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Community garden team grows
October 2016
The Haumanu House community garden project spring working bee saw volunteers attacking the weeds, spreading a trailer full of mushroom compost and planting vegetables, herbs and flowers.
The project is led by Anaru and Dallas Te Rangi, who were chosen for places in the TUIA leadership programme, aimed at developing the capacity of young Maori throughout New Zealand.
As well as fellow members of R2R (Rangatahi to Rangatira) the spring make-over attracted members of the local Herb Society. R2R will use the produce for their Wednesday night youth gatherings and for giving away to families. Any surplus will go to the Foodbank. The main purpose of the garden is to teach people how to grow food and to understand where it comes from and the work that goes into growing it.
At the spring working bee at Haumanu house: Kiani Wharerau, Clare Townsend, Maia Vili, Anaru Te Rangi, Rebecca, Malia and Josh Vergunst, Debbie Dittmar, Christine Voelker, Dallas Te Rangi, Daniel Nicho.
EditorialBustling townThe weather may have been wet but Carterton is bustling. A sunny Daffodil Festival saw Lions Club members marshalling throngs of pedestrians across High Street, crowded streets, busy stalls, safety barriers lining the road and frequent, free buses to the daffodils at Middle Run.
We have had innovative community projects: people spring cleaning the town for the Daffodil Festival and an extensive, voluntary community effort to beautify the Carrington Park toilets.
As usual we have been swamped with innovative and exciting events: the Wai Art exhibition on Daffodil Day, a glorious quilt exhibition at the Events Centre, our first Fabric-a-brac – a huge fabric sale held at Club Carterton, Six Degrees – a photographic exhibition at the Events Centre exposing the hidden links between us, local writers at Wai Word every fourth Sunday, local artists at Heart of Arts and wonderful movies at Sunset Cinema on the first Sunday of the month. Where else in the world would you want to be?
EditorElena Needham, organiser of Carterton’s first Fabric-a-brac, enjoys the highly successful event. Photo Jan Farr.
Scouts raise money for their Jamboree with a sausage sizzle at Middle Run on Daffodil Day. Photo Rebekah Farr.
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Phillippa Edwards, President of the Wairarapa Doll and Bear Club, doll maker and collector, has a room full of dolls. She is an avid collector who visits op. shops and talks to people who have dolls for sale.
“Most months you would pick up something. Sometimes people would describe a piece as grotty, but when you see it you realise that it’s a treasure. We are getting older and as people die the collections are being broken up. The families don’t always recognise their value.”
Phillippa advises the Salvation Army on the value of dolls that are donated to them.
The club meets on the second Saturday of the month in people’s homes. “Each month we have a special subject of interest,” Phillippa said. “This year we decided that each person would bring along a doll or doll-related piece – a ‘summer find’.” New members to the club are welcome. Phone Phillippa, 379 9258.
CelebrationThe club will celebrate its fiftieth birthday
at Labour Weekend, Sunday October 23, at the Copthorne in Masterton. The speaker will be Tanya Marriott, doll maker, senior lecturer in design at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University and President of the National Institute of American Doll Artists. There will be doll displays, including displays of Tanya’s work, sales and a raffle. Lunch and afternoon tea will be available and there will be a celebration dinner in the evening.
On Monday October 24 there will be an opportunity to visit the Gaye Pointon museum, the Diana Stidolph museum, the Joy Cole collection and other local collections. You don’t have to be a member to attend. For details see Facebook page: Wairarapa Doll and Bear Club.
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A corner of Phillippa’s doll collection. She holds one of her prize-winning dolls. Photo Jan Farr.
