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Creating a space in which Wairarapa men can feel strong, empowered, and supported by their peers is what Jonas Koukl aspires to do. Last year, the 34-yearold Carterton man launched the Wairarapa Men’s Group, which will now meet on a regular basis. Jonas said many men preferred to keep their feelings to themselves and deal with their personal struggles alone, this often taking a toll on their mental health. “I feel there is a lot of pressure – not just on men but on everyone. If someone asks how I am and I say, ‘not good’, people are scared. “People want to hear you say, ‘I’m really good’ – there’s pressure to be that cool person who is always shining.” Originally from Czech Republic, Jonas said a men’s group oﬀered a platform where men of all ages and cultures could connect and give and receive support,

while learning from other people’s stories about life’s ups and downs. As a teenager, Jonas said he was constantly “looking for identity” and changing to ﬁt in with those around him. “I was seeking value from the outside.” But Jonas said through joining men’s groups, his life had changed for the better and he wanted to share this with others. The sobering suicide rate of the region was another catalyst driving his desire to get men to open up. Media reports earlier this year said the number of suicides in New Zealand had reached “its highest-ever level”, with 685 people dying in the year to June 30. A statement from Wairarapa District Health Board in August said that around 75 per cent of people who took their lives were male and there needed to be “better services to support men”. Jonas said men opened up in a unique way when it was in a men-only environment, where surprisingly all sense of rivalry generally disappeared. And just one person sharing of their struggles

could inspire and inﬂuence countless others. “We don’t need fancy leaders or any celebrities to tell us how to be a man. “It’s about getting together and keeping the pure intention of cultivating our strength, and then knowing how to work with that power.” A trained primary school teacher, Jonas lives in Carterton with his wife, writer Catherine Cooper, and their 11-month-old son, Tomas. Over the past few years he has been bringing people together in Wairarapa with music therapy, and for a decade prior he held men-only gatherings, mainly in wilderness and bush settings in Europe. Jonas said these gatherings created a very strong feeling of brotherhood and belonging, which in turn had positive impacts on relationships and other areas of life. “But for me it was mainly about self-value.” Jonas said his teenage self would have been surprised to know the path he would end up on. It all began with a vision that “just appeared in the middle of the forest” when

he was about 19. “Maybe I made it all up, but I heard ‘one of your missions is to help empower men’. “I found it weird because I was never interested in anything like that. “I thought ‘I don’t know how to do that because I don’t feel like a strong man’. “I thought ‘how will I teach others about something I don’t know properly’?” The same day Jonas was invited by his father to a men’s only gathering. “I would have usually said ‘no thanks’ but because of that vision I said ‘okay’.” Jonas said it was an enlightening experience that has stayed with him ever since. “I saw about 50 men sitting in the historical building in a circle and just the presence of those guys sitting there in silence was quite powerful … I was the youngest one there and I had self-doubt, I was quite self-conscious, but all the days we spent together I felt like I was witnessing miracles.” Continued on page 3

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Crime

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Coral’s killer in court again

The man who killed 6-year-old Featherston girl Coral-Ellen Burrows 16 years ago was sentenced to preventive detention for the attempted murder of another man in prison by throwing boiling water on him and stabbing him multiple times. During sentencing for trying to kill the other man, Stephen Roger Williams also loudly threatened to kill media gathered in the courtroom.

A deal to build 20 new social houses in Masterton at the end of Iorns St on land owned by developer David Borman is near and he is in talks for another 20 at the site, taking the total to 40. The prospect of long-awaited new-builds to relieve the social housing crisis comes as a submission by Masterton District Council on national urban planning policies reveals there are 1000 allotments in consented subdivisions in Masterton within the urban boundary.

Property

Record high

Average asking prices for houses in Wairarapa increased 15.4 per cent in October, to $571,621 - the highest increase recorded in the country, compared to the previous month. This was an increase of more than $51,000 on the previous high recorded in August 2018.

History

Event

Poignant day for refugees

Hot weather and a record show crowd

Pahiatua gave a warm welcome to two bus-loads full of Polish people who arrived as refugees in New Zealand on November 1, 1944 (during World War II) and were then settled in the town. The 75th anniversary was commemorated on Friday. Full story on page 19.

Bumper crowds at Clareville Showgrounds enjoyed a summery 2019 Wairarapa A&P Show but the event’s popularity caused traffic jams on State Highway 2. Temperatures got to 30C in parts of Wairarapa for the first time since last summer.

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Picnic time for teddy bears Emma Brown The annual Masterton Rotary Teddy Bears’ Picnic for all things cuddly is back this weekend. Thousands of people are expected to turn out with their soft toys for the grand picnic at Henley Lake wetlands. In previous years each bear arrives with on average 3.5 people attached. Organisers are looking forward to running the event again after last year’s picnic was cancelled due to high winds and severe rain. New Masterton Rotary Club Rotarian Jill Stringer said the family event encouraged community spirit and enjoying the outdoors. “It is getting back to basics”, she said, “so families can have fun together.” Having only just joined Masterton Rotary club recently, she said there is nothing like hitting the ground running and helping with such a

Masterton Rotary Club’s annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic.

fun event. “Nothing sounds as good as kids’ laughter. “At events like this you get to see things through a kid’s perspective and what they see as magical.” She said strong support from willing volunteers

made the day possible. “You’ve just got to ask, and they say I’ll do it.” The reaction she got from people at schools while dropping off flyers was encouraging. “Oh, exciting it’s that time of year already.”

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Launched in the early 2000s, the picnic runs from 11.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday at the Henley Lake wetlands – directions will be well signposted. There will be a teddy parade as well as mirrors, hair braiding, balloon

magic and a lolly scramble. “If it is as hot as it has been this week, at least there is a lot of shade,” Stringer said. Henley Lake was a great facility and it was good to see it being utilised by all ages, she said.

Sharing experiences Continued from page 1 Jonas said he saw men breaking down personal barriers, growing, and gaining self-confidence. “I saw men who looked super tough – people I probably wouldn’t communicate with if I met them on the street – and I saw them crying and I saw them starting to open up and talk about their stories and being open to feedback. “I learnt that no matter what they’re carrying – troubles with money, relationships, families – whatever they were carrying seemed it could be resolved through the lineage, looking back towards the ancestors.” Jonas said it was about feeling accepted, strong, and valued. “It’s not about a bunch of guys going to drink

beers, it’s about this is what I’m experiencing and I’m asking for feedback, and this is what I learnt and I feel it’s worth sharing with you, and hearing of the experiences of others.” Jonas said all meetings were non-profit and based on koha, which would cover venue hire and website administration. They are led by volunteers – more cocreated than facilitated – and open to men aged 14 and older. • From December 5, the Wairarapa Men’s Group will meet on the first Thursday of every month at the Carterton Courthouse, 7- 9pm. • The next meeting of the Wairarapa Men’s Group is at the same venue on Thursday,

November 14, 7- 9pm. Spend a night in the hills, camping around the fire next to the river. This gathering in from 3.30pm Saturday, November 23, until Sunday noon. You will need to carry your sleeping bag, food, drum, and other personal belongings for the 15-minute walk from the carpark to the bush. Happening in any weather conditions. Email jonas@connecting-arts. com to register or for more details. • Website www. mensgroup-wairarapa. nz is in the making. This page will work as an information portal about this group and related support groups and activities in Wairarapa.

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Hadlow School is celebrating its 90th anniversary, with all former pupils invited to take part in the celebrations. The 90th Anniversary Celebrations are on Friday, November 15, beginning with a Church Service at St Matthew’s Church in town at 10am. Following this there will be a morning tea with celebratory cake at Hadlow, and tours of the school. At 12.30pm there will be the HOPA ‘Town’ vs ‘Country’ cricket match and HOPA tennis tournament. Lunch will follow at the Michael Mercer Oval at 1pm, and at 6pm dinner for old pupils and partners is at the Masterton Club (tickets $30 each). This day is an open invitation to anyone who has an association with Hadlow. RSVP to office@hadlow. school.nz by Monday, November 11.

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Seven Local Heroes awarded for From saving lives to saving the environment, seven Wairarapa good-sorts have been recognised as “local heroes” in the New Zealander of the Year Awards. The Kiwibank Local Hero Medal will be ofÿ cially presented on November 20 in Palmerston North. All Local Hero medal recipients will be considered by a national judging panel for the Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year 2020. Samuel Milligan

Finding out he would be receiving a local hero medal came as a shock to Sam Milligan. After having a bad morning, he received a message to call back a number and the answer “made his day”. “I was completely blown away,” Milligan said.

I was completely blown away.

Samuel Milligan. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM

He then showed his wife the email and they were both “really chuﬀed”. He said he was humbled that he was nominated and even more humbled to receive a medal. He still has no idea who nominated him, but whoever did had a lot of information. Milligan said the woman on the phone told him about some of the many rescues he had been a part of over the past 52 years he has been volunteering for Wairarapa Search and Rescue. He is looking forward to receiving his medal and he will be joined by a couple of his family members at the awards ceremony.

Maree Roy

Maree Roy’s medal is well timed and hard earned. A Mainlander by birth, she is looking to move back to Otago soon to be closer to her family. As a mother, teacher, councillor, community board member, and volunteer for many services, she was recognised by South Wairarapa District Council earlier this year with a Civic Award for community service. The Red Cross, Meals on Wheels, Rose and Flower Show, University of the Third Age and Martinborough Music Festival are just a few of the causes she has been happy to help with. Her long-standing hobby as a “plawker” – a slower paced “plogger” or litter picker – is just another service she provides to the town she has called home for the past four decades.

Martinborough’s Maree Roy has been nominated for a Local Hero Medal. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM

She said her commitment to service comes from her mother. “[Mum] said to leave the world a better place than you ﬁnd it and have

resilience in the face of all the challenges these past couple years have thrown at me.”

Shona Daube

Carterton woman Shona Daube uses her words and humour to help others dealing with chronic illnesses. Daube, who was

a positive inﬂuence on everyone you meet – like spreading fairy dust or sunshine!” She has seen many changes and has been the catalyst for many more.

Sandy Ryan

Sahana Rose

Born and bred in Masterton, Sahana Rose is Wairarapa’s youngest local hero medal recipient this year, aged 25. Sahana is actively

Shona Daube has her third book coming out in February. PHOTO/ELI HILL

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involved in the community through her position as a social worker at Oranga Tamariki. “The focus of my work is to promote the wellbeing of children and support them and their whanau to reach their full potential.” She was shocked when she found out about her nomination. “I am excited but feel that everybody at my site deserves to receive this award.” She had no idea who nominated her for this award, but said she was lucky enough to know what the nomination said. “It was super sweet and brought me to tears. “I was nominated for my passion and dedication to our tamariki and my

third in February next year – it’s about being in hospital and how funny that can be. The layout and printing of her books is carried out at Remutaka Prison and all proﬁts from the sale of her books are used to provide free copies to chronic illness groups. She said it had been “just so exciting” to receive the phone call telling her she’d won the Local Hero award.

I don’t want to offend anyone, so I always make me the focus of the book. So, whatever I’m poking fun at is happening to me. “In my second book Does My Bum Look Big With This Stick?, it wasn’t so much speciﬁcally people with multiple sclerosis, it was about anyone who has a chronic illness or disability there’s all sorts of scenarios which could be embarrassing. But I turn them into a funny scenario. “I don’t want to oﬀend anyone, so I always make me the focus of the book. So, whatever I’m poking fun at is happening to me.” Daube is releasing her

Masterton’s Sandy Ryan is a community champion already recognised nationally for her voluntary sector work and with a Masterton District Council civic award. But she couldn’t believe it when she got the news she was also a local hero. “I was so shocked and have no idea who nominated me. It is lovely and I am really looking forward to the awards in Palmerston North. She is a local hero with an abundance of ideas and energy for her community. Ryan is a founder of the King Street Resource Centre, a key driver of the Lansdowne Residents’ Association that has developed the Lansdowne trails, mobile libraries, and planting thousands of native plants.

