Wairarapa Midweek Wed 4th August by Wairarapa Times-Age

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Taylor-made tour says thanks Black Caps star Ross Taylor has been one of the most recognisable players in world cricket for more than a decade, but he hasn’t forgotten his roots, JOHN LAZO-RON reports. World test cricket champions the Black Caps have been bowling people over with their national mace tour, giving fans a chance to get a glimpse and a pic of the prestigious silverware. The Black Caps won the inaugural World Test Championship ﬁnal in June, toppling favourites India by eight wickets in a heavily rain-interrupted match in Southampton, England. The mace tour reached Wellington last Friday, and Masterton’s very own Ross Taylor, who hit the winning runs on that day, was right there to greet them. Taylor told Midweek that doing the tour was the Black Caps way of saying thank you to Aotearoa for their support during their title campaign.

“Doing this tour has been fantastic,” Taylor said. “It’s nice to thank the public of New Zealand for their support over the years and show it to them in such a way. It’s also a nice way of showing the next generation and inspiring them to play cricket and hopefully win it again in the years to come.” It was ﬁtting that Taylor hit the winning runs to ﬁrmly put the mace

in New Zealand’s hands and do it with captain Kane Williamson. However, Taylor said he initially felt more relief than joy when the historic moment occurred when asked how he felt out in the middle at the time. “It was a strange feeling because it

was almost relief more than anything, to be honest. You’re entrenched in the moment of the game, so it’s almost relief once you get there because it was a big pressure situation,” he said. Continued on page 3

Black Caps stars Will Young and Ross Taylor, who have family links to Wairarapa, were part of the squad that recently won the inaugural cricket World Test Championship. The World Test Championship Mace was on display for Black Caps fans to get a picture with. PHOTOS/JOHN LAZO-RON

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Obituary

Osborne gets his rainbow clocktower Mike Osborne, a prominent Carterton community volunteer and advocate for climate change action, died on Tuesday afternoon after a heart attack. He was 68. Full story P10.

Entertainment

Right royal scrabble fun

Fundraiser

A maiden Wairarapa scrabble tournament recently held in Featherston has rekindled interest in the renowned board game among word lovers in the region. Full story P4.

Schools to host fundraising concert Rathkeale College’s Trust House Auditorium will be ﬁlled with the sound of music this coming Tuesday, with elite choir Viva Camerata taking to the stage for a fundraising concert. Full story P6.

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Greytown’s month-long mid-winter festival heads into its ﬁnal week, with well-dressed canines being the talk of the town. Full story P8.

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Taylor keen to share the spoils Continued from page 1 “I suppose the worst-case scenario was a draw. Even on that last day, the most realistic result was going to be a draw, so it was nice to have pulled that out of the bag and actually win the game.” You can understand why Taylor felt that relief after having gone through so many close world title encounters. Taylor was part of the Black Caps side that suﬀered a heartbreaking loss to England in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

I feel very privileged and lucky to be part of such a successful Black Caps team. New Zealand drew level with the English on that day but lost the match on boundary count. After that match, Taylor admitted he thought a world title was out of his reach. “Yeah, I didn’t think [a world title opportunity] would happen again, so to play in a ﬁnal and then to win it was amazing, so that was a big honour and relief for me.” A product of Landsdowne Cricket Club, Taylor said he planned, alongside New Zealand Cricket, to bring the mace to Wairarapa as part of an East Coast tour to thank those from the region who supported him throughout his career. “I’m looking forward, with New Zealand Cricket, to bring the mace to Wairarapa and the East Coast in time,” he said. “Obviously couldn’t do it on this tour, but should be able to do that in the coming months, so that’ll be exciting. “We had a few Wairarapa people who came to Palmerston North and Wellington to see this mace, so it will be nice for them to celebrate with us right there and hopefully get a photo and also a chance for me to thank the

people of Wairarapa who have supported me over the years as well.” Black Caps up and coming star Will Young, also in Wellington for the tour, has his own links to Wairarapa. Young’s mother, his grandfather and two of his uncles went to Wairarapa College. His grandad and one of his uncles still live in Masterton. While Young did not play in the final, he was part of the strong Black Caps test championship squad and is undoubtedly a star in the making. Young said he felt honoured to be part of this side that has made New Zealand sporting history, but cricket history itself. “I feel very privileged and lucky to be part of such a successful Black Caps team,” he said. “I know I haven’t played as much as these other guys, but it’s awesome to have been over there and be part of it all and experience what it’s like to win a world championship for your country.” Young praised Taylor for the support and guidance he had shown him over the years, not only on the national side but also domestically. “It’s been good. I do have to put up with his jokes, but Ross has been awesome to me,” he quipped. “Even as a youngster coming into the CD [Central Districts] side nine or 10 years ago, he’s always been there offering advice and been a mentor figure for me, and now joining him in the Black Caps is really cool.” One of the big questions about Taylor, now that he has achieved a world title is when will he give up the gloves and bat? Taylor said he still had a bit of cricket left in him, and was not ready to retire yet, which he reiterated on Friday. “I’m just trying to get through this summer, and we’ll see how we go from there.”

Black Caps Ross Taylor and Will Young signed autographs and posed for pics with fans on their nation mace tour. PHOTOS/JOHN LAZO-RON

Fans got the chance to get a pic with the mace.

A long line of fans fronted up at Te Papa in Wellington to see the mace and get pics and autographs with Black Caps players.

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A maiden Wairarapa scrabble tournament in Featherston has rekindled interest in the renowned board game among word lovers in the region. More than 25 wordwizards from Wellington and Wairarapa showed up at the Royal Hotel in Featherston on July 25 for the Masterton Scrabble Club’s ‘Royal Scrabble Day’. The Royal Scrabble Day, the club’s inaugural competition since it was founded in November last year, was set as a ‘fun’ tournament for players of all levels, with four different categories put in place. So nobody would feel out of their depth, players were allocated to those groups based on experience. Close to half the field were playing in their first Scrabble tournament but managed to keep up with the game’s quick pace. Tournament organiser and founder of the Masterton Scrabble Club Sue McRae said Royal Scrabble Day was about providing an opportunity for some of their newest members to experience their first tournament in a fun atmosphere. “This was special because we hadn’t done one before because the club’s quite new and we’re trying to give people an experience of what a tournament is like without putting them off,” she said. “If you go to a proper tournament, it’s all very

serious with scrabble having very strict rules around timing and adjudication, so we wanted to hold a fun tournament for members where that pressure isn’t on them.” “We also just wanted to show people what it’s

National A-grade scrabble player Nick Ascroft from Wellington competed at the Royal Scrabble Day in Featherston.

like to play all day because most of them only play for an hour or two on a Wednesday afternoon. “It was great and people really got into the spirit of the occasion.” Some players dressed up for the occasion while the Royal Hotel provided a suitably regal backdrop. Spot prizes were awarded in each round for things like the highestscoring word or best ‘vowel motion’ [word full of vowels]. Local businesses ‘C’est Cheese’ and ‘For the Love of Books’ provided some

of the spot prizes, while the venue arranged a special lunch deal and sponsored one of the main prizes. Although it wasn’t what you would call your typical scrabble tournament, Royal Scrabble Day still managed to draw some big-time Scrabble players, with national A-grade players Nick Ascroft and Howard Warner [New Zealand’s number one] getting in the mix on the day. McRae said it was an enjoyable day all round, and that it went better than expected, but it was what happened posttournament that really took her by surprise. On the following Wednesday, when the club gathered for scrabble games at Masterton Library, the turnout was their most significant so far. “Surprisingly, I thought everyone would have had enough scrabble for a week after all day scrabble on Sunday,” she said. “But on Wednesday, we had the biggest turnout since we started, so Royal Scrabble Day definitely helped get more people addicted to the game.” Due to the tournament’s success, McRae said the club would look into staging its next tournament in the near future. • The club gathers every Wednesday at the Masterton Library from 1pm to 4pm and welcomes players of all levels.

Above and below: There was a decent turn out to the Masterton Scrabble Club’s Royal PHOTOS/SUPPLIED Scrabble Day tournament in Featherston recently.

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Ngaumutawa Rd would benefit students who lived across the highway. Students who lived in nearby Solway Cres currently had to walk to the pedestrian crossing near the Solway Caltex service station if they wanted to cross safely – a walk of 650 metres in the wrong direction. Many parents opted to drive their children to school instead. “They have really struggled to find a safe way to get over the road,” Bridges said. “That pedestrian crossing will be really good for them, being able to actually walk here.”

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He said local businesses would also benefit from the changes, with more pedestrian accessibility. The pedestrian crossing was planned for the east side of a new roundabout at Ngaumutawa Rd. Raised platforms would slow traffic approaching the roundabout. NZTA had also proposed new pathways for cyclists and pedestrians on the sides of the road. In the past two years, NZTA held meetings for community consultation in the school hall. “I think they’ve actually taken on board just about everything that we have suggested.”

