Wild Tomato April 2017

Nelson and Marlborough’s magazine /

ISSUE 129 / APRIL 2017 / $8.95

RE-WILD YOUR CHILD Turn off those screens and head outdoors

Interview Rob Evans Barnicoat House

Booming Motueka

Norway

Classic Fighters Air Show

Jeweller Katie Pascoe

Windsurfing

Showcasing stunning surfaces It was our great pleasure to assist the owners of this recently completed Nelson home with beautiful bathroom designs, bathroomware, interior/exterior tiles and timber flooring.

Large ‘Ice Concrete’ tiles from Gigacer were selected to create a soft contemporary feel for the floors. This was combined with rich dark chocolate oak timber flooring.

Feature walls in the living room and master bedroom were clad in large ‘Toka Tar’ tiles from Fondovalle delivering a striking rendered aged effect.

‘Graphite Concrete’ tiles from Gigacer were chosen for the splashbacks in the kitchen and laundry adding texture and a bold contrast to the modern white cabinetry.

In the ensuite the ice and graphite tiles were continued complemented with a slate stone feature wall, soft green pixel mosaics, black marquinia marble basins and dark oak cabinetry creating an elegant, relaxing, open space with a natural touch.

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Features Issue 129 / April 2017

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elson Airport CEO Rob Evans enjoys rugby, family time and the smell of aviation fuel.

Lynda Papesch finds out how his path led to Nelson and what the future holds

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24 Re-wild your child

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etting children outside in this age of enticing screens and stringent health-and-safety rules can be a challenge. Maike van der Heide looks at the concept of ‘re-wilding your child’

30 Motueka is booming

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otueka, island of the wekas, home of the hop and gateway to world-famous Abel Tasman NP is coming of age. Eddie Allnutt explores its growth

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his year’s extravaganza at Omaka sets the propellers screaming in a lust for speed.

Rachael Brown previews the action and meets the dedicated crew who make it all happen

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elson College’s Barnicoat House will throw open its doors this month for invited guests to take a look at the newly renovated student boarding home. Gina Fletcher takes a look back at its history through the eyes of its students

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INTERVIEWS

82 My Education Joel Emery-Jones was barely a teenager when he started his first job as a part-time kitchen hand.

A decade later, with a Certificate in Professional Cookery from NMIT, he’s sous chef at highly acclaimed Hopgoods of Nelson. Eddie Allnutt explains more

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Styling by Kelly Vercoe Photography by Ishna Jacobs

55 Shoe of the Month Lace-ups are all the rage

LIFE

56 My Home Check out the fabulous new kitchen created for top Nelson chef Kevin Hopgood and his wife Jane.

Brenda Webb tells us about it

CULTURE

64 My Kitchen Bold and flavoursome Caesar salad can make a meal in itself, says Nicola Galloway

74 Arts John Cohen-du Four talks to a creative jeweller working with an unusual currency

65 Dine Out Wafu in Nelson’s Hardy Street is no ordinary bistro, it’s fantastic, writes food critic Maxwell Flint

66 Wine Wine writer Phillip Reay develops a liking for wines from MiddleEarth’s Brightwater vineyards

67 Beer It’s all about the hops, explains beer aficionado Mark Preece

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68 Travel Brenda Webb explores Tromso in Norway, one of the most northern cities in the world, and home to 70,000 people 6

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Adventure Windsurfing can be a real breeze, says Phil Barnes

71 Boating Much has changed at the Nelson marina during the past decade, Steve Thomas laments

80 Motoring WildTomato motoring writer Geoff Moffett decides that the new Mercedes Benz compact SUV, the GLC250, is actually good value

76 Music Music writer Pete Rainey takes up the cause, lobbying for more arts funding

77 Film Even though Their Finest falters at the end, it’s still a mostly pleasant film featuring charming performances and some thoughtful subtext, writes Michael Bortnick REGULARS

8 Editorial 10 Bits & Pieces 12 Events 14 Snapped 75 Gallery Must-Haves 78 Quiz 80 Directory

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Not all parents will have the aptitude, capabilities or time to educate their children in these fields, so thankfully we have several police-vetted organisations that can do it for them.

ur children are one of our most precious assets, and as such should be carefully nurtured, encouraged and educated to care for our future world. Saving the world so there is something to look after is one thing; educating those who follow us to know how is entirely another in an age where screens – television, games, cell phones – rule supreme in many homes.

The call to re-wild your child is not new, yet now more than ever it needs to be heeded. Thankfully many enlightened modern parents recognise that life skills include an understanding of nature, survival techniques and how the universe works, in addition to the finer points of modern technology.

I never thought I’d say ‘in my day’, yet I’m going to. My parents insisted I join the Brownies, followed by Girl Guides, and that led on to me becoming a Ranger Guide – all of which taught me everything from navigating my way with a compass or the stars, to lighting fires, building shelters and foraging for food while caring for the environment. From my father, I learned to shoot, fish and grow edibles.

Four-plus decades later I’m still using many of those skills, hence I recognise the value of them.

Not all parents will have the aptitude, capabilities or time to educate their children in these fields, so thankfully we have several police-vetted organisations that can do it for them. Read more on pages 24 to 29.

Also in this issue, we feature Motueka and the ongoing growth it is experiencing in retail, tourism, real estate and numerous other economic drivers.

Having lived in ‘Mot’ for four years, I can well understand why others enjoy the lifestyle there.

Nelson College’s Barnicoat House has risen like a phoenix from the rubble of a former life. Readers will be able to see the old and the new further on in this issue.

Another feature is the Classic Fighters Omaka airshow, which Marlborough is hosting at Easter. Daring young men in their flying machines will take to the skies in a show that has already become a legend itself. If you’re not up to anything this Easter, then put it on your To Do list.

Last, but by no means least, a huge thank you to all our advertisers this month and every month. Without you there would not be a WildTomato, so readers, please support them.

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elson businesses Baby on the Move and The Green Collective are part of a unique initiative SeatSmart that recycles expired or damaged child car restraints. Mel and Russell O’Donnell (pictured) at Baby on the Move Nelson accept expired or damaged seats on behalf of the SeatSmart programme with a small fee of $10 per seat to cover recycling costs. The plastic from the seats is recycled into new products used in the building industry, and metal parts are also easily recycled. Straps from the seats are picked up by innovative Nelson-based The Green Collective and used to make bags and other items sold by Emma Saunders at the Nelson Market. So far SeatSmart has been introduced in six centres: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Hastings, Nelson and Christchurch, and in the short time it has been operating, more than 4000 seats have been recycled. More information may be found on SeatSmart.co.nz.

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ntries are now open for the Trustpower Nelson Tasman Community Awards. The awards, run in partnership with the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils, are open to all voluntary groups and organisations working to make this area a better place to live. Since 1999, more than $110,000 has been given away to deserving voluntary groups and organisations.

This year more than $5000 is up for grabs. Anyone can enter a voluntary group or organisation, and groups can also enter themselves. Entry forms are available from the council offices or service centres or can be completed online at Trustpower. co.nz/communityawards. Entries close at 5pm on Friday 28 April The awards cover five categories; Heritage and Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure, and Educational and Child/Youth Development. Category winners receive $500, runners-up receive $250 and the Supreme Winner will take home $1,500 and an all-expenses paid trip to the 2017 Trustpower National Community Awards.

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ildTomato’s food/cooking columnist Nicola Galloway has just published (April 1st) her latest cookbook Homegrown Kitchen. Published by Potton & Burton, Homegrown Kitchen is a complete guide to eating well for those who love to cook fresh food. Beginning with a comprehensive section on kitchen essentials, including sourdough bread, home preserving and fermentation, the book is then divided into breakfast, lunch and main meal chapters, followed by a chapter on indulgent sweet treats. WildTomato has a copy of the new book to give away. To enter the draw, visit the WildTomato Facebook page, tag two friends and follow us on Instagram or Facebook, or you can enter on our website at wildtomato.co.nz/competitions.

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EVENTS

APRIL EVENTS NELSON/TASMAN Sat 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

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Fri 14

The Nelson Market

Nadia Reid Preservation Tour

Easter Friday 10 & 5km Fun Run & Walk

Fresh from a sold-out run around the UK, Reid shares a new video for ‘The Arrow and The Aim’. Taken from her upcoming album Preservation, released this March on Spunk Records. Starts 7pm. Also Wednesday April 5 at the Mussel Inn, Golden Bay.

Starting next to Railway Station Trafalgar Street end of the Atawhai Walkway, off Sovereign Street. 10km walkers 2:30pm, 5km entrants 3pm. $5 entry with all proceeds going to Nelson junior athletes’ travel fund to the nationals.

EAST STREET CAFE & BAR

RAILWAY STATION

Wed 5, 12, 19, 26

Sat 15 to 13 August

Nelson Farmers’ Market

Da Vinci – Robots & Machines

Rain or shine, the Farmers’ Market comes to Morrison Square bringing fresh local produce and products from the Top of the South.

One of the first recorded designs of a humanoid robot was made by Leonardo da Vinci in around 1495 AD. Nelson Provincial Museum is showcasing Da Vinci’s genius with an interactive exhibition of some of his most groundbreaking technologies.

The bustling Nelson Market transforms Montgomery Square into a vibrant showcase of regional arts, crafts, fashion, jewellery and fresh local and organic produce.

MONTGOMERY SQUARE

Sun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Motueka Market Arts, crafts, food and drink, along with fresh local produce and entertainment, every Sunday from 8am till 1pm.

DECKS RESERVE CAR PARK, MOTUEKA

Sun 2 McFadden McMeeken Phillips Lawyers Nelson Women’s Triathlon Designed for beginners, couch potatoes, women with little time to ‘spend’ on themselves, workmates and families and even the serious weekend athlete! Run 5km or walk 3km, road cycle 14km, swim 120 metres. 8am till 2pm.

BRANFORD PARK, MAITAI VALLEY

MORRISON SQUARE

Wed 5 to Wed 12 Fiddler on the Roof The heart-warming journey of a family that has its traditional life turned upside down as the modern world starts to impact on life in their idyllic village.

Starts 7.30pm.

THEATRE ROYAL NELSON MEMORIAL HALL MOTUEKA

Da Vinci robot

Thurs 6, 13, 20, 27 Isel Twilight Market Stallholders from throughout the region offer delicious street food, fresh produce, quality crafts and live music.

Dave Dobbyn

ATAWHAI WALKWAY

NELSON PROVINCIAL MUSEUM

Wed 26

Sun 16

Dave Dobbyn: 40 Years of Hits

Mapua Easter Fair Over 220 stallholders made up of arts, crafts, garden, fairground and miscellaneous stalls, a school run café, second-hand store and silent auction. A fundraiser for the Mapua Primary School and Mapua Playcentre. 9am to 3pm.

MAPUA DOMAIN

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Dobbyn and his band in a show that will feature favourites old and new, along with anecdotes about how the songs came to be, all told in his inimitable style. From 8pm.

THE TRAFALGAR CENTRE

Sat 29 The True Cost Film Night and Discussion

A Latin dance party with live band, percussion and Latin DJ Uli. Brazilian theme with prizes for best costume. From 8pm.

A rising star in the UK music scene, he has been described as ‘full of passion, promise and pedigree’ (BuzzJack) and a writer of ‘stunning songs infused with meaning and heart’ (Indie Music Mag).

Starts 8pm.

THE BOATHOUSE

An award-winning feature length documentary film that explores the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

Followed by a talk from Jennifer Whitty, Senior Lecturer Ngā Pae Māhutonga - The School of Design at Massey University in Wellington and an awardwinning designer. From 6.30pm.

PLAYHOUSE CAFE & THEATRE

THE SUTER ART GALLERY

ISEL PARK

Sat 8 Latin Carnival

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MARLBOROUGH Wed 5

Sat 8, Sun 9

Boomtown Connect Sunset Picnic

Marlborough Art Society Workshop

For people passionate about making Blenheim Boomtown again. Enjoy a picnic, wine and discussion with other movers and shakers.

Join artist Danielle Yealands for her workshop on encaustic technique, which typically combines applying hot wax to wood panels, photos and paper with layering to create more opaque, or more translucent effects.

ROTARY LOOKOUT, WITHER HILLS FARM PARK

Sat 8 SGCNZ Marlborough Regionals The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) regionals for those who love the bard.

Head along and see students performing their five and 15 minute scenes to the public.

From 5pm.

MARLBOROUGH GIRLS’ COLLEGE

Sat 8 The Topp Twins Heading for the Hills Armed with guitar, mouth-harp and spoons, NZ’s favourite twin sisters change musical style and gender with ease, delivering original country music, character comedy, burlesque innuendo, audience participation and some of the finest yodelling you’ll hear anywhere.

ASB THEATRE MARLBOROUGH

Sat 8, Sun 9 Herzog Harvest Weekend Winemaker weekend vintage stint! Learn all about vines and wine over one weekend during vintage with a full programme of delightful events around wine. Followed by sought-after famous Herzog Harvest Dinner that night. Bookings essential.

Starts 8am.

