoying messy play at Westside Playcentre, Masterton.

Improved palliative care services for Wairarapa

Wairarapa will soon have improved access to palliative care services with the establishment of a newly equipped palliative care room at Carter Court Rest Home in Carterton.

Hospice Wairarapa is collaborating with The Carter Society, which runs Carter Court Rest Home, to renovate a room to provide quality end-of-life care.

The $145,000 renovation will be funded by Hospice Wairarapa.

The refurbishment will retain the footprint of the existing room but be remodelled to include a bedroom, bathroom, whānau area and kitchenette, as well as a pull-down bed for whānau use, explained Jo McDonald, manager of Carter Court.

It will also have fully accessible external access, separate from the Carter Court main entrance, and sliding doors to an outside decked area.

The palliative care provided at Carter Court is end-of-life care and includes pain relief and other treatments and therapies to ensure people of any age suffering from a serious, life-limiting illness are

comfortable and their quality of life until death is optimised.

Enabling the new care space to be accessed separately from the rest home is a deliberate feature of the refurbishment, designed to ensure patients of all ages feel welcome and comfortable, McDonald said.

“If the patient is younger, they might not want to come through the rest home area. It will give people a bit more privacy and easier access.”

Carter Court will provide day-to-day services and patient

care with support from clinical services, including the specialist Wairarapa Kahukura palliative care nursing team.

Hospice Wairarapa chief executive Gretchen Saulbrey said the $145,000 boost from Hospice Wairarapa for the room renovation had been raised by the Wairarapa community and ring-fenced for such a service.

“The community has been asking us to provide an in-patient palliative service for some time but the cost of establishing and running a standalone facility would have been prohibitive.

“This partnership between Hospice Wairarapa and the Carter Society is an innovative approach to solving this problem.

“We will be able to achieve much more for the community with this money by working together, than we would alone.”

Saulbrey said locating

the palliative care room at Carter Court in Carterton had the benefit of a central Wairarapa location, as well as access to the Carter Court care team.

Palliative care services in Wairarapa are coordinated by FOCUS/ Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand.

FOCUS assesses the needs of those people needing palliative care and arranges services to support them to be as independent as possible.

The new room at Carter Court will be used alongside other Wairarapa palliative services coordinated by FOCUS, as well as provide another option for a high level of care that is also designed to be comfortable and welcoming for whānau, Saulbrey said.

“Small things like providing space for whānau to be together, a bed for family members to use and external access to the room will make a big difference to

the experience patients and their families have during the end-of-life journey,” she said.

The room plans are in the process of being finalised, with input from a small team of clinical experts, iwi representatives, Māori and Pasifika health providers, Carter Society executive committee chair Sharon Parker said.

“We want to make sure we get this right.”

Parker said Carter Court was delighted to partner with Hospice Wairarapa to deliver the initiative.

“We are a not-forprofit communityowned organisation, so funding used to renovate this room to provide improved palliative care will directly benefit the Wairarapa community.

“Carter Court has a reputation for a skilled and caring team of staff and volunteers dedicated to the wellbeing of our residents and we are proud to be part of delivering this service.”

Renovation of the room will begin next month and is expected to be available for use in early 2024.

“We will be able to achieve much more for the community [...] by working together than we would alone.”

– Gretchen Saulbrey, CEO, Hospice Wairarapa

A room at Carter Court in Carterton is to be renovated for use as a palliative care space.

PHOTO/FILE

Gretchen Saulbrey, chief executive, Hospice Wairarapa. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Celebrating her life as a journalist, poet, novelist, war correspondent, mother, editor, socialist, Māori rights activist, feminist, pacifist, and one of the greatest authors of 20th-century Aotearoa

Wairarapa Rebels Celebrate Success!

The inaugural Wairarapa Rebel Business School ran over the period 19-30 June 2023. This was led by the Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy, as part of their work to translate strategy aims into action!

The WEDS vision is to make our region THRIVE through leveraging opportunity and funding sources to grow our Businesses, Workforce, Iwi relationships, Water resilience and Tech capabilities. Read more about the strategy at www.thrivewairarapa.nz

The Rebel programme is designed to equip people with the startup knowledge and skills to translate their business idea into reality. FOR FREE! There were 25 graduates from the ÿ rst cohort from all around the Wairarapa, from high school students through to retirees. Many were driven by the aspiration of becoming ÿ nancially independent, or saw a new market opportunity post Covid-19. One of the key milestones on an entrepreneurs journey is that ÿ rst sale. The ÿ rst time you hold that $20 proÿ t in your hand. This can be the catalyst that drives you forward to grow your business. Rebel helped 30% of the graduates achieve that ÿ rst sale during the programme, with 50% launching their business and website during the 2 week period. Another 40% are near completion and scheduled to launch shortly. All of this contributes to stimulating the local economy.

Adrienne Young-Cooper, the Independent chair of WEDS agrees.

“Investing in our people in the Wairarapa is a core WEDS pillar. Through this we aim to grow the business sector. The inaugural Rebel Business School grew the attendees’ conÿ dence and capabilities, and we expect that to deliver results over the coming months and years as ideas are implemented”.

The programme drew on guest speakers and experiences from the Wairarapa business community. This let budding entrepreneurs engage directly with the coalface of running a business in our Region, and connect with business support through the Wairarapa Chamber of Commerce.

Meet some of the graduates and hear about their experiences:

skills, that was quite powerful for me. I realised there was a lot I didn’t know. The key takeaway for me was being bold and asking for the sale you want”.

Ethan Tickner – Tiny Farm NZ (microgreens)

“I’m passionate about growing fresh produce for health-conscious people to incorporate into their meals easily. I really enjoyed learning negotiation

“My business idea was a M°ori-inspired clothing brand. I’m passionate about Kapa Haka and Te Ao M°ori – everything to do with the M°ori culture. I learned to put myself out there, and that success starts outside of your comfort zone. You don’t need a business plan to get your business going.

Mark – Mayor Of Carterton

“Seeing the attendees graduate has been really uplifting. It gives you great conÿ dence there are people in our community who have the courage to step forward and take the big chance to turn their ideas into a business.”

Te Rangikaiwhiria Reiri – Ka Tu Ltd – (Let’s Go!) Project Management & Consulting

“The course prepared you each and every day for the next day. The ÿ rst lesson is just to invest in yourself and turn up. The people absolutely make this programme. The connections I’ve made, the relationships I’ve established, the support, manaaki and aroha from every single individual has just been ... wow!”

Henderson-Newport – Chief Kiwi – Rebel Business School

“Rebel Business School was working with a number of attendees in the beautiful Wairarapa, helping them learn how to kickstart and build their business idea for free! This is our biggest cohort of 2023. It’s inspiring.”

“Thanks to WEDS and our awesome local sponsors, they will become part of 1800 graduates nationwide, and will have ongoing access to tools to support them on their business journey.”

Where did graduates come from?

Te Whaiti Ngarotata – Māori-inspired clothing design

Ron

Tony

Above– Ron Mark presents certiÿ cate to graduate Adrian Jackman (left) and graduate Sameena Dadamiya (right).

I have a labradoodle called Toffee.

It’s only when we are alone I call her my favourite child. And she has promised not to breathe a word to the others.

A labradoodle was the only type of dog my husband could contemplate having. He’s more of a cat person. But I assure you, he is a good and kind man.

I can be quite impulsive, so within five minutes of railroading said husband into agreeing to welcome a dog into our lives [in a process my family lovingly call ‘decisionmaking’], we found one.

The great thing about labradoodles, apart from everything, is they don’t shed fur.

Wally Conron, the Father of the Labradoodle, created the breed following a request from a blind woman in Hawaii, who needed a guide dog that wouldn’t inflame her husband’s allergies.

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It took a couple of goes, but eventually Wally settled upon the perfect mix of poodle and labrador. And so began the trend for adding the suffix ‘oodle’ to every dog breed on the planet.

The fact that Wally now considers the labradoodle his ‘life’s regret’ is a topic for another day.

It’s not until you have a dog that doesn’t shed, you realise the importance of the shedding process.

According to the website, Groomers Online, back in the day, dogs moulted for survival.

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However, dear reader, what is the opposite of shedding?

According to an online thesaurus, ‘embracing’ and ‘retaining’ are good antonyms.

Retaining works. Accumulating is better.

Like a nascent snowball hurtling down an alpine pass, Toffee doesn’t shed, she just gets bigger and bigger over time.

Our post-work snuggles become a guilt-ridden exercise of assembling a life raft out of the sticks and other materials I find in her coat.

When she looks at me, I swear her eyes are pleading with me: “For pity’s sake, woman, take me to the groomers.”

I know what you are thinking/shouting. “Brush the dog.” Oh, if only it were that easy.

To be fair, it probably is. But as a family, the life skills necessary to do something regularly seem to evade us.

Given labradoodles lend themselves so well and so delightfully to being made a complete fuss of 24/7, you can see why they have dispensed with the messy and unpleasant business of shedding.

And not soft, fluffy big. It’s a solid, matted big. Remember the TV show Dynasty? You may recall many of the characters had big hair that didn’t, couldn’t, move because of the industrial volume of hairspray applied.

Well, that’s a close approximation of Toffee’s condition when ‘hirsute’ becomes her ‘hairsuit’.

As Toffee becomes more voluminous, so my shame increases. And shame breeds avoidance.

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There comes a point when Toffee’s rigor furatus [I’ve made that up] has so firmly taken hold, the only solution is a vigorous reset at the groomers.

Taking Toffee back to her plushy doll sleekness is a glorious feeling. And she smells so good. No twigs, no bits and pieces. Just a soft, happy, perfumed hound. Goodness only knows what she thinks about it. Chilly but loved?

Which must make a nice change from hot and avoided.

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...Motu-Waireka Rawiri, Mākoura College Services Academy

The two other languages I would like to be fluent in are...

Spanish and French

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Teleportation

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ARATOI VOICES

Our journeys, migrations and returns

Ask anyone to define ‘sculpture’ and they will inevitably tell you it is three-dimensional and made of stone, metal, clay or wood – carved, cast or modelled.

Light and Space presents larger sculptures from the Aratoi Collection – those you have seen before and some not displayed for a while. The exhibition also includes the works on permanent display in the Aratoi courtyard and foyer.

Look above the windows in the Aratoi foyer and you’ll see Denis O’Connor’s work Lachrimae – the sea of two tears.

Lachrimae is the Latin word meaning ‘tears’. The ‘sea of two tears’ in O’Connor’s work refers to migration and return, carrying with it a sense that descendants of New Zealand’s migrants can call this place home.

His levitating oar – a wand with two blades –references a journey there and back, while the central crucible carries the tears of sorrow and joy seeping into this soil.

Look closely and you may notice the silver tears are made from the polished backs of brushes.

Head out into the courtyard and you’ll find two huge limestone sculptures.

Iosefa Leo’s Sharing the Water of Life [Fa’asoa Mo Le Vai Ola] depicts two

CONSERVATION KŌ RERO

Take action this Conservation Week

Wairarapa is being urged to “take action for nature” during Conservation Week [Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa] this year.

As well as encouraging people to pick up rubbish, or donate time or money to a local community group, the Department of Conservation [DOC] has organised a week of events and activities to “help our environment and the native species that make Aotearoa special”, DOC said.

Masterton District Council [MDC] library is hosting a ‘Backyard Action’ themed week, ending August 20, providing lots of free information on how the community can do fun, useful things in their own backyards to help improve the environment and tackle the big issues like climate change.

Time to take the lead

The region’s students are in to win with the Take Action for Nature competition, thanks to Ruamāhanga Restoration Trust. Students can enter the competition by sending in up to five photos showing how their school is taking action for the environment. Five lucky schools will win an overnight stay at the new environmental education centre at Pūkaha Mount Bruce, including transport. Entries should be emailed to info@rrtrust.org.nz by 5pm on August 22. For those wanting to get their hands dirty, the Ruamāhanga Mauri oho and South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group are hosting a wetland restoration planting day on August 20 from 10am at Ruamāhanga Farm,

It’s time once again for dog walkers to look out for our feathered friends, who are starting to nest at Henley Lake.