Sandy Ryan. PHOTO/STEVE RENDLE

She was involved with the purchase and establishment of the Wairarapa Community Centre in Perry St, and served on its committee. She has just started her

first term as a Masterton district councillor and her third term on the Masterton Trust Lands Trust. “I am humbled, and I will definitely keep going, it is my passion and in Masterton we can really make a difference to make it a wonderful place to live.”

Daniel Miller

Masterton Young Citizens Boxing Club’s Daniel Miller has gone from amateur to pro, to training the next generation.

Daniel Miller of the Masterton Young Citizens Boxing Club. PHOTO/ELI HILL

Miller boxed as an amateur from age 10 through to 22, and won ﬁve years of national titles, as well as bronze at the Oceania games and seven golden gloves. “I managed to get ranked second in the country, but then decided that I was going to get engaged with my wife and start a family, so I decided to give the boxing up a little bit. “I took a few years away, then my old boxing coach got in touch, I think he was about 72 when he decided enough was enough and he was looking for somebody to take over.” Miller has been back at the gym for the past six to seven years and has taken over the running of it for the past two. Since then, he and the team at the gym have taken young boxers to tournaments across the country, and helped shy

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Helen Dew

Fresh from returning from the Women of Inﬂuence Awards where she was a special guest, Carterton woman Helen Dew has also been named as a 2019 Kiwibank Local Hero Medal recipient. The award recognises close to 30 years of advocating for local currency systems and helping to establish the Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange. “I had a sense that it was something more. This was a gamechanger.” While New Zealand

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It generates and keeps wealth circulating locally. It’s not just about getting one thing for another. It’s about connecting. loses millions of dollars in interest to overseas banks, local currency systems like Green Dollar and Timebank, don’t have interest components as the currency is generated through the transaction itself, she said. “It generates and keeps wealth circulating locally. “It’s not just about getting one thing for another. It’s about connecting.” Such systems make for more resilient communities as connections increase, she said.

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She said the award wasn’t about her, but it provided her the opportunity and platform to share her ideas. Dew also teaches several sustainable food production classes from her home garden. “If I could, I’d be out in the garden eight days a week,” she laughed.

$1 billion wind farm starts to break ground Work has started on a $1 billion renewable energy construction project on the western Tararua range. Energy Minister Dr Megan Woods broke ground to start construction of the Turitea wind farm last week. The company will spend $256m for the ﬁrst 33 of 60 consented wind turbines at Turitea and transmission infrastructure. Further development is consented for the other 27 turbines at Turitea and the proposed 53 turbines at nearby Puketoi. “Mercury began to explore a strategy of adding wind generation to our portfolio of renewable generation assets nearly 15 years ago. “We’ve come a long way since

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Trip cheap as chips Hayley Gastmeier To camp in Queenstown these days your average family would be looking to pay upwards of $100 per night. But rewind to 1974 and spending a night under the stars or in a cabin was much more aﬀordable. Ray and Shirley Wallis popped in to the Wairarapa TimesAge oﬃce with an old docket they had recently uncovered at home in Masterton. The receipt was from a family stay at the Queenstown Municipal Motor Camp. In January of 1974, the couple and their two children spent two nights at the campsite amidst their road trip of the South Island which ended in Christchurch at the British Commonwealth Games. The Wallis’ total bill for the two-day stay came to $4.30. “Cabin charges are as follows: $1.75 one person, $1 each extra adult, 30 cents each extra child. “Reservation deposit $2 per week per cabin.” Based on this, it looks as though it cost

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Left: Ray and Shirley Wallis with their receipt from a family camping trip in 1974 to Queenstown. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER

the Masterton family just $3.35 for their Queenstown stay, with Shirley saying the extra 95c was likely for add-ons such as laundry facilities. Using the online inﬂation tool, $1 in 1974 is equivalent to $11.82

in 2019. So, the Wallis’ camping stay would have cost about $50 in today’s dollars. The receipt outlays what they got for that fee. “The cabins are lit by electricity, El. (electric) heaters are installed, one double bed and one single bed with wire and mattresses are supplied with each cabin, also a small table and chairs. No cooking utensils supplied. “Washing machines

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Zero waste scheme for marae, schools A kaupapa Maori zero waste initiative is being introduce in Wairarapa to eliminate rubbish on marae and places of learning. Sam Te Tau, of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, has been appointed as a waste educator for the Para Kore programme in Wairarapa. “I am very excited to support marae, kohanga reo, kura and community organisations in our rohe with this progressive kaupapa. “Together we can do so much for our environment through waste minimisation. “Our journey towards zero waste is all about looking after Papatuanuku (mother earth). “Sustainable and healthy living is a passion of mine, that I practice through nga mahi maara (gardening) and hangarua (recycling).” Sam said Para Kore, which means zero waste, was a call to action that aimed to end the current take, make, and dispose mentality that we had now become accustomed to.

Together we can do so much for our environment through waste minimisation. – Sam Te Tau “Across Aotearoa, close to 400 marae, kura, kohanga reo and community organisations are already working towards zero waste. “Now it is our turn in Wairarapa to make a diﬀerence.” Para Kore receives ﬁnancial support from the Waste Minimisation Fund, which is administered by the Ministry for the Environment, the South Wairarapa District Council, Carterton District Council, Masterton District Council and Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. Wairarapa regional zero waste advisor Jo Dean said the councils were extremely pleased that the Para Kore waste minimisation education programme was now available to marae, kohanga, kura and community organisations in the Wairarapa district.

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8 Wairarapa Midweek Local News Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Scale and relativity For most of us, our frame of reference and what shapes our thinking is ourselves, our personal world, what we interact with daily. Ever wonder what’s beyond that range and how far beyond that it’s possible to go? Fifteen minutes is the 15 kilometre drive from Carterton to Masterton. It’s a trip we think nothing of. However, if you went 15km straight up you’d have left the atmosphere and be in space. Having got into space, the whole range and system of measurement moves into another league. Neptune, the outermost planet (sorry Pluto, you got demoted to dwarf planet in 2006 – tiny.cc/ PlutoNotAPlanet) is 4.3 billion kilometres away. In space terms, that’s quite close. Kilometres are like millimetres in space, so we need bigger. The average distance from earth to the sun is called an astronomical unit (AU), about 150 million kilometres. Neptune is just 29 astronomical units away. Beyond our solar system there’s another jump. The AU doesn’t cut it so we move up to the light year and the parsec. A light year is the distance light travels in a

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Mike Osborne year and a parsec is 3.26 light years. Why have a parsec? Read this - tiny.cc/Parsec. It’s a bit complicated to explain but the link has pictures and a video. The parsec is a clever way of measuring the distance to remote heavenly bodies by using the earth’s orbit around the sun. A parsec is a triﬂing 30 trillion kilometres. How far to everything? Our nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is just over one parsec away. The centre of our galaxy

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Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth Park gained its second Green Flag award from Recreation Aotearoa. Masterton District Council’s community facilities and activities manager Andrea Jackson said the park was one of Masterton’s treasures. “This is a credit to the way it is managed, in a collaborative way, with our contractor Recreational Services, and Friends of the Queen Elizabeth Park, on behalf of our community.” She said from July this year the park has had a dedicated kaitiaki (custodian), with the beneﬁts from this already apparent. Stage ﬁve of the council’s park rejuvenation project, involving refurbishment of paths and amenities around the Lake of

A femtometre is a quadrillionth of a metre (10 to the power of minus 15). In our lives we deal with the range from about a millimetre up to maybe 10,000 kilometres. That’s a range of ten orders of magnitude. Our physical universe ranges from the subatomic to the farthest galaxy over about 40 orders of magnitude. Ten out of 40 sounds like quite a lot but remember it’s an exponential scale. Einstein understood the scale of the universe. He came up with this, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle”.

Remembrance, is close to completion, as is work on the historic cricket grandstand. Friends of the Park have funded a project naming prominent trees for a “tree trail” through the park, and volunteers have also been involved in rejuvenating the island in the Lake of Remembrance. The whole park is a protected Heritage Historical Precinct in the council’s district plan. The award is judged by green space expert volunteers, across 27 criteria, including horticultural standards, cleanliness, sustainability, community involvement, accessibility and providing a warm welcome. Across New Zealand, 29 Green Flags have been awarded in the international programme, run in New Zealand by Recreation Aotearoa.

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GARDEN

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WITH MOON CALENDAR

SPRING DELIGHTS While you’re out and about try and take a moment to appreciate the spring beauty popping up all around us. Many trees & flowers are bursting into colour - even the new growth of hedging shrubs is looking fabulous! For more inspiration come and have a wander through our huge selection

HOSTAS

For interesting spring foliage you can’t go past Hostas. They look especially eye catching when lots are planted together, so if your garden is getting crowded now is the time to divide & replant. Protect against snails and feed them with a liquid fertiliser such as ican Fast Food.

RASPBERRY SUNDAE: Compact grower with burgundy petioles, leaf bases & flower stalks. Has a deep lavender purple flower in August.

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Popular evergreen shrubs with big and bold flowers, some are even fragrant. Fragrant rhododendrons are usually white or pale coloured, such as Dora Amateis, John Bull, Fragrantissma & the sensational Princess Alice.

Peruvian Lilies come in a vast range of colours, can flower for months on end and the cut flowers last for 2-3 weeks. When deadheading it’s important to pull the flower stems at the base to stimulate new flower spikes. If you don’t remove the spent stems it can encourage the plant into dormancy.

PRINCESS ALICE: Named after Queen Victoria’s daughter. The flowers have a powerful fragrance, wonderful in a pot on the deck.

Come and have a wander through our Deciduous Trees and see first hand the selection of beautiful spring foliage colouring the area.

A FEW DOLLARS CAN BRIGHTEN EVERYONE’S DAY Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ (Judas Tree). The interesting branches are covered with small bright pink blossoms in spring, followed by crimson leaves soon after.

Isn’t it lovely to walk (or drive by) a house that has been planted in a colourful display of flowers, it really does lift the mood. A few punnets of new season flowers only costs around $10, and there’s a huge choice in variety and colours.

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Overnight closures of the Remutaka Hill road From Sunday 10 November, you’ll need to plan your travel around overnight closures of State Highway 2 over the Remutaka Hill between Wairarapa and Upper Hutt.

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

Night-time closures: Safer workers, greater productivity, fewer daytime delays for road users

The 14km Remutaka Hill road will be closed on four Sunday nights and three blocks of five nights between 10 November 2019 and 14 September 2020 for its annual programme of essential maintenance and slip prevention works.

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The night-time closures will increase safety for maintenance crews, significantly reduce the number of daytime disruptions for road users on the hill road and enable better quality of maintenance work. Since the March night-time closures, stop/go works have dropped 95%. The dates for the closures are fixed and will not be changed. This will provide certainty for our customers so they can plan ahead.

• SH2 over the Remutaka Hill will be closed for one night from 9pm to 4am, Sunday 10 November to Monday morning 11 November, and closed for five nights from Sunday night 24 November to Friday morning 29 November. • Further night time closures are scheduled for 2020, starting with five consecutive nights from 9pm to 4am on Sunday night 12 January to Friday morning 17 January, and Sunday night 3 May to Friday morning 8 May. The remaining one-night closures are scheduled for Sunday 5 April, Sunday 12 July and Sunday 13 September, also 9pm to 4am. • More information about the closure can be found at www.nzta.govt.nz/remutaka • A limited shuttle service is available for night shift workers and others with essential commitments. For this and other information, please contact us at remutaka@nzta.govt.nz • Access will be available for emergency services throughout the closures.