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Wairarapa schools to host fundraising concert Rathkeale College’s Trust House Auditorium will be ﬁlled with the sound of music next Tuesday, with elite choir Viva Camerata taking to the stage for a fundraising concert. Notching up considerable success in the past 20 years, the choir, which combines students from both Rathkeale College and St Matthew’s Collegiate, has competed at the annual Big Sing choral festival since 2012. This includes a hardwon spot in the Big Sing National Finale among

the top 24 choirs in New Zealand. Big Sing is an annual journey for over 250 choirs comprising close to 10,000 students across New Zealand. Viva Camerata is no exception. Repeating their success from 2019, Viva will again perform at Cadenza with 35 other choirs from around New Zealand. Combining the excitement of a competitive, ﬁnale-style event with the extra dimension of massed workshops, Viva Camerata features an international

choral specialist, who also acts as an adjudicator. It culminates in a public gala concert where all choirs at the festival showcase an item from their repertoire and sing together music prepared with the international guest. With Cadenza festivals taking place in three centres, including the South Island and upper North Island, choir director Kiewiet van Deventer is relieved that Viva Camerata will be performing in Whanganui, a drivable distance.

“The challenge with any overnight events is the ﬁnancial burden it places upon families,” she said. “We are very fortunate to have the active support of our community to assist our fundraising eﬀorts.” Van Deventer said the students have already been busy holding bake sales at school. “Every little bit counts,” she said. “And our students enthusiastically commit to raising money to help cover costs. We are also thrilled with the community support we have received,

Viva Camerata performing at the Wellington regional Big Sing competition at the Michael Fowler Centre in June. PHOTO/ SUPPLIED

with other schools supporting our concert as well.” Viva Camerata will showcase their eightminute programme alongside choirs from Solway College and Masterton Intermediate School. ‘Dixon’s List’, recently lauded at Smoke-Free Rock Quest, will be performing two of their own songs, and Waicol’s ‘Dragonﬂy’ will also take to the stage. A silent auction with various prizes, a raﬄe and refreshments will also be sold to boost

fundraising eﬀorts. Van Deventer said that what was special about the group is the students’ passion for creating beautiful music together. “It’s always amazing when they hold a new harmony, and their eyes light up as they realise they’ve got it. There’s something about human voices coming together in sync that’s magical.” • The fundraising concert will be on Tuesday, August 10 at 6.30pm in the Trust House Theatre at Rathkeale College.

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Pooches show off their stylish stuff Sue Teodoro

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Greytown’s month-long mid-winter festival went into its ﬁnal week with well-dressed canines being the talk of the town. More than 150 people of all ages headed to Stella Bull Park to watch about 30 pups [and their humans] compete for a range of covetable prizes. Doggy punks, construction workers and ballerinas jostled with canine Santas and others as they took part in the ‘Doggy Strut’. There were prizes for best trick, best-dressed dog and an owner and dog lookalike category. Event organiser Rachael Fletcher said it was good fun. “It was extremely successful and hilarious. There was a great vibe, and the dogs were surprisingly well-behaved.” Rusty, a wheaten terrier, and his owner’s son Dino won the dog and owner lookalike contest. “They had matching hair,” Fletcher said. Rusty’s owner, Liza Karsanidis, said the win had come as a surprise. Rusty and Dino had

Rusty with owner Liza Karsanidis. PHOTO/JET PRODUCTIONS

dressed up in matching Toy Story themed outfits. The film had been a favourite of Dino’s as a child. “We designed his outfit last night, so it was a bit hectic. Unfortunately, Rusty got groomed recently, so did not have too much hair,” she said, adding that Dino had not recently been to the groomer. “It worked well, and it was a lot of fun. It was a really nice event. Big ups

to the organisers.” The prize had been a ‘Buddyrider’ pet seat from Greytown store Blackwell and Sons. The specially designed accessory basket allows dogs to sit upfront of their owner’s bicycle. Doggie treats and other dog-themed items were available, followed by a dog-themed nosh-up from Greytown restaurant The Oﬀering. The menu included the ‘funky dog’, described as ‘a seriously pimped hot-dog’.

The ﬁnal ‘People’s Choice’ category allowed people to choose their favourite canine online at the Greytown Village Facebook page. Voting is currently open. The dog with the most votes wins a free groom from Park and Bark. Greytown’s Festival of Christmas continues this week with a range of winter-themed food and drink events, as well as live entertainment.

Missing hiker spends cold night in the bush John Lazo-ron

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A hiker reported missing last Wednesday evening in the Tararua Forest Park walked himself out safe and well the next morning after spending a night in the bush. A 21-year-old man was reported missing at 6.30pm when he hadn’t returned from a day hike through the Waiohine Track. A land search and rescue [SAR] team was deployed immediately. They found footprints and searched all the way to Cone Hut, but there was no sight or further trace of him. They resumed their search early in the morning, with helicopters and an additional land SAR team accompanied by dog units brought in to aid in the search. The man eventually walked into the Tararua Forest Park car park about 10am, where his father and Land SAR oﬃcials were waiting. Masterton Police constable Richard Butler, who was involved with the Wairarapa SAR team deployed, said there were no medical issues to deal with and that the man seemed well, despite being minimally equipped for a night in the freezing cold. “He didn’t seem overly

phased by it all when he walked in [to the carpark],” he said. “But it would have been unpleasant for him to spend the night with the gear he did or didn’t have because it would have been cold and I’m sure he would have been damp in some way, shape or form. “The Tararua’s can get really rough when you’re in the middle of it and it’s probably lucky it didn’t rain overnight but he managed to get through that. “Thankfully, he managed to get himself out.” Butler said the overnight incident was a timely reminder for hikers to take appropriate gear when they took long walks, in case they ran into a spot of bother. “At the end of the day, he was minimally equipped for winter tramping and he just ran out of time and light, so he had to spend a night in the bush because he didn’t have a light source to continue walking in the dark,” he said. “It is important to bring the appropriate gear because if you do have a hiccup like that, you’re better equipped to deal with it. “We do recommend, especially in the winter months, that people take some overnight gear if they can,” Butler said.

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10 Wairarapa Midweek Carterton Wednesday, August 4, 2021 OBITUARY MIKE OSBORNE 01/02/1953 – 27/07/2021

Osborne finally gets rainbow clocktower in Carterton Tom Taylor

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Mike Osborne, a prominent Carterton community volunteer and advocate for climate change action, died last week after a heart attack. He was 68. Osborne was known for his participation in community groups and many submissions to council. He was a leader in the unsuccessful movement for a colourful clock tower in the town centre. His wife Aneta Bond said Osborne was a driving force behind many initiatives, including Toastmasters, the Limelight Theatre, and Wai Art. “He had a vision about his community identity and prosperity and worked with people in a nondivisive way,” Bond said. “He was a man with the biggest heart, a quirky sense of humour and a huge zest for life.” Osborne had three daughters, Sian, Phoebe, and Bella. “He was never one to

Mike Osborne in his vegetable garden at his home near Mt Holdsworth. PHOTO/FILE

leave a party early, so it was a bit of a surprise,” Bella said. However, she said it was her father’s gentle presence and calm nature that the family would miss the most. Mayor Greg Lang said Osborne would have made a great councillor. Osborne had run for councillor at the Carterton

byelection earlier this year. He also stood for council in 2019 and the mayoralty in 2016. “You had to admire his commitment to his beliefs and the way he went about presenting them to council,” Lang said. Osborne was concerned with how climate change and water issues would aﬀect the district.

He often wrote about climate change issues in his regular columns in the Wairarapa Midweek. Osborne would leave his mark on Carterton through his street art projects. The council lit up the town’s clocktower in rainbow colours at the weekend in memory of Osborne.

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Carterton woman arrested A woman was arrested in Carterton last week for her part in a Wellington shooting on the weekend. A 41-year-old woman was found with a gunshot injury in Vogeltown at about 2.45pm on July 25. She remained in a stable condition in hospital. A 32-year-old woman appeared in Masterton District Court charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the shooting. She was remanded in custody. Officers investigating the incident ran two search warrants in Wellington and Wairarapa yesterday morning. Police are continuing to investigate the shooting, and officers want to speak to anyone who may have seen a distinctive blue early-2000s station wagon in the Wellington city area between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on July 25. This includes anyone who may have relevant dashcam footage. “We also want to thank Travers St and Vogeltown residents for their assistance and understanding while our staff have conducted enquiries in the area over the past three days.”

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, August 4, 2021 EDITORIAL

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To gun or not to gun? Should police carry guns with them or not? That is one of the hottest questions going around at the moment after two recent gun-related incidents in Auckland and Hamilton, as well as a fatal shooting of a police officer in June 2020. In the two recent incidents, police shot two men in gun battles. The first was in Hamilton, where police returned fire after being shot at five times from a parked car in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest, where it ended in a fatality. The second was in Auckland within 24 hours of the Hamilton shooting, where police shot and injured a man who had stolen and crashed two cars, holding a gun to the heads of at least two people. In the wake of the shootings, the one in Hamilton particularly, I was surprised to see so many negative comments on social media towards the police for shooting and ending a man’s life.

