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Masterton resident and retired veterinarian John McLaren will fly to South Africa in March to compete as part of the New Zealand team at the long-range rifle world championships. It will be far from a novelty for this veteran, who is in his 45th year representing his country in what he describes as a “friendly, lifelong sport” that has brought him accolades, adventure and “an international community of friends”. Now in his mid-70s, McLaren was about seven years old when he first picked up a gun – a

John McLaren with his latest haul of silverware from the Wairarapa Open Championships in January. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

slug gun – “shooting into a target in front of a bookcase in the garden at home”. He honed his skill as a schoolboy at Scott’s College in Wellington and then at university: “I just kept up with the sport, really,” he said. Being chosen for the New Zealand long-range team in 1979 was a “really exciting” moment for McLaren “because there are lots of people around you who had vastly more experience, but you know, I was shooting really well and so I qualiﬁed to shoot”. His 45-year unbroken membership with the team has taken him across the globe, including England [19

ABOVE: John McLaren’s winning medal from 19 January 1979.

times], Canada, America and Australia, and bagged him one silver and five bronze medals. “You meet marvellous people,” McLaren said. “I’ve got friends from all around the world that I team up with and meet. It’s a sport of affection and patience, but once you develop a skill in shooting, it’s quite competitive. You can comment with the shooter next door – you’re not trying to beat them, you’re not on either side of a net or anything. It is a friendly, lifelong sport.” McLaren mastered long-range rifle shooting at the international level Continued on page 3 PHOTO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE

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South Africa in veteran’s sights Continued from page 1 alongside running his busy Masterton veterinary practice, The Animal Hospital, and raising three children with his wife Jan. “When I look back, I can’t believe how he could fit rifle shooting into the scenario plus three children and he was a good dad,” Jan said. As a sole practitioner of his practice “he worked from dawn to dusk”, she said. “The phone went all day long. He was a oneman band. He was an oldfashioned vet, who’d go to Tinui to look at a cattle beast and then return to a waiting room full of small animals. And this was before cellphones, so then he’d get another call and have to go to Riversdale or something, all on the same day and he never complained. He just loved his job.” For McLaren, how he fitted it all in is simple: “If

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you’re mad enough and have got passion enough, you make time,” he said. “I would practise inside using a spot on the wall. It’s a matter of perfecting the technique to shoot and once you do that and you start competing, then it’s just in your blood. Your desire is such that you make time.” Most recently, McLaren topped the leaderboard at Wairarapa’s open rifle championships for the 11th time in his competitive career. Shooting with a large 7.62 calibre full-bore rifle, he scored an impressive 148/150 over distances of 800, 900 and 1000 yards, including 14 centrals

[hitting the inner bull’s eye on the target]. The competition was held at Masterton Rifle Club’s new range at Longridge Rd in Wainuioru, which McLaren, with his friend Geoff Smith, helped establish. “We got support from local farmers who brought the diggers; we had posthole borers. We dug the holes and we planted the posts. We set up the framework so that our target sits in front of drums full of rubber chips so our bullets, which are made of lead, stay inside the drums,” McLaren explained. As well as contributing

LEFT: John McLaren at The Animal Hospital, 1980. ABOVE and RIGHT McLaren with his rifle after winning in 1979. PHOTOS/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE

to the rifle shooting community, McLaren continues to keep up his veterinary skills. “I am retired, but I still do some practice. I operated on a horse yesterday, for example.” McLaren expects stiff competition at the world

championships in South Africa’s judicial capital, Bloemfontein, where he will compete in individual and team contests: “We’ll be very lucky” to bring home silverware, he said. But with nearly five decades of experience under his belt, McLaren

remains cool, calm and collected. “This range in South Africa is going to be wide open. You just have to adapt. When there are several hundred shooters there, you can’t guarantee anything. You just do your best and carry on.”

Wairarapa kids in full voice for 2024 Lucy Cooper

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The Wairarapa Kids’ Choir [WKC] is looking forward to another busy year of music, learning and fun, with regular rehearsals back on the schedule from mid-February. The choir, started by local music teachers Jill Bebbington and Angie Cook in 2018, is ‘nonauditioned’, providing a place for children aged seven years and up to enjoy singing. “We perform a number of concerts for the public each year and also visit community groups or

centres to share our enjoyment of singing to live music,” a choir member’s parent Rachel Machin said. Last year, the choir helped raise over $500 for Hokai Tahi, a local parent wellbeing and support group in May, performed their first musical, Rats! in September and contributed to a Christmas concert at Cobblestones Museum in Greytown. A similar programme of events is planned for this year, including a mid-year concert, possibly with another local musical group. The choir boasts over

WKC singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at Cobblestones in 2023.

20 singers and “the kids just love it”, Machin said. “What’s more, this year, two of our older teenagers are now giving back their time and skills to help the younger children with

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The strongest of strongarms In 1988 the strongest of the strongarms came to Masterton to see who was the strongest of them all. MARK PACEY of the Wairarapa Archive recalls the 1988 national arm-wrestling competition. In the year after Lincoln Hawk’s win over reigning champ Bob Hurley in the 1987 ﬁlm Over the Top, starring Sly Stallone, arm wrestling became a popular competition in the country. In fact, in the top action movies rented at video stores, Hawk’s saga was the third most popular, behind Lethal Weapon but edging out Crocodile Dundee. Regional heats were held across New Zealand in pubs – an appropriate place as DB Draught was the oﬃcial sponsor. Games were only staged in bars where DB was on tap. “Don’t miss the opportunity to chance your arm in New Zealand’s greatest ever arm-wrestling challenge,” the nations’ papers declared. Aside from ample DB, the other big enticement for competitors besides fame was the prize money.

A prize pool of $100,000 was on oﬀer and for the overall champ, a chance to compete with the big guns in a competition in the United States. While attention was focused on the overall main competition, there were four classes of contest in total, including one for women. It wasn’t the traditional style of arm wrestling that was showcased, either. The days of clasping each other’s hands and going for it over a small table were a thing of the past. For this competition, the technology was brought out, with an arm-wrestling machine with two metal arms that competitors grasped on to. A light on the top would signal when the match was won and to make sure everything was done above board, a referee oversaw the

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ABOVE: Shane Yelash takes on Kevin Walls in a heat, while referee Blair Williams watches. INSET LEFT: Competitor Craig Stewart feeling the strain. INSET RIGHT: Rose Kotlowski eying up her opponent. PHOTOS/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVES

whole thing. All over the country, patrons poured a cold one and cheered on the arm warriors, encouraging rocky starts and screaming at cliﬀhanger moments which could go either way. Masterton competitor Phil Payne was driven to try harder this time around, as he was runner-up in the middleweight section the previous year.