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• For traffic and travel information, call 0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49) • Real-time traffic information for the Remutaka Hill road is available at www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/wellington

12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, November 6, 2019 EDITORIAL

MIDWEEK PHOTOS

Opinion

Recycling changes a wheelie big eye opener Having on average one council rubbish bag collected every two months, I thought I wasn’t doing too bad a job when it came to my household’s contribution to landfill. Of course, I knew I could be doing better, but I diligently ensured every piece of paper went into the brown crate, that every single plastic container (even if it meant retrieving it from under the cat food pouch in the bin) was washed and put into the green crate along with glass, and all food waste went to the chickens or the compost. It wasn’t until Wairarapa’s three district councils introduced the new recycling service in September that I took a hard look at my efforts and started questioning my actions. As it turns out, most plastic containers that I had been putting into my recycling bin weren’t being recycled at all. When the new wheelie bins were rolled out, the councils told us that only

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Hayley Gastmeier plastics numbered 1 and 2 (check for the number inside the little triangle) were being recycled. The rest (plastics numbered 3 to 7) were being stock piled as they were no longer being taken by countries that could process them. And now we are sending them straight to the tip. As a result, I am putting out my council rubbish bag far more regularly, and this has forced me to think twice about what I put in my supermarket trolley. There are many things we can do to reduce our waste to landfill. We can make sure we reuse plastic containers and bags and better yet, avoid using them in the first place. We can use a keep cup when we get takeaway coffee. Some places, like Kitchener’s in

Martinborough even encourage this by giving you a discount when you bring your own cup. We can make more foods at home from scratch and cut down on packaging. We can compost our leftovers instead of putting them in the bin, and this is an important one. When food goes to the landfill it rots and produces methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Food scraps feeds compost which feeds growing vegetables which feed us – it’s a circle of life. As individuals we can make a difference. We need to make responsible choices when we’re at the checkout, rather than relying on easing our conscience at the recycling end.

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My 3-year-old granddaughter Scarlett Bellhouse having a colourful time. PHOTOS/JANE BELLHOUSE

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Opinion Wairarapa Midweek

STREET TALK

The most amusing thing my pet does is...

Rachel Norman My boy cat is a gentleman and will wait for my girl cat to choose her bowl and start to eat before he starts to eat. Adele Pentony-Graham I didn’t feel like laughing at the time as Mr Chips came into the house, dripping with wet cow manure the other day! Darling wee poodle! Thank goodness his brother Biggles has more sense! Rachel Hope Our dog Gabe has two toy dogs that he regularly puts to bed, literally pawing them into a soft spot while talking to them. So cute it’s sickening. Bob Pringle Sleep .. she refuses to amuse. Chadryn’Music Paku My older dog hops along the lawn like a rabbit when

Billy resembles a ‘dead cockroach’ when he sleeps. PHOTOS/RACHAEL MACKENZIE

she’s trying to sneak up on my other dog. Kat Reid My polydactyl cat lucky (R.I.P) used to rip open bags of temptation cat treats and eat them. Donna Marie Gray Howls when the rugby’s on. Jean Cretney Play with one toy at a time and slowly pull it to bits. Just half a kangaroo left. If I won’t throw it, she sits looking at me and barking till I give in.

Lisa Antunovich I throw her a little ball of squished up tin foil and she brings it back in her mouth and drops it next to me to play again - just like a dog! Cherie Taylor Our daughter’s cat opens the fridge to feed itself pesty things. Deanna WhitehouseMcLeod Everything.... he’s just one big ball of amusement.

Lexie likes to cuddle her duck.

Emma Ayling Sits on my chest right by my face when she wants food or cuddles. Damion Stevenson Bites the blanket and claws at it until she is comfortable. Diane McMahon My Marley cat taps me on the shoulder when she wants my attention. Alix Cooper Getting herself in the newspaper more times than I’m even aware of!

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Opinion

Rachael MacKenzie Lexie takes her duck to bed like it’s her best friend! Daisy uses a dried deer antler to annoy and provoke people or other dogs into playing with her. Billy sleeps upside down with his tongue out like a dead cockroach.

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14 Wairarapa Midweek Extra Wednesday, November 6, 2019 ARATOI KEEPERS

Extra

Clematis, the sacred starry flower It is the season of the clematis, and many other flowers. This painting by Alice Hosking (1859-1920) is within one of five of her sketchbooks that Aratoi holds in its collection. They are quite a treasure. Hosking’s botanical paintings, not only of garden plants but also of native plants found in the Tararua bush, are more than a century old but remain fresh and bright. Many of the specimens she painted are dated and have notes on where the plant specimens were found. For her entry on the Clematis indivisa, she wrote, in beautiful cursive penmanship, in about the year 1900, “The North Island Maori call it Puawananga which means,

the sacred flower… for the glittering white starry flowers which hang from tree to tree”. Alice Hosking nee Vallance was also an accomplished carver in the Arts and Crafts style. Aratoi also holds an elaborate longcase clock as well as a carved wooden seat which she engraved, nau mai haere ra. Collection manager Bronwyn Reid writes about the story behind the sketchbooks in Aratoi’s newly published book, 50 / Fifty – Fifty years of Aratoi. “When I first began working with the collection in the Wairarapa Arts Centre, there was a mystifying entry in the acquisitions ledger: five

Watercolour and ink on paper, from one of Alice Hosking’s five botanical sketchbooks, circa 1900. Gift of Christina Hosking, held in the collection of the Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

FESTIVE SPIRIT

sketchbooks; Alice Hosking; Gift of Christina Hosking … One day I was browsing the Alexander Turnbull Library collection database, looking for something else entirely, and there they were: Alice Hosking’s sketchbooks, deposited at the library in the early 1970s by Rodney Wilson, then Arts Centre director. “I followed this up with Marian Minson, curator of Drawings, Paintings and Prints at the Turnbull Library, who said that cataloguing the high volume of items deposited at the library was not always up to date in pre-computer days, and the sketchbooks may have been mistakenly

accessioned. “There was no record of why they were deposited, so she was willing to start the process of deaccessioning and returning the sketchbooks.” Hosking, born in October 1859, was well-known in Masterton. She signed the 1893 suffrage petition, cofounded the Ranfurly Club (1899), and held several other community roles. She was the second wife of Dr William Henry Hosking and mother of Christina and Douglas. Dr Hosking had public baths built in the name of Christina and Alice, which, after the 1942 earthquake, were converted into gardens. Alice Hosking’s gravestone reads, “blessed are the peacemakers”.

HISTORY LESSON

A group listens to a presentation by historian Gareth Winter during a tour of Archer St Cemetery during National Cemeteries Week. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

National Cemeteries Week

There’s something for everyone at the annual fete.

Rathkeale Christmas Fete

Walk through the gates of Rathkeale College this Saturday and be welcomed by the smell of freshly cooked food, plenty of festive inspiration and almost 120 stalls. Now in its eighteenth

year, the Rathkeale Christmas Fete has become a must-do event on the Wairarapa spring calendar. On sale will be festive decorations, clothing, art, fresh baking, books, flowers, toys and plants. In addition, there will be gourmet food for all the

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taste buds and a bouncy castle for the littlies, face painting and an opportunity to ride on a miniature truck. Eftpos will be available but it is recommended to bring cash. The Fete runs from 9am to 3pm.

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To recognise National Cemeteries Week, a cemetery walk was held with fascinating stories from Masterton’s archivist Gareth Winter along with a headstones cleaning demonstration from Headstones Wairarapa. Around 40 people braved Sunday afternoon’s heat and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity provided by the Cemetery Preservation Group. Gareth entertained the gathering with graveside stories as they wandered around the early parts on Masterton’s Archer Street Cemetery. Stories were revealed of how the cemetery came to be, the first burials, wooden totara headstones, incorrect dates and names, unmarked graves, and people buried where they shouldn’t be – and of course Masterton’s Founder Joseph Masters. This was followed by a demonstration by Peter Hoar from Headstones Wairarapa showing the correct method of cleaning headstones, with what materials to use and what to avoid.

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Planets follow the leader Venus is back, paying us a visit as an “evening star”. If you are out this week after sunset, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will follow each other down the western horizon as the evening passes. Venus is by far the brightest of the planets, but until it drags itself away from the sun, as the month goes on, its brightness is rather tempered by the twilight glow. Not so much Jupiter, as it follows Venus down a few hours later, though this week the waxing and burgeoning moon will flood out all but the brightest stars and planets. As this month goes on and into December, Venus becomes visibly more separated from the sun. In astronomical terms it increases its elongation. Venus orbiting the sun within our orbit, means that from our aspect it is sometimes behind the sun and sometimes in front of the sun. In both cases, we can’t see it. But then there are times when we see Venus at its widest from the sun – either one side of the sun, so we see it before dawn (morning star) or the other side of the sun, so we see it after sunset (evening star). Venus will set in the

Impressions of some exoplanets compared to Earth on the right.

Sky Watch

Nick Sault south-west about 9.50pm but those living near the ranges will lose it somewhat earlier. Jupiter, which is sitting in the scorpion’s head, will follow about 11pm and Saturn in Sagittarius after midnight. I note that astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of

an exoplanet – that is, a planet belonging to another star system. They are getting all excited about K2-18b – and call it a plausible candidate for harbouring alien life. K2-18b is double the size of Earth and appears to have a surface temperature

between zero and 40 C – perfect for water and life. Personally, I still hold the thought that we might be unique. From the earliest singlecelled lifeforms four billion years ago to the emergence of Homo sapiens just a couple of hundred thousand years ago, there might have been 100 turn points, or lucky breaks in the evolution of life. Some of those breaks would be cataclysms, massive global disasters that turned evolution upside down.

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If each turn point happened on a chance of 10-1 odds, the total chance that we are here comes out at 10 multiplied by 10, one hundred times over. That’s 1 with a hundred noughts on it. That number far exceeds the number of stars and planets in the universe, which would indeed make us very unique. So, let’s enjoy our uniqueness, until astronomy and science prove otherwise. Next week: Will we see them Leonids?

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The Wairarapa Windscreen and Autogroom/KOOLTintz teams at their new premises (from left) Euan Harris, Steen McGhie, Alannah Mells, Shaun Pollard and Pete Welsh

New location a one-stop automobile grooming, window repairs, and window tinting centre Autogroom-KOOLTintz and Wairarapa Windscreens have moved, and are now located at 10 Papawai Pl, Masterton, at the north end of Ngaumutawa Road in Masterton. They were previously situated behind the Mobil Service Station in Lansdowne. Between them, the two businesses offer a one-stop-shop for all vehicle grooming, window repairs and window tinting. Autogroom-KOOLTintz is owned by Shaun and Lisa Pollard, with Shaun, foreman Pete Welsh, and technician Alannah Mells on the floor grooming all the vehicles. The business offers a range of interior and exterior grooming packages. Among the services are: wash, cut and wax; motor steam clean; head light cleaning; vacuuming; shampoo of carpets, mats and upholstery; silicone all vinyl; spot clean roof lining; water blasting around doors and boot; and interior deodorising and fragrance. Shaun and his team have groomed every type of vehicle in their day, with many of the region’s business fleets and car sales companies using them. Autogroom-KOOLTintz grooms farm machinery such as tractors, combine harvesters and balers, as well as motorhomes, motorbikes, trucks and boats. Wairarapa Windscreens is owned by Steen McGhie who has many years’ experience in window repairs and is assisted by Euan Harris.

