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UNIQUE PART TIME and FULL TIME FOSTER CAREGIVING ROLES. You’ve thought about it but…...?

We are seeking whānau / families or single persons who are open to welcoming an individual teenager into their home either full time for up to a year or part time on every third weekend – with the occasional variance to this. Our young people need a home and a sense of security and safety, and our wonderful team wraps around you and them to ensure full support. Our team of foster parents report how rewarding this area of care is. They also report it is the strong support of our team that helps them to ride out the bumps. Are you: • Wanting to make a difference in a young person’s life?

• Able to provide care in your own home?

• Free of dependents living with you?

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Someone who has a great sense of humour and genuinely enjoys young people? • Self-motivated and enjoy working as part of a team? Please don’t be shy to pick up the phone to talk to our staff who know our service extremely well. We can tell you more about it, and about the supports that will be available to you which will include: - Payment for care provided - 24 hour on-call support. - Engaging in our wider foster care team. If this important support role interests you, please contact Adam for an opportunity with no obligation, to discuss further. No question is off limits !!

Adam Bain Lead Practitioner abain@wesleyca.org.nz 021 734 960 Employment

Experienced Joiner / Cabinet Maker / Carpenter

Our 60 plus year company is seeking a full-time experienced person to join our growing team. Please register your interest to: info@renalldoors.co.nz for a full and detailed outline of our operation and ideal job description.

SENIOR OR INTERMEDIATE VETERINARY NURSE

Due to an ever-increasing workload, we are looking for another vet nurse to join our team at our Small Animal Clinic in Masterton.

Attributes required:

Team person

Outgoing personality

Honest and accurate

Self-motivated with initiative

Ambitious

Thrives under pressure

Can multi-task efficiently

Previous experience in a Vet Practice (preferred)

Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

All aspects of Veterinary Nursing duties as required

After hours on-call for the Veterinarian on duty as required

Answering telephones and dealing with customers clearly and efficiently

Reception duties including management of the Veterinary schedule

Applications with CV and references to: Jacques Van Zyl Keinzley Agvet Limited 131 Te Ore Ore Road Masterton

Or email jacques@keinzley.co.nz Applications close 5pm Monday 14th February 2022

Do youneed to renew or apply fora ‘Sale of liquor licence?’

Let us take care of this for you. We can produce your Sale of Liquor’s notice, send you a proof and book it into the Wairarapa Times-Age to run for two consecutive weeks.

SKILLS

UPHOLSTERY ADVANCED #38006 Have you dabbled in upholstery or completed our basics course and keen to learn more advanced skills? This course is designed for people with larger or more complex projects. Perhaps a chaise lounge or wingback chair. Must have previous upholstery skills to join this course. Where: MLT Education House, 40 Dixon Street, Masterton Dates: 5 March & 12 March 2022 (2 days) Time: Saturdays, 11:00am – 5:00 pm Cost: $200 Must Enrol by: 28 February 2022 Tutors: Judy Jeffery and Kath Wilkie

SPECIAL INTEREST

ASTRONOMY 101 #37951 Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what you are looking at? This course is for you! Designed for people who are fascinated by the night sky and have wondered about how it came to be, and how we know what we know. Becky will lead you through basic observations and interesting facts, stories about stars, planets, moons and constellations, to further extend learning about what is happening above us in the night sky. Where: REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton Dates: 16 February – 9 March (4 weeks) Time: Wednesday Nights, 7:30pm – 9:00pm Cost: $100 Must Enrol by: 13 February 2022 Tutor: Becky Bateman

DRIVERS LICENCE

LEARNERS LICENCE (EVENING) #07723 Do you need your licence or driving without one? Then this course is for you. This is aimed at adults and those not at school. Come along and be supported to learn the Road Code, ready to sit the test at the AA. The course fee includes the cost of sitting the test. Where: REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton Dates: Monday 14 March – 17 March 2022 Sit the test at Masterton AA on Friday 18 March during the day Time: 6pm – 9pm Cost: $125 (incl cost of sitting test) Must Enrol by: 9 March 2022 Tutor: Rachael MacKenzie

COMPUTERS

EXCEL SPREADSHEETING - BASICS #38098 Microsoft Excel is used by almost every business, is helpful for managing life admin at home. This course will take you through a variety of activities to help you become a capable user of Excel. Where: REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton Dates: Mondays, 14 March – 4 April (4 weeks) Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Cost: $40/$20 with Community Services Card Must Enrol by: 7 March 2022 Tutor: Tracy Graham

LANGUAGE

TE REO MĀORI - TE ATAARANGI

Te Ataarangi is a total immersion way of learning Te Reo. Te Ataarangi is well-known for the use of coloured Cuisenaire rods as a learning tool. It’s an effective language learning technique that encourages you to speak Te Reo. In Te Ataarangi, the language is taught alongside Māori customs and values. This class will run for the year in termly blocks.