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Wairarapa farmers supporting a national charity that puts highquality rural produce on to urban plates, hope a fundraising boost will encourage others to join. Meat the Need, which was set up three years ago during the covid-19 pandemic, provides donated mince and milk powder to organisations including the Masterton Foodbank. This produce comes from farmers who wish to share what they have with families in need. The charity received a Wairarapa donation late last year, after being selected as one of four charities or community groups to share $4000 raised by Z Energy’s Good in the Hood programme. Customers at Masterton’s Z service station voted for one of the charities using a token. This round saw donations for Wairarapa divided between: Meat the Need Wairarapa $604; Masterton Community Patrol $628; Wairarapa Women’s Refuge $964 and Wellington Free Ambulance $1804. Meat the Need Wairarapa volunteer

“It was the easiest donation I’ve ever made,” she said. “It took two minutes to fill in the form online and Fonterra and Meat the Need take care of the rest.” Gatenby believes such actions strengthen the whole community. “New Zealand is such a big producer of agricultural products and with the current cost of living, we can send some of it to help give people the opportunity to get back on their feet,” she said. “When you live rurally, these are the sorts of things you align with.” For Meat the Need Wairarapa volunteer Nicky Brown, it’s all about sharing the protein. Masterton Foodbank PHOTO/SUPPLIED manager Jenna Matchett Nicky Brown, who farms equivalents through Meat she said. said it had been a sheep and beef at Tinui, the Need’s programme “Many farmers already recipient of Meat the Need said the Z donation Feed Out. donate directly to for three years. would see another 500Meat the Need foodbanks but Meat the “It allows us to provide plus premium mince ‘Champions’ such as Need makes it easy for high-quality protein to our meals reach Masterton Brown represent the them.” clients. This is something Foodbank. charity at events, look Businesses that work we wouldn’t be able to Currently, farms for donation-giving with farmers can also afford to include in our registered with Silver opportunities and network become financial donors parcels, without the Fern Farms or Alliance with farmers, “connecting or supporters, Brown said. support of this amazing can contact their local the dots between rural and “If we can get more initiative,” she said. representatives or go urban”, she said. Wairarapa people “There is a real sense online and declare their “Mince was chosen involved, we can regularly of support when donation in livestock, [for foodbanks] as it’s supply more foodbanks our delivery which is given to the versatile. Farmers are here – a little goes a long arrives, as foodbank as a monetary used to eating top-quality way to getting some good we know 3 value equivalent, in the meat, whereas many protein to families.” the meat form of 500g mince packs. families in need may not Pirinoa dairy farmer has been New Plymouth 3A 43 Dairy farmers with often experience premium Jane Gatenby donates donated Fonterra, Mikara or mince. It’s a way of giving milk on a quarterly basis by farmers Inglewood Synlait can donate milk back to the community,” through the charity. wanting to

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Divine River offers more soothing balm Lucy Cooper

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February will be another busy month for Divine River, the Wairarapa-wide charity providing education on sustainable approaches to personal healthcare and wellbeing, as it puts finishing touches to its latest programme of free community workshops. Throughout the month, opportunities to make your own kawakawa balm will be available at two sessions every Wednesday at Carterton, Martinborough and Greytown libraries and Featherston Community Centre [12pm and 3pm], and every Friday at the Shady Mellow [12pm] in Masterton and at Masterton library [3pm]. Kawakawa is a medicinal New Zealand native, easily recognisable from its heartshaped leaves and nibbled holes from the looper caterpillar – a sign the leaves are ready to harvest. “It possesses antimicrobial, antiinflammatory and analgesic effects,” workshop facilitator Steff Willmore

said, “and the balm is very soothing for many skin and joint complaints.” “We offer the workshop to people to come along to for free, so they get to learn how to make the balm and they get to take away the product as well,” Willmore said. “We also have handouts which have all the information about what we’re doing and why it’s good for the environment and better for our bodies, if we’re using natural products.” This latest workshop is another in Divine River’s ‘creativity and connection’ series, so-called because “people who attend the sessions are making something creative, whilst making connections with others in their community and they’re also learning about eco options for these products”, Willmore said. “You can get the products on the shelves in the supermarket, but people might not have thought about what’s in them and why the ingredients may be bad for us and the environment.” Willmore, who has been with Divine River

ABOVE: Divine River offers a range of workshops including mindful sewing, lip balmmaking, eco-pads and tote bags. LEFT: A selection of workshop ingredients. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

since mid-2023 and has a background in art, creative workshop facilitation and aromatherapy, finds facilitating the workshops “really rewarding” and a great way to connect with people of all ages and from all walks of life. “We had a chap who had a workplace injury and wasn’t able to work. He wanted to reintegrate back into the community but in a gentle way. He attended workshops in the library, in the middle of the day, which is a quieter time and he really valued the opportunity to connect with people again, in a way that wasn’t overwhelming for him. “Just lovely stories like

that make you feel really warm inside and that what we’re doing is really valuable and needed,” she said. Divine River is also offering the regular ‘make your own eco-period pads’ workshop at 10am Saturdays starting at Featherston Library on February 24 and at Martinborough, Carterton and Greytown libraries until April 13. “We rotate around these four different locations on Saturdays from 10am to 11.30am every two weeks throughout the year,” Willmore explained. “Since 2020 we have made over 1000 ecoperiod pads, which

potentially replace 100,000 disposable pads going to landfill,” Lisa Birrell, one of the charity’s founders and its community and programme development manager said. Figures for other workshops are equally impressive. “Our creativity and connection workshops have created 231 candles, 209 lip balms, 36 crochet face cloths, 59 batches of bath salts and 71 aroma rollers. In addition, we have distributed around 500 period pads to local schools that have taken part in our workshops.” The popularity of the workshops is growing all the time, Willmore said,

which she attributes to people becoming more aware of what some personal care products do to our bodies and the environment. “Definitely people’s awareness is far greater now than it was even five years ago and the whole climate change discussion is really prominent right now. “So I think people want to learn how to make their own. When you make your own period pad, for example, that’s so cost-effective. And in this economic climate, that’s a real draw point.” • For more information visit www.facebook. com/DivineRiverNZ

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Tales from Wales coming soon Wairarapa Word and Wairarapa Library Service [WLS] have partnered to bring a slice of Wales [or Cymru in Welsh, pronounced ‘Kumry’] to Carterton this month. Welsh folklorist, Peter Stevenson, will share his Tales from Wales, as well as his experience as a performer, writer and illustrator, at the Carterton Community Courthouse on Saturday, February 24. In the ﬁrst of two sessions, Stevenson, who has illustrated for Margaret Mahy, Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley, among others, will present folktales for all ages taken from his two most recent books, Illustrated Welsh Folk Tales for Young and Old and Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg. “Peter has been called a ‘story encyclopaedia’ for the breadth of his knowledge and experience,” said Madeleine Slavick, founding coordinator of Wairarapa Word and assistant librarian at WLS. “We are happy to present Tales from Wales as our ﬁrst programme of 2024. Entry is free and koha is welcome.”

Later in the afternoon, Stevenson will host a free storytelling workshop for adults. “The workshop will explore the questions, where do stories come from? And how can oral stories be made into books?” Slavick said. “Peter will focus on migration stories, from Wales and the world. Participants are encouraged to bring along a story about migration and that can be either a real story or a work of the imagination.” Slavick advised people to sign up for the workshop, as spaces are limited. Stevenson published his ﬁrst book, Play Mask Book: Little Red Riding Hood, in 1991 and has published a total of 17 titles. He has published and performed around the

ABOVE: Peter Stevenson and Joy Cowley. LEFT: Peter Stevenson’s Green Man. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

world and describes himself as living in a “seaweedy town” on the west coast of Wales. He is in Wairarapa with

Te Ao o Te Pūkeko [which translates as ‘the world of the pūkeko’] – an artists’ retreat established by local storyteller Gaye Sutton and her husband Michael. Tales from Wales is part of a monthly public

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fruited, leaving the fresh green canes for next seasons crop. • Trim the long runners on strawberry plants back to the main plant. This encourages the plants to produce flowers and another batch of fruit. Some varieties, such as Seascape and Temptation, fruit well in Autumn. Feed now with strawberry food or a fertiliser high in potassium to get a good crop of autumn fruit.

