Wairarapa Midweek Wed 9th Sept by Wairarapa Times-Age

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

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Age Concern aiming for online Eli Hill Through loneliness, isolation, and tough times, Age Concern Wairarapa has supported older people in the community. But as more of the world shifts online, the organisation wants to get its own website – and it needs help from the community. Age Concern Wairarapa runs a volunteer visiting service, elder abuse response service, networks, a range of health programmes, and raises awareness of issues facing older people. Many older people are self-reliant, healthy, and only use the service to meet new people or join exercise groups.

But there are also elderly who are lonely and feel socially isolated that the service want to help, manager Linda McCarthy said. “During lockdown, we spent a lot of time ringing

our older community to make sure that they were okay. “We started with 10-minute calls and at the end of lockdown, many of the calls were 45 minutes to an hour long – they just

needed someone to talk to.” Age Concern Wairarapa’s Accredited Visiting Service has a small army of about 60 volunteers who meet with people who are isolated,

have no family, and would like regular company. “The same visitor will visit the same person all the time. “They might read to them, have a cuppa, and share stories. “Some of the volunteers have been visiting for many years. “What we have noticed is that, after lockdown, there are some older people who are too frightened to go out.” McCarthy said it was important to promote people going outside, doing exercise, seeing friends, and meeting people. In its most recent newsletter, the service gave advice about everything from gaslighting to taking care of physical, mental, and emotional health. Tips for older people to Continued on page 3

Accredited visiting coordinator Fran Reardon, manager Linda McCarthy, and health coordinator Rachel Ingram. PHOTO/ELI HILL

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Health

Dismissed DHB workers ‘satisfied’

Sport

An investigation into four workers’ claims about improper sterilisation of surgical implements and alleged workplace bullying at the Wairarapa District Health Board, scheduled to start early last week this week, did not take place.

Marist celebrate their first championship in 18 years Marist came from behind to win the Tui Cup 39-37.

Council

Sewage saga rolls on

The next milestone on the long road to the town’s upgraded wastewater plant is on the horizon. But it could still be up to four years before the new equipment is switched on.

Viticulture

A grape result for young Wairarapa winemaker

Council

Residents fail to fire on parking

Ben McNab of Matahiwi Estate, near Masterton has been name�� Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year competition.

More than 200 Masterton motorists have voiced opinions on the district council’s latest public engagement, on parking in Wairarapa’s biggest town.

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Lifestyle 16-33

Events 38-39

Carterton 10

Business 34-35

Puzzles 40

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Extra 14

Wai Write 37

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Dentist offers wisdom for teeth Eli Hill

David Banks is on a mission to help kids’ smiles. A dentist with 43 years’ experience, Banks has oﬀered free talks to primary schools and preschools to help kids’ dental hygiene. “I’ve been working for Mobile Surgical Services, which is the mobile operating theatre that they truck around the country, just doing the kids’ teeth and general anaesthetic. “We started it around 12 years ago and my initial thought about the process was – great we’ll catch up the backlog and then it’ll just be a routine caseload.” But Banks said the caseloads had only grown. “I think now over those 12 years, we’ve anesthetised over a thousand kids in Featherston who’ve had extractions and ﬁllings.” Banks said that every time he saw a parent, he pleaded with them to do something about their kid’s dental hygiene. “But it doesn’t seem to sink in. So, I thought, alright let’s reverse the equation. “Let’s let the kid nag the mum to at least get a toothbrush in there – to at least do something. “I think you’ve got to talk to the young ones because the older ones have already made up their mind and haven’t changed it.” He began by giving a talk at the Scuola Montessori Masterton preschool

David Banks giving a talk on the importance of looking after your teeth to the kids of the Masterton West Kindergarten.

The modern diet is no match for teeth unless they are cleaned. Brushing teeth is about the routine. If you want any preventive health routine to work it has to be established in a daily routine. with fellow dentist Trish Leabourne. “And my grandson happens to be going to kindergarten at Masterton West Kindergarten and he said, ‘How come Pop doesn’t come and talk to us?’, so I went and talked to them. “And then I thought it would be a good idea if this got out and we went around to all the preschools and even the young ones of school age – the ﬁve to seven-year-olds – the idea being to get kids to go home and plead ‘I need a toothbrush.”

So, Banks is inviting preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools to get in touch with him, and he will come out and speak to the kids about dental hygiene. “The modern diet is no match for teeth unless they are cleaned.”

Brushing teeth is about the routine. “If you want any preventive health routine to work it has to be established in a daily routine. “Whether it’s you choosing to go for a run or doing laps in a swimming pool. ‘It’s sad because if you instil good dental routines into a kid you save them thousands of dollars over

their lifetime.” Teeth problems can be prevented through restricting sugar intake and routinely using an electric toothbrush on kids’ teeth. “If I do give this talk to 30 or 40 preschoolers, maybe two or three will pick up this talk – I’m going to be realistic and say I’m not going to change the whole deal, but I might help one or two

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along the way. “It’s something I would like to see as a preventive measure in the community.” • Schools and preschools wanting to get in touch with Banks should call True Dentistry in Carterton on 06 379 8799.

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Service helps elderly from Eketahuna to South Wairarapa Continued from page 1 look after their wellbeing included “taking time to talk with someone who makes you feel good”, rediscovering an old interest, or “give a special thank you to people who tautoko/support you”.

The service had a number of groups and classes coming up, including two brand new workshops – Staying Safe, which focuses on road safety, and Life Without a Car which helps elderly transition from life with a car to life without one.

The service looks out for elderly from Eketahuna to South Wairarapa, yet it still doesn’t have its own website. This makes it hard for people to get in contact, or for the service to put out information to the people who use it, McCarthy said. “It’d be great if someone

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wanted to loan or volunteer their services to build a website for us. “We just want someone to say this is my good deed for the year. It’s a small thing a website, but it’s a big thing for us.” An online presence would allow the service

to post videos of classes/ exercise groups to members who can’t make events. It would also allow friends, family, and elderly to search for its services online. While the service makes do, money is often tight, particularly now that it

isn’t able to fundraise the way it used to. McCarthy said any donations were welcome as well as anyone wanting to join as a member. • People can get in touch with Age Concern Wairarapa on [06] 377 0066.

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The Festival of Adult Learning Eli Hill

Reading, writing and numeracy skills can affect people’s confidence, ability to find work, or chances of moving to higher paying jobs. And with the Festival of Adult Learning being celebrated this week from September 7 to 14, Literacy Aotearoa Masterton site coordinator Carol Wald is looking to highlight adult learning in the community. “On September 16 from 1pm to 3pm, we’re having a learner celebration at REAP House. We’ve put together a video showing learner activities and what adult learning means to the learners.” The service offers courses in literacy,

language, numeracy, digital learning, computers, ﬁnancial, healthy lifestyle, learner licences, and work readiness. Most of the courses are aimed at people who haven’t completed NCEA Level 2 in college, Wald said. “Lots of people think they’re the only one with the problem, but when they come to class, they ﬁnd they’re not the only one or they realise their problem isn’t as big as they think it is. “It gives

further in future, Wald said. “It used to be that you could leave school

people conﬁdence.” Workplace literacy is something the service would be targeting

without qualiﬁcations and get a job in a factory or farm. “But now a lot of those jobs have disappeared, or to be a farmer you need a certiﬁcate.” People in the workforce with lower levels of literacy are usually paid less. “What we see is people with lower literacy skills could have really good skills in the workplace but won’t step up to the higher paying jobs. “They tend to have lower paid jobs because they don’t put themselves forward

Literacy Aotearoa Masterton site coordinator Carol Wald, and tutor Jacqui Lockyer. PHOTO/ELI HILL

for advancement.” The service works with people who have left the school system and are aged 16 and over. “Our biggest group is people aged 16 to 25, but we do get a big inﬂux of people from 35 to 50, mostly people who have decided they’re going to have a second chance of learning. “We’ve also had people in their 80s and 90s who mostly come in to learn how to use a computer or smartphone.” People looking to attend the learner celebration on September 16 at REAP House should RSVP with Wald by calling 0225245994. People are also welcome to drop in during the week and ﬁnd out about Literacy Aotearoa’s services.

Green thumb for Featherston organic week Eli Hill

Last year’s Featherston Organic Week.

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Calling all green thumbed gardeners and organic food devotees. Featherston Organic Week is on this week. Now in its second year, the event has blossomed, organiser Claire Bleakley said, although with covid-19 they’ve made most of the events hands-on, and in open areas. “We’ve now got little properties that are doing all kinds of things in organic week. “A lot of people were invigorated by the organic week last year. And with the lockdown, and not being able to get outside, there was a raised awareness.” Organic growers have also been able to ﬁnd support. “We’ve been celebrating people who’ve done it on their own, and suddenly all the people who’ve been

doing it on their own are part of a community. It’s really exciting.” There are two events on today, with cuttings and air-layering at 99 Longwood Road East from 10am to 12.30pm. Later on in the day is a gourmet three-course vegetarian organic dinner at Brac & Bow featuring

to 2.30pm. Later on in the day the ﬁlm, Seed: The Untold Story will be showing at Pae Tū Mōkai o Tauira, 23 Soldiers Settlement Rd [the old golf club], from 7.30pm to 9pm. On Friday people will be building a spring eco-garden at St Teresa’s School on Bell St from

We’ve been celebrating people who’ve done it on their own, and suddenly all the people who’ve been doing it on their own are part of a community. It’s really exciting. guest speaker Dr Jessica Hutchings talking about her book Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore. Dinner is from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. To reserve a place, call Brac & Bow on 06 308 8880. Tomorrow a biochar workshop will be held by Stephen Andersen–Clay on 1 Cundys Rd from 9.30am

10am to midday. There’s an eco farm garden tour at 260 Moroa Rd, Tauherenikau on Saturday from 10am to midday. Veggie and seedlings will be for sale. People can register for the tour online. Entry costs $10 for adults and $5 for children.

On Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm people can learn the tikanga of picking harakeke, the kawa of raranga, and how to weave a kete [basket] at Fareham House, 80 Underhill Rd, Featherston. The weaving will be followed by cooking with Ant North and an organic vegetarian potluck to celebrate the week from 12.45pm to 3pm. All events are free with an optional donation unless otherwise indicated, and people are able to just turn up. For outdoor events, people are asked to bring gumboots or outdoor shoes and gardening gloves if they have them. • For more information people can follow the group on Facebook at Featherstonorganics, or contact Claire Bleakley on 06 308 9842, or Josje Neerincx on 06 304 8116.

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Raising people’s awareness of gambling harm Eli Hill For gambling awareness week Ramil Adhikari visited the pokies. He didn’t play, he knows how much harm a gambling addiction can bring – instead he delivered ﬂyers and brochures advertising ways for people to get help. “In Masterton … in just one machine people are spending $65,000 per year. It’s a really bad scenario here in Wairarapa.” Adhikari is a public health worker at the Wairarapa Salvation Army Oasis and his message at the Gambling Harm Awareness Week event last week was that one service by itself cannot work to stop problem gambling. “It’s really hard to get people here because there’s hesitation in gamblers, they don’t want to come and we need to make them aware of what a problem gambling is. “I think everyone in the community – every agency should work together with each other to get rid of this really hedonistic addiction in Wairarapa.” Adhikari gave an example of a Masterton woman whose addiction led her to put gambling over food. “We saw one lady getting funds from WINZ and then the same day she was heading towards Pak’nSave to buy her food items. “On the road she thought

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I’ll just go play for 10 or 15 minutes, and then what ended up happening is she used all of her money.” The woman then went to the Oasis who provided her with two weeks food from the food bank. He also gave an example of how the service can help people. One man came in for a counselling session – he’d become addicted to betting on horse racing online. “What we do is we exclude them from the venues – people who are doing online betting what we do is we block them. “We get them to block emails, apps, for example if someone is playing Lotto you can block them from playing.” For people who are problem gamblers at physical venues the service is able to send the person’s photo and details to venues and then the managers won’t allow those people to play.

“What is happening is if someone is gambling - 10 people, their friends, their families, and workmates will be aﬀected because of one person’s gambling.” There are 12 gaming venues in Wairarapa three in Carterton, four in Masterton, and ﬁve in South Wairarapa. Wairarapa has a sinking lid policy - once a venue is closed gambling machines cannot be opened up elsewhere. But while the policy means the number of machines is decreasing, the money people spend on the machines is still high. “It doesn’t matter that one machine is less, or two machines are less – people are queuing to get to the pokies.” • People looking for help can get in touch by calling the Oasis on 0800 530 000, or through The Salvation Army Oasis Gambling Service Facebook page.

Kokomai fundraiser Eli Hill Step back into the 60s at the Kokomai Creative Festival’s gala fundraiser this Saturday. Held at Aratoi from 7pm, the gala fundraiser party will give people the opportunity to view - for the ﬁrst time in Wairarapa - an exceptional collection of Michael Cooper’s photography. Cooper, a photographer for Vogue and Esquire, died by suicide in 1973, aged 31. He lived a wild existence as someone who provided the only surviving record of scores of moments that would have otherwise been lost to history. He’s probably most famous for photographing the iconic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. When Cooper passed, he left his 70,000-strong collection to his son Adam,

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Wairarapa Arts Festival Trust board chair Jo Beetham dressed for the 60s. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

who has since become the curator of the Michael Cooper archive - but, at the time, these existed only as negatives. Between 1989 and 1990, these unique snapshots were turned into the real thing, and were exhibited only a handful of times in

the United States: most recently at singer Carly Simon’s now-closed River Run gallery, in New York in 1990. The Kokomai team is abuzz with the opportunity to indulge in the food and clothes of the time and party the night away 60s style. The team are hoping people will dress up in sixties style. Food and music will be “of the era” - pineapple and cheese on sticks and devils on horseback. People can bring along their favourite 1960s record and the team will endeavour to play as many favourite tunes as they can. Some great spot prizes are also in store for partygoers. • Tickets are $50 [plus fees] and available at: www.eventﬁnda. co.nz/2020/spiritof-the-60s-galafundraiser/Masterton.