As normal at this time of year, dogs must be kept on a lead in the wetland area of the park, (highlighted in yellow on the map). Leads are required in this area from 1 August until 30 November.

Council sta will be touching base with dog walkers to make sure they are clear about on-lead areas. There is still plenty of room for dogs to roam free as long as they are still under active control. Please be aware birds may be nesting in other areas. For information on o -lead areas in the Masterton district, search “Where can I take my dog?” on the Council website: www.mstn.govt.nz

And remember, dogs should be on a lead whenever they are on a street footpath or any public place that is not designated an o -leash area. Dogs are not permitted in the Masterton CBD.

seated figures with a bowl placed between them.

Leo was born in Letogo, Samoa and died in Marlborough. He came to Aotearoa in 1987 and began carving in 1988. Leo was interested in conveying the depth of human feeling and emotions as well as the physicality of the human form.

He took inspiration from the life of the South Pacific, family relationships, and the Love of God. Sharing the Water of Life [Fa’asoa Mo Le Vai Ola] is about the

sharing of knowledge and love between generations.

Next to Leo’s sculpture is the huge standing stone The Stone of the People [Te Pohatu o te Iwi] by Bohuš Kubinský and Monika Kubinská.

The pair travelled from their homeland in Slovakia specifically to take part in the Tareitanga Sculpture Symposium, Frank Kitts Park, Wellington, 20022003. The Stone of the People [Te Pohatu o te Iwi] refers to ancestral figures by using both South Pacific

and European symbolism. Next time you are in the Aratoi foyer, look up and out into the courtyard and take in these magnificent sculptures.

• Light and Space: Sculptures from the Collection is showing until November 26.

Denis O’Connor, Lachrimae – the sea of two tears, 1995, slate, tar, silver, flocked kauri, metal, Norman Prior Memorial Collection.

1415 State Highway 53. No experience is necessary and children are welcome with a supervising adult. Register your place by emailing: hello@ Ruamāhanga.org.nz

At 7pm on August 17 at the Dixon Street Education Centre, Glenys Robertson of Forest and Bird Wairarapa presents a photographic evening on the wildlife of Aotearoa’s sub-antarctic island. The suggested koha is $10 which will go towards the eradication of pigs from the Auckland Islands. Supper is provided.

Jenny Keate’s exhibition, Looking Sideways, at Aratoi Museum in Masterton, explores the relationship between humans and trees, and draws local inspiration from the Mauri oho native restoration work along the Ruamāhanga. The

Conservation Week runs August 14-20.

exhibition ends August 27.

The wonders of native fish will be shared on August 18 at 5.30pm at Waihenga Centre in Martinborough, at a talk hosted by Wairarapa

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Moana Wetlands Project. Full story P3.

• For more information about Conservation Week in Wairarapa, visit www.facebook. com/WellingtonDOC

Denis O’Connor, Lachrimae – the sea of two tears, 1995, slate, tar, silver, flocked kauri, metal, Norman Prior Memorial Collection.

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Native fish.

COLOMBO ROAD

Sunshine on order for the Garden Fiesta

A fiesta of “all things gardening” returns to the Clareville Showgrounds on Saturday in time for the long-awaited spring season.

Sue Rayner, who is helping to coordinate this year’s event, said the Wairarapa Garden Fiesta promises new and experienced gardening enthusiasts “plants, to produce and everything in between”, including garden art and sheds.

The fiesta is sponsored by GardenBarn and Wairarapa A&P Society and is in its third year.

In previous years, the event has attracted over 2000 visitors from Wairarapa and further afield, including Hutt Valley, Wellington and Manawatu.

With more than 70 stalls, including a food court area, Rayner is hoping for a similar turnout this year.

“The sunshine is on order for this year,” she said.

But, even if the sun hides, the introduction

of a new indoor area and a hard-surfaced outdoor area should make for an enjoyable experience.

The changes were made in response to customer feedback, Rayner said.

“We were looking at suggestions from last time and making improvements as we’ve gone along.

“One [suggestion] was having better grounding underneath. We had the facilities, so we thought we should give it a go. So if it isn’t such a good day, people can be inside, and there won’t be so much mud and that sort of thing.”

Cost of entry is a gold coin donation, with proceeds going towards “enhancement and beautification” of the

showground’s lake area, Rayner said.

“We’ve had a few trees come down, so we thought we would tidy that up.”

Whether you are looking to learn about gardening, wanting to add a unique touch to an outside space, or “seeking or searching for treasures or trees”, the fiesta will appeal to a wide audience, Rayner said.

As well as gardening products, advice and inspiration, visitors to the fiesta could win a prize if they return their entry form on the day.

• Wairarapa Garden Fiesta, Saturday, August 19, Wairarapa A&P Showgrounds, Clareville, Carterton, 8.30am-3pm.

Lucy Cooper lucy.cooper@age.co.nz

The Wairarapa Garden Fiesta, sponsored by GardenBarn, is in its third year. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

Council News August

Change to Library interim opening hours

South Wairarapa community feedback on the new library hours was tabled at the Infrastructure and Community Services meeting of 25 July. Elected members agreed that the new library hours did not meet community expectations, so the service offerings are to be reviewed by November 2023.

A revised interim opening hours schedule is to be implemented effective from 21 August 2023 and a new schedule, if required, put in place following the review.

Stay up to date with Antenno!

We are excited to announce that South Wairarapa District Council will soon be piloting a new way to keep our community informed.

Antenno is a location-based mobile app that allows two-way engagement between councils and their communities. You will receive council-related alerts and notifications about topics such as water outages, roadworks, meetings, events, consultations and more, all based on the locations and topics you care about. It can also be used to directly report issues or provide suggestions and ideas.

It’s free, easy and secure – there’s no need to share personal information. Just download the app, enter locations you’re interested in monitoring, and keep an eye out for our first posts!

Featherston Library

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm

Saturday: 9.30am - 12pm

Martinborough Library

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm

Saturday: 9:30am – 12pm

Greytown Library

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm

Saturday: 9:30am – 12pm

We know that opening on a Saturday was important to many of those who provided feedback, so we have ensured all three libraries are open from 9.30am to 12pm on a Saturday. We have also simplified the closing days on a weekday and reduced it to just one day a week per site for the period of the review. Every effort will be made to keep to this schedule, however, in the case of staff not being available, a library site may need to close for a time. Should this happen then we will make sure to let the public know as soon as practicable through the Council’s and the library’s websites and Facebook pages.

SWDC community projects update

Greytown Wheels Park driving forward

We are happy to share that the Greytown Wheels Park development is gaining momentum. We have a signed agreement with RICH Landscapes and Angus McMillian Concrete who won the supplier tenders earlier this year. With these suppliers being much sought after, the construction is scheduled to start in late 2024. The design phase has commenced, and stakeholder engagement activities are about to get underway.

Underhill Road Recreation Trails SWDC is appreciative of additional central government funding being approved for the cycle bridge over the Tauwharenīkau River. This will allow the completion of works that will help address safety concerns. Funding came from the COVID-19 Infrastructure Investment, with the project

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

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

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 or email enquiries@swdc.govt.nz at least 24 hours prior.

The meetings will be livestreamed on the YouTube channel where possible.

AUGUST

CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

Wednesday, 23 August at 9.30am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

SEPTEMBER

FEATHERSTON COMMUNITY BOARD – MEET THE BOARD

administered by Kānoa - Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit.

The funding is ring-fenced for the following:

• Further engineering and testing of the bridge structure following reports of excessive movement in high wind.

• Improving the connection of Underhill Road (Featherston side) to the current trail that leads onto the bridge with approx. 2km of trail development.

Progress for these great community assets will be kept up to date on the SWDC website under ‘Projects and Consultations’.

Martinborough community resilience workshops

Ever wondered what Martinborough’s Emergency Response Plans are, or thought you’d like to help your community in an emergency? What about wanting to make sure vulnerable groups and individuals are not forgotten in Martinborough’s emergency response planning?

The Martinborough Community Board, South Wairarapa District Council and Wellington Region Emergency Management Office are joining forces to run

three Community Resilience workshops to help understand and plan responses for a variety of emergencies.

The workshops will run across August and September, and cover various topics;

16 August, 7-9pm - Emergency Planning Meeting

6 September, 7-9pm - Leadership in a Disaster

30 September, 11am – 1pmCommunity Emergency Hub Open Day and Response Practice. Find out more about the workshops from our website under ‘News’.

Wednesday, 6 September at 7pm Featherston Community Centre, Wakefield Street, Featherston

MARTINBOROUGH COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING

Thursday, 7 September at 7pm. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

FINANCE COMMITTEE –COMMUNITY & YOUTH GRANTS CONSIDERATION

Wednesday, 13 September at 9:30am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

FINANCE COMMITTEE –COMMUNITY & YOUTH GRANTS CONSIDERATION (RESERVE DAY)

Thursday, 14 September at 9:30am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

INFRASTRUCTURE & COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

Wednesday, 20 September at 9am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

COUNCIL MEETING

Wednesday, 27 September at 10am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough

Paul Gardner

INTERIM CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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by environmental influences.

Flynn Nicholls ynn.nicholls@age.co.nz

Wairarapa College’s iconic front-facing Sutherland Block will be closed for several years for upgrade works. Housing the school’s original building, the block has been completely fenced off while modernisation and earthquakestrengthening work occurs. Work started this month, and the intended final result will be better-heated and more functional classrooms, a new lift, new bathrooms, and upgrades to the administration and staff area.

airborne.

No asbestos material will be removed from the building during school hours; removal will only occur in secure, pressure-controlled areas inside the building. An independent party will inspect the site on completion of the work to ensure it is safe and issue a clearance certificate.

significant taonga”.

preclude species catch.

Eel petition is swimming upstream Upgrade starts on Sutherland

The “perilously low” numbers of the longfin eel [tuna kuwharuwharu] may have a chance to rebuild, thanks to an urgent review of fishery management prompted by a Featherston environmentalist. After he learned of the eel population’s decline, David Famularo submitted a petition to parliament, arguing that the species should be classified as an “absolutely protected” species under the Wildlife Act 1953.

“The longfin eel is unlike most other species. It has a life cycle involving two huge migrations, lives up to 100 years, and it only procreates once at the end of its life,” Famularo said.

“This means there have to be huge numbers of longfin eels for the species to regenerate itself every year.”

To ensure the eel can thrive in the future, Famularo said different measures need to be taken to protect the species from population collapse.

“It’s not like birds where you get your last 500 and put them in a cage together, raising them up again,” Famularo said.

In 2018, Fisheries New Zealand reduced the total allowable catch of longfin eels by 16 per cent and the total commercial catch by 34 per cent.

MP Eugenie Sage and recommended for urgent review.

Famularo said he is pleased with this progress.

“I feel like it’s good what’s happened so far, and one can but hope for the best – it’s another step in raising awareness of the situation.”

Asbestos-containing material has been found in the block, and the college has a plan to remove it safely.

The asbestos materials are either in powder form or able to be crumbled, pulverised, or reduced to a powder by hand pressure when dry – so they have the potential to become

Principal Matt White said the work is a major project and is part of the master plan to rebuild the school, a plan that’s been in development for more than a decade.

The first phase of the rebuild included a new supported learning centre for disabled students, upgrades to the school gym, and a new food technology space with a canteen, a commercial kitchen, two food technology rooms, and a textile technology room.

White said the recently finished buildings will help compensate for the four classrooms in Sutherland Block, which

are now out of action for several years.

The school’s office is now being run out of the library annexe, while the senior leadership offices are dispersed throughout the school.

“It’s our original school building; it’s where the headmaster gave the first speech to welcome students and staff to Wairarapa College when it opened.

“Its frontage is an iconic part of the school’s character,” White said.

“The great thing about this building project is

that the facade will stay the same, but the spaces within will become higher quality learning environments.”