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YEALANDS ART GALLERY, BLENHEIM

Classic Fighters Omaka Air Show

Sun 9

Sat 15

Fri 28 & Sun 30

Marlborough PHO Rainbow Ramble 2017

Marlborough Artisan Easter Market

Marlborough Racing Club Gallops

The Marlborough PHO Rainbow Ramble is a fun family activity over a 3km distance, with colour points. Ramblers can walk or run from the start to finish, with the aim of having fun. A Ramble warm-up starts at 9:30am for a 10am start.

Join the Marlborough artisans for a special market from 10am till 2pm. Lots of choice for everyone with food, coffee, jewellery, preserves, art, crafts, woodwork, pottery and more.

Head along to the Waterlea Racecourse for two days of exciting gallops with kids’ entertainment and two harness events each day. Friday 2pm start, Sunday 11.45am.

BRAYSHAW PARK, BLENHEIM

WATERLEA RACEWAY

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Sun 30

Sue Nicholson Answers from the Other Side

The Pink Floyd Experience

TAYLOR RIVER RESERVE

Fri 14, Sat 15, Sun 16 Classic Fighters Omaka Air Show Marlborough’s largest event, attracting 30,000 people from around the world for three days of action-packed aviation and ground theatre.

Friday 14th April is official Practice Day, which includes the Marlborough Lines Twilight Extreme of sunset flying, concert and spectacular fireworks. Saturday and Sunday are the main show days with over 100 aircraft participating, together with mock airfield attacks supported by ground theatre and pyrotechnics.

OMAKA AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE

The star of the new Sensing Murder series, Sue Nicholson, presents her sensational live show, Answers from the Other Side. Restricted age group R13 to R18 accompanied by an adult. Starts 7pm.

MARLBOROUGH CONVENTION CENTRE

Sat 22, Sun 23 Abundance Yoga Retreat

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ album, the Pink Floyd Experience presents a trilogy of Pink Floyd albums played in their entirety by 11 world-class musicians, augmented by a stellar crew of the best sound and lighting teams with stateof-the-art sound and lighting equipment. Featuring ‘Animals’, ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘Wish You Were Here’.

ASB THEATRE MARLBOROUGH

Best-selling author and yogini Leza Lowitz holds a special retreat in the heart of Marlborough. Her popular Abundance Flow day-long workshop is coupled with an energetic vinyasa, meditation and restorative-yin yoga.

MARLBOROUGH VINTNERS HOTEL

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Interview

ROB EVANS Piloting Nelson Airport into the future

Nelson Airport plays a leading role in the region’s economy and is gearing up for even greater success with a major revamp. Lynda Papesch talks to the man at the controls about his past, the present and the future.

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itting in his new (temporary) office, Rob Evans looks out across the Nelson Airport. He sees not what it is now, but what it will become.

The airport’s future is all about vision, and Rob as CEO is the man shaping and leading that vision. Still relatively new to the Nelson region, he is, however, no stranger to airports, nor to injecting commercial impetus into existing businesses.

He remembers a childhood serenaded by aircraft landing and taking off. “My grandmother lived above the airport in Strathmore and I could hear the Fokker Friendships on the runway; later I was fortunate to travel in the 1980s on DC10s and DC8s.”

Whether or not his early experiences sowed the kernel of a career path is unknown, yet at the age of 48 Rob now pilots a thriving company undeniably dependent on the successors of those early aircraft he boarded.

These days it’s usually Air Nelson’s turboprop Bombardier Q300s and

Mt Cook ATRs coming and going under his watchful eye, along right. The family returned to Wellington where Rob became with an increasing number of Jetstar Q300 aircraft and private regional business manager for The Property Group, but soon jets. Naturally, along with the planes come the people – locals, found he missed the smell of aviation fuel. A friend saw the businessmen and women, friends and families and loads of advertisement for Nelson Airport CEO and suggested he apply. tourists – the vehicles and more.

Several aspects of the job appealed: The opportunity People and business he knows about. A born and bred to run an airport, being part of the re-development, and the Wellingtonian, Rob’s the youngest of seven children. Growing up opportunity to live in such a beautiful region. in the capital’s eastern suburbs, he left school and set up his own “I’d passed through Nelson once from Karamea 25 years house-painting business. “I’ve always been very entrepreneurial. earlier on my way to the Picton ferry. Coming for the job I wasn’t overly interested in study or university; I just wanted to interview was my second visit.” work and earn a wage.”

That visit proved successful and Rob took over as CEO At 21, he headed off on his big OE, initially to summer in February 2015. “The role was a very attractive one to the camp in the USA for two months then on to England for four entrepreneurial side of me, and the regional attributes made it years. “I enjoyed myself, working in telecommunications and an easy decision when I was offered the job.” data cabling, playing rugby and Ironically, in this day and age travelling around Europe.” where many employers set a benchmark On his return to New including a degree of some sort, Rob Zealand, Rob took on a waterfront has no formal qualifications and no property management role for letters after his name. “I’ve never felt Wellington-based Willis Bond & an overwhelming desire to study, I have Co, before signing on as a property developed my skills through work and life consultant for Jones Lang Lasalle. experiences.”

He met his wife Andrea in He’s quick to pat himself on the back.

Wellington; they married in “To be offered the role of CEO of a busy 2002 and now have four children airport is a good personal milestone and aged 23, 22, 15 and 13. The year one that I am proud of, given I have no 2004 marked Rob’s entry into formal qualification. That said, hiring the aviation industry when he in my circumstances is not so common was offered a role at Wellington these days so I do encourage young “A whole range of people want to Airport as its property and people to obtain a qualification or a do business at the airport so development manager. For two trade.” we need to provide the infrayears he juggled the various Heading his hit list has been the structure for it to happen.” aspects of the role, including the set up of a strong platform for future R O B E VA N S leasing of the retail park at Lyall growth of the region and to help ensure Bay, car parking and the property the longevity of regional development. management portfolio.

How to grow Nelson Airport, its terminal, Then came a ‘bolt out of car parking and passenger throughput the blue’. Rob fielded a phone call from a recruitment agency is one step, along with developing an ongoing (and potentially seeking a commercial manager for Cairns Airport in Australia. expanding) commercial engineering and maintenance, “My mother was born in Cairns so I was open to the opportunity. helicopter and general aviation environment.

For her it was almost like I was returning home even though she Part two is giving it a good identity. Rob and his team have had lived in Wellington most of her life.” already rebranded the business and are gradually getting across The family arrived in Cairns in mid-July 2006, and spent the message that it is an important piece of infrastructure in the almost seven years there with Rob as commercial manager community, plus a critical link to other parts of New Zealand … for both Cairns and Mackay airports. During that time more especially the main centres. than $A250 million was invested in airport redevelopment “From a business perspective, our two biggest markets are work, mainly in terminal upgrades, improving the commercial Auckland and Wellington, both growing markets for aviation property, retail and car parking aspects of the business. access. Christchurch is also now performing very strongly.”

His last three years there also included aeronautical business He adds that, in his view, Nelson is important development which involved airline marketing and nurturing geographically for airline access in connecting people, relationships to grow airlines and passenger numbers into businesses and families throughout New Zealand.

Cairns and Mackay, or ‘chasing airline tails’ as Rob describes Now past two years in the role, he has completed the longit. He sees many similarities between the Cairns and Nelson term master plan, rebranded the airport business and doubled scenarios. “Cairns has a high proportion of tourists and staff resources including taking on a sales and marketing so does Nelson. Their markets are similar, both offer manager, a commercial manager and a terminal supervisor, as strong tourism products and services, and both are slightly well as other support staff. isolated geographically.

Equally important is an improvement in financial “Nelson, to its advantage, has numerous strong support performance, increasing revenue from $5.2 million to $8.3 industries such as horticulture, fishing and forestry, which million in the same two years.

Cairns did not really have. And Nelson has a much more robust, As for the future … there’s more to come. Landing charges sustainable market from an airlines perspective.” have been agreed with airlines for the next five years, work will Rob had always planned on returning to New Zealand soon start on the new terminal, and 250 new car parks have and once he’d accomplished what he wanted, the timing was been established to help the transition from old to new.

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM (clockwise): A young Rob growing up in Wellington; family fun time enjoying the great outdoors; lighting the way in Nelson; exploring with wife Andrea

“To be offered the role of CEO of a busy airport is a good personal milestone and one that I am proud of, given I have no formal qualification.”

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A separate project, but being done at the same time as the terminal re-development, is a re-design of the airport apron for aircraft parking (future growth), and a significant upgrade of the taxiways.

“A whole range of people want to do business at the airport so we need to provide the infrastructure for it to happen, taking into account everything from public transport to VIPs and taxis, private vehicles, rental cars, limos and buses.”

Rob says that between 200-300 people already use the airport car park daily and that will continue to increase.

Passenger numbers have jumped from around 740,000 when he took over to a forecasted million plus this year, making Nelson arguably the busiest regional domestic airport in New Zealand.

Airport aircraft traffic has increased by around 25 percent since Jetstar added Nelson to its schedule two years ago, and there’s also been an upsurge in aircraft maintenance carried out.

Both aspects of the business are expected to continue to grow.

“We already work with Air New Zealand on property and infrastructure planning. Our long-term plan outlines how Air New Zealand can expand its aircraft maintenance business, 22

servicing more planes for the likes of Air Caledonia and Virgin Airlines currently being serviced at the airport.

“The end result will be a base for use as an export business, servicing turbo-prop planes from all over world.”

With all of that going on, Rob still finds time to enjoy a work/leisure balance, although he admits it is hard sometimes.

He’s already set about exploring the region with a bit of cycling now and then, a few visits to various wineries, summer fun and winter rugby.

A long-time Marist supporter – he was on the Marist St Pats Wellington committee for 10 years and chairman in 2014 before moving to Nelson – Rob spends many of his weekends supporting the cause in winter, running up and down the sidelines with water bottles.

As for the job, it’s more than what he expected and he is relishing the leadership role. “I enjoy working with people, working towards a common goal.

“You could say I am a generalist. I encourage people, try to get the best advice and look for the best result. And I have some very good mentors, family and friends to keep me in line.”

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Re-wild your child Let the children play – how hard can it be?

Getting children outside (‘like the good old days’) in this age of enticing screens and stringent health-and-safety rules can be a challenge.

Maike van der Heide looks at the concept of ‘re-wilding your child’, and why nature is so important in bringing up capable youngsters.

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“Pick them up from school and take them to the dam, to the park, to the river …”

– TA L I A B U RTO N WA L K E R .

Where the wild things are enriching P HO T O G R A P H Y I S H NA JAC OB S

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very Tuesday, the children of Upper Moutere’s Harakeke Preschool pack up and go bush. In a forest near Brightwater they dangle off vines, jump creeks, slide down banks, investigate dark holes with their torches and climb trees. Back at the preschool, the children run barefoot through mud, weed the vegetable garden and look after their patch of native bush.

To the untrained eye it looks like good old-fashioned fun, and it is, but what these children are also doing, says preschool owner Gundula Montag-Ruebsam, is learning to manage and mitigate personal risk, to persevere, to push their boundaries and to work together. Natural learning is at the core of Harakeke Preschool and teaches vital life-skills that adults put into practice daily, but experts say fewer children have the chance to learn such skills in a modern society that is regulated, scheduled and glued to a screen.

A year ago, the film Project Wild Thing (2012), by British filmmaker David Bond, screened in Nelson. It is based on David’s concern about the increasing amount of time children spend staring at screens, instead of being outdoors. He has since become an ambassador for what is coined ‘re-wilding your child’, a concept that has quickly become a wider conversation in the technologydependent Western world.

Locally, Nelson adventure-racing champion and father Nathan Fa’avae is also getting behind the push to coax children outdoors. The risk of not doing so, he says, is that in a few decades the normal, essential life and survival skills that are important in daily life, as much as during crises such as the Christchurch or Kaikoura earthquakes, will be lost.

“If you fast-forward 20 to 30 years when the children of today are adults, are they learning adversity and a little bit of hardship, and overcoming challenges?”

Nathan and wife Jodie, who share a background in outdoor education, adventure sport and travel, put their unique skillsets to use in educating their three children, aged 10, 12 and 14, about the outdoors. Many of their trips are close to home, and Nathan says Nelson/Marlborough has very accessible outdoor opportunities for all levels of experience.

“For us, we’ve identified that with our kids there needs to be a little bit of hardship, and actually just to deal with things that are tougher. We put them in situations they have to rise to.”

These ‘situations’ can be as simple as sleeping on the ground, getting water from a stream rather than a tap, making practical decisions like filling a drink-bottle before a hot uphill walk, or closing the tent door to the sandflies – all with natural consequences.

“My question for a lot of parents is, ‘What part of your kids’ lives is that difficult? Are they going to learn those sorts of skills later in life to deal with hardships that just naturally happen?’”

CLIMBING TO THE TOP So how do we teach children to manage and mitigate their own risks by exposing them to hardships and adversity, yet without putting them in too much danger?

Tramping in the back-country for days with your preschoolers will not be an option for most, but Gundula says simple outdoor activities can have just as much impact.