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John Lazo-Ron Yeah, someone dying in a gun shooting is never going to be pleasant for anyone. And that includes the perpetrator because they would have had a family. But what was the cop supposed to do? People suggesting the cop should have aimed at his legs or another part of the body so it wouldn’t have ended in death is ludicrous. Do you think a police officer has time in the heat of such a moment to calibrate where he’s going to aim precisely? Also, don’t police officers have the right to defend themselves? I’m sure most would answer yes, but that doesn’t fully answer the question of whether they should always carry a gun with them. I’m 50-50 on it, but more leaning towards they

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should start to consider it. I’ve always loved living in a peaceful New Zealand where gun violence isn’t a significant issue and officers don’t need to carry guns with them. However, with gunrelated crime on the up, I feel another incident could be just around the corner, and it wouldn’t be fair for a police officer to be left stranded in such a situation again. Seeing guns being carried by police officers would take time to adjust to, I admit. And I would rather lean towards keeping the status quo. But unfortunately, we live in bizarre times. If gun-related crime continues to rise as it is, then I think in the name of safety, police will end up having no choice but to look further into it.

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The best way to start the day is … Breonna Claude Workout session.

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Diane McMahon Before my health deteriorated I would go for a beautiful morning run. So fresh.

Victoria Albert Go back to sleep. David Marinan Waking up on time.

Jill Bebbington Catching the 6am bird call with Radio NZ.

Roxana Espinal With a grateful prayer.

Alanna Saunders 6am walk with the dog.

Graeme Burnard Waking up. Always relieved when that happens.

Richard Alan Dahlberg With a cuppa, and a watch of the news.

Miriam Coulter Prayer, then hop out and spread some joy, love and laughter. Jocelyn Konig Get out of bed.

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A LEGAL AND VOLUNTARY END OF LIFE CHOICE The End of Life Choice Act 2019 (“the Act”) will come into force in November 2021. To date it has been the subject of emotive support, criticism and misinformation. The focus of this article is on the law as it presently stands. The key points to note are: Any decision you make about whether you want to use the Act’s processes, or not, cannot be made in advance. A decision cannot be made for you by your family members, or medical staff. this means your wishes on using the processes outlined in the Act, or not, cannot be included in your will, or your advance medical directive/living will. The Act cannot be used by people “wanting to turn off your life support” or make medical decisions for you when you cannot make them yourself. In certain specific medical situations you will have the possibility of personally making your own choice to obtain medical assistance to take steps to end your life. This is a personal choice, which will be subject to personal moral and ethical beliefs. The Act passing into law does not make considering or using these processes compulsory. The Act could apply in situations of terminal illness where there is a likely life expectancy of up to six months, and in other specified serious medical situations. The Act does not apply to situations of disability, mental illness, or “advanced age”. The processes are only available to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents and 18 years or over. At the time any decision is made, you need to be the one making it, and you need to be competent to do so. This means a person with dementia or who is otherwise not competent cannot use the processes in the Act. A doctor cannot start a discussion about the Act, or about assisted dying. If you want to discuss these matters, or the medical processes, you need to raise these subjects with your doctor yourself. If you raise these matters with your doctor, the process is: (1) The seriousness of your medical situation will be assessed. (2) A second independent doctor must also independently certify that your wishes are your own, that you are competent to make such a decision, and that you are not subject to coercion from others. (3) If those two doctors cannot agree on your competence, a referral will be made to a psychiatrist. If you change your mind, or if the doctors suspect you are being pressured into making decisions, no further action will be taken. There is currently debate in the medical and political community about the nature of the frameworks that will need to be created to ensure that there are systems available to assist people who want to use the Act’s processes. The nature of the safeguards in place, and the extent of medical training for these issues, is also under discussion. The Government and health sector have indicated that the required planning is underway, and that detailed guidance will be issued approximately one month before the Act comes into force. What form guidance takes remains to be seen. If you would like any further information about the above matters, please let me know. I offer a free appointment to discuss the above matters or any other legal matters.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, August 4, 2021 ARATOI VOICES

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Top art comes to Aratoi Some of New Zealand’s best secondary school artwork will be on display at Aratoi Museum from August 17, as part of the annual touring Top Art exhibition. Co-ordinated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Top Art presents the portfolios of young artists who have achieved Excellence, in one of five fields of visual arts: design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. For their portfolios, artists select the best work of their final school year, to submit for NCEA Level 3 assessment. Each artist carefully sequences their artworks to demonstrate their skilful use of materials and evolution

Art work by Nikita McDonald, Whanganui Girls’ College. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

of ideas, seeking to show assessors their creative process and highlighting at the end of the portfolio, their most resolved art works. This exhibition is unique

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in that it gives emerging artists from across New Zealand a platform to creatively express their passions and concerns for the world they live in. Aratoi is proud to

continue to support and celebrate art education, and to be a part of this great opportunity for students to engage with the arts and share their art with peers. Top Art provides an opportunity for secondary students and teachers to gain an understanding of what is required to achieve Excellence at Level 3. It also allows members of the public to see the highquality art being created in schools. Kate Devenny, Aratoi educator, remembers one noteworthy artist from the 2020 exhibition, Nikita McDonald, Whanganui Girls’ College. “Her ‘vanitas’, meticulously composed paintings with layers of

symbolism laid out to be read like a book. “Mirrors within the paintings reﬂect a doorway to the spirit world, birds and ﬂowers are elements of nature that reminds us of the certainty of passing time. “But what I like most about Nikita’s paintings was the serene feeling the artist depicted and her commitment to aesthetic beauty despite the confronting subject matter. “I can’t wait to see what these talented young people have made of the particularly challenging and turbulent past year.” Top Art 2021 is on show at Aratoi from Tuesday, August 17 to midday Friday, August 20.

INTERNATIONALLY SPEAKING

All aboard for return New Zealanders’ view of Asia ˜ight to Alaska Some of you may have made a ﬂight from NZ to say, London, with a quick stopover en route. You may remember the trip as long, and exhausting, but made easier by being able to sleep and having drinks and snacks delivered to you. Imagine making that journey with no stopovers, no food or drink and done completely under your own power. One of the few birds which makes an epic journey of this sort are bar-tailed godwits/kuaka. Every spring they arrive in numerous locations around the NZ coastline, having made the long ﬂight from the Arctic to spend the summer here. What is astounding about this trip of around 12,000km is that the godwits do it in eight to 10

Bar-tailed godwit. PHOTO/NEW ZEALAND BIRDS ONLINE

days with nothing to eat or drink and no rest stops at all. That means their wings have been beating continuously for the entire time. It is the longest known non-stop ﬂight made by land-birds across water. Someone who knows more than most about bar-tailed godwits and their incredible journeys is Professor Phil Battley from Massey University. He has oﬀered to tell us more about these amazing birds at the Carterton Community Courthouse [next to the events centre], 60 Holloway St on Friday, August 13, at 7.30pm. All are warmly invited to come and hear Battley [who is a lively and entertaining speaker]. This event is hosted by Wairarapa branch of Birds NZ and is free of charge.

The August meeting of the Institute of International Affairs, in Masterton on August 12 will hear Simon Draper, executive director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, discussing how New Zealanders view Asia at a time when covid-19 has curtailed the country’s international engagement. Draper will discuss the foundation’s New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples tracking survey which found New Zealanders increasingly recognise the importance of building political, social, and economic ties with Asia. “The research also finds New Zealanders consider Asia-related competencies, including understanding of cultural protocols, to be important skills for New Zealand’s future workforce,” he said. The findings also identify shifting attitudes

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towards China. In 2020, more New Zealanders saw China posing a threat rather than being friendly towards New Zealand. Similar trends have been identiﬁed in surveys overseas, including in Australia. “But it’s interesting to see New Zealanders also named China, alongside countries such as Australia, the US, India and Japan, as a key relationship that New Zealand should put extra eﬀort into building,” said Draper. “They recognised the need to keep engaging.” Draper will share his perspectives about the

need for New Zealand to keep Asia firmly on the radar - and to keep connecting with the region at a time of continued global uncertainty. Draper joined the Asia New Zealand Foundation in September 2015 after working in various roles at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [MFAT] since 1991. These roles included director of the ministry’s United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division. • The meeting will be at Rosewood, 417 Queen St, Masterton at 8pm on Thursday, August 12. Tea and coffee from 7.30pm. All are welcome. Nonmembers: $5 door charge. For more information contact secretary Aileen Weston, phone: (06) 372 5741, email: aileen.weston@orcon. net.nz