The four classrooms in Sutherland Block will be air-conditioned and will allow for traditional classroom teaching while also having break-out areas for students to work in smaller groups or independently.

White said he is excited about the development after the success of the newly built food technology classrooms.

“They’ve been fantastic for engagement and quality of learning; it’s really good for students to work in spaces that are fit for purpose.

“This project will take several years to complete, but I’m pleased that it’s started because it’s been a long time coming,” he said.

“I’m hoping when we move back into Sutherland Block, it will be more comfortable and allow our staff to be more adaptable and flexible in their teaching approach.”

Famularo said that due to the 100-year lifespan of the eel and its life cycle, the species’ stability is more easily compromised

Currently, all freshwater fish, including eels, are managed under the Conservation Act and the Fisheries Act, something Famularo didn’t believe suitably protected the “culturally

“If the mass of eel numbers falls below a certain point, they’ll collapse.”

The Ministry for Primary Industries is currently responsible for the fishery and said that the previous expert advice had indicated that the fishing controls were sufficient.

Even though it was a national petition, Famularo said he wants to remain focused on local environmental causes.

In response to the petition, the Department of Conservation said the eels are an important customary and recreational fishing resource and “absolute protection” would

“The ministry believes its research shows New Zealand longfin eel stocks are stable.”

Famularo’s petition – which received 982 signatures – was presented to Parliament’s Environment Committee

“My focus is the environment, but really just as an individual with an affinity for the longfin eel because it’s a really special and remarkable creature,” Famularo said.

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Parliament’s Environmental Committee has called for an urgent review of the longÿ n eel ÿ shery, thanks to a petition started by a Featherston resident.

Wairarapa College’s iconic Sutherland Block will be closed for several years for earthquake strengthening and modernisation.

PHOTO/FLYNN NICHOLLS

PHOTO/JASON GUNN BURTON

Garden Fiesta wairarapa

Focus on weak areas of game

Tim Nelson Midweek Musings

Earning respect Richie Mo’unga is one of the world’s best rugby players. He has cemented himself as the number one All Black first five against extremely strong fellow contenders. He will undoubtedly be a key factor as to whether the All Blacks can win a fourth World Cup later this year. Just this weekend, he came on late in the game against Australia, winning the match with a late (and very difficult) penalty kick.

In The Post newspaper, Mo’unga shares what earns him the respect of his peers. Of course they appreciate his match winning abilities, but what makes them admire Mo’unga so much is his willingness to get better at other parts of his game, the areas that aren’t normally linked to a player in his position, with one in particular being his defence.

Mo’unga could probably shy away from big defensive plays, relying on bigger players to do more of the work. However, he chooses not to and has put a lot of effort into improving this aspect of his game. In the extremely tight matches at the highest level, it will be the accumulation of the small areas of improvement that will make the difference.

Despite not being

international sports stars, we can apply Mo’unga’s philosophy to our own lives, where we can look to put more effort into those areas of weakness we have overlooked for so long. Doing this may very well get us closer to where we want to be, earning the respect of others and also earning greater self-respect for ourselves.

Stick with what works Manchester United is one of the most successful sports teams of all time. A huge amount of their success came from 1986 to 2013 under the management of Sir Alex Fergusson. However, the initial period under Fergusson took some time to happen; United didn’t win the Premier League [or Division 1, as it was when he first started at the club] for six years. Fortunately the club persevered through the initial tough times while Sir Alex got his systems in place. When Sir Alex retired, David Moyes was appointed.

Moyes had a couple of similarities to Fergusson; he’s Scottish and comes across as quite

manager of Everton, a moderately successful club for quite some time before the appointment. As soon as Moyes came to United he set about making considerable changes. Replacing personnel with those who worked with him at Everton. adopting many systems from his old club and removing systems that had been in place at United for years. The results of these changes were that Moyes was sacked in under a year and Manchester United have failed to have top level success since. All too often, individuals and organisations look to make changes when what was already in place was working so well. Yes, small tweaks can be made, but the reasons why an organisation is successful is because of what is already happening. The shiny and new looks exciting, but it can be the tried and trusted that is the true reason behind the long term success that we see in so many high performers.

Change your mind

It is incredibly easy to be absolutely resolute with positions we take on all manner of issues. The positions we take can become who we are and people will associate us with these stances. However, what happens when evidence appears that is clearly correct, that proves this position is incorrect?

their stance, looking for anything to support their belief, even though

All too often, individuals and organisations look to make changes when what was already in place was working so well.

way in which I have previously done aspects of my job as an educator. Although I am still very much the same in regards to my core beliefs and values [which stand the test of time] there is one area in which I have changed considerably. Had I not, there would be many who would support this, but the

We should never change for the sake of change and ideologybased fads should always be avoided, but when the evidence is so clear that change is necessary, we should be prepared and willing to modify our stance or practice, regardless of how confronting this may prove to be.

of it promised myself that I would bring the strategies back to school. Additionally, a grant I received enabled me to purchase a large number of books and resources on the same broad theme of ‘thinking skills’ and not long afterwards the resources arrived; I had a burst of enthusiasm, skipped through them, then, to be honest, I don’t know what happened to them, perhaps they are sitting on a shelf somewhere in that school gathering dust, or have

new fad to new fad when, in fact, the most successful people and organisations will focus on doing less but doing less better.

It’s never too late

When I have been on the elliptical trainer in the gym recently, there has been one of those infomercials playing on a screen that is advertising a fitness machine. As I have now seen it many times, I have noticed a segment that shares the success story of a 74-year-old, who started using the machine four years ago and has gone on to achieve very impressive results; he has a great physique, looking like someone decades younger.

I’m not entirely convinced that the example I have shared here can be entirely attributed to the device in the infomercial, but I am convinced that a positive change can be made at such an age and older, if people are prepared to put in the effort. Making this type of transformation doesn’t require expensive equipment; in a town like Masterton everything needed is accessible with a cheap gym membership, or even through free online training programmes. The most important thing is the desire to make the change, some research into how it can be done, then consistently doing what’s required. I really do believe that anyone can do it regardless of your age and circumstance.

Living your purpose

I’m currently reading the book Centennials, which looks at organisations that have been successful for a considerable period of time. The examples that the book primarily focuses on have been successful for at least 100 years – quite a remarkable feat in a time in which things seem to drop out of favour only a short time after

having had considerable success. Remember the Blackberry?

As a New Zealander, it made me quite proud to see the All Blacks as one of those organisations that is discussed in depth, being what is widely considered the most successful high profile sports team in history.

A key factor of those organisations, is that they have a clear purpose that stays very consistent, with the actions of the organisations being in line with the purpose. Everyone in the organisation knows what this is, all feeling that they are playing their part to meet that purpose, regardless of their role. Yes, things do change, but any change is incremental and based on evidence and sound decision making, again closely aligned with the purpose. This builds a sense of integrity and trust, qualities that are so important to those we serve.

We can have a sense of purpose in our own lives as individuals. It has to be something that is important to us, that we know will cause a sense of discomfort when and if we take actions that aren’t consistent with what this purpose is.

More Okinawa wisdom

The people of Okinawa just seem to love life, another contributing reason for their long lives. A significant factor in loving life is appreciating the small pleasures they encounter everyday, the sorts of things that are so easy to take for granted: the smell of the pages in a new book, a morning coffee, an unexpected call from someone you care about … so many of these things can enrich our lives every day. These experiences may not be huge, but together they make our lives richer – we just need to make sure we notice them.

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Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates with the Premier League trophy following the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Swansea City. PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES

Mo’unga passes during an All Blacks training session.

SCHOOLS LINK

Questions & Answers

Not many kids are biking to school. Why are you doing this?

Schools Link will improve road safety for kids who are already cycling to and from school, and will make cycling a more appealing option for everyone. Feedback from schools and our community has supported this. That means fewer cars on our roads, especially at the start and end of the school day. We are working with schools and Wairarapa Road Safety Council to encourage and educate kids and their families on the benefits of cycling or using active transport.

Who will pay for the maintenance?

We have considered the whole-of-life cost in designs to ensure maintenance costs are kept as low as possible. Maintenance schedules and costs will be included in the annual operating roading budget.

Why have you focused on these streets?

Our community and schools told us cycling along SH2 can feel unsafe. Connecting kids with their schools is important, and making SH2 safer for walking and cycling helps this.

Will this affect my rubbish bin collection?

Your rubbish and recycling bins will be collected as usual.

Who is paying for this project?

This project is funded by Waka Kotahi through their Transport Choices programme, subject to final design approval. Transport Choices is part of the government’s Climate Emergency Response Programme, formed out of the Emissions Reduction Plan and Budget 2022 to help make it easier for people to participate in a low carbon transport system.

How is the Council able to make changes to a State Highway managed by Waka Kotahi?

This project has been funded and supported by Waka Kotahi as part of its Transport Choices Programme. The project will need to get final sign off by them prior to being implemented. Other routes have already been investigated and were unable to proceed.

What will it look like?

This enhanced image shows cycleways used across New Zealand. It opens up the footpath for walkers, and keeps cyclists safely distanced from traffic.

Why two-way cycle ways?

Bidirectional [two-way ]cycleways allow more space. Riders can often ride two abreast or in small groups. Physical separation can offer a level of safety and security for riders. They take up less space, as a buffer/separator is only required on one side.

Is this part of a bigger plan for getting fewer cars on roads in Carterton?

We accept vehicles are used to get between towns in Wairarapa. But most of central Carterton is accessible by bike, and our terrain is welcoming for walking and cycling. We have wide streets, slow traffic and our township is relatively compact.

Will this be safe for kids to use?

The cycleways have been reviewed by expert engineers at Waka Kotahi. The standards are high, and we would be unable to get funding if the cycleways were not built to the recommended standard. The plan is subject to a Safety System Audit, and it formalises and improves the paths for walkers and cyclists.

Will some car parks be lost?

There will be fewer parks available on the eastern side of High St South, some adjoining streets, and Park Road, Affected businesses have been contacted and alternatives are easily available in these spaces.

Why and how was the funding made available?

Carterton District Council applied to a contestable fund for three projects. The Transport Choices programme provisionally awarded us $918,720 for cycleways and $180,000 for bike storage facilities at schools.

CONNECTING CARTERTON

Schools Link

Carterton District Council is developing cycleways to make safe connections between our local schools, parks, and amenities.

Waka Kotahi’s Transport Choices programme is supporting Connecting Carterton – Schools Link through provisional funding of cycleways connecting our schools.

Safety is our number one priority. The new routes will improve safety and make cycling a more appealing option for more children – meaning fewer cars on our roads, especially at the start and end of the day.

Over the course of this year, we've engaged with schools, businesses and organisations to help us snap up the funding before the deadline. We have investigated other routes and options and this proposed route best meets the community's needs. We need to make decisions by the end of September and construction by June 2024, so we need your feedback by 27 August 2023 .

Being active and being able to connect with family and friends, has a positive effect on all aspects of our hauora - our physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing. The cycleways will link our community to local schools, and easier connection to whānau and friends.

Brooklyn Road BMX track to SH2/High St

An asphalt pathway on existing grass berm & pedestrian crossing near the BMX track.

Brooklyn Rd/High St South [SH2]

Existing raised crossing across SH2 for access to South End School.

High St South [SH2] eastern side

A shared pathway, allowing parking for school drop offs/pick ups.

SH2 towards King St

Fully separated and bi-directional cycleway on the northern side to the school gate.

SH2 - King St towards Seddon St

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Pilot gets to international heights

Bella Cleary bella.cleary@age.co.nz

Wairarapa pilot and vintage aviation enthusiast Bevan Dewes attended the annual banquet of the Royal Aeronautical Society [RaeS] in London recently, as one of four finalists in the running for the President’s Young Pioneer Award.

Dewes was nominated by his friend and fellow historic aviation fan Dave Homewood, who said he was absolutely thrilled Dewes was chosen as a finalist.

“I saw the society had introduced a brand new award for youth pioneers and immediately thought of Bevan because the stuff that he’s been doing in aviation certainly needs recognition,” Homewood said.

