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Painting cats galore Erin Kavanagh-Hall When the world started falling apart in 2020, Featherston artist Campbell Kneale was in dire need of a laugh. So, he started painting cats - in

all their jittery, contemptuous, eccentric glory. What started as a welcome distraction from a global health and social justice crisis has become something of a local phenomenon:

I like to paint them snarky, neurotic, a bit off-kilter – with one eye bigger than the other, tongue out, one fang visible.

Campbell’s cat paintings have not only been a hit in his hometown but have been in hot demand around the world. Campbell, a long-time painter and experimental musician, started sharing his creations on Facebook last May. He would post the image and the music he was listening to while painting - for example, “Motley Crue, painting cats.” The cats in question had plenty of character, casting withering glances, caught in undigniﬁed poses while bathing, foultempered inside

“cones of shame”, and taking in the world with startled, bulging eyes. As cat pictures on the internet tend to do, Campbell’s artworks went viral. With his inbox ﬂooded with commission requests, and cats shipped oﬀ as far away as the US, Japan, Denmark, Italy and Ukraine [“and heaps to Dunedin”], he was eventually able to devote himself full time to cat paintings. He even has an alias – dubbed “Catman” by his fellow Featherstonians. “I like to think

Catman is a banal superhero,” Campbell laughed. “He’s my alter ego, Campbell just does a lot of rubbish, while Catman is a champion of kitsch; an unapologetic symbol of modernday banality and irreverence.” Catman ﬁrst emerged towards the end of last year’s lockdown – feeling overwhelmed by

news coverage of the pandemic, Campbell did some therapeutic scribbling and drew some cats in his notebook. “They were so silly – I laughed until I teared up. It was a lovely detox. “I went ahead and painted a cat and put it on my Facebook.

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Rare yellowfi n tuna caught at Castlepoint

Three Wairarapa game fishermen hooked a rare yellowfin tuna fish that hasn’t been seen in Wairarapa waters for 25 years. Full story P8

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Obituary

Line dancing making its way back in Wairarapa

Stalwart of Wairarapa politics dies

One of the great stalwarts of Wairarapa politics and rugby Roddy McKenzie recently died after battling health issues. Full story P3

A hoedown event for all Wairarapa line dance clubs is set to be held in April. Full story P4

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Carterton house prices hit a record median of $700,000 last month, having doubled in the space of three years. Full story P10

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Medical miracle Masterton local Aiden Sayer talks about life one-year on from surviving a horriﬁc workplace accident last February. Full story P6

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OBITUARY: RODDY MCKENZIE

Great political stalwart dies John Lazo-Ron One of the great stalwarts of Wairarapa politics and rugby Roddy McKenzie died on February 12 after battling health issues. McKenzie said his last goodbyes at home with his family by his side. He had spent 30 years in service in local government before he retired in 2010. He was a previous chair of the Masterton County Council before it merged with the Masterton Borough Council in 1989 to become Masterton District Council [MDC]. In that inaugural year, he was deputy mayor. Former MDC mayor Bob Francis, who was mayor in that maiden year, said McKenzie was a stalwart of the region and contributed much to it. “He had a very long involvement in local government and community organisations,

and also rugby,” Francis said. “He made a signiﬁcant contribution to the region. He was just a real good guy, really. “His loss will be felt around the region,” Francis said he worked with McKenzie for “40 odd” years in a combination of sports and politics. “He was a good friend, and he was a character. He was a strong personality at times, but he always worked very hard for the betterment of our region and district. “He was an incredibly hard worker.” McKenzie had a long playing and coaching stint with the Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Union. The union’s website said: “Roddy was a larger than life person who not only coached the Wairarapa Bush A team for two seasons, his passion for

rugby in the community was inspiring to us all.” McKenzie became the president of the WairarapaBush Supporters Club, and under his leadership, it became well-known as the most proactive and largest within the Heartland Unions. He had a long career playing for the Wairarapa side before he coached the team in the 1980s. He was also a supporter of Masterton’s Red Star rugby club. Like Francis, former MDC councillor Brent Goodwin said McKenzie was a character, who had a knack for bringing unity when things were going opposite ways. “He was a damn good councillor who would talk to a huge number of people,” he said. “He had an amazing ability to bring disparate sides together.”

“He was that sort of politician that would push his own view and try to ﬁnd a consensus which is quite unusual.” Goodwin said McKenzie was very much his own man who was very hard to get hold of due to his overuse of his phone. “He was very much his own man. He couldn’t stand bull****. “He had the most extraordinary ability to communicate, especially on the telephone. He would spend hours on it talking to all sorts of people.” Goodwin said he respected McKenzie greatly as a friend and politician. “When I ended up going on council we became real good friends.” “He deﬁnitely will be missed by me, and I’ll miss his phone calls.”

Roddy McKenzie.

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Feline paintings bring abundant joy to world Continued from page 1 I got a message saying, ‘I love the cat, can I buy it?’ “It raised my eyebrows a bit. But I painted another cat, and someone else wanted it. “And so it began. There’s nothing clever about it – I listen to music and paint cats. And yet, it’s been huge.” Campbell has been a keen painter since his youth and spent several years working as a secondary school art teacher. He specialised in art with a socio-political message, critiquing consumerism, structural inequalities, and toxic media culture. He was best known to music fans for his ambient punk project Birchville Cat Motel, which toured Asia, America, Europe and Australia. When covid-19 hit,

A selection of Campbell Kneale’s cat paintings.

Campbell, isolating at home during lockdown unable to travel, found himself questioning how to respond to the unfolding global catastrophe as an artist. “I was glued to the news. There was so much going on – the pandemic, the climate situation, economic crises, gross inequalities,

the terrible ways privileged countries were managing covid-19. “I thought about how to respond [artistically] – and I concluded that the world doesn’t need any more white, male, middleaged, middle-class voices like mine clogging up the conversation. “We need to step

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back and let the creative voices of marginalised communities, such as people of colour, LGBTQ+, and youth, be heard and ampliﬁed. “It was time for me to shut up and start listening. So, I thought ‘f*** it, I’m going to paint a cat’.” When painting his famous felines, Campbell

used “regular old acrylics” and paints with a darker colour palette – playing on cats’ reputation in folklore as “shadowy creatures of the night”. In his work, he aimed to capture both the magniﬁcence and absurdity of his subjects – “dark gods”, who were not above pulling ridiculous faces. “I don’t want to paint pretty cats. Cats are not decor; they have their own identities. “I like to paint them snarky, neurotic, a bit oﬀkilter – with one eye bigger than the other, tongue out, one fang visible. “They’re fun to paint because they’re totally unbalanced yet, at the same time, so majestic. They have that supremacist attitude – they demand subservience.” He also enjoys sharing his painting soundtrack with the world, which

includes “a lot of gnarly, antisocial protest music”, such as black metal, punk, noise, and free jazz. “And a bit of Donna Summer, for fun.” Campbell said many of his cats come from his imagination, but he had also been inundated with requests from cat lovers, hoping to see their pets get the Catman treatment. He said he had been heartened by the feedback his cats have received. “I’ve had customers say they cried as soon as they opened their painting. “I thought, ‘oh my god, I made someone happy’.” “In the art world, it’s utterly blasphemous to paint something as ‘normal’ as cats. But I decided to create a new normal for myself and paint things that make me and others laugh. “It’s been a delightful little experiment.”

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Resurgence of boot scooting Intricate footwork, workouts for body and mind, and choreography you can set to everything from Bob Marley to Benee: there’s more to line dancing than awkward shuf˜ing in PE classes and cheesy country music. ERIN KAVANAGHHALL catches up with seasoned Masterton boot scooter Ngaire Rawlings. Several active clubs, footperfect performances at local events, an upcoming regional hoedown, and new classes starting by popular demand. It's fair to say line dancing is making a comeback in Wairarapa – thanks, in no small part, to the internet. Line dance, commonly associated with Country and Western culture, had a surge of popularity worldwide in the early 1990s – following the success Billy-Ray Cyrus’ pop-country hit “Achy Breaky Heart”. New Zealand was not immune from the country craze: while school children learned the Electric Slide [with varying levels of success] in PE, adult line dancers, clad in fringed costumes and stetson hats, competed for trophies and national titles. In recent years, line dancing has undergone a resurgence – gaining a new audience thanks to “zhuzhed up” choreography and routines set to Uptown Funk and Despacito shared on social media and Youtube.

A hoedown event for all the Wairarapa line dance clubs is set to be held in April. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

In Wairarapa, the art form has “taken oﬀ ”, particularly in the last decade – with line dancing clubs in three of the major towns, and dancers performing, to enthusiastic applause, at the annual Wairarapa Country Music Festival. Hoping to expand Wairarapa’s crew of boot scooters is Ngaire Rawlings, a line dancer of over 25 years and former competitive champion, who has started taking a beginners’ class in Masterton. She puts the popularity of line dancing down to the “great social aspect”, and the range of music styles which lend themselves to the choreography – a welcome departure from the polarising Country and Western genre. “A lot of people don’t like country music, but there’s a more variety these days,” Ngaire says. “Line dance works right across the board – blues, rock n roll, Latin, pop.