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Pain Farm opened to visitors Marcus Anselm Martinborough’s historic Pain Farm, a major income stream for South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC], will be open to the public next week, and the authority is committed to keeping it in public hands. SWDC will hold an open day at the spruced-up 1920s homestead next Thursday. The property includes the homestead, a smaller cottage, gardens and farmland. It brings in rental money of sixﬁgures per annum, to a standalone council fund. The 1920s homestead has undergone a major revamp in the past year, after it became the subject of local attention in the run up to 2019’s council elections. On Lake Ferry Rd, it was bequeathed to Martinborough Borough Council in a will by George Pain, made in 1932. A report to the town’s community board in July 2019 showed the need for repairs on the property, leading to an extraordinary board

Martinborough’s Pain Farm homestead, a rental property owned by South Wairarapa District Council. PHOTOS/ELI HILL

meeting in September. A new board was elected in October, and they were charged with overseeing the work.

Since then, SWDC has spent a six-ﬁgure sum on extensive refurbishment. Vacant since May, a team of council staﬀers

and contractors have worked through the winter to get the home ready for the market. The work ramped

up after the covid-19 lockdown, once the previous tenants had moved out. In June, the council resolved to release $100,000 for the repairs, and another $12,000 a month later. The council and board have committed to using part of the fund for ongoing maintenance, Local businessman Pain, whose name lives on in the Pain and Kershaw shopping complex nearby, died in 1937. His wife retained a life interest

in the property until her death in 1960. It was passed to the district council after the 1989 reforms. Pain’s original wish was to have the farm made available as a sports ground and playground. A High Court decision in 1966 changed this and found that instead, income it raised should be used to maintain and improve local recreational facilities. Most recently, about $200,000 was used to fund landscaping and play areas at the town’s Waihinga Centre. The council has rented out the buildings and some of the farmland, and uses part of the land for wastewater irrigation on part of the land. Visitors dreaming of a rural idyll will have to look elsewhere, though. Asked if economic pressures would ever force SWDC to put the farm on the market, Mayor Alex Beijen supplied a succinct, two-word answer: “No, Never.” – NZLDR • Pain Farm is open to visitors on Thursday [September 10]. Reserve a spot on the tour at eventﬁnda. co.nz/venue/painfarm-martinborough. Spaces are limited.

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Carterton

Too cold for clock work We’re optimistic that all the reinforcement work will be completed by end of spring, which means we will then be able to start the repainting work, as well as working on the outdoor area.

Spring is here but building work on Carterton’s clock tower will have to wait for warmer weather, the district council says. The $500,000 project to protect the High St landmark is reliant on the chemicals used in earthquake protection upgrades, which need warmer temperatures to work. Last year, a public vote on the clock tower’s new paint job brought national attention to the Wairarapa town. Townsfolk voted for the tower, ﬁrst erected in the 1960s, to display a reserved colour palette rather than boast a bold rainbow design. In March, councillors voted for an additional

Seismic wrap on Carterton’s clock tower will need to wait for warmer weather. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

$290,000 to complete the project after further seismic strengthening work was deemed necessary. This brought the total project cost to more than $500,000. Carterton’s original tower was built above its post oﬃce and opened in 1907. It was demolished after being damaged during the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. The original Britishmade clock parts were placed into storage, and have been used in the present 13-metrehigh structure since 1962.

A change to building laws following the recent deadly quakes in New Zealand means further strengthening is needed to counter the impact of another massive tremor. The tower’s legs are to be strengthened by seismic wrapping. Seismic wrapping is a retroﬁt technology, which uses a strong resin around existing beams and columns to add strength without further weight. But this cannot be done on Carterton’s chilly mornings, Carterton District Council’s Dave

Gittings said. “If you see days when not a lot of action is happening on site this is because the wrapping cannot be done when the air temperature drops too low. “Once the wrapping process is complete, scaﬀolding will be used to begin the new paint job.” The repaint and landscaping around the High St landmark was due to start later this year. “We’re optimistic that all the reinforcement work will be completed by end of spring, which means we will then be able to start the repainting work, as well as working on the outdoor area,” Gittings said.

Colourful Carterton School murals help lift spirits Gianina Schwanecke There’s nothing quite like colourful murals and the sounds of children’s laughter to beat the covid-19 blues. More than 60 students at Carterton School partnered with local artist Adrian Jackman to create four new murals as part of the Ministry of Education’s [MOE] Creatives in Schools programme. The programme partners creatives with schools for students to learn specialist artistic knowledge and practices through collaborating on a project which takes between eight to 20 weeks to complete. “It’s about creating with conﬁdence,” Jackman said. The Carterton-based artist studied at Elam School of Fine Arts and specialises in formalabstractionist paintings. He said his love of art came from his experiences at primary school. “My love of art came from my primary school.

More than 60 students at Carterton School partnered with local artist Adrian Jackman to create four new murals for the school. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE

“That sort of thing stays with you. “You don’t need to spend lots of money to make art.” The project took about 17 weeks and more than 100 hours, not including prep time, to complete. It was put on hold just one week after starting due to the country entering alert level 4 lockdown due to covid-19, something

which ended up being a positive. “It was quite good coming back from covid-19 because the kids needed a bit of a distraction and something to ease into.” Jackman said students of all ages were involved in creating the mural; from participating in colour making workshops, to brainstorming, drawing,

painting, and text making. “The students all had a participatory role. Everyone got to have a go at something. “My role was really to just guide them in creating with conﬁdence.” Featuring Tui, Weka, Kotare, and Huia birds, as well as native ﬂora and the school’s four main education hubs, it explores

themes related to the school’s identity. At over 2.4 metres tall and covered in bright hues, creating the murals was a mammoth task. “Hopefully, it’s all tools and skills they can use for themselves when making art.” The murals have yet to be hung in the school, but Jackman was hopeful the students would feel a sense of pride and joy in looking at them – “colour gives you a lot back”. He was very supportive of the programme, particularly as many arts programmes had been hit hard by covid-19. Applications for the second round of Creatives in Schools funding, for projects to be undertaken between Terms 1 to 4 next year, are now open and close on September 20. • More information can be found on the MOE website.

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CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Councillor Kōrero The Zero Carbon Act gave Councils the long-awaited mandate to take action on Climate Change. Our first step was to develop the joint Ruamāhanga Climate Change Strategy, which gives the council an action plan to reduce its carbon footprint. As community leaders it is vital that councils role model climate-friendly behaviours and encourage our citizens to make a difference. Three years ago, we joined the Wellington Regional Climate Change Forum where we collaborated on issues such as

sea level rise, the promotion of electric vehicles and the development of a greenhouse gas calculator. We formed the Wairarapa Climate Caucus which is an informal forum of Wairarapa Councillors and Climate Advisors to work together to encourage climate change considerations in our council’s strategies and promote actions to empower our communities. During Conservation Week last month, we screened the movie 2040 which inspires solutions to change our food, transportation, and energy systems so our world can be

HE PITOPITO KŌRERO –

a healthier and happier place. It was a fantastic community event with over 50 people in attendance. If we all did simple things such as avoiding plastics, recycling and reusing, composting food waste, growing vegetables, conserving energy and water, using public transport, carpooling, cycling and walking, we would all be facing the reality of climate change and building a better world now and for future generations.

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Jill Greathead

Reform and what does it mean? There are a number of issues with water infrastructure (water supply, waste water, and stormwater) around the country, and the government is aiming to raise the standard. Our council is in a pretty good shape compared to many other councils. The government is inviting local councils to be part of this review, and co-design what this may look like in the future. The government has

Contact me anytime – jillg@cdc.govt.nz

indicated they are looking at multi-regional (I.e. Lower North Island) organisations that manage water and council assets and debt. To be part of that conversation, we needed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding outlining how local and central government will work together, which also entitled us to $1.84m of funding which we can put towards water supply, waste water, or storm water (but not towards projects which we have already budgeted for).

- RA SMITH Water is a basic necessity of life, but when it is hard to find it is significant.

Waimana is the source of water for Kourarau dam.

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Key things to take into account: • The agreement is non-binding • The possibility of privatisation has been ruled out • The interests and well-being of local communities will be considered, and they will also be able to provide input in relation to the new entities

A spring on top of a hill that feeds an elevated plateau can mean that people are able to stay on top of the hill as they did in the ancient marae Hinewaka. Once water was taken for granted and thankfully, we recognise the mana of water in Environment Week and every other week, especially at Waimana.

• We will have a good idea of what these reforms will look like by May 2021, and at that stage our council will need to decide whether it wants to continue in the reform or pull out.

On the ground at Holloway Street Next week is te wiki o Te Reo Māori.

our Council logo.

This is such an important week, not just for Māori, but for everyone in New Zealand. Te Reo is New Zealand’s native language and is the foundation of Māori culture. It’s important as council that we lead by example by promoting and normalising the use of te reo so we can go on this learning journey together with our community. We’ve worked hard in this space over the last 12 months, starting with adding te reo to

We’ve increased the use of te reo in our public council communications, thanks to the help of Mihi Namana from Hurunui-o-Rangi marae, who gives our elected members and senior staff te reo lessons. We recently named a street completely in te reo (Te Ara Takapau) – there is only one other place in New Zealand to have done this.

We also took part in a Tangata Tiriti workshop with Dr Ingrid Huygens and learnt about local Māori history while visiting sites of significance. We have developed a meaningful relationship with Hurunui-o-Rangi marae which has seen an increased participation of mana whenua

in council decision making. There’s still more work to be done which our council is working hard on, but I feel fortunate to work for a council which genuinely embraces Māori culture. I encourage everyone, no matter where you are in your reo journey to start small and add a new word to your everyday conversations, even if it’s a friendly smile and a kia ora.

Carrie McKenzie,

Community Services Manager

Did you know the Carterton library is part of the Wairarapa Library Service? This means your library card allows you to enjoy collections, free public computing and free WIFI at all four libraries Martinborough, Featherston, Greytown and Carterton. For e-books, download the Libby app (meet.libbyapp.com).

HAVE YOUR SAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK go to our website: cdc.govt.nz, email us on info@cdc.govt.nz or send us your thoughts by mail to: Carterton District Council PO Box 9 | Carterton 5743

12 Wairarapa Midweek Opinion Wednesday, September 9, 2020 EDITORIAL

Opinion

The joy of reading The Festival of Adult Learning is being celebrated this week. If you’re reading this paper, it’s likely the last sentence didn’t mean much to you. In this ‘information age’, we can often forget that not everyone has strong literacy skills. As Carol Ward of Literacy Aotearoa points out – the ability to read and write can affect people’s ability to learn and earn. It’s harder for people with low literacy skills to get jobs, and even when they have jobs, they often find themselves held back from higher positions. But I think the biggest shame is that they are cut off from all the awesome stories and information out there. There’s a saying that goes: ‘A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The person who never reads lives only one.’ I think it’s very true. Through reading words we’re able to step into the shoes of other people, to experience things through their senses, and to access the knowledge they’re

CUTIES OF THE WEEK Have you got a photo you want to share with Wairarapa? Whether it’s a reader photo, a cutie, or a snap of you with your Midweek, email it to midweek@age.co.nz with ‘Midweek Photo’ in the subject line, and it could be featured in this segment.

Midweek thoughts

Eli Hill passing on to us. On a trip to the local library you could find yourself stepping into feudal Japan or riding a motorcycle across the USA with a philosopher. There are adventures, love, life-lessons, crime, justice, madness, fantasies, and faraway places just waiting for your eyes to find them. That’s why, in my mind anyway, the work the small team at Literacy Aotearoa does is so important. They’re giving people the keys to new ideas, new thoughts, and new opportunities. It’s also why you, the person reading this, is awesome. In this busy world, you’ve found the time to read the stories of your community – from an organic week in Featherston through to the work Age Concern Wairarapa is doing.

And there’s even health benefits! A 2016 study found that, over a 12-year period, book readers had a 20 per cent reduction in ‘risk of mortality.’ Other studies have found that reading helps protect against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s. In the spirit of adult learning I’d like to finish this column by recommending that you stop by the library this week. If you go often try to visit a section you normally wouldn’t, pick out something that catches your eye. Maybe you’ll find a new way of arranging your pot plants or gain a better understanding of frogs. Maybe you’ll find a new favourite author or a book that changes the way you think.

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Grandad made a fairy house out of a dead tree trunk for when Hannah Thomson (3) visited. PHOTO/LITA STRATTON

Little Sophie giving a hand with feeding calves at the farm of her parents, Ben and Annemarie Bosch. PHOTO/OMA BOSCH

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Opinion Wairarapa Midweek

LETTERS

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Comment on misleading Wai Write I understand that Wai Write is an opportunity for short stories and is not intended to be commentary or an opinion piece but I believe the contribution by Calvin Winterbottom [Britain colonises countries, August 26] needs comment as the article is inaccurate and misleading in so many ways despite paragraph 2 which says “Today, I am going to tell you the true histories of some of Britain’s excolonies”. Now, Calvin’s article may have been tonguein-cheek, but if so the misinformation is deliberate and inexcusable. He claims that there are only 21 countries that Britain has not controlled. It is not that I want to quibble - Britain has controlled a lot but the number it did [and in some cases still does] control is 70. The number 21 [22 actually] not invaded by Britain is a Google search number which covers armed incursions including

pirates and privateers with crown approval even before ‘Britain’ existed as a state. Most of these hardly justify the term control. But he starts with the United States ‘who had an indigenous population known as Red Indians’. After Columbus’ mistaken identification of the new world as part of the Indies [which in these days was

[the Indians’ I presume] shores first, forming New Amsterdam and the pilgrim fathers landed in 1620. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam was established in 1625, five years after the Pilgrims [which were, in any case, not the first Brits to arrive - in fact they were not Brits, they were English]. However, this ignores the

Although Wai Write stories do not need to be factual, when they claim to be factual they should, in fact, be factual, even if only approximately so. the name for most of East Asia], the general term for all indigenous populations of north, south, and central America and Canada was Indians but, trust me, each of the multitudinous tribes had their own names and the term Red Indian or Redskin was/is a pejorative term which the indigenous peoples reject. He claims that the Dutch arrived on their

much earlier settlement of portions of what is now the USA by the French and the Spanish who settled the southern states in the 16th centuries. He moves on to Australia with an indigenous population called ‘the Aborigines’ [see comment on Red Indians] which was colonised by the Dutch. Not so, although Dutch explorers visited and mapped some

parts of Australia they did not settle there and interactions with the locals were skirmishes. I suspect that Calvin’s quick Google searches have got him confused between what the Dutch called Australia [New Holland] and New Netherland [North America] where they were reported to have many battles ‘with the aborigines’ - in this case, American Indians. When it comes to New Zealand he says that French Polynesians arrived in the country thousands of years ago. Not so, pre-Maori occupation of New Zealand has been largely debunked and Maori are reckoned to have arrived in New Zealand in the 13th century and not from French Polynesia, as the French did not settle Polynesia until the 19th century [nit picking again, but justifiable]. His claim that Vikings arrived in Dannevirke about 900AD is without foundation. The ‘Vikings’ arrived in New Zealand in the 19th century.