Wairarapa Windscreens can repair or replace windscreens for all makes and models of cars, vans and trucks. To provide a fast service, the business stocks a comprehensive range of windscreens, including for European vehicles. It also stocks a large and expanding range of side and rear window glass. However, if Steen doesn’t have the right window on the premises, he can quickly source one, usually overnight, including for rare vehicles. Tinting is a popular service offered by Autogroom/KOOLTintz. Shaun is a Registered Master Tinter and does all the tinting for the business. With intense sunlight, more vehicle owners are choosing to have windows tinted. Tinting reduces UV rays by 99 percent and gives a sun protection factor of 285 plus. It also improves privacy, security and appearance, and deters car crime. Farmers and agricultural contractors are getting their farm machinery tinted. Autogroom/KOOLtintz also tints windows in homes and businesses, shading furnishings as well as the inhabitants. Tinting can also be used for boats and airplanes. For Autogroom-KOOLTintz phone 06 377 5773 For Wairarapa Windscreens phone 0800 888 939 Your complete professional

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MIS students met with kids from local schools during their Rarotonga trip. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

Giving, taking in Rarotonga Eli Hill Masterton Intermediate School students have experienced a taste of the pacific and learnt about their heritage after returning from the Cook Islands. A group of 32 students and four staff from the school’s poly club and kapa haka group went to Rarotonga between October 19 and 26. MIS deputy principal Olivia Geange who travelled with the group said it had been about sharing cultures. The group gave 22 performances over their stay ranging from singing in church to performing on the side of the street for people who had asked who they were. “One evening we went to a performing show to watch and see how they did it and ended up performing as well. “And by doing that word got out that there’s this group on the island, and you’d go to the supermarket and people would say you’re that group that was singing in church.” The students also donated school supplies –

The MIS students in Rarotonga.

which had been collected by Paper Plus, Wairarapa College, Hadlow Preparatory School, and MIS pupils – to schools on the island. “There was a lot of learning, not only about culture but also learning about the great migration and where our ancestors came from. We went to the new museum ‘Te Ara’, which looks at the great migration and early colonisation on the island and how tourism is affecting the island and its wildlife.” Students also did a beach clean-up as part of their learning. But it wasn’t all learning or performing, the students also got to experience a few

“touristy” activities. “We went on the lagoon cruise, entertained by crew, lots of singing, got taken to deeper parts of the lagoon where we got to swim with fish, and played volleyball on the white sand.” The trip was the first time it had been held by the school, Geange said, but was so successful they’d decided to make it an annual event. “This year we just wanted to try it and see how it would go. “We want to continue it and want to look at ways we can reciprocate. “Perhaps bring a student out with us when we come back and they can stay with a family here for the remainder of the year.”

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From war to warm welcome for refugees Karen Coltman Seventy-five years ago last Friday on November 1, a 14-year-old Polish refugee orphan Witold Domanski and 10-year-old Anna Kozlowska disembarked the US Warship General Randall and journeyed up to Pahiatua. They, along with 720 other children were New Zealand’s first official group of refugees. Witold and Anna settled into the Pahiatua barracks with their Polish caregivers. Although Anna settled in Napier and Witold in Wellington, they kept in contact, later married and went on to have three children. Their son Peter Domanski lives with his wife and daughters on a small lifestyle block just out of Masterton. He is very keen on war history and has his father’s book, A new tomorrow – The Story of a PolishKiwi family to help him keep the knowledge of his parents’ trauma. “My dad and grandad were prisoners of Russia. “They were released with millions of Polish prisoners when Germany invaded and were expected to help Russia fight the Germans, but they made their way out to North Poland. “My grandfather could speak Russian so managed to negotiate his way around without being obviously Polish.” Peter said both the Germans and the Russians wanted to “annihilate”

The bond that these children shared is unique, they experienced traumatic journeys and extreme hardship, before arriving in a country that welcomed them with open arms. – Tereska Lepionka-Carroll Poland and take chunks of our families could have it it each. back, I will get it for my About six million Polish two daughters soon.” died during the Nazi Tereska LepionkaGermany occupation of Carroll from the Pahiatua Poland, about 25 per cent Polish Children Reunion of the pre-war population. committee organised Mainly Jewish were the 2019 reunion of murdered but former refugees. also intellects, “The bond leaders, and that these politicians children were worked shared is to death in unique, factories they by both experienced Russia and traumatic Germany. journeys “My and extreme grandparents Witold Domanski. hardship, before were slave labour arriving in a as the nations country that went to destroy welcomed them Poland,” Peter said. with open arms,” Tereksa “My grandmothers were said. killed as Hitler had set “Their memories of out to get more ‘breeding arriving in Wellington space’ for Germans in and travelling by train to Slavic lands. Pahiatua with hundreds “Anna’s father made of people waving and it out to New Zealand in welcoming them is forever 1946 and Witold’s father etched in their minds and in 1947. Both of their hearts.” wives were murdered.” She said the reunion Peter’s father died was an opportunity to September last year. commemorate the journey His 88-year-old mother the Pahiatua Polish lives in the hospital part of Children shared. Wairarapa Village. Activities on the day He is proud to say he included a trip to Pahiatua now has a Polish passport hosted by Tararua Mayor and a New Zealand Tracey Collis. passport. The Polish Ambassador to New Zealand, Zbigniew “The Polish president Gniatkowski, also took gave back the citizenship part in the stripped by the Russians, Pahiatua events. saying that retrospectively

New life explored by young children The very young at Lansdowne Private Childcare and Pre-School Centre have been learning about the very young of the animal kingdom over the past couple of months.

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Children in the Infants and Toddlers Centre have been doing lots of “spring exploration”, says Lead Teacher Gilly.

“Our older babies are starting to come out from the nursery into the toddler area as they become more confident.”

“They have been learning about the changes in spring with lots of artwork around new growth. They are also getting into water play and sensory activities such as mixing sand with water in their hands to explore and experience different textures. Lambs have come in to the Centre for a visit as well as ducklings. “The children have been learning how to look after the ducklings, and learning about empathy and

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Mayoral chains and happy faces

Masterton Care and Craft recently hosted an extra special visitor. Mayor of Masterton, Lyn Patterson kindly took time out of her busy schedule to visit the centre for morning tea. Lyn chatted with the group over a cuppa and hot savouries while attendees each showed her the craft they were making. Lyn pulled out her mayoral chains to show everyone and Colin Brown got to try them on. He was grinning from ear to ear as he had his photo taken. Lyn explained that she wore the chains on special occasions and how she was the ﬁrst lady to be mayor of

Terry Thompson showing the mayor his matt weaving.

Masterton – the group we’re all very impressed. Masterton Care and Craft would like to thank Lyn for spending her time with the group, which said to her, “you are always welcome to visit”.

The purpose of Care and Craft is to provide a range of interests and companionship for disabled, housebound or people who live alone. Founded in Auckland in 1974 by Rewa Henderson, QSM, Care and Craft now has many centres operating throughout New Zealand.

Masterton mayor Lyn Patterson with Colin Brown trying on the mayoral chains. PHOTOS/SHAUN EVANS

Christine Brewster and Leanne Southey. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Lands Trust breaks mould For the ﬁrst time in trust history Masterton Trust Lands Trust (MTLT) has women holding the posts of chair and deputy chair. A board meeting in the wake of the local body elections re-elected Leanne Southey as chair and Christine Brewster was chosen as the new deputy chair. The previous deputy was Karl Taucher who was not elected back onto the board. Members serve a six-year term and there were four vacancies decided at the election. Other key appointments included John Bunny as chair of the audit, risk and property committee, Christine Brewster as chair of the education committee, and Sandy Ryan as chair of the community property and grants committee. New trustees on the board are Tom Hullena and

Gary Caﬀell. Southey said the trust welcomed the local knowledge and experience the new trustees would bring to the board. “Tom’s extensive background in education will be a valuable addition to our education committee and the ongoing development of our grants programme in this area. “Gary’s experience as a Masterton district councillor will assist in continuing to foster the collaborative approach we take to property and community development initiatives with the council and other key stakeholder groups.” The full board of trustees is Southey (chair), Brewster (deputy chair), Bunny, Frazer Mailman, Bex Johnson, Ryan, Hullena, and Caﬀell. The trust was established in 1871.

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Connections and joy found through music

Coordinator of the Wairarapa branch of the Heart Foundation Kit Cohr having an ‘organisation chat’ with Volunteering Wairarapa administrator Donna Robinson. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Finding the perfect fit for our volunteers Two years ago, I started working at Volunteering Wairarapa. I concentrated on initiatives that I believed would strengthen the Volunteer Centre’s role in the community to lift its performance. This was done with the enormous help of our team of volunteer facilitators who take care of ‘chatting’ with our new volunteers and new organisations. Over the past two years we have chatted to 380 new volunteers, 65 new organisations and have connected just over 1100 volunteers to volunteer roles for our 133 member organisations. ‘Volunteer chats’ are face-to-face meetings with people who are interested in finding out what volunteer roles are available. A chat, which can take up to one hour, is booked on Thursday and Friday mornings at the Volunteer Centre in the Wairarapa Community Centre at 41 Perry St in Masterton. A volunteer facilitator chats to the new volunteer about the volunteer’s background, their skills and interests, and how they would like to contribute to their community in a volunteering role. Our volunteer database recruitment system makes recording this so easy. There are more than 50 check boxes which

Kandahar Court’s recreation room is full of music, singing and smiles on a Tuesday afternoon as the residents participate in a regular music therapy session. The Masterton dementia care facility started offering music therapy sessions for residents in 2016 and has continued thanks to support from the Tom and Ann Cunningham Trust, the Roy and Jan Mace Trust and the Trust House Foundation. The sessions are led by registered music therapist Pip Algie, who brings in her guitar and other instruments for the residents to play. “Pip incorporates everyone – she’s so great at encouraging every resident and it brings out the best in them all,” says Kandahar Home and Court recreation officer Di McCuish. “Music can trigger emotions, memories, feelings and can transport us to a time and place.” A typical session will see Pip warming up the participants by doing stretches in their chairs, reaching their arms up to the sky and wiggling their fingers. Then Pip alternates between the guitar and the piano to have everyone sing along to well-known classics such as Edelweiss, Long way to Tipperary, Ten Guitars and Pokarekare Ana. Residents are handed drums, tambourines, maracas and sleigh bells to join in on the music making with Pip. There is even space in the centre of the room for dancing if anyone feels so inclined.

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Jill Greathead indicate the kinds of tasks and activities that the volunteer can or would like to do. There are administrative tasks such as accounting, reception and budgeting, personal contact tasks such as driving, visiting, mentoring and reading, and general tasks such as conservation, event support and general maintenance. Our organisations send us roles with the appropriate check boxes ticked so at a volunteer chat these are instantly matched against what a new volunteer has chosen. The system gives us a list of volunteer roles that match the areas of interests that the volunteer has selected. We discuss these volunteer roles with the new volunteer to find one or two roles that interest them and connect them with the organisation which is looking for volunteers for its roles. We also ‘chat’ to each new community group (organisation) which are called ‘organisation chats’, so we understand their volunteering needs and what they do, so that we can create appropriate

roles for them. If you are keen to find out what volunteering roles we are promoting on behalf of the 133 community groups we support throughout Wairarapa, please contact our office administrator Donna on (06) 929 0960 or email her at admin@ waivc.org.nz and we can book you in for a chat.

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Governance Training for people who work in the non-profit sector – 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, December 4, hosted by the Wairarapa Community Centre Please RSVP by December 2 to bev@ wcct.co.nz or phone (06) 377 1022. Cost is $5 per person. Places are limited so be in quick!

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Music therapist Pip Algie and her daughter Bea during a session at Kandahar Court.

Di explains that holding the session later in the afternoon before dinner helps to counteract a naturally-occurring anxiety for people with dementia called sundowning or ‘late day confusion’. “It’s the time of day when previously they may have been going home from work, preparing for their families to get home or coming inside from a day on the farm.” Enliven’s Kandahar Home in Lansdowne, Masterton offers rest home and hospital care, while nearby Kandahar Court offers secure dementia care. For more information visit www.enlivencentral.org.nz or call the friendly team on 06 370 0447.

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The value of a good plan Lakeview School principal TIM NELSON endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content. What Happened?

James Kerr is the author of Legacy, a fantastic book about why the All Blacks have been a successful team for such a long period of time – no other professional team has a winning record anything like them, almost 80 per cent since the team was formed. Amongst many reasons for the All Black success that James shares is the fact that they’re not always looking forward, there is a culture of looking back to analyse why something, essentially a result – be it a win, lose or draw, has occurred. He refers to this as ‘what happened?’ as opposed to ‘what next?’ This reflection on performance enables the All Blacks to see what they need to maintain, as well as what changes need to be made, learning from the mistakes and building on what has been successful.

