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It all started on a bus trip

Sixty-two years ago, a group of young Wairarapa farmers took a bus to Wairoa for a sheep shearing competition. It was the start of a legacy that put Masterton on the map. JOHN LAZO-RON reports. It was a hot sunny day in Wairoa, 1959. Golden Shears founding members Laurie Keats and Ian Stewart had just competed at a sheep shearing competition in the Hawkes Bay town. The two were preparing to head back to Wairarapa but left with a stinging thought that came from a robust debate amongst people at the competition - there was no national shearing competition. Keats said the discussion started after people were claiming to have the best shearers in New Zealand. “While we were waiting for results in Wairoa a

big discussion started about wanting shearing to go a step further ... there was no national competition,” he said. “A lot of us started thinking and talking about it on the bus trip home, so we decided that we were going to do something about it.” However, they didn’t get the initial response they were hoping for with a lack of interest in the idea. “National Young Farmers weren’t interested in it,” Keats said. “We then went to the Federated Farmers, who were quite supportive but didn’t do much about it. So we went to the A&P

about running a competition. “So we did it and it ended up being a huge event. The people just queued up everywhere.” After that success they formed a committee from a bunch of diﬀerent parties to look into the prospect of hosting a national competition. The rest is history. And that’s where Keats says what many in Wairarapa and around the world Continued on page 3

Golden Shears founding members Ian Stewart and Laurie Keats with Tranzit’s Jenna Snelgrove in front of the bus where the idea of Golden Shears began. PHOTOS/JOHN LAZO-RON

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Newsweek

Environment

Sport

Crossroads for water resilience

SASSfit group eyes NZ spot

Marnie Prickett wants Wairarapa to lead the way to healthy, thriving landscapes. Full story P6.

Masterton CrossFit team head to Masters competition. Full story P5.

Council

Car parks reserved Council set aside parks for those getting covid-19 vaccinations. Full story P10.

Transport

Off track and on the buses

Education

Learning rocks

Students at GeoCamp learn about a whole new world. Full story P10.

Inside

Two years of track upgrades puts commuters on a bus. Full story P8.

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Dragon boat members honoured John Lazo-Ron

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Three Wairarapa Dragon Boat Club members were recognised for their services to the sport last month after being honoured at a special awards night at Masterton’s Club Wairarapa. Club captain Ange Lammas, coach Ivan Karaitiana, and member Lou Kurtz were presented with awards on the night, with one presented with a prestigious life membership. Lammas was presented the Wendy Dymond Memorial Cup [for commitment toward all aspects of dragon boating on and off the water]; Kurtz was given the club’s Sarah Lysaght ‘Oh Bugger’ trophy [awarded to a team or person who has overcome unusual circumstances in their lives]. Karaitiana was honoured with a lifetime membership, which recognised his service and dedication to the club. Club chairman Lindy

Daniell paid tribute to three recipients, saying they thoroughly deserved the accolades after all the hard work they put into keeping the club afloat. “I was very proud of these recipients,” Daniell said. “Lou has shown that hard work brings results. “Ange was chosen by her teammates for her organisational and logistical skills, her loyalty, passion and positivity for the sport. “And Ivan has been crucial in the direction of the club. “They worked very hard throughout the year and deserve to be honoured in this fashion.” Daniell, in particular, gave big wraps to Karaitiana, who has been a part of the club since it was founded in 2009. “We are particularly grateful to our coach Ivan, who has been instrumental in leading the club,” she said. “That is why we honoured him with a life membership award. He has encouraged members

Ange Lammas, Ivan Karaitiana, and Lou Kurtz were honoured for their services to Wairarapa Dragon Boat Club. PHOTO/LINDY DANIELL

with humour and extreme patience over 12 years. His loyalty and dedication to the club and its members have been unwavering.”

Karaitiana told Midweek receiving the award on the night almost brought him to tears. “I’m over the moon,

absolutely stocked, but definitely unexpected,” Karaitiana said. “I was very close to a tear or two and a bit

speechless, which was a bit odd for me because it’s not very often that I’m speechless. “It was close,” he said of the tears. Karaitiana said driving the club members to grow and be better gave him the most satisfaction of his role and said he was proud of what the club had achieved in its time. “When we have a get together like this, the girls thank me, but I tell them not to because I enjoy it,” he said. “I’m a paddler as well, so I know there’s a lot of goals and fitness that takes hard work. Driving the ladies to be better is what it’s about. Seeing these ladies grow in their development is very rewarding.” Karaitiana hoped more people would come on board in the upcoming season and urged others to get in contact with the club if they saw dragon boating as a way to get fit and compete. The club trains regularly on Henley Lake during the summer season.

Golden Shears legacy started on a bus trip Continued from page 1 have come to know as the Golden Shears all began. Keats, Stewart, along with current Golden Shears president Sam Saunders visited the infamous bus – still sitting at Queen St’s Tranzit base – to remember where the idea of Golden Shears started and to pass on a gift to commemorate the significant maiden voyage of that bus. They handed Tranzit Group sales and marketing director Jenna Snelgrove a picture of the young famers who made that trip, calling it the “Grass Roots of Golden Shears”. It was the first trip for the Blue Bus Services [now Tranzit] bus that took that

bunch of young farmers to Wairoa. Sixty two years on, the pair says they remember that day like it was yesterday. “It was a terrific day,” Stewart said of the bus ride. “After talking about it on that trip, we just wanted to have the first one and get it off the ground, and we had so many people trying to get in, which was amazing.” Keats said people got the shock of their lives when the

interest for the inaugural competition had spread as far as the South Island. “The first two entries came from the South Island, and some people who were against it couldn’t believe it. In the end we had to cut

off entries because we couldn’t cope [with the amount of entries]. “That confirmed that there was a need for a national competition. “What Golden Shears is now is something all the young farmers in those

days can be proud of.” Although the idea of Golden Shears was birthed on that bus ride, Stewart said part of the legacy truly belonged to the volunteers who have been keeping the competition afloat all this time. “We depend on volunteers,” he said. “This has gone on for 60-odd years because of them. People take days off, sometimes weeks, to keep this going so we take our hats off to them.” Keats said Golden Shears was the ‘Wimbledon’ of shearing, A photo of the young farmers on the Blue Bus Services [Tranzit] maiden voyage where the grass roots of Golden Shears began. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON

and described the discussions in Wairoa as the turning point for what Golden Shears has become. After the competition had to be cancelled this year due to covid-19, Saunders said they had plans to get it up and running again in 2022. There are only six members of that ‘grass roots’ crew still alive that went on that bus ride. Asked about what mishaps took place on that bus ride, Stewart joked, “it was christened”, after sharing there were quite a few shenanigans that happened. “I won’t say much but there were a few who were sick on that ride let me tell you that.”

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Visitors make most of Wairarapa Wairarapa had an unusually busy summer at its outdoor attractions, despite continued border closures. The Department of Conservation [DOC] said many huts across New Zealand were at or near capacity during the summer weekends. In Wairarapa, Powell Hutt averaged 29 people every Saturday night between 1 December 2020 and 28 February. Jumbo and Atiwhakatu huts averaged 17 and 23 people respectively on Saturdays for the same period. That equates to 91 per cent capacity for Powell Hutt and 87 per cent capacity for both Jumbo and Atiwhakatu. “DOC works to support and encourage people to get out into nature, so it’s fantastic to see people making the most of our beautiful backyard this past summer,” Wairarapa senior ranger Sean Rudman said. The increase in

visitors led to a 39 per cent increase in revenue in comparison to the previous year across DOC’s most popular destinations: Mount Holdsworth, the Pinnacles, and Waiohine Gorge. This includes accommodation fees from huts, campgrounds, and lodges at these sites. DOC huts re-opened as New Zealand moved down to covid-19 alert level two in May last year. DOC said to maintain the government’s guidelines for gatherings, bookable accommodation was capped to 10 people, and there should be no more than 10 people at any of the larger non-bookable huts at any given time. Mount Holdsworth campground caretaker, Eric Barber, said that in the ﬁve years he has been based at Holdsworth this has been his busiest summer by far. “It’s just been huge. There was a lot more people, a lot more

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families and a lot more people where it was their ﬁrst-time camping. “Many were locals, but there were more visitors than I’ve met before from further aﬁeld. Certainly, there were a lot more from Wellington and even Palmerston North as the Otaki Forks road closure limited camping on the Kapiti side.” Barber said that overall visitor behaviour

at the Holdsworth campground this summer was “really good”: “Holdsworth is renown to be a great family friendly place to stay. Having a caretaker living on site is a draw card for families that want to have a good time without other campers keeping young kids awake at night.” Barber does his rounds every night to collect

campsite fees and chat to the campers. He said many were surprised that he had an eftpos machine because there is no cellphone coverage at the campground. “My little machine has been the best thing for campers and DOC in today’s cashless society. Next time you’re heading out to stay at Holdsworth – no need to rush to the money machine and get out cash. Just bring your card along with you.” Rudman said rubbish left behind was the biggest issue caused by the inﬂux of trampers in the Tararuas over the summer season. “We found a signiﬁcant amount of rubbish in the toilet tanks at Atiwhakatu, which limits how much they can hold and means we’re emptying toilets more often, at a large cost.” Rudman would like to remind trampers to be prepared to “pack in, pack out” when they are heading out

into the bush. “That means you carry all your litter out with you, even food scraps. Food scraps can take years to break down and they feed predators like rats, stoats, and mice. Help protect our native wildlife by packing away your rubbish,” Rudman said. He wanted to remind trampers to make their trip easier by minimising the amount of waste they produce. “When you’re packing remove food packaging and pack food and other supplies into reusable containers. Take a bag or a container that you can use to store your rubbish.” DOC said there were still plenty of opportunities to get into nature over the colder months. DOC’s seasonal web page includes options and safety information including top tips to stay safe and be prepared.

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Masterton SASSfit group eyes NZ spot John Lazo-Ron

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Five members from Masterton’s SASSfit Functional Fitness facility are looking to cement spots in New Zealand’s CrossFit Masters League Games squad after qualifying for the Masters Regional Cup in Auckland this weekend. Rima and Jaime Marurai, Nikki King, Hera Edwards and Barbara Williams will travel to East Tamaki CrossFit to compete in the two-day event having each qualified in the top two of their respective divisions. The five athletes secured their spots in the regional tournament through online qualifiers where they video recorded four different workout requirements that included movements such as thrusters, jump pull ups, and burpees. They performed each workout at their Queen St gym. Now their eyes are firmly set on the road to Australia, where the Masters League Games will be held in September. And it all begins with competing against athletes from around New Zealand this weekend. First time qualifier King, who will compete in the ‘Soldier Division’ [50-54 year olds] in

Auckland, hoped she would continue her amazing journey of fitness – which has seen her drop a significant amount of weight – by booking a spot on a plane across the ditch. “Personally, this is really exciting because I’ve been on the Masterton fitness journey for three years now and have lost 68 kilos since then,” she said. “This will be the first time I’ve qualified for the Regional Cup so my aim will be to make it onto the podium, and going from that it would be really cool to make it through to Australia for the Masters League Games.” Husband and wife pair Rima and Jamie, who own SASSfit Functional Fitness, said the crew had been training six days a week in preparation for the competition. Both were confident of a top three finish and going even further in the Masters League Games. “We’re pretty happy with the way things are going towards getting ready for [the Regional Cup],” Jamie said. “We’ve been training hard and believe we’ll finish in the top three in our divisions.” If Rima qualifies for the Masters League Games, it’ll be his third shot at glory in Australia after winning the

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Water resilience at crossroads Grace Prior