He claims that the Dutch and Scandinavians invaded the country before the British. The Dutch did not ‘invade’ New Zealand. Their explorers hardly came ashore and when they did they did not enjoy the experience [Murderers Bay] and promptly left. As for the Scandinavian Invasion, that was in the 1870’s. Refer Dannevirke Scandinavian Club 125th anniversary of the first Scandinavian settlers which was celebrated in 1997. And lastly, the British Monarch is not a Supreme Leader as it exercises virtually no Authority over New Zealand. The Queen is a ceremonial leader and a de facto Head of State. Although Wai Write stories do not need to be factual, when they claim to be factual they should, in fact, be factual, even if only approximately so. Bill Aitchison Carterton

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What does peace mean to you? Online dictionaries suggest Peace is “freedom from disturbance, tranquillity or a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended”. Peace means different things to different people. One of my children’s favourite books is “5 Minutes Peace” by Jill Murphy, where a mother elephant sneaks off to the bathroom to avoid her messy elephant offspring for a bit of peace. In artworks, doves are a common image denoting peace. These snowy white birds, with or without an olive branch, are

often used in religion to symbolise peace or love and have been used for many centuries. As far back as Ancient Greeks and Mesopotamia, doves have been used as symbols for goddesses of love and peace. Today, here in Aotearoa/ New Zealand we are living in a time of relative peace. The international organisation, Mayors for Peace, was established in 1982 in response to the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 where 140,000 people died and many more were injured.

Mayor Takeshi Araki established the organisation as he saw a worldwide need for peace. Masterton is one of the 8000 cities across the world that has joined this organisation. This year, a special competition is being run by Mayors for Peace for the children of Masterton. If you are aged from 6 to 15 years of age and live in Masterton, you can enter. All you need to do is design a poster representing the theme “Peaceful Towns”. Art must be 2D, on B4sized paper and either a drawing or a painting.

For full details please visit www.aratoi.org.nz/ education where you can also download the entry form. All finalists will be displayed at Aratoi from October 24 until November 8 and Mayor of Masterton Lyn Patterson

will be giving out the prizes for the winners on October 24 at 2pm. We look forward to seeing your entries! Becky Bateman is educator at Aratoi. Aratoi runs free education programmes throughout the term.

improvement and to that end the Wairarapa Community Centre Trust is always keen to hear from anyone willing to help a worthwhile community organisation, in whatever area they feel they can assist. If you feel you can contribute in any way,

shape or form, ring Bev on 377 1022. All inquiries very welcome. During these difficult times the centre has continued to offer a variety of opportunities to our community and this upcoming month sees a continuation of this, as follows:

WAIRARAPA COMMUNITY CENTRE Bev Jack Centre Manager The AGM of the Wairarapa Community Centre is scheduled to take place on Monday, September 21, at 41 Perry St starting at 5.15pm. It offers a chance to reflect on the many successes achieved over the past twelve months.

This includes the rental of the 17 community organisations who have been housed within the building, the conference room to 75 different groups, the preparation and distribution of 3300 meals using rescued food, 16 cooking classes all while surviving covid

and lockdown. Sincere thanks are extended to all board members and the growing army of willing volunteers who have assisted in whatever capacity and without whom the centre would not operate as successfully as it does. We continue to seek

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Tuesday

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Lifecare Consultants [First Aid] 8am-4pm | Sep 1 Karen O’Connor 021 1125 579

Guitar Jamming 5.15-6.15pm | Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 Donna Laing 0800 080 717

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Sophie Beckett 04 212 4971 Lifecare Consultants [First Aid] 8am-4pm | Sep 14 Karen O’Connor 021 1125 579 Wairaapa Community Centre AGM 5.15-6.15pm | Sep 21 Bev Jack 377 1022

St John’s [First Aid L2] 8am-1pm | Sep 16 St Johns NZ 0800 785 646 Community Network Forum 11am-1pm | Sep 23 Kara Pennington 027 251 2410 Mindfulness - 4-week workshop 7-8.30pm | Sep 9, 16, 23, 30 phillipa.mills@gmail.com

WaiWag Support Group 10am-noon | Sep 3 Donna Laing 0800 080 717

Friday Green Dollars AGM 5-9pm | Sep 4 Catie Lou Manson 027 511 9988

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Heart Help Peer Support Group 1.30-2.30pm | Sep 16 Kit Cohr 370 2890

Green Fingers Gardening Group 1-3pm | Sep 19 Bev Jack 377 1022

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Sunday

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ROTARY SUNDAY MARKET Fresh fruit and veggies, seedlings for your garden, homemade baking, pre-loved clothing and handy hardware. These are just some of the items that you will find at the Masterton South Rotary Club’s weekly Rotary Sunday Market. The other discovery you will make at the market is a whole bunch of happy people, browsing and catching up with each other, much as you’d find in any small village in Europe or Asia. The Rotary Sunday Market (previously known as the Car Boot Sale) has become an institution, a regular event for a large number of Mastertonians who like to get out on a Sunday morning and poke around for a bargain. The stallholders pay just $7 for the use of a car park for all of Sunday morning to sell anything from seaweed fertiliser for your garden, a hot sausage with onion to home-made sauces and jams. Any stallholders can turn up on the day. Some have their favourite spots (they’ll soon tell you if you are in theirs). Most of the stallholders are real characters, who love a bit of

banter and are happy to haggle. The market runs every Sunday morning throughout the year, rain hail or snow. Stall numbers get up to 70 in the summer and hundreds of customers come through during the morning. Suggestions for additional stalls might include cut flowers, knitting, breads and pizza and seedling and perennials for gardens. The Masterton South Rotary Sunday Market originally started 25 years ago in 1995 at the Horseshoe Tavern car park. It moved to its present site in the Services Club car park in 2001. Two Rotarians are rostered on to manage the market each Sunday and most Rotarians look forward to it. All of the proceeds raised from the stallholder rentals are returned to the local community through the Masterton South Rotary Club. The Masterton South Rotary will be offering a “Free Sunday” to all stallholders on September 13th. This is an acknowledgement of the loyalty of existing stallholders and an invitation to new stallholders to try it out.

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Stars both easy to spot Two bright but lonely stars grace our southeast sky in the early evening – Fomalhaut and Achernar. Since there are very few bright stars in that region, they are easy ones to spot. Fomalhaut, the one nearer to due east is the 18th brightest star in the sky, and the brightest star in the southern ﬁsh – or Piscis Austrinus to give it the proper name. It is often called the “lonely star” because there are few notable stars in that part of the sky. Fomalhaut is a near neighbour at “only” 25 light years. As such, it has the honour of being the ﬁrst star known to have a planet. The star is not much larger than our sun, but is about 16 times as bright, due to it being far hotter. Its surface temperature is about 8600C compared with the sun’s 5700C. By the way, if you are having trouble pronouncing Fomalhaut, join the club. It’s said as Fomal-oh or Fo-mal-aut. Don’t worry though, I spent most of my life unable to say it. Achernar is easier to say, but be sure to use

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Nick Sault the “k” sound. These evenings it is not far above the southeast horizon, but more towards south. It is the brightest star in the river, aka Eridanus. But don’t expect to see the river, as most of the stars that make up its winding shape are way over the horizon.

Fomalhaut is a near neighbour at “only” 25 light years. As such, it has the honour of being the ÿ rst star known to have a planet. As the ninth visually brightest star, Achernar appears somewhat brighter than Fomalhaut, but due to its much greater distance of 139 light-years and its much higher surface temperature of 15,000C, it is nearly 2000 times as bright. That’s over 30,000 times as bright as the sun. Achernar is the hottest and bluest star out of the top

10 brightest that we see. It has another honourable feature, but you won’t see this one without access to the best of technology. It is one of the most flattened stars observed, getting on for twice as wide across the equator than the its width across the poles. The flattening is due to its incredible spin speed – 250 kilometres per second. I have just read that astronomers are starting to consider that our sun was once a double star. Why now? Well, there is this cloud of rocks and comet debris that surrounds our system in a great spherical halo. The Oort Cloud has been a mystery since first discovered. It stretches out almost halfway to the nearest star. Now they think that it could have only formed by the interaction of two stars. Trouble is, our twin star has gone its own way in the galaxy. Next week: Spring Equinox

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t is surprising, when talking to Dr Akash Kota, to learn that many people don’t like their smile. In fact, Dr Akash, owner and principal dentist at Masterton Dental, has patients who have not smiled for years because they feel so uncomfortable. Which is why he finds giving them a Smile Makeover so satisfying. “It’s personally the most rewarding thing I can do, to get patients smiling again.” A smile makeover comprises a variety of procedures which are tailored to each individual patient, to give them a beautiful smile that is unique to them. Dr Akash has a “palette” of skills that he can apply in any combinations for a smile makeover. “I customise the smile makeover to different budgets with a variety of treatments including cosmetic restructuring, orthodontics, crowns, veneers, whitening, or any combination of these.” Often the smile makeover is an extension of other work that needs to be done, Dr Akash says. “If the teeth are heavily worn or breaking, for instance, then I generally strengthen and reshape the teeth, and as part of that process give the patient a new smile.” The smile makeover is very much a collaborative project between Dr Akash and the patient. The first step is to come into the surgery in Perry Street for a cosmetic smile examination.

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SEPTEMBER 2020

HE TĀKAI KŌRERO MAI I WHAKAORIORI

MAHURU 2020

OPTOMETRIST BUILDING (1876)

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The explanation is pretty simple. The “three waters” are drinking water, wastewater (sewage), and stormwater – the three water services that councils all over the country deal with. The Government is reforming how these water services are delivered to communities. The top priority is ensuring everybody has safe drinking water, but the reforms also look at how the other two waters could be managed.

By signing up (via a Memorandum of Understanding) our council has access to $4.4 million in Government funding for water projects, with an emphasis on drinking water. It may be a cliché, but in this case, the decision really was a no-brainer. It was passed unanimously by our council.

Conversations with our community over the past few years have given us great insight into what may be good options for Masterton and we’re now well down the path of developing plans for a new facility. That’s included finetuning what could be included in such a facility and what benefits we expect it to have for our community. There are six key things we want a facility to deliver for Masterton. We want it to: y meet the needs of the Masterton community and contribute to the wellbeing and liveability of the Wairarapa y embrace our Māori culture and multi-cultural community y utilise Green Building design for efficiency and environmental benefit y be multi-purpose, and suitable and well utilised for future generations y be affordable for our community y be located somewhere that encourages activity, provides easy access, and fits in with existing community facilities. At the moment, our initial list of requirements to be included are a flat-floor space that can be used for different purposes (like performances, conferences, exhibitions) and suits the size of the Masterton community, meeting rooms and a central point for council and community-related information. We’re also exploring whether we can, or should, include a “black-box” performance space, café, library and an outdoor event space. A decision on the preferred location will be made within the next few months, once further investigation about feasibility of different sites has been undertaken. This will give the council clarity around the existing town hall site and options for that building if it is not the preferred location.

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11 The revamp of lower Queen Street will include widening and upgrading pedestrian areas, seating, better lighting, 2and planting new gardens and trees.

Of course, this is just the start of a larger revamp of Masterton’s Town Centre. 8 6 You can read all about it at: www.mastertontown.nz

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By now, we should all be aware that restrictions are a normal part of summer, but as gardeners we can all take steps to prepare for what is coming.

We’re making positive progress to identify the best spot for a new multipurpose community facility to replace our old town hall.

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Also on water, now that we are in spring, after a winter that seemed to race past thanks to pressing issues like COVID-19, it is time once again to consider how we manage our limited water supplies.

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We’ve confirmed what the revamp is going to look15like and have asked for potential contractors to let us know if10they’re interested in doing the construction work. We’re hoping to finalise the contractor before the end of the year, with an aim to get started on construction in March/April next year. As 1 you’d expect, there will be some disruption during the construction period and we’re working with business operators about how we can best manage this.

We are yet to hear details of how the reforms may develop in future, but at this stage we need to be part of the conversation and that is what signing the MOU has achieved.

Look out for advice on things like mulching gardens and collecting rainwater as we all do our bit to keep the Waingawa River – the source of our drinking water – healthy.

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We will only ever continue with the reform process if there is a clear benefit for our current and future residents and ratepayers.

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Last month, Masterton District Council, along with most councils in the country signed up to being part of the reform process – that means being part of the conversation and open to discussions with other councils about working together to deliver water services.

I want to be very clear that signing the MOU does not bind us to future reforms, just sharing data and other information in good faith.

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The amount of pollution in Masterton’s skies exceeded World Health Organisation guidance August FURNITUREon eight days ARTIFICIAL TURF - an 13 in RAISED TABLE CROSSING + RUMBLE STRIP 7 PROPOSEDlimits improvement on both June and July. However, pollution was CYCLE STANDS REPAIRand STATIONS RUMBLE STRIP/ INFORMAL 14 13 8 on STORMWATER TREATMENT/as RAIN“moderate” GARDEN recorded 17 days (morePARKING than the days inAND June 14 days on six days. 15 DRY GARDENS LARGE FORMAT PAVERSin July) and “low” 9 DISH CHANNEL DRAIN

Toi Tangata, Toi Whenua You’re invited to take part in the annual whenua (placenta) burial at the Henley Lake Whenua Garden.

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Wednesday 9 September - 9am Awards and Grants Committee meeting Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton

Are you a fabricator or engineer based in Wairarapa? We want to hear from you. We’ve got exciting projects coming up and we’re keen to see where we can use local expertise.

Saturday 12 September - 10am Birth to Earth - Annual whenua (placenta) burial Henley Lake - Colombo Road Carpark 14-20 September Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Wednesday 16 September - 3pm Council meeting Kiwi Room, Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton 21 - 27 September Mental Health Awareness Week

We’re looking for engineers and fabricators that can make street furniture like rubbish bins, tables and benches to be used in Masterton’s Town Centre Revamp project. We’re also looking for people to supply features for Masterton’s new skatepark, like railings and other skateable furniture.