The value of teamwork and a good plan

On October 12 this year Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a sub two-hour marathon. Although it isn’t recognised as an official world record it is still an extraordinary achievement, with Kipchoge running the equivalent of 420 100-meter sprints in 17 seconds, something that most of us would struggle to do once! Aside from the actual running, another

Eliud Kipchoge celebrates his victory after he made history by running a sub two-hour marathon (1:59:40) during INEOS 159 Challenge on October 12 in Vienna, Austria. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

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Tim Nelson extraordinary thing about the event was the degree of planning and preparation that went into it being the success it was. This could never have happened if Kipchoge had done the whole thing on his own— he was reliant on a vast team to make the challenge successful. Teamwork planning and preparation are a key part of so many things being the success we want them to be, from running a sub two-hour marathon, to running an organisation. Things will work out for the best when we do them together.

Don’t forget to write things down

This is an idea I have written about before, but it’s worth sharing again, especially as not doing it has just impacted on me. I listen to a lot of podcasts to get ideas and information to share through these posts. On The Mojo Radio Podcast I listened to an interview that was full of fantastic information and

ideas, but as I was on the treadmill I couldn’t write them down. However, I planned to do so as soon as I got off, but then decided to wait until I got home. Of course, when I arrived at home I was distracted, so didn’t record any of what I heard and can’t now recall anything. The point here is that it’s essential to write things down and not trust your memory, as it’s unlikely that we’ll recall things later, regardless of how good the information and ideas may be.

Hack away the unessential

Great advice from Bruce Lee: “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away the unessential”. There seems to be a culture of getting more, doing more, wanting more. A better approach is that of Bruce Lee, this being to do less, but do less better. Rather than learning a lot of things at a surface level, instead get a greater

understanding and knowledge of less. Rather than doing many things poorly, do few things, but do them to a very high standard. Rather than purchasing a lot of low quality items, buy less, but make sure it’s quality.

Finding your balance

There are times in which we are incredibly busy that lead us to think about life balance – finding that perfect mix of work, play, contributing, and the other things that we feel make up a balanced life. However, during the busy times that do place us under pressure it’s important to understand that a balanced life does not mean a life made up of equally balanced days. In The Big Book Of Less there are a number of examples of how each of us can have our own form of balance. To some this could mean working on projects that are challenging on a daily basis but give us a great sense of purpose, whereas others may enjoy short periods of high stress amongst long periods of rest and relaxation. We are all different, so we can search for and want different pathways to what

we consider to be our own versions of a balanced life.

Don’t talk about it

According to New York University psychology professor Peter Gollwitzer, there are times in which we need to keep our plans and dreams to ourselves. He has found that by talking about things we intend to do we can almost get the sense that they have already been done, so we don’t take the steps to actually do them. Those students who kept things to themselves were far more likely to actually get them done. I recall reading in the past that by just sharing the goal with others, you will be likely to get positive feedback, without the need to actually do anything, essentially meaning that no effort and no accomplishment can give the person who shares the intention the attention they desire. However, this can only happen so many times before any audience you have becomes aware of broken promises – we would be far better off to promise less, but do more, sharing our actual accomplishments once they have been done.

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ARMISTICE DAY

The Masterton RSA and Masterton District Council invite the community to the Armistice Day service on Monday 11 November, starting at 10.45am at the Cenotaph at Queen Elizabeth Park.

KEEP YOUR PETS SAFE FROM FIREWORKS It’s fireworks season again and even though us humans enjoy watching the celebration, our pets can find it really scary. Luckily there are lots of things you can do to help your pets cope. Here’s some top tips to make fireworks less frightening for our pets; y Remember to walk your dog during

daylight hours. y Keep dogs, cats and other small

pets indoors when you think fireworks are likely to go off. y Make sure your pets are always in a

safe, secure environment and can’t escape if they hear lound noises. Secure exterior doors and windows to prevent them from running out. y Think about staying home to

reassure and comfort your pets, they will be much less stressed with someone they trust close by. y Make sure your dog or cat always

has somewhere to hide if they want to and that they have access to this place. Don’t try to tempt them out when they are in their hiding place as it could cause them more stress.

y Make a ‘safe den’ for your pet in a quiet

place in your house where your pet feels safe and in control. Partly cover the den with blankets and pillows to muffle sounds and flashing lights, and provide lots of extra bedding so your pets have something to burrow in.

y At nightfall, close windows and

curtains, and put music on to muffle the sound of fireworks.

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y Get your pets microchipped and

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MARINA LIRA is a youth volunteer buddy with Volunteer Wairarapa and volunteers at the Wairarapa Women’s Centre. For a long time, FoodBank has been helping a huge number of families in Masterton and other towns in New Zealand. FoodBank is a charitable trust and incorporated society that provides emergency food for those in need of food assistance. In Masterton, the centre works together with FoodBank through referrals from diﬀerent community organisations. Teachers, employers, police or people working in the housing sector can

Masterton FoodBank manager Lyn Tankersley and Wairarapa Women’s Centre coordinator Kim Siemonek. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

also order food parcels on someone else’s behalf. Self-referrals by individuals are also possible, but after three parcels FoodBank will ask you to approach an agency, with any further requests for food assistance to be made through that agency. The referral from an agency provides the opportunity for clients to receive the number of parcels they need for as long as they require help. Going through an agency also ensures that the families are getting professional help – it’s important to understand what the cause of the hardship might be and ﬁnd a way to solve the issue. Around 50 volunteers

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Marina Lira work to organise the boxes with a variety of food and useful items to help families in the short-term. A food parcel includes emergency food that will last at least 24 hours – items like milk, cans, pasta, eggs, meat, bread, and fresh produce. People with dietary restrictions or allergies can also get a parcel, as long they inform the centre. Masterton FoodBank manager Lyn Tankersley said donations were always welcomed.

“Everything that’s already in our boxes are always good to donate, but we like people to think outside the square. “If I was receiving the food parcel the one thing that I would like to get is coffee and we don’t provide coffee. So coffee is a good thing to donate to us. “Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap powder for the washing machine, sanitary items and baby items are also good. We take everything, we don’t turn anything away.”

Wairarapa Women’s Centre is starting a campaign to help Masterton FoodBank. All you have to do is when you donate, take a selfie and post it on Wairarapa Women’s Centre Facebook page. It’s all about being involved in the community and helping to fill the FoodBank shelves throughout Wairarapa. “What we encourage people to do is buy one extra thing in their groceries every week and put it in the bin at one of the three supermarkets in Masterton or they can leave it on our shelf at our door,” Lyn said. On November 13 at 6pm, Wairarapa Rotary clubs will host the annual Wairarapawide street collection. On that day, leave what you want to donate in your letterbox, or listen for the sirens and meet the collectors, and your donated items will go to your local FoodBank. Masterton FoodBank is open Monday-Friday, 11am-12.30pm in Radio House, with entry on Cricket St, behind Repco and Express Cafe. Contact Masterton FoodBank on (06) 370 8034. • Wairarapa Women’s Centre is please to support Marina to gain skills in office and social sector.

Eco-friendly focus for Opaki School A special fundraising stall to help Opaki School work towards its goal of becoming a Silver Level Enviro School will be held during the Wairarapa Garden Tour this weekend. The school will be selling freshly baked sweet and savory treats along with tea and coﬀee at Tarata Garden in Masterton on both Saturday and Sunday. Opaki School principal Dave Finlayson said money raised from the stall would go towards new solar panels that the school is installing to reduce its electricity bill.

In addition, a selection of small metal bird sculptures will be for sale on the day with proceeds from these going to Pukaha National Wildlife Centre as a Koha. “We are working on several sustainable projects including our own school reserve, installing solar panels to help reduce our school’s electricity bill and to teach students how to manage the use of power in the school. “In recent weeks, our enviro-group has been focused on projects that improve the aesthetic of

our school reserve,” he said. Teacher Nicki BramwellCooke, who looks after the enviro-group, said the school’s goal next year was to work towards becoming a Silver Level Enviro School. This means all students and staﬀ put environmental matters at the forefront of their decision making and consider the ways in which their actions and classwork can help achieve this goal. This includes simple things such as bringing plastic free lunchboxes

to school as well as larger projects such as the creation of the school’s reserve. “Our school reserve was planned and designed by our enviro group. “We’ve had a working bee that a lot of people came and worked on to lay lime paths and plant fruit trees and plants that we had earned through a program called paper4trees, whereby you earn a tree for a certain amount of paper you recycle. “We earned eight trees last year which are now in

the reserve.” Finlayson said the school had a close aﬃliation with Pukaha and was thrilled to work in collaboration with them during this weekend’s garden tour. • Tickets to the 2019 Wairarapa Garden Tour are still available from wairarapagardentour. co.nz. • Local i-sites can help with purchasing tickets, along with the Carterton Events Centre, and Pukaha’s visitor centre.

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CELEBRATING 90YEARS

Wairarapa Tennis Association th enters its 90 year with optimism This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Wairarapa Tennis Association. Today six clubs belong to the Association - Opaki, Masterton, Gladstone, Carterton, Greytown and Martinborough. All six are in good heart with thriving Junior player numbers, hundreds taking part in social tennis, and a smaller core dedicated to the more serious side of the sport.

allow tennis to be played under cover on the rebound ace courts at the Trust House Netball Wairarapa Centre in Masterton. “Many of the top tournaments such as the US and Australian opens are played on the same surface.

“This will allow us to play more inter-club competitions at night. Most of our club courts have lights but are at capacity.”

The Wairarapa is lucky to have such great clubs and facilities for playing, says Wairarapa Tennis Association Chair John Kirkup, who is a member of the Martinborough Club.

One of the outstanding features of the Association is the strength of its Junior competition, with excellent coaching programmes.

“It has a good climate for tennis and there are lots of opportunities for people to get out and play.”

Numbers drop off for college-aged students, but John hopes the coaching and development programme being developed by Tennis New Zealand might help increase numbers.

The six clubs are all very sociable and welcoming, John says. This couldn’t be illustrated any better than with the Club Open Days which each club hosted earlier this season. “The clubs all opened their doors to invite in new members, many organising games and putting on a barbecue.” Each club has its own character, John says. “For instance, Opaki and Gladstone have a rural flavour, reflecting their farming background.” John is excited that the Association has just received funding from the Trust House Foundation for moveable nets which will

Then there are those who just enjoy a friendly game of tennis. To cater for them, each club organises its own in-club “Business House” competition, with anyone welcome to form a team and enjoy the social side of the game. Contact details for all the clubs can be found online and in this feature.

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“At 15 months he would whack a ball suspended in the hallway, with perfectly balanced double-handed forehands and backhands.” Marcus played Junior Inter-Club tennis at age four, played in the Hadlow primary school tennis team from age five, and won both the New Zealand Primary Schools championship and the New Zealand Under 12’s Championship.

Marcus has won a raft of singles and doubles titles on the ATP tennis tour. He won the 2010 Heineken Open doubles title, has reached the doubles quarter finals at The Australian Open and Wimbledon, gained a high of no 34 in the world doubles rankings, played Davis Cup singles and doubles ties for NZ for over a decade, and competed in the Rio Olympics.

Along with the inter-club competitions, players can take part in regional and national tournaments.

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Marcus Daniell always loved holding a tennis racquet, says his mum Chris.

Well before college age, Marcus was part of the Masterton Tennis Club’s Men’s Senior team, and contributed hugely to their many successes, Chris says. Marcus loved being part of the Wairarapa teams, but ultimately needed to extend his range to inter club in Palmerston North and later Wellington, Chris says.

There has been good growth in Women’s Senior numbers in recent years “with a real increase in women wanting to play competitively.”

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One of New Zealand’s leading professionals played his formative tennis in Wairarapa

8 year-old Marcus Daniell playing in the 12 year singles in Masterton

Between the massive highs and crushing lows of life as a professional tennis player, Marcus loves nothing better than coming home, says Chris - “ especially to the Wairarapa and the White Rock waves.”