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Choose Clean Water spokesperson Marnie Prickett thinks Wairarapa is at a crossroad regarding the future of land use. She wants to see us build healthy communities and ecosystems around our primary sector. Prickett spoke in submission to Masterton District Council at Wednesday’s infrastructure and services committee meeting. She was joined by a public audience of Wairarapa residents concerned about water. She told the council that she had a background in studying waterways, with a bachelor of agricultural science and a master’s degree in ecology. “Wairarapa can either fall into intensification, or be leaders in developing healthy, thriving landscapes,” she said. She said large-scale water storage and largescale irrigation negatively impacted biodiversity,

Wairarapa can either fall into intensification, or be leaders in developing healthy, thriving landscape. river health, drinking water quality, soil health, animal health, and community resilience. “You haven’t gone down the path of landuse intensification. There is an opportunity to do something better and different to other regions,” she told the council. The Climate Change Commission issued its final advice to the government earlier this week and reduced its herd reduction estimates from 15 per cent to 13.6 per cent by 2030 to curb climate change. The commission expected that New Zealand would still produce the same amount of milk and meat, but with fewer stock numbers. While horticulture could replace stock on some farms,

Marnie Prickett, NZ’s renowned advocate for clean water group.

the commission recommended that others could change animal and feed management practices and track carbon stored in trees, soils, and wetlands. Prickett said healthy rivers and healthy ecosystems were our best chance against climate change because degradation of our ecosystems, in part, had contributed to climate change. “We cannot simply

try to build resilience in current systems; we must build resilience within the ecosystem to support our communities and through that support a healthy primary sector.” Prickett hoped MDC would support Wairarapa to become a leader in developing healthy, thriving landscapes where diverse land use supports resilient communities in the face of climate change. “You can’t solve climate change by

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locking in existing systems,” she said. MDC recently voted to enter a memorandum of understanding [MoU] with Wairarapa Water Limited [WWL], establishing a “way forward” for a municipal water supply to the Masterton district. The MoU intended to establish a preferred way forward for a municipal water supply and, conditional to the Wakamoekau Storage Scheme being the

preferred way forward, to establish an Agreement of Supply between the parties. Wairarapa Water Limited [WWL] chief executive Robyn Wells said water security unlocked land-use opportunities that could give the region a significant advantage. “We have done considerable work on alternative land use studies that are a pathway to enable water users to grow more high-value crops that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help improve waterways,” she said. A resource consent is currently being sought for the Wakamoekau Community Storage Scheme. The final resource consent is expected to be lodged this year. In the meantime, MDC has agreed, in principle, to a $1 million loan to Water Wairarapa to support the consent process. MDC is also exploring options to expand the storage capacity of its Kaituna water treatment plant as an alternative.

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Vaccinations for the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand The COVID-19 vaccination rollout for the general population starts from the end of July. Our COVID-19 vaccination programme has built momentum steadily since February. We are vaccinating around 100,000 people a week at the moment. In the second half of the year we hit top speed and everyone in New Zealand aged 16 and over will be able to be vaccinated.

Moving to the general population So far, vaccinations have been made available to those most at risk of getting COVID-19 to limit the chances of it getting into the wider population. With more vaccine supply coming on, and having ramped up our infrastructure, vaccinations for everyone else in New Zealand aged 16 and over (the general population) start from 28 July. This is a very large group of people. To make this flow smoothly, we will break this down by age bands. All people aged 60 plus can book their vaccinations from 28 July. Then, two weeks later, people who are 55 plus. From there, new age bands will be opened up every 2–3 weeks based on confirmed deliveries of the vaccine and the speed of rollout to earlier groups. By mid to late August, invitations should be open for people over 45. By mid to late September, invitations should be open for those over 35, with everyone else being eligible from October.

Invitations Most people will get a direct invitation to book – either by email, text, phone call or in the post. You will then be able to book through Book My Vaccine, a new national booking system that will be online from 28 July, or phone a new national call centre. Availability of booking slots (the date, time and place you can be vaccinated) will vary between district health board (DHB) regions. Once you are eligible to be vaccinated, you can be vaccinated at any time. There is no cut off.

Registration Even if your age band isn’t open, everyone aged 16 and over will be able to go to Book My Vaccine to register for an invitation from 28 July. Registration means we will be certain to have your correct contact details and when your age group is opened, you will get an invitation telling you it’s your turn to book.

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Off track and on to the buses JOHN LAZO-RON john.lazo-ron@age.co.nz

Wairarapa commuters wanting to use off-peak train services for up to the next two years can expect a seat on a bus instead, while upgrades are made to the train line. Off-peak train services were disrupted last week as part of a combined KiwiRail, Metlink and Transdev Wellington two-year rail upgrade programme to improve the Wellington Region rail network. Transdev confirmed to the Times-Age yesterday that buses would replace off-peak Wairarapa train services for that entire period while the train lines underwent refurbishments. “It’s in that year and a half to two years of bus replacements where [KiwiRail are] doing the large portion and bulk of the work during the middle of the day,” a Transdev spokesperson said of the off-peak disruptions. Off-peak services are the 10.30am and 3.38pm trains to Wellington, and the 8.21am and 12.45pm trains to Masterton, Monday to Friday. The upgrades would include 35 kilometres of track renewal and replacing 71,000 sleepers,

Bus replacements for off-peak Wairarapa train services will continue for the next two years while upgrades are made to the train line. PHOTO/FILE

and 25 kilometres of rail between Upper Hutt and Masterton. Renewing three bridges, upgrading 12 level crossings, and drainage and vegetation work along most of the section would also be included. KiwiRail’s proposed schedule indicated the work would be completed in mid-2023. KiwiRail said the upgrades were in preparation for a projected increase in commuter

numbers during the next 25 years as Wairarapa’s population continued to grow. Although the disruptions would cause some inconvenience to those who regularly used the offpeak services, Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty said they were necessary to improve future train services for the region. “One of the first things this government announced once first elected in 2017 was to

fund the upgrade of the Wairarapa Line and double track from Upper Hut to Wellington,” he said. “This was a proud day, as it is something that this community was screaming out for over decades. “It was signalled at the time that this would mean disruption in some services while the work is being done. However, we would commit to limiting this as much as possible.” McAnulty said that balance had been

achieved by ensuring commuting services to and from Wellington were maintained while off-peak services were replaced by buses. “It gives the work crew the time and space to perform the upgrade,” he said. “I acknowledge that this has caused some inconvenience to those that regularly use the offpeak services, especially the elderly. However, the elderly can still access free

travel via the alternative bus service.” People have suggested to McAnulty that the works be done in the evening to prevent any disruptions. However, he said that would see a significant jump in costs and that workers would be limited to what could be done at night. Despite being in full support of the upgrades, McAnulty said he had taken the comments on board and would look for a pragmatic solution to speed things up further. “I have written to the Minister of Transport proposing that KiwiRail consider completing the section between the tunnel and Featherston first, with an eye to recommencing off-peak services between Featherston and Wellington, with a bus service from Masterton to Featherston to connect people to that service,” he said. “On the whole, I know that Wairarapa people welcome this upgrade, and I think most people would acknowledge that a balance has been struck here.” Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa representative Adrienne Staples could not be reached for comment by time of publication.

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Strawberries

I doubt there are many people who don’t enjoy the taste of a strawberry, warm from the sun, picked straight from the plant and popped in the mouth. If you would love to have delicious treats growing in your home garden, then now is the time to get your first lot planted. Not only are these little red delights delicious, they are also very good for you. They are high in antioxidants and contain good amounts of Vitamin C, manganese, folate and potassium. They also provide some iron, copper, magnesium, phosphorus and vitamins B6, K and E. Strawberries are easy to grow and don’t need a lot of maintenance, making them a great choice of edible for kids to grow and look after. They look attractive as well, so you could have loads of them growing in the garden or fill as many pots or hanging baskets as you can fit – you can never have too many strawberries!

Tips for growing the tastiest berries If you are growing your strawberries in the garden, choose a spot that gets lots of sun. The flavour will be much better if they have received at least 8 hours of sunlight each day – a good amount of winter chill also enhances their taste. Try and avoid growing your crops in the same area that has had tomatoes, eggplants, melons or potatoes – this could encourage a disease that strawberries can be prone to called verticillium.

There are quite a few things you can plant around or near strawberries to help deter pests including: borage (pictured), onions, thyme, spinach and sage. Borage not only deters unwanted pests, it also attracts beneficial insects and pollinators.

Clear the planting area so it’s free of weeds and debri and dig the soil over well. Boost the soil with goodness by adding in some organic matter such as compost, sheep pellets or ican Real Blood & Bone along with some Tui Strawberry Mix and some strawberry food. Adding gypsum into the planting hole will help provide calcium, improve soil structure and improve drainage without altering the pH of the soil (strawberries prefer a pH of between 5.5 and 6.5). Cover the area with weed matting. Before planting anything, including strawberries, it’s a great idea to soak the plants in a bucket of liquid seaweed tonic, such as Wairarapa’s own Seamite. This is beneficial in many ways, including the fact it helps prevent transplant shock. Spraying with Seamite every few weeks will also help supply trace elements as well as help prevent some fungal diseases. Allow enough space between plants so air can move freely to prevent pests and diseases as well as giving the plant room to grow and produce large fruit. Mounding the soil up around 10cm can also help with circulation and drainage, plant approx. 15cm apart.

Strawberries are a great plant to grow with the kids—it may spark their love of gardening

It’s important not to plant your strawberry plants too deep.

Make the planting hole big enough so you can gently spread the roots out (strawberries are very shallow rooted) and take care not to plant too deep, the crown of the plant should be above the soil line. Gently firm the soil down around the plants and water well. When watering always water from the base – not the foliage.

Give your strawberry plants some protection from the damp ground by adding a layer of straw.

Add a layer of Tui Strawberry Straw around the plants (avoid touching the stems) so that the leaves and fruit have a clean, dry place to lay on rather than a dirty wet ground that could encourage fungus. Covering your plants with netting or a cloche can help prevent problems with birds and unwanted bugs. Providing your plants with adequate food during the growing season is important— they can’t provide you with goodness if they haven’t got access to it themselves. Tui Strawberry Food has everything your plants need in the garden, and Yates Thrive Liquid Plant Food is suitable for pots (always take care what you feed plants in pots with as not everything is suitable). Keep your plants well watered—installing a soaker or weeper hose is a great way to water below the plant to prevent fungus.

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Did you know?

There are loads of fun ways you can grow strawberries at home.

Strawberries can grow in all sorts of places– shallow containers or troughs, hanging baskets, pots, vertical grow bags—you could even plant directly into a bag of Tui Strawberry Mix and have great results! Remember to be vigilant with the watering—plants grown in containers dry out much quicker than the garden.

Botanically, strawberries (and raspberries) are not truly berries. They are an aggregate fruit, meaning they have come from a single flower that has more than one ovary, and as the fruit has grown the ovaries have merged together. True berries stem from one flower and only one ovary. Strawberries are multiple fruits – a fruit which has lots of tiny individual fruits embedded in the flesh. What we think of as the seeds (the white/brown specks) are actually the true fruits, called achenes, and each of the achenes surround an even tinier seed.

What should you grow? It is recommended that you plant five strawberry plants for each member of the household – but if you have the room then why wouldn’t you plant more! You may hear the term ‘day neutral’ or ‘short day’ when choosing your plants. Short day produce flower buds when the days are short, providing an early spring crop. These are best planted now. Day neutral flower throughout spring and summer so can be planted later.

but some to get you started include: VENTANA: A ‘short day’ vigorous plant, similar to Camarosa. CAMAROSA: A ‘short day’ variety that produces medium sized fruit with excellent flavour. A light early crop will be followed by a heavy summer crop. ALBION: A ‘day neutral’ with large symmetrical berries that are a deep red inside and out.