If this sounds like something you or your business can provide, we’re keen to hear more. Please send us your CV or portfolio of work showcasing your ability and experience to deliver the work above. Keep in mind the products will need to be durable, suitable for the needs of less abled members of our community and finished to a high quality. Email your information to mdc@mstn.govt.nz before the 30 September.

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Mind your own business Midweek Musings

Tim Nelson Iron Maiden is one of the most successful bands of all time. They have achieved huge success for over 40 years, with many of their fans now being grandchildren of original fans. According to lead singer Bruce Dickinson, there’s a clear reason why they have maintained and grown their popularity, which he shares through this quote: ‘We have our own field and we’ve got to plough it and that’s it. What’s going on in the next field is of no interest to us; we can only plough one field at a time’ What Dickinson is saying is that Iron Maiden has always concentrated on themselves as performers; they haven’t been concerned about what others are doing, they have simply gone out to be the best that they can be in their own style. The perspective taken by Iron Maiden can be taken by others in all manner of areas; from being the best cafe, school, runner, chef, or anything else – concentrate on doing your very best that you can; perhaps this will inspire others to do the same, creating a better community for everyone.

Two rules to help

Two ideas shared by YouTuber Ali Abdaal to help overcome procrastination, a problem that we all face, me included, even with this writing which I put oﬀ while watching the very YouTube clip that inspired the post. Abdaal’s two ideas are: The Two Minute Rule. This idea was discovered by Abdaal in Dave Allen’s productivity book Getting Things Done. The rule is to simply do any task that is going to take two minutes or less as soon as the task comes up as needing to be done; with something that

is going to take so little time it may as well be done immediately, which will also create a sense of momentum. The second rule is The Five Minute Rule, which is just as simple as The Two Minute Rule. The Five Minute Rule is for those tasks that will take longer than ﬁve minutes. The process is to do the task for ﬁve minutes only; no more time is required. However, in most cases once a task is started it’s a lot easier to keep going, as, just like pushing a huge round stone, once you have gained momentum it will be easier to keep going. If both rules could be summed up in two words they would be ‘getting started’.

Success perspective

Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden attributes the success his band has had to just focusing on what they do, what he refers to as ‘ploughing your own ﬁeld’, without worrying about or counting on others. This is almost a Stoic approach, controlling the controllable. Author Rutger Bregman has another perspective when it comes to the success he has had with writing his books. His work is a synthesis of information from a wide range of sources. Once the information has been synthesised, he then relies on the expertise of publishers, editors, promoters, among many others to ensure the book is as successful as it can be. Looking at both approaches, the one thing that is in common is that both rely on the individual to play their part and do the work, whether or not the whole process involves a small or large team. Hard work pays oﬀ!

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Iron Maiden, the English heavy metal band, performs a live concert during the Swedish music festival Sweden Rock Festival 2018. Here vocalist Bruce Dickinson is seen live on stage. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

without me wanting to seem condescending or trite about the position that anyone may ﬁnd themselves in during such diﬃcult times, it’s simply my sharing points from a very positive video by YouTuber Matt D’Avella, based on what can be done to improve job security. D’Avella’s advice does require dedication and hard work; it’s to become as good as you possibly can be at what you do. This means learning all you can do about components of the job, focusing on doing all aspects of the role as well as they can be done, essentially becoming as valuable as you can be.

We have our own field and we’ve got to plough it and that’s it. What’s going on in the next field is of no interest to us; we can only plough one field at a time. D’Avella shares the process of another YouTuber, Mike Boyd, who has become famous for taking one new learning task at a time, then putting in a process of taking small bite-sized steps until he has mastered whatever task it is, from a backﬂip to being able to breathe under water for an incredible four minutes. The point with Boyd is that we can all get better at anything, and this includes the job we do, leading

towards us becoming indispensable!

How good will it feel

Listening to The Marathon Talk Podcast, a section I always enjoy is the discussion between the hosts in which they talk about their own running experiences. One host shared how he is doing a three-runs-a-week programme. The previous week it had got to Sunday late afternoon and he still hadn’t done his third run; he really didn’t feel like going out. However, he laced up his shoes and got started, finding it hard at first, but as the run progressed he felt better and better, finishing the run feeling great and immensely satisfied. It may not be running that’s the thing you have planned, it could be music practice, writing, a project your working on ... pretty much anything really. Instead of putting it off, instead think ahead one hour to how good it will feel once it’s done, then take the first step to get started; you’ll be sure to feel fantastic once it’s done.

Unfair advantages

I’m enjoying the book Unfair Advantage. The two authors, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, share their insights on the many unfair advantages that people have had that have led them to go on to achieve successes in a wide range of areas, from sports to business. Their

first anecdote tells the story of the billionaire founder of Snapchat who was born into a life of wealth and privilege. As I read this first example I wondered if the rest of the book was going to be full of examples of people with similar advantages going on to do equally impressive things. In a way I was right, but not quite in the way I thought I would be ... Ali and Kubba look at unfair advantages in a different way. For example, to be born in a country like New Zealand is an unfair advantage over many other countries. New Zealand has a welfare system, free education, free healthcare, it’s considered one of the safest countries in the world, as well as being one of the least corrupt; we can also add in the fact that we are almost covid free. We need to step back and look at the many blessings and advantages we have. They may not be immediately obvious in the way in which wealth and privilege are, but there are millions who would give anything to have what many of us take for granted. • 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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Things that spring to life Alex Wall Dear friends, Spring is an important season here at Pūkaha. It signals the start of the nesting season for our birds and the renewal of all life in general. Along with the small buds and flowers appearing on our plant life we also start to see the emergence of some forest friends that we haven’t seen for a while. One of these is a cute wee bird called a tomtit. These small songbirds are endemic to New Zealand and not at all threatened. You’re unlikely to find them in your home garden as they much prefer mature native forests like the kind we have here at Pūkaha. Weighing just 11 grams they have a rather large head on a small rotund body which

along with their short bill makes them rather cute looking. The North Island tomtit has a black head, back and wings with white underpants and breast. South island tomtits and those in the Chatham and Auckland islands are similar but have a yellow band across their chest. Males and females are similarly marked but the black areas in males A wild Tomtit in the Pukaha tend to be more striking forest. PHOTO/TARA SWAN in colour whereas in females they tend to be karu miromiro’, [having browner. a tomtit eye]. Māori Māori have several called tomtits ‘scouts’ or names for them including ’torotoro’ due to their habit miromiro, piropiro and of appearing from out of maui-potiki. In traditional nowhere. Māori culture an observant person is said to be, ‘he

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Tomtits breed from September to February, and like small nooks and hollows in tree crevices to build their nests. The birds can suffer predation from rats in particular, and sadly it is the females who are more susceptible because they are more likely to be on the nest, brooding young chicks. If a predator arrives at a nest they are often caught unawares and have no means of escape due to the recesses in which their nests are located. There is good news though. Extensive trapping within the Pūkaha reserve

means our forest can provide a wonderful, safe home for this species. Rangers report increasing numbers at this time of year, making themselves known around our forest pathways. If you’d like to see one, come and have a visit and a walkabout. You might just be lucky enough. Until next week! The Pūkaha Rangers • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with Pukaha National Wildlife Centre to put a spotlight on wildlife conservation efforts locally and allow readers to get up close and personal with New Zealand’s amazing native species.

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An escarpment walk Julie Millar Six trampers – Julie Millar [trip leader], Jietong, Bronwyn, Robyn, Janet and Chris signed up for this trip, which began with a drive from Masterton to Paekakariki, the beginning of the northern end of the escarpment walk. The first 100 metres takes us past the Paekakariki cafes [tempting but saved for later], on to a path that runs alongside State Highway 1, through an underpass and we are at the start of the track. We read the information board, with last-minute reminders that include: • The walk should not be attempted by those without a reasonable level of fitness • Track exposed to weather extremes • Steep drop-offs • No handrails • Steep stairs – unsuitable for those with vertigo or cardio illness. We carry on. The weather is clear, overcast and unusually windless. We hear a lot about this track, and all include the words “steep”, “steps” and lots of them. However, the beginning is an easy, undulating track as we gradually wend our way up the side of the hill above SH1 and the railway line. The expansive views that this walk is known for, start to emerge – the sea, sky, Kapiti Island in one direction and a distant Mana Island in the other. After an hour or so we reach the highest point and lookout, at 220m. We stop feeling smug about the weather as a cold blast of rain passes over and we hurriedly dive into packs for raincoats. From there, the gentle undulations are replaced by what the track is famous for: sidling along narrow paths and steep stairways as we head in a generally

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Janet, Julie and Jietong.

downhill direction. It isn’t that bad but there is a lot of steady ascending and descending, switchbacks interspersed between stairways, and sidling along skinny tracks that hug the side of the hill with perpendicular drop-oﬀs [which are best to avoid taking a look at]. Sometimes it feels like being on a precipice with nothing between us and the sea. Twice, steps drop into

a gully that is crossed on a swing bridge, and then inevitably follows with another ﬂight of stairs to climb. In among all this the sun comes out and clothing layers come oﬀ again. We pass through occasional native forest stretches but most of the track is bare and exposed with superb views up and down the coast. There are plenty of signs, seats, information boards and

evidence of volunteer groups working on plant regeneration and sharing the history of the track. About 3½ hours from the start we descend on a gradual path towards Pukerua Bay railway station, leaving the view behind while our focus changes to walking fast to catch the next train to take us back to Paekakakariki. This well-formed coastal walk was an interesting, diﬀerent experience for

those of us who do most of our walking among the tangle of roots and mud in the Tararuas. We took our time, stopping to admire the stunning views, taking lots of justiﬁed photos, reading the information boards and catching our breath on the endless steps. Time taken for the 10km walk – 3¾ hours. Our ‘Chief Step Counter’ counted 800 steps [up and down] but there could have been more.

About Volunteering Wairarapa Donna Robinson This week, I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain what we’re about at Volunteering Wairarapa and what we do. As a bit of background, we are a registered charity set up in 2014 as an oﬀshoot of the Wairarapa Community Centre, where we still have our oﬃce today. Our mission is making volunteering easy in Wairarapa. We believe in the importance of volunteering to build and strengthen community, and to help people connect and meet others, give back, feel good and have fun. There’s a lot

of groups in Wairarapa doing great things, and a lot of volunteers giving them support. We are a free service, and work with nonproﬁts and community groups, and anyone who wants to volunteer. We function a bit like a recruitment agency, listing volunteering opportunities for groups and connecting them with interested volunteers. By acting as a central hub for volunteering we make it easy for people to see a wide range of opportunities in one place, and groups have their opportunities seen by people who otherwise wouldn’t hear about them.

Groups who are looking for volunteers can register with us – we’ll have a talk and put them in our system, then we put up opportunities for speciﬁc roles they have for volunteers. I’d advise to keep a ﬂexible mind about the kind of things that volunteers can do – people are always happy to be asked. When volunteers came in looking for some volunteering, we chat with them about their skills and things they’re interested in and take them through our roles to suggest good matches. Once they’re in our system, they can come back to us at any time for

more opportunities. Volunteering Wairarapa also helps find volunteers for one-off events like Featherston Booktown and the Pukaha Garden Tour, and we try and highlight those events as well as local groups through places like this column. We always have a couple of featured roles at the bottom of the column, to highlight some roles that people might be interested in. If you’re interested in having a look at our opportunities, all our active roles are listed on our website at www.waivc. org.nz. If you’d like to talk with someone, our office at 41 Perry St, Masterton

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Driver – Cancer Society Drive patients to appointments in Wellington or Palmerston North. Shop Helper Featherston Op Shop Help out in the store with serving customers, checking stock and generally keeping things tidy. • Interested in ﬁnding out more: Contact Donna on 06 929 0960 or email admin@ waivc.org.nz

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GREYTOWN

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WE’LL SEE WAIRARAPA RIGHT Wairarapa’s building boom shows no signs of slowing down – after lockdown, it’s been busier than ever at Crighton ITM Greytown.

some weekend DIY in need of an extra hammer or cordless drill, and farmers after materials for polesheds.

Crighton’s Greytown – one of three ITMs owned by Euan and Jane Crighton in the lower North Island – has been based at the south end of Main Street for 12 years.

“People need help with a bit of everything from small additions to grand designs,” Jim says.

Manager Jim Rodger says the past three years have seen substantial growth in sales and clientele: with new builds cropping up all over South Wairarapa, quality timber, hardware, and interior ÿ nishes are in hot demand. Thanks to its range of top-notch materials and friendly, experienced sta° , Jim is pleased to report the building community keeps making Crighton’s its ÿ rst choice. “It’s still exciting to support Wairarapa builders, and be a part of people’s dream homes,” he says.

support and be a part of. “We’re very thankful for our customers for their support and patience this year.”

Helping bring these designs to life are the dynamic Crighton’s sta° ers – headed by accounts manager Mike Turley, who keeps the team motivated and ensures builders’ jobs run on time and on budget. Kaila Nickson’s organisational skills keep the store fully stocked; Mark Alexander, a° ectionately dubbed “the Energiser Bunny”, looks after customer service and deliveries; while Rob McDonald and Charlie Cleary keep the yard looking impeccable.

“We’ve worked hard to ensure builders get what they need. We live by the ITM motto – ‘we’ll see you right’.”

Delivery driver Sonny Albert keeps the nonstop orders rolling out the gate, and admin guru Karen Dye keeps the wheels turning behind the scenes. Jim says he particularly enjoys working with Crighton’s loyal customer base of carpenters.

Jim says the store mostly caters to builders and tradespeople, but also to families doing

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OLIVE OIL LEGENDS HARD AT WORK

The past 12 months have been busy for Ian and Karen Juno - who have been dedicating themselves full time to Juno Olives. The couple established their olive grove, three kilometres south of Greytown, in 2001 with the aim of making it a full-time business which produces multi-award-winning olive oils. Never ones to rest on their laurels, Ian and Karen are constantly developing new products. Pictured is our Juno Garlic infused olive oil, one of the new products available. At present, they sell five extra virgin olive oils and eight flavoured olive oils - citrus, herb and a new spice range, created this year. “The new 2020 EVOOs are incredible,” says Karen. “They are big, bold and grassy, with flavours of olive fruit, green leaves, herbs, pepper and spice.” Hoping to add to their collection of national and international accolades, samples of Juno’s new oils have been entered in the 2020 NZ EVOO Awards – with results to be published in early October. Working full-time in the olive grove has allowed Ian and Karen to further improve and develop their oils, and put more time into sales and marketing.