At this time of year there are quite a few pests & diseases that can effect your garden. Here are a few common ones, but come and see our friendly team with any other issues you may have. It is a good idea to bring in photos, or samples of issues, if possible to help us diagnose the problem.

• Replenish pots, baskets & flower beds with seedlings of lobelia, portulaca, petunia and salvias. Using a quality potting mix, such as Daltons Premium, is recommended for best results. Get in early to choose spring flowering bulbs such as freesias, daffodils, anemones & ranunculas. Prepare the garden before planting by mixing in some compost & ican Real Blood & Bone first, or Daltons Premium Bulb Food for pots.

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• Keep tomatoes and other summer veges cropping with regular picking

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Small, strong and perfectly formed Lucy Cooper

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A local initiative begun to create an event for the people of Carterton to evoke the “markets of Europe” is still going strong, nearly a decade later. Carterton Farmers’ Market is a regular feature in the town’s Memorial Square most Sundays, providing a space for local growers and producers to sell their fresh fruit, veggies, honey and crafts. “Over the years we’ve realised that it’s evolved,” said Dan Broughton, who helped found the market with his wife Louisa. “It’s still a hub of meeting and greeting, but I think it’s probably more now. We’ve got our regulars who want to support ‘buy local’, support local produce and minimise the carbon miles side of things and we endeavour to support the locals who wanted to come to us, rather than import from far away. “It’s a small market but perfectly formed,” he said. Stallholders range from people selling surplus produce from their home gardens, to regular

Market stallholder regular Helen Dew [right] and her friend, Linda.

suppliers producing fresh fruit and veg on a larger scale, such as Vagabond Vege, a communitysupported agriculture [CSA] farm based in Te Hūpenui Greytown. Vagabond Vege began supplying the market with vegetables when the usual seller became unavailable because of a health issue. “They stepped up,” Broughton said. “It was sort of a little bit of an experiment to start with, to see if we could sell quantities that would be mutually suitable, but we’ve had a great response to that and we’ve had an increase in the numbers of people coming through the market, which has been

lovely.” On the day Midweek visited, Wairarapa local, Anita, paid the $10 stall fee as a one-off to sell bags of “highly prized” black Doris plums from her three trees which had undergone a “massive flush” of fruit. Adrianne, a semiregular stallholder, “comes when she can” to sell her range of handcrafts, including soft toys and brooches made using needlefelt techniques, knitting and embroidered towel sets “I’m retired and I spend my evenings knitting and my days either crafting or gardening, depending on the weather,” she said. “I generally have a good

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day at the market and the company’s nice.” Helen, a local beekeeper with about 150 hives, has been selling honey and beeswax products at the market since it began. “We’ve got a good core of locals who come down and we like to have a chat and generally you know everyone’s names.” Helen Dew, also an early adopter of the market and one of its first committee members, frequently sells in-season produce from her garden, as well as a range of nuts, seeds and plants. She appreciates the sense of community the market brings and like many of the regulars, would like to see more

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12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, February 7, 2024 EDITORIAL

Double trouble The scoop with Coops

Opinion

Lucy Cooper I don’t plan my reading. I flit from book to book, topic to topic – a sort of bibliophilic butterfly. Suggestions from friends, book-centred Facebook groups [I can recommend ‘All Booked Up’, started a few years ago by Greytown resident and WaiWaste manager Vic Ross], attractive book covers [I am quite shallow], podcasts, documentaries, newspaper articles – all can be rich sources of inspiration for my next read. Weirdly, though, regardless of how peripatetic my reading choices seem, strong relationships emerge frequently between titles. The most recent example was the first two books in my holiday reading pile: Jane Harrison’s The Visitors and David Grann’s non-fiction book The Wager: A Tale of

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Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder. Harrison’s novel, set in Australia in 1788, came ﬁrst. It is an extraordinary debut from Harrison, an award-winning playwright and descendant of the Muruwari people of New South Wales. It explores the moment before colonial incursion in Australia and is told exclusively from the perspective of seven Aboriginal men representing the nearby clans. They have met at Warrane to discuss how to respond to the arrival of several foreign ships – what they call ‘nowee’ – in the bay to the south, Kamay. It is a heartbreaking read, not least because, regardless of the desire of some of the clansmen to establish a positive dialogue with the new arrivals, we know how this

story ends. One of the most chilling recurring images in the book is that of the nowee amassing in the bay. The threat they pose is heightened by the noises of the activities of the men aboard drifting over the sea to the indigenous men at their cliﬀtop meeting place. The distant sounds of clanking chains, drunken shouts, terriﬁed yells, barked orders, sickly coughs and sneezes add to the novel’s cumulative sense of menace, unease and doom. Little did I know that David Grann’s book would take me right inside those hulking ships and bring me up close and personal with the dirt, disease, danger and destitution of the life of an eighteenth-century sailor. I came to The Wager via another of Grann’s works,

Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the birth of the FBI, on which the film, starring everyone’s favourite, Leonardo di Caprio, is based. The ship in this story is on its way to intercept a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans”, but ends up wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia in the 1740s. Perhaps because of a low-velocity rubber dinghy incident in my youth [in which the only damage was to my dignity and any hopes of becoming a round-the-world yachtswoman], I don’t usually enjoy books about boats, or set on the high seas. But I love Grann’s journalistic style and commitment to in-depth research, so I took a chance on The Wager. The gamble paid off.

At times reading The Wager, I had the strangest feeling I was anchored in that bay in Kamay. Grann paints the dismal picture of a Regency sailor so vividly I could start to make sense of the unnerving babble from the nowee Harrison’s characters could hear. But, The Wager also added another layer to my understanding of the perverse philosophy of the colonial ‘dream’, the mental, social and cultural gymnastics required to, as Grann writes, “pretend that their brutal mission of conquest was somehow righteous and heroic”. The Wager and The Visitors make an extraordinary double bill, speaking to and across one another in ways that left me feeling devastated and entertained in equal measure. What’s your favourite doubleheader?

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Steff Willmore, artist, yoga therapist and workshop facilitator My friends and family describe me as... I wouldn’t want to put words into their mouth. But hopefully, they think I am loyal, warm-hearted, fun and a creative thinker.

In my downtime I enjoy... beach foraging, making art, reading, gardening, playing the guitar, exploring NZ with my amazing partner Ants and taking my doggo Raffy on long walks.

As a child I liked to... go off into vast imaginary worlds. I would spend hours reading fantasy novels and drawing fantastical places and characters. I would love to have more time to... write a fiction novel and learn proper guitar theory rather than just improvising.

and quietude of this place and being exposed to the wild coastal elements. I’m a Pisces so I’ve always gravitated towards vast bodies of water.

my beautiful family there terribly. For that reason, I’d love to have the power of teleportation, so I could pop back there in an instant to give them all hugs.

It would be great if Wairarapa had... more free community creative classes like those Divine River delivers at Wairarapa libraries.

My absolute favorite meal is... my partner is a fisherman, so I’d have to say kai moana. Blue cod is my absolute fave. I also really love fresh, aromatic, spicy Thai food.