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Brianna �ekii s�ares s�ggestions to �e�� breastfeeding �ot�ers ret�rning to work Senior �ublic �ealth �dvisor� Brianna �ekii lives in �airarapa and works across both �utt �alley and �airarapa ��Bs� She is pregnant with her second child� due in �ctober� �er first� �loise� is now two and a half and� despite going back to work when her daughter was seven months old� �loise was breastfed until she was over two� Brianna is planning to take si� months maternity leave this time around� crediting the effective and discreet advances in breast pump technology for making work far more do-able these days than it used to be for new mothers� �loise was e�clusively breastfed until she was si� months old when solids were introduced� and Brianna was adamant her baby was going to continue to receive all the advantages of breast milk even while she was working� She needed a good breast pump� and invested the time in finding one that met her needs� �rying five different pumps before landing one that really worked for her� Brianna has a key piece of advice for working mums � try out lots� ��here are lots of different brands on the market and they all offer something slightly different�� she says� �� think the best way to select your pump is to know what is important for you and make that critical to your selection�� on�t despair if the first one doesn�t meet your e�pectations�� Brianna advises� ��our breast pump is the one thing that is going to make you comfortable about leaving your baby at home while you go back to work� �t is an investment and something that� when you get the right one� you will be so pleased you put the effort in to find the most effortless option�� Breast pumps are much more unobtrusive now that they used to be� and almost silent� �ou can pump while mobile� and in almost any environment� ��he right pump is the best thing � it makes everything so much easier� �epending on your pump choice� e�pressing can be so discreet � have even e�pressed while at a conference�� hink of it like this� �f the cost of the pump is relative to the cost of formula� it is worth it� � good pump might cost you �� but formula would be three times that� over time�� Brianna says it helps a lot having a manager and colleagues that are supportive� and knowing you are amongst friends� She has rarely come up against any breastfeeding negativity� but recognises it may not be as easy for everyone� �� law stipulates that women must have space to breastfeed or e�press� that is not a bathroom� and mothers can always raise that with their workplace if need be� �nowing your rights is a good start�

Brianna knows t�at new ��s can be ner�o�s abo�t w�at ot�er �eo��e�s �erce�tions �a� be� and �as so�e s�ggestions for back to work breastfeeding ��s� ��eep your breastmilk and all your gear in a cooler bag in the fridge� �hat way� no one needs to see it directly and it makes it so easy keeping it all together � you can �ust grab and go at the end of the day�� Brianna suggests� ��nd negotiate an office with a door� or the use of one while e�pressing� �t is really important you are comfortable to allow for let-down� and best e�pressing success�� d say invest in the pump that is best for you because if it is too hard a process� you�ll give up� �onsider �fter �ay or seek an advance on your pay check if the initial outlay is difficult� �nd� if you need someone to talk it through with� get in touch��

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�ess �ongstaff is passionate about babies� �his comes as little surprise� given she has had three and works as a �idwife� �t would be easy to suggest she would take breastfeeding and going back to work in her stride� and indeed she does� but with one key message� it takes a team� �ess knows that it is not always an easy road� continuing to breastfeed while going back to work� She started her midwifery again when her second child was si� months old� and e�pressed milk for a year� �ow they are � and a half and it�s her newest babe� now one� who she is e�pressing for� She is hoping to keep breastfeeding her until she is two� �� went back to work sooner this time� when my baby was only � months old� so � did find it harder and more of a challenge to leave her�� ess admits� �But she is home with her �ad and getting all the goods from me� and � am doing what � do well here� so we are all winning�� Breastfeeding and e�pressing at work can be considered a barrier for mothers� but the reality is that women that need to go to work after having babies need to be supported to do so� and �ew �ealanders can be assured there are employer obligations in place to provide for that� ��ou need and deserve a private space to e�press�� ess says� �and if you have that and you have the support of your colleagues� it can be a lot easier than you might think�� omen are notoriously bad at asking for help�� ess says� ��n my line of work � see it all the time� But to continue to breastfeed is best for your baby and if you need to be at work then you need to e�press and� in order to do that well� you need people in your corner�� t takes a team� �ou need to know that everyone around you supports you� and you need a champion that you can lean on for support if you come across any negativity��

�ess �as fo�r to� ti�s for �ot�ers e��ressing at work� � �onsider taking a longer break than several short ones� �malgamate the entitlement breaks into a longer period so you can hydrate� rela� and encourage a better milk flow

�mail� Brianna��ekii�huttvalleydhb�org�n� for advice around � Stay hydrated� �ursing �ea is a really good supplement� and seems to really help with let down returning to work and breastfeeding� � good support network for breastfeeding mothers is �he �ittle �atch �n� held on � �at� �at more than normal and make it easy � take snack packs to work so you can gra�e often �uesdays� ��-��am in the �h�nau room� �airarapa �ospital� �i�e �o� � t�e�t� ��i�� d �� loise �el�� hile ��e�st�eedi�g (Photo supplied)

� �hank your team� �et them know how much their support means to you and your baby

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CONSERVATION KŌRERO

Cancer doesn’t stop, so we don’t either - by Natasha De La Haye

Cancer doesn’t stop because you’re young, feeling invincible and at the beginning of this marvellous adventure called life. Cancer doesn’t stop because you’re away from home seeking out new adventures and opportunities. Cancer doesn’t stop because you have tickets to the opening of a long-awaited west end show. Cancer doesn’t stop so you can accept a new job promotion. Cancer doesn’t stop so you can go to your best friend’s wedding instead of sitting in your chemo ward. Cancer doesn’t stop to think about the heartache it causes family and loved ones. Cancer doesn’t stop – full stop.

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Kaka sighted at Fensham Last week a kākā was seen at Fensham Reserve, probably for the first time in living memory. The timing of this sighting is highly symbolic, given the recent Project Kākā 1080 operation in Tararua Forest Park to eradicate TB and protect native plants and wildlife, such as kākā. Fensham Reserve, a Forest & Bird reserve just west of Carterton, has been under sustained pest and weed management by the Wairarapa Branch of Forest & Bird for over thirty years. The visit by this charismatic parrot suggests our forest restoration efforts are working. Kākā are very susceptible to predation, particularly by stoats. That kākā are visiting Fensham indicates rising numbers in the Tararua Forest Park, an increase, in part due to DOC controlling possums, rats, stoats and goats in the Project Kākā area to protect native fauna and flora against browsing and predation every three

years since 2011. This is also due to the heroic trapping efforts in recent years of the Donnelly Flat Ground Control Volunteers in the Holdsworth area to the north. OSPRI runs a possum control programme along the Tararua foothills from the Waiohine up to the Ruamāhanga. This is dwarfed by the combined OSPRI/DOC 1080 operation in the eastern Tararua Range. All this might seem like a lot of work to get a kākā to Fensham, but the real success is the increasing populations of many native bird species, the recent detection of long-tailed bats near Masterton, on Mount Holdsworth and in the Rewa Bush Conservation Area and increased survival rates for vulnerable native flora. Another factor in getting that kākā to Fensham is the beginnings of a wildlife corridor linking Fensham to Tararua Forest Park. A landowner with a large property up the Mangatārere valley,

with help from QEII Trust have an extensive predator control program in place. Over time there will hopefully be more conservation minded land owners in the district who will covenant and predatorcontrol their properties so creating linked ecological hotspots, a wildlife corridor. There is a suggestion to make use of Carterton District Council land in and near the waste water property for native forest restoration alongside the Mangatārere stream. This would further support a wildlife corridor linking the Tararua Forest Park to Fensham and then on to Carterton. We’ll then get our kākā perching atop Carterton’s iconic clock tower.

I know this because when I was 24 years old, and living my best life on my OE in London, I was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer. Yes, that’s the bad news type where the tumour tends to grow more aggressively than those without the HER2 receptor. Knowing that cancer costs -financially, physically and emotionally - I came home to NZ to undergo my cancer treatment. My treatment included invasive breast surgery, chemotherapy and 12 months of Herceptin – a trial drug at the time which in combination with the chemo was going to improve my overall survival. I’m not going to kid you, that 12 months was tough. I felt my whole identity was challenged with the consequences of surgery and hair loss from chemo.

back to London and continued my OE – the show tickets had expired, but I hadn’t! And here I am nearly 10 years after treatment and I am so grateful and privileged to be part of the next ‘sisterhood’ to provide care, support, advice and hope to others. While cancer doesn’t stop, I’ve witnessed that the love and support from family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, cancer support agencies hasn’t stopped. This has made me understand that just because cancer doesn’t stop - I don’t have to stop either!

At the time, my identity seemed to be in a co-dependent relationship with my image. And my new image wasn’t exactly the ‘walk through the door show stopper’ that any 24-year-old might aspire to on a first date, or a night out with friends.

Cancer has not stopped me from becoming a mum to my most adorable daughter. Cancer has not stopped me from my dream job, a successful real estate career. Cancer has not stopped me from pursuing my dreams and embracing adversity.

However, I was so lucky to meet a ‘sisterhood’ of women who shared their experiences and exceptional attitudes with me during my treatment. This support encouraged me to recognise that cancer cannot stop me from continuing to live my best life. With that realisation I went

My message for young women is that cancer doesn’t stop because you’re “too young” – let YOU be the differentiator to your cancer success. Be your own best advocate, align yourself to organisations that can support you – like the Cancer Society, and don’t stop!

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Contributed by Pat McLean, Forest & Bird Wairarapa • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with conservation groups to put a spotlight on work on conservation efforts locally.