Ian Garth Renall, born 1930, was the chair of Keep Carterton Beautiful until his death in 2015. In September a group of Ian’s colleagues, relatives and friends planted a Golden Totara (Podocarpus Totara Aurea) in Memorial Park. They were brought together by Mabel Smith, current chair of Keep Carterton Beautiful.“Ian had a lot of love for this town,” the Council’s Parks and Reserves manager, Brian McWilliams said. Mayor John Booth pointed out that Memorial Square was reserved for our honoured citizens and that Ian was one of those. “He wore a lot of hats,” he said. He mentioned Ian’s skill with wood, an example of which is the lectern he made for the Carterton Events Centre. Both speakers emphasised Ian’s love for Carterton and also his fine persistence which got things done.Many of those present, John Booth, Mabel Smith, Ian’s son Mark, his remaining brother Graeme, his nephew Allan and his nephew’s wife Ann, helped to plant the tree before the group retired to Wild Oats for morning tea.
In September this Onesies team collected money for the Wellington Free Ambulance in Carterton. The Mayor (right) wears a badge which says ‘I paid to not wear a Onesie’.
Ian’s remaining brother Graeme helps to plant the tree. Photo Jan Farr.
Ian Renall, honoured citizen
Onesies team hits the streets
The 139th annual spring show promises traditional competitions such as the equestrian events, wood chopping, shearing and wool handling, dog trials, livestock judging of sheep, cattle, pigs, donkeys and the pet lamb and calf competition.
Other highlights will be the crowd-pleasing sheep racing, the indoor stadium with Zappo the magician, a martial arts demonstration, a lace making display, massage, the surrey with the fringe on the top, plenty of home industry exhibits and stalls.
Over show weekend there will be exhibits, demonstrations, trade sites, lifestyle stalls, live music, entertainment and a food court.
To enter any of the sections, including home industries, equestrian, shearing and wool handling or livestock competitions, contact the secretary, 379 8124 or download a schedule and entry form from www.clarevillecomplex.co.nz
Entry to the night show on Friday 28th October is free and gates open at 5 pm. Entry for Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th: adults $10, over 65s and children $5 (under fives free), family pass (two adults, 2 children) $20.
Town meets country at A & P Show
Daffodil Festival aids charities
Lions back Daffodil Festival
On a superb spring day festival-goers enjoyed market stalls, local musicians and the Big Wai Art Sale. The Daffodil Express delivered 500 Wellingtonians and Middle Run farm in Gladstone provided a bumper crop of daffodils. Carterton Plunket and St John coordinated the Middle Run festivities and raised $8,216.60 for their charities.
Carterton District Council thanks all volunteers, coordinators, local businesses, entertainers, media, and the community for their part in making this event such a success, with a special mention to the Carterton Lions Club who coordinated the market stalls, and to the Booth family, who opened their farm to the public to raise funds for local charities.
Kate Jurlina, Carterton District Council.
The annual Carterton Daffodil Festival has been and gone for another year and 2016 was as successful as ever. The majority of Carterton Lions Club members were involved in the festival with planning beginning many months ago.
Lion Grant Smith and his wife Heather collected payments from stall holders and mapped the stall sites, liaising with Carterton District Council staff. Club members were rostered on the two pedestrian crossings over the course of the day as well as working in our club food caravan under Lion Paul Reid’s leadership.
The Lions Club of Carterton acknowledges all the stall holders for their continued support of the festival and thanks the wider community along with the thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage here every year. Your support of our food caravan lets us support our local community.
Steve Cretney.
Holloway Street. Photo Jan Farr.Middle Run Farm. Photo Rebekah Farr.
Lions Don Kinnell and John Fauvel work the pedestrian crossing.
Local body elections
Police News from Q
Youth and amalgamation
Safe community
The local body elections have come and gone. We sum up some of the action.
Youth and amalgamation were two of the concerns expressed by candidates at meetings at the Farmers Market and the Events Centre in the lead-up to the local body election on October 8.
“Local government doesn’t seem relevant to young people,” Rebecca Vergunst said. “It is relevant but they don’t know it. I know what it’s like growing up here – spending every day at the pools, the library and in the park and now I know how hard it is for a working mother to live here.”
Concerns about youth were also taken up by Jill Greathead, Kathy Bartlett, Leah Winn, Russell Keys, Brian Deller and Mike Palmer.