What I love most about where I live is... I’m out at Palliser Bay and I just adore living by the ocean. I love the peace

The superpower I would like is... I’m from the UK originally and having lived in NZ for 17 years now, I miss

My favourite film is... I’m quite a deep thinker, so I love films that stay with me for a while and that I can mull over. I love Donnie Darko and films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The country I would love to travel to is... I did a fair amount of travelling before I moved to

NZ, although I’d probably want to recreate the itinerary that I was just one week from embarking upon before covid-19 struck and had to be cancelled: NZ to South America [Chile, Peru and Bolivia] then back to the UK to see my family and then back to NZ via India and Nepal. We lost quite a bit of money on that trip, so I’d love the chance to do that again sometime.

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Education plans for year impress As school pupils trickle back to class after a long hot summer, Natasha Priddle is already busy working behind the scenes preparing Aratoi’s impressive education programme. “Term one of our Aratoi education programme explores the concept of interconnectivity, which underpins many of Aratoi’s summer exhibits,” Priddle said. “Students will engage with the bodily senses of touch, smell and sound as they tour the gallery exhibits, and embrace the unknown to create an interconnected artwork.” Priddle is proud to offer education’s classes that are multi-level, catering for all ages and ability levels in alignment with the NZ curriculum. Supported by the Ministry of Education, the McCarthy Trust, Masterton

Trust Lands Trust and Steadfast, means all Aratoi education programmes can be free. “It’s wonderful that our supporters and sponsors are able to provide a free education programme at Aratoi for schools,” she said, “Aratoi is an incredible resource that we encourage all schools in the region to use.” Last year, Priddle led a collaborative artwork, in which each pupil worked on a single piece of a full artwork. Inspired by Rita Angus’s uniquely layered landscape Central Otago [1953], the mural united several iconic landscapes from Wairarapa; Castlepoint Lighthouse, Lake Wairarapa, Remutaka Ranges, Ruamahanga River and the Waingawa Swamp. “It was great to see all ages participate, from three-year-old kindy kids

to intermediate students. They all brought something special to the mural. We used colour to represent their feelings. Clearly the students really love Wairarapa.” The finished mural was donated to Shady Mellow, a new youth area in Masterton. Education content changes each term and includes a guided tour of the gallery, visual learning strategies and a creative

activity which can be taken back to school. “I love having students come into the gallery,” Priddle said, “they bring a new dimension and fresh ideas to the exhibition. I learn so much from them at the same time.” Aratoi sessions run from March 6 until April 12, offering two sessions a day on Wednesdays and Fridays. Sessions are free

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of charge with all materials provided but transport is not included. Bookings can be made through Natasha Priddle at education@aratoi.co.nz

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Solar farm company fronts up to Māori Standing Committee Bella Cleary

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The developer behind a large solar farm pitched for Greytown has vowed to improve its communication with local mana whenua about the project. The application for a 235-hectare solar farm, including around 321,160 solar panels and 33 inverter stations, was referred to the Environment Court by South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] in September last year. SWDC’s Maori standing committee

heard last Tuesday from Far North Solar Farm communications and engagement lead Greg Hay, who started off with an apology. “Some of you are unaware of the plans we have and the submission we’ve put forward to construct a solar farm in Greytown,” Hay told the committee. “The real reason why we’re here is because of a failure on our part to get the correct lay of the land and not understand whom we needed to talk to as far as mana whenua goes. “I put my hand up and apologise for that.” Noting that Far

North Solar Farm had already been engaging with Kahungunu ki Wairarapa’s general manager Tai Gemmell, Hay said that they should have been more thorough with iwi engagement. He said he had tried to reach out to Pāpāwai Marae in Greytown. The land for the proposed development – which Far North Solar Farm is leasing from the owner who uses it for farming – will still have sheep grazed on it. When asked how the development would impact the whenua [land], Hay compared it with constructing a vineyard.

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“Panels when they go on are fairly benign,” he said. “Piles go into the ground which can be taken out at any stage if the facility is decommissioned, and we’re not touching any waterways or water courses.” Other questions from committee members tackled disposal methods when the panels reach their end of life and what benefit would result from the development. Hay said that while recycling infrastructure doesn’t yet exist in New Zealand for solar panels, it is anticipated that by the time panels reach their end of life, there will be technology to dispose of materials sustainably. In terms of benefit, Hay said there would be efforts to target employment for the build and operation of the facility and that

renewable energy investment provides a nationwide benefit. When asked if any money would come back to the community, Hay said that although the company has a “strong desire to provide community good”, it was unlikely. “The short answer is we have investors who are backing this, and they’re doing it for a financial return,” Hay said. “Government has signalled we need to develop this kind of infrastructure to keep the lights on in the country, so we think we’re doing the right thing for the wider environment and community.” Hay said a hearing at the Environment Court for the application is pencilled in for some time in May.

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Daylight hours declining Because I doggedly follow the sunrise and sunset times, I unfortunately make myself aware that by February, the summer, in terms of daylight time, is declining. This is despite the fact that statistically the ﬁrst week of February is the hottest week of the year. But already the days are getting markedly shorter. At Christmas, sunset is nigh on 9pm. By February 1, we lose nearly 25 minutes of evening light, and by the end of February, though the days may still be very summery, we lose an hour of those midsummer evenings.

Sky Watch

Nick Sault Then in March, due to the combination of the shape of Earth, it’s axial tilt and its passage around the sun, we suﬀer the greatest acceleration in the decline of daylight length. That’s all very depressing, except for one thing. We get longer nights in which to view our wonderful skies without that star-deadening late-evening glow that at Christmas time seems to linger well after midnight. Of course, you can always count on the moon putting

paid to crystal starlight. However, mid-month, February 15, we can forgive our satellite, as the crescent moon plonks itself right next to planet Jupiter. View best around 9pm. The moon doesn’t excuse itself until the 26th, so the last few days of February are when we can enjoy one of the best star line-ups of the year. After 9pm, the brightest stars are arrayed overhead, north to south. Orion highlights the north, while the two brightest stars,

Sirius and Canopus vie for top spot almost overhead. You will know which is which, as Sirius is the brightest. Follow the line of those across the overhead and down to the southern horizon and there sits the third brightest star in the sky, Rigil Kentaurus. Its astronomical nomenclature is Alpha Centauri, and it is our nearest naked eye star, only 42 trillion kilometres away [4.3 light years]. Earlier in the month, there is a conveniently timed passage of the International Space Station [ISS]. On the 11th, be out

at 10pm and face roughly west. Two minutes later, the ISS will appear out of the twilight about a hand’s length above the ranges. It will look like a bright star before you realise it is quite deﬁnitely moving. In three and a half minutes it will reach its highest point in the sky before seeming to duck down towards the southeast and disappear [loses the sunlight] about three minutes later. I was looking for a photo taken from the ISS over New Zealand. This one over lakes Wanaka and Hawea looked so clear. Enjoy the long twilight evenings while you can.