“I kind of thought, ‘Well, it’s in London so he might not get a look in, but I’ll nominate him anyway’.”

Homewood said Dewes’ age and his passion for aviation and preserving historic aircraft made him well deserving of the nomination.

“He’s in his 20s, and he’s got a collection of

historic aircraft already, which is incredible,” Homewood said.

“He’s an incredible display pilot as well as having skills beyond so many other people who have been doing it for twice as long.”

The award was launched by RaeS President Kerissa Khan to acknowledge the hard work and achievements of a young pioneer in the industry, pushing boundaries in innovation.

In the end, the award went to Mariya Tarabanovska, founder of urban air mobility

platform Flight Crowd, something Dewes said is quite different from “old aeroplanes”.

Dewes said he enjoyed the time he spent in London, where he got to see the RaeS headquarters.

“I got a bit of a tour and saw a whole bunch of places you wouldn’t normally get a chance to go,” Dewes said.

“I think that building was donated to the RAS right in the early days of aviation, and it’s been the society’s headquarters for a long time.”

Dewes said over 400

people attended the banquet.

“It was good, I did feel a bit like a fish out of water, as one of the few who were in the vintage, warbird, aviation spectrum,” Dewes said.

“Most people there were in the modern innovation science, space technology.”

Dewes made headlines earlier this year for his successful restoration of an 80-year-old Harvard aircraft, which won the grand champion warbird trophy at the Yealands Classic Fighters Airshow in Easter.

“It’s behaving,” he said of the aircraft. “It’s done about 30 hours now and been up and down the countryside.” Dewes said he wants to keep focusing on preserving aviation skills and keeping them alive for future generations.

“The cost is a huge barrier for people getting access to this stuff,” Dewes said.

“It’s really hard to access these old aeroplanes unless you buy one or are well and truly in the loop with someone who owns them. So that’s definitely a big

challenge for people.”

President of the aviation operation

Wairarapa Flying Tigers

Stephen Davies Howard said Dewes has done “incredibly well” to receive international recognition.

“To be to be invited over to the dinner is a huge feather in his cap,” Davies Howard said.

“That recognition is very well deserved. He is the future of warbird flying – certainly in Wairarapa, if not New Zealand.”

RIGHT: Vintage aviation enthusiast Bevan Dewes was nominated for an international award.

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ABOVE: Dewes meeting the Royal Aeronautical Society President Kerissa Khan in London.

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CARTERS Wairarapa: a new and improved o˜ ering

CARTERS opened the doors to a new Wairarapa premises at 328 Ngaumutawa Road, Masterton, on Monday 14˜August 2023 - merging the previous Masterton and Carterton stores in the process. Masterton and Carterton CARTERS stores ceased trading on Friday 11 August.

“Wairarapa trade customers in the business of constructing residential houses and commercial buildings will be served better than ever,” says Matt Williams, area manager.

“There’s more space, more quality products, easier access for our customers, and great parking.”

CARTERS Building Supplies primarily focuses on partnering with trade - the men and

women who build and construct our communities.

This is a point of di° erence for the company - it stands out from the crowd of building suppliers.

Mike Guy, CARTERS Chief Executive, says: “We’re

excited to be expanding in Wairarapa, with our new purpose-built facility. Our old store in Masterton is no longer functional for customers,” Steve Tasker, CARTERS Wairarapa branch manager says. “Tradies big and small will appreciate

the new site with new racking, modern forklifts, the height of the building and its spacious lay out, and our drive-through option for easy load-up of trucks, under cover.”

Nationally, CARTERS Building Supplies is a building merchant with 50 branches across the country. It stocks trade quality products from its own brands, as well as leading industry supplier brands. With nine manufacturing plants, it builds frames, trusses, and flooring modules for delivery across New Zealand.

CARTERS is not franchised and so each store reaps the benefits of the economies of scale associated with single, solid, ownership.

“We’re committed to building long term value through innovation and service,” says Mike Guy. “Our team nationally has worked hard through many decades of change in the building industry. Wairarapa’s new store, together with other

Over the decades: CARTERS journey in Wairarapa

new stores around the country, demonstrate how we are moving with the times to better serve our customers.”

“Our quality building products, our services, and our culture recognise and respond to the challenges faced on building sites each day,” Steve Tasker says. “We build partnerships with our building partners to support them with their projects.”

Merging the former Masterton and Carterton stores into a new purpose-built site, and naming the new store CARTERS Wairarapa, sets the scene for years to come.

This perfect space for the new store was developed by the Westwood Property Group.

“Our new store can service the whole region,” Steve says. “Customers will no longer need to go between two branches. We invite all tradies big and small to investigate the value of partnering with us.”

CARTERS Building Supplies, which includes the new Wairarapa store, is one of four Carter Holt Harvey business units. Together, they make Carter Holt Harvey one of New Zealand’s leading companies in forest products. The company takes pride in its core mission of manufacturing and supplying timber, laminated veneer lumber, plywood, and other building products to the market.

It all began when Robert Holt built his first sawmill in 1859. The Holt company was the first in New Zealand to move logs by truck. Carter Holt Harvey emerged as the result of mergers and acquisitions, and CARTERS Building Supplies became the merchant arm for product distribution.

Almost exactly 46 years ago, the company completed a building reconstruction and expansion programme, opening a store in Masterton that housed timber, fencing and hardware under the same roof, and announced it on 13 June 1977 in the Wairarapa Times-Age. The newspaper also noted that timber had been cut and sold for more than 45 years at the site of the new store.

Today’s new and improved CARTERS Wairarapa rests on nearly one hundred years of productivity improvements and streamlining of o° erings to its local trade customers. A constant feature of the culture of CARTERS Wairarapa throughout the decades has been the loyalty and longevity of its sta°

In 1977, then manager Eddie Lochore had already been with

the firm for 23 years, beginning as a joiner. O° ice manager(ess) Shirley Welch had been on sta° for 13 years, and manager of the prefabrication department, Gordon Churcher (originally a truck driver for the firm), for 20 years. Similarly, yard foreman Ron Miller had begun trucking logs for the firm in 1955. Ron Valler had been on the sta° for ten years and, by 1977, oversaw the machine shop. Bush production supervisor responsible for purchasing trees and fencing materials, Jack Asplet, also handled vehicle maintenance. Hardware showroom manager, sporting a magnificent moustache, was John Stroud. Manager Eddie Lochore told the Wairarapa Times-Age in 1977 that “investment in upgrading the premises has been well worthwhile”, with customers surprised and impressed with both the space and o° erings.

Then, as now, CARTERS Wairarapa exists to serve its customers, o° ering the best products of the time and excellent service from a knowledgeable and loyal team.

JOHN STROUD, HARDWARE SHOWROOM MANAGER, IN CARTERS NEW MASTERTON STORE IN ˜°˛˛

STEVE TASKER, BRANCH MANAGER OF CARTERS WAIRARAPA, WELCOMING TRADIES TO THE NEW MASTERTON STORE

The team at CARTERS Wairarapa

The eighteen sta from our former Masterton and Carterton stores – some of whom have been with us for more than fifteen years - have all transferred to our new CARTERS Wairarapa store,” says Steve Tasker, branch manager.

Steve has been the branch manager of the two former local stores for nearly two years, building on another two years of CARTERS experience in Nelson.

Each CARTERS sta member has a role designed around how best to serve the company’s building partners. As well as Steve as branch manager and Matt Williams as area manager, CARTERS Account managers are there to support customer’s building projects at each stage and help to keep them running smoothly by partnering together.

Tradies will also find customer service representatives in store to help them, as well as yardies outside, who do the picking and packing, and the store’s drivers. On call are local telesales sta to help with project estimates and orders over the phone – including all those urgent requests. The 0800 CARTERS number means customers can talk to one of the team about their project requirements easily. In the background are e icient inventory and administrative sta

“Every team member plays a big part in making our service

Partner with CARTERS and reap the rewards

Calling all tradies, CARTERS

Wairarapa is committed to being your building partner.

“Whether you’d describe yourself as an independent residential builder, a small-tomedium sized business, or a big construction company,” says Steve, “we have something to o er you.”

“One of the great opportunities with CARTERS is that you can open a trade account at your local store and immediately have access to products from any of our 50 branches around the country.”

to join. As a member you get rewarded for every on-time payment you make on your trade account by being allocated ‘Advantage’ points. These are redeemed for incredible rewards – including your ticket to CARTERS yearly international adventures.

Other CARTERS Wairarapa features are that it’s open on Saturdays, and it keeps its tradie business partners up to date with news and Licensed Building Practitioners skills maintenance requirements through its Trade Leader publication. This is now available online.

great,” Steve says. “We all contribute to the success of our customers’ businesses.”

CARTERS takes pride in supporting its sta through

professional development and learning programmes so that its knowledgeable team can best support trade customers to deliver residential and commercial building projects.

A digital tool belt is a click away for CARTERS account holders with its trade portal and app. Trade account holders can order online, view project estimates online, search invoices and statements, and experience clean, e icient, and e ective service. CARTERS digital solutions also connect to Xero Accounting software. “We’ve made the business of building easier.”

The CARTERS Advantage loyalty programme is worth checking out – it’s stood the test of time. If you spend over $25,000 (excluding GST) a year with CARTERS, you can be invited

There will be no change to the way CARTERS trucks make site deliveries because of the transition to the new CARTERS Wairarapa site. Deliveries have been carried out by the Masterton team for a few years now, so “everything is expected to transition without a hitch,” says Steve.

All tradies are invited to CARTERS Wairarapa branch for a Trade breakfast on 18 August 2023 to hear about what CARTERS can o er you. Visit the new CARTERS Wairarapa site and check out its bigger layout, fully sealed yard, drive-in-drive-out bulk store, towers of new racking, and new products.

CARTERS: supporting the building industry

Growing and supporting a building industry which, in turn, supports CARTERS, is something the company is passionate about. CARTERS supports a range of industry building organisations, alongside local and national events, educational seminars and more. Sponsorship lets CARTERS get involved within the industry and with decision makers of the future. CARTERS also helps with ongoing industry education through its Trade Leader magazine, which supports the Licensed Building Practitioner scheme.

REGISTERED MASTER BUILDER CARTERS: APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

This event celebrates fresh talent in the building industry, encouraging keen young builders and recognising great employers.

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REGISTERED MASTER BUILDERS HOUSE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

Recognising the success of outstanding new build projects each year encourages higher standards throughout the industry. CARTERS sponsors the ‘New Home $1 million – $1.5 million’ category each year.

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NEW ZEALAND GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (NZGBC)

CARTERS is a member of NZGBC, a non-profit organisation that promotes green building practices and better buildings for healthier, happier people.

www.nzgbc.org.nz

CONSTRUCTIVE

Constructive is an industry forum lead by Registered Master Builders which CARTERS is proud to be a part of. It encourages collaboration and discussion to bring about positive changes for the good of the industry across the entire supply chain.

www.constructive.org.nz

NEW ZEALAND CERTIFIED BUILDERS (NZCB)

NZCB and CARTERS have partnered for several years to bring tradies a raft of educational seminars and workshops relevant to their ongoing learning requirements. CARTERS also supports the annual NZCB conference.

www.nzcb.nz

REGISTERED MASTER BUILDERS COMMERCIAL PROJECT AWARDS

Setting the benchmark for commercial construction projects, CARTERS is a key sponsor of the Commercial Project Awards run by Registered Master Builders, celebrating large- and smallscale commercial projects and their teams.

www.commercialprojectawards.co.nz

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF BUILDING (NZIOB)

CARTERS has partnered with NZIOB to deliver a series of industry training workshops (Building Legends) designed to accelerate the development of the next generation of New Zealand’s Construction Managers.

www.nziob.org.nz

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Join CARTERS at the new branch on 18 August 2023 for its Trade breakfast opening event. See the new site for yourself, grab a co ee, and have a chat to suppliers.