“We did a routine to a reggae song at the Country Music Festival, and we’ve used Supalonely by Benee in class. “I think people also enjoy the social aspect – the sense of togetherness that comes from dancing as a group, all doing the same steps in time with one another.” Ngaire was ﬁrst introduced to line dancing back in 1995, when she travelled to the US to visit daughter Kerri, then based in Los Angeles. As “a fun motherdaughter activity”, she and Kerri attended a line dance class – and Ngaire was hooked. “It was huge over there. They had bars that were completely dedicated to country music, line dance, square and circle dancing,” Ngaire says. “You’d go to the bars, and you’d see the dancers in the spangly outﬁts, with the big hair, hats and cowboy boots. “It was completely over

the top.” On returning to New Zealand, it wasn’t long before she signed up for line dance classes in Wainuiomata – eventually hitting the competition circuit as part of dance troupe The Cherokee Cougars. Wearing costumes hand-made by Ngaire, The Cherokee Cougars scooted up and down the country, winning a bevy of awards and titles - even beating some “wonderful” visiting Australian teams. Ngaire took a break from line dancing while living in the UK but, on settling in Masterton in 2007, she wasted no time rekindling her passion, joining the Whakaoriori Shuﬄers and the Greytown Line Dancers. She eventually started teaching line dance through Age Concern – recommended by the organisation as one of the best forms of exercise for older people. While teaching at the

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Wairarapa Services and Citizens Club, she says people were coming in from the street, hoping to join in. “They’d see us dance, and their faces would light up. “They were very keen to give it a go, but struggled to keep up with the rest of the group. “They’d leave, and we wouldn’t see them again – so I decided I’d better get a beginners class together.” The internet is a valuable resource for a line dance teacher, Ngaire says - with “millions” of routines, “some going back years”, available to download. She says she teaches a lot of traditional line dance choreography, though is also inspired by the modern ﬂourishes found online. “The choreography coming from overseas blows your mind. There’s a lot of tricky footwork. “The guys are very stylish and athletic, and do lots of kicking. The Asian

ladies are so graceful with their arm movements – almost balletic.” She says line dance is a great form of both physical and mental exercise: nonstrenuous for the body, but with enough detailed sequences to keep the brain ticking over. “It’s great for memory and concentration – you’re concentrating so much it almost doesn’t feel like exercising. “As a teacher, it’s great when a student tries some new choreography – they realise they’ve got the steps, and beam from ear to ear. It’s very rewarding.” Ngaire is currently organising a hoedown event for all the Wairarapa line dance clubs, to be held in April. • Ngaire Rawlings’ line dance class is held at the Masterton Services and Citizens club on Tuesdays, starting at 5.30pm. For more information, call 021 263 9454.

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Survivor champ ready to relay The ‘Survivor Champion’ of this year’s Relay for Life, Tania Andersen, tells the Times-Age about her journey with cancer. Health reporter SOUMYA BHAMIDIPATI writes. Tania Andersen’s life changed in April, 2019. “The surgeon came in and said what we’re looking at here is cancer … and it’s quite a large tumour.” The then 47-year-old had been having stomach issues on and off and found it sore to sit down in 2018. By early 2019, she thought she might have Crohn’s disease. In April, she was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer. “I was very in shock,” Andersen said. “I knew that if I couldn’t get the surgery, then I wouldn’t last, I’d have a very short lifespan.” An initial six weeks of radiation was ineffective. In July 2019, Andersen began a course of chemotherapy which would last for six months. The aim was to reduce the size of the cancer, to prepare it for surgical removal in March 2020. “I got a Cancer Society call within a couple of days [of diagnosis],” Anderson said. The society’s support provided counselling for her and her husband, and access to a library with books specialising in cancer. When Andersen visited Wellington Hospital for radiation treatment

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[which was not available at Wairarapa Hospital and needed to happen multiple times a week], the society provided accommodation in Wellington, so she would not have to endure the extremely painful car journey over the Remutaka Hill more often than required. Andersen came home for recovery following her surgery. By the end of that week, the country was in lockdown, giving her ample opportunity for a much-needed rest. A scan in June came back with negative results – Andersen was cancerfree. “It was just the best,” she said. “It’s just a huge, huge relief for my husband and me.” Andersen was chosen as this year’s Relay for Life ‘Survivor Champion’. She would lead about a hundred cancer survivors and their supporters on the first lap around the track, accompanied by the Masterton pipe band Fern and Thistle. “The Survivor Champion represents all of the survivors, past and present, at the event,” she said.

“I was very honoured to be asked to do it. “I did have a very difficult journey with cancer.” She hoped sharing her story would encourage others who may be hesitant to talk about their cancer, for fear of burdening their loved ones. It would also be her first time participating in the event. “I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing people’s reasons for doing it,” Andersen said. “Just having that camaraderie with people who are there to support people having to go through it, having a common goal, that combined compassion.” Relay for Life involved an 18-hour team relay around a circuit, and would take place at Clareville Showgrounds on March 20-21, beginning at 4pm. “The walk itself represents the cancer journey,” Andersen said. “It gets dark, you’re scared, you don’t know what’s going to happen … then in the morning it represents people coming to the other side, coming through it.”

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‘Medical miracle’: one year later John Lazo-Ron Masterton local Aiden Sayer was dubbed a ‘medical miracle’ after surviving a horrific workplace accident last February that not only should have killed him but kept him from returning to everyday life. However, one year on from that incident, he’s moved on from the trauma and currently living life to the full. On February 11, 2020, Aiden Sayer was flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition after an 8-tonne tipper trailer deck he was welding tipped over and hit him on the face. The impact from the hit instantly broke Sayer’s nose and thrust him into a shelving unit across the workshop he was in, ripping off his entire right ear as he slid down the shelves. At the time of the incident, Sayer’s mother Vania Ireland said he had his head hit from every direction and had a 5cm deep laceration punctured into it. He had three other hits to the head where the trauma has caused his hair not to grow back at that point. His ear was re-attached. After 16 days in a

medically-induced coma, Sayer was brought out of the coma and a couple of days later started communicating with touch and eyebrow lifts. Sayer said he doesn’t remember anything from the incident and thought he was dead for an extended period. “All I can remember was hearing a loud bang, and that’s the last thing I remember,” he said. “I didn’t really know what was going on. I didn’t even think I was alive. I woke up in hospital thinking I wasn’t existing. I thought it was all a dream. “I was having these extremely vivid dreams and waking up thinking it was real and I was telling my mum and she was having to message my friends and ask them ‘did this happen’? “They would say ‘nah’.” It took Sayer two weeks to snap out of that fake reality and realise he was alive after he was allowed to move to his aunt’s house in Masterton on April 24, a day before the level 4 Covid-19 lockdown came

Aiden Sayer with girlfriend Amelia Henry. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON Inset: Aiden Sayer survived a workplace accident. PHOTO/FILE

into eﬀect. “It wasn’t until two weeks of being at my aunty’s place that I realised I was alive,” Sayer said. “I just couldn’t come to grips with everything so I messaged all my friends and asked them to send me all their Snapchat memories so I could

remember the things I used to do. “That helped me remember and feel like I was alive.” After returning to grips with reality, Sayer said the last thing he wanted was to remain in bed doing nothing. So he took it upon himself to get up and get on with life after initially being told it would take up

to two years. “I had a wheelchair for a little bit [at his aunt’s place], but I hated it,” he said. “So one day I said to my mum when she was going to get the chair for me I’m going to walk. “Then I did it. I walked to the lounge for the ﬁrst time. I was like a baby giraﬀe, but I still got there. “I just wanted to get on with it. I had been laying in bed for several months, and I didn’t want to stay there and miss out on so much.” Five months later he returned to fulltime work. He believed his positive attitude has helped him defy the odds to become a full functioning “human being” again. “I’ve always been a strong-willed person, and I’m not one to sit around and not get anywhere,” he said. “You’re not going to get any better by sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. “Having that willpower really helped me push ahead.” Asked if he still had traumas about the incident he blatantly said, “no”. “It is what it is. You can’t sit and dwell on it you’ve got to get on with life, there’s bills to pay.”

One year since the accident, he has slowly pulled away from his previous welding profession and moved into the forestry industry. He’s also started running again; been cleared to drive; and is currently in the process of building a house. Sayer said he was thankful to be alive and that his incident didn’t burden his family further down the track. “What I am now and what I could have been, I’m so thankful to be where I am now,” he said. “I should either be a vegetable or dead. “My family were preparing for me to wake up a vegetable, so I’m relieved. I don’t know what I would have done. “I said to my mates if I had woken up a vegetable, I would expect you to assist in murdering me because I wouldn’t want to put my family through that in caring for me. “They were like ‘bugger that’, we’re not going down for a murder charge,” laughed Sayer. “But I’m happy. I’ve got everything I need. And once the house gets done, it’ll be the icing on the cake. “I’m thankful for a second chance in life.”

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Rare yellowÿ n tuna hooks at Castlepoint John Lazo-Ron

Bj Campbell, skipper Nick Loader, and Roddy Kjestrup with their rare yellowÿ n tuna catch. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

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Three Wairarapa game fishermen got the shock of their lives on February 14 when they hooked a rare yellowfin tuna fish at Castlepoint. The last time this species was caught in Wairarapa waters was in 1996. Reeling in the species usually found in warmer waters was a dream come true for angler Roddy Kjestrup. “This was pretty damn cool,” he said, “It’s a once in a lifetime fish. “They are regarded as the most sought-after game fish, so it’s a rare catch regardless of where you are in New Zealand. “And just because all three of us on the boat have grown up around Castlepoint, we know the significance of what it means to have a fish like that brought in. “It is really significant

for any fisherman on the Wairarapa coast.” What made the catch even more special was that the owner of the boat they caught the tuna on, was the owner of the boat that last yellowfin was caught 25 years ago. “It’s pretty special when you look at it like that,” Kjestrup said. “Wayne [Loader] owned the boat called Waiwhare when the last yellowfin was caught, and he owns the boat [Taniwha] we caught it on.” He was also the father of Taniwha skipper Nick Loader. The yellowfin – which weighed in at 24kgs – had created a buzz among fishermen around the country that has Wairarapa Sports Fishing Club captain Craig Mulligan in a spin. “This is brilliant,” Mulligan said, “It’s actually put us on the

map quite a bit. “I posted it on Facebook, and we’ve had responses from the NZ Fishing Council and other fishing clubs around the country saying what a great job we’ve done because yellowfin tuna just doesn’t get this far south.” Although the yellowfin tuna was a rare hook, Mulligan doesn’t believe this was a one-off moment. Higher temperatures soaring over Wairarapa this summer had brought warmer waters, which Mulligan said was attracting the rare species. “No I think they’ll still be there,” Mulligan said. “This year we’ve got extremely warm water coming down. We’re hitting 21 degrees at the 150m mark in the water, so for us that is rare. “You’ve got to have

around 21 degrees to attract yellowfin. [Wairarapa] normally sit around that 16–18-degree mark around this time of year, so it’s higher.” Mulligan believed this catch would attract fishermen from around the country to the club’s Tuna Tournament in Castlepoint on March 20-21. “Fisherman will be buzzing at the moment,” Mulligan said. “The interest in this tournament has been high since that tuna was caught. “Wairarapa could potentially be an untapped sports fishing ground.” Mulligan said the yellowfin was kept and ‘they’re a good eating’. Other species of tuna which normally resided in Wairarapa were Albacore and Skipjack tuna.