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Here’s how to untangle your finances fairly

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Couples can generate a lot of wealth, but when their relationship breaks down they can, unfortunately, destroy it if they’re not careful. A new study reminds us of the high cost of separation in later life, with 64 per cent of people saying they feel financially uncomfortable after separation, compared with 21 per cent previously. The research study surveyed 155 people aged over 50 who had separated in the past five years, as well as five specialists working in this area. Interestingly, the study found that most people determined the value of relationship property without formal advice, and that women are more likely to feel the financial pain of separation. There is no doubt that is hard to keep a clear

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You may think you can go through the process without a lawyer, to save money and speed up the process. However, a lawyer could be a key to making sure you get a fair ﬁnancial outcome. A good lawyer understands the importance of achieving a balanced and equitable settlement. Make sure you choose a lawyer with whom you have a trusting relationship and the same goes for a ﬁnancial

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Understand your finances and legal entitlements fully This will help you face challenges and make informed

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Make sure to express your needs, concerns, and priorities You may feel you just want this to be over and done with, but it’s important to have your needs and concerns heard.

For example, have you taken years out of work to care for your children? Does your partner have a much larger Kiwisaver balance than you? Did you bring more assets into the relationship initially? These things should all be considered in the equation and will lead to constructive negotiating and to a fairer deal.

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Keep you support people around you – family, friends, or a support group. They can help you stay unbiased, see the bigger picture, and make sound choices. During the process try to keep doing things you

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Communication is essential to understanding each other’s values and needs fully. Try to have open and honest discussion with your former partner. This can lead to mutually beneﬁcial agreements and minimise any conﬂict or misunderstandings. In the study mentioned above, “just wanting the process to be over” was the top reason driving decision-making during separation and was

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Local builder Paul Southey has been presented with a prestigious life membership of the Registered Master Builders Association [RMBA] in recognition of his work in the community. Southey said that receiving the award late last month was unexpected. “I went to the event thinking it was a celebration for me heading to Australia,” he said. “It was a complete surprise and very humbling. “It’s an appreciation of the work everyone is doing in the community.” The life membership was presented by local Master Builders branch president Kieran Gleeson and RMBA chair Nigel Smith, who ﬂew up from Ashburton for the event. “Becoming a life member at Master Builders is based on recognition for volunteer work,” the organisation’s regional manager Karen Maddocks said, “and going above and beyond and contributing to the wider community. “Most people are a lot older when they get the award, but Paul has just

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done so much for the community.” According to Maddocks, Southey is the ﬁrst person in Wairarapa to ever receive an RMBA life membership. Southey is involved with a plethora of local groups and businesses, in addition to his ‘day job’ running the Wairarapa branch of A1 Homes.

“I do a lot with the business community, and I do a lot of mentoring and coaching of Māori business, not only in construction but in other areas,” he said. Southey also works with groups to encourage wāhine Māori and young people to enter the building industry. “I speak at schools and

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There’s this guy I have known since I ﬁrst moved to Masterton over 25 years ago. From the moment I met him I was impressed and, to be honest, a little overawed. He was very impressive and successful in the role he had, a wonderful father, and contributed in a signiﬁcant way in our community. However, the most impressive thing about him is how he is working through a situation right now, everyday dealing with something [I can’t share it for privacy reasons], carrying on with life and doing things that others wouldn’t in his position. We constantly see and hear about “heroes” in the media, yet many of these people really aren’t. Sure, they may be quite good at something, perhaps with a special talent in the sports, arts, or any other area. For me, though, our local heroes are the ones that really count and I feel privileged to know the

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Lately I have been given advice from a range of people, all good friends, and, interestingly, none of them know each other, despite the fact the advice they are giving is about the same thing. What I have found is that it’s easy to ignore one person, even two, but when it comes from three people I like and respect, then maybe it’s time to listen. Yesterday I made the decision to follow the advice and already I feel this sense of release. The wisdom of friends

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something similar if the outcome was positive, or something quite diﬀerent if the outcome in the past was negative. We can’t change the past, but we can certainly learn from it.

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always so considered and, in most cases, easy to apply. One such example I have just read is the necessity to take responsibility for things closer to home, essentially living up to a quote I have shared before from the French author and philosopher, Voltaire: “We must cultivate our own garden.” If we all did our best to manage the things we have inﬂuence over, then

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we really could make a positive diﬀerence. For me, this is my mental and physical health, my family as a father and sibling, my school as the principal of Lakeview, and my district as a Masterton district councillor. There are many other things that could distract me and, to be honest, they often do, but to have the biggest positive impact I know I need to “cultivate

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I heard an interesting discussion on a podcast in which the host shared his opinion on the idea of what could be the future of knowing things. Apparently there is a product being developed that could lead to a type of device being inserted into our brains to allow us to have access to knowledge,

essentially in the same way as a computer could have programmes or updates installed, packed with all the content imaginable. This could be upgraded, giving us almost inﬁnite knowledge without actually having to learn anything. I couldn’t think of anything worse. I love the process of learning things, when my interest is sparked and I build on the knowledge I already have. There’s also the idea of the grind to get better, reaping the rewards of hard work, as opposed to just being given something. To have earned something is so much more than just being given it. When implantable brain-computer interfaces are available, I’ll pass, thanks.

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A good friend and I had dinner. The evening was an awesome one, as we discussed all sorts of things, many of which we had similar views about, and others where we disagreed [respectfully]. The fact we can have diﬀerent opinions, but still like and respect each other is something I am seeing less of in society; there seems to be a growing sense in the world that

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if we don’t agree on, say, a political issue, then we can’t be friends. As the evening went on the discussion got a little deeper, to a point where we both shared issues that have had a significant impact on our lives. In both cases neither had shared our issues with anyone before, and, for both of us it was quite liberating to do so. The feedback and reassurance I got from my friend was something that was the equivalent of having the proverbial weight lifted off my shoulders. For my friend, I will now be helping and supporting him to overcome the issue that has been holding him back. If you can find that person who you really trust, I believe the idea of opening up and admitting something will be so incredibly beneficial and liberating. Yes, the thought of doing so may make us vulnerable, but I truly believe it’s a life enhancing thing to do.

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Running might not seem like something for everyone – especially those who think back to those cross-country sessions at school with a sense of dread – but my view is diﬀerent. Running

is something for all of us, regardless of whether it’s training to compete in ultra-marathons, or if it’s a one-kilometre run a couple of nights a week. I have been for countless runs in my life, including training for and completing two marathons. Things are a little diﬀerent now; I do the same run in the country where I live two to three times a week. I’m pretty slow, usually out there for just under an hour, but I absolutely love it. There has never been a single run I haven’t come back from feeling better than when I set out. Right now I’m sitting outside on a cool evening writing this article, having just come back from a run, and I really do feel quite fabulous. My advice, if you can, lace up your shoes and start by just running to the corner of your street, then slowly walk back. Doing so could be the start of a positive lifelong addiction. • Tim Nelson is principal of Lakeview School and author of the book Small Steps for a Happy and Purposeful Life. He endeavours to learn something new every day by reading books, listening to podcasts, and engaging with a wide range of other content.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Lifestyle Wairarapa Midweek

Bridge work on schedule Marlee Partridge

marlee.partridge@age.co.nz

The scaﬀolding installation on Tauwharenīkau Bridge on State Highway 53 is under way and is scheduled to be completed on February 9. The bridge has been closed in both directions from 7am to 5pm on weekdays since January 23 but has remained open outside of those hours and was to stay open on Waitangi Day. Late last year, regular safety checks

found the bearings on Tauwharenīkau Bridge had corroded and need to be replaced for road-user safety. Wellington Transport Alliance [WTA] manager Roxanne Hilliard

conﬁrmed that concrete repairs will also be carried out on the bridge in the coming weeks, and are due to begin February 19. “While this work is under way, all operations will be underneath the

bridge, and no traﬃc management will be required,” she said, conﬁrming that the highway and bridge will remain open for this work. The bridge is expected to close again temporarily while the bridge is lifted to give crews access to replace the bearings. “Replacing the bridge’s bearings requires lifting the bridge at both ends using a specialised jacking system, removing the old bearings and replacing them with new ones before lowering the bridge

back into place,” Hilliard said. The work to lift the bridge and replace corroded bearings isn’t expected to occur until May, once the bearings arrive from the supplier. Final road closures are expected later in the year for the removal of the scaﬀolding, and additional closures for work may be required. “Details will be shared with the community and road-users before any planned closures,” Hilliard said.