The Conztruct trade event this month, exhibiting building, plumbing and electrical supplies. CARTERS will be attending and partnering with Conztruct. The event will include Licensed Building Practitioner seminars run on the day to top up your Licensed Building Practitioner points.

Structural Concepts Ltd are leaders in the eld of structural engineering. We can deliver a personalised service to every project.

We work on a variety of projects throughout New Zealand designing new commercial and industrial buildings in the materials of your choice.

We also provide structural engineering services for existing and heritage buildings to assess their strength, design repairs, and provide strengthening designs, thereby assisting in repurposing these buildings to let them live another day and retain variety in our streetscapes.

Regardless of the project and the material chosen, Structural Concepts will be sure that you get the best out of your budget and design preferences.

CARTERS: products and supplies

“We can help tradies with anything to do with building a house, including bathrooms and kitchens, either directly to the site or through our suppliers,” says Steve Tasker.

From the foundations up, “our dedicated account managers and in-branch team works with customers to deliver the right materials for the job. And if we don’t stock what you want, our expert team can source special-order products for our building partners,” Steve says.

CARTERS builds its own frames and trusses to a high standard, using dedicated specialists and equipment suited to building commercial and residential frames. “Customers can have confidence in our manufactured products,” says Matt Williams. CARTERS uses proven processes and high quality, kiln-dried and machine stress-graded timber such as engineered wood products and laminated veneer lumber lintels.

Buying frames and trusses from CARTERS means they are delivered directly to your site from CARTERS Wellington plant. Getting materials to site and delivered where and when customers need them is one of its core services.

CARTERS manufacturing innovation and capability includes prefabricated cassette flooring solutions. This sustainable, efficient method of supply and installation for mid-floors saves time and cost, improves on-site accuracy, and minimises on-site waste when compared to the traditional on-site method of constructing timber floors.

Working with leading supplier brands and manufacturers,

CARTERS stocks trade quality solutions that measure up to the New Zealand Building Code regulations whether timber, cladding, fixings and fastenings, and more.

And the local store can help out in other ways. Building compliance with today’s new H1 insulation regulations, for example, now requires “a whole truck” of insulation to build a 200m2 house. Tradies could easily use a van and trailer to pick enough insulation before H1 came along. Today, that’s not always possible. CARTERS can deliver that for you.

“We’re all about finding the right solution for our building partners.”

Festival selected as award finalist

Festival is busy putting video footage together

The region’s beloved Wairarapa Harvest Festival has been selected as a finalist in The 25th Wellington Gold Awards [TWGA].

Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival Carla Steed said they’re both excited and humbled to have Harvest Festival recognised as a finalist in the Vibrant category.

“We’re proud to be able to deliver such an iconic Wairarapa event that has been built from the ground up, showcases the world-class Wairarapa wine and food, and is now a sell-out every year.

“The Wairarapa definitely punches above its weight in so many areas, and winning this award for Harvest Festival would not only be a great boost to the event itself within the wider region but also to the Wairarapa wine and food producers who are core to the Wairarapa story,” Steed said.

Harvest Festival is run by a committee of 16 winery representatives and delivered by a contracted event management company –Cactus Events.

For Harvest Festival, winning the TWGA would mean a lot. Steed

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ChangeAbility and the Family Violence Network with Mataio & Sarah Brown: “she is not your rehab”

Masterton’s ChangeAbility, o° ering family violence services, teamed up this week with Mataio and Sarah Brown, supported by Wairarapa’s Family Violence Network. They ran free sessions for the public and in schools about surviving and thriving after abuse, based on fostering vulnerability, connection, and healing.

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Strong bonds return with school exchange

Rebecca King rebecca.king@age.co.nz

After a three-year hiatus due to covid-19 disruptions, Masterton Intermediate School [MIS] welcomed back its Japanese exchange school Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School [SGJHS], with a pōwhiri [pictured] recently.

The MIS and SGJHS exchange – which started in 1996 – is one of the longest-running international exchange programmes between two schools in New Zealand.

The principal of SGJHS, Kyoshi Horii, first came to New Zealand in 1996 when he was a teacher at the school.

Since then, Horii and MIS principal Russell Thompson have created a strong bond both for educational and friendship purposes.

Families of students from MIS are currently hosting each of the 11 Japanese students – six girls and five boys – which is a great opportunity to immerse them in the Kiwi culture.

Thompson said that this year there will be a sports day held for the students, with a chance to teach dances, such as the macarena and basics of the Samoan Sasa, followed by games of rob the nest, basketball, and volleyball.

“Some of our kids who have hosted or gone over to Japan, they actually go back in their college years or even after that,” Thompson said.

“We’re really happy to be able to resurrect something that’s special, and it doesn’t

happen in many schools, not at an intermediate level.”

Students and teachers at MIS are looking forward to hosting their Sayonara [goodbye] Evening on August 11 – a chance for the Japanese students to learn poi, rakau, and haka.

In return, SGJHS will give Japanese cultural performances.

Meanwhile, MIS students are buzzing with excitement as they set off on their exchange to SGJHS on the last week of term three [September 19].

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The exchange students were welcomed with a p˜whiri. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

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Residents rate SWDC performance

Sue Teodoro sue.teodoro@age.co.nz

The draft results of this year’s annual residents report card for South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] are in, with respondents generally giving the council a “could do better” score.

While some results are better than last year, especially in relation to the recognition of Māori culture, many scores remain low, and a council spokesperson has admitted there is work to do.

Overall, libraries, playgrounds, and other public amenities score well, but roading and stormwater satisfaction scores are notably down on previous years.

While the leadership and governance functions of SWDC score better than last year, low-scoring results show residents think there is room for improvement.

The report said although there has been a slight improvement in many scores relating to leadership and performance of the council this year, the overall trend is a decrease in positive ratings and an increase in negative ones.

“This suggests a growing dissatisfaction among the public with the council’s performance in these areas,” the report said.

Financial management is one of the worst areas of performance, with only 12 per cent of respondents rating it as good or excellent, up from seven per cent in 2022 but down from 28 per cent in 2021.

“A significant concern among respondents is the increase in rates, which they feel is not justified by the services they receive,” the report said.

A combined total of 20 per cent of respondents think the council’s reputation has improved, but 26 per cent of respondents think the council’s reputation has grown worse.

The survey was sent to 3000 residents, with about 600 responding, a 20 per cent uptake. It was done in the last quarter of the 2023 financial year, between April and the end of June.

A report including the draft results was tabled at last Wednesday’s SWDC council meeting and said data collected relates to the 2022/23 financial year.

The results, therefore, mainly relate to a period before this year’s rate rise of almost 20 per cent was voted on at the end of June.

Council governance, leadership, and advocacy satisfaction rates are low, but not as low as in the

Breaking down the report’s data

communities in helping address those challenges, we will remain a wonderful district to live and work in. There are so many things to celebrate about the South Wairarapa”.

The results for some areas are strongly down on previous years.

Roading features as a strong area of dissatisfaction, with only three per cent of respondents very satisfied with rural roads and only 15 per cent satisfied, a total of 18 per cent, down from 26 per cent in 2022 and 36 per cent in 2021. Similarly, urban roads have a combined satisfaction rating of 28 per cent, down from 38 per cent in 2022 and 48 per cent in 2021.

“The survey results indicate a significant shift in public sentiment regarding the condition and maintenance of both rural and urban roads from 2021 to 2023,” the report said, describing the result as “growing public discontent”.

Results from people connected to town water supply are positive overall, with 68 per cent indicating satisfaction, up from 53 per cent in 2022, and 59 per cent in 2021.

Stormwater systems are another area of challenge for the council, with only 14 per cent saying they are satisfied with the council’s efforts to keep roads and pavements free from flooding in 2023. This is down from 19 per cent in 2022, and 29 per cent in 2021.

“Many respondents express frustration with the regular flooding that occurs, particularly in Featherston.

“They attribute this flooding to poor stormwater management and the inadequate maintenance of drains and culverts,” the report said.

The district’s libraries receive the highest satisfaction ratings, at 87 per cent. Sports grounds have a 82 per cent satisfaction rating, with playgrounds at 77 per cent, and cemeteries and public swimming pools at 76 per cent.

previous year.

Only 24 per cent of respondents agree or strongly agree there are adequate opportunities to participate in decisionmaking, up from 17 per cent in 2022, but down from 40 per cent in 2021.

Similarly, 26 per cent of respondents think the mayor and councillors give a fair hearing to residents’ views, which is up from 2022 when the score was just 10 per cent, but down on 2021’s 34 per cent.

This year, those who think Māori culture and te reo are appropriately recognised is up to 43 per

cent from 24 per cent in 2022 and 35 per cent in 2021.

Those satisfied with the advocacy and leadership of the mayor and councillors is 27 per cent, up on 13 per cent in 2022, but down on 40 per cent in 2021.

“[Many respondents] feel that their views are not taken into account and that the council does not always communicate or consult with them,” the report said.

This year, 22 per cent rate the council’s leadership as good or excellent, up from 14 per cent in 2022, but down

from 37 per cent in 2021.

SWDC mayor Martin Connelly has responded positively to the report, while acknowledging challenges remain.

“The council is delighted to see the turnaround in public perception of its performance. In 2022 a council consisting of a new mayor and mostly new councillors came into office seeking to rebuild the community’s trust and confidence in our council. This survey shows that we have made a good beginning,” Connelly said.

“We know, however,

that rebuilding trust takes time, and we will be seeking continued improvement over the next two years. Your council will continue to listen closely to residents’ concerns and to make themselves available to better understand.

“Clearly, we still have many challenges. We need to find ways to make the long-term funding of council services sustainable. And we still have work to do to improve our perception among the residents of Featherston. But I am optimistic that if we work with local

A council spokesperson said SWDC is pleased with improved perception in some areas, especially related to drinking water, and recognition and visibility of Māori culture and te reo in the district.

“It was also pleasing to see there has been a noticeable increase in the proportion of respondents who feel very selfreliant when it comes to emergency preparedness. There has been a continued decline in some other measures that we are keen to understand and respond to.”

SWDC Mayor Martin Connelly. PHOTO/SUE TEODORO

JNL in the running for business gold award

Juken New Zealand Ltd [JNL] has secured a place in the ‘Team Gold’ Category of the 25th Wellington Gold Awards [TWGA].

The awards celebrate business excellence in Greater Wellington and the Horowhenua District.

Karl Burling, general manager of Masterton’s JNL mill, told the Times-Age that it feels amazing to be selected as a finalist, particularly as a Wairarapa business, and it’s something he attributes to “our people” – from “all the staff who keep the mill running to the support staff who are always looking for solutions to issues as they arise”.

But “this is not just a JNL effort,” Burling said.

“Partnerships with Youth to Work Wairarapa, MSD, Mayoral Task Force for Jobs, The Red Cross

Refugee programme, and local community organisations have all contributed.

“Our place in the community is extremely important to us all, so working with other local businesses and organisations is essential. We have been here for over 30 years and intend to be here for a lot more.”

Taking out the

prestigious award would mean a lot to JNL because the company and its staff have been “putting in a lot of hard work over the past few years, and this would certainly reward our efforts”, Burling said.

TWGA winners will be announced at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington on August 23.

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1. Physical abuse happens when someone causes bodily harm by hitting, pushing, or slapping. This may also include restraining an older adult against his/her will, such as locking them in a room or tying them to furniture.

2. Psychological abuse, can include a caregiver saying hurtful words, yelling, threatening, or repeatedly ignoring the older adult. Keeping that person from seeing close friends and relatives is another form of emotional abuse.

3. Financial abuse happens when money or belongings are stolen from an older adult. Using a person’s credit cards and bank accounts without their permission. It also includes changing names on a will, bank account, life insurance policy,

or title to a house without permission.

4. Sexual abuse involves a caregiver forcing an older adult to watch or non-consensual sexual acts.

5. Institutional abuse happens with a policy or an accepted practice within an institute degrades a person’s rights, causes harm or distress. Could include in˜ exible routines, withholding or inappropriate rationing of incontinence products

6. Neglect occurs when the caregiver does not try to respond to the older adult’s needs. This may include physical, emotional, and social needs, or withholding food, medications, or access to health care. Abandonment is leaving an older adult who needs help alone without planning for his or her care.