She names a rope swing as one of Harakeke Preschool’s most popular outdoor activities. Every child strives to climb to the top one day – a goal they set for themselves.

“Through outdoor experiences, children experiment, and it’s not only risk-taking. It’s also problem-solving and trial and error, accepting failure – learning that, ‘Okay, I can’t do it now but maybe I have to grow a little bit more or practise’, and that’s to do with resilience. These are things they can take into their adulthood.”

Blenheim former early childhood teacher Talia Burton Walker, who now homeschools her children Peyton, 5, and India Walker, 3, suggests exposing your children to sensible opportunities for risk and then trusting them.

Those opportunities exist mostly in nature, where modern risks like traffic are taken out of the equation.

“Nature is the number one leveller. It isn’t fluffy – there are risks. In a forest you’re going to fall, something is going to drop on your head, but there’s no cars.”

Talia is a member of the Blenheim Natural Learners’ Cooperative, a group of Marlborough homeschooling families who meet regularly in a natural environment.

The children are of various ages and Talia says this helps them to discover their own limitations naturally.

“The children are seeing others who are more capable, so they can actually generate ideas and see a risk that they haven’t seen before.”

She thinks there is ‘a ridiculous lack of trust’ now for children to self-govern risk, and says adults should not interfere in play.

“You could stand at the slide and say, ‘One at a time’, but the other day there were four kids up there and the risk of someone 25

falling out was high because they were fighting and bickering.

My instinctive parenting would be to say, ‘One at a time. Let’s all climb down’, whereas reality says if four fall out of a tree then someone didn’t manage the risk.”

Gundula agrees, saying Harakeke teachers see first-hand how children can quite sensibly assess risk if given the chance. In the preschool’s bush area is a macrocarpa tree with a platform, or ‘nest’, quite a long way up, which younger children must naturally practise to climb to. Gundula has heard many children announce, when about halfway down again, that they will jump off.

“Some do, but many look over the edge, assess the risk and, without an adult prompting, change their minds. By the time they’re able to get up there, they also know about safety and about taking risks and the rules around it.”

Photo supplied by Whenua Iti Outdoors

SCREEN TIME NORMALISED Peyton Walker looks at photos of a possum’s innards on her family’s computer. She points out and names different parts of its anatomy, and discusses her role in dissecting the possum, which she did with a local hunter the previous day.

For Peyton, such ‘screen time’ is integrated into a normal day. Talia and husband Blair Walker, a primary school teacher, make a concerted effort to normalise modern technology for their children because it is simply the way of the future. “‘Screen time’ is as absurd as saying ‘paper time’,” says Talia.

“What about those kids whose future is perhaps in coding? Why take value away from that? Technology is a huge part of our life and so turning around and teaching our kids that there’s no value in it, and that it’s something they should not do, is counterintuitive. Most of my morning has involved technology – sharing photos of the possum and reflecting on it.”

Nathan Fa’avae has also embraced technology as an everyday part of his children’s life, from checking weather forecasts in the back-country to using a GPS, but thinks technology can be a ‘distraction that makes people have cyber-adventures’ rather than real experiences.

“I’m not anti-technology, but if our kids are having too much time on it then we’re not taking them out to ‘no wi-fi’ spots enough. Doing that solves the problem pretty quickly.

“By the time they’re our age, they won’t be able to get out of coverage – it’ll be everywhere. We’re trying to build a relationship with the natural environment that they’ll have for life. It’s important to be able to have that disconnect.”

Gundula, who has taught in early childhood her whole working life, worries when she hears of under-twos playing games on their parents’ phones, or being put in front of the TV. “It’s far too early. [Technology] has a place in schools for research, but that’s about it. Otherwise go outside – go out and play.”

GOING BUSH IN FIORDLAND For the Fa’avaes, their level of outdoor experience means ‘going out to play’ is more hard-core than for the average family, but Nathan relishes any chance to teach his children using real-life scenarios.

They recently went tramping, rafting and kayaking with friends in the wilds of Fiordland, following the route of the proposed Haast-Hollyford highway. Five days into the ‘quite ambitious’ 10-day trip, it became apparent that things weren’t going to plan, Nathan says. Rations were dwindling, the weather was bad, the sandflies thick and morale was slipping in the rough terrain. Facing the prospect of climbing a large mountain in those conditions, the group had ‘quite big discussions about reality’ before making the decision to turn around.

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“If you fast-forward 20 to 30 years when the kids of today are adults, are they learning adversity and a little bit of hardship, and overcoming challenges?”

N AT H A N FA’ AVA E

Photo supplied by Whenua Iti Outdoors

Although it was the first time the Fa’avaes had ever had to turn back with their children, Nathan says it proved a great learning experience. Trips like these also teach children to take reward from their own efforts, such as reaching a warm hut or car after a cold and wet walk, he adds.

Talia says this concept is ‘intrinsic motivation’, which in simple terms means not relying on other people’s praise or rewards, which is ‘extrinsic motivation’.

“Natural learning and re-wilding takes away from extrinsic motivation, or jumping through other people’s hoops.”

Ultimately, says Talia, intrinsic motivation flows on to better mental health, more self-confidence and self-worth for both adults and children.

Gundula thinks children also need slowing down and grounding by being taught to appreciate the seasons and that everything is connected.

“Often children at this age are so used to being guided or having activities offered or being told, ‘No you can’t do that’

or ‘Come down from there. That’s too dangerous’. They are waiting for that to happen rather than taking control and taking initiative.”

Gundula has noticed a slow but steady tide of change in attitude towards the importance of nature experiences, not just from the public, but also official channels, including the Ministry of Education. She hopes to see a departure from education centres where children are not allowed to climb trees, or can only climb to a certain point, and where playgrounds are standardised and unchallenging.

“I’m concerned on one hand, but on the other hand I’m seeing some positive changes. I hope this is permanent and we can go back to climbing higher than 1.2 metres. I hope that the current situation will all soon be stories of the past, and that educators are brave enough to make that change.”

But Talia fears the rise of ‘forest schools’ is a fashion, and says the key for caregivers and educators is to look at how they allow children to play – and to offer them that chance at all in our scheduled lifestyles.

“Pick them up from school and take them to the dam, to the park, to the river, and the trick is not interfering. Go to a place, park up and let them lead the way. It’s less cramming weekends full of extracurricular activities and more bush; less piano lessons and more forests. It is giving the children freedom and trust.

That’s what it comes back to.”

Sport Tasman, which runs special programmes [among others] for under twos, also believes it is essential for children during their formative years to explore the outside world, alongside adults.

Community Sport Advisor Jenny Dravitzki says that being outside provides children access to space to nurture mind body growth, enhances the development of motor skills, develops co-ordination, balance and body awareness; keeps the body, heart and other organs healthy and helps develop a life-long good habit of daily exercise.

“Plus it is free time to be spontaneous, for exploring, playing, imagining and creating. There are no plugs outside and you don’t need batteries.”

Providing on-going re-wilding activities for school-age children of all ages is Whenua Iti Outdoors, based in Lower Moutere. Supporting schools is a major focus also, evidenced by the range of programmes it offers at all levels. Its mission is to encourage the holistic development of individuals through a range of outdoor and leadership training opportunities, including many tailored especially for school-age children.

For local primary and intermediate schools Whenua Iti Outdoors offer three core programmes, while its secondary school programmes include five specific courses.

In Marlborough, Jan’s Preschool is a private Early Childhood Education Centre that embraces both the Nature and Montessori pedagogies, along with the Ministry of Education’s Te Whāriki framework.

“We believe a nurturing and respectful environment to be the best setting for young children to grow and develop into their special unique selves,” says owner Jan Matthews. Nature and the outdoors is a vital part of the preschool.

“We encourage the children to explore nature hands-on, using their innate curiosity and creativity. They care for our chickens, fruit and vegetable gardens, recycling, and worm farms to see nature at its best. They have opportunities for joyful learning experiences in every season, in all weather. The children come to appreciate that we are all caretakers of our natural world, and they learn to develop a lasting and positive relationship with it.”

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Actively exploring their natural world

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here’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.”

This quote from early childhood education and nature pedagogy expert Claire Warden is in regular use at Jan’s Preschool in Blenheim, where great emphasis is placed on exploration of the natural world.

Come rain, sun or wind, the children are encouraged to head outside and discover to their hearts’ content, from their own edible gardens, sandpits, water play, chickens and playground to excursions through nearby Harling Park in the Wither Hills.

Jan’s Preschool, on the corner of Wither and Howick Rds, opened last year when Blenheim woman Jan Matthews realised her vision of opening an early childhood centre providing a unique combination of Montessori values blended with the outdoors and nature, ‘as they are all very dear to my heart’.

It’s an approach Jan experienced firsthand during a visit to similar preschools in Perth, which ‘really cemented my vision of combining the philosophies’.

A residential house with private fenced gardens proved the perfect surroundings for Jan’s goal of providing a

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‘small, homely, family-like environment’ where children can learn, explore and discover in a relaxed, natural setting at their own pace.

To that end, Jan has limited her roll to a maximum of 30 children, aged 0 to 6, so she and her staff - a mix of ECE registered, unregistered and Montessori teachers - can provide a high teacher-child ratio.

“I am aware of the stress levels preschool children can experience, and firmly believe that the natural environment helps them to de-stress. Personally, I reap these benefits myself when I exercise in the Wither Hills.”

Jan says her preschool, and the Montessori approach, places emphasis on building children’s independence and creating a ‘can-do’ attitude when learning life skills, literacy, maths, social skills and mixed age group friendships.

“I really value the Montessori way of life, and having come from a primary teacher background initially, I’m always focused on the children doing learning that prepares them for school and life.”

Jan’s passion for natural learning originally grew after discovering an interest in Scotland’s Forest Kindergartens and Claire Warden’s nature pedagogy.

B Y M A I K E VA N D E R H E I D E PHOTO PETER BURGE

“These kindergartens encourage children to learn in and through nature.

Growing up as a typical ‘Kiwi kid’, I have always believed exercise and nature are important to the overall well-being of the child, and I believe that these are even more important in today’s society.”

In an increasingly digital world, Jan says families have told her of the time pressures they face which results in spending less time outdoors doing physical activities with their children - something many regret.

“Recent research backs this up: There has been a significant reduction in children’s levels of outdoor time and physical exercise.”

Jan’s passion is to change this concerning trend, by instilling an early love of nature in the children she teaches: “We encourage them to explore the outdoors, especially on our visits to Harling Park.”

“I want children at our centre to relish being active.”

Contact janspreschool.co.nz Phone: 03 577 8866

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Experiential learning inspiring positive change

BY SADIE BECKMAN

H

ere in the Top of the South, we are incredibly lucky to be within easy reach of some of New Zealand’s and in fact the planet’s - most outstanding natural beauty.

Providing opportunities to experience all that our stunning backyard has to offer in a way that promotes learning and personal growth is the core philosophy of Whenua Iti Outdoors, a charitable education trust that supports many different people to explore the edges of their comfort zones and achieve confidence and education in the outdoors.

Catering for everyone from primary school children right through to adults, as well as international students, tourism groups, camps and corporate team building, Whenua Iti Outdoors offers programmes, activities and adventures that involve working through challenges, either physically, mentally, or both.

Kayaking and tramping in the Abel Tasman National Park, mountain biking, rock climbing or caving in one of the world’s best and most accessible cave systems are all on offer, as are culturally-based, unique and engaging programmes and learning including Waka Ama and partnerships with local iwi groups and marae.

The organisation, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, is run by passionate, dedicated and qualified experts who are trained to identify and

nurture the potential in every participant in their programmes and activities. These programmes range from one day to a week long.

General Manager Mark Bruce-Miller says Whenua Iti Outdoors is there to provide support to the community, to schools and to all learners.

“We really pride ourselves on working in an environment where we can help learners succeed,” he explains, “and we specialise in the achievement of success outside of the conventional learning environment.”

Whenua Iti Outdoors works alongside many schools throughout the South Island, and receives funding support from the Ministry of Education for its school programmes and the Ministry of Social Development for youth development programmes.

Mark says they can provide support to schools that may be having difficulty navigating the intricacies of the new health and safety requirements and the resulting impact on outdoor activities.

Whenua Iti Outdoors is able to take care of that responsibility, using accredited experts to support the schools and so allowing teachers to concentrate on enjoying the fun, positive experiences and adventures alongside their students.

In this way the students and teachers learn together and the experience is all the richer at a place that is a centre of

excellence for outdoor education,” Mark explains.

Team building for adults is another valuable tool offered by the organisation, with most people who attend discovering they can do far more than they thought during the adventures or the on-site activities such as a high-ropes course. And all the profits from these programmes are channelled to further support the youth of our region.

He says the feedback they have received from organisations and businesses who have taken their newfound confidence and morale back into the workplace has been extremely positive.

The expertise, skill, philosophy and inclusion of the people behind the nationally and internationally renowned Whenua Iti Outdoors are the things that set it apart as a centre of excellence when it comes to the vital link between our learning as individuals and the natural environment around us.

Whatever walk of life you come from, this is a place where you can explore the world around you, as well as the one inside yourself, and challenge yourself to discover what it really means to be you.