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EROSION & FLOODS The root system of trees are amazing. They work as an ‘anchor’ for the entire tree and as a ‘transport’ system for water and nutrients to get around. The roots extend out into the soil, holding the soil in place which prevents erosion and helps water to seep down into the ground – rather than sit on top and flood. Even the fallen leaves and dropped sticks play a part - when organic matter composts, it goes down into the soil and creates tunnels, helping water to get through easily. The dropped twigs and leaves also help feed and encourage beneficial microbes and insects.

SHELTER & SHADE

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NOISE CONTROL If you have issues with noisy (or nosey) neighbours then planting a living sound barrier hedge will help. For best results choose evergreen plants with dense foliage down to the ground, and plant as close to the ‘problem’ as possible.

Have you got a lovely tree in your back yard to sit under on these hot summer days? Shade trees also keep the temperature inside the house down, and if you choose to plant a deciduous tree (that loses its leaves in winter) it will still allow light to get through in the winter months. It’s not just humans that need shelter from the elements , stock need it too

APPEARANCE FOOD & MEDICINE It seems that many people have realised over the past year just how important it is to have some level of self sufficiency in their lives, and one fabulous way to achieve this is to create your own edible garden. There are also an amazing amount of trees & shrubs that have medicinal benefits (have a Google, it’s very interesting).

FRUIT TREES There are multiple benefits to growing fruit trees, they provide food, shade, shelter and beauty. If you are growing a garden for food, then make sure you plant something you will actually eat and enjoy. Apples, plums, pears, peaches, almonds, there are even smaller growing types available for smaller gardens.

PLANTS FOR PLACES It’s important to match the right tree to the right place – for example, is the soil acidic, dry, boggy etc, will it cope with all day hot sun etc. Research their needs first Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum), Pukatea (Laurelia novae-zelandiae) and Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus) are happy to grow in wet, boggy areas whereas Thuja Rheingold with its wonderful foliage prefer rockeries.

We have grown a huge selection of hedging plants here at GardenBarn, priced from only $9.90. Many are also available in large grades so you can get instant satisfaction. There is no doubt about it – trees look good. Would you rather look out your window and see neighbouring properties or see a bird chirping away in the lush green foliage of a tree? It is thought that looking at trees and green plants calms the nervous system by reducing cortisol (the stress hormone) – that’s got to be good for you! And the fact that living plants encourage birds & wildlife to your garden is an extra bonus.

When you see our amazing hedging range you will notice there are loads of Pittosporums. The reason for this is because they are one of the best choices available. Pittosporums are native, fast and easy to grow, hardy, versatile, there are lots of different foliage and size options and they respond well to clipping, making them perfect for hedges.There are other wonderful options of course: Griselinias, Olearia, Lacebarks, Eucalyptus |+ many more.

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Property market keeps climbing Tom Taylor Carterton house prices hit a record median of $700,000 last month, having doubled in the space of three years. Carterton led the way in monthly house price increases across Wairarapa, although Masterton, South Wairarapa, and Tararua districts also saw significant increases year-on-year. According to a Real Estate Institute of New Zealand [Reinz] report, Carterton’s median house price had almost doubled in the past three years: in January 2018, Carterton’s median price was $380,000 The district’s median house price had increased by about 16 per cent each month since November, increasing from $520,000 to $601,000 in December before reaching $700,000 last month. Between January 2020 and January 2021, Carterton’s median house price had risen 37 per cent, from $510,000 to $700,000. The price increase came despite an increase in the volume of houses sold, from 11 houses in January 2020 to 16 houses in January 2021. Carterton Mayor Greg Lang responded to the data.

“Continually rising house values is an ongoing trend we have been seeing all around New Zealand so while these numbers aren’t unexpected, they are still a concern for us,” Lang said. Carterton District Council [CDC] would continue its work with local research firm Planalytics to assess the current housing environment with the aim to support central government in the affordable housing space. The CDC website stated that Carterton would need about 1000 new houses by 2043. At the end of January, the council had completed public consultation on its draft Eastern Growth Structure Plan which aimed to fulfil the quota of new houses. The plan had identified the eastern side of the Carterton urban area as the most suitable location for development due to its proximity to existing community and infrastructure facilities. A public report on the submissions would be released soon. Rents in Carterton had also increased significantly in the past three years, according to figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Carterton’s median rent

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was $430 in the month of December 2020, an increase of 39 per cent on December 2017 [$310]. Since December 2008, Carterton’s median rent had more than doubled from $185 to $430. The median rent in December 1993 – the year records began – was about a quarter of the current median at $110. In addition to Carterton,

January Median Sales

$715K 24.3%

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three other districts within the Wellington region recorded record median house prices in January: Kapiti Coast District [$860,000], Lower Hutt City [$800,000], and Upper Hutt City [$799,000]. “Looking forward over the next couple of months, we would expect the market to remain steady – although if new

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listings don’t continue to come onto the market this could mean lower sales volumes in the future,” Reinz Wellington regional director Mark Coffey said. Although it did not set a record, South Wairarapa district’s median house price rose to $715,000 last month after holding steady at $600,000 in November and December. However, only nine houses were sold in South Wairarapa last month, compared to 43 in December. Between January 2020 and January 2021, South Wairarapa’s median house price had risen 24 per cent, from $575,000 to $715,000. The median rent in South Wairarapa District was $400 in December 2020, up from $340 in December 2017. Rent had doubled since December 2009, when the median rent was $200. The median rent in December 1993 was $100 – a quarter of the current median. Meanwhile, Masterton district’s median house price fell slightly from $580,000 in December to $550,000 last month. However, between January 2020 and January 2021, Masterton’s median price had risen 25 per cent, from $440,000 to

$550,000, as house sales dropped from 56 to 38. The median rent in Masterton was $358 in December 2020, up from $300 in December 2017. Rents had almost doubled since December 2006, when the median rent was $185. The median rent in December 1993 was $120 – about a third of the current median. Across New Zealand, the number of residential properties sold last month – 4957 – was the highest for the month of January in five years. However, the Wellington region experienced its lowest ever volume of sales for a January month, with just 285 sales, down from 413 sales in January 2020. Tararua district’s median house price fell from $360,000 in December to $345,000 last month, even as the volume of house sales dropped from 30 to 18. However, the median price had increased significantly from $296,000 in January 2020, and – like Carterton – had almost doubled in the three years since January 2018, when the median price was $180,000. Tararua’s median rent was $270 in December 2020.

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Alternative Provision for Ordinary Vehicular Traffic Residents in the above roads will have normal access to their properties. During the period of closure the following provisions will be made for ordinary vehicular traffic which would otherwise use the road:-

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y Marshals will be provided for the convenience of residents who may require to use that section of closed road.

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y During the period of closure there will be a dedicated emergency lane down the centre of South Road.

Wednesday 24 March, Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton 10am Awards and Grants Committee meeting

y The above may be changed via STMS and the Local Road Controlling Authority on the day.

Wednesday 31 March, Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton 3pm Council Meeting Members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings and copies of the relevant order papers will be available for inspection at the reception desk, district council office, 161 Queen Street, and at the public library, 54 Queen Street, two working days prior to the meeting. They are also available on the council website.

It will be an offence under the above Act for any person otherwise than under authority to use the street for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.

Opportunity for Public Comment At the beginning of the Council meeting, a period is available for those who wish to speak or comment on any matter relevant to the meeting in question. Requests to speak at a meeting should be made to Harriet Kennedy, Governance Advisor, phone 370 6300 or email mdc@mstn.govt.nz at least one clear day before the meeting. Kathryn Ross - Chief Executive

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, February 24, 2021 EDITORIAL

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Opinion

Be kind … you may need it in return There is an old saying that goes, ‘Kindness is more than deeds, it’s an attitude’. And I couldn’t agree more. On Monday, I was left in a frustrating situation after one of my car’s tyres got completely munted in Carterton on my way to work. I’m guessing it was from the roadworks that are abundant with rocks that did something there. Not only was the timing unfortunate, especially being in this industry, but I realised I didn’t have a wheel jack to help put my spare tyre on. After a few calls I realised I was in a spot of bother as I was stuck where I was. Across the road was a small wood furniture shop. I saw a man park outside the store and walk-in. I had no choice but to go in and hope he would be willing to help. Usually I’m optimistic about this sort of thing going to plan, but I must admit, the way the day started for me, I was a little sceptical.

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John Lazo-Ron However, the man didn’t blink an eye, and was more than happy to help me in my time of need. After he went to get the wheel jack out of his car, he realised he didn’t have one himself. I started to feel a bit weary, not solely because of my situation, but because I really didn’t want to bother this man as he may well have had his own things to do. However, he got his car; took me to the tyre store; picked up a wheel jack; took me back to my car; and then put the wheel on for me. So grateful for all this man had done for me, I offered to buy him coffee or lunch sometime during the week. However, he said not to worry about. His actual words were that it was a

duty of ours to help others in times of need. He then went on to explain he had come back from overseas to visit family. His return here had made him realise how blessed we are in this country. After talking further about his quarantine experience, he reiterated how important it was to be kind and help others. Not only were his words full of kindness, his attitude and actions echoed that. We definitely need more people like this man in this world. I already consider myself a kind generous person, but I will look to up my game even more after this experience. Be kind when you see someone in need … you never know when you’ll need it in return.