7. Cultural and Spiritual abuse occurs when a person is not allowed to use their own language or their right to freedom of religion and beliefs, includes the foods that they eat.

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Opening the door to help and hope

Wairarapa’s Cancer Society is deeply embedded in our local community, with wellbeing a top priority. “We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s lives and the lives of their families and whānau,” says Amber Arkell, Centre Manager. As a cancer survivor herself, Amber knows the value of communitybased support.

“We’re a compassionate organisation,” Keith Hunt, Board Chair says. “One that prides itself on supporting people through their cancer journeys. We strive to make a positive difference and give people hope.”

The Cancer Society does this by providing clients and their loved ones with information and access to core supportive care services. It’s also involved in advocacy, research, and cancer prevention - such as sun smart skin care and quitting smoking - with the aim of reducing the incidence of cancer.

About 25,000 New Zealanders are diagnosed with cancer each year. While cancer is most common among older people, it does not discriminate and affects the lives of many people in our country. Māori are approximately 20 percent more likely to develop cancer than non-Māori. “Reducing cancer inequities is a priority for us” says Keith.

Wairarapa’s Cancer Society assists about

160 new cancer clients each year while continuing to support existing clients.

Wairarapa Cancer Society’s services are free and available to anyone who needs them. However, as a charity that receives no funding from the government, the Society relies on donations and fundraising to be able to provide its services.

Daffodil Day, on Friday 25 August 2023, is one of the Cancer Society’s major fundraising and awareness-raising efforts, with many fundraising initiatives planned around Daffodil Day.

• Daffodil Deliveries to Businesses 21 to 23 August: order your fresh daffodils as soon as possible and ideally before Friday 18 August. Aramex delivers bunches to businesses around the region at no cost. www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/find-a-

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• Daffodil Day Appeal 25 and 26 August: watch out for the teams of collectors with their Daffodil Day buckets and Eftpos machines, including Wairarapa College volunteers (featured).

Amber Arkell says: “we extend a huge thank you to all the volunteers involved and the suppliers of the daffodils.”

“Daffodil Day activities couldn’t be possible without our team at the Cancer Society, all the volunteers, and the courier company Aramex which delivers our bunches of daffodils and lets us use their premises for a bunching shed,” says Keith Hunt. “And the Board is so proud of the team at Wairarapa Cancer Society. They’re passionate and hardworking.”

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Wairarapa Cancer Society is a force for good for people affected by cancer. With funds raised through major events like Daffodil Day, it can continue to support those within our community affected by cancer.

Amber Arkell, Centre Manager, would love to come and present to your team so you can see the full picture of what the Society has to offer. “I aim to leave you inspired and proud to support Wairarapa Cancer Society,” she says.

“If you’ve just been diagnosed, we are here for you. We’re open Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm and we have an opendoor policy. Once you’re registered with the Society, our Support and Information Coordinator will sit down with you and have a conversation to understand your diagnosis and establish the best way that we can support you and your whānau moving forward.”

“One of the advantages of being an independent and local charity,” Amber says, “is that when new needs are presented, we can respond quickly.” For example, the

Society now works with clients who need to travel away from home for treatment and have limited options for pet care. The Wairarapa Cancer Society has formed connections with local kennels to alleviate this pressure.

Over the past year, Wairarapa volunteers for the Driving Service clocked up more than 42,000 kms while taking cancer clients to and from treatment as far as Wellington and Palmerston North.

“It is important to realise you are not going through cancer alone.” Counselling and oneon-one support is also available.

You may also want to talk to people who have gone through or are going through a similar experience to yourself. Connecting and sharing with others at a support group is a great way to work through the feelings and challenges you’re experiencing. There are groups in Featherston and Masterton. In addition, a group for caregivers (Carterton) and another for men (Masterton) are up and running. Expressions of interest are currently being sought for a new support group for people aged 45 and under.

To find out more about support groups,

Love and hope: delivery unlimited

Toby and Hannah Blundell, owner operators of Wairarapa’s courier company Aramex, agree that providing free delivery of daffodils for Wairarapa’s Cancer Society is “the right thing to do.” The fact that cancer touches everyone is something we can all agree on.

Daffodils are a symbol of spring and symbolise new beginnings, even rebirth. They are strong, resilient flowers, recognised around the world as a symbol of hope for people impacted by cancer.

Each year, Wairarapa businesses spring into action to place orders for bunches of daffodils. This year, Wairarapa Cancer Society is shooting for the stars, aiming to sell 1,200 bunches. The more bunches, the busier Aramex will be delivering them on the 21ST to 23RD August. And the more support there will be available for people on their cancer journey in the Wairarapa.

yellow t-shirts. They make all the usual deliveries but also drop off buckets and buckets of daffodils all around the district.” That’s efficiency for you.

“We’re proud to contribute in whatever way we can to the Cancer Society’s fundraising,” says Toby, “but we couldn’t do the daffodil deliveries the way we do without the crew we’ve got.” Hannah, Toby, and their 17-yearold twin daughters will also be out there, hand delivering bunches of daffodils along Queen Street.

For the bunching process, Aramex also gives over to the Cancer Society one of its sheds. It makes the entire procedure seamless - from the bunching to the delivery.

Clareville Bakery and Entice Café supply morning tea to Cancer Society volunteers as they bunch the daffodils. “A huge thank you to both cafes,” Hannah says, “for providing such an amazing spread and keeping the bunchers fed.”

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“Demand for our services continues to increase,” Amber says, “that is why Daffodil Day is so important for us to be able to

continue to offer the services we do and initiate new services to fill gaps that are currently not being met.” All funds raised locally stay local.

“We have an amazing team at Aramex,” Hannah says. “There’s only ten of us and we’re kept busy on a normal day from 6am to 6pm. On Daffodil Delivery days, the drivers all wear their highly visible bright

“Toby and Hannah have owned the Aramex franchise for five years now and have partnered with Wairarapa Cancer Society from the start,” says Amber Arkell, Centre Manager. “We can’t thank Aramex enough.”

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Bunching above their weight

Jane McKenzie and Pip Murdoch

are two of the powerhouses behind Wairarapa Cancer Society’s annual daffodil delivery fundraiser.

The women have been involved in a voluntary capacity for 23 to 26 years. Jane started out picking and supplying daffodils from her front paddock when her children were small. Pip can remember dropping her children off to Kindy before coming on to help with the bunching.

For about eleven years now, Jane has also been involved behind the scenes organising the suppliers with her up-to-date list, her calls and emails, and her ability to answer questions about when, where, and how to supply the flowers. “Most suppliers pick and drop off their daffodils,” Jane says, “which helps streamline things”. She can also allocate pickers to suppliers who need a hand with picking.

Jane’s mother-in-law, Pauline McKenzie, was once the president of the Cancer

Society, so there’s long been a wider family involvement. “Sadly, we’re all affected by cancer in one way or another,” Jane says.

Pip has helped organise the bunching shed and bunching volunteers for about fifteen years. “Bunching day is so much fun,” Pip says, “Up to 30 volunteers work together on the Monday to get the bunching done. It’s social, we get to make new friends, and an amazing morning tea is donated by Entice Café and Clareville Bakery.” Pip applauds all the volunteers who turn up every year and give of their time so generously.

Pip’s father died of cancer and her husband has been involved with the Cancer Society’s executive board. She’s also a volunteer driver for the organisation.

Each year, about 25,000 daffodils are donated for the deliveries, arriving at Aramex’s bunching shed in trailers and vans. “Wairarapa’s Cancer Society is one of only a few districts that have their daffodils donated. Many regions have to purchase them, which reduces the overall fundraising

efforts. We are so lucky.”

They give huge thanks to the daffodil suppliers, big and small. Jacqui and Alistair Sutherland, for example, have been donating more than 10,000 daffodils each year for thirty plus years, with the help of Lions Club volunteers who get stuck in to do the picking.

Harvey Phillips has been donating a paddock of daffodils each year for about five years, including a huge variety of different types, which look great in a bunch. Another forty smaller suppliers are also involved. “No contribution is too small,” Pip says.

Orders are ideally placed by the Friday before the bunching and deliveries start on the following Monday. “We get orders from all over,” Jane tells us. “A former Wairarapa surgeon who now lives in Auckland, for example, makes a huge order and gives the flowers to his wife – it’s her birthday that week.”

With help from Wairarapa College’s leaders, there is hope

Daffodil Day this year is on Friday 25 August. Each year on Daffodil Day, dozens of volunteers take to the pavements as part of the street appeal for Wairarapa’s Cancer Society. This year, for the first time, 24 junior leaders at Wairarapa College will be part of the appeal.

Between 10am and noon on Friday 25 August, look out for Wairarapa College junior leaders and their senior chaperones at a supermarket or one of the other good collection spots around Masterton.

“The junior leaders themselves propose initiatives,” says Bhavik Patel who, with Destiny Tom, co-coordinates the junior leaders’ group. “If junior leaders are keen on an idea and the initiative is feasible, Destiny and I help it gain momentum.”

“Fundraising for the Cancer Society is something everyone can get behind,” says Destiny.

The idea came from Pippa Nelley, a year nine student. “My grandad and my aunty have cancer,” she says. “Mum started volunteering for the Cancer Society through Relay for Life, and now she and Amber Arkell, Centre

Manager, are friends. As a family, we’re motivated to support the Society. Last year, mum, me and my brothers got dressed up in yellow and got out with the collection buckets.” This year, Pippa’s got a group of

students supporting her.

Year nine student Ruby Edwards is fully behind the initiative. “Friends of our family have died of cancer,” she says, “and, last year, a student here passed away from it too. Being a junior leader includes coming up with ways to improve things, and this is one way to do that.”

When asked if they think they have a good chance of getting people to donate to this worthy cause, Ruby says: “we’ll have smiley faces, we’ll be positive and enthusiastic, we’ll be holding buckets. How can people resist?”

“We’re going to collect lots for the Cancer Society,” says Pippa. “People will see that we’re passionate about this and they’ll know we’ve all got backstories. They’ll donate.” Pippa’s family also makes and sells scrunchies, with all the proceeds going to the Cancer Society. You pay $3 for one or $5 for two. “We’ve got all sorts of designs, including daffodils,” Pippa says. Go to www.instagram. com/pineapplely_scrunchies to order. Wairarapa College encourages students to learn with purpose, engage with pride, act with respect, and dare to succeed. Pippa, Ruby, and their fellow junior leaders embody all these values.

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The nuke plant plan for Palliser

A nuclear power station in New Zealand seems far-fetched. But the idea was touted, and in a location near here. Wairarapa Archive’s MARK PACEY digs into the proposed Palliser nuclear power station. The construction of a nuclear power station in New Zealand seems to be the stuff of movies. But the idea was seriously considered in the 1970s.

At that stage, it wasn’t a priority as the energy needs were being met, but anticipated population and industry growth meant that the power needs would also increase, and more energy would be required.

Even before New Zealand became nuclear-free, there was a strong anti-nuclear sentiment in the country. Several reports were commissioned in the decade of the 70s, and while they were all against nuclear power at the time, they had to admit that the need for nuclear power in the future was an option.

A report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry had this to say:

“The chances of New Zealand needing nuclear power for electricity generation early in the next century are real indeed, and a significant nuclear programme should then be economically possible if a similar relationship to that which in the past has existed between economic

and electricity growths is maintained”.

Public opinion was sought and in 1975 a postal survey was sent to 17,500 New Zealand households with a 58.8 per cent response rate. In the survey, households were asked:

“A new power plant is planned in your area. A coal plant [a] and a nuclear plant [b] would produce power for roughly the same cost, but the coal plant would cause air pollution and there could

be problems with disposing of the radioactive nuclear wastes” An oil plant was also a part of the same scenario.