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Advertorial

LOVE the Skin You’re in “Your skin is the first companion you’re born with - and the last you leave this earth with”. This philosophy is the foundation on which Shiree Robertson-Kingi builds her holistic skincare practice: helping people nourish, safeguard and nurture one of the body’s greatest protectors and kaitiaki (guardians). Shiree is the founder of Createdskin Studio in Carterton, focusing on holistic skin treatment therapy, utilising advanced modalities and ingredients. She is passionate about helping clients feel “happy in their skin”: using organic plant based, clinical skincare and bio available skin nutrition boosters. Her signature intuitive Maori massage and Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage massage, achieve a radiant, glowing complexion. When you first meet Shiree, you’re struck by two things: her effervescent personality, and her encyclopaedic knowledge of the largest organ in the human body. She works with the body’s whole cellular activity in mind - therefore, each client receives a customised treatment, based on their individual health needs. “Humans are basically a bunch of cells, bacteria and hormones. If those are out of whack, it’s going to affect your skin,” she says. “If we peel back the layers and find out what’s going on in your body and mind, I can feed you and your skin with the nutrients you need. “Our skin does so much for us. It protects us, regulates our temperature, senses when we’re in danger, lets us know when we’re in pain and when we love someone. “No matter what you’re going through, your skin has got your back - so it’s important we nurture it in return.” Shiree (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) has worked in the beauty industry since 1996: starting in Sydney as a beauty consultant for various department stores. In 2003, she trained as a beauty therapist at the Elite School of Beauty & Spa in Whangarei.

Students participate in geological investigations during a two-week GeoCamp. PHOTOS/DR KYLE BLAND

Two years later, she established her own clinic, Persona Beauty Aotearoa, - starting from a small two-bedroom flat with a back garden, where her Mum grew roses and lemon trees. Eventually, Persona moved to larger premises due to client demand, and was sold as a going concern in 2013. Shiree and her whanau moved to Wairarapa in 2016, where she found employment as a beauty therapist – but decided it was time to strike out on her own, opening Createdskin in January. Before an appointment at Createdskin, a client completes an online form, sharing their health history and concerns. This can reveal several factors affecting skin health: such as medication, disturbed sleep, adrenal fatigue, vitamin deficiency and anxiety. Based on this information, Shiree will put together a customised “skin retreat” for the client. This may include enzymes, steam, soaking, LED light therapy, radio frequency, microcurrent, crystals, body work, infusion, reflexology and many more. Her ranges focus on skin barrier repair and preservation. Free-from emulsifiers, preservatives, fragrance, colourants and pretty much anything else that is not compatible with skin physiology and microbiome. She says the most rewarding part of her job is connecting with clients and “being part of their journey. The way I see it, I’m nurturing the nurturers.”

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A unique learning experience has opened up a new world of science for Wairarapa students. Research institute GNS Science and education centre REAP Wairarapa have partnered up to create GeoCamp, an annual programme that immersed students in local geology and plate tectonics. The camp ran for two weeks in May and involved 30 Year 7-9 students from across Wairarapa, including Carterton, South End, Greytown, Pirinoa, Kahutara, and Saint Teresa’s schools. Six teachers also attended the camp, supporting four scientists from GNS. An array of activities in the classroom and out in the field taught students about the geological forces that shaped New Zealand. Pirinoa School teacher Natalie Lagah said the camp showed teachers how to simplify their science lessons. “It’s applying a science lens into inquiry that we can then take back and continue the learning,” she said. “It’s making it really easy for teachers to take science into the classroom and incorporate it into everything we teach – observation, integration, asking questions, and experimentation.” A highlight of the camp was a field trip to Lake Onoke, where students learned about the earth beneath their feet. They took core samples of the earth and analysed substances within them. Students also braved the changeable

Wairarapa weather and headed to Pigeon Bush to learn about the Wairarapa fault line. With the help of the GNS team, they tried to set off their seismic monitor by jumping up and down. The group also enjoyed learning all about fossils in South Wairarapa and visited the soil sample repository in Featherston. The final event for the fortnight was a science expo at the Greytown Town Hall, where students presented a range of exhibits based on their learning at the camp. REAP Wairarapa schools liaison Trudy Sears said her favourite part of the camp was learning about uniformitarianism – the theory that variations in the earth’s crust have resulted from constant, uniform processes over time. “The present is the key to the past,” Sears said. “This helps to separate the modern landscape from the ancient.”

Council car parks reserved Masterton District Council has reserved 32 car parks for those attending the covid-19 vaccination clinic in the Departmental Building. The public parking spaces next to the building on Chapel St would be reserved until March next year. If the clinic completed its vaccinations before this time, the council would release the parking for public use. Mayor Lyn Patterson said the temporary change would allow easier access for people to receive the covid-19 vaccination. “The community will expect us to support the vaccination programme, and this is an appropriate way for the council to do that.” Signage was in place to notify drivers of the change. The move reduced the parking spaces close to Masterton Library to

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11, including one accessible park. “It would be wonderful if more ablebodied and fit people parked further away and left the close library parks for patrons less mobile,” the mayor said. Further free parking was available on Dixon St and near Farriers at the northern roundabout.

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HAVE YOU GOT UNPAID RATES? AVOID A PENALTY Now’s the time to pay any outstanding rates. June 30 is the end of the rating year – and any rates still unpaid after this date will attract a further 10 per cent penalty. Arrange payment now to avoid any additional charge. If you are having difficulty making payment, contact Peter at Masterton District Council on 06 370 6231 to discuss options.

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REGISTER YOUR DOG AND WIN! (YOU’D BE BARKING MAD NOT TO) It’s dog registration time – talk to us about ways to pay and it may end up costing nothing at all. All dogs registered by the 30 June due date will go into the draw to win a refund of their registration fee. There are six chances to win. And pay before 31 July and you will go into a draw to win one of six prize packs of dog and human goodies. A range of payment options are available, including online and weekly payments. To talk about payment options, call the Animal Services team on 06 370 6300 for information or email: animalservices@mstn.govt.nz WE ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WWW.MSTN.GOVT.NZ

12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, June 23, 2021 EDITORIAL

MIDWEEK PHOTOS

Opinion

Has our ship sailed? I never thought I’d see the day when a much-loved sporting franchise such as Team New Zealand would turn its back on its diehard loyal fans and their own country, all in the name of money. I, for one, am one of those millions of loyal fans who have been supporting Team NZ since its induction in 1995. In their recent winning of the Auld Mug, my eyes were glued to the television, watching with excitement at how everything played out the way it did for them. Here at the Times-Age, we had the races running on the big screen because it was simply that big of a deal. I don’t really have to explain the hype, as most Kiwis would have done the same from their homes or jobs. That is why I find it appalling and confusing Team NZ has seemingly not considered its supporter base and previously granted funding and set infrastructure when it comes to their next defence.

Peace of Mind

John Lazo-Ron It really feels like they have let millions of Kiwis down. And now, I genuinely believe many fans will turn their back on Team NZ in return. Not only did a large percentage of the money previously funded to them come from the taxpayer, but an America’s Cup village was also built for them to host the event. Fans from all over New Zealand flocked in their thousands to Auckland’s vaiduct to show their support. Does Team NZ expect us to downplay all of this like it’s not a big deal? It is a huge deal! This is not just about supporting a team. There is a nationalistic legacy or pride behind supporting Team NZ. The country has stood firmly with them in every campaign,

red socks and all. And we believed they stood for New Zealand. Does everyone believe that now? Like many New Zealander’s, I am feeling disappointed. I can’t think of another word that fits the bill more precisely in this case than greed. Although I understand that Team NZ has to consider strong commercial aspects, I would have thought having a setup already sussed out, and a home team advantage would be perks not overlooked. And that they could work with the $99 million the government put on the table. It will be interesting to see how everything fathoms out from here, but I won’t be surprised if the current backlash toward Grant Dalton continues for quite some time.

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STREET TALK

If I could be a human/animal hybrid I would be a … Mary Marinan Hawk or falcon. Flying looks awesome but I don’t want to be shot or eaten.

Jess Harrison Meerkat. They’re just so cute!

Cijina Kunnath Bear, so I can hibernate through winter with no consequences. Daniel Borrie Half dog. Half man. I’ll be my own best friend. David Marinan Eagle.

Anne-Marie Marinan Deÿ nitely something that has wings. Always wanted to ˜y but it would ideally be a predator, so I was safe... eagle? Giancarlo Read Panda. Jacqueline Ron Whale.

Jocelyn Konig Wolf. Mike Osborne Sloth oh, wait.

Breonna Claude Winged human! Like pretty butter˜y wings.

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Opinion

Roxana Espinal An Owl. Not only can I ˜y but also be awake in the night when I need to.

GIFTS (OR IS IT A LOAN) FROM THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD With house prices steadily rising, it is becoming more common for purchasers to receive a loan or gift from their parents to help meet the deposit requirements. As part of this process, I am seeing many banks and brokers requiring client’s parents to sign certificates recording the advance as a gift. Often these certificates are signed before my client’s take legal advice. It is crucial that borrowers and their parents take legal advice prior to signing as the gift certificates can have unintended consequences and once a gift has been made, it cannot be undone. So, what are the unintended consequences? Here are two examples: If a child is being advanced funds from their parents, and that child has a partner who is moving into the new house, the partner may be able to claim 50% of the parent’s gift in the event of separation (under relationship property rules). This may be an issue where the parents advanced a substantial sum to their child and the partner may not have contributed any funds to the house purchase. When a separation occurs, the parents will often say “the advance was a loan, not a gift, it has to be paid back” or “it was a gift to my child only, not to my child and their partner” or “it was a conditional gift, meaning it needed to be repaid on separation or the sale

of the house”. It is important for the child and their parents to understand that, by signing a gift certificate, the parents have recorded that the funds are a gift, not a loan, and do not ever need to be repaid. This means the funds have become the child’s personal property and could be subject to the equal sharing rules under relationship property legislation. The parents maybe managing how much they gift each year so as to protect their ability to receive the benefit of residential care subsidies in the future. It is important for parents to understand that their gifting programme could be potentially undermined if a gift certificate is signed. My recommendation is that clients should always talk to me before asking their parents to sign a gift certificate, as there may be alternative means to record gifts. For example, many banks will accept a loan agreement (interest free and repayable after the bank loan is repaid) meaning the funds can be called up by the parents if their children separate. A loan arrangement will also not affect the gifting programme. If you need my advice as to how best record such arrangements, please contact me. I offer an initial free appointment to discuss the above matters and any other legal matters.

Freephone: 0800 249 529 Email: simon@thepropertylawyer.co.nz 222 Chapel St, Kuripuni, Masterton www.thepropertylawyer.co.nz

14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, June 23, 2021 ARATOI VOICES

Extra

Find your place in the universe

Wairarapa is submitting a lengthy proposal to the International Dark Sky Association to be granted Dark Sky Reserve Status. The newest exhibition, Within The Hours of Darkness at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History asks six artists to show off the Wairarapa Dark Sky in all its glory. The six artists, Glen Butler, Sharisse Eberlein, Mark Gee, Rebecca Kempton, Pete Monk and John Whitby, show off the beauty of our night sky. The photographs are also about time passing and our human connection with the universe. Each of the six astrophotographers have taken the idea of Dark Sky differently. Mark Gee, an award winning astrophotographer, honed his skills in the region, waiting for hours for the perfect shot, often sleeping in his car while his

Glen Butler, Haunted House, Ahiaruhe [2019]. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

camera worked. Gee’s photograph Space Ship shows a derelict and old ship grounded on the beach with the sky behind, reminding us that time on the planet is short. The Milky Way stands as a

constant companion, silent and ancient. Pete Monk and Glen Butler also explore this idea, using rusty cars and an abandoned rundown house. John Whitby’s

images are different, he spent hours out at Ruakokoputuna taking thousands of images of deep sky objects, many of which you cannot even see with the naked eye. With Whitby’s images, you

are looking back in time, thousands of years ago to when the light left these objects. Rebecca Kempton takes inspiration from the environment, reminding us that earth, sky, and everything in-between are all linked. She twists, turns, reflects, and plays with the image. Humans are tuned to see patterns and the sky is no exception. Sharisse Eberlein matches the sky to happier moments in time; weddings and companionship. A lifetime together under a starry sky. Within The Hours of Darkness lets you ponder your place in the universe. • Within the Hours of Darkness – Astrophotography is FREE to visit at Aratoi until August 8.