Amalgamation was another big issue. Opposing it, Don Farr contended that there would be no economic benefit, there would be a risk of taking on Masterton’s debt, local bodies are already working well together without compulsion and local body decisions should be made close to the people concerned. Sandy Garrett was concerned that amalgamation would disempower people. Mike Osborne feared that we would lose control over local facilities including the Events Centre and Ron Shaw believed that no money would be saved and that parliament is introducing the super city by stealth. Supporting amalgamation, Greg Lang thought that it would would lessen parochialism and bring local bodies together, that strong Carterton leadership could ensure our voice at the table and Masterton’s debt could be ring-fenced. Brian Deller, who was undecided, said that amalgamation would reduce management and compliance costs and called for more work to be done and voiced the possibility of forcing a referendum on the topic.
Jan Farr
Kia Ora ano, firstly, thank you to the community for your ongoing support for myself and the staff here at Carterton. Over the last month we have received good information from a number of people relating to incidents in our community. An example is a report about repeated poor driving behaviour by an individual which caused concern to the public. We were able to identify and speak to that person about the risk they pose to other road users and themselves. The result was positive – the individual now knows the community and the police will not accept that kind of behaviour. This is just a small example of us all working together to help the community be safe and feel safe. I encourage you to continue to report crime, dangerous driving, suspicious behaviour or information about vulnerable people to police straight away – it will make your community safer.
We are now moving into the warmer months and daylight saving brings welcome opportunities to socialise with friends and family. If your socialising involves alcohol it’s important to remember that even small amounts can affect your driving. The best advice is always to make the choice to drink or drive, not both. If you’ve been drinking, call a taxi, take a bus or get a friend who hasn’t been drinking to drive you home. Thanks again for your support, Nga mihi, Q.
Jill Greathead supports vulnerable youth. Photo Jan Farr.
Kathy Bartlett wants support for youth, solo Mums, Maori and the poor. Photo Jan Farr.
Rebecca Vergunst: local government is relevant to young people but they don’t know it. Photo Jan Farr.
Greg Lang: “Parochialism is rife. It’s as if there are walls between us.” Photo Jan Farr.
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Volunteers have transformed the Carrington Park loos into an attractive feature. The town has benefited from the inspiration, project leadership and architecture of Gregg Crimp of Architecture Robinson Crimp Ltd, the project management skills of Gordon Reid, engineering skills of Stefan Lanser of LGE Consulting, the landscaping design of Hamish Moorhead Landscapes, the design skills of Rebekah Farr of Nectarine, the generosity and expertise of Craig Ticehurst, builder, who took responsibility for the building project and liability, and the competence and willingness of many other volunteers in the community.
The sanding team of John Barron, Vivienne Hawken, Ian Hawken, Sean Mulcahy and Don Farr began the transformation. The following day Jamie Anderson, Vivienne Hawken, Ian Hawken Don Farr and Bruce Levy painted the walls dark green. The next two nights the stencil team – Rebekah Farr, Toni Bingley, Christin Schetter, Minty Hunter, Jill Greathead and Gordon Reid – projected figures onto the walls and outlined them for painters Jamie Anderson, Vivienne Hawken, Ian Hawken Ross Black, Bill Sloan and Jill Greathead to fill in with red.
The pergola was built in Greg Lang and Ali Lang’s Wheelwright shop. Ash Walker, Ethan Edmond-Black and Jeff Ticehurst dug the holes. Geoff Paterson provided top soil and Wairarapa Landscaping and Garden Supplies provided mulch for the planter boxes.
Tying together this voluntary community effort was the determination and organisation skills of Councillors Greg Lang and Jill Greathead.
Volunteers transform loos
The painted loos with the unfinished pergola framework and planting.Photo Jan Farr.
John Barron Vivienne Hawken, Ian Hawken and Sean Mulcahy. Don Farr (also a sander) took the photo. Photo Don Farr.
Designer Rebekah Farr (front) with Toni Bingley and project manager Gordon Reid beside a figure they have projected onto the wall and will then outline for painting. Photo Jan Farr.