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Enduring Power of Attorney There are two types of Enduring Powers of Attorney. One for personal care and welfare and the other for property (your possessions and assets). Personal Care and Welfare An Enduring Power of Attorney for personal care and welfare can only come into effect if you become mentally incapable. Mentally incapable means the inability to understand the effect of any decisions which may be made relating to a person’s personal care and welfare. An example of this is where a decision is required for a person with Alzheimer’s disease who needs to be placed in care. Under an Enduring Power of Attorney for personal care and welfare only an individual person must be appointed. It is common for this person to be a member of the donor’s family. Property An Enduring Power of Attorney relating to property contains several features. The person giving the Power of Attorney can choose when the Enduring Power of Attorney comes into effect. The options are: • The person giving the Power of Attorney • immediately the document is signed (if a person wishes someone else to manage can decide whether it covers all of his his or her affairs from the date of signing); or her property or just specific assets, • at some specified time in the future; • The person giving the Power of Attorney • or if the person giving the Power of Attorney can decide whether there are particular becomes mentally incapable (“mentally conditions he or she would wish to impose incapable” in relation to property means upon the use of the Power of Attorney, that the person giving the Power of Attorney • The person giving the Power of Attorney cannot manage his or her property affairs). can stipulate whether it is to take effect • In addition an Enduring Power of Attorney for a period of time or for the rest of relating to property has the following further features: his or her life. An Enduring Power of Attorney relating to property can be cancelled or changed at any time provided the person giving the Power of Attorney understands what he or she is doing. If a person becomes sick or is incapacitated as a result of an accident then unless an Enduring Power of Attorney is in place the family and other close relatives cannot make important decisions. To obtain authority to make such decisions in the case of an accident or illness, it is necessary to make an application to the Court for a manager to be appointed to make decisions on financial matters and a welfare guardian on personal matters. Such applications can be expensive, stressful and take time. Any person over 18 or anyone who is married should give consideration to making Enduring Powers of Attorney. An Enduring Power of Attorney operates while the person giving it is alive. This is to be contrasted with a Will which only takes effect upon death. A Will does not come into effect if a person is mentally incapable. Indeed, in that situation the solicitors acting will not be able to divulge the terms of the Will to family members. If you require further information about Enduring Powers of Attorney please contact me.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, February 24, 2021 ARATOI VOICES

Extra

Last chance to see In Flux Whether you’ve been on the Buckingham Palace Tour or visited the ballrooms of Bridgerton you might think you know all there is to know about chandeliers. Visit Aratoi and you’ll find out you don’t. The Crystal Chain Gang’s In Flux defies all expectations of what a chandelier is. It is not entirely made of glass but is a mix of glass and ceramic forms which together make a structure akin to a DNA image. The individual glass pieces are not clear prisms but coloured shapes which mimic viral cells. Three lights are shaped like hypodermic needles. Atop the sculpture an owl surveys the room. Martinborough artists Leanne Williams and Jim Dennison are the creative duo behind the Crystal Chain Gang. It was Jim who was

fascinated with glass. He was brought up in Masterton and left to complete an ecology degree at Victoria University. In 1998 he studied glass at Whanganui Polytechnic, graduating in 2001. Over three years of training he learnt skills needed for a glass career and developed a passion for glass history. Wellington resident Leanne completed an arts degree and teacher training at Victoria then, like Jim, went to Whanganui Polytechnic, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2001. “I came to glass via Jim,“ says Leanne. “I was practising painting and ceramics when an opportunity in 2003 presented itself to make a work to be shown in Denmark. So, we combined skills and concept and presented a glass sheep carcass. This received

Leanne Williams and Jim Dennison with Aratoi director Susanna Shadbolt in front of In Flux. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

critical acclaim and the rest is history. We still work together, and glass has become the first medium of choice.” In 2019 they visited the Venetian island of Murano, famous for its unchanging traditional glass production, completing their travels just before covid 19 hit the world. In Flux is a challenging response to this visit and

liked the title In Flux as it refers to our current global political state of being in covid. We are in a state of flux, change, in a time of uncertainty, a fluid status as we find our stable ground again.” Plans for In Flux may see it shine in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, but until March 7 you can see it brighten up Aratoi.

Bangkok not my finest decision with dining choice Back in 1983, I was travelling through Southeast Asia and, of course, enjoying the cheap and tasty local cuisines. That led to a foolish decision to eat repeatedly from what was an obviously unsanitary street stall in Bangkok. The food was delicious. However, turning a blind eye to the gross dishwashing practices wasn’t my smartest moment. The upshot was what felt like a near-death experience followed by a week in a Kolkata [then Calcutta] hospital recovering from paratyphoid. According to mainstream medical science, paratyphoid fever is caused by the bacterium salmonella enterica growing in the intestines and blood and

Comment

Mike Osborne is generally introduced by contaminated food or water. Just under 30,000 people worldwide died from it in 2015. Untreated it has a mortality rate of 10 to 15 per cent and about one per cent if treated. “Terrain theory” is a theory of disease that is contrary to the accepted “germ theory”. According to “terrain theory” it was issues within my own pathology that made me susceptible to the disease. To the extreme “terrain theorist”, it was those issues that led to the

bacteria finding a home in diseased tissue in my body, not me ingesting dodgy tucker in a high risk environment. Yes, my already diseased tissue compelled me to get the necessary salmonella enterica it wanted. Germ theory, despite inevitable opposition, became the valid explanation for the causes of many diseases. The subsequent interventions [medicines, antiseptics] based on that theory have been unquestionably effective. Life expectancy

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the world pandemic. Jim and Leanne say that the title In Flux is appropriate for their creative process. “We were in flux with our making, changing glass processes and incorporating ceramics. The aesthetic of our surface colouring was in a state of flux, capturing movement of materials, creating a sense of fluidity. We also

worldwide has increased hugely based on practices underpinned by germ theory. Surgeons without masks wearing bloodsoaked aprons were the norm before germ theory and swathes of their patients died of sepsis. Despite evidence and 150 years of improved health outcomes from acceptance of the germ theory, there are still people who subscribe to terrain theory and are described as “germ theory deniers” [cutt.ly/ GTDenial]. Once you start looking around, you find that there are HIV/AIDS deniers and inevitably there are covid deniers, or at best minimisers [‘it’s no worse than a heavy cold’]. In the psychology of human behaviour, denialism is a person’s

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Bigger purpose not only reason I heard about a person who was out running. After the run a friend asked him what he was training for. The fact of the matter was that there was no such purpose for the run other than enjoying the experience of the activity and the associated feeling of positive well-being afterwards, what many would recognise as the release of endorphins, also known as runners high. There are many things that we should be able to do just for the enjoyment of the activity; there doesn’t need to be this super meaningful endgame; we can draw, paint, write, sing, exercise, and all manner of other activities just because we like doing them. Life is short, so we may as well

Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson make the most of the experience by doing things we enjoy, for no other reason than we enjoy doing them.

Help with helpless

A caller on the Rich Roll Podcast expressed his feeling of helplessness when watching the invasion of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. To many there would have been the same sense of despair, regardless of what political views may be. There could almost be a sense that if the invasion could happen the way it did, things can only

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get worse. I loved Roll’s response, which is similar to previous posts I have done, this being to focus on what you can control, as opposed to despairing about what you can’t. In regards to the Capitol invasion, there’s not much that could be done from the perspective of the caller on the podcast. However, perhaps there are issues in his own town he could support or work towards addressing: a polluted riverbank to clean up; volunteering in a school; serving in a kitchen for the homeless;

these being just examples of what anyone can do to both empower themselves and make their own community a better place, and, by extension, the world just that little bit better.

Expressing gratitude

A Daily Calm meditation had a focus on gratitude. The general message was that the more we express gratitude, the more grateful we become. Reading advice like this it’s easy to see it as being trite; sometimes it may seem like there’s nothing to be grateful for when things just don’t seem to be going our way. There’s also situations in which genuinely bad things do happen; I’m certainly not suggesting that we look for positives in tragedies. However, in our

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day-to-day lives, when we do stop and pay attention there are small things that we can be grateful for: a parking space outside a shop; a surprising discount when buying something; the price of a round of drinks at the bowling club at businesshouse bowls; coming home to ﬁnd some ginger slice in the pantry ... these are all things that have happened to me over the past couple of days, each of which I was grateful for [$8 for a round of drinks]. On their own things like those I have shared don’t amount to much, but when we start to notice a few of them it’s easy to feel like we’re on a roll of positivity with a sense of gratefulness. Continued on page 18

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Aerial extravaganza not to be missed The wait is nearly over; just a couple more sleeps until the 2021 Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival takes to the sky. Hugely anticipated, this muchloved event is shaping up to be another aerial extravaganza with over 70 aircraft including vintage, military, jets, helicopters, aerobatic displays, skydiving will be on display.

Harvards flying in formation.

All three days there will be family fun with interactive displays, demonstrations and hands-on activities. Meet aviation experts, engineers, pilots and technicians.

Tickets

Dr Michelle Dickinson from NanoGirl and her team will be at the air show all weekend with their explosive, engaging,

The American B-52 Stratofortress bomber.

entertaining and educational science experiments. The New Zealand Defence Force are bringing the Drone Display Team and kids will be able to

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Leave home early, give yourself plenty of time and be patient. Lots of people drive to Wings and we want you to get here safely. All parking is off Manaia Road. Parking is free for all ticket holders. Shuttles will be running from the carpark to the Aerodrome. Gold coin donation.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHEN? There is a packed programme over each day of the three day show. With Wings Over Wairarapa only coming around once every two years make the most of this fantastic event! FRIDAY 26 FEB Gates open 12pm – 5pm Practice Day

SATURDAY 27 FEB Gates open 8am – 5pm Flying Programme 10.30am – 4.30pm SUNDAY 28 FEB Gates open 8am – 5pm Flying Programme 10.30am – 4.30pm

All about the show can be found at www.wings.org.nz

Stratofortress is scheduled to fly over Hood Aerodrome in the early afternoon on the Saturday, providing an additional ‘wow’ factor to the already amazing line-up of aircraft. (The B-52’s scheduled participation remains subject to change in the event of unforeseen weather conditions, operational requirements or unavoidable circumstances.)