New youth director volunteer role announced

Sean Squires Chairman From June 20-26, we celebrate New Zealand National Volunteer Week, where we are encouraged to recognise, reconnect, and reimagine. With that theme in mind, with increasing youth volunteering opportunities in the region and strengthening our own succession strategy, the Volunteering Wairarapa board of directors have established a Youth Observer Director role. This role is designed to increase volunteering opportunities for our region’s youth by offering them a chance

to experience a taste of governance. The role will allow the successful applicant to attend board meetings, have access to board documents and will encourage their voice and opinion on all topics. As the name Youth Observer Director suggests, they will not be exposed to any liability while in the role, so will not be able to cast a vote. There are already many hands-on volunteering opportunities available in the Wairarapa region, suitable for all types of volunteers and hosted on the Be Collective Volunteer Management Platform. Once prospective volunteers have found an opportunity they are interested in, the Volunteering Wairarapa team ensures the volunteer and the role match. Volunteers can then begin their volunteering

journey and are able to build up their volunteering CV and develop their social record. It is encouraging to see that Rathkeale College has offered their students access to the Be Collective portal as a way of increasing their volunteering activity. With increased participation and a growing awareness of governance for youth, Volunteering Wairarapa board chairman Sean Squires spoke with Rathkeale College chaplain Ben Arcus and Be Collective community development manager Alex Drummond to see how they could make the Youth Observer Director role work. The role will be available for all our region’s senior secondary school students to apply. The role will have a tenure of six months from March to August and

will include attendance at three or more Volunteering Wairarapa board meetings. Directors of tomorrow - look out for your opportunity to apply for the 2022 Volunteering Wairarapa Youth Observer Director role which will be promoted in August 2021. • For more information on how you can volunteer and look at the opportunities available check out www. volwairarapa.org.nz or phone Donna on 06 929 0960 or 0210 903 8868. Notices from Volunteering Wairarapa Tree Planting in Greytown Wear your gumboots and bring a spade at 10am Saturday June 26, Papawai Farm, Tilsons Road, Greytown. RSVP Josie [06] 370-2952 or email josie@pktrusts.nz Friends of Millennium Reserve Society AGM

To be held at Epiphany Church Hall, High St, Masterton on Thursday, June 24, 7.30pm. Come and hear about the history and functioning of the Reserve. Funding Workshop in Carterton On Tuesday, June 29, 2-4pm or 5.30-7.30pm at the Carterton Events Centre on Holloway St. Tickets available free on Eventbrite.co.nz and search on Carterton Funding Workshops. Stroke Central Road Tour Presentation Wednesday, June 30, 9.30-11am at the Carterton Events Centre on Holloway St. RSVP Anne Jäger-Annear at anne@ strokecentral.org.nz • Interested in finding out more: Contact Donna [06] 929-0960 or [0210] 903-8868, or email admin@ volwairarapa.org.nz

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We are now vaccinating our Group 3 population to

protect against Covid-19 You are part of this group if you: • are over 65 • have a relevant underlying health condition (visit covid19.govt.nz for more details) • are pregnant • have a disability

We will contact you directly when it is your turn to book an appointment. There are 20,000 people in Group 3 in Wairarapa and, while we are working as fast as we can, we simply can’t vaccinate everyone all at once. You will be invited directly, over time, by text, email or letter and given clear instructions how to book your vaccination. You can book with us by phone or by email. Please do not share your booking invitation – it is just for you.

Want to be involved in the vaccination programme? Wairarapa’s Covid-19 vaccination programme relies on a strong team, including vaccinators and administrators. If you are a great communicator, enjoy a collaborative environment, and would like to talk to us about joining the team, go to our recruitment website www.wairarapadhbjobs.co.nz and apply.

DHB happy with Wairarapa’s excellent vaccination uptake Moving on from Group 2 to Group 3 vaccinations some weeks ago, the DHB has already started to implement its escalation strategy and is happy with the community response. Demand is high and keeping up with the volume has been a challenge – but it is a great problem to have. Wairarapa has really embraced the Covid-19 vaccination programme, with many of us not wanting to wait to be invited to book. Soon the DHB expects the national booking system to be made available, which will allow people to book their own vaccinations online.

Visit www.VaccinateGreaterWellington.nz to find out more or call the Covid-19 Healthline for free on 0800 358 5453.

Making vaccinations accessible for people is key to the success of a vaccination programme of this scale. Opening two new clinics last week, in central Masterton and in Featherston, illustrates the beginning of the ramp up for our region. Over the next six months these two primary sites will be supported by mobile clinics, designed to deliver vaccinations in different parts of Wairarapa to meet the needs of priority groups.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Lifestyle Wairarapa Midweek

PEEK @ PUKAHA

The heartbeat of Pukaha Dear friends, According to the latest national volunteering statistics [from Statistics New Zealand], New Zealanders are a pretty generous and amazing bunch. 49.8 per cent of us have performed formal or informal volunteer work over the past month. Formal is defined around structures and roles within organisations and informal is that which is not co-ordinated by an organisation so could involve things like helping your friends, neighbours or community. Either way, there’s a lot of good people out there. Those doing formal volunteer work contribute a combined 159 million hours of volunteer labour per annum which is estimated to be worth $4 billion. Geesh. We whistled through our teeth too.

Informal volunteering work also contributes a yearly 7.8 million hours of volunteer labour. Pūkaha is among the 115,770 registered nonprofit institutions in New Zealand who benefit. We often say that “we couldn’t do what we do here without the work from our volunteers” because it is so true. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither was Pūkaha. We’ve got to where we are slowly and over time thanks to huge, generous investments of time, effort and donations many of which have come within the community. And it’s needed because a 942-hectare forest doesn’t just look after itself. It requires continual and ongoing work, maintenance and upgrades to care for the forest

Volunteers at Pukaha. PHOTO/TARA SWAN

inhabitants and to help keep the centre open to the visiting public. We have a mix of volunteers who help us in a range of roles who love working in nature and who

support our conservation work, but we’re always looking to welcome more. Kerri, our volunteer coordinator manages our ‘vols’ and says that it’s not just about giving back to us, but it’s also about what you get back from doing so in terms of experience, memories, gratitude, enrichment, friendships and so on. We are looking for volunteers to help with hosting visitors in the reserve and to provide a presence at events. We also have some six-week onsite placements available where in return for a 40-hour work week you get to live onsite among nature. If volunteering here sounds like you, then please

get in touch with Kerri at volunteer@pukaha.org.nz This National Volunteer Week, we’d like to acknowledge the important role of volunteers everywhere. To those helping us and our wildlife we especially want to say a massive ‘thank you’. We don’t know what we’d do without you. Feeling very blessed, The Pūkaha Rangers. Contributed by Alex Wall • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre to put a spotlight on wildlife conservation efforts locally and allow readers to get up close and personal with New Zealand’s amazing native species.

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18 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, June 23, 2021 A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE

Remedies best from nature Garry Foster Over many years I have had the privilege of spending a lot of time in natural areas. At first, I was curious to learn more about the flora and fauna, but then I became interested in the systems and processes that were at play. It was like taking the back off a Swiss watch and observing the many and various parts working in perfect harmony. There are so many miraculous processes in nature and they all work together to create the ecosystems we need to prosper, but despite this abundance of mentoring and learning opportunities, we have veered off the track. Nature has taught us that everything works in cycles to create balance, but we have chosen to ramp up our extractive activities and have created imbalance. Nature also teaches us that diversity creates strength, resilience, regeneration and abundance, but we have chosen to intensify our food production processes and create monocultures. In the past, the pursuit

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of economic growth was thought to be the answer, but we are now experiencing the unintended consequences of this relentless obsession. Soils have been depleted, fresh water polluted and the oceans are awash with plastic, but worst of all, we have released the carbon, which nature worked so hard to store in the ground, into the atmosphere. In our community,

the Wakamoekau dam will continue to drive this economic growth at the expense of the environment. This type of old-school extractive thinking has not worked in the past and is no longer appropriate. Continuing to overvalue economic growth will not solve climate change. We need to focus on other forms of growth; environmental growth, social growth and growth

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restoring the ecology of the upper catchments, to protect the source of the water. Let’s invest in bringing back wetlands so they can rehydrate the landscape and improve water quality. Let’s invest in fixing those leaky pipes and installing household water tanks and let’s research the application of modern composting toilet systems. It takes many moving parts to create a solution that is fit for purpose. Building a dam and pouring more water on to the parched, depleted earth is not going to do it. Our natural environment has become rundown and tired. It’s time we restored the balance and got nature humming again. Let’s honor and learn from nature’s genius systems. Let’s ask what nature needs from us and leave a natural legacy that we can all be proud of.

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Do relationships confuse? Do you ever get confused trying to work out what relationship a family member is to you? It is a common error to call the child of your cousin, a second cousin. A second cousin is further back in the genealogy line than that. Let me try and explain. I hope you will not be more confused after reading this. The word “removed” is an important one in the genealogy line and should be used more often describing our closer family relationships. For example, any children of your first cousins are not your second cousins. They are your first cousins, once removed. That is where the word “removed” is important. If you remove a generation, this word comes into play. However, [here is always a however, isn’t there?]. This system has a failure because it doesn’t take into account whether you are moving up or down the family tree. So, when we get to the second cousin level, things become a little complicated. Your second cousins parent and your second cousin’s child are both second cousins once removed. Confused? I am, and I’m writing it.

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Graeme Burnard I recently officiated at a funeral where the lady whose life we were celebrating had 72 grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. What fun they are going to have sorting out the family lines. I asked the lady who was giving the eulogy what her relationship was with the family and she said that the deceased and

her grandmother were first cousins. I was able to introduce her as a first cousin, twice removed. There is an easy way to work out the order. • First cousins share grandparents • Second cousins share great-grandparents • Third cousins

as the “Father-in-Law of Europe” because all six of his children married into other European royal households. There is a long list of relatives that you are forbidden to marry in New Zealand, but cousins, is not one of them. You cannot marry your uncle or aunty but you can marry their children. Seems a bit odd to me but that’s the law. If like me, you are adopted and you have no contact with your birth family, how would you know who you are marrying? Maybe a DNA test could sort that out. My wife discovered a couple of years ago that Oliver Cromwell is her 11th great-grandfather. Some would say that’s a good thing and some may think otherwise. Depends what side you were on at the time. The fact that he banned Christmas for 12 years knocks a few points off for me. So how close is my wife to him. Well, when you get to the 11th great-grandparent stage, there are over 8000 people just in that generation alone. I think she is safe though. I don’t think there is any chance of her being sent to the tower. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM

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WHAT’S BEHIND OUR LONG-TERM PLAN DECISIONS MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Kia ora Masterton, Next week, on Wednesday (30 June), the elected members of the Council will meet to adopt the Long-Term Plan – after numerous public engagements, hearings, and meetings. The meeting formally confirms the decisions your council has made up to this point, including councillors’ votes on the proposals for a Civic Facility, the Masterton Revamp, and more housing for seniors. It will also set the rates for 2021/22. We heard from those submitters who wanted to speak to the council at a day of hearings on 19 May. This was just one of the many opportunities we have had to listen to our community and hear their thoughts on what we are proposing. And at our deliberations meeting on 2 June, all Councillors had their say. I was clear in my support of the building the Civic Facility with at least $4 million in external funding. I firmly believe it was time for Councillors to step up and not only listen to current members of our

CIVIC FACILITY community but to be a voice for future generations. We needed to do our job and show good leadership and governance.