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Scaffolding work underway on the bridge. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

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Nigel Wilson with wild cherry trees on his property. PHOTOS/RNZ

Wairarapa Data week ending – Wednesday 31 January 2024 Farm Sys

Soil Temp

Growth

APC

Rain mm

MS cow

MS ha

Rot

Kaiwaiwai*

18.4

1950

1.8

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Masterton Irr

19.5

2150

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Greytown Irr#

19.5

2325

1.8

1.68

4.89

For more information view the full farm walk data on the DairyNZ website Farmwatch page at dairynz.co.nz/farmwatch. *Kaiwaiwai is a split calving/winter milk farm.

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Wild cherry trees give farmer the pip Black Siberian cherry trees are thriving on the river ﬂats at Nigel Wilson’s family farm in North Canterbury. Their fruit is proving popular with chefs keen to add foraged ingredients to their dishes. Wilson’s farm, at the end on an unsealed road in the Mount Thomas area of North Canterbury, is bordered by the Garry River. He said about 14,000 of the invasive trees have

found the sweet spot on his property. “The riverbed freezes and the sunlight never reaches it during the winter so it stays frozen and then as a result, all of these cherry pips germinate.” Cherry trees have been in the area for more than 100 years, Wilson said. “A local character who owned Birch Hill Station brought some specimen trees back and planted them in his garden and the birds just went nuts.

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So that’s how they all got here, they’re spread by wild birds.” Wilson said it’s not only the small, intensely sweet cherries people are after, it’s also the cherry wood. “It’s fantastic for furniture-making, if you’re into bodgery, the green stick style, and for barbecues as smoking wood. It’s the best for smoked pork, ﬁsh or chicken or whatever,” he said. The Wilson family runs

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Cows in their first lactation are still growing. With all the summer pasture growth we’ve had, hopefully they’re doing pretty well, but they should still be preferentially treated. Cows in their first two lactations tend to suffer more body condition loss over summer than older cows. Being mindful of who needs extra TLC now puts you in good stead for getting their BCS right at calving. The cows at greatest risk of poor reproductive performance are first and second calvers. Four main strategies are used to help achieve BCS targets at calving. Choice of strategy will depend on the gains required for individual cows, and practicalities of managing a specific farm. These are: 1. Increase feed allocation to lactating cows 2. Reduce milking frequency in mid-late lactation 3. Dry-off cows early, and/or 4. Feed dry cows for BCS gain Visit Body Condition Scoring (BCS) – DairyNZ for more information on body condition scoring.

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Sudoku

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Community Events Wairarapa Midweek

Alcoholics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7.30-8.30pm. Call 0800 229 6757. Belly Dance for Beginners: Kiwi Hall, Featherston, 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High Street, Carterton,1pm for 1.30pm start. Call Pauline Hodgson [027] 406-672. Carterton Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, St David’s Presbyterian Church Youth Wing, 164 High St South. Call [0278] 205-801. Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 379-5564 or email carterton.hist.soc@gmail.com Danzability Class: 11am-noon, at Studio 73, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Martinborough: 9.30-11.30am, St Andrew’s Church; Featherston: 1.30-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Fareham Creative Space: Also Fri/Tues, open studio, 10am-3pm, 80 Underhill Rd, Featherston. Email: registrations@farehamcreativespace. nz Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Food Market: Food trucks, 4.30-7pm outside the Masterton Town Hall, rain or shine. Friendship Force Wairarapa: Travel and cultural experiences through home hosting. Contact June Roseingrave [022] 305-9234. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. KeepFit!: 10.30am, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Masterton Petanque Club: 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: 7.308.30pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Church St, Masterton. Parkinson’s Exercise Class: 1.30pm, at the Wairarapa Boxing Academy, Dixon St. Call Roslyn [027] 264-8623. Patient Activity Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-1pm. Call 378-8888. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Ruamahanga Club: Cards, 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Thursday Morning Bikers: Meet at the fountain at the Queen Elizabeth Park entrance, 9.30am. Contact David [021] 246-0295. Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band: Weekly practice, Masterton Brass Bandrooms, Park Ave, Masterton. Email fernandthistle21@ gmail.com Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Aratoi: Kathy Bartlett: Teas Light Lunches till Feb 18; Natasha Ratuva: Buiniga till Feb 18, New Zealand International Realty Wairarapa Art Review till Feb 18. Carterton Craft Market: Mon-Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm, 25 High St North, Carterton. Call Desley [027] 787-8558. Carterton Senior Citizens: 12.303.30pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, at the old courthouse next to the library. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop: 10am-2pm, Kiwi Hall Supper Room. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959.

Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Justice of the Peace: Carterton library noon-2pm; Masterton District Court 11am-1pm; Eketahuna Library 1.30-4.30pm. Masterton Bowling Club: Funzie Friday, 12.30pm for 1pm start. Call 377-4664 after 4pm. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 5.30-6.30pm, Trust House Recreation Centre back pool. Call Stu [027] 295-4189 or Lucy [021] 0204-4144. Needlework & Craft Dropin: 10am-noon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Wairarapa Kids Choir: For children aged seven years up, 3.50-4.50pm, during school terms, Courthouse, Holloway St, Carterton. Call Jill [027] 347-5891. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support across Wairarapa. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Walk and Talk: Meet outside Dish Cafe, First St, Masterton, 9.30am.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728. Cobblestones Early Settlers Village: Open 10am-4pm seven days. Crop Up Greytown: Fresh produce, seafood and kitchen creations from Greytown and South Wairarapa, from 9am, at Truckstop Greytown, 102 Main St. Check Facebook. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. Sat/Sun 10am2pm, other times by arrangement. Call Elsa [021] 263-9403. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 10am-noon. Lions Book Sale: 9am-1pm, under the grandstand, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton. Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon. Call John [021] 314-2485. Martinborough Museum: Open Sat/Sun at No 7 The Square, 10.30am-2.30pm. Donation/koha appreciated. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. Masterton Tennis Centre: Organised doubles from 12.30 pm at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Contact Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Parkrun: Weekly 5km run/walk. 8am start, at the Woodside end of the Greytown rail trail. Info: parkrun. co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm. Call Lesley Hodgins [06] 372-6433. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am1pm, 365 Queen St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Wairarapa Cancer Society Supportive Care Services: For anyone needing support after a cancer diagnosis. Call (06) 378-8039. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: At the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9am-1pm, Solway Showgrounds, Judds Rd, Masterton. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Women’s Self Defence: With Dion, 9am, band rotunda, Queen Elizabeth Park. Call [020] 4124-4098.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 1pm. Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: At the Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 344-1073 or visit http:// mastertonmarauders.blogspot.co.nz

Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, bowls roll up at 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call [027] 957-1012. Masterton Petanque Club: Club day 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Myrna Lane 377-3064. Masterton Tennis Centre: Social doubles from 10 am at 147 Dixon St, Masterton. Blackboard draw. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, 365 Queen St. Narcotics Anonymous: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call 0800 628 632. Rotary Sunday Market: 7-11.30am, Essex St car park. Contact thehodsons@xtra.co.nz South Wairarapa Pipe Band: Practice at St John’s church hall, Featherston, 4-6pm. To confirm time please call [027] 628-5889 or [027] 453-0182. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9amnoon, at the Masterton Aerodrome.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House. Call 379-4092. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. Call Elaine 377-0322. Carterton Scout Group: At Rangatahi Hub [behind Carterton Event Centre], Keas [5-8 years] 4.30-5.30pm; Cubs [8-11] 6-7.30pm. Contact Sylvia [027] 249-3395. CCS Disability Action Wairarapa Office: 36 Bannister St, Masterton, 10am-1pm Mon-Fri. Call 378-2426 or 0800 227-2255. Citizens Advice Bureau: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, 43 Perry St, Masterton. Call 377-0078 or 0800 367-222. Creative Hands Programme: At Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton, 10am-noon. Call Kirsten 399-1050. East Indoor Bowling Club: 7pm. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Free Community Fit Club: Mon/Tues/Fri, 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. Call Di [027] 498-7261. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: For anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888. Housie: 7pm, Club Carterton, Broadway. Call 379-8069. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 9.30am-12.30pm. Keep Fit!: 9.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Line Dancing: 10.30am, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St Masterton. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. Literacy Aotearoa: Free computing and digital device classes for adults. Call 377-4214. Mah-jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729. Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 574-0742. Masterton Food Bank: 9 Church St, Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm. Call 370-8034. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Senior Citizens Club: Cards 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293. Steady As You Go: Falls Prevention and Balance Class, Featherston: 9.30am, A/G Church. Masterton: 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Cole St. Call Age Concern [06] 377-0066. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Beginners Linedance Class: 6-7pm. Linedance Intermediate Class: 7.30-8.30pm. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814.

Troubadour Music Group: 6-8pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Contact Stefan [027] 226-6019. Wairarapa Futsal: 6pm Clareville Showgrounds. Call Robyn [027] 235-8673. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at Hospice Wairarapa, 59 Renall St, Masterton. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Carrington Bowling Club: 57 High St, Carterton, behind clock tower. Call Pauline [027] 406-6728. Carterton District Historical Society: 142 High St North, Carterton, open 2-4pm or by appointment. Call Vivienne 379-5564. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve [027] 333-3975. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Carterton: 9.30-11.30am, Carterton Library; Greytown: 1.30-3.30pm, Greytown Library. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: During school terms. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes: At Literacy Aotearoa, 340 Queen St, Masterton. Call Carol [022] 524-5994. GirlGuiding: Masterton Pippins [5-7 years] 3.45-5pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB 11am-1pm. Knit and Natter: 3pm, Wairarapa Community Centre, Perry St; 7pm, Te Awhina Cameron Community House, 2 Stuart Cres, Masterton. Mah-jong: Carterton RSA, 1pm. Call Margaret 379-8681. Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401. Masterton Judo Club: Tues/Thurs, youth class 5-6pm, adults 7-8.30pm, Nga Totara Dojo, 205 Ngaumutawa Rd, Masterton. Contact Simon [021] 248-6111. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. Red Star Table Tennis Club: 9amnoon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter [027] 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Scallyrag Border Morris Dancing: 7-8 pm at the Auditorium, Kuranui College, Greytown. Contact Alison [021] 111-1894. Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon. Call Doff 304-9748. Wairarapa Genealogy Branch: Family History Research Rooms, 5 Church St, Masterton, 1-3.30pm. Wairarapa Modern Jive: Carterton School hall, 7.15-7.30pm Intermediate workshop; 8-8.45pm Beginners class. Contact Lance [021] 134-5661. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards, Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practice 4-5pm, at the Trust House Rec Centre Stadium. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922 or [027] 697-6974.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Epiphany church hall, High St, Solway, Masterton. Call [027] 557-7928. Athletics Wairarapa: Club night, 5.45-7pm, Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, Masterton. Cards: “500”, 1.15-4.15pm, at the Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. Carterton Cycle Group: From Belvedere Rd [weather permitting]. Call Irene [027] 634-9167 or Lesley [021] 299-6389. Dance Fitness: 9.30-11am, preschoolers with parents or caregivers at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830. Digital Seniors Wairarapa: Call [0800] 373-646 to book or for advice. Masterton: 10am-noon, Masterton Library. Free Classes: Literacy, language, numeracy for adult learners. Call Literacy Aotearoa 377-4214. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 5.30-7pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Greytown Menz Shed: 9am-noon. Call Paul Dodge [021] 0262-6595. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 2-4pm, at St Matthews Church Hall, Church St, Masterton. Call [027] 245-2819. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery, 47 High St North, Carterton, Wed-Fri, 10am4pm, weekends, 10am-2pm. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, AOG Church, Birdwood St, Featherston. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. Justice of the Peace: Masterton CAB noon-2pm. Kiddie Gym: For 0-3-year-olds, 9.30-11am, at St David’s Church, corner High and Victoria Sts, Carterton. Call Lorna or Abby 379-8325. Martinborough Men’s Shed: Old Courthouse, 20 Cork St, 9am-noon. Call Doug [027] 444-7331. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Elissa [0274] 706-528. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. Masterton Park Bowling Club: Queen Elizabeth Park, 1pm, names in by 12.45pm. Call [027] 957-1012. Parkinson’s Singing Group: 10am, at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club, Main St, Greytown. Call Marguerite Chadwick 379-5376. Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group: Sports, food, and leadership, Carterton Events Centre. Text “R2R” to [027] 742-2264. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 372-5758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Scrabble Club: 1-4pm in Masterton. For venue details, call Sue McRae [027] 449-0601. Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 308-8556. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10am-noon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604]. South Wairarapa Caregivers Programme: Caring for your loved one who is unwell, at a café in South Wairarapa. Call Kirsten 399-1050. Taoist Tai Chi: From 5.30pm at St Mark’s Church Hall, 185 High St, Carterton. Contact www.taoisttaichi.org Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. The Dance Shed: 450A Belvedere Rd, Carterton. Line Dance Class 6-7pm; Rock N Roll Dance Class: 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners/Couple Coaching, Social/Competitive. Call Wendy [027] 319-9814. Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll. Couple inquiries to [027] 333-1793. Wairarapa Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing. Call Graeme Burnard [027] 270-5666. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, improvers 5-6.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Wisdom and Well-being: Featherston Community Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm. Call Pauline [021] 102 8857. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

34 Wairarapa Midweek Classifieds Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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Masterton Collie and Dog Trial Club AGM

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GUM 4m3 $720, 2m3 $420 DOUGLAS-FIR 4m3 $710, 2m3 $410 MACROCARPA 4m3 $710, 2m3 $410 SPLIT PINE 4m3 $600, 2m3 $350 BAGGED KINDLING $17each

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Masterton Golf Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 18 February 2024 at 10:30am in the upstairs lounge at the Clubhouse. Copies of the Annual Report will be available from the office before the AGM.