Contact whenuaiti.org.nz Phone: 03 526 7842

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Motueka

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Motueka, home of the hop and gateway to world-famous Abel Tasman National Park, is booming. Eddie Allnutt reports, however, that this spurt isn’t without a few growing pains.

MOT IS HOT P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y T O D D S TA R R

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ith a population tipped to grow 30 percent over the next few decades, Motueka is thriving on tourism, fishing, horticulture and the cycling boom. The vast Talleys food empire calls Motueka home, although it is the Abel Tasman National Park that remains the town’s economic powerhouse. The number of overnight stays in the park has jumped more than 70 percent in the last four years.

Community board member Richard Horrell says there is no such thing as an off-season any more. He credits this growth spurt to the diversity of the region and the many outdoor pursuits on offer – kayaking the coves of Abel Tasman, zigzagging down a mountain bike trail in Kaiteriteri or fishing for a big brown trout in Motueka River.

“It used to be just three months a year, but nowadays we don’t really have an off-season where everything goes dead.

Just look at the skydivers who love our clear skies all year round,” says Richard, Motueka-born and now in his 60s.

It’s hard to get to Golden Bay without going via ‘Mot’, with many passers-through stopping for a coffee or a spend. When the rains come, holidaymakers also head to town for a little retail therapy.

Shopping in Motueka is something of an Aladdin’s cave, gaining a reputation as a retail destination in its own right, with arty galleries, stylish boutiques and let’s not forget Whitwells, especially if you’re a woman wanting shoes. Then there’s the Sunday market, where an eclectic mix of people gather to sell or buy local produce and crafts, with a good chance of meeting friends for a catch-up.

The cuisine scene has also progressed from pie, chips and sauce at the local. Ethnic eateries abound and the café scene is buzzing – just ask popstar Madonna, who called in for a soy flat white last year. Supermarkets are also busy, with locals rubbing shoulders alongside freedom campers and cyclists on the Great Taste Trail, which runs through the town.

Another growth indicator for Motueka is the Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital, providing age-related residential, primary and palliative care. Since opening in 2009, the hospital has already needed to expand to keep up with demand. Likewise, specialist housing for retirees has flourished as more babyboomers opt for sun and lifestyle.

Adding to that lifestyle is Motueka’s Sprig & Fern, the town’s only craft beer bar, with 18 brews on tap, plus a selection of local wines. Relatively new on the retail scene is the MOT Bike Co, a funky café and mountain bike shop offering fresh food, good coffee and everything you need to enjoy adventurous biking in this beautiful region.

One local relishing the business vibe is Cherie Inglis, who took over Bliss Hair Design last October. A returnee enjoying her hometown again and a refugee from the Christchurch earthquakes, Cherie, her team and other salons are proving that a small town can offer big-city hairstyling.

ON THE HOP

Besides tourism, Motueka is a service hub for local industries.

Horticulture has been the backbone of the township over the years, with its fertile soil and climate conducive to growing.

Tobacco fields dominated for a decent chunk of the last century, until heightened public awareness of smoking’s ill effects and manufacturers challenging level of government protection for growers caused major game-changes in the 1980s. “Tobaccogrowing was killed off overnight by a stroke of a pen,” says Richard Horrell.

However, they say if you can grow tobacco, you can grow almost anything, and locals like Richard diversified into other crops such as apples, pears, grapes, kiwifruit and hops.

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“… nowadays we don’t really have an off-season where everything goes dead.”

– RICHARD HORRELL , COMMU NITY B OA R D M E M B E R

to hair-tearing. He believes horticulture, on the whole, is in good heart. “New varieties like Koru and Envy apples, plus yellow varieties of kiwifruit such as Zespri Gold, are a revelation,” he says.

Pacific Island seasonal workers keep the ball rolling.

“They start coming into the region from March until the end of May for harvest season. They give orchardists – especially the big boys – confidence that their crops will be picked in time,” says Richard.

Some of the best and most sought-after hops in the world come from the Motueka hinterland. Hop Federation, located in nearby Riwaka, has a flavoursome assortment of brews and is an example of a small local business success story. The craft-beer boom and the quality of those little green heads have put the Motueka region on the map as the hop capital of New Zealand.

LOOK TO THE SKIES

Nelson is said to have the busiest regional airport in the country.

Technically, it can even clear international fights, so the private Learjets of high-flyers have been known to pay a quiet visit.

Not to be outdone, Motueka’s aerodrome hosts a busy skydiving scene and one of the most highly regarded flight schools in New Zealand. The aviation college attracts mainly young people from afar, some of whom stay on in Motueka.

Matthew Galvin, 28, originally from Wellington, decided to settle here with his family after his one-year flight training had finished.

“There’s a great community spirit in Mot and we enjoy being part of it,” he says. Matthew owns a local business, the Kai Waka Cafe on High St, and is very positive about the direction the town is moving.

HOUSING LOCKED OUT FOR SOME

Other people from all parts of New Zealand and overseas want to live in Motueka. New subdivisions have sprung up around the town, but there’s also a shortage of properties for sale and, particularly when seasonal workers arrive, in rentals.

Alan Atkins, of Ray White Motueka, says house prices have been going up steadily over the last couple of years, and ‘no-price marketing’ such as auctions and tenders has increased. New or fully renovated houses attract the most demand and sell the quickest, rather than old ‘fixer-uppers’, Alan says.

“The time it takes to sell a house now is effectively half of what it was a few years ago.” Alan admits, however, that current prices make it hard for young couples to buy their first house, never mind that living on ‘sunshine wages’ can make it difficult to service a $400,000 mortgage.

The median house price in Motueka from August 2016 to January 2017 was $479,500, according to REINZ figures. There’s a catch-22 situation as the rising house prices due to demand are locking young families out of the market.

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Johny O’Donnell, online entrepreneur and chairman of Our Town Motueka – a representative organisation for events and activities – is in his early 20s. He’s been drawn back to his hometown after living and working in Wellington and Dunedin.

Although he travels New Zealand extensively, doing marketing and business consulting with his company ShiftOn, Johny uses Motueka as his base to work remotely and encourages more people to do the same so money is drawn from outside the region to be spent in it. He says the many assets of the town and region make it an ideal place to live and work from home.

“Our isolation was once our biggest challenge and now as we enter the digital era, it’s our biggest opportunity,” he says.

“Motueka will never truly grow and develop to its full potential unless we attract more high-paying jobs, not just seasonal work.”

Coincidentally, ultra-fast broadband is on its way because the government has approved Motueka for the next rollout, starting in 2018. Motueka has an ageing population and Johny feels that it’s important we don’t lose sight of the value of co-existing with older generations. “I believe it presents an exciting opportunity to develop a more connected and intergenerational community. We have a fascinating history that needs to be explored and stories that need to be told.”

Local artisan food and beverages are thriving and Johny believes that’s another great economic opportunity to develop.

“Even the smallest producers could, with the right support, become bigger employers.”

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TRAFFIC AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

While bumper-to-bumper traffic on High St has retailers smiling, it’s not so good for drivers waiting to cross or turn onto the main drag. “Maybe mountable roundabouts are a solution,” says Richard Horrell. “That way the traffic at intersections might flow a bit better.”

Crossing the narrow Motueka River Bridge can also make you fear for your wing mirrors. “Widening the bridge is on the cards – not a new one – and there’s some savvy technology out there to help,” Richard says. “There’s talk too of a Motueka-Whanganui ferry and the man behind it has certainly done his homework.”

Johny O’Donnell would like to see some new facilities, plus High St revamped. “We also need to shake up our short-sighted thinking and start thinking more strategically about challenges that are going to affect us, such as climate change with a rising sea level. That’s a really serious threat to a town wedged between a river and a sea.”

Motueka’s school rolls also suggest a region making progress. The high school musters about 700 students and counting. They come from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities, with particularly strong links to Japan. It’s a school immensely proud of its academic, sporting, cultural, musical and community achievements.

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AIRSHOW ‘NUTTERS’ READY TO RACE This year’s extravaganza at Omaka sets the propellers screaming in a lust for speed, featuring a multiple world-record holder.

Rachael Brown previews the action and meets the crew who make it all happen.

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rom beginnings as a ‘fly-in’ for the owners and pilots of just over a dozen vintage aircraft, Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka quickly morphed into Marlborough’s biggest single event, showcasing more than 100 aircraft and attracting 30,000-plus punters from throughout the country and overseas.

Held over three days, every second Easter at the Omaka Airfield, Classic Fighters is renowned for themes that change from show to show. This year it is ‘Racing Through Time’, which gives the hard-working team behind the airshow plenty of scope for creativity.

Air racing dates back to 1909 and was a means for manufacturers to develop, test and showcase their aircraft.

This theme will allow organisers to portray several significant eras of air racing through the 20th century, not to mention the breaking out of chequered flags, bunting, brightly coloured towers (pylons) and vehicles throughout the weekend.

Putting together an event of this scale relies heavily upon the goodwill of supportive businesses, a dedicated team of volunteers and a slightly ‘mad’ committee to make it all possible. Some members of the latter have been with Classic Fighters from the very beginning, more than 20 years ago, and remarkably have managed to block out the stress, anxiety and fatigue that inevitably precludes every airshow to deliver an event that tops the last.

The airshow played a crucial role in the establishment of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre 10 years ago, and continues to provide an important source of income for future developments. Classic Fighters draws in an audience outside of the aviation domain and makes the stories portrayed in the centre more accessible and appealing as the scenarios literally come to life in front of attendees.

So how do you keep up the momentum? It certainly isn’t the money. Jay McIntyre, owner of JEM Aviation, has been with Classic Fighters from the start, and at the time was fresh out of the Air Force. Over the following two decades, Jay has established a successful business specialising in repairing and maintaining classic, antique and warbird aircraft.

“It sounds corny but there is something about Omaka, and a lot of people say that. It’s almost a spiritual home for a lot of people and I just really enjoy being involved in it.” Jay admits, however, that when it comes to the show he is all about the planes. No surprises there as the responsibility for giving many

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“Most of the guys who do this kind of thing are aviation nutters.”

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of the aircraft their ‘WOF’ falls on him and his team.

Bill Butt, Lindsay Jefferis and Doug Goodhall are part of the props department and a month out from the show are huddled around a coffee table finalising the design of a chateau – one of the few things that doesn’t get blown up. Bill is a ‘retiring’ farmer whose ‘fixer-upper and building skills’ are essential, with Lindsay and Doug providing the artistic flare.

“Most of the guys who do this kind of thing are aviation nutters,” says Doug, who has been obsessed with airplanes since he was a kid. Lindsay has not always been so inclined, “but after 10 or 15 or so shows is becoming a nutter,” says Bill.

Chatting to the trio, it’s apparent that the genuine desire to put on a great show and give back something to the community has given them years of personal satisfaction.

Graham Orphan, editor of Classic Wings magazine, is another of the original airshow team. The highly regarded publication played no small part in launching Yealands Classic Fighters onto the world stage. Graham’s contacts and tenacity have made many of the ‘Only at Omaka’ moments possible.

“Every year we run an airshow, the team are all asking themselves, ‘What on Earth were we thinking?’” he says. “But then as the whole weekend comes together – the thoroughbred aircraft, the exotic vehicles, the sets, and the people participating – all these elements combining in harmony give the entire crew reason to celebrate, not just the history 37

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“The camaraderie that comes with that is just amazing.”

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of aviation, but also the spirit of community, of creativity.

The camaraderie that comes with that is just amazing.”A nine-times world champ leads the 2017 show. Steadfast, a Yak 3U-R2000, started its racing career at Reno in 2006. Its world titles include the under 3000kg World Speed Record at 669km/h, along with several ‘time to climb’ records. Now based in Brisbane, the aircraft will make its New Zealand debut along with the Royal Australian Air Force’s C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force will fly its flag through the recently formed Black Falcons formation aerobatics team. Returning after a successful debut in 2015 is the Pioneer Race, including penny farthing bicycles, veteran cars and pre-WWI aeroplanes.

In addition to the racing, a Great War action sequence features eight Fokker Triplanes. For World War 2, taking centre-stage will be a German V-1 flying bomb, the world’s sole airworthy Avro Anson Mk1 bomber, and something called a panjandrum. Fans can also expect the popular ground theatre, mock airfield attacks and fireworks. There’s something for everyone, with musical entertainment, merchandise stalls, a kids’ Fun Zone, classic cars and a selection of Marlborough wines, beers and delicious food, ranging from the classic Kiwi pie through to gourmet delights.

Putting on an event of this magnitude is no picnic and some roles are less glamorous than others, but whether it’s clipping tickets at the gate, managing parking or taking out the rubbish, every person involved contributes to the success and long-term sustainability of the event.

People from all walks of life, interests and varying degrees of nuttiness come together to produce an exceptional event. Make sure you do your part and join in the festivities.

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Celebrating ten years and groundbreaking feats

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he Omaka AHC’s story began with a resurgence of heritage aviation interest in Marlborough in the late 1990s, when a group of enthusiasts imported two Chinese Nanchang trainers and established the Marlborough Warbirds Association.