When Masterton’s town hall and municipal buildings were closed in 2016 after being found to be earthquake-prone, it started discussions around what type of Civic Facility Masterton needed.

It is time to be brave, and create something that embraces our Māori culture, tells our stories, and celebrates our diversity as a multi-cultural community.

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The deliberations meeting also saw us decide to defer the start of work on the Masterton Revamp for three years, and to provide land for more housing for seniors - but not build the housing ourselves.

65 per cent of 220 survey respondents told us they preferred to build a new facility over strengthening the existing town hall building.

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The Long-Term Plan consultation document set out the impact on rates of these Big Decision projects. On these pages you will find the facts behind what the Long-Term Plan contains and the background to what has previously been discussed with our community.

It has deferred the start of work on the Masterton Revamp for three years, and decided that it will make land available for more senior housing, but not build the houses itself. In 2018, Masterton District Council adopted the Town Centre Strategy, and as part of the draft 2021-31 Long-Term Plan proposed a 10-year programme to implement the strategy. This included taking the opportunity when underground infrastructure work was being done to revamp all three sections of Queen Street and Charlie’s Lane as well as improving links with Queen Elizabeth Park for Park and Bruce Streets,

As a result of this consultation, the Council decided to build a new performing arts and events centre.

y build a new facility (59 per cent supported this - cost $15.5M)

This Long-Term Plan also included up to $5 million for extending the library in 2020/21 and 2021/22. The 2020/21 Annual Plan put this expenditure on hold to consider other options, including whether the library should be included in the new multi-purpose facility.

It’s important to note that all the statements and figures in the consultation document have been audited and confirmed accurate by Audit NZ.

y strengthen the existing building (27 per cent support - cost $12-$15M)

The final Long-Term Plan document is also subject to audit.

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y not replace the town hall (14 per cent support - cost $850,000).

MASTERTON REVAMP AND HOUSING FOR SENIORS The Council has listened to the community and made important decisions on two proposals LongTerm Plan consultation document.

As part of consultation on the 2018-21 Long-Term Plan (LTP), we proposed three key options:

In August, the Council announced it was looking at a range of potential locations for a multi-purpose Civic Facility after fine-tuning objectives for the community asset. In December, after a tour of community facilities in the lower North Island, the Council voted to proceed with a Civic Facility that could include:

Impact on rates There will be no impact on rates in the next three years from the Masterton Revamp, and no impact at all from the plan to increase housing for seniors.

y Community spaces and facilities - $29 million (excluding Civic Facility ($30.8m) and Hood Aerodrome ($16m)) Rates make up $35.3 million of the revenue needed to pay for the costs of delivering Council services. After taking account of the growth in the number of properties, the average increase in urban residential rates over the previous year is 5.5 per cent.

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL RUNNING COSTS running ($ 000’s)costs Business-as-usual Leadership & Strategy, $4,984

Regulatory Services, $5,313

2021/22 Operating Expenditure $54.3 million Roading, $13,358

Library & Archive, $2,529

In April, the building housing the Wairarapa Archives was found to be earthquake-prone, and the operation was moved to the Masterton library. During this move, the basement of the library was found to be mouldy, as a result of ongoing leaking. In May, as part of Long-Term Plan consultation, the community was asked when the Civic Facility should be built and how it should be funded: y 46 per cent of the 191 submitters preferred either building straight away or with a minimum of $4m funding.

Water Supplies, $4,681

Parks & Recreation, $7,558 Community Facilities & Property, $3,713

y a flexi-form black box theatre y library and archives y information hub (Council services; i-site; box office etc) y pre-function come exhibition space y suitable kitchen facilities to support the event space y meeting rooms The Council agreed that the preferred location be at the north end of town.

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WHAT ELSE IS IN THE LONG-TERM PLAN?

y Three waters (drinking, wastewater, stormwater) - $82 million

y arts/cultural exhibition space

The 2020/21 Annual Plan included a decision that a multi-purpose Civic Facility be built, with $250,000 budgeted for the year to pay for initial planning and design work.

With the Government this year introducing new incentives for private developers to build community housing, the Council decided to implement the alternative proposal in the long-term plan, and investigate making the land available for other providers to fund and build public housing.

y Roading - $100 million (excluding Masterton Revamp project of $31.5m over the 10 years)

The facilities chosen as most important were:

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The draft Long-Term Plan proposed unused land in the Council’s Panama Village site be used to build 25 more housing units for seniors.

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y meeting room facilities y a library

and developing the Waipoua River precinct to create an lively hub for our community.

The Long-Term Plan includes capital expenditure of nearly $300 million over the next 10 years – that is largely renewing and upgrading the assets that deliver services in our community. The main areas are:

y space for concerts

In the summer of 2019/20, over 1,050 people responded to a survey on what a Civic Facility should contain.

Wastewater Systems, $6,916 Solid Waste, $4,487

Stormwater, $779 Leadership & Strategy includes the costs of governance, economic development, community development, arts and culture, and environmental Initiatives.

All Long-Term Plan information and submissions are available on our website: www.mstn.govt.nz

y 53 per cent (103) selected the ‘neither’ option. Of these responders, 58 provided commentary that indicated: - 17 per cent supported a facility, either new or other - 48 per cent were neutral to the Civic Facility - 34 per were against building any Civic Facility. On 2 June, the Council voted 6-5 to proceed with building the Civic Facility, including the library and archive, from 2022/23, with at least $4 million in external funding. An annual operating cost of $1.3 million is forecast for the Civic Facility, from 2025/26.

Impact on rates This translates to a $101 increase per year in rates for an average urban residential property – made up of the annual operating cost, and the cost of servicing the loan used to fund the construction of the building.

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Wisdom of the ages shared Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson A couple of posts ago I shared how I’m reading a book called Great Thinkers, published by The School of Life organisation. The book shares the wisdom of great thinkers from the past few thousand years from across to continents, in the east and west. Having read the ﬁrst two of 60 chapters, those on Plato and Aristotle, one thing is immediately obvious; great ideas aren’t limited to recent times, those I have learned from the short insight into Aristotle and Plato tell me that the best ideas are timeless, what was relevant 2500 years ago is equally relevant today. I have heard the names of so many I will read about in Great Thinkers numerous times. However, to be honest, there is so little I know about almost all of them. I’m looking forward to sharing much of their wisdom in these posts in the weeks ahead; sharing what I learn by teaching others will reinforce my own learning as I’m doing it.

Preparation practice

We all hope we won’t face tough times, but chances are that at some stage we will face challenges that will really test us. Of course we don’t want things to happen that aren’t to our liking, but there is an approach suggested by Stoic philosophers that can at least partially prepare us for hard times, this being to construct challenging situations deliberately for at least part of every year. An example of this could be to spend time living oﬀ a very restricted budget, eating only the most basic meals, adding other factors in that are uncomfortable compared with how you usually live your life. Although the situation will be a contrived one, you will at least know that you can do it if the situation arises for real.

Reminders needed

I heard a story about a priest’s sermon when he ﬁrst arrived at a new parish that shared a positive message on the ways in which the

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parishioners could live their lives. The sermon was well received, and the parishioners eagerly looked forward to the next sermon. At the following week’s mass the priest shared exactly the same sermon. The parishioners accepted this, thinking perhaps it was just a simple mistake. However, the following week the same thing happened, then the week after that too. Eventually a group of frustrated parishioners arranged to meet the priest to air their concerns; how could the same mistake be happening repeatedly? To this the priest replied, ‘I’ll stop sharing the message when you start doing what the message is encouraging you to do’. So often we take in new and positive advice and information. However, rather than acting on it we instead look for the next piece of advice, then the next, but never do anything about what we hear. When good ideas come our way we need to act on them. Even if we implemented just one new habit a month, by the end of the year we will be doing 12 things that can drastically improve our lives. However, nothing will happen if we don’t

do anything other than seeking the next sugar hit good advice.

The real heroes

Plato is considered to be one of the greatest of all philosophers. We’ve almost all heard of him, but, very few know what he said to make him so widely revered. In his book The Republic an idea of Plato’s is one that conﬁrms not just his wisdom, but also why what he believed is still relevant today. Plato thought society needed to reconsider who the real heroes were. Rather than looking to the likes of the famous boxer Milo of Croton, Plato thought admiration should be directed towards those people he called guardians.

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through ‘Great Thinker’ making the lives of others better through their service and wisdom. From today’s perspective Plato would consider a nurse working in an ICU ward a hero, as opposed to a footballer who is paid millions to play a game. Let’s follow the wisdom of Plato and rethink who the heroes of society really are.

Try something different The Wired Podcast featured a story about looking at options to the

technology products and services that so many of us use. An example given is the way in which so many of us use Google, without ever considering the options. Matt, who wrote the story, shared how he does use diﬀerent products, with the search engine DuckDuckGo being an example of one he has used. If we all just choose one product without trying others, then it will lead to less competition and less innovation; a service provider without competitors is less likely to focus on making something better if there’s no pressure to do so. It’s up to us as users and consumers to look beyond the norm and try something diﬀerent; chances are you’ll like it, but even if you don’t, at least you have looked at alternatives to what just about everyone else is doing.

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Do what you need to do A Joe Rogan YouTube clip I watched yesterday featured a speech on living well. One line in particular came across as both equally true and simple in concept, yet, based on what so many of us fail to do, clearly extremely difficult to implement. The line went something like ‘do the things that you know you need to do’. Such simple advice. Even if we never read another book or are exposed to information on living well again I believe pretty much anyone could list five things they could do immediately to improve their lives. Here’s five that immediately come to mind: • Get the right amount of sleep. • Do some form of regular exercise. • Add healthy eating options to your diet and remove some unhealthy options.