The results were interesting. Coal still won with 45 per cent of the votes, but nuclear power still had 24 per cent approval. Despite it being touted as a “clean, cheap, limitless source of energy” most people still preferred coal, even though its air pollution was far higher.

The big question was, if we were to have a nuclear

power plant, where would we build it?

In July 1974, the Electricity Department conducted a survey of New Zealand for a site for a nuclear power station. While they weren’t committing publicly to the building of a nuclear power station, they were keeping their options open for the future. If they determined a suitable site, then they would have it ready for when they would come to build it when the energy needs of the country

10-year study on 1080 operations in Wairarapa

to continue to monitor the impact of 1080 on all mammalian predators and native biodiversity.”

article it was stated “Lately it [Electricity Department] had been making seismic surveys in the Cape Palliser region in search of possible sites in South Wairarapa”, there would have been some concern, but no real fear yet of a nuclear disaster.

Results from a study recently completed in the Remutaka and Aorangi forest ranges provide further evidence that the use of aerial 1080 operations aid native bird populations.

changed.

A small article appeared in the Times-Age on July 2, 1974. Titled “No decision yet on site for nuclear power station.” It went into a little bit of detail of some of the areas being considered. In 1974, nuclear power was still relatively untarnished. Three Mile Island wouldn’t happen for another five years, and Chernobyl was more than a decade away, so fear of accidents wasn’t realised yet. So, when in the same

Palliser Bay made some sense as a location for a nuclear power station. It was close to the capital, centrally located, and if something did happen, it wasn’t located in a bustling city but in a more sparsely populated area. But support for a nuclear power station never really got off the ground. The public were against the idea, the officials were too. They saw no need for one and after Three Mile Island the support dropped even more. If it could happen in America then it could certainly happen here, and did we really want a nuclear meltdown on the Wairarapa Coast?

In 1987, the year after the Chernobyl disaster, New Zealand became officially nuclear-free, and any lingering support for a nuclear power station in Palliser of anywhere else was scuttled.

The research was commissioned by Operational Solutions for Primary Industries [OSPRI], a partnership between primary industries and the government, to investigate the effects of 1080 on the forest ecosystem, including birds and insects.

The study tracked the populations of 12 bird species before, during, and after three aerial 1080 operations were used for predator control over the span of a decade. Results show a positive response in terms of native bird species’ populations when pest mammals were controlled by the poison.

Parallel monitoring of native beetles and wētā also indicated no negative side effects of the operation – on the contrary, when rodent populations were reduced the abundance of the two insect groups increased.

Stephen Hartley, associate professor at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria

scale with aerial 1080.”

findings over 10 years.”

Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre general manager Emily Court said the centre undertakes a rat eradication programme with 1080 every two years.

“Every time we have a 1080 operation, there’s a lot of public notification required,” Court said.

“We field a lot of very negative public backlash every single time, and it’s really hard work and unfortunate.”

Court said the science today around the use of 1080 is much more advanced than when the method was first trialled.

“We’d love to not use any toxins at all, but unfortunately, it’s a really effective tool in the toolkit.”

For now, it remains the only e˜ ective pest control option at scale, helping to eradicate TB from possums across millions of hectares of remote bush around the country. –

research manager Richard Curtis

University and one of the study’s researchers, said the purpose of the exercise was to look at what the principal causes of changes in bird populations are when considering predators, “mast years”. and aerial operations.

“Mast years, when trees produce abundant fruit and seed, benefit many forest birds, but only if pests are simultaneously controlled,” Hartley said.

“This is something that can only currently be achieved effectively and at

OSPRI’s research manager Richard Curtis said the study proves that 1080 is an effective tool for pest control and has a positive impact on native bird populations and insects.

“We found that the forests did not fall silent following the use of 1080, on three separate occasions,” Curtis said.

“The significance of this study is its duration and the consistency of the

Describing the study results as reassuring, Curtis said it demonstrates that 1080 can be used to control pests without harming native birds.

“For now, it remains the only effective pest control option at scale, helping to eradicate TB from possums across millions of hectares of remote bush around the country,” Curtis said.

“Moreover, as its use becomes ever more refined, it is important

Court said an upcoming kokako survey in September will be useful in being able to see the impact of 1080 in the reserve.

“That will be really telling for us because it will be three years since the last and we have had a 1080 operation in between,” Court said.

“So if we are correct, and as that research paper suggests, the use of 1080 has a really positive effect on successful breeding.”

Previous 1080 drop in Aorangi Forest Park.

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M bovis milestone reached

have brought us to this milestone on the road to eradication,” O’Connor said.

Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister

Damien O’Connor announced last week that there are currently no farms in the country infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis [M bovis].

The milestone was announced halfway through New Zealand’s 10-year eradication project.

O’Connor said the last known infected property in Mid Canterbury has been de-stocked and declared disease-free, taking New Zealand to zero confirmed infections.

“Five years of hard work, sacrifice, and collaboration with MPI, DairyNZ, and Beef+Lamb New Zealand

“I want to acknowledge the hardship that affected farmers and families have felt during this time. I also want to thank the broader sector who’ve stepped up their animal tracing efforts, allowing us to move the programme on to a new surveillance phase.

“Allowing M bovis to become endemic was estimated to come at a cost of $1.3 billion in lost production in the first 10 years alone.

“At the height of the programme, there was a peak of 40 infected properties across the country, and today we have none.”

FMG rural proposition manager Karen Williams told the Times-Age she is delighted that

M bovis is on the cusp of eradication.

“When we succeeded in eradicating pea weevil from Wairarapa in 2020, I always hoped that our success would give farmers, the Ag industry, and the government a shot of confidence that we could also eradicate M bovis,” Willaims said.

“Success hasn’t been without its pain, though. Not being able to grow peas over a four-year period was challenging, but the emotional impact on farmers and farming families when they had to have their animals destroyed was significant. And in some cases, farming families were treated as if they personally had the disease.”

The fact that New Zealand has clocked up

Fonterra’s milk price forecast tastes sour

this milestone as the first country in the world to attempt to eradicate M bovis is something that’s worth celebrating, but the battle is not yet officially over.

“We can’t say yet that we’ve reached eradication as we may still detect new cases in the future; however, with no confirmed infection from our background surveillance since April 2022, we can be confident that we are moving in the right direction,”

O’Connor said.

“All the indicators – from our bulk milk testing to beef herd surveillance – give us confidence our 10-year programme is working.

“With almost 184,000 cattle culled, including 280 farms depopulated, nearly 3000 farms subject

to movement controls, and many more undergoing on-farm testing, the programme has touched nearly every farming community across the country.”

The next step for the M bovis programme, O’Connor said, is to focus on a national pest management plan –similar to what is used for Bovine Tuberculosis control.

According to Williams, in order to increase our chances of success “we must ensure that the learning we had through both the pea weevil and the M bovis incursions is captured and rolled out with efficiency at the next incursion.

“Even better, where we can, let’s prevent these incursions coming into New Zealand at all.”

It was not the news that farmers wanted to hear –Fonterra announcing that its forecast milk price for the 2023-24 season would include a reduction in the range from $7.25–$8.75/ kg milk solids to $6.25–$7.75/kg milk solids.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said the recently announced forecast reflected the decrease in Chinese demand for whole milk powder.

Fonterra Co-operative Council chair John Stevenson told the TimesAge thatgiven previous Global Dairy Trade auction results, farmers had already indicated an expectation of a downgrade to the forecast and were already looking hard at their budgets. A reduction of $1 was more significant than many expected.

Although the cooperative has indicated publicly that they expect the demand to return, the question now is timing, Stevenson said Farm management consultant Aidan Bichan, who also runs a 900cow dairy farm in South Wairarapa, said that, at a

fundamental level, farmers can’t control the demand from the marketplace – “worrying about this doesn’t help mental wellbeing”.

“We’ve been in this situation before [2015] –and survived. Cashflows were already under pressure from increasing interest rates and on-farm inflation; this decrease puts even more pressure on cashflows.

“The price cut will impact the wider community as $1.36b is wiped from the economy. This ranges from rural contractors, suppliers and community shops through to the Government with a lower tax take,” Bichan said.

Stevenson said the downgrade in Fonterra’s milk price is not the news New Zealand farmers wanted to hear. He said it would have a significant impact on the short-term profitability of dairy farm businesses.

“On top of the forecast payout reduction, our farmers are dealing with cost inflation of over 15 per cent, many are facing their interest bills more than double as they roll off fixed-term interest rates, and the amount of required change to on-

farm practices required from regulators and customers is significant. Weather conditions have also been really challenging in Wairarapa over the last 18 months.

“Dairy farmers are resilient. We have been through downturns before, and I am confident in the capability of our farmers to get through this.

“The medium-term outlook for the industry is strong. We produce a premium and versatile natural food product

that the world wants, and we manufacture and distribute it through our farmer-owned cooperative,” Stevenson said.

Moving forward, Bichan believes the priority is in an overhaul of the budget, reviewing capital expenditure and concentrating on things that can be controlled.

“It is important to look after your people, animals and pastures – they are what will get us through the next period,” Bichan said.

On Friday 4 August, Fonterra announced a reduced milk price forecast with a midpoint of $7/kgMS compared to the previous midpoint of $8. This large reduction will be a shock to most farmers.

Fonterra farmers were expecting an advance milk price to start the season of $6/kgMS but this is now $5.25, so cash˜ows at the start of the season will be under a lot of pressure. The focus should be on farmers getting through the difÿ cult months ahead. Substantial debt has been paid off in recent years so many farmers do have borrowing capacity, and banks are being supportive. We have been through these cycles before and will have them again in the future. Focus on what you can control in your business. Have discussions as early as possible with your banker, accountant, and other advisors to create a plan for the season. This will involve updating the monthly cash˜ow ASAP, and if necessary, adjusting overdraft levels. Cost cutting needs to be thought through, and not have longterm effects on proÿ t or the wellbeing of your people or animals.

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Feeder Calves Fresian bull 8˜@$50ea 5˜@ $10ea Sinintal bull 1˜@$210, Red poll bull 1˜@$170 Red poll hefters 4˜@$200ea.

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Pigs Porkers 5˜@$135ea Sheep Rams 3 @˜$55ea, 1˜@$20 Lambs 7˜@$112ea, 2˜@$60ea, 10˜@$125ea, 2˜@$30ea.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17

Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm.

Call 0800 229 6757.

Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm.

Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High Street, Carterton,1pm for 1.30pm start. Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406-672.

Carterton Community Choir:

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

Carterton District Historical

Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment.

Call Vivienne 379-5564 or email carterton.hist.soc@gmail.com

Carterton Scout Group: Rangatahi Hub (behind Carterton Event Centre). Scouts (11-14 years)

6.30pm-8.30pm. Call Sylvia 027 249

3395 or visit cartertonscouts.org.nz

Danzability Class: 11am-noon, at Studio 73, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa:

Call 0800 373 646 for an appointment.

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

Fareham Creative Space: Also

Fri/Tues, open studio, 10am-3pm, 80 Underhill Rd, Featherston.

Email: registrations@ farehamcreativespace.nz

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

Food Market: Food trucks, 4.30-7pm outside the Masterton Town Hall, rain or shine.

GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins,

Barbara [06] 304-9208.

As You Go: Falls Prevention

Balance Class, 9.30am, 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 David [021] 246-0295.

Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe

Band: Weekly practice, Masterton Brass Bandrooms, Park Ave, Masterton.

Email fernandthistle21@gmail.com

Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-

noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm.

Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

The University of the 3rd AGE

[U3A]: South Wairarapa Current Affairs group meet in the Events Hall of the Roseneath Lifecare and Village, Carterton 9.30-11am. Call convener Paul Mallinson [021] 109-4652.

FRIDAY,

AUGUST 18

Aratoi: Rebecca Steedman: Time

Beds to Sep 17; Jenny Keate: Looking

Sideways to Aug 27; Wairarapa

Camera Club: Reflecting on Our Place

to Oct 29; Choice: Staff picks from the collection to Oct 29; Light and

Space: Sculptures from the collection

to Nov 26.