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH TICKETS? Don’t wait to buy your ticket; with an extraordinary line-up of aircraft, tickets are in high demand. Tickets are sold on behalf of Wings Over Wairarapa by Eventfinda Ltd ONLY. General Admission tickets (Eftpos and cash accepted) will also be available at the gate for an additional $5 per ticket, as long as there is still capacity. There are no gate sales for Gold passes. Should the show be cancelled for any reason you will be refunded.

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Why you should ask for help Continued from page 16

There will be many who see asking for help as a sign of weakness, a sign that we can’t cope with the demands and expectations placed upon us. Rather than asking for support we will continue to struggle on, at times living lives of quiet desperation, never getting to where we need or want to be. At the very time in which we struggle there may be times in which others will come to us, asking for the very help that we won’t ask for ourselves. We will willingly help and will think nothing less of those who ask. On The Daily Stoic Podcast, host Ryan Holiday sums it up when interviewing the incredible obstacle race champion Amelia Boone. The discussion got around to the idea of needing others, when Holiday commented that no one is ever going to think someone who asks you for help is a loser, yet we think negatively of ourselves when we do the very same thing. There are many things we can and should do on our own. However, there are also many times in which the support of others just makes sense, and will take us closer to our goals. The process to get us to where we want to be can

involve a team around us, it doesn’t have to be done on our own.

Do more to get better

This month I took part in the Tarawera Half Marathon in Rotorua. The event takes place on forest tracks, bush trails, up and down hills, through thermal lakes, around a lake, with a kilometre of road in the mix. The event is incredibly well organised and I’ll be back. Not living in Rotorua I couldn’t train on the exact terrain the event took place on, but, with the exception of the thermal lakes, there is something at least similar within a short drive of where I live. However, most of my training was in a gym or on flat roads, nothing at all like what I knew I would be facing today. Although I enjoyed the event, especially crossing the finish line, it would have been more enjoyable if I was better prepared. The experience was a learning one, with the lesson being that if you want to get better at something you need to do more of that activity in

A bush run on the Tarawera course. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

conditions similar to those you know you will be likely to do the activity in. This can apply to anything, from running to driving. Yes, there are baseline skills and knowledge, but the addition of more specialist focus will lead to a lot more satisfaction and success.

Let’s find out together

A great idea shared by author Adam Grant around what to do when someone asks you about something you know just a little about. In most cases we tend to share the little we know,

which may have come from someone else sharing with us the little they know, meaning that, at best, we have a watereddown version of the issue, idea or concept. Grant’s idea is to respond to the question by saying ‘that’s an interesting question, why don’t we find out together’. Grant’s approach has two benefits: 1. You will be finding out about something you only have limited knowledge of. 2. The person who asked the question will not only get answers, but will also be part of the process of accessing the answer, as opposed to just being told. Grant’s approach will get right to the facts, as opposed to someone’s idea that has been through a range of filters.

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Wairarapa - Country Clareville Relay For Life Saturday 20th March – Sunday 21st March 2021

Relay For Life is a great team event. It’s a whole lot of fun for all ages and stages but there’s a lot more to it. Supporting Relay For Life raises much needed funds for our cancer community and what is raised here, stays here. Please support Cancer Society Wairarapa by donating to a team, joining or registering a team today.

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F U L L O F F L AV O U R Adamson’s – decades of personal service

Dickensian book shop on a roll in Featherston

Adamson’s Service Station is quite unique. It has countered the trend to turn into a great service centre monolith with all the fancy bells and whistles like the main oil companies around the country. It keeps itself small, perfectly formed and privately owned – offering personal service where the regulars are known by name and someone is dedicated to clean your car windows. Last year its special significance saw it awarded second place in the ‘privately-owned’ section of the Mobil national service station competition. Adamson’s is also one of the oldest remaining service stations in the country and has been run by three generations of the Adamson family. James Adamson opened his first garage around 1915 on the corner of Wakefield Street and Featherston’s main road. It had one petrol pump (hand-driven) and he had a fleet of cars which he hired out for weddings and other special occasions. By the mid-1920s, he moved across the road and built the garage that operates today. Petrol was still being hand pumped, and car tyres were gum dipped to help stop blowouts. New Zealanders had taken to the new-fangled motor car. There was enough interest in Featherston to warrant opening a garage. By 1929, there were 150,000 petrol vehicles in New Zealand. By the 1940s, James’ son, Percy had taken over the service station and was joined by Jim, his eldest son. Brian joined them in 1963. Brian had joined the navy and met his English wife, Lily in Scotland. She was also in the navy and both decided New Zealand was where they wanted to be. Brian jumped at the chance of working alongside his brother in Featherston and they were a well-known team for around 30 years until Jim retired. Brian ‘retired’ a couple of years ago, giving the manager position to Maria. He still visits most days and helps with the admin and wages. Including Maria, there’s a staff of 10 to keep the busy service station going. There’s John, Will, Kevin, Russell, Greg, Nathan, Thomas, Grace, and Laura. Weekdays they are open 6am – 7pm and on weekends and public holidays it’s 7am – 7pm. Maria estimates they deal with between 600 – 700 people per day. So, if it’s a bit of personal service you are after – it’s hard to go past Adamson’s.

SOME OF THE ADAMSON’S TEAM FROM LEFT GRACE, MARIA (MANAGER), KEVIN & WILL. Adamson’s Service Station

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Dave and Patsy have put a lot into presenting their book shop. It emulates the Victorian era, a favourite time of theirs. Patrons will soon be able to come grab a coffee, tea and cakes, drink from delicate china and sit at tables beside the floor to ceiling windows which outside features a surround of vintage olivegreen tiling. There is already interest from book clubs and writer groups wishing to use the space. The unmistakable smell of books envelopes you when entering the shop. The visual feast of the books on their shelves, clearly catalogued into genres and titles are enticing and easy to locate. The gorgeous décor mirroring Victorian leanings is a delight in itself…..where the timber is dark and lustrous, the furniture elegant, and the fabric rich on the chaise lounge. Golden wallpaper above the picture rail lightens the space. There’s the sense of quirky too, with the soft toy heads of elephant, lion, and hippopotamus …..shades of a reading room in an old English manor house. Dave and Patsy are book connoisseurs and trawl many avenues to find special editions and popular books long out of print. Their latest find has been a first edition of Winne the Pooh.

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It’s two years since they opened the book shop in Featherston and a year since the move to the prominent 78 Fox Street site, which features the tea rooms – in-waiting.

They are careful about what books they stock. Focusing on good literature, the unusual and the rare, and in good condition. There’s also plenty of mainstream titles and subjects to choose from. Sourced initially from book fairs, they are now finding people are either kindly donating or coming in to sell their special books.

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Older Kiwis Ageing With Attitude at Solway Showgrounds urged to get Ageing With Attitude is back, but happening earlier this year.

ÿ tter before Covid vaccine

The annual expo showcasing products and services related to ageing and retirement has previously been held in September.

New Zealand’s exercise industry is supporting a call for people over 60 to exercise before they get the Covid vaccine.

But this year it is being held on Saturday 20th March at the Solway Showgrounds in Masterton.

Recent research from Trinity College Dublin found adults aged 60 and older should exercise, such as a brisk walk, at least two to three times per week before being vaccinated.

Ageing With Attitude will be a day of interesting speakers, alongside a hall full of information, services and products for older people, their families, and those who are thinking about their future in hopes of ageing well. You don’t need to be over 65 to be thinking about how you want your future to look, and Age Concern Wairarapa, who organise the event, are encouraging everyone to come along. Learn about ageing safely, knowing your rights, preventing or avoiding or seeking help for any form of abuse or neglect, and keeping your health and

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO THE AGEING WITH ATTITUDE EXPO independence. Speakers will cover issues we all need to be thinking about such as advanced care planning, Wills, and avoiding scams. Ageing With Attitude runs from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Entry is FREE

Vaccine e˜ cacy in older adults can be a challenge due to ageing e° ects on the immune system.

An Auckland family counsellor is calling for more protection for the elderly from the risk of ÿ nancial abuse by professional caregivers.

of exercise include mental clarity, improved sleep and general positive state of mind.

They are less likely to generate long-term

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REGULAR BRISK WALKS MAY HELP THE EFFICACY OF THE COVID VACCINE protection often required for full immunity to a virus.

Exercise is a preventative e° ort to battle many health conditions and in the case of Covid, the latest research shows it has beneÿ ts there too, says ExerciseNZ

chief executive Richard Beddie. “The good news in New Zealand is this can be done in many settings: outdoors, at home or at an exercise facility.” While Covid does provide a unique reason to lift activity levels, ideally this should be part of a normal lifestyle, Mr Beddie says. “Half of adult Kiwis don’t do enough exercise.”

“The early beneÿ ts of exercise include mental clarity, improved sleep and general positive state of mind. “These will ˝ ow on to longer term health beneÿ ts such as cancer and cardiovascular disease reduction, through to signiÿ cantly lower rates of degenerative diseases including dementia. Exercise really is the magic pill.”

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Mr Taylor believes the elderly, who have often built up signiÿ cant assets during their lives, are vulnerable to being emotionally manipulated by caregivers because of the nature of the role.

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 No service provider, public or statefunded, that is supplying any service to a client should be involved in the personal and ÿ nancial a° airs of their clients.  There should be a professional association for private and state funded caregivers (in home or otherwise), a Code of Ethical Conduct, and meaningful training in ethics.  Money and gifts from clients to their service delivery provider should be o° limits.  The Health & Disability Commissioner needs more ÿ repower, funding, people and resources to speed up decisions on complaints which currently can take more than a year.