Papawai - Level beginner and beyond beginner

Where: Greytown Workingmens Club, 120 Main St, Greytown Dates: Tuesday evenings starting 8th Feb 2022 Times: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Edith Rolls Cost: $40 for the year paid directly to Te Ataarangi via the tutor. #38081

Feathertson - Level beginner and beyond beginner

Where: Featherston Rugby Club, 60 Johnston St, Featherston Dates: Wednesday evenings starting 9th Feb 2022 Times: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Edith Rolls Cost: $40 for the year paid directly to Te Ataarangi via the tutor. #38041

Wahi Reka - Level beginner and beyond beginner

Where: Wahi Reka TKR, 13a River Road, Masterton Dates: Thursdays starting 10th Feb – 2022 Times: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Edith Rolls Cost: $40 for the year paid directly to Te Ataarangi via the tutor. #38058

Vaccine Passport Required

New Zealand is currently in Traffic light setting RED.

To meet COVID19 Traffic Light Red requirements, participants in these coursesmust provide their vaccine passport to attend.

Enrolment essential if you wish to attend, so ENROL NOW ONLINE at www.reapwairarapa.nz Phone (06) 377 1379 0800WAIREAP Email reception@reapwairarapa.nz www.reapwairarapa.nz or pop into REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

Note: You are not enrolled until your fee is paid

RUGBY Chris Cogdale

The Wairarapa-Bush premier club rugby championship will return to a full tworound competition this season after two years of abbreviated versions.

The 2020 covid-19 lockdown resulted in the club season starting three months late in July and being reduced to one round plus playoff s. Last season, the teams played a three-round Town and Country series, followed by a full round.

The Town and Country competition for the Lane Penn Trophy proved to be a popular concept, attracting a massive crowd at Greytown for the fi nal in which Greytown beat Eketahuna 63-21.

Wai-Bush chief executive Tony Hargood confi rmed the competition would again be played over the fi rst round and two sets of points tables will run concurrently.

“When the teams in the pools play each other, their points are accumulated, and that will determine who the fi nalists will be in the second round,” Hargood said.

Marist, Pioneer, Carterton, and Greytown make up the ‘Town’ pool, and Eketahuna, East Coast, Gladstone, and Martinborough comprise the ‘Country’ pool. The fi rst-placed team in each pool will play for the Lane Penn Trophy on their scheduled clash in the second round.

After two full rounds [14 games], the top four teams will qualify for the premier championship semifi nals, with the two winners to play in the grand fi nal for the Chris ‘Moose’ Kapene Memorial Cup.

Hargood said WaiBush have processes in place should there be any disruptions because of covid-19, and they’re taking a positive attitude and will deal with any issues as they arise.

“The clubs have been given information on how to conduct preseason training. There’s a Council of Clubs’ meeting next week, and we’ll just look at some options if the competition is disrupted.

“But because it’s two full rounds, there will be fl exibility on how we can manage it.”

Wai-Bush also intend to livestream more games this season.

Last year, the live coverage on the WaiBush Facebook page proved popular with those who couldn’t get to games, so this season’s premier competition matches would also be livestreamed.

That could also result in more premier club games being played at Wai-Bush headquarters Trust House Memorial Park, which has been rarely used for premier fi xtures over recent seasons.

Although the fi nal makeup of the club squads won’t be known until close to the start date, Hargood is aware two players have moved on from last year’s champions, Greytown.

Wai-Bush player of the year, blockbusting prop Lewis Bush has moved to Hawke’s Bay for work, but is likely to return for the representative season, and prop-No 8 Chris Hemi has moved to Australia.

The premier and senior reserve competitions both kick off on April 2, with the fi nals in late July.

A major focus for the coming season though will be the promotion of women’s rugby.

A Wai-Bush team played representative games last season against Whanganui and a Manawatu Development side, and Hargood is keen to build on that.

“We’ve already asked about entering the Manawatu competition, and there’s a long-term Heartland rugby strategy to have a women’s comp by 2024 similar to the men.”

He said the team would be a combined club side and play their home games at Memorial Park.

Wai-Bush are also introducing a women’s Friday night competition to be played at the park for club and secondary school players.

Another important step in the junior and development areas is the appointment of a rugby development manager based in South Wairarapa.

Hargood said the calibre of the applicants was outstanding and he hoped to have the successful applicant working by the beginning of March.

A big crowd watching the 2021 Lane Penn Trophy ÿ nal at Greytown. PHOTO/FILE