Up until lockdown, the couple were busy travelling to food shows and farmers markets up and down the country - and have booked appearances at many more events for the coming months. “Covid has encouraged people to support local businesses. If everyone supports and shops local, they are helping businesses to return their money back into the economy,” says Ian. You can purchase Juno products direct from Ian and Karen’s olive shop, or click and collect for pickup at the shop gate. The shop is open Wednesday to Friday by appointment, and every weekend. You’ll find a treasure trove of oils and olives to stock up your pantry. If you would like to buy oil in bulk, feel free to bring your own clean, dark coloured bottles or containers. You can also buy online at www.juno-olives.co.nz. Karen and Ian advise checking out the Juno Facebook page and website for when the shop is open, as sometimes they are away at markets or food fairs. Juno olive oils are also available at Greytown Butchery, Martinborough Wine Merchants, Moore Wilson’s in Masterton and Wellington, Greytown Country Market (third Sunday of every month), and Feilding Farmers Market (every second Friday) Karen and Ian also run tours of the olive grove by appointment. Phone first to make a booking.

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Murphy’s Law and managing risk impacts The second law of thermodynamics roughly says that isolated systems tend towards a minimum of energy and a maximum of entropy. Broadly, when you apply energy to bring something towards a state of order then you’re up against the universe that has a preference for random chaos. In more common language, we call it Murphy’s Law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Anticipating what might go wrong and taking appropriate actions is risk management. Formal risk management began in the finance and insurance sectors and has spread as a practice into the operation of large, medium and small organisations. Effective project managers assess and manage the risks throughout a project’s various phases. Battlehardened project managers know that their main job is foreseeing and dealing with the thousand and one things that are going to make the project fail. Pessimists make good risk managers. “She’ll be right” isn’t a phrase you hear in risk management circles. A risk is an event or action or state that has some probability of [usually adverse] impact. If it is a certainty rather

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Mike Osborne Once a risk has been identified, it is generally assessed in two ways: the probability of the risk eventuating, and the severity of impact it would cause. than a probability then it is not a risk, it’s an impending eventuality that requires a response. Once a risk has been identified, it is generally assessed in two ways: the probability of the risk eventuating, and the severity of impact it would cause. There are typically four ways that you can treat a risk. Avoid: reduce its probability. Mitigate: reduce its impact. Transfer the risk: let another party treat the risk, the most common form of which is by taking out insurance. Accept the risk: there is no significant gain in trying to avoid or mitigate the risk. These terms are often mangled and misused. In the area of climate change, people talk about mitigation, reducing emissions, which is really avoidance, and adaptation [lessening the impact], which is really mitigation. We informally

undertake risk management all the time otherwise our chances of survival drop substantially. At the moment we might, hopefully, be taking a bunch of risk management actions we didn’t really think about a year ago: wearing a mask on public transport, social distancing, and washing hands frequently. Driving a car entails a mix of risk treatments. Wearing a seatbelt mitigates impact in a crash. A defensive driving course hopefully lowers your chances of having one. If you do have a crash and you’re insured then the insurer deals with the costs of repair. The small probability that you might get a puncture or have a mechanical failure is a risk that you accept. Avoiding all risk would lead to a very dull life, but prudently managing it is a smart thing to do.

Peacekeepers involved since 1952 The next meeting of the Wairarapa branch of the Institute of International Affairs will hear a previously postponed talk by Dr Peter Greener, ‘From Bosnia to South Korea – the international peacekeeping role of NZ defence forces’. The meeting will be held at the Institute’s new meeting venue, the Copthorne Hotel and Resort at Solway, on Wednesday, September 16. Peter Greener, from the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, says that New Zealand has been sending peacekeeping troops overseas since 1952, when three New Zealand Army officers were sent to Kashmir to form part of a

Dr Peter Greener. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

UN Observer Group supervising the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. His talk will focus on more recent deployments and changes in the nature of peacekeeping operations. What did Bosnia mean for the

way that New Zealand viewed United Nations peacekeeping operations? Why are we still involved in UNTSO [United Nations Truce Supervision Organization], a deployment that New Zealand first contributed to in 1954? The meeting will be held in Masterton, at 8pm on Wednesday, September 16, at the Copthorne Hotel, High St, Masterton. Tea and coffee from 7.30pm. All are welcome. Non-members: $5 door charge. • For more information about the Institute of International Affairs contact secretary Aileen Weston, phone: [06] 372 5741, email: aileen.weston@orcon. net.nz

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Māori Language

Kia kaha te reo Māori Māori Language week has been celebrated every year since 1975. Māori Language Day is September 14 and commemorates the presentation of the 1972 Māori language petition to parliament.

The theme for 2020 is again Kia Kaha te Reo Māori.

Mahuru Māori is an initiative begun in 2017 to promote the use of te reo Māori throughout the month of September.

Kia Kaha is well understood in New Zealand English with its meaning of ‘be strong’. We often talk about languages as if they are people – talking about language health, strength and revitalisation. So when we say ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ we’re saying - ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong’.

Strength for an endangered language comes from its status, people being aware of how to support revitalisation, people acquiring and using it, and from the language having the right words and terms to be used well for any purpose.

What can I do? •

Make te reo welcome at work and in the community

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Encourage others to use and learn te reo Māori; welcome Māori language into your life Pronounce Māori words correctly when speaking English Learn a little, use a little Learn more, and use what you know Keep improving your language, and share what you know

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Māori Language Moment - one in a million The Maori Language Commission has redesigned Māori Language Week so that whether we are in lockdown or not, New Zealanders can come together to celebrate te reo Māori. The commission wants to get one million people speaking, singing and celebrating te reo at the same time in an unprecedented Māori Language Moment for Māori Language Week 2020. “To safeguard te reo we want one million Māori language speakers by 2040. But we want to start in 2020, even if only for a moment,” says Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori chair Professor Rawinia Higgins.

Te Reo is a cup of good coffee

14-20 SEPTEMBER 2020

Learning Te Reo can be as easy as ordering a cup of coffee.

Masterton District Council is going to be promoting the use of te reo in ordering coffees at cafes around town. Te reo Māori is being increasingly embraced by cafes and fast food outlets. There are plenty of online resources to help businesses, organisations and individuals to start using te reo more frequently in everyday life at www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz

TE WIKI O TE REO MĀORI

The commission will not be hosting major face-to-face gatherings in 2020. This means language parades and the Māori Language Awards Dinner will be replaced with virtual events. “Covid-19 won’t stop us coming together to celebrate te reo. It just means we will come together in different ways.” “Our Māori Language Moment will take place at noon on Monday September 14 2020. This marks the day and the hour in 1972 when a group of Māori language champions presented a petition on the steps of Parliament calling for te reo to be taught in our schools. “They had gathered the signatures of 30,000 New Zealanders. We will always remember those who championed te reo when it was socially and politically unacceptable to do so. We want people to sign up for the Māori Language Moment so in years to come, just as people look back at the Māori Language Petition now: people can look back and see who joined the Māori Language Moment in 2020.” Te reo Māori is the language of New Zealand. But it still needs New Zealanders to keep it safe, says Professor Higgins. “What you do for your Māori Language Moment is up to you. It could be as easy as playing a Māori language song, pausing to do the daily quiz in te reo, starting lunch with a karakia or media outlets beginning their noon news bulletin with a Māori greeting. It’s an open invitation to celebrate te reo for a moment, a week, a Wednesday 16th - 10.30am

we will have Nanny Paremo Matthews running her Atarangi Te Reo class in the library learning centre - all welcome. 11.00am will be story-go-round story time and crafts done in Te Reo, and at 3.30pm-4.30pm making Tï Rakau.

“E tautoko ana a Ngˉati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa te wiki o te Reo Mˉaori – Kia kaha Te Reo Mˉaori!”

Events will be tentative to us being in level 1

Thursday 17th Monday 14th - 12pm

Wä tuku reo - Mäori language moment - Staff will be doing a karakia followed by some waiata from Te Wharekura o Wairarapa. And at 3.30-4.30pm will be weaving bookmarks in the library. Events will be tentative to us being in level 1

Tuesday 15th - 3.30pm - 4.30pm Tipare making in the library.

Events will be tentative to us being in level 1

10.30am Puanga story time and crafts in Te Reo, 3.30-4.30pm will be poi making and demonstration. Events will be tentative to us being in level 1

Friday 18th

3.30-4.30pm will be games in the library learning centre. Events will be tentative to us being in level 1

We will also have Te Reo activity booklets available to collect for anyone who wants one during the week.

54 Queen Street, Masterton library.mstn.govt.nz (06) 370 6253

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month or even the whole year round. How you do it is up to you, but sign up so that we know how many are joining us. We know New Zealanders see te reo as part of their identity as a New Zealander. Te reo is New Zealand’s language.”

Māori Language Moment

Noon Monday, 14th September Sign up at tuku.reomaori.co.nz Another change has seen the Māori Language Week website become the Reo Māori website. Reo Māori will exist to support people throughout the year, not just during Māori Language Week. “Whether you’re a teacher or a small business owner, an individual or a group of friends, www.reomaori.co.nz will be there to support you 365 days of the year, not just seven,” says Professor Higgins. One Wairarapa organisation that has signed up for the Māori Language Moment is Whaiora who plan to sing a waiata called Whaiora Whānau in their waiting room. Staff at the Whaiora will also be wearing #korero pins, to show their tautoko/support for Te Reo.

Māori Language

Week 14-20 SEPTEMBER 2020 TE WIKI O TE REO MĀORI

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THREE TE REO MĀORI PROGRAMMES RUNNING ON SITE

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Peter McNeur (REAP Director), Lyn Patterson (Mayor), Berni Pothan (Director Wairarapa UCOL), Nelson Rangi (Kaumatua NKKW), Mike Kawana (Cultural Advisor Rangitāne) welcoming UCOL 2020 cohort on their education journey.

Popoto te tūpuna ka tū tekoteko ki runga rawa Tamatea Ariki nui ka tū tonu ki tona taha Tatai whetū ki te rangi ka mau tonu mai rā Tatai tangata ki te whenua ka ngaro noa Ka mihi atu Te Pae Mātauranga o te Ao Whanui ki a koutou kua tau ki runga o Whakaoriori Ko Te Amorangi ki Mua ko te hapai o ki muri He mihi nui tēnei ki a koe haere mai rā PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY: ALEX BARRASS - SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

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UCOL Wairarapa currently has three te reo Māori programmes running on site.

In 2021 we will be running Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Reo Rua) Level 4. This is a bilingual programme designed to extend your knowledge of te reo to an advanced intermediate-level.

TE ATAKURA

UCOL Wairarapa’s Te Atakura team, Riki Anderson (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, Te Reo Māori for Beginners is taught by Ngāti Marau, Ngai te Whatuiāpiti) Shari Taylor (a teacher at Makoura College). and Maxine Hemi (Ngāti Kahungunu, This level is an introduction to Māori Rangitāne, Ngāti Porou) have been language and customs with a strong working with Jordan Fox of Te Taura focus on correct pronunciation and Whiri i Te Reo Māori on reinterpreting He building vocabulary. Kākano Rua UCOL’s cultural competency Students who have completed Beginners Framework, it is to be authentically embedded into our campus. The purpose could continue to the Te Reo Māori is to design and enact a te reo Māori Intermediate course. This course revitalisation action plan, on the UCOL continues to build vocabulary, learn Wairarapa Campus, to build our staffs’ te new phrase structures and to perfect reo Māori competency, and understanding pronunciation. Wairarapa rangatira Mike of tikanga Māori. The project will focus Kawana teaches this course and the on Wairarapatanga and be framed on Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Rumaki) Level 5. This is for those who are at a level of fluency in regional knowledge, aligned with iwi te reo Māori and are able to learn in a total language aspirations. This is set to launch immersion environment. during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

E tangi nei te ngākau i te hingatanga mai o te tini o te rahi o tēnei kāinga huri noa i te ao. Kei te ngau tonu te taniwha, kei te tangi tonu te tangata, kei ngā taonga kahurangi o te ao, kei ngā rau o piopio o te kāinga nei, haere atu rā, hoki atu rā ki a rātou, kāore e mahue kia ngaro noa ka mau tonu ki te whatumanawa moe mai rā i roto i tō moengaroa. UCOL Wairarapa whānau express our deepest sympathy to all those people who have lost love dones in the year that has passed, those from home here and around the world who continue to succumb to the deadly bite of the pandemic. To our precious loved ones taken from us, farewell. May your journey see you united with those who have gone before you, your memory will remain forever with your loved ones left here, so sleep in peaceful slumber.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 A Mahi Ngao (meditation) and korero session will be held at Lake Domain

Māori Language

Week 14°20 SEPTEMBER 2020 TE WIKI O TE REO M˜ ORI

Te Reo celebrations at Wairarapa Moana Pae t˜ M °k ai o Tauira will be holding an event to celebrate M˛or i Language week at Wairarapa Moana this Saturday 13th September. Pae t˜ m°k ai o Tauira was established in 2018. It is committed to bringing a M˛or i voice to Pae T˜ M °k ai o Tauira (Featherston) and the revitalisation and protection of Wairarapa Moana and te Taiao (the environment). It will be hosting a Mahi Ngao (meditation) session at Lake Domain, starting at 6am. “Here we will observe dawn breaking and the time when Ranginui e t˜ nei, r˛ua k o Papatuanuku e takoto nei separate and all life awakens. “The event will be guided by Mikaere Paki, starting with a karakia, followed by Mahi ngao where we observe our breathing and our mauri and carry

Masterton Library celebrates Te Wiki o te reo Māori The following activities will take place at Masterton Library during Maori Language Week providing we are back down to Covid-19 Level One. •

Monday the 14th - noon - Wä tuku reo - Mäori language moment - Sta˝ will be doing a karakia followed by some waiata from Te Wharekura o Wairarapa. And at 3.30-4.30pm will be weaving bookmarks in the library.

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Tuesday the 15th - 3.30pm - 4.30pm - Tipare making in the library.

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Wednesday the 16th - 10.30am The library will have Nanny Paremo Matthews running her Atarangi Te Reo class in the library learning centre - all welcome. 11am will be story-goround story time and crafts done in Te Reo, and at 3.30-4.30pm will be poi making and demonstration.

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Thursday the 17th - 10.30am Puanga story time and crafts in Te Reo, 3.30pm-4.30pm making Tï Rakau.