 Financial abuse of the elderly should be a “criminal” matter instead of a “civil” matter.  Criminal sanctions must be available to families and agencies to prosecute caregivers who place their clients in a position of dependency on them.

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 Lawyers of clients should be excluded from being beneÿ ciaries of their client’s Will.

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 Anyone who is professional caregiver should have an EPOA if they are a recipient of any personal ÿ nancial beneÿ ts from an elderly person, and if they do have an EPOA and/or have been named as a beneÿ ciary of a client’s Will, then they should have to be able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that they attained the role of a beneÿ ciary legitimately.

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“One case I became familiar with was a woman who worked as an in-home caregiver, and who had groomed and then ÿ nancially exploited so many elderly clients, she ended up with a portfolio of 10 properties to her name.”

Mr Taylor is inviting anyone who has had this experience to contact him, as he plans to present a petition to the government calling for the creation of stronger measures to protect the elderly.

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Stephen Taylor, family counsellor and director of Relationship Matters Ltd, believes stronger measures are needed to protect vulnerable elderly from being exploited by state-funded and private in-home caregivers.

Often, he says, families are powerless to intervene in the situation.

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Call for greater caregiver safeguards for elderly

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As people age, their ability to produce robust antibody responses following vaccination declines.

Mr Taylor may be contacted at steve. taylor@relationshipmatters.org.nz

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New Zealand’s owl – the There’s nothing quite like lying in bed listening to the call of the morepork. To me it is one of the memorable sounds of my childhood. For many New Zealanders this sound, so well known, is an emotional link to their land and their past. Truly an iconic NZ sound if we overlook the presence of an almost identical bird in Australia and New Guinea making the same sounds. In Australia it is known as the boobook or the mopoke. Ruru is the Maori name for this bird, another but diﬀerent onomatopoeic rendition of that call. The ruru is found all over NZ and most of the oﬀshore islands. They do well anywhere from leafy suburbs to farmland to pine forests to deep native bush, as long as there are plenty of big trees to hang out in. A quick informal survey among our bird group suggests ruru are found throughout Wairarapa - town and

morepork/ruru

The morepork is New Zealand’s only surviving native owl. There was a much larger and fiercer owl, the whekau or laughing owl which became extinct last century. Its call apparently was truly frightful – described as sounding like a laughing madman. country. But they come and go suggesting they travel widely. The morepork is New Zealand’s only surviving native owl. There was a much larger and ﬁercer owl, the whekau or laughing owl which became extinct last century. Its call apparently was truly frightful – described as sounding like a laughing madman. My parents strongly thought they saw and heard a whekau near Pakawau in Golden Bay in the 1950s. Another tragic loss from NZ’s lineage of strange and wonderful birds. Of course, the morepork is nocturnal, hunting by night and sleeping [usually] by day. It has superb hearing and eyesight especially adapted for low-light night ﬂying. They have serrated

edges to the leading edges of their flight feathers ensuring their flight is totally silent. A large part of their diet is insects [and also small birds] taken on the wing. I have seen them flitting bat-like around street lights while they pick out moths. In addition, they also eat mice, rats, weta, beetles, and even spiders. You may have been lucky enough to spot a morepork sitting out the daylight hours motionless in a tree. This is a good chance to admire its dappled chocolate plumage. They are effectively blinded by the light and oblivious to all going on around them. Most of us know the classic morepork call. Apparently when you hear an answering call it is not a love duet but another

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male advertising his territory as in “this is my place, bugger oﬀ ”. Morepork have two other less well known

calls. There is a sort of rising shriek or queee call which can be mistaken for a kiwi. I remember being told

this was a “hunting call” but I think if a morepork was hunting you wouldn’t hear a thing. And they have

another call – a sort of high pitched repeated yelp. As befits an owl, ruru often nest in a hollow in a living or dead tree. They also nest on the ground in a burrow or somewhere else deep and dark. One hopes they choose the tree as the safer option given the number of predators patrolling the ground. As mentioned, Australia has the boobook owl, essentially the same as our morepork, but now classified as a different subspecies. This suggests morepork have arrived from Australia relatively recently, as in within the last few hundred thousand years. Even Australia has only had owls for several million years. Not like other wellknown NZ birds like the kiwi, kakapo and kokako which have existed only in NZ for many millions of years. There are two other owls brought to NZ by humans. There is the little owl – a tiny grey owl common in

farmland in the east of the South Island. A few have been seen/ heard in Wairarapa. If you think you know of any living in Wairarapa send me a message at the email below. And there is a small population of the eastern barn owl, a large and primarily white owl. Apparently, there is a nesting population of these owls near Kaitaia in the Far North. So next clear still night go outside and see what you can hear. You may hear the blood-curdling screech of a pukeko or a spurwinged plover. Or with luck you may hear the soft melodious call of a morepork. • 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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March Classes All classes are held at the Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton Community Cooking Classes: Learn to cook recipes that are easy, economical and taste great. Also tips on menu planning, how to reduce food waste, and many kitchen ideas. When: Friday, March 19 April 16 [four weeks] Where: Kitchen Time: 9am-1pm Cost: Free. Registration required before course. Coffee and Craft Bring your unfinished craft project and have coffee and a chat as your complete your project. When: Each Thursday Where: Women’s Centre Rooms Time: 12.30-3pm Cost: Gold coin Meditation Come along to a meditation class where you can quieten the mind, tap into your healing energy, and experience deep relation through guided mindful meditation. When: First Wednesday of each month, next date March 3 Where: Women’s Centre Rooms Time: 1-3pm Cost: Free Tai Chi Classes This gentle, low-impact exercise is for the mind, body, and spirit. Its fluid movements enhance muscular strength, flexibility, and stamina, while promoting relaxation. When: Each Wednesday Where: Conference Room Time: 11.15am-12.15pm Cost: $6 per student per session Charity Knitting Group Come along and knit for charity. All materials provided. When: Each Wednesday Where: Women’s Centre Rooms Time: 1-3pm Cost: Free Diamond Embroidery Diaries: Come along and have a go at decorating your own diamond embroidery diary.

All materials provided. When: Thursday, March 11 Where: Women’s Centre Rooms Time: 12.30-3pm Cost: $20 per person Building Resilience Course: This course will help individuals to develop a greater awareness of who you are through gaining skills that allow you to learn from the past, live in the present and set goals for the future. When: Friday, March 19May 28 [10 weeks] Where: Women’s Centre Rooms Time: 1.30-3.30pm Cost: Free. Registration required before course. Beyond Borders Attention widows and widowers. Are you looking for people who know what you are going through? Do not want a dating site. Simply want friendship, fellowship, and companionship. Then this is for you When: Third Tuesday each month. Next date March 16 Where: Motuoru Education Room Time: 11am-1pm Cost: Gold coin Motuoru Coffee Club If you feel you need a break, want to make new connections, and talk to another parent, this group is for you. When: Third Wednesday each month. Next date March 17 Where: Motuoru Education Room Time: 10am-noon Cost: Free Waiwag - Wai Working Age Group People in the Working Aged Group who are legally blind or have low vision can meet to connect with their community and socialise with people of the same ilk. When: First Thursday each month. Next date March 4 Where: Motuoru Education Room Time: 10am- noon Cost: Free Guitar Club A basic knowledge of at

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When the junk mail from the supermarket comes in your mail box and you are feeling hungry, don’t you want to go and buy all the yummy treats displayed before your eyes? Doesn’t what we see often stir up desire for things we don’t really need? It’s so easy to spend our money and often later we regret what we brought.

have, do they really give you a fulfilled life? Is it not like being thirsty? A glass of water fulfils your thirst but only for a short time. Let’s listen to what Jesus said to a woman by a well. “Everyone who drinketh of this water shall thirst again but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. “

Heart Help Peer Support Group Community based heart support group. When: Third Wednesday each month. Next date March 17 Where: Conference Room Time: 1.30-2.30pm Cost: Free

Our eyes stir up our desires and emotions and yet we are never satisfied. It’s the same as what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:8. “The eye is not satisfied with seeing.” Our looking at things gets us into trouble. It often starts with just a look. Eve was deceived when she looked at the forbidden fruit (Gen 3:6) and then she ate from it. Jesus said that those who look at a woman to lust after her have already committed adultery in their heart.

Jesus says, as it were, that only He can fill your emptiness. That emptiness is so great in you that only God can fulfil it and His desire is that you come to Him. Jesus said in a loud voice of compassion to you: If any man thirst, let Him come to me and drink. John 7:37

Kids need Dads Supporting men to be the best fathers they can When: Fourth Thursday each month. Next date March 25 Where: Conference Room Time: 7.30-9pm Cost: Free Feldenkrais - movement with ease Transform habitual physical and emotional postures to help you heal from illness and injury. When: Sunday, March 14 Where: Conference Room Time: 2-4pm Cost: $30 • For further information please contact the Wairarapa Community Centre on 06 377 1022.

So, it is important what you look at! You are confronted with so many things you see on TV and the internet which influences your life. Do the things your grandparents called evil become normal or good to you? Many of you only want to do the things that are good in your own eyes, but are they good? The things you do or

I know you are thirsty for many things but they can never satisfy you. Please turn to Jesus as He only can satisfy you and fill your emptiness. So turn from your way of living and live God’s way. Jesus is the way back to God the Father. Look to Jesus and trust in Him. It was great to see some of you again at our first meeting this year. We made a start looking at the life of Abram. We will continue this 28th February at 2pm at The Little Haven. Everyone is most welcome. We serve afternoon tea afterwards.