The sound of the Nanchangs’ radial engines was heard over Blenheim drawing curious spectators and, increasingly, other heritage aircraft.

As word spread of the growing range and rarity of aircraft stored at Omaka, tourists also began knocking on the hangar doors. At this point, in 1997, a small group of aircraft owners and enthusiasts got together to discuss how these aircraft could be made accessible to the public on a more practical and sustainable basis, and grow the public understanding and appreciation of aviation. It culminated in the formation of the New Zealand Aviation Museum Trust.

Then followed years of planning and fundraising including Marlborough’s largest single event, the biennial Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow. On this journey, the original group of enthusiasts were joined by film director, Sir Peter Jackson, who had been drawn to their activities and quickly became a part of the NZAMT. His genuine delight and enthusiasm for the creation of an aviation museum was infectious and added to the determination of the group to see it through to completion.

In December 2006 the opening exhibition, Knights of the Sky, was groundbreaking, not just in terms of the historical importance, rarity and scale of the collection but in the innovative way it was presented. The generosity of Sir Peter Jackson, the owner of the collection, was integral in bringing the exhibition to life in a series of dioramas utilising the formidable creative talents of WingNut Films and enhanced by mannequins

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Ten years have passed with visits by film, media and military royalty through to actual royals, Prince William and Princess Kate, and the museum continues to receive accolades from around the world. Behind the scenes, work carried on towards the next stage of the centre’s development. So, it was on the 1st of November 2016, the highly-anticipated unveiling of Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre’s second exhibition ‘Dangerous Skies’ took place. Utilising the talents of both homegrown and internationally-based experts the resulting displays have evolved yet again.

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Featuring stories from World War II, these are tales of daring, valour and tragedy stretching from the British Isles to the forests of Germany, an embattled but courageous Russia and the steaming hot jungles of South East Asia. Half of the aircraft are fully operational including a Griffon powered Mk.XIVe Spitfire and the world’s only flyable Mk1 Avro Anson, a twinengine bomber. The war on the Eastern Front is a significant focus of this exhibition and the Battle of Stalingrad installation is an experience that has been garnering much praise for its entertaining yet highly thought-provoking portrayal of one of the most significant battles of World War II. Not just for aviation enthusiasts, there is something for everyone at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre.

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Nelson College will throw open the doors of Barnicoat House this month for invited guests to take a look at the newly renovated student boarding home.

Current Head of House Neil MacMillan and Gina Fletcher chart its history through the eyes of students.

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Boarders never bored P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y A N A G A L L O WAY

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fter a $2.4 million renovation, Barnicoat House is a refreshed canvas that hundreds of boys, over the coming decades, will paint with friendships and stories shared in the late hours of a Friday night. The house is also a fresh start for the cultures and traditions of boarding at Nelson College.

“We are fortunate to be the first boys to call this new house home and be the ones to set the tone of what Barnicoat House stands for,” says deputy principal Jim Dickin. “It also allows for the age-old culture of ‘brothership’ that always thrives in a boys’ boarding house.” And not to be discounted are creature comforts such the ability to change the temperature of individual showers for the first time.

Goodbye to the trusty butter-knife used to lever the master gauge.

A focal point in the new boarding house is the kitchen and meeting room.

Students from all over – China, Thailand, Japan, Germany, Tonga and New Zealand’s own West Coast, for instance – get together to enjoy a bowl of noodles or honey on toast. In the meeting room, on sofas haloed with warm lights, you will find boys sharing stories of their past, their homes and plans for the future. The true essence of boarding lies in forging such friendships that will last a lifetime.

COLD SHOWERS AT 7AM David Robertson arrived at Nelson College in 1957. From then until leaving school in 1961, Barnicoat House was his home-away-

from-home. “The day started with the bell ringing at 7am to get us out of bed, then a cold shower – you didn’t get a hot shower until later that evening.

“There wasn’t much privacy with 10 of us in a dorm and just a bedside locker to keep our clothes and personal effects in,” he says. “The showers had divisions but no front doors or shower curtains.

“Our school uniform was worn in the weekend also – no ‘civvy’ clothes. Back then the uniform comprised thick grey

“If you were unlucky enough to be caned some boys recorded this with a notch on their leather belts.”

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wool flannel shirts, grey shorts, wool socks and in the summer, Roman sandals.

“We had to wear our college cap. If caught without a cap out of the college you got a fatigue – ‘job for a week’. For more formal occasions we had grey wool flannel suits – long trousers and jacket and white shirt and college tie. Straw-boaters were worn when attending church.

“We had a full-time, live-in housemaster, matron and house tutor.

Barnicoat also had a caretaker and assistant housemaster. Lights out was at 9pm sharp and if you were caught talking you usually received the cane from the housemaster.

“A weekly task was writing home.

Once this was done you placed your envelope in the post box in the common room for delivery, then your name was ticked off. If you hadn’t you were called in to the prefects to explain why not.

“If you were unlucky enough to be caned some boys recorded this with a notch on their leather belts. Some boys, obviously, got more notches than others.

“We went to church every Sunday, and on days that the college service was held in the cathedral, we had to go again at night to our own church.

“Once a term, in-house, students had a ‘medical’. Chest, biceps, height and weight were measured and this was put on a report and sent to our parents to show we were in good health. One rule we respected was we were not allowed around the front of Barnicoat House as this was for the housemaster only.

“As a senior at Barnicoat I enjoyed certain privileges. For example, I asked the headmaster [Basil Wakelin] if I was able to use my motorcycle at school. His response: ‘What a good idea – you can run the messages’. Most of the boarders used to travel to the venues where quadrangular tournaments were played [Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch] to support the 1st XV. In those days, they were usually held in the first week of the holidays.

“The article below appeared in the Nelson Evening Mail in 1961, after a group of Barnicoat boarders, including myself, missed our bus from downtown Nelson.”

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Former students recall the days of waking – or being woken – at 6am and brushing the frost off the bedding.

COSTLY LATENESS Six schoolboys who were to have travelled to Christchurch on Newman’s bus arrived at the depot after their bus had departed yesterday morning. Not to be outdone, they followed the bus by taxi, catching up with it just before it reached Havelock.

“During my boarding years at Barnicoat House the friends I made became lifelong friends and today we still enjoy sharing memories from those funfilled times.”

EARTHQUAKE FORCED A REBUILD Nelson College had to be rebuilt after the 1929 Murchison earthquake. Priorities were assigned, and as it turned out, accommodation for boarders took first rank.

The old practice of having dormitories alongside classrooms was abandoned.

Three new detached boarding houses were planned, two to be built as soon as possible. Nelson MP Harry Atmore was Minister of Education at the time.

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Governors. The help he gave to Nelson College was invaluable.

He had already assisted in buying properties on the east side of Ngatitama St and having part of the street closed, so that the college would have grounds virtually self-contained. Land was also acquired between Ngatitama and what was then Flaxmoor, which became the site of the new boarding house.

After a visit to England in 1927, Headmaster Charles Broad (1922-1933) introduced the house system, with boarders divided into School House and College House. It was soon decided to rename the boarding houses after distinguished people closely associated with the college. Rutherford was first choice, then Barnicoat and Fell.

John Wallis Barnicoat was a foundation governor of Nelson College and a member of the Council of Governors for nearly 50 years. The house that bears his name was built at the same time as Rutherford (1931).

“At the beginning of the third term, 1931, we entered our new quarters in the

‘house on the hill’,” one old-boy recalled.

“The old ‘Tin Wing’ and the ‘Rattery’ at College House no longer reverberate to the tramp of boys on their way to the showers ...”

Herbert Victor Searle was the first housemaster of Barnicoat. After 12 years on the staff, he also served as headmaster from 1933-1956. During his tenure the new main building opened, a new gymnasium was built, swimming pool provided, and fives and tennis courts laid down.

Barnicoat and Rutherford were stateof-the-art establishments when first built, and designed to be earthquake-proof, said Harry Atmore. They also featured balconies so boys would sleep in the fresh air.

Old-boys will confirm that for many years these houses had no windows but rather, a set of canvas blinds. Former students recall the days of waking – or being woken – at 6am and brushing the frost off the bedding before leaping towards the Indian clubs and morning exercises. Boarders are ‘too soft’ nowadays, the old guard complain.

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INTEGRAL TO COLLEGE LIFE Despite the comparatively lower numbers of boys (142) now boarding at Nelson College, they have a huge effect on a school of 1100 students. “The strength of boarding is shown by the many boys taking up leadership positions in the school and the outstanding academic results gained by many boys in boarding,” says Jim Dickin.

“The very essence of boarding is to be involved, and that is actively encouraged within each boarding house. Each junior boy is strongly encouraged to commit to a co-curricular activity of some sort, ranging from orchestra to sport.

“Within the boarding houses, boys are given the opportunity to attend many of the activities that Nelson has to offer. In recent weeks boarders have taken a trip to Kaiteriteri, some have completed a PADI 46

dive course, joined the beach clean-up and won waka ama trophies.”

Jim says that, academically, boarders have excelled recently. “The added routine of having supervised homework time has given many students the structure to springboard and fully enjoy their potential.

This, coupled with the wide range of academic courses and an excellent 2016 ERO report, is something we are very proud of as a school.

“As such, boarding is integral to Nelson College and the refurbishment of Barnicoat House shows our long-term commitment to all that boarding can offer.

The experience of boarding is one that many of our old-boys fondly remember.

Barnicoat House has changed, but the experience will continue to go from strength to strength.”

ABOVE (clockwise): Staff and their cars (date unknown); boarders at Barnicoat House in 1961; bulldozing the top field in 1938 BELOW: David Robertson in 1961 on his 250cc Honda, outside Barnicoat House

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hen leading Nelson restaurateur Kevin Hopgood and his wife Jane renovated their 1925 villa on the fringes of the city centre, there was never any question they would have a spectacular chef’s kitchen.

“The idea was to have a kitchen we could use as a family kitchen, but at some stage do cookery demonstrations as well,” says Kevin. “Jane did most of the planning – she had all the ideas.”

Kevin regularly does recipe testing at home so bench space and layout were key items for him, with much thought given to size and materials. The working benches are stainless steel for practical reasons, while the wrap-around breakfast bar/island is oak, which softens the overall look.

Kevin opted for induction hobs, saying they are favoured by European chefs these days.

“We use gas in the restaurant but have induction as well.”

Sitting snugly behind the main kitchen is a second ‘butler’s’ kitchen, which contains a full range of appliances and a sink. This means that two chefs can easily work at the same time, or one area can be used for food preparation.

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makes us feel very proud and privileged,” he says.

“We pride ourselves on our craftsmanship and feel we’re at the pinnacle of our game. The kitchen is a real chef’s kitchen but usable and friendly at the same time. We’re stoked with the result and Kevin’s stoked.”

George says he and his team worked closely with the Hopgoods to come up with a top-spec kitchen.

“Jane had really good ideas and we helped turn her vision into something that worked. That’s how we like to work with our clients.”

The resulting kitchens link beautifully into the dining and living areas, with a cleverly hidden pantry that links the kitchens.

It has foldaway doors and pull-out shelves.

Open shelves are accentuated by LED lights. Jane embraced the Danish concept of ‘hygge’ or cosiness evoked by ambient/ candle lighting.

“It’s a great concept; we can have friends here, low light the kitchen from the toe-kick LEDs and decorate the island and table with candles,” she says.

“The right level of lighting is crucial. You over-light and it kills it. Lighting can really set a room so we spent a lot of time and worked it out really well. Glenn Roberts Electrical were great.”

Jane says her Louis Poulsen pendant kitchen lights from Denmark were a ‘splurge’, but says they add detail and texture to what is essentially a pared-back kitchen.

The kitchen/living and dining are open and large windows and doors make the whole area light and breezy, especially as the bifold doors open onto the pool and deck area.

Not surprisingly, the kitchen is the focal point of the home.

Polished reclaimed-rimu floors are a feature in the main areas and Jane has used a light and subtle paint scheme throughout that highlights art and furnishings.

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Another eye-catching element in the main living areas is the glass balustrade on the stairs and landing, which provides a striking yet clear barrier between levels.

Kevin Lowe, from Viridian Glass who installed the fixture, says such ‘stand-off’ balustrades, which sit out from the wall with the glass panels being held by stainless steel clips, are becoming popular.

“They give you the appearance of space yet are a visual barrier so they are very effective and fashionable.”

Viridian also did the coloured glass splashback behind the oven and the double-glazing in the windows and doors.

The Hopgoods opened the popular Trafalgar St restaurant that carries their name in 2005, and have been an important part of the local dining scene ever since. The aim was to provide Nelson with a top-class bistro emphasising seasonal and local produce.

The restaurant and Kevin, who trained and worked in England, have both won many awards.

They bought their villa, which sits on an elevated section behind Nelson College, in 2011 and set about a careful renovation, led by Gibbons Construction.

First up was extensive clearing of the site.

“There were lots of trees which made the house very dark and damp, so we took some out and it opened up the section and made a massive difference,” says Kevin.

Landscaping work involved retaining trees of value, particularly natives, and providing clear definition with some striking multi-level hedges and topiary in pots.