•

Friday the 18th - 3.30-4.30pm will be games in the library learning centre.

out an exercise facing to the east, north, west and south. “This will be followed by a k°r ero about te puna of whakaora - the pool of healing - and then back to the Te Whare Whakapapa Raranga for parakuihi (breakfast).” Pae tu Mokai o Tauira Inc has an exciting community and environment focused facility in Featherston. Located on Nth Soldiers Settlement Road, previously the Featherston Golf Clubrooms, the centre is managed by Pae tu Mokai o Tauira and provides a venue for holding hui, workshops and many other activities. For more information on Pae tu Mokai o Tauira, this event and another being planned by the group for Maori Language Week, visit their page on Facebook.

There will also be e te reo activity booklets available to collect for anyone who wants one during the week.

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Check out some great Te Reo MÄ ori resources at www.tetaurawhiri. govt.nz/rauemi-a-ipurangi

32 Wairarapa Midweek Lifestyle Wednesday, September 9, 2020 ADVERTORIAL

New production plant a vote of confidence in the future for Carroll’s Joinery Carroll’s Joinery is set for whatever the future may bring, now that it has purchased and installed a new CNC Processing Centre.

This lead to an urgent change of plan with a different model that could be delivered faster, sent from Australia.

The “Biesse Rover A” cuts and drills the materials that are used to make kitchens and other joinery products at its factory in Lincoln Road, Masterton.

In the meantime, Carroll’s Joinery went old school with its qualified joiners using traditional methods to fill immediate orders and also had help from a local joinery.

The new Centre has replaced the previous model Carroll’s Joinery has been using for the past 15 years.

This illustrates that despite using the latest technology, Carroll’s Joinery continues to be a business founded on traditional craftmanship, Richard says.

It has many more features than the old model including self-loading and unloading, and being able to process three sheets at the same time, instead of just one. Carroll’s Joinery makes around 300 kitchens a year under its Mastercraft Kitchens Wairarapa brand, as well as a variety of other joinery products. Richard and Cath Carroll who own the business were uncertain about making the investment at first. “It was a large expense, not knowing what the market might be like,” says Richard. “But we got great support from our local clients, showing the demand was greater than ever. “And we wanted to ensure we could supply the market, and not get caught out with old machinery.” That turned out to be a wise decision, as the old Centre broke down while the couple were waiting for the new one to come from Italy.

Richard and Cath are the second generation of the Carroll family to own the business which was started by Richard’s parents John and Piki Carroll in 1984, they purchased the building in 1977 which John says was the start of the dream to run a Joinery Factory. A qualified joiner who had previously worked for a local joinery, John had just the one apprentice when they started, while Piki did the administration. At first the couple concentrated on the Wellington market, but after the 1987 sharemarket crash focused on the Wairarapa. Since they took over the business in 2006, Richard and Cath Carroll have continued its tradition of quality workmanship, while being at the forefront of innovation, as illustrated by the Biesse Rover A being the only Centre of its kind in the Wairarapa.

Today Carroll’s Joinery has 18 staff in design, administration, pre-manufacture, and manufacture, Site team, with the Lincoln Road premises including a showroom, offices, and factory. The business has a team of qualified joiners managed by Tony Nixon and Terry Waitere runs the site team who has been with Carroll’s Joinery for over 20 years. The business’s customers includes home owners as well as a number of local building companies. Kitchens make up the largest part of its business, with the showroom displaying the huge range of styles and designs possible. Carroll’s Joinery is not just for people with a big budget, Richard points out. “We start off from just a few thousand dollars, upwards. The price is dependent on the size of the kitchen and the materials used.” For a comparable price to a kitset, customers can have a made-to-measure kitchen with an emphasis on attractiveness and functionality, he says. While kitchens are the biggest part of the business, there is also a huge demand for walk-in sculleries at the moment, says Richard. Carroll’s Joinery also make laundries, entertainment units, bookcases, wardrobes and general storage units around the house. And it still does your humble timber windows, doors and stairs. “These are usually alterations in keeping with the character of the home,” says Richard.

Visit our showroom at 143 Lincoln Rd, Masterton 06 377 3160 | accounts@carrollsjoinery.co.nz

Greytown group to host pianist

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Pianist Richard Mapp returns to Greytown on September 13, as part of his tour taking him from Nelson to Kerikeri, with five other concerts in between. If Wairarapa is still at covid level 2 when the concert takes place, the audience will be limited to allow for social distancing. For this concert Mapp has put together four of his all-time favourite works, pieces he learned many years ago but has seldom performed since. He said, “Haydn’s Variations in F minor are one of the most beautiful and imaginative creations.” Schumann considered his Fantasy in C major to be the best music he had ever written – the greatest outpouring of his love for Clara Wieck, who eventually became his wife. Mapp said, “I learned Liszt’s Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude after hearing the great Claudio Arrau play it in a recital, and think it is one of Liszt’s finest works.” The final work, Beethoven’s Sonata in A flat Op.110, was performed by Mapp in his very first Chamber Music NZ tour in 1975, which had a gruelling schedule of 22 concerts in 24 days. This all certainly sounds like a piano recital not to be missed. Mapp retired from his position at the NZ School of Music in Wellington about two years

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Richard Mapp.

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ago, and is now enjoying a more peaceful life in Nelson, expanding his musical horizon by joining a choir, doing some teaching, and attending events at the wonderful Nelson Centre for Musical Art. He said he loved the lockdown, and got back to riding his bike as there was almost no traffic in Nelson. He took part in the first

public concert after lockdown, “Emerge”, a sell-out concert by many local musicians. Richard Mapp – Solo Piano: 4pm Sunday, September 13, at 57 Wood Street, Greytown. Admission $25 for adults, $10 students. Phone Ed and Juliet Cooke on 06 304 9497, or email them on efjac@xtra.co.nz, to reserve a seat.

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Pet ownership is ever increasing, as we look to furry or feathered friends for company. Especially in recent times, where social distancing means that people are a bit more isolated from their normal bustling sociable groups and humans are looking for companionship elsewhere. Masterton District Council reports that dog registration in the year 2018-2019 increased by 4% to 5824 dogs registered locally. Pets of all different sizes and species provide wonderful entertainment, comfort and companionship and can help owners overcome loneliness, and assist with tough times mentally. They truly become part of our families and are highly cherished. Along with the joys of pet ownership comes the responsibility of caring for these friends. It is important not just to have an impulsive response to seeking a furry or feathered playmate whilst temporarily lonely. Preparing for a new arrival, and forward planning about how an animal will fit into one’s life long term, are important. Is fencing and/or are gates required to keep the pet safely confined? Will you need to build or purchase an enclosure for birds or small mammals? Will you have time ongoing to commit to cleaning up after your pet, interacting, feeding and exercising your pet? Likewise, making financial plans about how to manage the costs associated with pet ownership needs to be considered. It is important to remember that whilst pets are certainly renowned for their value in supporting owners when times are tough, we reciprocally have a duty to provide and care for them long term, through sickness and health, for the course of natural lifespans. Small rodents usually live for 1-3 years, rabbits for 8-12 years, guinea pigs from 4-8 years, chickens for 5-10 years, dogs and cat can range from 10-17 years.

So taking on a pet is a long-term commitment. Pet insurance is highly recommended as a buffer for any unexpected medical expenses. There are numerous different providers but some offer a free 6week trial period for puppies and kittens from 6 to 20 weeks of age. Your vet clinic can help signing up to these. Microchipping your pets is obligatory for dogs but we are seeing increasing numbers of cats and other species being microchipped also. Microchipping is not only useful for keeping track of lost pets but some owners like to install microchip-activated pet doors to only allow their own pets entry to their house via prelogged microchip numbers which are scanned into the opening mechanism. Microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and are implanted under the skin or into the muscle by injection. De-sexing animals plays a crucially important role in controlling undesirable inter breeding between closely related family members (think different genders of rabbits or guinea pigs etc from the same litter!) and controlling unwanted litters or clutches of animals which may not easily find good long-term homes. Our SPCA are often already at capacity with animals desperate to find a good home. There are core vaccinations which are highly recommended for many species and your friendly vet can help provide appropriate advice. Your vet clinic staff are a great source of information to help plan what might be involved in pet ownership. Please do not be shy to engage with us to help you plan for new pets to avoid too many unexpected surprises and to help you to enjoy your new feathered and furry companions as much as possible.

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Carterton’s Lavender Abbey took home five silvers at this year’s New Zealand Lavender Growers Association Supreme Oil Awards. ‘Not bad’ for someone who knew next to nothing about lavender when she first bought the lavender farm 13 years ago, owner Jan Abernethy said. Originally from Wellington, she and husband Stuart were looking for a lifestyle block when they stumbled upon a two-and-a-half-hectare property in Dalefield. “We were looking for a lifestyle block and I liked the house,” she said. “[The previous owner] had just put the lavender in.” About a year after moving in, she started making lavender oil of her own using online recipes

and books for guidance. “I was just doing it as a hobby. It was difficult trying to come up with new ideas when I knew nothing about lavender.” She started introducing new lavender products as her confidence grew including eye pillows, wood polish, lotions, creams and balms, soaps and bags of dried lavender. The essential oil is her favourite though and has performed consistently well at the NZLGA Supreme Oil Awards for three years now. “The essential oil is good because it can be used for many things, including homemade cleaning products or as a perfume.” This year they took home five silvers for their 2019 Lavandula and intermedia ‘Grosso’, 2019 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’, 2018

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The first of three regional finalists set to face off at the Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year competition in November has been named as Ben McNab of Matahiwi Estate, near Masterton. The 28-year-old took out the North Island part of the competition on Friday, competing against seven other young wine producers. Originally from Wairarapa, McNab’s love of wine came from his time working at the bottle section in Moore Wilson’s while he was studying at Victoria University in Wellington. “We had a lot of winemakers coming through who I found inspirational,” he said. “They always had a cool story and were very passionate about their wine which encouraged me to look into the production side of things.” He studied by distance at Eastern Institute of Technology, while working at local vineyards which allowed him to put his

Ben McNab, of Matahiwi Estate near Masterton, has been named this year’s Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Island Young Winemaker of the year. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE

lessons into practice. For the past three years he’s been based at Matahiwi Estate and this was the second year he entered the competition, which is open to all wine producers under the age of 30, including cellarhands, cellar managers, laboratory technicians, assistant winemakers and winemakers. “When we are looking at our own wines to make better wines or ﬁt them to a brief, we often benchmark

them against other wines. This competition does exactly that. “It benchmarks me against incredibly strong contestants and creates learning pathways for things to try and fine tune.” McNab said this year contestants were incredibly strong, and some were good friends, like fellow Wairarapa competitor Evie Livesey from Urlar in Gladstone, which made it more difficult. The contestants were tested on all aspects of winemaking including blending, blind tasting, fault finding, laboratory tests and delivering presentations on hot topics within the industry. Though he enjoyed a nice dinner out to celebrate, McNab said he didn’t have a minute to waste and had already started preparing for the national competition to be held in Hawke’s Bay on November 6. McNab will be up against two other competitors from the Central Otago and Marlborough regional finals to be held later this month.

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Italian job – pain, for gain

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Gianina Schwanecke When Alastair Orsborn, of Sharpes Stock Feeds in Carterton, first approached an Italian engineering firm about a new packing plant, he never imagined he and son Sam would be tasked with putting it together over Skype in the middle of a pandemic. “It’s like a giant Connex set,” Sam said. It’s been a project many years in the making. Alastair, the secondgeneration of the family behind Sharpes Stock Feeds, first approached the family-owned mechanical engineering business Concetti, based in Umbria, in central Italy, 30 years ago. He visited the factory site again last August to sign the contract. The giant bit of equipment arrived in a series of approximately 12 metre containers but the team of Italian engineers who built the plant were unable to make it out to assemble it due to the border closure. Coming into the busiest time of year from July to January, the Orsborn family couldn’t wait so did what many others were doing and headed online. They painstakingly put the plant together over three weeks while talking to the engineers over Whatsapp and Skype each night from 6pm to midnight. Sam said they called on Google Translate to help explain where some of the parts fitted. “Excellent-o – that’s how we thought we’d communicate by adding an

From left: Operations manager Collis Berryman with second- and third-generation owners and operators, Alastair, Sara and Sam Orsborn in front of the new packing plant. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE

‘o’ at the end.” Thankfully, they also had the help of local woman Lucia Zanmonti who moved from Vicenza, in the northeast of Italy, about 14 years ago. The father and son also had help with the electronic configuring of the packing line, Alastair said. “One of the big things with this, and the reason we could proceed with the install, was we found a local chap who developed packing plants mainly for milk products. “The physical thing was really Sam and I. He was the electronic side of things.” Alastair said it all fitted together quite logically. “This particular one has never been built before,” he said. “The components are regular, but the configuration is unique. “It was actually quite a fun project, right up until it came time to test it out. It was fun right up until you turn the switch on, when you realise it’s a very serious project.” The Italians were safety

conscious about the first test and making sure everything was ready to go. “We put our first product in bags on July 24 and have done about 500 to 600 pallets since then. “You put a bag in at one end and end up with a fully wrapped pallet.” The packing plant comprises three main sections – bagging the feed, placing it on a pallet and wrapping the pallet. A computerised batching plant was installed to increase rations in 1991 and a second production line in 2006, which allowed Sharpes to produce two separate lines of feed – one for monogastric animals, like pig and poultry, and another for ruminant animals. Sam credits this “big call” to his dad. “It means we can produce calf and stock feeds, and pig and poultry feeds, under the same roof.” The new fully automated plant also has two separate feed lines and is being marketed as the “Gemini’. It is programmed to pick

up a bag, paper or plastic and of varying sizes, and then fill them with a preweighed amount of product before sealing the bag using a heat sealant or sewing machine. Forty of these bags are then placed neatly on a pallet which is then shrink wrapped to make it fully waterproof. Sam said the new technology allowed them to produce “three times as fast with a third of the labour”. They’ve gone from producing about six tonnes of product an hour, to 18 tonnes. There have been other efficiencies and environmental savings,

with the new shrink wrap system reducing the amount of plastic used by about 50 per cent. Being fully automated and enclosed in a cage, the new plant has also improved health and safety. When the cage door opens, or an object crosses through laser beams, the whole operation comes to a halt. There are also emergency stop buttons every three or so metres around the exterior of the plant. However, the best thing about it was the ability to play with pack sizes and products, Sam said. “It’s exploring opportunities,” Sam said. “Dad’s always been good at investing in the future. “At the time it seems like overkill – you think it’s far too much, far too big – but you always grow into it.” Sam said his children, who lived at the family farm next door, had been intrigued watching it all come together. “It’s the next generation. The potential is there.” Alastair said the secret was to “bite off more than you can chew, and then chew like hell”.