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CELEBRATING 90YEARS

Tennis on the Regent Street courts, Martinborough, circa 1925 Photo: Wairarapa Archive

Tennis a popular sport 90 years ago Tennis was one of the most popular sports in Wairarapa in the early 20th century, according to Wairarapa Archive. Clubs proliferated throughout the region, from Martinborough to Masterton and up to Mangamutu. Some of the clubs were established in the 1880s and had permanent bases for their members. Others played at schools and other community facilities. There was no Wairarapa-wide association until the mid-1920s, when the Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association was formed, with members from Masterton, Masterton Park, Memorial, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, Mangapakeha, Tinui, Mt Bruce, Eketahuna, Mangamutu, Mangatainoka, and Pahiatua. Previously clubs had been affiliated to the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association.

Tennis was a popular sport – among them the clubs had 924 members. The winner of the first men’s championship was Bern Welch, picking up a handsome trophy donated by the keen tennis player the Right Reverend Monsignor McKenna. The ladies’ singles winner, Miss B. Nutting of Hawera, took home Mrs W.J. Martin’s trophy. A challenge cup to be contested among the affiliated clubs was won by the Masterton Club, and the Association played its first representative games, a match against Hawke’s Bay in which the latter prevailed. Within a short time they had also played their first international, when a team from New South Wales visited.

Opaki TENNIS CLUB Opaki Tennis Club was established in 1946, many of its members inherited from a previous club at Mount Bruce which moved to Opaki during World War II when people were not able to travel as far.

For many years the Club hired two asphalt courts that had been built by the Opaki Memorial Society as part of a recreation complex that was intended to be a hub for the district’s families, many of whom were farming. A swimming pool was added to the complex in 1953. A new clubhouse was erected in 1975 and in 1991 the Club had three Plexipave courts. These were upgraded in 1999 to four Astro turf courts. Overhead lights, purchased from the Waingawa Freezing works when it closed,

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were installed. In 2001, ownership was transferred to the Masterton District Council with the tennis club to maintain the courts and Opaki School taking over the baths. The Club doesn’t have its own tournament but is a big participant in the Inter-Club competitions such as Regional 1, Regional 2, Women’s Seniors and Juniors. Club nights are held on a Thursday evening from 6pm While competitive, Opaki is a very social and welcoming Club. It welcomes new members who just love getting out there and having a bash! Visit clubspark.kiwi/WairarapaTennis/ Play/Opaki or www.facebook.com/ opakitennisclub/

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Trust House Masterton TENNIS CENTRE Tennis was first played in Masterton 1879, with the first meeting held to form a club in 1881, and first club tournament taking place in 1883. The Club was based in Coradine Street, then Chapel Street and later Bunny Street, before finally arriving at its present destination at 147 Dixon Street in 1920. Since then the Club has had long and varied history including being requisitioned for a United States military hospital during World War II, surviving the Wahine Storm of 1968, and losing its clubhouse to fire in 1972. In 1984 three courts were converted to Astroturf, giving the Club three all-weather courts, two tarsealed courts, and five grass courts. 1991 saw the clubhouse extended with a new kitchen and bar, and the clubroom moved to the ground floor. The Park Tennis Club and Masterton Lawn Tennis Club merged in 1994, giving the new Masterton Tennis Centre the resources to convert all the remaining courts to Astroturf. It now has a total of eleven all-weather courts. A strong feature of the club for many years has been the involvement of veteran players. The first Vets Tournament was played in 1963 and has been a regular feature of the club calendar ever since, with players from all over the lower North Island competing. Today the Masterton Tennis Centre is a strong, flexible and growing club that exists to support, strengthen and promote tennis in the Masterton and Wairarapa communities.

The Club welcomes new members of all ages and abilities to become involved at a level to suit their lifestyle. It offers a diverse range of activities to cater to everyone, including Junior development and coaching, social levels, business house, veterans, and interclub competitions, as well as family sessions. The calendar of weekly events allows the flexibility for people to play tennis as a member of the centre which ever way suits them with Rep Squad on Monday, InterBusiness on Tuesday, Midweek Doubles Interclub on Wednesday, Senior Social Doubles and Regional 3 College on Thursday, Club Night and BBQ, Regional 1 Men’s and Women’s, and Regional 2 on Friday, Junior tennis coaching, Regional 1 and 2 and Senior Doubles on Saturday, and on Sundays Social Doubles followed by Morning Tea. For more information P: (06) 378 6092 or E: mast.tennis@gmail.com

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Carterton TENNIS CENTRE Carterton is a friendly, affordable, community tennis club with reasonable fees. It has four great courts, a comfortable clubhouse and something for everyone, whatever their age and skill level. Established in 1902 with grass courts, these were later converted to asphalt and now Plexipave. These all-weather courts are uncommon in Wairarapa as most clubs have transitioned to artificial grass. Plexipave gives a faster surface and requires good reactions! The Club participates in all Wairarapa Regional One and Two events as well as Midweek and Ladies competitions. It is consistently competitive in the local region, winning many Regional One and Two titles. It holds its own club championship at the end of the season with the next one planned for March 2020. The Club offers junior development sessions for school Terms Four and One, hosted by Henry Cordwell from 3.30pm. The Club has a social group of Tuesday players who play all year round from 9am. It also has lights for night play, allowing commuters who cannot play during the day access to the sport.

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Gladstone TENNIS CLUB Gladstone Tennis Club was established according to an old Balance Book - in 1951, although some locals remember it starting at the end of the war.

Back then the courts were situated in a paddock on the corner of Longbush Road and Gladstone Road. They were made from concrete and had a long-drop toilet. In 1988 four Astroturf courts were laid at the Gladstone Sports & Social Complex on Gladstone Road, which now have lights and the old land sold. Today the Club has 55 Junior (primary school) players, plus four college students, eight men and six women with teams in

the Senior Competition Regional 1 & 2, a Women’s Midweek Doubles Team and six Primary Interclub teams. For the past 12 years, the Gladstone Junior team has won the Championship Grade in the Wairarapa Primary Competition. Gladstone Tennis Club has had generations of families involved in tennis and this continues today. Some of the people playing in 2019 had grandparents/parents playing back in 1951. For more information call: Jill Day 027 278 4237 Sara Orsborn P: 027 645 3208 Scott Day P: 027 821 4379

Greytown TENNIS CLUB Greytown Tennis Club was established in 1905 in East Street, before moving to its current site next to the camping grounds in Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, in the late 1920s.

tennis operates year-round for members.

In the early 1980s three concrete courts were established which were subsequently overlaid with asphalt in the early 2000s.

The Club’s playing environment is secondto-none, where members play tennis while listening to native birds, shaded by large native trees.

Greytown is a very family-oriented club with as many juniors as there are seniors. The Club enjoys fantastic community support especially through its Business House/Community tennis competition which operates with both social and competitive grades. In addition, midweek

On Saturday mornings junior coaching takes place for three age groups, led by the juniors themselves.

For more information visit the Club on Facebook, go to the website: clubspark.kiwi/greytowntennisclub or contact Andrew Clouston P: 027 294 1852 E: Greytowntennis@gmail.com

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LAWN TENNIS CLUB Established in 1904, Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club has six grass and two AstroTurf courts at 24 Oxford Street. The two Astroturf courts are also marked out for netball and hockey, meaning that those courts get used all year round providing a great community resource. The Club has good membership with Senior, Midweek and Junior players. It also offers family memberships which are popular, and homestay membership for those wanting to offer something extra through their homestay. In addition, the Club runs a fully subscribed Business House tennis competition for eight weeks before and after Christmas. This is open to nonmembers as well as members. At the start of December, the Club is hosting the WTA Parent & Child Tournament. Its flagship event is the “Over the Hill” Tournament, held in the second weekend of January. This will be held on 11 & 12 January 2020 - and it will be the 25TH edition.

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Kathy Lee of the Masterton Miniature Train Society dressed as a witch to guard the Halloween Ghost Train. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM

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Hell Pizza Masterton manager William Keedwell [front] and team get into the Halloween spirit. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM

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Policeman’s rocky mystery In the leadup to Halloween, reporter ELI HILL talked to former Wairarapa police dog handler Jim Field about a paranormal event that occurred while he was in the police force. It involved a hospital, the Salvation Army, 20 police officers and stones travelling at high speeds.

Jim Field’s story began at 9pm on a September night in 1978 after the matron at Mercy Private Hospital in Palmerston North called the police station and complained of children throwing stones on the roof. The bombardment had started the previous night and continued for seven hours, upsetting staff and patients. Four hours into the second night of bombardment, hospital staff phoned the police. While talking to the matron, a decent-sized rock hit the iron roof and rolled, clattering into the guttering. “I took Vito [my police dog] out, grabbed the tracking line and walked back into the grounds, where I stood in the shadow of a large tree,” Field wrote in his book Backtracking. Field waited with Vito for the next stone to land

so he could get a bearing on the thrower’s location. “I didn’t have long to wait. We were both startled by a large stone that hit the ground in front of us and rolled to a stop against my boot. “Cheeky little sods, they must be able to see me. I stopped to pick up the stone then almost dropped it. It felt quite hot to touch.” Field started off in the missile’s direction of travel and hadn’t gone more than 20 paces when another small stone hit him from behind. Two more stones hit the hospital roof in quick succession and then a window smashed nearby. Almost immediately, the watch house called Field to report that the broken window belonged to the Salvation Army hostel across the road. When he went to the Salvation Army, Field and two fellow policemen were

Jim Field experienced what’s believed to be par-normal phenomena while working as a police dog handler. PHOTO/ELI HILL

met by a barrage of stones. A second window smashed, and several more missiles hit the lodge. Despite the dog being able to wind-scent anybody within 100 meters, Field couldn’t find where the rocks were coming from. The barrage continued until 3.45am and started again at 3.30pm the next afternoon. Several more windows were broken, and rocks rained unceasingly onto the roof. “The complex began to look like a place under siege, with boarded-up

windows and the grounds littered with debris. “As well as concrete and stones, the missiles included grapefruit, acorns, eggs and a heavy metal bolt.” Due to the damage and very real danger of someone being seriously injured or killed, a task force of 20 men, including two dog handlers, was immediately set up under Sergeant Ivan MacGowan. Watching posts were established over a wide area in sections, on roofs, and even up trees, but the stones continued to rain

down, and after eight days the mystery was no closer to being solved. As days went by the showers of missiles never let up and, if anything, increased. Some of the hunks of concrete were so big they could barely be thrown more than a few metres even by the strongest cop. At one point, a piece of concrete weighing more than a kilogram smashed through a heavy glass ranch slider window and hit a TV set, that exploded in front of four viewers. The TV set, or what was left of it, was a smoking shell, razor sharp slivers of glass were everywhere. “Even the most cynical were lost for words when we realised the missile would have had to penetrate a heavy privet hedge and corrugated iron fence outside the ranch slider.” There was a lull on the eleventh night with only four rocks thrown at 8pm. The next night was peaceful and it appeared to be all over. Field said they never solved the mystery, however a later report in the paper described it as possibly being attributed to “paranormal phenomena”, one of the forms of psychic phenomena.

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The two-day self-drive Wairarapa Garden Tour will showcase gardens of all sorts and clever ways to grow produce sustainably. With loads of variety, there’ll be something to suit gardeners of all ages. A ticket gets you entry into more than a dozen private gardens. New to the 2019 tour, are three Masterton collaborations: – a guided tour around the Queen Elizabeth Park’s historic arboreta – Rathkeale School’s eco-trail, Alfred Buxton designed gardens and annual fete (Saturday only) – ConArt Gallery and studio – garden-inspired art and sculpture available to buy direct from Wairarapa artists. Pick your gardens and choose your route according to whatever tickles your gardening fancy. Locally sourced and home-made refreshments will be available in selected gardens, or BYO picnic. Tickets available through Eventfinda and at www. wairarapagardentour. co.nz. The Wairarapa Garden Tour is a major fundraiser for Pukaha National Wildlife Centre, allowing the centre to continue its vital work of conservation

pick up your brochure, including a free map and wristband, from the organiser’s stand at Memorial Square, Martinborough between 9-11am, November 23. All proceeds from the tour go to Wharekaka, Martinborough’s own aged care facility.