Carterton Craft Market:

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

Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm.

Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643.

Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz

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

Masterton Croquet Club:

Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park.

Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House

Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or

Lucy [021] 0204-4144.

Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10am-

noon, Featherston Community Centre.

Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06]

308-8392.

Spontaneous Dance:

Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm.

Call Pavla Miller [022] 075-3867.

Wairarapa Kids Choir: For children

aged seven years up, 3.50-4.50pm, during school terms, Courthouse, Holloway St, Carterton.

Call Jill [027] 347-5891.

Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service:

Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon.

Support across Wairarapa.

Call Whaiora 0800 494 246.

Walk and Talk: Meet outside Dish

Cafe, First St, Masterton, 9.30am.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19

Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am-4.30pm. Contact featherston.fusiliers@gmail.com

Carrington Bowling Club:

57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728.

Cobblestones Early Settlers Village:

Open 10am-3pm seven days.

Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10amnoon. Lions Book Sale: 9am-1pm, under the grandstand, Solway Showgrounds,

Judds Rd, Masterton.

Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9amnoon. Call John [021] 314-2485.

Martinborough Museum:

Open Sat/Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am-2.30pm. Donation/koha appreciated. Masterton Croquet Club: Association

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

Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. 8am

start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun.co.nz/

greytownwoodsidetrail

Saturday in the Park: Food trucks by the Skate Park, QE Park 10am-2pm, rain or shine.

Tinui Craft Corner and Museum:

Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm.

Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433.

Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon.

Wairarapa Cancer Society

Supportive Care Services:

For anyone needing support after a cancer diagnosis. Call [06] 378-8039.

Wairarapa Farmers’ Market:

9am-1pm, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch:

Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 10am-noon.

Women’s Self Defence:

With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.

Rotary Book Fair: Carterton Events

Centre, 10am-4pm

Wairarapa Garden Fiesta:

A&P Showgrounds, Clareville, Carterton, 8.30am-3pm.

SUNDAY,

AUGUST 20

Featherston Menz Shed:

61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm.

Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632. Rotary Book Fair: Carterton Events Centre, 10am-3pm. Rotary Sunday Market:

7-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact thehodsons@xtra.co.nz

South Wairarapa Pipe Band: Practice at St John’s church hall, Featherston, 4-6pm. To confirm time please call [027] 628-5889 or [027] 453-0182.

Wairarapa Bonsai Club: Monthly meeting 1.30pm, Garden Barn staff room, Masterton. Topic: wiring bonsai. Contact president Bob Macfarlane 06 377 1808 or 027 334 7730, email: waibonsai@ gmail.com

Wairarapa Gourmet Toastmasters Club: 11am-1pm. Contact Carol [027] 600-1710.

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

MONDAY,

AUGUST 21

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

Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous:

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

Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. Call Elaine 377-0322. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am MonFri at Haumanu House. Call 379-4092. Carterton Scout Group: Rangatahi Hub (behind Carterton Event Centre). Keas (5-8 years) 4.30pm-5.30pm, Cubs (8-11 years) 6pm-7.30pm. Call Sylvia 027 249 3395 or visit cartertonscouts.

East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

O’Brien [027] 672-6249.

Community Fit Club: Mon/Tues/

6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. Call Di [027] 498-7261.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: For anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888.

Housie: 7pm, Club Carterton, Broadway. Call 379-8069. Indoor Bowls: 1.30pm, Club Carterton, Broadway, Carterton. Call [027] 645-0905.

Troubadour Music Group: 6-8pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Contact Stefan [027] 226-6019. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

TUESDAY,

AUGUST 22

Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton. Call Kirsten 399-1050.

Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728.

Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 379-5564. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554.

Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975.

Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call 0800 373 646 for an appointment.

Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-

11.30am; Greytown: Greytown Library,

1.30-3.30pm. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: During school terms. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm.

Featherston Menz Shed: 61

Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884.

Free Literacy and Numeracy

Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa, 340

Queen St, Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994.

Mah-jong: Carterton RSA, 1pm. Call Margaret 379-8681.

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

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

377-4401. Masterton Judo Club: Tues/Thurs, youth class 5-6pm, adults 7-8.30pm, Nga Totara Dojo, 205 Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton. Contact Simon [021]

248-6111.

Masterton Senior Citizens and

Beneficiaries Association: Social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat

1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342.

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

Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton.

Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9am-

noon at Red Star Sports Association 10

Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027]

566-4664 or Brian 377-4066.

Scallyrag Border Morris Dancing:

7-8 pm at the Auditorium, Kuranui College, Greytown. Contact Alison [021] 111-1894.

Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389.

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

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon. Call Doff 304-9748.

Taoist Tai Chi: 6-7.30pm at St Mark’s Church Hall, 185 High St, Carterton. Contact www.taoisttaichi.org

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-/ Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 1-3.30pm.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23

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

Athletics Wairarapa: Club night, 5.45-7pm, Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, Masterton.

Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329.

Carterton Cycle Group: From Belvedere Rd [weather permitting].

Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call 0800 373 646 for an appointment.

Masterton: Citizens Advice, 10-noon.

Free Classes: Literacy, language, numeracy for adult learners. Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214.

GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 2-4pm, at St Matthews Church Hall, Church St, Masterton. Call [027] 245-2819.

Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery, 47 High St North, Carterton, Wed-Fri, 10am-4pm, weekends, 10am-2pm.

Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG

Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call

Julia [06] 308-8109.

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

Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325.

Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon. Call Doug [027] 444-7331.

Men’s Group: Meet for support and friendship, at the Salvation Army Village, Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton, 7-9pm.

Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264.

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

Scrabble Club: 1-4pm, in the stadium meeting room of the Trust House Recreation Centre, 2 Dixon St, Masterton. Phone Sue McRae [027]

449-0601.

Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 308-8556.

Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604]. South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at a café in South Wairarapa. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton.

The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll

at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-

Mon-Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton.

Call Desley [027] 787-8558.

Carterton Senior Citizens: 12.30-3.30pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, at the old courthouse next to the library.

Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat/Sun 10am2pm, other times by arrangement. Call

Elsa [021] 263-9403.

Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595.

Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, bowls roll up at 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call 377-5458.

Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

GirlGuiding: Masterton Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock

372-7646.

Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB

11am-1pm.

Knit and Natter: 3pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, Perry St; 7pm, Te Awhina Cameron Community House, 2 Stuart Cres, Masterton.

Wairarapa Modern Jive: Carterton School hall, 7.15-7.30pm Intermediate workshop; 8-8.45pm Beginners class. Contact Lance [021] 134-5661. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton.

Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practice 4-5pm, at the Trust

Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call

Elissa [0274] 706-528.

Masterton Croquet Club: Association

Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call

Carl Redvers 378-7109.

Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call 377-5458.

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Dalefield books spot in the final

awarded a penalty corner [PC].

Daleÿ eld 2 Indians 1

A solid second-half defensive effort saw Farrier Dalefield book their place in their first Wellington Premier Men’s Championship final in three years. Wills Taylor gave Dalefield the advantage with the opening goal in the first quarter of their semifinal against the skilful Indians at the Trust House Wairarapa Hockey Complex on Saturday.

In the ensuing play, Graeme Murrell expertly placed his drag flick in the bottom corner of the net on the hooter for halftime, giving the home side a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Player-assistant coach Benedict van Woerkom said with the one-goal advantage, the second half was pretty much about controlling play.

“Near the end of the third quarter, we pretty much shut up shop and had more of a defensive

forward; otherwise, everyone else just held back,” van Woerkom said.

“Our half court was the best it’s been all year, and we needed to be, and we took care of a couple of their skilful players, and we emptied the tank.

“They really didn’t create a lot of opportunities in the fourth quarter. They had a couple of chances, but they weren’t peppering us.”

The win sets up a final against fierce rivals Hutt United, who dispatched Harbour City 4-0 in the other

HOCKEY Chris Cogdale chris.cogdale@age.co.nz

Daleÿ eld captain Rowan Yeo gets a shot away. PHOTOS/GRAEME BOWDEN

Nathan Whiteman gets the better of an Indians’ defender.

Benedict van Woerkom leaps between two would-be tacklers.

Taylor’s brilliance wins day

Wairarapa-Bush 32 East Coast 31

A moment of Andre Taylor brilliance propelled Copthorne WairarapaBush to a thrilling onepoint victory over Ngati Porou East Coast.

With less than 10 minutes to play at Trust House Memorial Park, the former Hurricane took a quick tap from a penalty on his own 10m line, took off on a searing run through the midfield, outpacing the tiring East Coast players and offloading for replacement winger Nathan Hunt to score wide out with his first touch of the ball.

The drama wasn’t over, though, and East Coast fullback Renata Roberts-Te Nana twice had the chance to steal the win with penalties, the first from 45m out on a wide angle, with the ball brushing the underside of the crossbar. The second was also from a wide angle but 25m out, but RobertsTe Nana’s attempt was well wide.

For much of the game, it was the home side doing the chasing, and in many ways, they were masters of their own destiny.

The first chance came after a breathtaking first three minutes when centre Fiula Tameilau made a break on the grandstand side, but his pass to flying winger Aseri Waqa, who had a clear run to the line, was too late and sailed into touch.

A poor Wai-Bush lineout when on attack opened the door for East Coast, and from an ensuing scrum, first-five Te Rangi Fraser ran in for the opening try. The visitors doubled their lead two minutes later through second-five

Apirana Pewhairangi, who intercepted a pass from Ben Brooking on halfway for an easy run in under the posts.

Wai-Bush finally got on the scoreboard after

22 minutes when the outstanding winger Nikora

Ewe made an angled 30m run to dot down, but poor defence saw the margin restored to 14 points when centre Pamona Samupo strolled through a gaping hole for East Coast’s third five-pointer.

A try to halfback Sam Walton-Sexton, after another strong bust from Ewe, had the home side trailing 21-14 at the break.

The first 10 minutes of the second stanza was all about defence for WaiBush, and they would have been happy to only concede a penalty after being camped on their own line.

Ewe was again in the action in the Green and

Reds’ first attacking foray of the half, with his inside pass sending hooker Terongo Tekii in for the try after a brilliant midfield run by Tameilau. A Brooking penalty drew the teams level at 24-24.

A harsh yellow card to replacement flanker Marcus Ale gave East Coast the chance from a 5m lineout, and they obliged with a try to hooker Joe Royal from the subsequent forward drive and a 31-24 lead.

Another Brooking penalty narrowed the lead to four points before Taylor’s magic gave the home side the lead, sending the good-sized crowd into raptures.

Wai-Bush co-captain

Sam Gammie was rapt to bag the five points after trailing for most of the game, putting the resilience down to a good preseason and 100 per cent commitment to stay in the fight at the end.

“At the start of the game, there were a few nerves from the boys. We’d come through preseason and started those games well, and Ngati Porou really brought it to us and had us on the back foot, so it was good to see us rebounding to get the win,” Gammie said.

“Ngati Porou had a few chances to take it at the end, but I suppose our second-half defence was a big improvement from the first half.”

Gammie believes the win will bring a lot of confidence, and the team fears no one heading into their clash with North Otago in Oamaru on Saturday.

“It’s a big challenge this week, so we’ll be on the front foot heading down and hopefully do a job.”

BRIEF SCORES

Wairarapa-Bush 32 [Terongo Tekii, Sam Walton-Sexton, Nikora Ewe, Nathan Hunt tries; Ben Brooking 2 pens, 3 cons]

East Coast 31 [Joe Royal, Te Rangi Fraser, Apirana Pehairangi, Pamona Samupo tries; Renata Roberts-Te Nana pen, 4 cons] Halftime: 14-21.

RUGBY Chris Cogdale chris.cogdale@age.co.nz

Nikora Ewe celebrates as he crosses for the ÿ rst of Wai-Bush’s four tries.

PHOTOS/JADE CVETKOV

LEFT: Winger Aseri Waqa takes a high ball under pressure.

Andre Taylor makes the bust that leads to the match-winning try.

ABOVE: Nathan Hunt sores the matchwinner.