• Get in touch with people you care about, rather than waiting for them to make the first move. • Do something to help another person. All the five options I have listed could be done by almost anyone, regardless of their personal situation. There’s very little cost involved, with the exception of healthy eating, but this will be negated by removing unhealthy options. My feeling is if anyone was to do these five things, even starting by doing one at a time and only adding another as those started are embedded habits, their lives would be considerably enhanced for the better. The thing is, though, you just need to stop looking for what you could do and start doing what you know you should do. • Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a happy and purposeful life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

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soon killd and as soon broiled and eat…” You may be familiar with shags either by their strong direct flight often skimming super close to the water’s surface, or maybe by their habit of standing on an old log with their wings out drying. The shag is above all an excellent fish-catching machine. They can swim incredibly fast underwater and strike with long quick-fire necks and sharp beaks. Their specially constructed feathers are water permeable, which reduces buoyancy, and enhances swift underwater travel. Hence the need to dry out their wings between dives. Shags can swallow fish you might consider too large for their personal safety. By jerking their heads upwards they can manoeuvre the fish to where they want it, and get it down. I have watched a tremendous battle between a quite large eel and shag. The shag won of course. There are 40 species of shag

worldwide and 13 found in NZ. Nine of these are endemic [found only in NZ]. The word shag comes from an old Norse word meaning shock of hair several species of shag have a prominent head crest. The words cormorant and shag are quite interchangeable with shag the NZ preference but cormorant preferred in many parts of the world. NZ has historically been a hotspot of shag diversity and evolution; not surprising given its rich marine surrounds and [once upon a time] safe breeding grounds. There are ﬁve shag species regularly seen in Wairarapa: spotted shag, black shag, pied shag, little black shag and little shag. Get ready for a crash course in shag ID. Firstly, the spotted shag/ kawau tikitiki is the most distinctive [and handsome] with conspicuous white head plumage, a double crest and yellowish-orange feet. And of

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course, rows of black spots on it back. Spotted shags nest on Matui/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour and occasionally visit Wairarapa Moana and Palliser Bay. Next, we come to the two large shags - the black shag/ kawau and the pied shag/ kāruhiruhi. The large black is almost entirely black but with a white-orange throat and chin and a white patch on each thigh in the breeding season. Also striking emerald green eyes. The pied shag is easily recognised by its [immaculate] white

underparts from bill to tail. It has a blue eye ring and green iris. Now for the two smaller shags: the little black shag/ kawau tūi and the little shag/kawau paka. Their names are unhelpfully confusing. The little black shag is a sleek elegant bird entirely black with a touch of greenish iridescence, and a long slender hooked beak. They often hang out in groups and can be seen ﬁshing co-operatively. One minute they are all heads up on the water and next moment they have all dived together. Finally, the little shag. They come in all sorts of mixtures of black and white; but what gives them away is a shortish yellow bill. All these four shags nest in various parts of Wairarapa, usually in large pine or macrocarpa trees. They often have day roosts in trees - diﬀerent from their night roost or nesting trees. Sometimes these trees succumb to the heavy load of rich

shag guano and the shags have to move on to another tree. Europeans arrived in NZ with a very strong anti-shag mindset. Black shags in particular were “vilified, condemned, outlawed, and with a price on their head”. From 1890 to 1940 acclimatisation societies paid bounties for killing shags. Their crime was eating fish and coming into competition for food with man, and their punishment was indiscriminate persecution. Today they are all protected, although black and little shags can be culled in the vicinity of trout and salmon farms. Today, a thriving shag population would be seen as evidence of a healthy marine/lake ecosystem. Whereas the dwindling numbers in some areas [Hauraki Gulf] are an indicator of unsustainable overfishing by humans. Next time you see some shags have a closer look at their colours, their eyes, their beaks. Maybe you can even hazard a guess what species of shag you have encountered. • The Feather Report is supplied by the Wairarapa group of Birds New Zealand. • Our bird group is often out and about in Wairarapa seeing where birds are and what they are up to. If you would like to join us contact Oliver Druce, birds. wairarapa@osnz.org.nz

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Five decades of working at Wairarapa Mitsubishi celebrated This month marks the end of an era at Wairarapa Mitsubishi. After 54 years of almost continuous employment at the Queen Street business, Neville MacKenzie has put down his tools for the final time. Neville started his apprenticeship as a service technician for Harry Sharples and David Esau at Sharples Motors, as it was then called, in 1967. In those days the business sold brands like Dodge, Hillman and Valiant. In 1991 Bruce and Alexis McKenzie took over the business, renaming it McKenzie Motors. In 2015 it was bought by Brent and Tracey Cooper and renamed Wairarapa Mitsubishi.

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“Neville loved his job and always had the business at heart, says Brent, “which for an owner is very humbling.

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“It is also important to discuss with them any physical issues you might have such as a joint replacement, osteoporosis, or high blood pressure.”

There are a variety of types of yoga, from the slow and gentle such as “Restorative” and “Yin” to the more active like “Vinyasa” and “Ashtanga”.

Odette’s own journey into yoga started when she was in her twenties.

There is now even a non-traditional option - “Chair Yoga” - for seniors and others who have mobility challenges or balance issues. Wairarapa yoga instructor Odette Rowe says Wairarapa is lucky to have a lot of skilled yoga teachers, each of whom has their own style that may suit some people and not others. She recommends that older people who are interested in trying yoga ÿ nd the right yoga teacher and style for them. “Talk to teachers before you do a class to see if their method is right for you.

“I had always had an interest in movement from when I was trained as a classical dancer in my childhood and teens. “I enjoy movement but didn’t really like the structures of other forms of ÿ tness. It felt like something was missing. It all felt physical with no connection to the soul and mind.” Odette did her ÿ rst yoga class at Victoria University when she was studying world religion and philosophy, with a particular interest in Hindu philosophy. “When I did my ÿ rst class it was kind of scary - I felt so good afterwards. I didn’t want to go back to normal life. I would have liked to stay in that state.”

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Odette went on to learn yoga with a Russian woman in her mid-eighties called Tanya – “ a real treasure”. A children’s librarian, Odette was also inspired by a fellow colleague at Wellington Library, Jennie Fellows, who was a yoga teacher. “It wasn’t just that we were both doing yoga, but the way it in° uenced her approach to life. She embodied kindness and compassion to everyone.”

I love cold frosty mornings! Often, we get a beautiful sunny day and the cold from the morning is quickly forgotten. The cold cloudy days when the sun doesn’t shine is kind of depressing. Springtime brings so much joy and happiness. Nature is so different when the sun is shining. It brightens everything up. It gives us warmth and energy. When we enter into a dark room we reach for the light switch. Light gives us a kind of security for it helps us to see the obstacles that are in the way. Light keeps us safe. Think about a lighthouse. They kept the ships safe at sea. Think about someone who was born blind – they don’t know what light is. They are ignorant or unaware of the light. Could that be you? Ignorant or unaware of the light?

When Odette left New Zealand for Britain in 2000, she discovered “Kundalini” yoga. Known as the “yoga of awareness”; it combines physical postures, breathing exercises, meditation, and chanting. “I instantly felt this is my ° avour - this is what I want to do.” One of her teachers suggested Odette train to be a yoga teacher and before long she was ÿ lling in for other teachers, and eventually running her own classes in the UK and then Western Australia. When she moved to Carterton with her husband Jason in 2011, Odette gave up being a librarian to focus on teaching yoga full-time. She o˛ ers physical classes in Carterton and Martinborough, as well as daily zoom classes every weekday morning which people can do live with Odette, or play back later. Among the other yoga teachers who older people may ÿ nd suitable are Karina Gough in Masterton and Emma Elliott in Tararua district who both o˛ er chair yoga among their classes, says Odette. “Love and Core Studio in Martinborough o˛ ers a range of classes with di˛ erent teachers. The yin classes with Cath de Groot and the Thursday sessions with Sarah Brydon are lovely and gentle.”

Photo by Lucia Zanmonti.

There is also a very good Iyengar teacher, Jolanta at Yoga Gem, who is new to Masterton, Odette said. Odette is excited to have just started weekly koha yoga sessions in Carterton with three other instructors, Jaime, Sarah and Emilie.

But you say, “I can see the sun. I am aware of it.” You are aware of the light of the sun but what about the Light of the world? Do you know Jesus—as He is the Light of the world? Or are you ignorant about Him? Maybe you have heard about Him, but that is not the same as knowing Him. Jesus said in John 8:12 “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

These are held at the Rangitahi Hub at the back of the Carterton Events Centre (down the drive behind the town clock) every Sunday at 9am. “Anyone can come along and try yoga. You don’t need to be bendy, thin or be wearing lycra. Best of all, it is koha so everyone can a˛ ord it!” Odette’s website is nzyogasnug.com. You can ÿ nd details for Koha Yoga Carterton on Facebook at “Koha Yoga Carterton”.

Springtime brings joy and happiness but that disappears when springtime is over. But when you receive Jesus in your life, He will give you joy forever. Light gives you security and keeps you safe. So, with Jesus your life is secure and safe with nothing to fear. Or maybe you say, “I don’t want anything to do with Him.” Why not? Does Jesus reveal to you, as light does, the things in your life that He isn’t very pleased with? Jesus reveals them for a reason—He wants you to turn away from them. Confess to Jesus that you have sinned (disobeyed Him). He wants you to turn to Him and He is willing to forgive you. What a blessed life that is—to have your sins forgiven and to be called a son or daughter of God. To have true communion with God. That is possible for you, too, by trusting in what Jesus has done and not what you do. By his suffering and death, He became the Light to show you life. I would love to spend Sunday afternoons with you to share and to listen to you what you have to say. You are welcome every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at 2pm at the Little Haven. Looking forward to seeing you next on the 27th June. We serve afternoon tea.

I would love to talk to you. Please give me a call or send me an email. Contact Johan on 027 210 2768 or johannesvanrijn@hotmail.com

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Pair get scare, police scan If battling gales for 30 hours followed by a beaching at Castlepoint wasn’t bad enough, the crew of the ketch Lagoon soon found themselves entangled in a search for two escaped prisoners. MARK PACEY writes in his occasional series highlighting Wairarapa shipwrecks. In March 1963, Joseph Coulter and Raymond Hopewell, inmates of Mount Crawford Prison on Wellington’s Miramar Peninsula, made a dash for freedom. Coulter was serving a sentence for breaking and entering, and Hopewell was in for a series of crimes which started with him being arrested for deserting while in the armed forces during World War II. This was followed by his first run for freedom. It was short-lived. In 1948 he escaped again but was soon back behind bars. On the morning of March 10, shortly before lunch parade, the two men scaled the facility’s fence and escaped out on to the Miramar Peninsula. As soon as their absence was noted, a search party was sent out. The prison was surrounded by scrub, but there was a track that led down the hill. It was reported that someone in a hurry could reach the bottom of the track in just 10 minutes. Thus, the two men could have been missing for as much as 45 minutes by the time it was

WAIRARAPA SHIPWRECK noticed they were gone, and it was feared they were well on their way to freedom. Despite a large search, which expanded to include over 70 police cadets from Trentham Training School the following day, the two men were not found. Two weeks later, Leon Chatfield from Bay of Islands and Wayne Skudder from Auckland, who had worked in seasonal jobs together, were sailing their 23foot ketch, a two-masted sailboat named Lagoon, off the bottom of the North Island. Chatfield had bought the Lagoon in Nelson and intended to sail her to Auckland. On Friday, March 22, the pair set out under wind but had to switch to the engines due to the sails not taking the wind. The crew said they had to use the engine because the Lagoon “was

such a poor sailor”. The vessel’s engine was just a four-horsepower, and the going was slow. They were off the coast of Wellington and running low in fuel when they encountered strong winds. It proved impossible to enter the harbour, and they were driven into Palliser Bay. The winds continued to tear at the Lagoon’s sails as the two men struggled to keep the ketch on course. At midday on Monday, they were off Castlepoint. They had intended to sail for Napier, but the weather forced them to change their minds. They would beach the Lagoon at Castlepoint. For the next 30 hours, they tried again and again to run the Lagoon around before they finally succeeded. They spent the night at the Marine Hotel at Whakataki, believing their ordeal was finally over. They planned to sell the Lagoon rather than try a salvage operation. The next day they caught the bus to Masterton to talk with the insurance company about making a claim and moving on from the Lagoon incident.

Wayne Skudder, left, and Leon Chatfield from the ketch Lagoon. PHOTO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE

Unbeknown to them, word had spread of two men that had come ashore at Castlepoint and then made their way inland. This aroused the interest of the police, who were still looking for Coulter and Hopewell. As the bus stopped at Tauweru, the police were waiting for them. Detectives took Chatfield and Skudder to Masterton for an interview to ensure they were in no way connected to the escapees. After it was found that these weren’t the men they were looking for, they were free to go

about their business. After days battling heavy seas, a beaching and now a police interview, the two men were finally able to go home after their ordeal. Chatfield later said of the Lagoon experience, “we got a scare off Palliser. There was no lead on the keel and we weren’t sure if she would weather the gale” and it was here that “we got a real hiding”. Skudder added, “I was glad to get ashore”. Meanwhile, the two escaped prisoners remained at large.