The pool area is modern, with solid white fences providing a great backdrop for plantings.

Previous owners of the villa added a top storey in the 1980s, making for what Kevin describes as ‘quite a big house’ with a separate living area for their boys.

Jane and Kevin were on-site liaising with the builders most days, and described the building process as painless.

“We developed ideas over a number of years and are delighted with the final result,” says Kevin.

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Loving what I do

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aw offices situated in the Grand Mercure Nelson at Monaco may not seem the obvious location, but for Linda Bamford, Registered Legal Executive, it is the perfect setting for a client-focussed business.

“We are committed to service and to helping clients achieve successful outcomes,” she says.

Linda specialises in property and business transactions which are directly affected by other matters such as tax, relationship property issues, mortgages, wills or trusts, estate administration, loan agreements, subdivisions and possibly entry into a retirement village. This is in addition to the usual conveyancing work – with all its exacting requirements concerning the satisfaction of conditions.

Linda also enjoys commercial transactions which may involve the sale and purchase of a business or leases of premises.

Linda is assisted by Angeline Cousins, Legal Executive and Jill Philipson, Legal Assistant. “We care about our clients, and like to support them through times of stress and uncertainty.”

Life experience is a key factor when it comes to working with people, and Linda believes her 23 years living and working in Europe, learning languages (German,

Norwegian and Danish) helps her understand others better, and has made her think more carefully of how others may see a problem or how they feel having lost a loved one.

“My parents were botanists and travelled the world extensively planthunting,” she says, and this earthiness is reflected in the décor of the spacious office adorned with plants, flowers, art and a rustic table that has witnessed many a signature. “They taught me to do what you love,” Linda says, and that advice has guided her over the years. “I love helping people.”

When Linda first started working for Bamford Law – a business that was started in 2004 by her husband Tony Bamford – she worked in a shoebox-sized office in Stoke (since demolished to make way for Countdown) and a client base had to be built from scratch by hard work and dedication. “You can’t buy a reputation and client loyalty, you have to earn it,” Linda says.

“People don’t just walk into a law office. They search online or ring around to get an idea of the services available and are careful about costs. Monaco is perfect for us as we have ample free parking available, it is convenient to clients based

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in Stoke and is in between Richmond and Nelson. Many of our clients are now based all around the country, or overseas, as the firm has grown.

“The property market is fast at the moment, so due diligence is often done in advance of the presentation of an unconditional offer or one that has short term conditions, in the hope that the offer will be attractive to the vendor. This is the kind of pressure that buyers are currently dealing with and it is very stressful for them.

“Property law in general has changed dramatically over the past 15 years with bank cheques and waiting for document registration following settlement a thing of the past. Now registration is usually immediate with titles available for clients on settlement.

“I enjoy the challenge and excitement of my work. I enjoy people and making things happen!”

Contact bamfordlaw.co.nz Phone: 03 547 6050

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Chicken & Iceberg lettuce Caesar salad B Y N I C O L A G A L L O WAY

Bold and flavoursome Caesar salad can make a meal in itself. In this recipe, I sway from tradition instead using shredded roast chicken rather than bacon, and crispy iceberg lettuce heart in place of romaine lettuce. The sweet crispness of the iceberg lettuce marries wonderfully with the robust Caesar dressing.

The dressing is best made by hand, using a small shallow bowl and a fork to smash and combine the ingredients until thick and emulsified. I guarantee you will come back to this salad again and again!

Serves 4 Ingredients: Iceberg lettuce, outer green leaves removed 4 medium-boiled eggs Approx. 2 cups roasted chicken, shredded Telegraph cucumber, peeled and sliced Approx. 1 cup sourdough croutons (see note) Shaved parmesan for serving Extra anchovies, optional Dressing 1 large garlic clove 2 anchovies 1 egg yolk 2 tablespoons lemon juice Splash of Worchester sauce Handful finely grated parmesan cheese Cracked pepper Approx. 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil Directions Roughly tear the iceberg lettuce heart and wash, shaking well to remove excess water. Place in a large salad bowl.

Peel the boiled eggs and cut into quarters. Scatter over the lettuce along with the shredded chicken and cucumber slices. Make the dressing. Place the garlic and a pinch of salt into a small shallow bowl and use the tines of a fork to crush and soften against the bottom of the bowl. Add the anchovies and keep mashing into a paste. Add the egg yolk, lemon juice, Worchester sauce, grated cheese and cracked pepper, and combine. Slowly pour in the olive oil while whisking constantly to create a thick emulsified sauce. Check the flavour, adding extra lemon juice or pepper to taste. Scatter the salad with croutons and shaved parmesan, and drape with anchovies if desired. Serve immediately with the dressing on the side.

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NOTES To make croutons, slice day-old sourdough bread into 1cm cubes. Heat 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon olive oil in a frying pan over a moderate heat. Once hot toss the croutons until golden, tip into a bowl to cool.

DINE OUT

So good you have to lie

BY MAXWELL FLINT

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afu Bistro is the second restaurant to inhabit 80 Hardy St, formerly the site of Paula’s Plate. My doctor put me on to this place.

During my infrequent visits we spend most of the time talking about restaurants and food, interspersed with brief discussions about various rashes and odd swellings.

Thankfully this is a reasonably traditional-looking restaurant. It even has noren – the little door-curtains you pass through when you enter. Wafu Bistro is really a sashimi and sushi restaurant with the usual variations – although that makes the place sound rather ordinary, and this bistro is definitely not that.

Yuki Takeoda is the creator and maestro of this jewel of a restaurant. Yuki is a chef who has truly mastered his art.

To watch him work is to look at a man who can make the difficult look easy. I can understand why the Japanese chef’s apprenticeship is so long. I also appreciate the urban legend that ‘it takes five years before the apprentice can look at a knife’.

Since he opened the doors of Wafu Bistro the only advertising has been word-ofmouth, and yet I still needed to book. Such is its popularity.

Mrs F and I sat at the sushi bar and watched Yuki do his magic. There is a small, just passable, wine list but really you shouldn’t be thinking about drinking wine. Saké or beer are the go here. Mrs F had the house saké and I went for the premium saké.

Intriguingly, they pour the premium saké the traditional way. The glass sits in

a small square box and saké is poured into the glass until it overflows into the box. The house saké was good, but the premium was fantastic. You can elect to drink it chilled or warm. I chose chilled.

We started the meal with fried calamari, sesame seaweed and fried, whole retropina. Retropina are little fish, slightly larger than whitebait, caught on the Harihari River. These three dishes were without fault. I particularly liked the little fish – like a mild sardine. Why don’t we see this wee fish more often?

Next we opted for the mixed sushi and sashimi platter for two ($45).

Yuki served the sashimi first, as it is traditionally. There were 12 pieces of fish plus a small bowl of marinated fish.

The platter included salmon, tuna, alfonsino and snapper sashimi, all beautifully fresh and delicious. The tuna was outstanding. Next came sushi – again, little masterpieces of tuna, squid and seared salmon. This was the same incredible standard as the first course.

This meal was so good I wanted to order more, even though I was full.

Luckily Mrs F restrained my gluttony. The people next to us ordered the ‘dragon roll’, which is one of the most popular dishes and looked incredible.

I am reluctant to give this restaurant a good review because it might add to its already substantial popularity and then I won’t be able to get a seat. So, here’s my selfish review: This is the most vile and disgusting restaurant I have ever been to and I recommend you avoid it like the plague. Just kidding! It's fantastic!

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Middle-Earth on the rise

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have to admit I initially thought the name Middle-Earth Vineyards was a little gimmicky – a marketing idea rather than a serious vineyard. However, co-owner Ryan O’Connell says the name helps to identify Middle-Earth immediately with New Zealand, and considering they have largely an export market, that is no bad thing.

Middle-Earth Vineyards are located in Brightwater, where Nelson’s successful wine and food festival is held. The good news for the vineyard is that Trudy Shields, their winemaker, is now devoting herself full-time to Middle-Earth. She has always made their wine, even when she was the winemaker at Waimea Estate. Trudy is a very good winemaker and helped to put Waimea on the map. I am in no doubt she will do the same for Middle-Earth. It will be very interesting to see the effects of her move for both vineyards.

The wine that attracted me to Middle-Earth was their rosé.

It’s made with 100 percent pinot meunier grapes. Although uncommon in New Zealand, this variety is used in French champagne to add body and richness to the bubbly. In purposely using the variety solely to make rosé, Trudy has succeeded in producing a medium-bodied, fruit-driven wine that is balanced and displaying good acidity. I rate it as the top rosé in Nelson.

Trudy loves making rosé and some of her early examples at Waimea were outstanding.

The 50 hectares at Middle-Earth produce five main varieties: sauvignon blanc, pinot gris, chardonnay, pinot meunier and pinot noir. Middle-Earth also produces an albarino from grapes sourced from another vineyard.

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Some people regard sauvignon blanc as an aromatic variety; others don’t. One taste of Middle-Earth’s sauvignon blanc and the debate is over. Trudy has managed to bring out the fruit and aromatic qualities of sauvignon blanc and yet retain that ‘savvy’ crispness. This is a typical Nelson tropical fruit sauvignon but softer and more elegant than most.

Trudy’s brilliance is with the aromatic varieties and there are no better examples than the albarino and pinot gris.

The albarino is a perfect wine with fish or shellfish. It is clean and acidic but backed up with subtle ripe fruit, making it a fantastic wine to have on a hot summer’s day – crisp and refreshing.

The pinot gris has a wonderful depth of flavour, with body and character that elevate it far above the more prevalent ‘lolly-water’ offerings. The pressings are put back into the wine to give it more fullness and texture. It’s a great wine.

The chardonnay is 50 percent oak and 50 percent tank, with 25 percent malolactic fermentation. Despite only 25 percent malo, this is a softer chardonnay and is made in a style that is very appealing to the American market.

The surprise for me was the pinot noir. The 10/5 pinot clone is grown at Middle-Earth – most other vineyards have replaced it with the dijon clone. The 10/5 produces fruit with fantastic colour and savoury, plum qualities. It has an almost perfumed aroma that I understand comes from the Hungarian oak barrels; a really interesting Nelson pinot, well worth trying. There are exciting times ahead for this winery.

Put it on your radar.

BEER

Craft beer drives hop boom

BY MARK PREECE

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world’s appetite for craft brewing is driving a business boom for New Zealand’s one-stop hop shop. New Zealand Hops Ltd CEO Doug Donelan says the domestic market in particular has seen considerable growth in recent years, driven by a resurgence in craft beer.

“This has seen the domestic requirement grow from 10 percent to almost 25 percent,” he says. The other 75 percent heads to more than 30 countries around the world. “Our hops find their way into most markets internationally.”

NZ Hops is a Nelson-based grower co-operative that has spent more than 60 years promoting research, resulting in a selection of 24 hops that include 16 unique New Zealand-developed triploid cultivars, as well as ‘new-world’ and traditional northern varieties.

The local breeds are hot property on the hop market, with the Nelson Sauvin (billed as ‘an aroma/dual-purpose flavour hop with distinctive new-world white wine characters’) and Motueka (‘an aroma hop with a distinctive fresh crushed citrus ‘Mojito’ lime character’) together producing more than 300,000kg of the company’s 795,000kg yield last year.

Doug says international demand is still outstripping supply in certain varieties, and the co-op is ‘fortunate’ to have a number of high-demand varieties.

But he says a ‘suite’ of cultivars is required to maximise picking windows and protect against shifts in taste, which might see a popular hop plummet into oversupply. “It’s a balancing act, but fortunately we are only a very small portion of the international crop.” That keeps the co-op out of ‘the hurly-burly’, he says, “but we’re certainly not immune.”

Here’s a selection of hops and what to expect from them when brewing:

“The local breeds are hot property on the hop market, with the Nelson Sauvin and Motueka together producing more than 300,000kg of the company’s 795,000kg yield last year.”

Nelson Sauvin, 12-13% alpha acids.

They say: “This hop is very much at home in new-world styles such as American pale ale and IPAs. It is considered by some as being a bit extreme and it certainly makes its presence felt in speciality craft and seasonal beers, while having gained a considerable international reputation in recent times.”

Motueka, 6-8% alpha acids.

“Brings a new-world edge to traditional pilsner styles and is found internationally in a wide range of styles, from lighter lagers to big ales. The weight of oil to alpha integrates it fully with higher-gravity types to balance both malt sweetness and body. This hop is extremely versatile in the brewery.”

Riwaka, 4-7% alpha acids. “If you want to say ‘New Zealand hops’ in your beer then this variety says it all. The pure weight of the oil character experienced during selection carries right through to the glass. A punchy addition to the newworld styles of pale ale and New Zealand pilsners. A bold, fruity hop variety suitable for big styles such as IPAs and imperial pilsners.”

Wai-iti, 2-4% alpha acids. “This hop is used in both lagers and ales where its character builds to develop an excellent finishing bitterness and drinkability.

Fresh peaches and stone fruit dominate the aroma in single-hopped beers and also when combining as a late addition with other varieties. Creates a fruity, aromadriven, new-world beer style.”