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

Wellbeing workshops Wellbeing workshops have been planned by the Ministry for Primary Industries [MPI] for grape growers and winemakers in Wairarapa. It has been a challenging 12 months for the industry, with weather events, and labour supply issues and market uncertainty caused by covid-19. “The severity of these impacts has varied across regions,” MPI’s director of Rural Communities and Farming Support Nick Story said. “The workshops will give

people the tools to help them tackle the year ahead with a positive frame of mind.” MPI has allocated $40,000 to New Zealand Winegrowers to deliver 12 wellbeing workshops in winemaking regions, which are available to everyone working across the industry. Wairarapa’s workshop will be held on May 5. “The workshops are designed to help boost morale and reignite enthusiasm after last year’s challenges,” New Zealand

Winegrowers’ leadership and communities manager Nicky Grandorge said. “They will include discussions on the importance of mental wellbeing, as well as helping people to reset for 2021.” Funding for the initiative was provided in Budget 2020. MPI was allocated $1.1 million over three years to deliver extra wellbeing and support services to complement those provided by Rural Support Trusts.

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A new age for Age Concern Wairarapa Age Concern Wairarapa is making a splash with new staff, a growing list of engaged members and keen volunteers, and an upcoming expo. Leading the team is Manager Nik Rilkoff, originally from the Canadian Rocky Mountains, who spent 20 years in the international non-profit sector providing aid to communities affected by conflict or crisis, in countries such as Kenya, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Age Concern Wairarapa seeks to be the first organisation people think of when it comes to healthy and safe ageing. As well as offering a wide range of programmes and services, Age Concern Wairarapa works closely with specialist organisations like their neighbours Alzheimers New Zealand, with financial support from the Wairarapa DHB and the Ministry of Social Development. Nik also values relationships with the three Wairarapa Councils in support of their Positive Ageing Strategy. She thinks people will be seeing and hearing more about Age Concern through the new faces at the office at Solway Showgrounds in Masterton. One of these is Rachel Ingram who spent 25 years in primary and early childhood teaching and the last 10 as Community Engagement Manager for Museums Wellington. As Health Promotion and Programmes Coordinator, Rachel’s jobs range from organising fitness classes to one off events like the upcoming “Worship in the Wilderness” guided tour of north Wairarapa country churches. An important development is the employment of two Community Support Coordinators who, together, are working 60 hours a week,

replacing Anne Murrell, who is retiring this year. Susan Esler has worked in social services in the Wairarapa all her life, while Anthony Aporo previously commuted over the hill to lecture in social services at Whitireia and WelTec. Their role is to support older people to feel safe from physical, emotional and financial harm, and work with families/whanau. They will also be out in the community, promoting education about detection and prevention of abuse. The fifth member of the team, Fran Reardon, has been with Age Concern Wairarapa for the past seven years as its Accredited Visiting Service Coordinator. From a nursing background, Fran pairs carefully vetted volunteers with older people who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation. As manager, Nik sees her main job as helping her staff succeed. “I’m honoured and humbled to work with a team that brings so much heart and energy to their roles. “Each one of them is extraordinarily experienced, and they are just lovely, fun people to be with.” Age Concern Wairarapa is hosting an expo focussing on Ageing With Attitude on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Solway Showgrounds. “It will be a day of interesting speakers, alongside a hall full of information, services and products for older people, their families, and those who are thinking about their future in hopes of ageing well! “You don’t need to be over 65 to be thinking about how you want your future to look, and we really encourage everyone to come along.”

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through Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas before finishing in American Samoa some 39 hours later. This year St Luke’s, Main St, Greytown is hosting the service and Leilani Baker from World Vision will be speaking. Friday, March 5, at 7 pm. All welcome and refreshments to follow.

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Wings seen over Pukaha Dear friends, With Wings Over Wairarapa taking flight this weekend we thought we’d celebrate and share stories about some of the ‘wings’ getting up into the air out here at Pūkaha. These wild birds in our forest that we’re about to mention are flapping around on a daily basis, so if you were to avert your eyes skywards and hone in, here’s what you might see. Karearea – the New Zealand Falcon. Sharp talons. Sharp beak. Sharp eyesight. And an avian predator to boot. It can divebomb sharply like a German Stuka but be as silent as a Stealth Bomber which is why it’s the top predator, reigning supreme in our airways. It’s fast too, capable of speeds of up to 100km per hour! Depending on the species,

karearea are Threatened to At-risk-Recovering. If we don’t give these birds a helping hand there might not be many left. Kākā – the New Zealand bush parrot, can often be seen from our carpark. If you look across into our reserve, it’s usually the little speck flying around the totara or kahikatea treetops. A cheeky parrot that you can get up close to, as guests at our Kaka Café will know all too well! Also At-risk, but recovering. Kererū – the New Zealand pigeon, can be quite prolific and is not threatened. Rangers once counted 27 of them sitting in the same tree! Kererū remind us of stunt planes. We haven’t seen one

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do a cartwheel through the air [like some stunt planes can] but males are known to undertake steep parabolic dives, reminiscent of a stunt plane ascending slowly

upwards, turning off its engine and falling back to earth before gracefully restarting the engine and pulling out of the dive. You’ll know a kererū is above you when you hear the ‘whooshing’ sound its wings make through the air. We also have North Island Kōkako – 40 wild pairs at last count in September 2019 – and an array of smaller birds such as rifleman, whitehead, grey warbler, tomtit, tui and bellbirds. All putting on their own aerial displays for visitors to notice. To celebrate all our birds, but especially those we have mentioned, show your Wings Over Wairarapa tickets to our

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The Beltex sheep, hailing from Belgium, is a double-muscled breed: known for its stout, sinewy physique, and substantial rear-end. These characteristics create more meat per carcass, leading to higher returns for farmers.

“The rams have done well – they’re structurallysound animals, and we look forward to seeing what their progeny can do.” Martinborough sheep and beef farmer Stuart Ross has purchased Beltex-Suffolk rams from Beltex NZ – and believes Beltex could be “the future” of the New Zealand sheep meat industry.

The sheep were introduced to the country by Beltex NZ in 2016 – the first overseas breed to arrive in New Zealand in over a decade. Since then, Beltex NZ-bred stock has been in hot demand – with farmers from Northland to Bluff paying handsome prices to introduce Beltex rams to their breeding programmes. “We’ve had great feedback so far,” Beltex NZ cofounder Blair Gallagher says. “Beltex are a very well put together animal. Because of their muscling, they have quality carcass conformation, and produce a high proportion of meat.

“It’s unbelievable how much meat is on them,” he says. The lambs are strong, healthy and good doers all round. Beltex have potential to do more for our industry than any other breed.” Don Morrison, Rosedale Growbulk, Waikaka, “Introducing the muscling and carcass attributes of the Beltex breed into our maternal Growbulk breeding programme has been the logical way to maximise the superior attributes into commercial breeding ewes.”

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cycling among the timber trucks on narrow roads isn’t for me and there’s no public transport in our neck of the woods. That aside, I found the chapters on farming were excellent. Yes, we must change but the commission has analysed the changes needed and how we need to get there. The suggested improvements in land and climate information is most welcome as is the improvement in the supply of relevant andNEW! timely Black

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“Farmers who have bought our rams to breed with their current stock have reported high meat yields in their lambs. They’re amazing sheep. They probably won’t win a beauty contest – but they’re all meat.”

Due to some discussion around the tenderness of Beltex meat, we are very pleased with the results of a 2-year Landcorp progeny test trial.

In the first year the “Shear Force” (tenderness) measurement means for the progeny groups ranged from 3.6 to 7.2 (KgF. A measure of shear force measures tenderness). The one Beltex sire had the 4th = lowest measurement at 3.9, a value 22% below the mean of all groups!

“This has allowed the introduction of Beltex carcass attributes into commercial flocks which not only supply the majority of processed lambs from all farms, but also the ability to cumulatively build those attributes in retained breeding ewes.” “No compromise has been made to maternal fertility levels, lamb survival has been further enhanced and the production traits around growth, muscling and meat yield have resulted in a $12 premium/lamb measured against traditional Black Face terminal Sires.”

The date for the annual ram lamb sale, is Friday 5TH March 2021. There will be at least 100 ram lambs up for sale, including the first Interbred Beltex Suffolk rams offered. These are all out of 4 and 6 tooth Beltex Suffolk ewes by a Beltex Suffolk Ram, purchased from Pareora Downs ... a meaty sound Ram with excellent figures. The lambs have very good growth rates and are very dark in the face. Also, we will have more of the popular Beltex Cheviot Ram lambs, as well as Beltex Cheviot ewe lambs that will be sold by auction for the first time in New Zealand.

Beltex Beltex In the second year, the Beltex sire was 10th of 33 submitted rams, with a value 10% below the mean of the progeny from the submitted rams. We welcome all feedback from any on-farm trials using Beltex genetics.

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Crown prosecutor Adele Garrick read a victim impact statement from Te MaariCumming’s mother, Pauline Cumming. In it, she said that the two men had been friends for 18 years since ﬁrst meeting at school in Pirinoa. Cumming said it could have been any one of them driving that night. didn’t she Although condone drink-driving, she said sending Tipoki to jail wouldn’t achieve anything and only cause more harm. “No sentence will be harsher than being the only survivor of

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38 Wairarapa Midweek Community Events Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm at the Masonic Village Hall, 35 Edith St. Contact Jane Flowerday [027] 221-1878. Wairarapa Property Investors: Masterton Club, 98 Chapel St, 7pm. New members welcome. Guest speaker Paul Wright one of Wellington’s largest landlords. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Open Mic: 7.30pm start, at the Tin Hut, Tauherenikau. All welcome. Belly Dance for Beginners: Featherston Community Centre. 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. The Salvation Army Oasis: Gambling addiction help, free service, counselling service available, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Call [06] 370-3317/[021] 804-339 [any time] – Ramil Adhikari. Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Contact Rachel Horwell [022] 077-2654. Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. 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 into one of our hubs or call to make an appointment [Level One only]. Free phone and video help also available call 0800-373-646. Martinborough: St Andrew’s Church, 9.30-11am. Featherston: Union Church, 1.30-3.30pm. 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 at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club [behind clock tower Carterton], at 1pm. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton. Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Call [022] 373-4299.

Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 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 Senior Citizens & Beneficiaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342. Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: 6.30-8.30pm, Savage Club Hall, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call secretary, Gloria [027] 628-5889. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Karaoke: 7.30pm, Club Wairarapa, 20 Essex St, Masterton. Aratoi Exhibitions: Terri Te Tau: Whakatau Miromiro to February 28; Crystal Chain Gang In Flux and Sam Duckor-Jones HI! to March 7. Masterton Social Badminton Club: Wairarapa College gym, Cornwall Street entrance, 7-9pm. Contact Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113. Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808. Masterton Variety Club: 0am-noon, 10 Albert St, Masterton. New members welcome. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606. Seniornet Wairarapa: 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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Rediscovering John de Joux: An exhibition of works until mid-March by Featherston potter John de Joux, at Mazzola Jewellery & Gallery, corner of Fitzherbert St and Boundary Rd, Featherston. Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, meet at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am-4.30pm. Contact featherston. fusiliers@gmail.com Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Billie Sims 378-2949 or Jenny 377-0859. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open

10am-1pm. Cobblestones Museum: Open 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. 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. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Available free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888. 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. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Sat: 11.30am3.30pm Sun: 11.30-1.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 3799021 or 379-5564. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Call Abby Waterson [021] 0256-6719. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Wairarapa Country Music Club: Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton, at 1.30pm.

Call Paddy 377-0730. Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: At Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 344-. Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, MARCH 1 Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm at Featherston Community Centre. Call Shaun [027] 672-6249. Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.40am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm, all members and visitors welcome. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322. Watercolour For Beginners: Class at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St, 10am-noon. 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] 1574909. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or

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Brian 377-4066. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House Call 379-4092. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm MonFri. 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: 7.308.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Epilepsy Support Group: 11am at the Salvation Army office, 210 High St South, Carterton. Call 0800 20 21 22. Citizens Advice Bureau: Free and confidential advice, Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222. Masterton District Brass Band: 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 574-0742. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 0330550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, MARCH 2 Parkinson’s Hydrotherapy Class: 10.30am at the Rec Centre Pool, Masterton $3.60 entry fee. Contact Jane Flowerday [027] 221-1878. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Billie Sims 378-2949 or Jenny 377-0859. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish

378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Masterton Toastmasters: At Salvation Army Hall, 210 High St, Carterton, at 7.30pm. Call Ben [027] 892-0730. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Martinborough Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St. Martinborough. Contact Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Seniornet Wairarapa: 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 into one of our hubs or call to make an appointment [Level One only]. Free phone and video help also available call 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. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 11am-1pm. 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] 2996389. 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] 3088109. 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 379-6999. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the YMCA. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748. Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet: 9am for 9.15am start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the clock tower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Greytown Miniature Makers: 10am-2pm to make small thing in scale. All skill levels. Call Kaylene [06] 304-8532. Toi Wairarapa – Heart of Arts: 10 Minute Bites, 12.10pm, BYO sandwich. Housie: 7pm, at the Martinborough Bowling Club, Regent St. Maungaraki Probus: At Masterton Club, Essex St, Masterton, at 10am. Call secretary Susan Brader 370-8699/[027] 272-1892.

Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 7-9pm. 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. Age Concern: Exercise for Seniors 1.30pm Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. 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) 6349167 or Lesley (021) 299-6389. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton. Wed-Sun, 11am-3pm. Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll, beginners 7.30pm; Intermediate level 8pm, at Club Wairarapa, Masterton. Call [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. Drop into one of our hubs or call to make an appointment [Level One only]. Free phone and video help also available call 0800-373-646. Masterton: Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, pre-schoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Cards: 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] 308-8556. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Club: Craft and chat afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.30-11am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or 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 with at least two performances each year, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 3701604 [church office]. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15am for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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PAPAWAI MARAE KAUMATUA HOUSING TRUST We wish to notify all beneficiaries of an application to remove the following trustees: 1. Danny Matthews (dec) 2. Moana Te Whaiti 3. Niniwa Munro 4. Ron Mark Details for the hearing is: Venue: Copthorne Solway, High Street, Masterton Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2021 Time: 12.00 noon If there are any objections to this application, please respond in writing to the Māori Land Court Tākitimu by phone on (06) 974 7630 or by email at mlctakitimu@justice.govt.nz using ref: A20200015503.

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Robbie Anderson scored 22 in Coasties innings of 111-7.

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Coasties upset Lansdowne in T20 shield final CRICKET

Chris Cogdale Jack Wakeling starred with bat and ball for Lone Star Coasties in their upset 22-run victory in the Wairarapa Cricket T20 Community Shield final on Saturday. Jackson Street Bar Lansdowne went into the final with an unbeaten record in the competition and would have been confident of completing a perfect championship when they restricted Coasties to 111-7 off their 20 overs. Scoring was always difficult on the Queen Elizabeth Park Oval pitch, which offered plenty of assistance to the bowlers. That was evident from

the start with the Coasties openers Robbie Anderson and George Tatham struggling to put bat to ball. Anderson, with the score at 40-2, almost half the overs had gone, and a three-figure total looked a forlorn hope. Wakeling, though, changed the game with a watchful 34 not out from 31 balls, including only one four, which in the context of the game, proved to be the match-winning innings. Coasties were in a position to post a total approaching 120 entering the final over, but four wickets, including a hattrick to Jaco Vorster, gave Lansdowne a lower-thanexpected target to chase

down. However, batting proved just as difficult for Lansdowne, and they struggled to make headway against the steady Coasties bowlers. Wakeling picked up two early wickets in his first spell and then came back to pick up the last two wickets to secure a resounding victory. Wairarapa Mitsubishi Greytown won the second tier Plumbing World Trophy by default from Featherston.

BRIEF SCORES

Lone Star Coasties 111-7 [Jack Wakeling 34no, Robbie Anderson 22; Jaco Vorster 5-16] beat Jackson Street Bar Lansdowne 89 [Jack Wakeling 4-17, Hugo Wakeling 2-11, Sam Johnston 2-14] by 22 runs.

Martinborough ahead TENNIS

Chris Cogdale Martinborough won two of the three doubles matches to beat Masterton 5-4 in a thrilling Wairarapa Tennis Regional One Interclub clash at Martinborough on Saturday. In doing so, Martinborough extended their lead to 10 points and were now virtually assured of playing in next month’s final. It is the second time in the championship that a clash between the two clubs has been decided in the doubles, after the firstround encounter was won by Masterton. Masterton dominated the men’s singles on Saturday with straight-sets wins to Boon Huxtable over Marco de Groot [6-1 6-4], William Day over Ed Wilkie [6-4 7-6], and Liam Kerr over Rob Marshall [6-4 6-2].

Matt Nicholson won his singles and doubles for Martinborough. PHOTO/FILE

Matt Nicholson pulled a point back for Martinborough with a 6-1 6-3 defeat of Rhys Hooper. Martinborough’s women evened the tie after the singles, with Rhona Lovell and Katherine Jacobs claiming straight-sets victories. Lovell defeated Deb Kerr 6-1 6-0, and Jacobs edged Julie Foley 6-2 7-6. Liam Kerr and Foley gave Masterton the

lead, beating Marshall and Jacobs 6-3 6-4 in the mixed doubles, but Martinborough won the second mixed doubles and the men’s doubles to wrap up the victory. De Groot and Lovell were pushed to three sets by Hooper and Deb Kerr, winning 4-6 6-0 7-5. Wilkie and Nicholson prevailed over Huxtable and Day in the tightest match of the day 1-6 7-5 7-6, which was Huxtable’s first loss in interclub play since February last year. Martinborough lead the championship on 28 points, with Masterton on 18, and Opaki on nine points. Masterton and Opaki will meet in the final fixture of the reverse singles and mixed doubles round on Friday night. Opaki need to win to keep alive their prospects of making the final.

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Jackson makes history RUGBY

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Chris Cogdale Andrea Jackson is delighted and says it’s a privilege to be appointed chief executive of the Manawatu Rugby Union. In doing so, Jackson becomes the first woman to lead a top-flight provincial rugby union in New Zealand. Jackson, 42, has been the Masterton District Council’s manager of community facilities and activities for five years and is a director on the Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Union board. She said those roles had given her insight into the challenges of her new position. “Working for local government is all about being connected to your community, and being on the WBRU board has given me an insight into the world of rugby administration, both challenges and opportunities,” she said. “Community is key [and] building that connection and encouraging participation in rugby in the Manawatu at a community level is one of the challenges of the job.” Manawatu Rugby chairman Tim Myers is rapt to have attracted

a person of Jackson’s calibre. “Her competencies, skills and her experience are what determined her appointment,” he said. “We are certain that Andrea’s appointment will further inspire young women in our region, which is an added bonus. “Andrea has a proven track record of successfully managing and leading people at an executive level, [and] upon her commencement, Andrea will be able to gain immediate traction in this area. “Secondly, Andrea has wide-ranging experience with a diverse stakeholder base, from volunteers through to commercial partners. “We feel very confident that Andrea is the change agent we need to make tangible progress relative to the objectives and aspirations we have as a union.” Jackson is uncertain when she will take up the role but said the first steps will be getting to know and be part of the Manawatu community and building relationships with the staff, the board, and key partners. “The job is really about creating a ‘one team’ culture from grassroots to the Turbos [men’s team]

and Cyclones [women’s team]. “My job is to ensure the support is in place to enable people to perform on the field, whether that’s primarily for fun, or at a higher level.” Jackson will move permanently to Manawatu, which was a requirement of the job, but said she would leave Masterton with a heavy heart. “I’ve really enjoyed my time at Masterton District Council working for and with an amazing community that I am proud to call home,” she said. “I have an outstanding team which have achieved some great things over the past five years – catching up on years on deferred maintenance to places such as the Queen Elizabeth Park grandstand, ACM building, upgrade of the Lido pool, toilets at Henley Lake, [and] new facilities such as the McJorrow Park playground, supporting a new netball facility, new toilets at Castlepoint and an increased focus on our parks and open spaces. “Lastly and most importantly, the way we do council mahi with our community.”

Andrea Jackson at Trust House Memorial Park. PHOTO/FILE

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