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For the Love of Books There’s more than 50,000 books in stock. Methodically displayed to subject matter, and clearly signed. The shop is a delight to browse. People in wheelchairs, mobility scooters or with prams can freely move among the deliberately wide aisles. There’s beckoning cosy couches and chairs too and an appealing children’s section in the middle of the shop with a play area and adjacent couch for caregivers to loiter and rest. To augment the array of second-hand books, there is a collection of new books, which Jennifer has identiÿ ed as popular with the community. There is also a special section displaying work by local authors. Children’s literature is uppermost in their minds this month with Featherston planning a late-night shopping and festival event for Matariki on 9 July. All seven Featherson bookstores are collaborating for a special Star Hunt, where children ÿ nd Matariki stars in the participating stores and, when they have a complete set,

take it along to the festival in the town’s Squircle, and collect a prize. Reminiscent of Friday night shopping of yesteryear, businesspeople are hoping to set the town alive. Many shops will be open for business and there will be an evening market with live entertainment until 8pm. The two museums will also be open along with the mini-fell train for the kids. The events are being co-ordinated by the Wairarapa Gateway Business Group. Jennifer set up her second-hand book shop in Featherston nearly eight years ago, more than ÿ ve of which have been in the present airy premises on the main street opposite the war memorial. She opened here just before Christmas 2016 and her elaborate decorations to celebrate that season are well known and enjoyed by locals. Grab some time to call in and graze the extensive book collection. In the children’s section alone, there are a myriad of new and used books ranging from young readers to teen ÿ ction and unforgettable classics. And don’t forget to get your children to seek out their Matariki star on 9 July somewhere in the For Love of Books store.

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Vocalist will be the first in 12 years Greytown Music Group has not presented a concert with a vocalist since a programme of German Romantic Duos in 2009, so it is high time for a change. Soprano Jenny Wollerman will pair up with pianist Emma Sayers on Sunday, June 27, with a selection of their favourite Spanish/Catalan and Aotearoa NZ works. The concert will include music by Ross Harris, Jenny McLeod, Enrique Granados, Federico Mompou, Mario Castelnouvo-Tedesco, and others - mostly songs but also piano solos. Jenny Wollerman has family connections with Wairarapa. Older Wairarapa residents may remember Ian Wollerman, and his son Peter, her uncle and cousin, who were in the legal practice of Wollerman Cooke & McClure [now WCMLegal] for many years in Carterton, and Jenny’s uncle Laurie Johnsen, an accountant, of Woodhouse & Partners in Masterton and Greytown [now AMR Group]. One of New Zealand’s best-known sopranos, Wollerman has been a senior lecturer at the NZ School of Music since 2003, and combines teaching with an active performing career. She began her vocal training at Victoria University of Wellington, and also studied in New York and London before returning to NZ. She recently completed her PhD in Musicology. Emma Sayers last performed in Greytown in 2012, a piano duo concert with Richard Mapp. She teaches classical piano, accompanying, keyboard musicianship, and chamber music, and as an accompanist she coaches students in the classical performance programme at the NZ School of Music. She studied piano

Jenny Wollerman and Emma Sayers. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

with Judith Clark in NZ, and with Rita Wagner in Budapest. Wollerman and Sayers have known each other for many years, meeting first on a production of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. They shared a very small office at the School of Music, and as Wollerman says, they “got to know each other very well during that time!” They worked together to record Ross Harris’ song cycle “The Floating Bride, the Crimson Village” for RNZ, and that recording is still available on RNZ podcasts. Wollerman says “This will be the first concert Emma and I have done together since that recording, and I’m very much looking forward to working with her again.” • The concert will be at 4pm on Sunday 27 June at 57 Wood St, Greytown. Adults $25, students $10. Contact Ed & Juliet Cooke for bookings on 06 304 9497 or efjacooke@gmail.com

GoBus wants driver talks Tom Taylor With local transport company Tranzit losing its bid to continue delivering Wairarapa school bus routes, incoming operator GoBus now wants to talk to their drivers. GoBus – owned by Australian parent company Kinetic Group – won a contract with the Ministry of Education [MoE] to provide Wairarapa school bus routes for an initial term of six years with two three-year rights of renewal. The contract starts at the beginning of next year. GoBus had more than doubled its contracted services after becoming the supplier for 679 new school routes across New Zealand. Tranzit had previously won successive MoE contracts in Wairarapa since its ﬁrst school run in 1948. As part of the new operator’s recruitment drive, GoBus would ask Tranzit’s current school bus drivers to

apply for driving roles. Chief executive Calum Haslop said GoBus would contact each driver personally from Term 3, beginning July 26. Drivers could also register their interest on the GoBus careers webpage. Haslop said GoBus was writing to each new school that it would serve, with personal visits taking place later this year. “Importantly, getting to know the speciﬁc nuances of each school bus route provided will be important to understand.” GoBus had been provided with the student numbers for each bus route and would allocate buses accordingly. GoBus business development director Russell Thompson said ﬂuctuations in student numbers at the beginning of a school year could complicate logistics. However, its contract required that every student catching a bus would have a seat.

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A new climate change education resource has been made public by New Zealand’s pastoral farming sector. The resource, ‘The important role of New Zealand dairy and red meat in feeding a growing global population’, has been co-authored by Beef + Lamb New Zealand, DairyNZ and Federated Farmers of New Zealand. It explores the complex relationship between environmental, economic, nutritional, social and global food security outcomes in New Zealand’s food system. Written in a straight-forward and science-based style, it will provide secondary school students, in particular, with balanced information. As a producer of food for around 10 times its own population, New Zealand has a unique emissions profile and consequently has a unique challenge in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to considering the environmental impact of agricultural products, we must also consider their nutritional value, Federated Farmers president and climate change spokesman Andrew Hoggard said. “As the world’s population increases and climate change impacts the ability for many nations to produce nutritious food, efficiently produced red meat

and dairy will become even more important,” Hoggard said. New Zealand pasture-fed beef, lamb and dairy provides high-quality protein and micronutrients. New Zealand’s red meat and dairy products consumed overseas can result in less greenhouse gas emissions than the same food produced locally in other countries, even with the transport emissions involved in shipping the product calculated. DairyNZ general manager of responsible dairy, Jenny Cameron, said New Zealand dairy is the most emissions efficient milk producer in the world. “Providing students with this information is important, to showcase the work of all our farmers, while highlighting our continued journey to remain world leading, which is the result of farmers’ hard work and investment over decades,” Cameron said. Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Head of Nutrition, Fiona Windle said: “As the resource outlines, it is important to consider the nutritional density of foods, including the amount of amino acids [units of protein] a food delivers within

New Zealand dairy is the most emissions efficient milk producer in the world. PHOTO/FILE

a varied and balanced dietary pattern, alongside the environmental impact when determining a healthy and environmentally-friendly diet.” The sector partners want to use this education resource to highlight our world-leading products, while also working hard to make great New Zealand farmers even better. “It is also important to remember that the emissions footprints of New Zealand red meat and milk are dominated by methane. Methane is a short-lived gas that does not need to reach net zero in order to be warming neutral,” Dylan Muggeridge, Environment

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Strategy Manager at Beef + Lamb New Zealand, said. While the education resource has not yet been tailored for specific year levels or subjects, the secretary and treasurer of New Zealand Horticulture/ Agriculture Teachers Association [HATA], Kerry Allen, can see its potential. “This is a great sciencebased resource for our senior students to really sink their teeth into. It contains some fantastic graphs, videos and facts, to ensure a thorough

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understanding of all the issues. It is based on facts and scientific data, and removes the emotion out of the discussion. I look forward to using this resource with my students,” Allen said. The online education resource is a great way for young people and the wider general public to explore the complex and ongoing climate change, food production and nutrition issues. “New Zealand farmers are not shying away from the immense challenges posed by climate change. We’re eager to have challenging but fair conversations,” Hoggard said. “Our pastoral industry is keen to work with the Ministry of Education to make this resource fit-for -purpose for classrooms.”

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*Kaiwaiwai is a split calving / winter milk farm. * - 36 ha (planted with kale and oats & springers paddock) were deducted from total farm effective area of 289 ha.

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Rural

Farm education kit out

Planning and preparation for a successful calving season will help your farm team get set up early and reduce stress for when calving is in full swing. Hold a team meeting well before planned start of calving (PSC) to decide who will do what and when, establish a roster for the calving period and make sure everyone is on the same page when calving starts. Watch for signs of stress, meet regularly and talk often. Pre-calving checklist: 1. Supplies of metabolics, electrolytes, navel spray etc. 2. New team members up to date on farm policies and what to expect during calving 3. Calf trailer and feeding equipment clean and disinfected 4. Calf shed clean and disinfected and maintenance done 5. Sick calf area ready 6. Fresh bedding laid in calf shed 7. Calving kit prepared. For the full calving kit checklist visit - https:// www.dairynz.co.nz/animal/calves/setting-up-forcalving/

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Wai Write

Story of Merle the Mixer Dear Grandchildren In the early years of The Boy’s apprenticeship, Merle the concrete mixer ruled. When she was new, Jack the foreman, fussed over her, cleaning her after each day of mixing. Then the Boss kept lending her out to the church’s working bee or even to friends. She always came back in a battered condition, guards missing or rattling bolts and covered in concrete splashes. She developed strange noises and as she rotated, she ground out, “Old Hag, Old Hag.” This went on until the plug was pulled. The Boss did not allow Jack enough time to look after her. She was still able to mix concrete so why the need to keep her looking pristine. Over the years, she had developed habits that only Jack was able to overcome. Her shape and construction made her stick out in funny places. She was diﬃcult to walk around and when shifting jobs the only place she would ﬁt was on top of the load. On this day, she was on top of the trailer when The Boss took a corner too fast and she, along with half the load, threw themselves all over the road. Jack leapt

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from the car. He found Merle’s last safety guard gone and the handle bent. Jack went looking for the missing guard but The Boss called him back not wanting to spend any time looking for such a ‘silly’ guard. The trailer load was restacked and Merle again thrown on top. Before, in this position she was in control, but now she felt vulnerable. The next time Jack got her ready for concreting

he knew that something was amiss. As soon as she powered up, she sounded and behaved diﬀerently. She began grinding out, “I’m The Old Hag, I’m The Old Hag.” There were extra noises as she meshed the cogs. The Boss found an old tin of thicker-than-normal grease. Jack smeared it all over the cogs. It could have been an elixir she sounded so diﬀerent. Her revolving drum had a kick in it now and would

hiccup as she tilted over to empty the load into the wheelbarrows. When The Boy started mixing his ﬁrst batch, she oozed animosity towards him. She shouted out, “I am cantankerous. You’d better treat me nicely.” The Boy threw in half a load of six shovels of builder’s mix. She just laughed and pulled the string oﬀ the handle and tilted upwards. The bowl was going around but nothing mixed. He reattached the string and

threw in the rest of the load. That made her grunt. When discharging the concrete into the barrow she pulled the handle out of his hand and swung upwards. He was sure he felt laughter vibrate up through the handle. Then she went back to, “I’m The Old Hag.” On one occasion, she caught The Boy’s shovel in her paddles and nearly lifted him off the ground and sometimes when throwing builder’s mix into the bowl she threw it back. She even tried to get his finger caught under her driving belt. Eventually they arrived at a truce, “You be nice to me and I’ll be nice to you” Many years later, The Boy drove past Jack’s house and there in the front yard reclining among the flowers was Merle. In her own way, she looked contented, Jack still loved her because he had made new bright red guards and had “Merle” painted across her front. She looked magnificent and at peace. Grandad Bevan • Bevan Hussey is a member of the Henley Men’s Shed writers’ group.