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18 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, August 4, 2021 Potentially, four planets are visible in the evening sky this month, and the moon is going to direct them to us. On the 10th and as soon as it gets dark enough after sunset, you will see the moon over the ranges, sitting plonk in Leo, with Mars just south of it. But don’t get it mixed up with brilliant Venus, which is a little higher in the evening sky. She gets the chance to entertain the moon on the 11th. This should be a nice show, with the crescent moon sitting close by. On the 13th, the moon has moved into Virgo. There’s no planet here, but you can spot the ﬁrst magnitude star Spica. On the 16th, the moon is getting a lot more ﬁlled out and butts heads with the scorpion. See the scorpion’s tail spreading away towards the south. Then on the 21st the nearly full moon is in Capricornus, close to Saturn in the eastern sky. You need to look carefully just north of the moon, and ask yourself how the little moon can wash out a giant planet. Well, to answer that you only have to notice how with your house lights on you can

The stars in Orion’s belt are unrelated. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

The moon points the way Sky Watch

Nick Sault wash out giant stars. Finally, on the 22nd, the full moon sits just south of the brilliant planet Jupiter. If the moon’s brilliance seems to reduce Jupiter to looking like just another star, watch in the same place on 24th and before 7pm. The moon doesn’t rise until about 8pm In the mornings this month, the same part of the eastern sky is smothered with bright

stars. Canopus and Sirius are nearly overhead and the brilliant Orion constellation is higher in the north. I hope readers realise that the stars in the constellations are not really related. I say this because I got into a really silly internet site in which people discuss UFOs and suchlike. I don’t know why I bother, but I try to make these people see sense. Anyway, this one person

was talking about alien beings from Orion. The person had a really young sounding tag name, so I very patiently explained that nobody can come from Orion, as it is not a place. The stars are not related in any way and are all at varying distances from us. They just appear to make a shape that looks vaguely like a man. For instance, the two brightest stars at the head and foot of the hunter, reddish Betelgeuse in the north and blue-white Rigel on the south-end, are 427 and 773 light years away. But they appear almost the same brightness to us, making it seem like

they are almost the same distance away. Orion’s famous belt of three stars of seemingly matching brightness, are 800, 900 and 1300 light years distant, so they are not connected in any way, either. For my trouble I just got a lot of abuse from the person. Now if you want to see a group of stars that ARE related to each other, there’s no better place to look than the little cluster and currently topical Matariki in the northern sky. The relatively young and bluish stars of Matariki formed out of the same nebulous cloud.

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Remutaka Hill night closures 2021-2022 Planning to drive between Wellington and Masterton? You’ll need to plan your journeys to avoid 29 overnight closures of State Highway 2 over the Remutaka Hill in the 10 months between September 2021 and July 2022.

Before: Unsafe working environment, constant stop/go delays for road users

The 14km Remutaka Hill road on State Highway 2 will be closed for essential maintenance and slip prevention works on 29 nights from 9pm–4am between September 2021 and July 2022. The closures will include five block closures of five nights and four single Sunday night closures. In May, two block closures will run back to back to allow for a major project. Overnight closures on this steep, narrow road increase safety for maintenance crews and enable better quality work. Road crews are able to complete many months’ worth of maintenance in a small number of closures because multiple crews can work across the hill at the same time without causing disruption to road users. This significantly reduces stop/go disruptions for road users at other times. •

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Light vehicles can be escorted at intervals across the hill behind a pilot vehicle. Bookings are essential and should be made with the contractor at customer@capitaljourneys.co.nz More information about the closures can be found at www.nzta.govt.nz/remutaka or email remutaka@nzta.govt.nz Access will be available for emergency services throughout the closures.

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Backed with top products First Class hair Studio has been in Lansdowne for over 20 years and these days runs with a team of six. All highly experienced, they also boast an interesting range of hair products to choose from. Talk to the team before you buy, to ensure you buy well. One of the many products which First Class Hair Studio is proud of, is the Lust range – Luxury for Nature. Lust Haircare was created with an ethical approach to haircare and sits well with the Salon’s emphasis on using natural products. Lust was founded in 2014 and provides hairdressing professionals and their clients with a healthy, clean, and more sustainable solution to hair requirements than some of the chemicals used in the past by the hairdressing industry. The vast range of Lust products are 100% New Zealand made with natural ingredients and are presented in recycled packaging. Check out the exciting bar of Lust shampoo soap. It lasts and lasts and is great for all hair types.

Anne Nelson The Lust dry shampoo is great too in giving your hair a boost and creating a fuller effect. First Class Hair also stocks Angel en Provence, Paul Mitchell, and a selection of others. Also in stock is an interesting hair drier, the Silver Bullet Ethereal 2000W. It comes in some dynamic colours – hot pink, turquoise and always, the classy black. It’s a powerful drier with multiple heat and speed configurations and two styling nozzles. Easy to use, the Silver Bullet Ethereal Hair Dryer is comfortable, easy-touse, and provides precise, tailored results. So, should you feel like a spruce up in the depth of winter, contact the highly experienced team at First Class Hair Studio. They’ll help you feel like a million dollars!

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Answers are about choice These days, there are very few people who would disagree that climate change is anthropogenic – or caused by humans. Therefore, it is unsurprising that discussions about climate change often centre on who is responsible – and the related question of who should take responsibility. Does it rest with governments, fossil fuel companies, industry, producers, consumers? This is a complex question and the best answer seems to be that responsibility lies where there is power and choice. If you live in a poor country where the electricity is made by diesel generators, are you to blame for those emissions? If you are a government with a population that is highly resistant to change, how much can you be expected to do to bring in policies to steeply reduce emissions? If you are a small food producer that still uses a coal boiler because the cost to replace it is unaffordable, should you pay extra taxes on your use of fossil fuels? On the other hand, the powerful global fossil fuel companies – the world’s biggest carbon emitters – have for decades proactively blocked initiatives to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

Instead, they have continued to explore, extract and frack. They have run slick PR campaigns casting doubt on science and purposefully embedding a fossil fuel mindset in citizens’ economic and cultural thinking. Alongside this, wealthy people in the developed world have become used to a very high standard of living. Incredibly, from 1990 to 2015, the richest one per cent of people in the world caused double the CO2 emissions of the poorest 50 per cent [Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute, 2020]. The researchers cautioned that overconsumption and the rich world’s addiction to high-carbon transport were exhausting the world’s ‘carbon budget’. The industries that produce the goods that feed this overconsumption largely have short-term profit mindsets. Think of vehicle manufacturers, which have made and promoted bigger and bigger vehicles, and the throwaway fast fashion industry, which now accounts for 10 per cent of emissions globally, and airline companies, which continue to promote cheap but high-emissions holidays. It is only governments that have the power to form and implement the major policy changes that

are needed to compel companies and industries to act sustainably. And yet in the decades when climate change should have been addressed, international pledges to reduce emissions were not honoured, new permits to expand fossil fuel extraction were granted [in fact, the industry is heavily subsidised] and ever-louder warnings from climate scientists were swept aside. Now, confronted with the reality of a catastrophic future, many of the world’s governments are finally moving from setting targets to implementing wide-scale policies aimed at bringing down emissions. We will find out in the coming decade or two whether it is enough, and soon enough. This is not to say that taking individual responsibility is not also important. As citizens we can and should be responsible for what we consume – but without holding people to account where ‘choices’ are out of their control. And, importantly, taking individual responsibility must not mean letting the big polluters off the hook. In fact, it can involve demanding meaningful political action and actively supporting the large-scale policies that are needed for change.

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We’re rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations to Aotearoa New Zealand Everyone aged 60+ can book their vaccination now New Zealanders aged 60+ can book now at BookMyVaccine.nz or call 0800 28 29 26. If you’re in one of our priority groups (Groups 1, 2 and 3) and haven’t been vaccinated, don’t worry, you can still make your booking. We’re rolling out Group 4 in age bands Everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand will be able to get the vaccine – it’s free and there’s enough vaccine for everyone. With more than 2.5 million people aged under 65, to make the process flow smoothly, we’re breaking it down by age bands. We’re starting with the oldest and working our way down to the youngest.

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Bookings will open soon to the rest of Aotearoa in age bands, from oldest to youngest. Remember, once you’re eligible to be vaccinated, you can book at any time. There’s no cut off.

When it’s your time to book a vaccination Step 1: Receiving an invitation When you’re eligible, you’ll receive a letter inviting you to book at BookMyVaccine.nz. We’ll follow up with an email and text. Step 2: Make your booking Once you’ve received your invitation, or when your age band is open, go to BookMyVaccine.nz to book your appointments. If you’re unable to book online, you can ring the COVID Vaccination Healthline on 0800 28 29 26 (8am to 8pm, 7 days). We’ll make the booking for you and answer any questions. Interpreters are available if you need them. You can expect to have your first vaccination six to eight weeks after you make your booking. Depending on where and when you’d like to be vaccinated, you might find an appointment earlier. You’ll need to leave at least three weeks between your first and second doses.

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Open minds build channels more rewarding to really embed my new learning. It definitely makes the next step more accessible and everything makes sense. That’s my three-step, small-steps approach to learning French. The journey may be a slow and long one, but, like all good things, it will take time and I’ll enjoy the ride.

Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson This evening I will be attending a presentation from a group that is one I have typically not had a lot in common with in regards to my beliefs and opinions. I also attended a similar presentation a short while back, which a couple of friends commented on in a way that suggested it was something I shouldn’t be doing [in a fairly good natured way]. As it was, I enjoyed the first presentation and the same will hopefully apply to the one I attend this evening. In the first presentation there were ideas I agreed with, as well as some that I am strongly opposed to. It’s incredibly important for us to be more open minded in so much of what we do. Too often we completely shut ourselves off from what could be very beneficial ideas and strategies simply because the group sharing is a political party, religion, school, or any other organisation that we haven’t traditionally aligned ourselves with. If we are more prepared to look past our strongly held beliefs and preconceived ideas a lot more could be achieved in our personal lives and for society in general, we just need to be a lot less stubborn and a little more open minded.