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Locally Owned Funeral Home – Serving The Wairarapa

Autism Wairarapa Charitable Trust (AWCT) has been set up to provide a locally based service that supports those with autism and their whanau. We require a Support Coordinator to provide a broad range of tasks. These include assessment of needs, advocacy, providing whanau and agencies with advice, information, education and professional development. The successful person will be required to provide some office administration and a bimonthly report to the Board of Trustees. You will be working with another Support Coordinator. Please apply to Ange Compton (AWCT Chair) for more information and a copy of the Job Description with key tasks and responsibilities. Contact details: angewoolshedc@gmail.com

BAR SUPERVISOR The Masterton Club Part-Time role From 20-25 hours weekly with immediate start. Reports to: Club Manager After 22 years a vacancy has arisen for a Bar Supervisor. Previous hospitality experience is an advantage, you will be personable and presentable a team player and enjoy providing excellent customer service. A Bar Managers licence would also be an advantage, but as a minimum you would be eligible to obtain one. Days of work: Tuesday to Saturday as rostered from 3pm and occasional function work as required. Duties include: serving beverages, processing sales, closing premises, stock ordering/auditing/product control, till management. To perform other duties as deemed necessary by the Manager. Because of the nature of our industry, bar and kitchen areas can and will overlap, kitchen and bar staff will be required to assist in both areas if necessary, so flexibility is key. To apply, please call 06 377 3318 or email your CV through to inquiry@mastertonclubinc.co.nz addressed to the Manager: Olivia Barnett-Jones

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing reception, administration, client enrolment and allocation duties for ChangeAbility and manage the day-to-day activities of the office in a professional, effective and efficient manner that supports the service users, staff and the board. You will need to have an ability to work as part of a small team, have excellent communication skills, and be self-motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision. A job description and application form are available by phoning (06) 377 0933 or emailing contact@changewairarapa.org.nz Closing Date: Midday Monday 12th Feb

LEARNING ASSISTANT Masterton Primary School is a vibrant and inclusive learning community dedicated to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment for our students. We are committed to providing quality education that empowers every child to reach their full potential. As a Learning Assistant at Masterton Primary School, you will play a vital role in supporting our students' growth and development, particularly in the area of special education. We are seeking someone with a genuine passion for working with children who have diverse learning needs. If you are interested or need more information, please contact the Principal, Gene Bartlett at Masterton Primary School on 06 377 5297 or principal@masterton.school.nz Applications close 3pm 9 February 2024

CHOIR LEADER Carterton Community Choir is in need of a new Choir Leader. We are a friendly SATB choir of about 16 regular members with mixed vocal and music reading abilities. We Presbyterian Church in Carterton, and perform our concerts in the church. Our rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from 7:00pm to 9.00pm, and we usually perform two concerts a year. Our current repertoire is mainly gospel, sacred, traditional, waiata and folk. We are looking for an enthusiastic choir leader who will maintain and enhance our repertoire by selecting songs appropriate for Our new choir leader would be a competent pianist, organised with forward planning, able to communicate clearly, and work closely with our committee plus build a good rapport with our choir members. Ideally you would be able to help us develop our vocal and choral performance. Fees subject to discussion and agreement. If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact committee secretary, Stephanie Young, at cartertonsinging@gmail.com or on 0272 489 219.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Classifieds/Sport Wairarapa Midweek

ABOVE and BELOW: Madison Brown picked up two wickets and top-scored with 19 in the Korus loss to Hawke’s Bay. PHOTOS/GRAEME BOWDEN

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CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ROADS TO ORDINARY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

MASTERTON 123 ABCDGH STREET

PURSUANT to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Carterton District Council proposes to close part of Dakins Road for the purpose of the Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival 2024 for the period indicated hereunder:

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Period of Closure: Saturday 17th February 2024 7.00am – 7.00pm Roads affected: DAKINS ROAD FROM THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF URLAR VINEYARD DOWN TO AND INCLUDING THE CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL RESERVE KNOWN AS THE CLIFFS

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The closed section will be adequately and properly signposted, at the beginning of the closed road, being manned with radio communication to allow the passage of through traffic in an emergency. Johannes Ferreira Infrastructure Manager

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SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2024 Hedley’s Books and the Wairarapa Times-Age are running a short story competition for Wairarapa’s budding writers.

Entries open from 15 January to 23 February 2024. The story must be set in Wairarapa and be no longer than 3,000 words. To get involved and to view the nuts and bolts and terms and conditions of entry go to times-age.co.nz/short-story-competition.

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The winners’ stories together with the very highly commended stories will be announced in the Saturday 30 March 2024 edition of Wairarapa Times-Age, and subsequently published.

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Another disappointing batting eﬀort cost the Southey Sayer Wairarapa Korus any chance of victory in their Shrimpton Trophy match with Hawke’s Bay in Napier. The Korus could only muster 96 runs on a Nelson Park pitch described by coach Simon Roseingrave as “the best pitch I had walked on for a long time” and, for the third consecutive game, failed to bat out their 40 overs in setting a target that the hosts chased down in the 20th over. “The proactive thing was to bat, which we did and then didn’t do it very well, and the team are aware of that and know that they let themselves down,” Roseingave said. “Disappointing, frustrating, because they knew what they had to do, but they didn’t do it. We talked about it so many times, so there’s a lot of inward searching for individuals.” Roseingave identiﬁed poor shot selection, not learning from previous batting failures and a lack of understanding on how to build an innings for the team’s batting woes. “We talk about it, that

we don’t need to go at it from ball one. It’s a 40over game, but I see a lot of playing a milliondollar shot, getting away with it, and then the next ball, thinking we need to do the same thing. “There’s a lot of potential, but the understanding of how to perform isn’t quite there yet.” The top score was 19 to promising allrounder Madison Brown, batting at number 10, although Roseingrave praised Caitlin Elliott, who scored 10 off 49 balls but worked hard to hold the innings together, only for those around her to fail to follow her lead. Brown completed a fine all-round effort, taking two wickets as Hawke’s Bay lost five wickets in the chase, further frustrating Roseingave, who felt, “Another 50 or 60 runs would have been very interesting because they were quite a young team as well, and we had the potential to pressure on them. “We had them five down. Madison bowled very well; her two cleaned bowls were beautiful deliveries, and we dropped a catch when they were 70odd for

four, and even then, if we had taken that, we would still have been in the game.” The Korus complete their Shrimpton Trophy campaign with a home fixture against Manawatu on Sunday. Also, over the weekend. the three Korus in the Central Hinds shone in their two Hallyburton Johnstone Shield losses to the Wellington Blaze at the Basin Reserve. On Saturday, Ocean Bartlett bagged her best List A bowling figures, picking up four wickets for 33 off 10 overs in the Blaze’s total of 244–7. Emma McLeod was among the runs, scoring 38 in the Hind’s reply of 213–8, a loss on DLS. McLeod backed up her effort with 37 on Sunday, and Georgia Atkinson hit 44 opening the batting as the Hinds fell 24 runs short of the Blaze’s total of 271–6. Earlier, Bartlett snared 2–50 off eight overs.

BRIEF SCORES

Southey Sayer Wairarapa Korus 96 [Madison Brown 19; Emma Findlay 3–24, Jane Barnett 4–14] lost to Hawke’s Bay 97–5 [Findlay 27; Brown 2–6] by five wickets.

36 Wairarapa Midweek Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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