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Jono Hurley will coach tennis players at the Carterton Tennis Club. He has been coaching professionally since he was 18, with a three-year stint in Sydney. As a teenager he represented New Zealand at tennis. His family has long been associated with the Carterton Rugby Club and now cements its ties in Carterton with the purchase of the Matador Motel.
Jono offers group coaching and private lessons. Starting Tuesday October 18, he will give nine, weekly sessions with a maximum of eight players per class. Hourly, from 3.30 pm onwards, he will run beginners, intermediate, advanced and adult sessions. He also hopes to get a junior inter-club team together.
Although Jono is not directly associated with the club, we will provide a free Play Anytime subscription to all who sign up for coaching. This allows players to practise what they are learning at a time that suits them outside normal club activities. Cost: $45 for nine lessons or $10 per lesson. Register with Jono by October 14, phone 027 5300 365 or email [email protected]
Jocelyn Kinnell, Carterton Tennis Club.
The Ruamahanga Ramblers are a Carterton-based social, running and walking group. The philosophy of the group is No Pay for Play and all events are free. This summer, in addition to the Rambler’s regular Tuesday evening five kilometre road runs and walks (two kilometres for children), we will trial some Saturday evening cross country events.
Five km Road Series. At 6.15 pm every Tuesday evening, starting October 11 and finishing March 28, we will hold a five kilometre run or walk. Events will alternate between social races where everyone starts at the same time and handicap races where hopefully everyone finishes at the same time. We hold them at different locations in the Carterton and Greytown districts. After each event we provide cold drinks and award a spot prize. We start at 6.15 pm so that commuters on the first train back from Wellington can join us.
Cross-country BBQ series. On the first Saturday of each month, starting November 5, we will hold a cross country run or walk over the most scenic routes used during the winter cross-country series. We follow this with a shared BBQ, starting at 6 pm to avoid the heat of the day and allow time for participants to work up a good appetite. We will have courses of two kilometres, four kilometres and six kilometres to cater for children, walkers and runners. We guarantee interesting terrain and scenery and good conversation round the BBQ afterwards. Details of our activities, including a map of each event, are available on www.sporty.co.nz/ruamahangaramblers/Program/Summer
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Carterton Tennis Club offers free Play Anytime subscriptions to all who sign up for Jono’s coaching.
The cornerstone philosophy of the group is No Pay for Play and all events are free.
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Despite the appalling weather, which flooded the green, we held the opening day for the bowls season on Saturday September 17. A good number of members and friends enjoyed the occasion.
Mayor John Booth formally opened the 2016/17 season wishing all members enjoyment of their sport. In reply club president Ray Beale said he was looking forward to playing and happy that the club was getting new members.
The first events of the season were the drawn pairs on October 1 and the Richmond Funeral Home sponsored gala on October 8.
New players are welcome. Don’t worry if you haven’t played either game before. No special clothes are needed, just turn up and enjoy yourself. I only started playing bowls last year so there is hope for all. Coaching is available for both bowls and croquet. See What’s On for club times.
Brian Bailey.
The Dalefield club celebrated a successful season for their premier men’s and women’s teams at the club’s annual dinner and presentations. The men, coached by Willie Schaefer, won the Wellington seven-a-side and eleven-a-side competition for the second successive year. The women, coached by Andy Wilson, won their Wellington competition in their first year back in the grade for many years – an outstanding feat for both teams. Our two teams in the local competition got to the semi-finals. At the time of writing, the three juniors eleven-aside and two six-aside teams hadn’t finished their competition but were competing well.
Murray Nielsen, Club CaptainAwards this season Team Trophies. Premier men, most improved, Zac Caldwell, most
consistent, Dane LettPremier women, most improved, Kelsey Smith, most consistent,
Kayla BradeLocal women’s one, most improved, Lauren Hartnell, most
consistent, Libby NoemaMen’s one, most improved, James Jordan, most consistent, Zac
Dewhurst, up and coming player, MikeyAllinghamClub Trophies. Service award, David Steven. Most valuable club
member, Murray Nielsen. Supporter of the year, Mark Allingham. Contribution to Dalefield and Wairarapa hockey, Mike van Woerkom. Sportswomen of the year, Katherine van Woerkom. Sportsman of the year, Dane Lett.