Every little bit matters

Daniel Humm is regarded as one of the finest chefs in the world. There is a waiting list of 15,000 to eat in his restaurant in New York. Not only is Humm one of the world’s great chefs, he is also a kind and compassionate person. His restaurant gives away thousands upon thousands of meals to those who are struggling. When commenting on his support of others Humm shared how it almost seems overwhelming in regards to how many people he can

help; for every person in New York he supports there are thousands he can’t. However, at times when the problem almost seems too big he will focus on the individuals he does help; Humm may not be able to provide for every person who is struggling, but for those he does provide for he is making such a big impact on their lives. The message here is that when you do want to help but the situation seems just too big, don’t focus on the whole picture, instead focus on the one person you help case by case. You may not change the whole world, but you will be potentially changing the world for one person at a time.

Things aren’t always as they may seem

There are so many places around the world that we gain our opinions through a narrow lens. This could apply to a country as a whole, a city or town, a neighbourhood, a school, or even a street. I’ve just finished watching a Kiwi YouTuber who has just been on a tour of Libya, a country that most of us wouldn’t ever dream of going to. However, the experience of the traveller was overall, very positive; the country has gone through real change for good in the recent past. It does have some way to go before it becomes a tourist hotspot, but the journey has begun. Libya is an extreme example. From a more locally based perspective, perhaps there’s a venue that you have heard negative feedback on; it could be a business, a school, or a street. Maybe the person you are hearing this from got their own information second or third hand and has had no direct experience there. My view is that we should draw our own conclusions based as much as possible on first-hand experience.

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There is seemingly a lot in the world to be miserable about right now. Every day we see examples of bad news, from the pandemic, to violent crime, to the inaccessibility of housing for many in our communities. These are all extremely valid, especially if you are impacted personally by any of the three issues I have mentioned, or any other that will impact on you in a negative way. While acknowledging the many challenging issues that confront us, it’s also important to look for and acknowledge the many positive things in life. The artist Henri Martisse is one such person who did this through the paintings he created. When Matisse started out as an artist it was the more sombre works that were fashionable. However, Matisse chose to paint scenes that were light and pleasant, giving his audience a sense of positivity about the many day-to-day things that are happening all around us; if we deliberately look for them they will be there

for all of us to see and experience.

Taking small steps to learn French

Today I have reached day 150 on a Duolingo French learning streak. Through doing this I am slowly chipping away at my goal of learning French, something I have tried to do in many ways for many years, but invariably always giving up. This time, however, things have been quite different for three reasons: 1. I am using Duolingo. This programme is so accessible and easy to use. I can either do it on my phone or my iPad Pro. Regardless of where I am, provided I have Internet access, I can do my daily learning. 2. I’ve set myself a target of only doing five minutes a day. Because this is such a small amount of time there’s no excuse for not doing it. Sometimes I do more, but I always do my five minutes, which is enough time to do one lesson. 3. I’m mastering concepts before I move on. I’ve completed an earlier form of Duolingo French, but when I did it my goal was to complete the programme, not learn the language. This time I’m finding it far

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I have been following the growing popularity of an organisation. To be honest, to some extent I have been influenced by one particular aspect and focus point, to the extent I was on my way to becoming a supporter. However, there has been a sense in the back of my mind that with the good there’s also the not so good. This was reinforced today when I was listening to the book Alpha Brain by the author Stephen Duneier. In the book Duneier describes the ‘halo effect’ concept. This is essentially when we base our full impression and opinion of something purely on a very narrow focus area. For example, a parent might choose a school for their child based solely on the way the school looks [which is important], while overlooking everything else, from the quality of the teachers to the resources that underpin programmes. It’s important to be aware of the halo effect. We need to look beyond the media and sound bites to get a broad understanding and perspective of things that will have a significant impact on our lives. There will be times in which one factor is important enough to override many others, but in most cases a broad understanding will give a far greater perspective of absolute quality and potential impact. • Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a happy and purposeful life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

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Sights you see on short trip away Not one tractor pulled over to let me pass as I arrived at the Pahiatua Track. PHOTO/FILE

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We have returned from nine days away, celebrating a significant event that I am not allowed to mention. Our excitement for what lay ahead did not last long. Arriving in Pahiatua to travel over the track, we soon got stuck behind a convoy of tractors and support vehicles heading to Palmerston North for the nationwide farmers protest. Did they move over? No. We travelled all the way between 40 to 60kmh and not one vehicle pulled over to let the traffic past. It didn’t take long for me to get very grumpy and I was concerned for anyone who may have had a hospital appointment or a flight to catch. They would have been in serious trouble. I acknowledge the right of anyone to protest for a cause, but get in my way and stop me doing what I want to do, you will soon lose my support. We arrived in New Plymouth mid-afternoon without seeing the mountain once. We tried to work out where it was as we travelled up but the rain and wind got worse and worse the further north we went. The weather in New Plymouth that weekend was the most severe I have been in for a long time. In fact we never even left

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Graeme Burnard the hotel except to go out for dinner to celebrate the significant event that I am not allowed to mention. We decided to try the restaurant at the hotel on the first night. Called Marbles, it is a very popular buffet style eatery. An upmarket Valentines. The food was excellent and the staff very attentive but I was surprised at what some people thought was appropriate dress for dining out. Is a tank top, shorts and bare feet appropriate attire when dining out for dinner? One family had three kids who sat through the whole meal with their hoods over their heads. But the best was yet to come. The next morning we had breakfast in the same place. We had just sat down when in walked a group of three ladies. Mum [mid-40s], daughter [late teens] and Nana. Mum, bless her, was wearing pyjamas. Not only was she in her brushed cotton PJs, she was unfortunately [for everyone else], braless. As she moved across the restaurant to frequent the breakfast buffet, the girls

were moving completely independently to the rest of her … and just about at waist level. I was nearly put off my boiled egg. No reaction from any of the staff, so I just assumed it was a Taranaki thing. That’s not a fair comment because I have seen people in their pyjamas up town in Masterton, and at the supermarket. I have even seen someone in PJs going into the French Bakery in Greytown. Who would have thought it? Greytown!! [Probably visitors from the Naki] I did mention to the hotel manager that they might like to consider a dress code for the restaurant and I was told these people must have slipped through because there is a dress code which is not only a requirement of the hotel but it is required for health and safety. I am not sure how these people could have “slipped through” as we had to check in at a desk on arrival and be shown to our table. Anyway, I must go. I am off to get my covid jab and need to iron my onesie.

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Tora gets a second chance

It could have ended badly after she hit rocks at Tora, but the Pakura was saved by a tug and taken back to Wellington. MARK PACEY writes in his occasional series highlighting local shipwrecks. Pakura began her life as the Sunnyhill. She was built in Holland in 1922, was 180 feet long and weighed 701 tons. In 1924, she came to New Zealand and was registered at the port of Napier. She was owned by Richardson and Company and her name was changed to Pakura. She started her New Zealand career operating a shipping service between Napier and Gisborne to Wellington, starting in January 1925. Her addition to the New Zealand shipping service was mentioned in the newspapers, which also referenced one of her unfortunate predecessors. ‘The Pakura is a fine stamp of a vessel, capable of carrying a much larger quantity of cargo than the ill-fated Ripple’. The Ripple had sunk in 1924 off the Wairarapa coast with a loss of 16 lives. By 1926, Pakura had settled into a regular shipping service starting in Wellington for loading on Mondays and Tuesday, on to Napier by Thursday, and then Gisborne the following day. Then she would steam to Wellington and start all over. For the next five years she maintained this service, steaming up and down the east coast. Some of the cargo was live, with thousands of sheep making up some of the passengers that used the service. On November 8, 1931, Pakura was travelling down the Wairarapa coast to collect a load of wool from Riddiford Brothers station. When off the coast of Tora, she struck a rock 800 metres from shore and was soon grounded. With no hope of getting off the rocks on her own, she sent out a radio

WAIRARAPA SHIPWRECK message asking for help. The weather was fine at the time of her stranding and some of the crew were able to take a lifeboat and visit the shore, but they soon returned to the stricken vessel. That night, the tug Toia left Wellington to help with getting the Pakura off the rocks. Another of Richardson and Company’s vessels, the Parere, was also onsite to help if she was needed. At 2am, the first attempt was made to pull the Pakura from the rocks by the Toia. The crew of the Pakura had been transferred to the Toia for their safety. The first rescue attempt failed and the Pakura remained where she was. At 4pm the following day, another attempt was made. By this stage, another vessel, Anchor Line’s Orepuki, was also on site to help. The Toia pulled hard and when one of the swells raised the hull of the Pakura, she let go of the rocks and was moved into deeper waters. An initial inspection of the ship showed she was not taking on too much water, so the crew were able to return to their vessel. Toia and Pakura then began the slow trip back to Wellington. She arrived just before 10 in the morning and berthed at a wharf there. She had been stranded for just 26 hours, but the full extent of the damage was not yet known. The captain of the Pakura, Captain Coldicutt, praised the efforts of the Toia’s

Pakura and the tug Toia at Wellington.