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is 2am in Tromso and we’re wandering the frozen streets of this coastal Norwegian city. Birds are chirping in the trees and the light has a faint dawn-like quality.

Sleep doesn’t come easy in the land of the midnight sun. Our ferry-trip stop gives us a chance to explore this enchanting city, which is not as deserted as you might imagine at this hour.

Tromso is one of the most northern cities in the world, and home to 70,000 people, with the main industries being fishing and tourism. It’s on the route of the aptly named Hurtigruten ferry Midnatsol (Midnight Sun), which we joined in Kirkenes, a town of just 1600 inhabitants in the very northeast of Norway, near the Russian border.

The seven-day trip – I hesitate to call it a cruise as the Hurtigruten fleet are working ferries – takes in the spectacular Lofoten Islands, majestic fjords, beautiful glaciers, snow-covered mountains, sleepy fishing towns, bustling ports and busy cities before delivering us to Bergen in the south.

The Hurtigruten fleet started out as commercial ferries, carrying locals, cars and freight – especially fish – between ports.

Word spread of the astounding beauty of the area and soon the ferries were attracting tourists.

The trip is now immensely popular – Lonely Planet names it the ‘Best boat journey in the world’ – and the fleet has expanded to 14 ships. Midnatsol, at 135m, has capacity for 500 passengers but fewer were aboard for our trip. The ferries run round-theclock and leave Kirkenes and Bergen daily, providing an essential link for remote villages – and fantastic sightseeing.

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fur-lined boots, hats, scarves and gloves. We often found ourselves trudging through snow or skidding on ice.

We got off the ferry as often as possible – at Hunningsvag, Alesund, Trondheim, Hammerfest and dozens of other fishing villages. Being a working ferry means time in port is limited – sometimes half an hour.

Longer expeditions are available for those wanting to linger and join the ship later.

The Lofoten Islands were the most stunning, with snowcapped peaks rising out of the seabed. As we approached the Trollfjord between the islands and Vesteralan Archipelago, the captain announced that if conditions were agreeable we could enter this incredibly narrow fjord.

Hundreds of stunned passengers stood on deck ogling sheer cliffs either side.

A ferry, as opposed to a cruise ship, visits smaller ports. We loved wandering the backstreets, having coffee or something stronger at cafés and bars. Watching the ferry being loaded was also fascinating. Fellow passengers told us they’d seen a herd of reindeer being loaded into the hold.

Our trip was over way too soon. We disembarked at the gorgeous seaside city of Bergen. A six-hour train ride to Oslo past more fjords and over snow-clad countryside proved Norway is full of surprises.

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“... the conditions have been wonderful for advanced sailors who love to blast away in the strong winds.”

Windsurfing makes a comeback

BY PHIL BARNES

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indsurfing is enjoying a resurgence in the Nelson region. Much of this is due to windsurfing and sailing instructor Tim Fraser-Harris moving to Nelson and setting up Nelson Watersports, based at the yacht club.

The English-born instructor has taught sailing and windsurfing in England, Spain, Greece and Mauritius before coming to New Zealand with partner Suze, who is also a top windsurfer and was part of the Welsh national youth squad in the 420 class.

The couple travelled New Zealand looking for a suitable place to settle.

Tim says once he saw the yacht club and the way the water was protected

by Haulashore Island and the Boulder Bank, he thought it was an ideal place to teach sailors.

Nelson Watersports is now contracted by the club to provide staff and management of its sailing operations. It also provides coaching for the Nelson Bays Youth Teams Racing Association, which provides lightweight 420 yachts for school teams to race at competitions.

Tim says he has a core of instructors, 70

either part-time or on-call depending on demand.

This summer term more than 30 school-aged children took part in weekly windsurfing courses run from the club, ranging from beginners to advanced level.

A further 40 children took part in courses ranging from three days to one week during the summer holidays. Several adults are also taking courses or receive instruction and coaching.

Tim says a good percentage of these people continue with the sport once they’ve completed their courses.

They either come back to the club to hire equipment, or buy their own gear and sail either from the yacht club, where they are familiar with conditions and where rescue launches are available, or from other locations around the area.

The club also organises social sailing sessions on Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons where people can come down and either sail with their own gear or hire gear, and then have a drink and barbecue afterwards.

The season has been exceptionally windy and this affected numbers taking part, Tim says, “but the conditions have

been wonderful for advanced sailors who love to blast away in the strong winds”.

Some young recruits are already excellent windsurfers, he says.

Brothers Max and Burty Meffan have produced impressive results at national level. Max won his section of the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland event in summer and hopes to qualify for the New Zealand team to compete in the World Youth Championships in Italy in July.

Tim wants to establish a core group of windsurfers in Nelson who are keen to race. He plans to entice a top coach, such as former Olympic gold-medallist Bruce Kendall, to come to Nelson for a coaching clinic.

Prior to this renewed interest in windsurfing, the sport had been in steady decline in Nelson and Marlborough, losing ground to kitesurfing and standup paddling. Windsurfing remains popular overseas.

When WildTomato visited the yacht club on a Monday afternoon in late summer, more than 50 children were receiving coaching in windsurfing or sailing, with Optimist, Lasers, Topaz dinghies and windsurfers all on the water.

B OAT I N G

Simpler times at the boatyard

BY STEVE THOMAS

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craping layers of old antifouling paint from the bottom of a boat – no thanks. It’s a horrible job. I often wonder how anyone could do it for a living. I admire immensely those who do.

Aside from being a lawyer, it must be the worst job going. It’s just that lawyers are paid more.

Part of this joyous process means having your boat slipped ‘on the hard’.

As a kid I remember Dad lifting our old launch Katipo out on a cradle at Dick Stringer’s yard on Vickerman St. Both of us would spend a couple of weekends sanding, scratching and painting.

If the boat was out of the water for too long, the planks would open up and when re-launched she would leak for months until the timbers swelled again.

When I got older it was my job to sleep aboard and pump the water out every few hours. This was around the time Split Enz hit the charts with Six Months in a Leaky Boat. Unforgettable now.

A lot has changed at the marina since. It’s a whole lot bigger for a start – 500 boats, not 50. Docks with power, water, onshore toilets, showers and laundries. Fantastic stuff. Then came all the service-providers: electricians, riggers, engineers, sailmakers, boatbuilders. Next a waka ama club, a cruising club, Sea Scouts, Sea Cadets, rowing club and a youth yacht racing club, among others. Not forgetting a trailer-boat launching ramp.

You get the picture. It’s buzzing, vibrant and colourful. Neat. But it’s bursting at the seams. Rapid growth means increasing pressure. Into a tight space we have packed in yet more user

groups. We now have a situation where, as the Beastie Boys proclaimed in the 1980s, ’You gotta fight for the right to party’.

Into this mix let’s add a management model highly focused on revenue generation, with customer service seemingly well down the list of priorities.

Council-owned contractors Nelmac are now in charge of managing marina assets. The important hardstand yard and straddle-lift were purchased by the Council last September. So, how’s that all going?

I see red. The rather essential piece of machinery that lifts boats out of the water, the straddle-lift, has been out of action for extended periods – seven weeks out of 24 (give or take) due to maintenance

and staffing issues. Safe to say that these delays cause financial hardship for boatowners and service-providers alike. It’s a vital piece of marina infrastructure.

On top of that, promises to upgrade the yard’s woeful electrical supply, described as a health-and-safety hazard, have yet to be honoured. It seems ‘restructuring’ fees and implementing a health-and-safety regime were the priorities. No undue delays there. All in all, it’s not going well.

So, until someone invents paint that can dry underwater, best I take a chill pill – or maybe I‘ll dust off the old Split Enz CD collection and reminisce.

Another favourite, History Never Repeats.

Sometimes I wish it could.

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MOTORING

The

self-driving car is closer than you think – and we are being prepared for it. Electronic sensor equipment that makes it possible for cars to ‘see’ and react to traffic is already in top-range vehicles. The technology is progressively filtering down to cars within reach of the hoi polloi.

Mercedes Benz’s new compact SUV, the GLC250, is such a vehicle. At a starting price of about $90k, it might sound pricey, but for a taste of businessclass luxury plus a swag of the smart techno stuff found in its $200k+ S-class sibling, it starts to look good value.

The GLC is broadly based on the C-class sedan/wagon and the comparison is apt for those looking at a new Merc because both vehicles are similarly priced. Inside, the GLC is equally upmarket, with the swanky but tasteful surrounds you’d expect in a Benz – aero-style air vents, lovely leather and smart chrome, soft-touch materials and switches that operate with a satisfying feel. Of course, the GLC is a different beast from the C-class, offering permanent four-wheel-drive, a higher view, more boot room and the SUV look that one in three Kiwi new-vehicle buyers prefer.

A well-optioned GLC250 packs equipment aplenty for that taste of the self-drive world to come. There are functions to correct the steering if you wander out of your lane; radar to keep you at a safe distance from cars ahead – braking and accelerating to suit; a 72

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system that can partially brake the car if it senses a rear-end collision; a ‘Pre-Safe’ mode that can tension seatbelts or close or open side windows if an accident seems imminent; and full emergency braking if a pedestrian is sensed ahead.

Plus, of course, you have cross-traffic warnings and parking obstacle alerts.

The GLC, though, is more than an SUV with high-tech. From the front it is unmistakably Benz with its large threepointed star dominating the grille. In profile, it’s not easily distinguishable in a passing parade of compact SUVs. Inside you are cosseted in true M-B style in a car that rides well and quietly – although the optional Air Body Control air suspension could be worth the investment. However, you do have a choice of driving modes, from comfort to sport-plus.

The GLC handles reassuringly, with quick speed-sensitive power steering, plenty of urge from the 2-litre turbocharged engine and a wonderfully smooth 9G-tronic automatic transmission (with paddles for sportier shifting) that puts you in the right gear at the right moment. The 4MATIC

permanent all-wheel-drive inspires confidence on slippery surfaces.

An electric tailgate opens to a boot with 60 litres’ more space than a C wagon – drop the back seats and you have 1600 litres of room. With space, luxury and so much safety equipment, compact SUVs don’t come any more desirable.

Tech spec Model:

Mercedes Benz GLC250 4MATIC Price: $95,290; also, GLC 220d ($90,290), GLC250d ($97,290) Power: 1991cc, 155kw @ 5,500rpm, 350Nm @ 1200-4000rpm; 125kw/400Nm (GLC220d); 150kw/500NM (GLC250d); AMG GLC43 4MATIC (V6) 270kw/520Nm Fuel economy: 7.2 l/100km; 5.6 l/100 (220d), 5.7 l/100 (250d), 8.8 l/100 (AMG GLC43) Vehicle courtesy of Houston Prestige

BUSINESS PROFILE

Allan Innes-Walker, Sara Clarkson and Megan Hodgson

BIG on brand

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otHouse is a collective of creative professionals who are passionately curious about technology, innovation and contemporary culture.

Leading-edge thinking lies behind this progressive little company, a literal hothouse of strategic activity that delivers meaningful brand design and marketing solutions across web and print.

Based in Nelson, but with a substantial presence in Wellington, the company has become one of the region’s major players, with a long list of clients that underpin vital industry and economic activity in the Top of the South.

Director Allan Innes-Walker, the creative driving force behind HotHouse, is rapt to have built positive relationships with his clients and establish brand identities for them that deliver real results. “Getting into a space where a client relies upon our capabilities - where we become a go-to partner in promoting their growth - is key,” says Innes-Walker.

An exciting example of this trusted partnership is HotHouse’s work with Port Nelson and its newly established

business unit, QuayConnect, a sea change in distribution networking. HotHouse helped to launch a seamless brand for this new venture, which is poised to have a dramatically positive effect on our local economy.

“We want to build real partnerships where we’re as invested in a brand as the business owners.”

QuayConnect was established as a smarter way of distributing goods with a business model that optimises import and export loads and reduces the number of trucks on the road without reducing actual freight movement - an efficiency that also minimises carbon footprints.

The past year has seen a focus mainly on the wine industry, with 80 percent of the South Island’s wine exports now managed by QuayConnect.

Innes-Walker, who has counted Port Nelson among his valued clients for

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five years, says he feels privileged to be involved. “New, innovative businesses like QuayConnect have an incredible story to tell – and we get to help shape that story for maximum market impact.”

Backed by a dedicated team of creatives with individual specialisations, the willingness and drive to develop a deeper understanding of companies, brands and their customers might just be the formula to HotHouse’s success.

“We want to build real partnerships where we’re as invested in a brand as the business owners,” he says. “Running a business today can be challenging – it’s about being able to adapt quickly to change and find progressive ways to solve problems – and it’s our job to be right by their side whenever they need us.”

Contact hothouse.co.nz Phone: 03­545 7995

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Jewellery with a narrative sparkle

BY JOHN COHEN-DU FOUR

W

hen we come across a piece of jewellery that sings to us, calls us to own it, we simply hand over the dosh and take it away. But what if the piece can only be obtained if we are willing to give the maker in exchange, not money, but one of our own personal possessions?