Friendly enthusiasmA friendly and enthusiastic group of indoor bowlers came together
for their end-of-season prize-giving. Dominating the occasion was Murray Larkin who won the singles, the pairs with Cyndy Smith, the triples with Roger Melville and Pat Wootton, the fours with Gwen Pocock, Cyndy Smith and Sarah Pocock and received a Miller’s Bar with Gail Miller and Sarah Pocock. Murray missed out only on the Svenson Buttons which were awarded to Steven Johnston and Gail Miller. Sarah Pocock won a popular ‘most improved’ award.
The group welcomes new members. Contact Colleen Larkin, 379 8399.
Weather no bar to bowlers
Dalefield Hockey: outstanding feats
Clareville Indoor Bowls
Carol Voller, Roy Smith, Mike Lander, Ray Beale, John Booth. Photo Jan Farr.
Appalling weather flooded the green. Photo Jan Farr.
Paul Miller gives Sarah Pocock the ‘most improved’ award – a popular win. Photo Jan Farr.
It was almost a year ago that we lost our chairman, Ian Renall and we planted a memorial Golden Totara tree for him in Memorial Square on Friday 16 September.
The baskets are looking great and the flower gardens around the town are also very colourful.
The Public Park sign that was stolen from Wyndham Street Park has not been found so we have another one put up and also one at Sparks Park. Tristan Nebel has done a great job of the signs so if anyone needs a sign, contact Ross Black, 379 7569.
We have painted a fence in Brooklyn Road between the old BMX track and the flats that Carter Court look after.
There will be a garden competition again this year, judged at the end of November. If you are interested please contact me with your address and contact details. Remember that this competition is only what we can see from the footpath, so get weeding!
Karen Chalmers. [email protected]
Sparkling windows and clean shop fronts greeted visitors to Carterton’s Daffodil Festival because on the Saturday afternoon before the festival a group of volunteers met outside Heart of Arts to spring clean Carterton’s High Street.
Sean Mulcahy, who volunteered for Carterton’s Paint the Town Project last October, was so impressed by that project that he proposed the pre-festival spring clean. “The shopfronts get dirty within a few weeks from diesel and petrol fumes. I felt it would help our shop owners to show their best face at the Daffodil Festival so they can concentrate on their business,” he said.
“It took the group just under two hours to complete the job. Our thanks to Carterton Bakery and Café Mirabelle who brought out food to the hungry workers,” Sean said. He hopes this will become an annual event, open to everyone who wants to help freshen up High Street to showcase Carterton at Daffodil Festival.
Keep New Zealand Beautiful have a clean up week in September. This year Carterton School collected rubbish from around some streets. Team Kahikatea pose with their collection. More was added by other teams. Carterton School sends a big thank you to the council for taking the rubbish away.
Beautiful Carterton
Spring cleaning the town
Carterton School tidies the streets
The new public park sign in Wyndham Park.
Sean Mulcahy at work. Photo Don Farr.
This five-year-old straw-bale home in rural South Carterton was designed for energy and water conservation. Straw-bale external walls are relatively quick to build, easy to maintain, provide good insulation and are resistant to earthquakes and fire. Deep verandahs are needed to protect the adobe finish from wind-driven rain and wall shading keeps the house cool in the Wairarapa’s hot summers. The owners attribute a reduction in their childrens’ allergies to the air quality and moisture regulation inside the home provided by the straw-bales.
The owners spent about five years designing their house with a lot of attention to water use minimisation and waste recycling. The only toilet in the home is custom-built for a waterless composting operation, built to the regulatory standard. There is a wall-mounted urinal in the toilet cubicle plus a recessed urine separator in the front of the toilet bowl. Solid waste is collected in ventilated 240-litre wheely-bins which then compost in batches. The toilet cubicle catches all-day sun to aid the composting process. The house floor level needed to be 500 mm above ground level for flood risk protection from a nearby irrigation channel but the owners raised it to 900 mm. This has simplified access for the toilet wheely bins and ensured that grey water can flow easily to garden beds under the force of gravity alone.