Wai Write is a reader-contributed section of Wairarapa Midweek containing creative ÿ ction and short stories. If you have a ° air for writing, send your short stories (up to 600 words) to midweek@age.co.nz to be considered for publication.

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Events

THURSSDAY, JUNE 24 Ka Pai Soup: 6pm, at Carterton Events Centre. Come join the fun; hear locals pitch their projects, vote for your favourite and help make good things happen in Carterton! $10pp, please bring cash. Contact kapaicarterton.nz/events or email hello@kapaicarterton.nz Thursday Morning Bikers: Discover your town and country pathways safely by bicycle. Short rides for everyone. Call Liz Mikkelsen [06] 216-2187 [after 5pm]. Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Masonic Village Hall, 35 Edith St. Contact Jane Flowerday [027] 221-1878. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated. Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice. Masterton Variety Club Hall, 10 Albert St, 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Ian Macdonald [027] 232-5882. Belly Dance for Beginners: Featherston Community Centre. 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654. Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Martinborough: St Andrew’s Church, 9.30-11am. Featherston: Union Church, 1.303.30pm. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528. Age Concern: Steady As You Go - Falls Prevention Class, 9.30am, Falls Prevention Class for Men, 10.30am at the

Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: 1pm, at Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club, Carterton [behind Carters], raffles, afternoon tea supplied. Call 379-5923. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton. Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Alzheimers Wairarapa: Quiz and Auction Night, Masterton Club, 7pm. Contact alz2.wairarapa@gmail.com or 377-7522. DJ Joe: From 7.30pm. Members, Affiliated Members and their guests welcome, at Club Wairarapa, 20 Essex St, Masterton. Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am-1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.304.30pm. Aratoi Exhibitions: The Disappearing Woman: Artists Cathrine Lloyd and Emily Efford, curated by Keren Chiaroni, to September 5. Masterton Social Badminton Club: Wairarapa College gym, Cornwall St entrance, 7-9pm. Contact Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113. Masterton Variety Club: Practice 1.30pm, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield

370-4606. Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/ cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10amnoon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: Noon-4pm Featherston Community Centre. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558. Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, finger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton. Call Pam 378-6740 Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact: email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 02044144. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Carterton Senior Citizens: 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, JUNE 26 Aratoi Exhibitions: Te Hono Wai – Where Waters Meet: Sculpture by Jo Torr, to September 5. Featherston Town Market: Organised by the Featherston Menzshed, at the Town square [59 Fitzherbert St], Featherston. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: At

the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Billie Sims 378-2949 or Jenny 377-0859. Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat, Sun and public holidays 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 10am-1pm. Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am4pm. Printing Works: Sat/Sun, 1-4pm. Our resident printer recreates the activity of a letterpress job-printing shop in the early 1900s. Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call [06] 304-9687. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Meeting room and kitchen available to community groups by arrangement. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Onetime registration essential. Info: parkrun.co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10amnoon. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Call Abby Waterson [021] 0256-6719. Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Call Helen Waldron 379-5671.

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MONDAY, JUNE 28 Masterton Branch of the Labour Party: Meet at 5.30pm in Carterton or Masterton. Txt Helen [027] 497-4902 to check venue. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm at Featherston Community Centre. Call Shaun [027] 672-6249. Age Concern: Keep Fit!, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.40am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Indoor Bowls: 1.30pm, Club Carterton RSA, Broadway. Call [027] 645-0905. East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266.

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Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322. Watercolour For Beginners: Class at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St, 10amnoon. Call Elissa Smith [027] 470-6528. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729. Senior Citizens Club Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293. Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower]. Call 379-4092. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888, or www.hospicewairarapa.co.nz CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 3199814. Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222. Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 5740742. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, JUNE 29 South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd, at 7.30pm. Justice of the Peace: Masterton library 11am-1pm. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated. Martinborough Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St. Martinborough. Contact Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/ cellphone help 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-11.30am. Greytown: Greytown Library, 1.30-3.30pm. Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994 or visit us at 340 Queen Street, Masterton. Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505. Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389.

Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9am-noon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, 2-4pm, or by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 3701922 or [027] 697-6974. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748. Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.455pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet: 1pm for 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm. St John: Greytown Penguins, boys and girls 6-8 years, 6-7.30pm, St John Hall, Main St. Call Esther [027] 637-4110. Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Scrabble Club: 1-4pm at Masterton District Library in the Learning Centre, 54 Queen St. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/ Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160. Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, from Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene (027) 634-9167 or Lesley (021) 2996389. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton, WedSun, 11am-3pm. Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Free one-on-one

Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Masterton: Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Cards: Come and join other enthusiastic “500” Players 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Departmental building, level one. Entry on the carpark side. Call [027] 557-7928. Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 3088556. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office]. Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. At the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Helen Waldron 379 5671. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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Rowan Yeo scored the first of Dalefield’s two goals.

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Dalefied wins both Harbour City games HOCKEY

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Farriers Dalefield have a clear lead in the Wellington Men’s Premier Championship after their crucial victory over Harbour City at the National Hockey Stadium. The home side started the better though and took the lead in the first five minutes. After that, both sides had their opportunities in a tit-for-tat first half, but Dalefield finally did even the scores 12 minutes into the second quarter with Rowan Yeo putting away a rebound from a penalty corner. Olympic bound Dane Lett made his last game for the team for a while a memorable one scoring with a drag flick that took a deflection off a defender. The two-time defending champions couldn’t add to their score despite dominating the remainder of the game. “The second half was a bit of a one-way street,” playercoach Benedict van Woerkom said. “We just rolled over the top of them, but we couldn’t score. The weather was miserable, the turf became flooded and played really slow and worked into their favour, because we couldn’t play at the speed we wanted to. “If the conditions were better, we could have put four or five away in the second half.” The win keeps Dalefield on

Reese Robertson gave Dalefield a 2-1 lead over Harbour City.

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Farriers Dalefield made the most of their chances to come away with a vital three points in the Wellington Women’s Premier Championship. Harbour City had the better of the early exchanges, but it was Dalefield who took the lead through former Black Stick Felicity Reidy in one of their rare attacks in the first quarter.

Harbour City equalised from a rebound off a PC in the second quarter, before Reese Robertson restored Dalefield’s lead when she connected with a nice through ball from player-coach Katherine van Woerkom. With five minutes to play, Harbour City replaced their goalkeeper with an outfield player to try and equalise, only for Emma McLeod to score after a nice one-two with Sinead Namana, followed by a goal to Emma Smith. Van Woerkom said it was good to win a tough game in tricky conditions.

“It was very wet, and the turf was slow, and Harbour probably had the better of the first half, but the girls just battled away and kept them out,” she said. “The second half they didn’t dominate as much, and it certainly wasn’t our best hockey, but it’s nice to know that we can beat a team in a game that we don’t dominate. I would take a 4-1 win over Harbour any time.” Dalefield are secondequal with Harbour City and Northern United on 16 points, five behind leaders Hutt United.

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club rugby mud, and it took both teams a while to adjust,” he said. “Marist tried to come out and bash us around and put the big hits on and put us off our game, but we stood up to it and gave it back to them and were just too good in the end.” The win gives Greytown a six-point lead at the top of table, with probably only a win needed over Martinborough next Saturday to secure a home semifinal.

Carterton, Greytown, Pioneer, and Gladstone prevailed in tough conditions on a dirty winter’s day. Times-Age sportswriter CHRIS COGDALE wraps up Saturday’s premier club rugby action.

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RUGBY

Carterton 26 Martinborough 17 Carterton turned on a strong second-half performance to come away with a convincing win in terrible conditions on Old Timers’ Day at Carterton. Both teams struggled to adapt to the steady drizzle which became heavier as the game progressed, making handling a lottery. Despite that, both teams showed intent to run the ball and utilise their attacking backlines. After a scrappy start, Martinborough took the lead against the run of play when right-winger Michael Bing intercepted a pass and ran 75m to score. Carterton replied nearly on halftime, with centre Aisea Sakopo crossing wide out after a strong run

by lock Logan Wakefield and a lovely pass from No 8 Tupou Lea’aimanu. The home side took control in the third quarter, having the better of territory and possession, and dominating the breakdown. First-five Sam Morison made Martinborough pay for poor discipline at the breakdown, and along with a try to Lea’aimanu, Carterton took a 21-7 lead into the final quarter. First-five Tipene Haira gave the visitors some hope with a drop goal, but a try to busy winger Fiula Tameilau sealed the points. Centre Tristan Flutey capped a constructive game for Martinborough with a try on fulltime. Carterton captain and halfback Darryl Pickering

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was confident at halftime that if they played in the right areas of the field, they would come away with the points. “In the past few weeks, we’ve tried to run it from all parts of the field, and it didn’t work for us, so there was some emphasis on kicking and some of them didn’t come up off but in the end, we got there,” he said. “Ideally we needed five points, but to get five points in these conditions is expecting quite a lot.” Pickering praised forwards coach Trevor Will for his efforts in improving the team’s work at the breakdown. He also complimented his talented backline for their desire to run the ball. “Those island boys you can’t keep them away from

the action and I’m just proud of them that they’re still willing to play in these conditions.” Martinborough coach James Bruce said the first 10-15 minutes of the second half hurt his side. “We were beaten at the breakdown, and on a wet day it was a little bit tricky,

and it would have been good for both teams if it was dry,” he said. “I think we had a better first half than them and played some good simple rugby, but we probably kicked too much in the second and gave the ball back to them a little bit more than we should have,

and we should have kept it in hand and just been patient.” The win keeps Carterton in the top four race, while Martinborough will be playing for pride for the rest of the season. Saturday was also a special day for the two opposing hookers.

Martinborough’s James Pakoti, and Carterton’s Terongo Tekii were named in the Cook Islands squad to play the Tasman Mako next month. Greytown 39 Marist 10 Leaders Greytown were too good for the 2020 champions, running in

six tries for a convincing victory. Two of the tries went to inspirational captain and No 8 Tavita Isaac, who Greytown coach Mark Childs said was outstanding in what was a very satisfying win given the conditions. “It was typical grassroots

Eketahuna 17 Pioneer 18 Pioneer coach Koti Whittaker is praising his team’s character in holding on for a vital win in the mud at Eketahuna. “It was a pretty terrible mud bath at the end, but we grinded it out really.” “We got a good roll on in the last 20 minutes, and we managed to hold on to the ball for something like 15 phases.” It was a nervous finish for Whittaker though, with Eketahuna awarded a penalty in the last minute. “It was outside their kicking range probably and they went for the corner. We defended well and there was a knock-on and that was the game.” Pioneer moved into a

share of second place with the wind, while Eketahuna will probably need to win all three remaining games to make the top four. East Coast 5 Gladstone 11 Gladstone held on by the skin of their teeth for a valuable win over East Coast in heavy rain at Whareama. Blindside flanker Josh Gatenby scored Gladstone’s only try while first-five Jeremy Osborne had kicked two penalties. Halfback Bryan Arnold replied for the Coasties ensuring a tense finish. The home side went close to snatching victory at the death, only for referee Peter Semmens to rule a double movement. Gladstone coach Steve Thompson felt that his side won the game in the first half. “We had a lot of possession in the first half, and we spent a lot of time in their 22,” he said. “As the game progressed it evened out a little bit, but I thought we had the better of territory.” Gladstone are wellplaced to push for the top four, while the Coasties will probably need to go unbeaten for the rest of the season to make the top four.

PROVISIONAL POINTS

Greytown 20; Gladstone, Pioneer 14; Carterton, Marist 11; Eketahuna, East Coast 6; Martinborough 3.

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