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Opening the gates to some of Martinborough’s most extraordinary properties, the Martinborough House and Garden Tour on Saturday, November 23 offers something for all. From an historic homestead to the cutting edge of modern design, rose-filled borders to productive veggie gardens, plus magnificent artwork inside and out. Each property – some never open to the public before – has its own charm. There are 11 properties to visit on this one-day self-drive tour. Each will feature a stall run by a local craftsperson, selling everything from handcrafted crystal to local honey. Most properties are in and around the village – the furthest house is just 12km away. For most, both house and garden are open to ticketholders, for a few properties, the focus is either on the garden only or the house only. Tickets only available through www.eventfinda. co.nz. Bring your ticket to

Located only 15 minutes east of Masterton, the 334-hectare Rewanui Forest Park is one of the best examples of lowland forest in the Wellington region. It combines areas of bush, open grassland and commercial plantations of both native and exotic species. The property is important for biodiversity as well as a recreational asset. The forest park is owned by Masterton-based charity, the Montfort Trimble Foundation, and is open to the public all year round. On Sunday, November 24, come on down and bring the family for a day of guided and self-guided walking tours. Learn a little about exotic tree trails and the outstanding native bush on one of the looped tracks or take a more challenging walk to the top of Mt Clyde for panoramic view of Wairarapa. It will be a great day for families with pony rides, forestry/farm forestry/ wood working displays, sheep dog demonstration and a sausage sizzle. Starts 10am. Rewanui Forest Park is on the MastertonCastlepoint Road, approximately 22km east of Masterton, on the left, just before the Riversdale turn-off. Look out for the red woolshed. More information available on www. eventfinda.co.nz

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Season of goodwill brings cheer and fun It seems like the season of fun, frolics and party time has arrived already. The weather has changed dramatically from winter to summer completely bypassing Autumn (again). November brings all the craft fairs so you can get your Christmas shopping done before December hits us. Check out the Rathkeale Christmas Fete on November 9, Greytown Country Market on November 17, Carter Court Fair day on November 23 and the Mauriceville Country Fair on December 1. I shall be at the Carter Court Fair with a stand so do come and see me. November also brings us the big events like Toast Martinborough to get you in the mood for the summer holidays. Although I can recommend staying out of Martinborough if you are not going to join in with the wine, music and food as many thousands of people will be flocking there and many of the roads will be closed. Schools are winding down and NCEA exams are

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Shirley Nightingale in full swing (with three teenagers in the house it is a stressful time for my family). So, all in all it should be a time of happiness and good cheer to everyone. I certainly try my best to be happy and bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of those I meet. Unlike, I have to say, Mr Grumpy, who we met on the Greytown Rail Trail the other morning – obviously a man who does not like dogs or anyone who isn’t a cyclist. I don’t have a dog myself, but I like walking with them. It can make a big difference to your day whether you get a smile or a nasty look or word from a stranger. Sometimes a smile can lift you from a depression, or a thoughtless or hurtful word can throw you into a depression. So, if you sometimes act like our Mr Grumpy did,

then just think about how you treat others and think about whether you would like to be treated like that. It doesn’t take much to make or break someone’s day. Coming up to the season of goodwill, it is a good time to take stock and look at our own actions and thoughts. I suppose we could start preparing for our New Year’s resolutions – no, too soon, let’s get through Christmas first. Enough introspection, back to reality. The next two months are busy, busy, busy so don’t overdo it. Take some time to relax, perhaps go to Toast or the garden tour or hunt for the scarecrows in Gladstone. There is so much on this month that you cannot possibly do all of it so be selective and don’t wear yourself out. See you at Carter Court on Saturday the 23rd.

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CLOSURE OF STREETS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulation 1965, notice is hereby given that the Masterton District Council proposes to close the following streets to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder, for the purpose of permitting the Christmas Parade and Christmas on Queen.

CHRISTMAS PARADE Streets to be closed to Ordinary Vehicular Traffic y Worksop Road from the intersection with Dixon Street to Queen Street y Queen Street from Worksop Road to the northern roundabout y MDC portion of Farriers carpark Period of Closure Saturday 7 December 2019 from 12 noon to 2pm. Route of Parade The parade having formed in Worksop Road, east of Dixon Street will proceed along Worksop Road west to Queen Street and along Queen Street to the Farriers carpark. Alternative provision for Ordinary Vehicular Traffic During the period of closure the following provision will be made for ordinary vehicular traffic which would otherwise use the streets: Detour will be available via Chapel Street. Parking All vehicles to be removed from Queen Street by 12 noon. Any vehicle still parked in Queen Street will have to remain there until the parade has finished. At the conclusion of the Christmas Parade the following streets will remain closed for Christmas on Queen.

CHRISTMAS ON QUEEN Kahutara School Teacher Ben Milne and Year 5 and 6 students with a LED bulb. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Kahutara’s carbon footprint lighter with new initiative Eli Hill How many students does it take to change a lightbulb? Kahutara School is reducing its carbon footprint by ditching old fluorescent lights in favour of efficient LED light bulbs. The school decided to switch to LEDs to promote sustainable living and looking after the environment, Kahutara School principal Charmaine Taplin said. “There will also be reduced electricity costs and we will get upgraded

lighting – at the moment we have old fluorescent lights that don’t put out great light,” she said. The school will change to LEDs with support from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority [EECA]. EECA is encouraging New Zealanders to make the switch as part of its Gen Less campaign to reduce energy-related carbon emissions, chief executive Andrew Caseley said. “If 100,000 more New Zealanders switched all their household lighting

to LEDs, that would prevent 1669 tonnes of C02 being released into the atmosphere per year – that’s equivalent to roughly 35,000 people not flying from Auckland to Wellington per year.” LED light bulbs used to be expensive, but you can now buy them on special for about $3. Caseley said switching to an LED bulb could save you hundreds of dollars in the long run. LEDS use up to 85 per cent less electricity than “inefficient” incandescent light bulbs, he said.

Streets to be closed to Ordinary Vehicular Traffic and Period of Closure y Queen Street from the northern side of Church Street to southern side of King Street intersections – Saturday 7 December 2019, 7.30am-4.30pm y Park Street from Queen Street up to (but not including) Cricket Street – Saturday 7 December 2019, 7.30am-4.30pm Parking No parking in Queen Street from the northern side of Church Street to King Street intersections, and Park Street from Queen Street up to Cricket Street, from 7am on Saturday 7 December 2019. All closures will be removed as soon as practicable. Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of objection and grounds thereof in writing before 4pm Monday 11 November 2019 at the Masterton District Council Office, 161 Queen Street (P O Box 444), Masterton. Dated this 25th day of October 2019. S T Southey - PLANNING AND BUILDING MANAGER 06 370 6300 - 8am to 5pm 06 378 7752 - 5pm to 8am (after hours) 161 Queen Street, PO Box 444, Masterton 5840 mdc@mstn.govt.nz WWW.MSTN.GOVT.NZ

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Gianina Schwanecke For some farmers, the thought of having to divvy up their life’s work or planning to sell on to strangers can be daunting, blocking them from planning properly for their futures. But succession planning doesn’t have to be an intimidating process, says John Murray from PGG Wrightson. “It’s very personal. It’s a real deep thing for [farmers] to get their heads around. “It’s sometimes put on the back burner because it’s too hard.” There was a lot of pressure for them to figure out what to do with the farm and how to look after their families, he said. “Once a plan is in place, it takes the weight off their shoulders.” Earlier this year, he ran a seminar about farm succession planning, hoping to get people thinking about their options. “It’s never too early to start. Farmers might think they are miles away from handing the farm over.” Murray said farmers needed time to get things in order and make sure the farm was in good condition. “You want to be able to present your farm as a Monday morning farm, so a new owner can see there is nothing to do but untie the dogs on a Monday morning and start farming.” He said there were a number of options available to farmers. Selling or leasing the farm were common options, though preparing the property for a quick sale or maintaining its quality over a lease could be difficult. Equity partnerships had become more widely used in the last 15 years. “It gives farm owners the opportunity to bring young people into the farm with energy and enthusiasm.” This was a good thing, he said, as the average age of farmers continued to rise,

Passing farms on to the younger generation is still one of the main succession plans though it is becoming less common. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE

and young people were finding it more difficult to enter the industry let alone buy a farm of their own. “It comes with its challenges like any partnership.” Passing farms onto the younger generation was still one of the main succession plans though it was becoming less common and making it fair to nonfarming children could be tricky. Having an exit strategy in any event was important, and that’s what succession planning involved, he said. “It might be a big, personal thing. “It’s just a matter of going through steps and working with the right people.” Geordie McCallum, from Wairarapa Property Consultants [WPC], spoke at the seminar and agreed that farm succession planning was a very personal thing. It could also be quite complicated. “It brings a number of processes into one,” he said. “You have transition of labour on the farm as the retiring generation step themselves out of operating as the next generation learn the skills and work their way up. “You’ve got retirement which is a challenging process for people making the move from working life.” McCallum said it was a careful balancing act between often

contrary needs. “When you’re dealing with farms, you’re dealing with a big chunk of capital which comes with a big set of expectations. “The farm has still got to be viable while making provision for the retiring couple. You’ve also got to make sure there’s something in it for all the other members of the family who aren’t farming.” Deciding how to do this came with no simple or easy answers. It required everyone involved sitting around the table and understanding not just what the plan was, but why and how we’ve got to that place. “A good farm business transition and succession plan transfers the management and sometimes the ownership of a business from one generation to the next, while maintaining family relationships and enhancing business performance.” McCallum said to start with trusted advisors, like farmers’ regular farm consultants, accountants or bankers. Succession planning was also important for younger generations of farmers, as pathways to farm ownership were difficult. “Once upon a time with sheep and beef, you might have shorn your way or leased your way into a farm. There are not as many lease opportunities. “The amount of capital required to buy a farm are

also much more than the average person can earn.” Equity partnerships provided a steppingstone which bridged these needs. The seminar also focused on wellbeing as farms and their owners transitioned.

Murray said it was important for farmers to find interest outside of the farm and look at their own wellbeing. Sarah Donaldson from the East Coast Rural Support Trust said open communication was also important. She said it was good to pace the process and break it down into stages, so everyone had a clear idea of what was happening. Matt Hood, senior rural manager at Rabobank Masterton, said succession planning required longterm thinking and it was important to think of the end game. “When the parents retire from active farming, they need somewhere to live, something to live on, and something to live for.”

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Escapading Down Under

Wai Write

Casting his mind back to 1961, MICHAEL BENNETT reminiscences about his OE. “Go down to Tassie,” they said, “pick apples! Bloody good money!” Ever the optimists, we took this advice to heart and wandered down the big continent towards Melbourne and the Tasmanian ferry. The Empress of Tasmania was large as ferries go and a lot of people came on board before sailing, to farewell their friends and relations. At the appropriate time of departure, the PA system announced, “All visitors ashore please – we will be sailing in 10 minutes”. At this point in time we all turned around and waved to non-existent friends on the wharf – Ian wandered off to spend the night in a toilet, I found what appeared to be a ticket and commandeered a kind of reclining airline seat and Tony, with his usual canniness, spent the night in the crew’s quarters swapping stories of his misspent youth with the crew. Tasmania appeared in the morning, the Empress

Tony chopping up the hut next door for firewood. PHOTO/MICHAEL BENNETT

docked at Devonport and three intrepid apple pickers disembarked and headed towards the local equivalent of the labour exchange. “G’day! I believe you need apple pickers. Where should we go?” The rotund fellow behind the counter mumbled round his cigarette. “You wanna head down towards Hobart. Head down the main road to Deloraine and see if you can hitch down from there. “Over the central plateau.” “Thanks mate,” we said and turned towards the door. “By the way – take your time, they won’t need you till April.” It was currently November!