The house was design to be off-grid but has since been connected to the grid. The household monthly power bill is just over $100 in winter and drops to about $30 in summer. For design principles in custom-built homes the owners recommend the book A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.
Jason Markham.
Straw-bale houseEco Homes
Straw-bale external walls are relatively quick to build, easy to maintain, provide good insulation and are resistant to earthquakes and fire.
Sarah Laing, writer, blogger, graphic designer, illustrator and mother of three will bring her book Mansfield and me to the Carterton Events Centre on Sunday November 6 at 3 pm. Sarah will be the guest speaker at a Wai Word event to be hosted by Caren Wilton.
Sarah was the 2006 winner of the Sunday Star Times short story competition and went on to publish a collection of stories and two novels – most recently The Fall of Light. She finished her debut novel, Dead People’s Music, as a writer-in-residence at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. Jolisa Gracewood described it as ‘brimming with narrative pleasures’. In 2010 she was fellow at the Sargeson Centre where she began her comic blog, Let Me Be Frank. This led to regular
columns in Metro and Little Treasures and her decision to make her 2013 novel, The Fall of Light, part prose, part illustration. Sarah Dunn of The Nelson Mail wrote: ‘The Fall of Light offers a fresh new perspective on life as a New Zealander through irresistible characters.’
Rosalie Jurczenko, a recent arrival to Carterton, joined Heart of Arts as a volunteer and artist contributor in March. Heart of Arts is exhibiting her oil paintings from October 4 to 30.
Rosalie studied fine art at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia and has a BA in Art History from Victoria University, Wellington.
She says the expansiveness of the landscape in the Wairarapa helps her practice in unexpected ways. “I only have to look outside my kitchen window to be inspired by the Tararua Ranges with the shifting light and cloud formations.
“Heart of Arts is a fantastic enterprise which not only encourages local artists but increasingly is becoming a social hub,” Rosalie said. “It is a privilege to be involved with it and to be exhibiting here.”
Sarah Laing speaks at Wai Word on November 6. Photo Grant Maiden Photography.
Rosalie says the expansiveness of the landscape in the Wairarapa helps her practice in unexpected ways.
Mansfield and me
Painter inspired by Wairarapa
Wai Word
Six degrees of separation – the idea that no one is further than six steps away from any other person – was proposed by Hungarian author, playwright and poet, Frigyes Karinthy in 1929. It inspired Jane Fletcher’s photographic exhibition, Six Degrees which was held at the Events Centre and opened by Mayor John Booth.
“It has been a delightful project if sometimes bewildering,” Jane said. “The people my partner, Brian, and I have met along the way have been an eclectic bunch, but jolly interesting. The fact that I had no control over who was nominated has been a weird experience. It is almost like I was along for the ride.”
Jane uses tintype photography, first used in the 1850s and widely used during the American Civil War. It is a process which requires subject matter to stay still for up to eight seconds. She develops them on location in a cart that Brian built in 1999.
Jane’s process was to choose six categories – business, sport, iwi, child, youth and elderly. For each she chose one person to photograph without telling them of their category. When she had photographed them she asked them to choose three people. From these she chose one, at random. She repeated this process until she had six in each category. By that time the categories had largely disappeared, except for ‘youth’.
“The Iwi chain starts with Hoani and ends with John. Neither
man knew the other, but they are apparently connected through Lesley (teacher) Trisha (school gardener), John (engineer) and Julian (mechanic) who are all Carterton residents,” Jane said. She plans to produce a book of the photos.
Jan Farr
Wellington writer Annabel Wilson is the New Zealand Pacific Studio’s 2016 R.A.K. Mason writing fellow. During her three-week stay at Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce, Annabel has been developing a feature-length play No Science to Goodbye, a tale of people and place.
Annabel recently won an Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) prize which allows her to take part in the 2016 Ubud Readers’ and Writers’ Festival and to be published in the journal Meniscus.She has a master’s degree in creative writing from Massey University and has performed at various literary festivals. The fellowship is sponsored by a generous donation from Derek and Chris Daniell of Masterton.