Damage to the Pakura’s hull.

Captain Bullock. All were fortunate that the weather had been favourable, and some said that if it had been rough, it would have been fatal for the vessel. After discharging her cargo, the Pakura was towed to Evans Bay and hauled out of the water for an assessment. It was worse than expected.

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Bovis battle nears an end

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Grace Prior Mycoplasma bovis began running rampant through New Zealand cattle herds four years ago last month. By 2019, four Wairarapa properties were identified with the disease – but now New Zealand is crawling ever closer to total eradication. The first case of the disease in New Zealand hit on July 21, 2017. By June 7, 2018, the Ministry for Primary Industries [MPI] confirmed the first positive test results for mycoplasma bovis on a Masterton sheep and beef farm. MPI said the property was under legal controls restricting the movement of animals and other risk goods off the farm. “As part of the government and sector group programme to eradicate the disease, all cattle on the farm will ultimately be culled, in agreement with the farmer concerned about timing.” MPI said the property brought the total number of infected properties nationwide to 36. “Biosecurity New Zealand expects to find further infected properties as the extensive tracing of animal movements continues.” And they did; the total number of confirmed properties with herds infected with the disease as of late last month was 267, according to Biosecurity New Zealand. On the flip side, there were only three active confirmed properties with herds infected by the

Martinborough and Masterton spring cattle fair sale at the Masterton stockyards. PHOTO/FILE

disease as of two weeks ago. All three of those properties were in the Canterbury region. The fourth and latest Wairarapa property identified with the disease was struck in August 2019. As of two weeks ago, 172,422 cattle had been culled across New Zealand, 2,288,668 tests had been administered, and $208.7 million had been paid by the government to farmers in compensation. Biosecurity M. bovis programme director Stuart Anderson said the latest Technical Advisory Group for the mycoplasma bovis response showed New Zealand was on track to eradicate the disease. “I know that farmers who have been impacted have found the process challenging. Their contribution has not gone unnoticed or

unappreciated, and four years on since the disease was first detected, immense progress has been made towards eradication.” Vet, registered specialist in cattle reproduction, and professor at Massey University Scott McDougall said the eradication programme had evolved significantly over the four years with streamlining of the many processes required with learning by MPI and industry partners. “The programme has had significant impact on affected farmers, but improvements in processes and shortening of turnaround times for compensation, as well as support from numerous organisations, has hopefully reduced these impacts,” he said. McDougall said not unexpectedly, due to the at-times cryptic nature of infection with this bacteria,

combined with unrecorded cattle movements, cases were detected outside tracing networks through the background surveillance system. He said a Canterbury cluster and several bulk milk test positive samples reinforced the need for ongoing care with cattle movements and National Animal Identification and Tracing recording.

“With currently only three active properties, there is cautious optimism that eradication may be achievable. However, longterm surveillance will be required before freedom from infection can be declared,” McDougall said. University of Otago assistant research fellow Geoff Noller said the eradication programme had previously been heavily criticised for its “ham-fisted” response to managing the disease during its first 18 months. He said two critical reviews had been undertaken since, identifying issues including a lack of staff to handle workload, a critical shortage of skilled and experienced workers in key roles, poor or absent liaison with veterinarians, and inadequate systems and processes to support the response. “Subsequently, the programme has gained ground, with more recently-exposed farmers generally reporting increased timeliness of interventions and responses.”

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Wendy Moore

… and it’s the town clock. We are a small, tidilyknitted community who mind our p’s and q’s to keep the peace. At first, the clock’s aberrance created dissention. ‘Bloody clock,’ said our grumpy neighbour, over the garden fence. ‘Maybe it hasn’t been particularly well treated,’ I replied. ‘It’s a clock.’ ‘Indeed,’ was all I could say. It chimed randomly and struck at its own whim. We sat bolt upright in bed in the middle of one night, woken by an incessant jangling – fast and furious – and only calmed down enough to lie down again when we realised it was merely the clock. We’d lived in the Pacific where the church bells toll when a hurricane is approaching. Despite climate change we didn’t think we were yet in the hurricane belt. Properly told, the tale began when the town council approved the fireproofing of clock. Clock was furious and, to our surprise played its opening gambit by writing a letter to the council to the Daily RagTimes.

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‘Dear idiot council and townsfolk. I do not need fireproofing having survived for years with little attention from you.’ The council replied, in a conciliatory fashion and also using the Times. It felt obliged to be transparent given the flannelling it had been accused of by some ratepayers. ‘Dear Clock. We understand your sentiments but we feel

obliged to take better care of you, especially as you suffered surface damage in the great conflagration of 1923.’ Clock asserted itself. It crossed the road to the bookshop, bought ‘Ballet for Dummies’ and taught itself to pirouette. From there it progressed to drumming, bell clapper against the side. Its Shake, Rattle and Roll did damage the surrounding gardens,

to its regret. It does have enough sense not to crush passing pedestrians as its economics degree has taught it that the money they spend affords it the lifestyle it enjoys. It is what pays for the flowers in the garden, gladdening its internal workings. There is a town councilelected official with the title of Town Clockerer, employed after a couple of years of – hmm – unusual

activity. He’s also a horse whisperer and, our being fringed by rurality, is a busy man. Sometimes he shouts at the clock ‘Get in the naughty corner’ when it’s being particularly obstreperous but generally it quietens if he strokes its grey paint and talks to it sensibly and reasonably. Rather like how we all aspire to speak to our teenage children. Some outsiders say we’re in thrall to the clock but most of us shrug and suffer these rubber-neckers. Half of the townsfolk make a good second income AirB&B-ing their spare bedrooms and you can’t get a seat in the cafes at the weekends due to all the visitors from nearly Nightclubville. In a back-handed fashion, we’ve grown fond of Clock’s idiosyncrasies. • Wendy Moore is a member of the Blairlogie Writers’ Group. • They meet on the last Friday of each month except December. More information from Keith (06) 3773897 or Wendy (06) 379 8021.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 Thursday Morning Bikers: Discover your town and country pathways safely by bicycle. Short rides for everyone. Call Liz Mikkelsen [06] 216-2187 [after 5pm]. Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Masonic Village Hall, 35 Edith St. Contact Roslyn [027] 264-8623. Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. Call 0800 229 6757. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 1-4pm. Research assistance available if required – free service but donations appreciated. Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice. Masterton Variety Club Hall, 10 Albert St, 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Ian Macdonald [027] 232-5882. Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654. Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800373-646. 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, Falls Prevention Class for Men, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: South End School Hall, 275 High St South, 6.308.30pm. Contact Jacqui [027] 325-3370. Housie: 1pm, at Carrington Bowling &

Croquet Club, Carterton [behind Carters], raffles, afternoon tea supplied. Call 3795923. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.30-8.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton. Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 Spontaneous Dance: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-8pm. Call Pavla Miller [022] 0753867. Sunset Cinema: Carterton Events Centre, Rangatahi Hub. Doors open 7pm, movie starts 7.30pm. Info at sunsetcinemacarterton.com Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm. The Disappearing Woman: Artists Cathrine Lloyd and Emily Efford, curated by Keren Chiaroni, to September 5; Te Hono Wai – Where Waters Meet: Sculpture by Jo Torr, to September 5. Masterton Social Badminton Club: Wairarapa College gym, Cornwall St entrance, 7-9pm. Contact Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113. Masterton Variety Club: Practice 1.30pm, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call Eric McEwen 377-0792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606. Seniornet Wairarapa: Computer/cellphone help, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings,

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33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558. Kids’ Song And Story: Fun songs, finger plays and stories for under-5s, during school terms, 9.30-10.30am, at Epiphany Church Hall, High St South, Masterton. Call Pam 378-6740 Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact: email admin@stlukesgreytown. co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Carterton Senior Citizens: 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 Wairarapa Embroiderers’ Guild: Ruby anniversary exhibition, treasures from 40 years of stitch, Wesley Wing, Aratoi, Bruce St, Masterton, open Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm. Woman of Faith Ministry- Wairarapa: Fundraiser movie of a NZ-made docudrama movie called ‘Though I Walk’, at 2pm followed by afternoon tea, at Equippers, 2 Akura Rd, Masterton. Tickets from Eventbrite and all proceeds will go to Breast Cancer Foundation. Wairarapa Spinners and Weavers:

10.30am-2pm, in the Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Lynette 377-0236. Featherston Fusiliers: Wargaming and boardgames club, meet at Featherston Assembly of God cafeteria, 22 Birdwood St, 10am-4.30pm. Contact featherston. fusiliers@gmail.com Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat, Sun and public holidays 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, next to Wairarapa Archive, Queen St, Masterton, open 10am-1pm. Cobblestones Museum: Daily 10am4pm. Printing Works: Sat/Sun, 1-4pm. Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call [06] 304-9687. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Martinborough Museum: Open Sat and Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am-2.30pm. No admission charge but donation/koha appreciated. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Call Helen Waldron 379-5671. Bowls: 1.20pm for 1.30pm start at the clubrooms

behind Carters, 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, AUGUST 8 Wai Word: Co-hosting the launch of a book celebrating Helen Dew, written by Ali Foster and Catherine Cooper, at 3pm, Carterton Events Centre, Holloway St. Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: At the Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 344-1073. Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7- 9pm. Call 0800 628 632 Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Farriers car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 1pm for 1.15pm start, at clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Steady as you Go: Falls Prevention Class, A/G Church, Featherston, 9.30-10.30am. Call Age Concern (06) 377 0066. Age Concern: Keep Fit!, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.40am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Indoor Bowls: 1.30pm, Club Carterton RSA, Broadway. Call [027] 645-0905. East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Greytown St John’s Hall, Main St, 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Paul [027] 376-9804. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call

Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. Call Elaine 377-0322. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729. Senior Citizens Club Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293. Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 1574909. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower]. Call 379-4092. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888, or www. hospicewairarapa.co.nz CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm 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: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 574-0742. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm,

Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 0330550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd, at 7.30pm. Justice of the Peace: Masterton library 11am-1pm. Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Martinborough Primary School Hall, cnr Dublin and Roberts sts, juniors 5.30-6.15pm. Contact Clare [027] 832.9743; juniors and adults 6.158pm. Contact Anna [021] 163-8867. 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: Computer/cellphone help 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800373-646. Carterton: 3 Mile, 66 High St, 9.30-11.30am. Greytown: Greytown Library, 1.30-3.30pm. Paint/draw: From live model,10am-noon, at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St. Call Elissa Smith [027] 470-6528. Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994 or visit us at 340 Queen Street, Masterton. Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505. Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 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. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Carterton District Historical Society: 150 High St North, Carterton. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974. Masterton Toy Library: 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: 1pm for 1.15pm start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind Carters, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

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Wisdom and Well-being: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline (021) 102 8857 Wildflower Yoga: Kiwi Hall Featherston, 7-8.15pm. Call Kate [022] 390-9798. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. St John: Greytown Penguins, boys and girls 6-8 years, 6-7.30pm, St John Hall, Main St. Call Esther [027] 637-4110. Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10.30am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Scrabble Club: 1-4pm at Masterton District Library in the Learning Centre, 54 Queen St. All welcome. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Age Concern: Keep Fit! 1.30pm Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Learn new skills, fix things, help others. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm. Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate: Featherston School Hall, Lyon St, kobudo 5.15-7pm, karate 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Paul [027] 376-9804. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/ Couple Coaching, Social/Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160. Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, from Belvedere Rd [weather permitting] for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene (027) 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. Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies,

7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Free one-on-one Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching. Drop in or call freephone 0800-373-646. Masterton: Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, 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. 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 Elissa [0274] 706-528. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 3701604 [church office]. Carrington Bowls & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. At the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Helen Waldron 379 5671. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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1pm Saturday 7th August 2021 Venue: Engine Shed Fox St, Featherston All members welcome

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CHRISTIAN SERVICES Opaki School Hall Waipipi Road, Masterton Each Sunday 3.30pm-4.30pm (except 1st Sun of Month) & each Thursday 7.30pm-8.15pm 1st Sunday of month Pahiatua Town Hall 3.30pm-4.30pm

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PURSUANT to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Carterton District Council proposes to close Puketiro Road for the purpose of a Gravel Hill Climb for the period indicated hereunder: Period of Closure: Sunday 15th August 2021

Qualified Early Childhood Teacher We are looking for an early childhood teacher to work alongside our teaching team in the Pre School area of our centre. A perfect fit for our team will: • Be genuine, compassionate, kind-hearted, a team player and passionate about working in early childhood. • Have a commitment to high-quality and respectful care and education • Be willing to write quality learning stories and contribute to planning and other documentation • Able to see things from multiple perspectives • Value te Ao Māori and it’s place in our centre • Be passionate about continuous personal and professional growth and development • Have excellent communication and active listening skills • Be committed to sustainable living practices

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A dedicated education leader will support you in whatever part of the teacher registration and PGC you are currently in. You will be paid to attend monthly staff meetings, have your first aid paid for and part of you teacher registration fee. For this position we have two options regarding hours of work. • 8.45 to 3.15pm Monday to Friday • Full time 40 hours per week If you are looking for an exciting new challenge this may be the change you are looking for. Please email your CV to: Toni Devenny Lansdowne Private Child Care and Pre School admin@lansdowneprivatechildcare.co.nz

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QUALITY CONTROL (QC) TECHNICIAN - PART-TIME JNL Wairarapa Mill are currently looking for a Quality Control Technician. Part time, Monday to Friday with flexibility of hours (20 30 hours per week to suit the preferred candidate). Quality Control is an essential function of our business, ensuring our Manufacturing Departments have the correct specifications, tools and advise to maintain production of our high quality product. Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in a manufacturing role / or in a quality control or lab environment. Some experience is preferred but not essential as full training will be provided. Full clean NZ Drivers Licence is essential and an F endorsement is an advantage. For more information, or to apply please visit https://www.jnl.co.nz/contactus/employment-vacancies/ Applications close: Thursday 5th August 2021

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ECE TEACHER (Maternity leave cover) Just Us Kids Preschool is seeking an enthusiastic teacher to join our team full time for a period of seven months of maternity leave cover. We are a mixed aged preschool catering for children from 0-5 years in Victoria Street Carterton. Qualities and attributes we are looking for: Reliable and honest. Inclusive, respectful and fun! Have knowledge of Te Whariki and be able to assess, document and extend children's learning. Have knowledge of te reo me ona tikanga Maori. The position will begin in early September until March. We are open to qualified and unqualified applicants. We look forward to hearing from you. Please Email CV to: Kathy Monaghan @ jukpreschool@gmail.com or Phone 06 379 5375

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Women in fi nal, men in shock loss HOCKEY

Chris Cogdale

chris.cogdale@age.co.nz

Sport

Dalefield Harbour City

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Two-time defending champions Farriers Dalefield will have to do it the hard way to make the Wellington Premier Men’s Championship final after a shock loss to Harbour City at Clareville. The defeat means Dalefield now must beat fierce rivals Hutt United in Wellington on Saturday if they are to play in their seventh consecutive final. There was no indication of the carnage to come when Dalefield held a 1-0 halftime lead through a goal to player-coach Ben van Woerkom in the first quarter. “We were quite confident because we’d

played quite well in the first half,” van Woerkom explained. “In the second quarter, they got a counterattack goal through Liam Mortimer against the run of play and a lapse in defence allowed him to score one from the baseline, and then not long after he set up their second one again because of our poor defence.” Harbour City put one foot in the final with their third goal, before the home side pulled one back through Graeme Murrell from a penalty corner. But it wasn’t enough as Harbour secured their place in the final with their fourth goal. “We just didn’t play well together as a team and we were sort of a bit disconnected and there was a lack of intent,” said van Woerkom.

Maddie Taylor, black, scored Daleÿ eld’s second goal. PHOTO/FILE

“We were a little bit loose in our press and we didn’t put them under enough pressure, so they were able to outlet quite easily. “The guys were working hard so that wasn’t necessarily the issue, but sometimes you need to work smarter. Then we went away from the game plan a little bit in the last

quarter when we started chasing the game and things became a little bit more frantic.” Van Woerkom said Dalefield created enough scoring opportunities to win the game but just didn’t finish. “It was a good wake-up call. That’s the benefit of finishing one or two because you do get the

extra life, although we were treating it like a do or die game because we wanted to book that ticket straight through, but it wasn’t meant to be.”

Hutt United Dalefield

Farriers Daleﬁeld are straight through to the Wellington Women’s Premier Championship

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final after a stunning win over Hutt United on Saturday. The win gives Dalefield next weekend off while Hutt and Harbour City meet to decide the other finalist. Dalefield fell behind to a goal in the first five minutes at the National Hockey Stadium, and then drew level when Mandy

Player-coach Ben van Woerkom is all determination in getting to the ball. PHOTO/PETENIKOLAISON

Yeo found the back of the net. The defending champions took control in the second quarter with two goals, the ﬁrst to exBlack Stick Felicity Reidy, who got a touch on a cross from Rosie Rooderkirk, followed by a strike by Maddie Taylor. Hutt pulled a goal back from a stroke in the

third quarter, and then equalised with about 10 minutes to play. Brigette Mossman responded with a goal from a layoff from a penalty corner to wrap up the victory. Dalefield player-coach Kathryn van Woerkom was thrilled to book a place in the final without having to go through a sudden death playoff.

“It was quite a calm game for it being a big game, and I’m so proud of the girls,” she said. “Whatever happened we were never fazed, and we stuck to our game plan and focussed on our own thing and the girls just played so well, like diving in the ﬁrst ﬁve minutes to stop balls. “Everyone wanted it

from the get-go, and everyone left it out there, and if we’d won or lost, I couldn’t have asked anymore because the girls just played so well.” Daleﬁeld are likely to play a friendly on Saturday against Northern United, who were beaten 1-4 by Harbour City in the sudden death third-fourth playoﬀ.

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