The last we saw of him was his fat bum shaking with laughter as he went into his office. We got to Deloraine and noticed that it had a youth hostel there and a really nice bloke who had once been treated kindly by a Kiwi let us stay for nothing and I took lots of photos of his kids, promising to send copies when we got somewhere. After three days we took off in pouring rain hoping to hitch our way south. Four hours of walking inside some big plastic bags we had found, carrying a pack, we had adopted our usual mode of going at our own pace which meant that Tony was about a mile ahead of me, and I was a

If you have a flair for writing, send your short stories (up to 600 words) to midweek@ age.co.nz to be considered for publication. mile ahead of Ian. About lunch time, if we had had any lunch, Ian waved to us as he passed in a two-seater sports car on his way to Hobart. As dusk settled we arrived at a place called Liawenee by the Great Lake. Our wonderful map of youth hostels told us that here was a hostel. It hadn’t stopped raining all day and we saw the YHA sign with considerable joy, knocked on the door, and were greeted, eventually, by a drunk only just capable of staggering from the table to the door and from the door to the table.

It turned out that this was the YHA warden! His name was Jim, or it might have been Stan, or perhaps Charles – I dunno – he was almost unintelligible. In one corner of the room was a huge heap of beer bottles and on the table was a large roast, possibly of wild pig, complete with hairy butt, and a multitude of flies. “Where do we sleep?” we asked, several times. We got the feeling that Jim, or Stan or... wasn’t really listening. It took us half an hour to get him to point at a small hut. We entered and there was a small but lovely potbellied stove and two bunks. Outside there appeared to be nothing burnable but long, tussock grass so we asked the warden, what we could use for firewood. He pointed blearily at the very decrepit hut next door. Over the next few days we fed the next-door hut into the pot belly, kept warm, cooked ‘gookies’ in an old soap strainer. Gookies consisted of rolled oats, milo and water stirred to a thick paste and cooked through the door of the stove. Fortunately we had a lot of tea!

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Puzzles Wairarapa Midweek

WORDSEARCH

IN THE GARDEN

BUMPER WORDFIT

Can you find all the words hidden in the grid? Read backwards or forwards, up or down, or diagonally. The words will always be in a straight line. Cross them off the list as you find them.

O C I S W Y I O O S T G G W O H T G

W E R S G J I V R S T I E M R O A I

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ARCH BARROW BENCH BLOOM BLOSSOM BORDER BUSH CAN CLOCHE CONIFER DIBBER FENCE FORK

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L A A Q Y Q A P Y G H E A B R E Y E

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PEAT PESTICIDE PLANT PROPAGATE SHRUB SOIL SPADE SPRINKLER STAKE TERRACE TRELLIS TROWEL

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USE WOE 4 LETTERS EATS ECHO HILL LESS LUTE NOTE SEEM SELL SPAT TOIL URNS YARN YOUR YOYO 5 LETTERS ABATE ABIDE ADOBE

ADORN ALLAH ATOLL AWARE CANOE CHAFF DUNNY EATEN ENEMY ENTER ESTER EVENS FIRED FLUME FRANC HAVOC INSET IRISH LINES LUTES MAGMA NOVEL OATEN

OGLER ORGAN RADII REEVE RENTS ROMAN SCARY SCENT SEEDY SENDS SHUTS STUNS TABOO TAPER TEASE THIGH TOTEM UNITY UNSET UPEND

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X X T T T L H M T J I M T J Y

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50 Wairarapa Midweek Community Events Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Events

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Open Mic Night: At the Greytown Hotel Top Pub, 8-10.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research. 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: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Martinborough, St Andrew’s Hall, Dublin St, 9.30-11.30am. Featherston, Featherston Fire Station, Fox St, 1.303.30pm. Age Concern: SayGo, 9am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club [behind clock tower Carterton], at 1pm. Narcotics Anonymous: Meet at 6pm, at 15 Victoria St, Masterton. Carterton Community Choir: Meet 7.15-9pm, at Carterton School, Holloway St. Ability to read music not essential. Call [022] 373-4299. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 1.30pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983. Social Learners Bridge: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 3702511 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Senior Citizens & Beneficiaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342.

Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: Practice 6.30-8.30pm, Savage Club Hall, 10 Albert St, Masterton. Call secretary, Gloria [027] 628-5889. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Aratoi: 50/Fifty, 50 Years at Aratoi, until Nov 10; This Is The Day, a collaborative artwork by Robin White (NZ), Ruha Fifita (Tonga) and the women of Haveluloto in Tonga, until 17 Nov; Harry Watson, Modern Primitives, until Nov 24; Our Town – The Changing Face of Masterton, by Pete and the late George Nikolaison, until March 1, 2020, open daily, 12 Bruce St, Masterton. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Carterton Library noon-2pm. Money For Old Rope: The very best classic rock, pop and blues, Club Wairarapa, 20 Essex St, Masterton. Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Fri-Mon 10am-4pm, groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Pam [06] 372-6459. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Need support to quit smoking? Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Our support is available across Wairarapa and it’s at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Needlework and Craft Drop-In: 10amnoon, Featherston Community Centre. Call Virginia [06] 308-8392. Sewing and Craft: 10am-2pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Petra [021] 234-1554. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: Open 7 days, 10am-2pm, 41 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 Jill 377-4614. 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 Social Badminton Club: Play 7-9pm, all year round, at Masterton YMCA gym [371 Queen St]. Contact by text Hamish [021] 259-7684 or Sam [0210] 552-113. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 6-7pm, Genesis Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 2954189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am, behind the Hosking Garden in the Park. Call Pauline Lamb 377-3388. Carterton Senior Citizens: Meet 1.30-4pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Aratoi: 10.30am-3pm, ‘Artist Book’ Printmaking workshop. To book call 370-0001. Eketahuna Club Inc: Plant sale, perennials, vege and flower seedlings, from 9.30am, 30 Herbert St, Eketahuna Pukaha Garden Tour: Open gardens throughout Wairarapa, with funds going towards the Pukaha Widlife Centre. Check www.pukaha.org.nz Hukanui Music Group: Country and easy listening, Hukanui Hall, Pukehoi Rd, signposted from main highway, 10am-5pm, lunch available to purchase, afternoon tea provided. Call [06] 3758577 or [0276] 593-866. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Nola [027] 6878599 or Jenny 377-0859 or email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Featherston Weekly Market: Fresh produce, fine food producers, creators and much more. Great atmosphere, amazing food and community spirit, 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Harlequin Theatre: Wardrobe hire, 10am-1pm. Call 377-4066. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk.

Measured, timed, free. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Onetime registration essential. Info: parkrun.co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 10am-1pm, at the Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research. Martinborough Museum: Open 1.303.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Displays of WWI Featherston Military Camp, Featherston WWII Japanese POW Camp, and of Featherston and surrounding districts. Open Sat and Sun 10am-2pm, other times by arrangement, groups welcome. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10amnoon. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway. Open by appointment. Call 379-9021. Toy Library Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston Toy Library: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Call Merle [06] 3088109. Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, at Farriers, 4 Queen St, Masterton. Undercover, wheelchair and dog friendly. Call [027] 356-6592. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm. Call Ian Wyeth 378-6425 or 377-5762.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Eketahuna Club Inc: Plant sale, perennials, vege and flower seedlings, from 9.30am, 30 Herbert St, Eketahuna TK Markets: At Martinborough’s Te Kairanga Vineyard from 10am to 3pm.

Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: Meet at the Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 344-1073 or visit http:// mastertonmarauders.blogspot.co.nz Pukaha Garden Tour: Open gardens throughout Wairarapa, with funds going towards the Pukaha Widlife Centre. Check www.pukaha.org.nz Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Martinborough Museum: Open 1.303.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Wairarapa Embroiderers’ Guild: Exhibition of embroidery created by members of the guild over the past two years, last day, 10am-4pm, Aratoi, 12 Bruce St, Masterton. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 1.30pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983. Masterton Car Boot Sale and Market: 6.30-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact ja.murray@xtra.co.nz Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Masterton Branch of Wairarapa Labour Party: Meets 6.30pm. Meetings alternate between Carterton and Masterton. Call or text [021] 798-085 for details. Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 9.30am; line dancing, 10.30am, at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. East Indoor Bowling Club: Meet at 7pm, all members and visitors welcome. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 3789266. Literacy Wairarapa: Offers free help with reading, spelling and maths at Te Awhina/Cameron Community House, 9am-noon.

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Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 5740742. Not Your Nanna’s Sewing Circle: 7-9pm, Cobblestone’s Administration Room, 169 Main St, Greytown. Call Christine Healy [0274] 670-195 or Lynda Saint-Merat [06] 304-7026. Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or Pete [020] 4005-9740. Carterton: 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] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Wairarapa Music Co-Creation Meetup: Multi-generational amateur improvised orchestra, hundreds of instruments provided. No experience required. Facilitated by multi-instrumentalist Jonáš Koukl, 6.30-8pm, koha, at Heart of Arts, 47 High St, Carterton. Writer in Residence: Carterton Library’s free writing coaching sessions with author and writing coach Catherine Cooper will offer free one-hour writing coaching sessions, 1.30-4.30pm, at the library. Call 379-4080 or visit library. Masterton Toastmasters: Meet in the Salvation Army Hall, High St, Carterton, at 7.30pm. All welcome in a supportive, friendly environment for participation in public speaking, communicative and leadership opportunities. Call Pam [027] 669-9666. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching: Carterton, Fire Station (new venue) 9.30-11.30am. Greytown, Greytown Fire Station, 1.30-3.30pm. Wairarapa Consumer Complaints Support & Advisory Group: 11am noon, at Te Awhina House, Cameron

Cres, Masterton. Contact adviser Aileen Haeata goddessfitnz@gmail.com Harlequin Theatre: Wardrobe hire, 10am-1pm. Call 377-4066. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Senior Net: Invites people 50 years-plus to interesting computer and Smartphone course, at the Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton, 1.30-2.30pm. Wairarapa Genealogists: Rooms open 1-4pm, at the Research Rooms, 79 Queen St, Masterton. The public are most welcome to seek help with their family history research. Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Tribal Fusion Bellydancing: At 15 Queen St, Masterton, at 6.30pm. Text Toni [021] 105-7649 or visit Wairarapa Steampunk Tribal Bellydance on FB for more information. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 9amnoon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 3702511 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Juesday Art: 10am-1pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Julia [06] 308-8977. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Art For Everyone: 7-8pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, 2-4pm, or by appointment. Call 379-9233 or [027] 271-6280. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve 379-6999. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all

afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, beginners 4.30-5.30pm; intermediate, 5.30-7pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.3011am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Join us for sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm for browsing or painting, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019. Age Concern: Exercise For Seniors, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St, Masterton. Carterton Women’s Golf: Nine-hole golf at 10.45am. Call Jane Brooking [021] 171-9249. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: 6.45pm, at Rosewood, 417 Queen St, Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office]. Alcoholics Anonymous: Masterton, 7.30pm, Soulway Church, 227 High St. Call Darren [027] 334-2685. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15am for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm. Call Ian Wyeth 378-6425 or 377-5762. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz

fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the YMCA. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 3049748. Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.455pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start, at clubrooms behind clock tower Carterton. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Bowls at 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the clock tower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf croquet 9.15am, behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Pauline Lamb 377-3388.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: Computer, Tablet and Smartphone advice and coaching at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers, music and movement and art, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. 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. Ukulele Classes: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Neil [06] 308-9341. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Club: Craft and chat

Events

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek

Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll, beginners 6-7pm; Intermediate level 7.15-8.15pm, at Club Wairarapa, Masterton. Call [027] 333-1793. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: Meet at 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322 or Julie 370-4493. Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat [06] 3089729. Senior Citizens Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre Call Val [06] 308 9203. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call John 3702511 or Brian 377-4066. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Need support to quit smoking? Our support is available across Wairarapa and it’s 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: 11.30am-noon 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. https://www. facebook.com/CartertonToyLibrary/ CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. For Mobility Parking Permits, Disability Support and Advocacy. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. The Dance Shed: 450 Belvedere Rd Carterton. Line Dancing Class, 7-9pm, beginners followed by intermediate. Call Wendy or Don 379-6827 or [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.

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