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Is it best to travel by train

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Jim Palmer Travelling by train can be incredibly scenic. You can see cities, mountains, rivers and oceans from the seat of a train. Train travel is just an all-round better, more relaxing experience than its air, car, bus or ship alternatives. While those are mainly about getting from one place to another, trains are about the journey. Living in Wairarapa the rail system offers travellers a very enjoyable, inexpensive and reliable means of travelling throughout the Wellington district. The region’s rail system is managed by Metlink and the Wellington to Wairarapa line is owned by the Wellington City Council. Most rail lines in the region are electrified, apart from the northern end of the Wairarapa line, as this uses diesel locomotives to pull both passenger and freight trains. This line is renowned for its efficiency, excellent time keeping and reliability. However in March last year a situation occurred that could have led to a tragedy. The morning commuter train packed with passengers had left Masterton heading for Wellington. The daily

A Masterton to Wellington train. PHOTO/FILE

passengers were enjoying their usual pleasant ride when the train pulled into Featherston station to pick up more passengers. The train continued its journey south towards Wellington and after 10 minutes it entered the tunnel that went under the Remutaka range of hills. The tunnel is just over a half-kilometre long and it takes some minutes to pass through it. The train had got about half way through when suddenly all the carriage lights went out and the train slowed to a stop. The passengers began to panic and the screaming and shouting got louder. The train guard made his way forward through the carriages and when he reached the front carriage he used the emergency door opener. He then made his way forward

to the locomotive and talked to the driver. It was apparent that something had gone wrong with the electrical generator that powered lights and the engine control system. The driver didn’t know what to do as he wasn’t trained to maintain the equipment. So he and the guard decided to see if any of the passengers could help. The situation was very critical as this was a single track railway and sooner or later a train will be leaving Wellington and heading for Wairarapa. The guard went back to the passengers and started asking if any of them were involved in electrical engineering. He went through carriage by carriage to almost the end of the train when a young man stood up and said that he was an aircraft electrical engineer in the New Zealand Air Force

but didn’t know anything about railway locomotives. The guard told him he was the only person who had experience with electrical systems and the need was urgent in order to avoid a potential disaster. The young airman agreed to have a look to see if he could help. They both then returned to the locomotive where they brieﬂy discussed the situation with the driver. The airman asked where the electrical systems were controlled from and what sort of failure could have caused this major breakdown. The driver could only guess that the electrical power that came from the engine-driven alternator had failed completely but had no idea why. The airman then started to examine components in the electrical control panel of all the electrical

devices. They were lucky to have torches that they used to search for possible component failure. After a comprehensive search the young airman said that he had found a tripped circuit breaker which was used to ensure the safety of the electrical power. He had reset this circuit breaker and asked the train driver if he could start the engine to see if the problem had been resolved. The driver went through the procedure to start the engine and it was successful. The engine started without a problem and ran very well and when it got up to speed all the lights came on to the cheers of the passengers. The young airman was thanked by everyone as the train continued its journey to Wellington in safety, if just a little late. So, what do you think … Is it always best to travel by train?

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Belly Dance for Beginners: Featherston Community Centre. 6.30-7.30pm. Call Antonia Blincoe [021] 105-7649. The Salvation Army Oasis: Gambling addiction help, free service, counselling service available, 41 Perry St, Masterton. Call [06] 370-3317/[021] 804-339 [any time] – Ramil Adhikari. Danzability Class: 10.30-11.30am, at St John’s Hall, 73 Main St, Greytown. Contact physio.rachel.horwell@gmail.com or [022] 077-2654. Ruamahanga Club: Cards – 500, 1-4pm, at Wairarapa Services Club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Carterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 4.15-5.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Carterton Brownies, 7-9½ years, 6-7.30pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. Digital Seniors: 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. Masterton Art Club: 10am-2pm, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528. Age Concern: Steady As You Go-Falls Prevention Class, 9.30am at the Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: At Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club [behind clock tower Carterton], at 1pm. Narcotics Anonymous: 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 2pm, in Queen Elizabeth Park. Call Joan Miller 377-7983. Social Learners Bridge: 1-3.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Barbara [06] 304-9208. Wairarapa Model Aero Club: 9am-noon, at the Masterton Aerodrome. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 5-7pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664

or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 6.30pm. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, intermediate, 1-2.30pm. Call 377-5518 or 377-1135. Masterton Senior Citizens & Beneficiaries Association: Meet 1-3.30pm for cards, Scrabble and bowls, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire Walker 377-0342. Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band: 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.

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Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Carterton Library noon-2pm. Kotahitanga – Coming Together: Opening at 5.30pm with Wairarapa Mayors Lyn Patterson, Greg Lang and Alex Beijen, of an Aratoi exhibition to stand together in unity as Wairarapa’s artistic community after the impact of covid-19, hundreds of items on display and for sale on a cash and carry basis. Aratoi: Toi Raranga – The Art of Weaving: Features traditional and contemporary raranga from our collection. Ends September 30. Masterton Variety Club: Practice 10am-noon, 10 Albert St, Masterton. New members welcome. Call Eric McEwen 3770792 or Doreen Wakefield 370-4606. Masterton Social Badminton Club: Wairarapa College gym, Cornwall Street entrance, 7-9pm. Contact Hamish Macgregor [021] 259-7684 or Sam [021] 055-2113. Seniornet Wairarapa: Drop-in, 1-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Quit Clinic at Whaiora 9am-noon. Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call Whaiora 0800 494 246. Needlework & Craft Drop-in: 10amnoon, Featherston Community Centre. Call May [06] 308-6912 or Virginia [06] 308-8392. Cloth Collective Sewing Workshop:

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10am-2pm Featherston Community Centre. Call Sara Uruski [0274] 474-959. Free Community Fit Club: 6am and 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Carterton Craft Market: 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 Pam 378-6740 Greytown Music and Movement: For pre-schoolers, 10am, at St Luke’s Hall, Main St. Contact: email admin@ stlukesgreytown.co.nz Dance Fit: At Carrington Park, Carterton, at 6-7pm. If weather not good it’s in youth centre of Event Centre. Text dance groove to [022] 321-2643. Masterton Masters Swimming Club: Club night 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 Russell Ward 377-4401. Carterton Senior Citizens: Meet 1.304pm, play cards, Rummikub and Scrabble, Carterton Memorial Club, Broadway.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Nola [027] 687-8599 or Jenny 377-0859 or email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Kotahitanga – Coming Together: An Aratoi exhibition to stand together in unity as Wairarapa’s artistic community after the impact of covid-19, hundreds of items on display and for sale on a cash and carry basis, until Nov 15. Te Kura Whakaora Mauri: Super Soul School; volunteers welcome, 6-7pm; Te Awhina Cameron Community House. Contact: Aileen Haeata goddessfitnz@ gmail.com Wairarapa Farmers’ Market: 9-1pm, Solway Showgrounds Masterton, entry from Fleet and York Sts, under the grandstand and nearby redwood tree. Tinui Craft Corner and Museum: Open Sat, Sun and public holidays, 10am-4pm,

groups by arrangement. Call Jean [06] 372-6623 or Gael [06] 372-6808. Featherston Weekly Market: 8am-2pm, 33 Fitzherbert St. Hospice Wairarapa Support Services: Available free of charge for anyone dealing with a terminal illness. Call [06] 378-8888, or www.hospicewairarapa. co.nz 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 Martinborough Museum: Sat: 11.30am3.30pm Sun: 11.30-1.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. Featherston Heritage Museum: Behind the Featherston Library and Information Centre. 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 or 379-5564. Toy Library: Masterton: 10am-1pm, at rear of YMCA, 162 Dixon St. Featherston: 14 Wakefield St, 10am-noon. Call Abby Waterson [021] 0256-6719. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Masterton Marauders Wargaming Club: Meet at the Masterton Croquet Club, 1-5pm. Call Vince Cholewa [027] 3441073 or visit http://mastertonmarauders. blogspot.co.nz Indoor Bowls: At Club Carterton, Broadway. Names in by 1.15pm for a 1.30pm start. All welcome for a fun

afternoon. Call [027] 645-0905. Carterton Farmers’ Market: High St, Carterton, 9am-12.30pm. Martinborough Museum: Open 1.303.30pm, 7 Memorial Sq, Martinborough. 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 2pm, 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, SEPTEMBER 14

Featherston Beautification Group: 7-8pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Rhonda Jones [027] 844-4470. Featherston Music Club: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. South Wairarapa Badminton Club: Featherston Sports Stadium, Underhill Rd, at 7.30pm. Rackets available. East Indoor Bowling Club: Meet at 7pm, all members and visitors welcome. Call Julie 377-5497 or George 378-9266. Featherston Music Club: 7-9pm. Call Shaun O’Brien [027] 672-6249. Carterton Scottish Dance Club: Meet at 7.30pm, at Carterton School Hall, Holloway St. No partner required. Call Elaine 377-0322 or email carterton@ dancescottish.org.nz Watercolour For Beginners: Class at Masterton Art Club, Victoria St, 10amnoon. Call Elissa Smith [027[ 470-6528. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – 500, 1.30pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Mah Jong: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Pat Hamilton [06] 308-9729. Senior Citizens Club Cards: 1-4pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Val [06] 308-9293.

Art for Everyone: Featherston Community Centre, 7-9pm. Call Sandie [021] 157-4909. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 6-8pm at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Wairarapa Stop Smoking Service: Support available across Wairarapa at no cost to you. Call a Quit Coach based at Whaiora 0800 494 246. Play Gym: St James Church Hall 116 High St, Masterton, 9.30-11am, for 0-3-year-olds. Carterton Food Bank: 10-11am Mon-Fri at Haumanu House [down the lane between Carters and the Clock Tower]. Call 379-4092. Carterton Community Toy Library: Events Centre, Holloway St, Mon-Sat during CDC Library hours. 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 3782426 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. Masterton District Brass Band: Rehearsals at 7pm, in the Band Room, Park Ave, Masterton. Call [022] 5740742. Carterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 8pm, Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High St. Call Bob [021] 042-2947 or Martin [06] 372-7764. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Rangers, 12½-18 years, 6.30-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. South Wairarapa Guides [Greytown], 9-12½ years, 6-8pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Masterton Toastmasters: Meet in the Salvation Army Hall, 210 High St, Carterton, at 7.30pm. All welcome in a supportive, friendly environment for participation in public speaking, communicative and leadership opportunities. Call Ben [027] 892-0730. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 7pm in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Wairarapa Embroiderers Guild: Meet at the Ranfurly Club Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. Call Nola [027] 687-8599 or Jenny 377-0859 or email Wairarapaembroiderers@gmail.com Justice of the Peace: Service centre available at Masterton Library, 11am-1pm. Masterton Alcoholics Anonymous: 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church Hall, 35 Church St. Call Anne 378-2338 or David [021] 116-5505. Martinborough Community Choir: 7.15-9pm, First Church Hall, Weld St. Martinborough. We are an unauditioned, all-comers, primarily cappella choir. Contact Vicki Jones: vicbjones@gmail.com Wairarapa Consumer Complaints Adviser: At Te Awhina Community Cameron House, 2 Stuart Cres, Masterton, 11am-noon. Contact Aileen Haeata, email: goddessfitnz@gmail.com Seniornet Wairarapa: 1.30-2.30pm, Departmental Buildings, 33 Chapel St, Masterton. Call John [027] 383-5654. Social Bridge: At South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 1.30-3.30pm, no partner needed. Call Lesley [021] 299-6389. Wairarapa Services Club: Cards – Euchre, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. GirlGuidingNZ: Masterton Pippins, 5-7 years, 3.45-5pm. Call Sharon [021] 033-0550. 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. Dance Fitness: 6.30-7.30pm, at Fareham House Hall Featherston. Call Justine [0204] 105-2830.

Mike Butterick I’m Mike Butterick, National candidate for the Wairarapa electorate, and I’m holding street corner meetings around Masterton this month. Feel free to have a chat at any of the locations below.