And what if the creation we desire is actually a reworked item sourced by the jeweller in a similar transaction? What does this say about ownership, market value, letting possessions go, and the nature of the relationship between artist and public?

This is the intriguing discussion local contemporary jeweller Katie Pascoe has invited audiences to consider in her cyclical jewellery exhibition series, Possession.

Last year Katie staged three separate Possession exhibitions, with the final one, featuring nine wearable pieces, being part of NMIT’s end-of-year graduate exhibition. Her provocative concept and creations earned her the Jens Hansen Excellence Award for top creative arts student.

“It’s about exploring an idea with lots of uncertainty embedded in it,” she explains. “It means my artistic output is challenged and constrained by considerations like, ‘What am I going to be given?’ and ‘What will I actually be able to do with the material it is made out of?’”

“ ... this approach allows shared objects to be revalued, released and repackaged for body adornment.”

Katie is by nature a collector of objects – she accumulates.

“So I looked at my own obsession with holding onto things, and the concept of surrender, like, ‘When has an object done its thing?

When can it be passed on?’.

“There are often narratives attached to what we possess.

These fascinate me. For instance, in an earlier exhibition one of my pieces was a lovely beaded collar. It was taken by someone who exchanged it for a small rubber duck – a bath toy. My heart sank. And yet that duck was given to its owner by her twin sister, and it had travelled the world with her. It held a personal value beyond money.

“I asked myself, ‘What can I do with a rubber duck? Oh, I know – I’ll cut it up.’ But I realised I couldn’t do that. Eventually, I added to it; turned it into a quirky Polynesian lei. And in a way the narrative continued, because now it was a wearable garland that references travel and homecoming.

“There is this constant push-and-pull process, between audience, materials and the exhibitions,” says Katie. “As an installation jewellery series, an exchange project, and a 74

production studio practice, this approach allows shared objects to be revalued, released and repackaged for body adornment.”

Katie’s sophisticated conceptual approach to contemporary jewellery has opened the door to her next level of development.

“I applied for and was accepted into Handshake4, a two-year contemporary jewellery mentorship programme funded by Creative NZ. It connects recent jewellery graduates with an international mentor and offers an international exhibition programme beginning in Auckland this October. I’m so excited for this opportunity.” And that lei born of a rubber ducky, what happened to it? “It was actually chosen by a fellow artist, who swapped it with something they’d carried for years, and brought all the way from Austria to New Zealand – a brick!” Katie laughs.

“So the challenges keep on coming.”

G A L L E RY M U S T- H AV E S

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Jane Smith, Miss Penelope Wrinkles, digital painting - commission, Chocolate Dog Studio, Mapua, chocolatedogstudio.nz 03 540 2007, $240

2. Clare Reilly, Anchor Me, Kereru Gallery, Mapua, 03 540 3725, kererugallery.co.nz

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3. Russel Papworth, Unity sculpture, Forest Fusion, Mapua wharf, 03 540 2961, $950

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4. 9 carat yellow and white gold ring set with blue topaz gemstones, from Benjamin Black Goldsmiths, Nelson, 03 546 9137, benjaminblack.co.nz 5. RED Gallery, Nelson, Fatu Feu’u, acrylic on canvas, redartgallery.com 6. Jane Blackmore, Eye of the Storm – Marlborough Sounds, oil on canvas, framed, 1.25m x 1.25m, Atkins Gallery, Nelson, 03 545 6010 atkinsgallery.nz, $3800 7. Bill Burke, Irises, oil, 120cm x 90cm, Bill Burke Gallery, Nelson, 03 546 6793

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Lobby for the arts

Street art by unidentified artist in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide city council recognises the importance of street art in creating a vibrant city.

BY PETE RAINEY

It

is that time when councils are required to set out their plans for the next year, and invite the public to comment and make submissions about whether they agree with those plans.

Under the new version of the Local Government Act these plans don’t need to be fully set out – indeed, councils can get away with setting out only those things that deviate from previous plans. Either way – full plan, or just minor changes from previous plans – councils are required to consult. That means there will be some kind of consultation document.

Here in the Top of the South the arts have had a fairly bruising ride through these processes over the years, with plans and schemes put up and knocked down, dreams hoisted and then shattered, and the number of successful projects that can boast a smooth run being virtually non-existent.

Theatre projects in particular, in both Nelson and Blenheim, have come under real scrutiny from the public, as well as constant questioning from conservative 76

councillors. Encouragingly, theatres have been built or restored in both cities in recent years, but disappointingly, council funding is still up in the air.

These days the mayors have a much greater say in the overall planning for council expenditure, and indeed it is their individual right to ‘sign off’ on what goes out to the public. This means they play a very influential role in setting the tone for what happens in a city or region. They determine how progressive, or not, our towns will be. They can be the architects of exciting progress, or the hand applying the brake. This influence can be felt in our towns and regions for decades – long after the mayor has wound up his or her final term.

If you support the arts, or have a particular project in mind that you feel needs local government support, whether it’s a brass band room, a minicommunity theatre, a festival, a local choir or orchestra, or even a contemporary music event, it is your right to seek that support from your local council. Whether you receive that support will be revealed

in the final plan adopted later in the year.

One thing is for certain: if you don’t ask you won’t receive.

Gather support, present a united front, lobby individual councillors and the mayor, do your homework, articulate community benefits and sing with a loud and strong voice, plus all your energy – because that’s how things are achieved.

In my experience, with evidence borne out by independent research, the arts generally have a tougher time getting results through this planning process than other activities. That shouldn’t deter those committed to making our communities better. In fact, it should spur people on to making an even bigger effort to support our creative endeavours.

Seek out the planning consultation documents, keep an eye on progress from councils in this area, and if you want a hand or a word of advice please feel free to contact me on my email below. Now is the time to plan for success.

pbrain@xtra.co.nz

FILM

Dunkirk with a spin

BY MICHAEL BORTNICK

Their Finest Comedy, Drama, Romance Directed by Lone Scherfig Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy 117minutes, Rated R

P

ropaganda films are fictional screenplays, produced to influence the opinions or behaviour of the viewer. Propaganda is certainly still with us now, but had a heyday in the era of World War II. Their Finest is a clever dramatic comedy based on a 2009 novel, Their Finest Hour and a Half, by Lissa Evans, about the making of a propaganda film.

The subject is the ‘Miracle of Dunkirk’ – the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, during the war.

According to history, a total of 338,226 soldiers were rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of more than 800 boats, including a flotilla of hundreds of merchant marine vessels, fishing boats and pleasure craft called into service for the emergency.

In Their Finest, a beautifully made period movie, a British film crew attempts to boost morale during the war by making a propaganda movie about the evacuation.

The lovely and highly capable Gemma Arterton, simultaneously luscious and reserved, plays a young copywriter named Catrin Cole. She is called in to add a woman’s touch to the film but finds her better-paid male co-writers a bit

chauvinistic. She is even asked to tidy up the office, which she does marvellously well, thank you.

The scriptwriting process becomes extremely creative and less factual with each passing day, and the enjoyment is in watching the evolution of the film within the film and the relationship between Catrin and handsome writer Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin).

The film includes some delightful glimpses of how screen effects were achieved way back in those handcrafted days before computer graphics. Those were the days when the director bellowed through a megaphone and manuscripts were done on typewriters.

Fans of 1940s music will also enjoy those old WWII numbers featured subtly in the background.

Their Finest features a plucky, protofeminist heroine, a jaded love interest,

a raft of distinguished English character actors, including Jeremy Irons as the Secretary of War, and an adorable dog.

And thank God for Bill Nighy, playing a supporting part as Ambrose Hilliard, a past-his-prime yet extremely pompous actor brought on to play a thankless role in the production. Nighy is such a joy to watch sending up the crassest stereotypes of his industry. Hilarious and charming.

Bill Nighy should be in every movie.

There’s a little too much going on at times, and one awkwardly handled last-act shock throws things off balance.

Even though Their Finest falters at the end, it’s still a mostly pleasant film featuring charming performances and some thoughtful subtext. It remains a disarming film about the uplifting power of movies.

Michael Bortnick has left the theatre to buy a ribbon for his Olivetti.

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QUIZ

Crossword

Across 01. Rapid 07. Likely 08. Trample 10. Jingling percussion instrument 12. Relieve of anxieties 14. Piebald 16. Young lions 17. Hand-clapping 20. Pirates 23. Italian dish 24. Personal reminiscence 25. Rap

Sudoku

Down 01. Artist’s model 02. Brave deed 03. Infant’s bed 04. Concerning 05. Unaware 06. Decapitate 09. Common flower 11. Cooked outdoors 13. Dangerous sea current 15. Suck noisily 16. Venomous hooded snakes 18. Set off 19. Comes to earth 21. Feeds on 22. Hewn (logs)

Last month’s solutions CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

Every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: Each of the nine horizontal rows Each of the nine vertical columns Each of the nine 3x3 boxes

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

Wordfind X N E C K L A C E N A P Y R F

R S M B A R R E L C R I C O H

R P K E M E B L J E T A L P W

A H S O L O G P A A S O O H C

C E I A L O O N R R O S E P B

E R D G Z P N N A P E E A A L

T E Q B A N G L E R L C G L K

R E N P G N U S B A O E O C G

A N L N L N G A V T L E O R P

C C I O O A L O N I Q L A D D

K R H T H L N E U U C W P O E

O P T E P N A E B C Z O P M K

Q U O I R R A T T R Z B L E A

B X P O T R B M U I R D E T C

A R C H H H Y F D C T Y R E U

Find all the words listed hidden in the grid of letters. They can be found in straight lines up, down, forwards, backwards or diagonally.

Theme: Round things

APPLE ARC BAGEL BALL BANGLE BARREL BOWL BUN BUTTON CAKE CHERRY CIRCLE CIRCUIT CLOCK DISK DOME EARTH FRYPAN GLASS GLOBE HOOP JAR LOOP

MANHOLE MELON MOON NECKLACE ORANGE OVAL PLANET PLATE RACETRACK RECORD RING SPHERE SUN TYRE WHEEL

Anagram WORDFIND ANAGRAM Phosphorus, Arsenic, Silver, Magnesium, Potassium Mystery word: HELIUM

V K R B D O U G H N U T P

C R F R E N C H O D P I E

T L I E W Q T P Y R F M F

Y E N A M H A N D A R M R

F H A D L S I E A T E X U

B C E B T C T T B S S Y I

E C I R U S E I E U H D T

I K I N O N R N R C N W C

J E A R N T D E L L I F A

S Z F C H A D C F S S S K

B G N D P R M T T A I Q E

H X A G O U Q O Y E A R J

M Y M A E R C C N Q R H O

Unscramble the letters of the phrases to make five words relating to the theme, each starting with the given letter. The letters in the shaded squares will spell out another word relating to the theme. This is the mystery keyword.

CEASE CHEEK BAGMEN CLAN LOFTIER ROPE EAT LOG SEE ODD FIRM

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M Y E D U C AT I O N

Tell me about the course, Joel?

It’s one-year, full-time course that’s totally hands-on and provides aspiring chefs with the knowledge they need to enter the industry – up and running. The tutors are passionate about cooking and seeing their students succeed in the industry. Having the Rata Room – the restaurant on campus – really gave a taste of what it’s like to be in a working situation, where we deal with stress and managing time. It’s open to the paying public on certain days and times.

How did the job at Hopgoods eventuate?

A job came up for a senior chef and I went for it.

I think it helped that I had not only experience, but a qualification also.

What do you enjoying cooking?

I like creating something that someone is going to enjoy. I also like to play around with different flavour combinations. Right now I’m into Asian cuisine. I love the bold flavours they offer but the simplicity at the same time. I was asked to feature a recipe in the next edition of The New Zealand Chef and I’ve created miso glazed lamb rump with lemon and kumara purée with sautéed shiitake mushrooms. It’s a dish that’s mild in heat and full of flavour but is also light and refreshing.

How would you describe the Hopgood’s dining experience?

The menu is forever changing as we source seasonal ingredients from the local farmers’ markets. We keep it simple but full of flavour!

There are two parts to the establishment as one enters this beautiful old building. We have a new bar with a relaxed atmosphere and snack menu that’s designed to be shared while having a drink or two – maybe a cocktail, and a more formal dining room for mains. It’s quite unique to Nelson.

HOPPING STRAIGHT IN Joel Emery-Jones was barely a teenager when he got his first job as a part-time kitchen hand.

A decade on, and after completing the Certificate in Professional Cookery at NMIT, he’s sous chef at highly acclaimed Hopgood’s & Co. of Nelson.

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Would you like to be a head chef?

Yes, I’d love to be a head chef one day, but I still have a lot to learn before I’m ready to lead a kitchen. My partner and I are planning to open a café in the Nelson region sometime in the future as she did the course with me. She has a lot of experience as a barista and front-of-house so complements my skills.

Any tips on doing a good steak?

Sous vide is an easy way to get predictable, packed with flavour and tender steak that’s full of juice. If I’m cooking at home, I season generously with salt and pepper. Then I baste it in butter to ensure moistness and sear it well on all sides to desired doneness. Always rest the meat as this helps with tenderness. Enjoy!

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