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Carterton Club. Call Barbara 379-6582 or Val 379-8329. AA Meeting: At 7.30pm, Departmental building, level one. Entry on the carpark side. Call [027] 557-7928. Silver Ukulele Club: 1-3pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Jan [06] 3088556. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Club: Craft and chat afternoon 1-3pm, bring your crafts or just come for some company, Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Whakaoriori Shufflers: Line dancing, Red Star clubrooms, Herbert St, Masterton, 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, tutored classes available, also print on Fridays, at 12 Victoria St. Call Sue 377-7019 or Elissa [0274] 706-528. Recreational Walking Group: 9.30am, Essex St car park. Call Ann Jackson, 3725758, or Ann Duckett, 378-8285. Te Runga Scouts: Cubs, 6-7.30pm, 45 Harley St, Masterton. Wairarapa Singers: Choral singing with at least two performances each year, based in Masterton. Call Sean Mulcahy 379-9316. Esperanto Club: 2pm, write to people using the international language worldwide. Call 377-0499. Soulway Cooking and Crafts: 10amnoon, High St, Masterton. Call Nikki Smith 370-1604 [church office]. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Golf Croquet at 1.15am for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the Clocktower, Carterton. Call Steve Davis [06] 304-7155. Masterton Croquet Club: Association Croquet 9.15am and 12.45pm behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Carl Redvers 378-7109. * To have an event listed please email event@age.co.nz by noon Thursday prior

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Call Pauline Cave and Indigo Freya [021] 102-8857. Age Concern: Exercise for Seniors 1.30pm Senior Citizens Hall, Cole St, Masterton. Housie: 7pm at the Martinborough Bowling Club, Regent St. Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club: For the school term. Classes are weight and skill dependent; Beginners, 5-9 years, 5.30-6.15pm; 10 years+ [including adults] 6.15-7.30pm. Healing Rooms: Confidential prayer for healing or any situation, 1-3pm, Ranfurly Rooms, Chapel St, Masterton. No appointment necessary. Call [021] 159- 4160. Carterton Cycle Group: An informal group of ‘leg power’ and e-power cyclists, 9.30am from Belvedere Rd (weather permitting) for 20km or 40-60km rides. Call Irene (027) 634-9167 or Lesley (021) 299-6389. Heart of Arts Wairarapa: A community gallery showing work from Wairarapa artists, 47 High St North, Carterton. Open Wed-Sun, 11am-3pm. Club Wairarapa Rockers: Rock’n’roll, beginners 7.30pm; Intermediate level 8pm, at Club Wairarapa, Masterton. Call [027] 333-1793. Wairarapa Spinners & Weavers: Meet 10am in The Wool Shed, Dixon St, Masterton. Call Trish 378-8775 or Josie 378-6531. Cross Creek Blues Club: From 7.15pm with guest artists. Dinner from 5pm, www. CrossCreekBlues.co.nz Housie: Eyes down at 7pm, at the Martinborough Bowling Club, Regent St. 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 Services Club: Rummikub, 1pm, at the club, Essex St, Masterton. Cards: Come and join other enthusiastic “500” Players 1.15-4.15pm, at the

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Chair Exercise: Gentle chair exercises, 2-2.45pm, at St John’s Hall, Greytown. Red Star Table Tennis Club: Meet 9amnoon at Red Star Sports Association 10 Herbert St, Masterton. Call Peter (027) 566-4664 or Brian 377-4066. Featherston Menz Shed: 61 Fitzherbert St, open from 10am. Juesday Art: 10am-12.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Julia [06] 308-8109. Featherston Wahine Singers: 7-8.30pm, Featherston Community Centre. Call Susan [021] 246-4884. Carterton District Historical Society: 44 Broadway, 2-4pm, or by appointment. Call 379-9021 or 379-5564. Clareville Badminton Club: Main Stadium at Clareville, 7.30pm -9pm. Call Steve 379-6999. Central Indoor Bowls Club: 7.30pm, Hogg Crescent hall. Call Mathew or Graeme 378-7554. Masterton Senior Citizens and Beneficiaries Association: Meet for social indoor bowls, 500 cards, or a chat 1-3pm, Senior Citizens hall, Cole St. Call Ngaire 377-0342. Free Community Fit Club: 11am, Carrington Park, Carterton. All ages, all fitness levels. Call Di [027] 498-7261. Woops A Daisies: Leisure Marching Team practise 4-5pm, at the YMCA. Call Cheryl [06] 370-1922. Masterton Toy Library: 10am-1pm, at rear of Masterton YMCA, 162 Dixon St, Masterton. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club: Games afternoon, including cards, board, darts, pool etc. Call Doff 304-9748. Girl Guiding: Pippins [5-7 years] 3.455pm. Call Chrissy Warnock 372-7646. Carrington Bowling & Croquet Club: Association croquet, 9am for 9.15am start. Call Robin Brasell [06] 222-4000. Bowls: At 1.20pm for 1.30pm start, at the clubrooms behind the clock tower, Carterton. Call Rex Kenny 379-7303. Masterton Croquet Club: Golf Croquet 9.15am behind the Hosking Garden in the park. Call Russell Ward 377-4401.

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FORKLIFTS, TRUCKS, TRACTORS, DIGGERS, LOADERS, TRANSPORTER Long or Short term all at James Trucks & Machinery, 291 High Street, Solway, Masterton. Phone Gary 06 377 0550.

Trades Services FENCES - We build quality domestic fences, gates, decks and security. Erecta Fence Ph 027 247 7990.

Public Notices

Waikekeno 2B6B and Te Unu Unu 1C1 AGM - 1pm Saturday 19th September 2020 131 Cole Street Masterton Nau mai Haere Mai Enquiries to 027 240 9261

Sports Notices

For Sale FOR SALE FIREWOOD MULCH TOP SOIL COMPOST Call 021 220 3694

OLD TIMERS DAY Saturday 12 September 2020 11.30am - JAB game at Colombo Road 1.00pm - Welcome and speeches at Herbert Street Clubrooms 1.30pm - Food and drink for everyone, including the JAB teams. Come along and support our young players, encourage their commitment.

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Employment

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TEACHER AIDE VACANCY

For all your iron and roofing needs call 34 Dalefield Road, Carterton Email: admin@CtnCF.co.nz

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Opaki School is a decile 9 country school 10 minutes north of Masterton (roll 188). An opportunity exists for a flexible, fun, resilient and enthusiastic Teacher Aide to join our exciting school for Term 4, 2020. The role is for 25 hours per week. Applicants will ideally have exp erience working with children in a school environment. Please email or send covering letter and CV with referees to: Dave Finlayson Email: principal@opaki.school.nz Address: R D 11 Masterton Phone: 06 377 5052 Applications close 3pm, Wednesday 16th September.

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Public Notices

MEET THE CANDIDATES Martinborough Lions are hosting a Public Meet the Candidates meeting When: Tuesday 15th September 7 to 9 pm Where: Waihenga Centre, Texas Street, Martinborough Why: Come along and hear what the Wairarapa General Election Candidates have to say - get your questions ready!

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42 Wairarapa Midweek Sport Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Marist celebrate their ÿ rst championship in 18 years. PHOTOS/JADE CVETKOV

Marist win by skin of teeth

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RUGBY

team’s ball, the boys still didn’t think it was over and it proved that. “I wrapped him up and then Goodger had an absolutely perfect textbook turnover and then to step up and slot it over was unreal.”

Chris Cogdale Cometh the hour, cometh the man. James Goodger may not have played as much club rugby as he would have liked this season due to injury, but when it mattered most, he delivered to cap a brilliant 39-37 come-from-behind Tui Cup triumph for Marist. With Greytown only needing to clear the ball from a scrum inside their own 22 to seal victory, Paddy Gluck, who went into halfback for defensive scrums, pounced on Greytown. Goodger was close behind and got his hands on the ball to force the penalty. The veteran utility forward was then tasked with kicking the goal from 17m in from touch. “I was looking at Paddy and hoping he would overcall me,” Goodger said. “But I’m always confident. I had missed the two previous kicks that could have got us in front, but confidence was the key.” If Goodger’s calmness under pressure eventually earned the victory it was first-five Gluck, who was instrumental in keeping Marist in the game in the first half and then leading the remarkable second half comeback. Greytown fired from the kickoff and jumped out to a 14-0 lead after 16 minutes through tries to veteran wing Nick Olson and workaholic lock Gareth van Dalen. Then up stepped Gluck, who took a gaping hole in the Greytown defence on halfway, and passed to speedy winger Soli Malati, who was tackled 10m out from the line. Marist had the numbers out wide though and winger Anthony Tamakehu scored in the corner. Greytown continued to dominate territory and possession and stretched their lead to 27-5 approaching halftime through penalties to their outstanding second-five

COREY REID – 37-year-old Marist lock, who won a title with Gladstone and returned to Marist after a few years away from the game Marist players celebrate James Goodger’s match-winning penalty kick.

Raniera Petersen, and a try to blockbusting prop Chris Hemi. Marist’s prospects weren’t helped with the sinbinning of No 8 Ayden Eruera for foul play after 30 minutes. During his absence Greytown scored 17 points. Gluck couldn’t stay out of the game though and he again exploited gaps in the Greytown defence, waltzing through from 25m out to score and convert to close the gap to 27-12 at the break. Greytown’s lead was soon out to 22 points again with Petersen starting and then staying in support to finish a brilliant try. Marist slowly clawed their way back into the game with their big forwards starting to get a roll-on. Their pressure finally paid off with converted tries to fullback Tafa Tafa and Soli Malatai. Gluck was in the action again when he scooped on a loose ball and ran 15m to dot down and make the score 31-34 with 19 minutes to play. Another Petersen penalty extended Greytown’s lead to six points. Olson also went close to stretching Greytown’s lead when he sprinted clear, only to be cut down in a try saving tackle by Tafa Tafa. The pivotal moment came in the 72-minute when a long clearance

from Petersen went dead giving Marist an attacking scrum on the 22m. From that Pua Tafa scored out wide, but Goodger couldn’t convert to take the lead. Marist continued to apply the pressure but persisted with the pick and go only for the knock-on to come, giving Greytown the scrum with time almost up. Then it was up to man of the match Gluck and the cool head of Goodger to seal the remarkable comefrom-behind victory. In Friday night’s Hodder-Steﬀert Cup ﬁnal, East Coast ran in eight tries to thrash Carterton 46-19.

Scores

panicked, and I thought something was going to happen and it did. “Hats oﬀ to [coach] Gerald Lologa. He said a couple of years ago they lost 80-12 to Carterton and he thought where do we go from here. We came dead last, last year, and to come back and win the championship is massive.”

TAVITA ISAAC – Greytown captain

“It’s been a testing year for everyone this year with this covid stuﬀ. “Peter and I met [on Friday] and what we did promise was it would be a spectacle. There were a lot of points scored, there was lot of razzle dazzle shown and it was a great game for a grand ﬁnal.”

Tui Cup Final Marist 39 [Anthony Tamakehu, Pua Tafa, Soli Malatai, Tafa Tafa tries; Paddy Gluck 2 tries, 2 cons; James Goodger con, pen] Greytown 37 [Nick Olson, Gareth van Dalen, Chris Hemi tries; Raniera Peterson try, 3 pens, 4 cons] HT 12-27 Hodder-Steffert Cup Final East Coast 46 [Bili Leberi [2], Bryan Arnold [2], Matt Perry, Brodie Thomson, Guy Percy tries, Cameron Ravenwood try, 3 cons] Carterton 19 [Sonatane Vatuvei, Brock Price, Daryl Pickering tries; Sam Morison 2 cons] HT 12-7

JAMES GOODGER – Marist

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

PADDY GLUCK – Marist

PETER BEECH – Marist captain

“We’ve dug ourselves in some pretty big holes but we know how to get out of it. I never worried, I never

“We’re a second half team and [assistant coach] Joe [Nuku] has told us all season that we’re a team from one to 22, so we’re all in it for the full 80 and that’s exactly what happened. “I’m pretty passionate about Marist and I’ve got a broken body but I’m just super stoked.” “A lot of our games have been close and we know how to get out of close games, but the diﬀerence this year is not giving up in those later parts of a game. “So even with a scrum on fulltime and other

“It’s the belief that the boys had and they never stopped. I couldn’t be prouder of a group of people who were up against it and stood up to it. “My heart has always been with Marist and I always wanted to give something back now that I’m a bit older and from the very start you could feel that there was something very special there and it was easy to become a part of it.”

COACHES GERALD LOLOGA – Marist

“It’s been such a crap year with covid, and the opportunity came, and I speak on behalf of all the clubs out there, and they just wanted to play, and if anything we just wanted to do the union proud with our eﬀorts today. “It was meant to happen, the 75th and all things that have happened from the hiccup where we lost points against Carterton, it was meant to be.”

MARK CHILDS – Greytown

“A game of ebbs and ﬂows, a game of two halves, a typical cliché, but it was. “We let Marist get their tail up in the second half and they’re a hard team to stop once they’ve got their tail up and we fell oﬀ a number of tackles today which we hadn’t been doing all season. “We got starved of possession, we missed tackles, and we let in a few easy tries and that cost us in the end.”

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Dalefield home advantage “We turned the ball over a little bit too often and there were some unforced errors and mistraps and misdirected passes, but defensively we played very well. “Once we scored the first goal, we got a good flow on, we linked well with our passing and set up some really good flowing play.” Dalefield will host fierce rivals Hutt United in the first round of the playoffs, with the winner to go direct to the final. Meanwhile, Dalefield women’s captain Michael O’Connor was pleased with the team’s final hit out before the first round of the playoffs. The 13-0 thumping of Karori at Clareville was

Dalefield men needed a strong second half to beat Naenae 4-0 at Clareville and secure home advantage for the first round of the playoffs next Saturday. After a scoreless first half, Dalefield clicked into gear in the first minute of the third quarter with Dylan Price finding the back of goal. Zac Hardie added a second goal in the third period. Captain Rowan Yeo knocked in a loose ball after a penalty corner, and player-coach Dane Lett completed the scoring with a drag flick from a PC in the fourth quarter.

Rowan Yeo scored Dalefield’s third goal.

Dalefield co-manager Bernie Lett said the team let Naenae into the game in the first half.

PHOTO/FILE

“We were guilty of good intentions but not so good execution at times,” he said.

clinical, but O’Connor said it was a lot harder that the score suggests. “It was kind of weird, it didn’t feel like that score because they still put us under pressure,” she said. “The goals just kept coming off, so it was good to finish the end of round two like that.” Abby Crawley and Amy Johnson scored hat-tricks, Reese Robertson scored two goals, while Brigitte Mossman, Morgan Percy, Jenna Anderson, Rosie Rooderkirk, and Katherine van Woerkom also scored. Dalefield will play Hutt United in the first round of the playoffs in Wellington on Saturday, with the winner to go straight to the final.

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HOCKEY

Chris Cogdale

Masterton repeat Duncan Cup win GOLF

Chris Cogdale Masterton have won the Duncan Cup for the second consecutive year with a 9-6 triumph over Shandon at Paraparaumu on Saturday. The victory was set up with a dominant display in the morning foursomes, played in wet and windy conditions. The defending

and Toby Tuoro [3 and 2] were Masterton’s other singles winners. Masterton won the Duncan Cup, Wellington Interclub’s premier trophy for the first time in 2019, with an 8-7 win over Judgeford. “It’s probably even sweeter than last year,” Macklin said. “A few people have said that it shows last year wasn’t a fluke.”

“It was 9-6 and we still had two matches on the course and we just conceded them because there was no point carrying on playing, so it could have been more.” “Everyone got at least a point, and everyone contributed, so that was probably the key to winning.” Sam Forrester [3 and 2], Troy Shaw [5 and 3], Philip Tuoro [2 and 1],

made it easier, but we still had to get at least four in the afternoon,” coach Joel Macklin said. Borren, playing at number nine, got the ball rolling with a convincing 8-7 win, meaning that the remaining nine players only needed three points between them to lift the trophy. Macklin said in the end it was a surprisingly easy win.

champions were in a commanding position at lunch with a 4-1 lead. Kerry Mountcastle and Sam Forrester won their clash at the top of the table 2 and 1, the number two pairing of Owen Lloyd and Troy Shaw won 7 and 6, Kirk Collins and Simon Dew won 3 and 1, and Pim Borren and 14-year-old Jamie Frew won 2 up. “We got so many points in the foursomes which

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