New Zealand Pacific Studio is a charitable organisation that endeavours to provide up to ten sponsored fellowships each year for artists, writers, poets and musicians. It welcomes community support.
Jane Fletcher talks to John Arnold of Dalefield in front of his photograph.
During her stay at Pacific Studio Annabel has been developing a feature-length play.
The Iwi chain starts with Hoani and ends with John, who didn’t know each other but were connected through Lesley, Trisha, John and Julian.
Six degrees
Fellowship for Wellington writer
Events139th Annual Spring Wairarapa A&P Show. Clareville, October 28, 29, 30. www.clarevillecomplex.co.nz/
Christmas Parade: Rotary Club’s Annual Christmas Parade, Saturday, November 26. Theme: A traditional Christmas. No entry fee, prizes. Coral Aitchison [email protected]
Welcome to Carterton. Wild Oats, last Friday of the month, 5.30 pm. Kylie 027 688 9401.
Education, youth, childrenCarterton Community Toy Library. Events Centre Holloway Street. Open library hours. Toy Hire for 0 to 8 years. Facebook: @carterton toy library.
Kindergarten. 3 Victoria Street, 8.30–2.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Call in for an enrolment form. Over twos. Wait list. 379 8102. Facebook. [email protected]
Kiddie Gym. Under threes. Wednesdays, term time, 9.30–11 am. St David’s Church corner High and Victoria Streets. Lorna or Abby 379 8325
Longbush Playgroup. Wednesdays, term time, 9.30–12 pm. Under fives. 1135 Longbush Road. Eileen 372 7861.
Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group. Free art workshops, Heart of Arts, 6.30 pm first Wednesday of month. Youth Centre, 5.30 pm, Wednesdays. Facebook: r2rcarterton.
Whanau Aroha Playgroup. Alison Dye’s music and play for pre-schoolers, Thursdays, 9.30–11 am, term time, Salvation Army hall, 210 High Street.
Playcentre. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 am–noon, Howard Booth Park. Liz Crow 022 312 0677, [email protected], Facebook.
Scout Group. Keas, Mondays 4–5 pm, Bronwyn Pogson 379 7068. Cubs, Mondays 6:30–8 pm, Josh Hunter 027 481 6523. Scouts, Thursdays 6:30–8:30 pm, Ben Laybourn 027 641 7249.
St John. Penguins (6–9 year olds) Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 pm. Youth (8–18 year olds) Tuesdays 7–8:30 pm. Youth room, Events Centre. Maria Tankersley 379 6479.
ArtsWairarapa Word. Sunday November 6, 3 pm, Carterton Events Centre, guest speaker, author, Sarah Laing with her new book Mansfield and Me. Host Caren Wilton. Contact: Almo’s Books, 42 High St north, 379 7103.
Sunset Cinema. Events centre. Sunday November 6 – The Chair of Happiness. A smart, bitter romantic comedy featuring a tattoo artist and a beautician in the mountains of north east Italy. www.sunsetcinemacarterton.com/ Doors open 7.30 pm, Movie 8 pm.
Toi Wairarapa – Ten Minute Bites: ten minute talk by a local artist, every second Wednesday, 12.10 pm. October 19 Ian Chapman, King St Art Works.
Wai Art Group. First Monday of month, 10 am, Carterton Golf Club. Jane Giles 379 6559.
Community Choir. Thursdays, 7.15–9 pm, Carterton School hall, $4 unwaged, $6 waged. [email protected].
Book Club. Carterton District Council Library. Last Monday of month. 10.30–11.30 am. Anne Hughes [email protected]
Book Group. University of Third Age. Fourth Friday of month, 1.30 pm, St Mark’s hall. Sue Burns 379 6506.
Wai Art Scape. For $20 a month Jane Giles places artists’ work in publicly accessible spaces. [email protected], 379 6559.
New Zealand Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce. A non-profit arts centre available for residencies. One week minimum, three months maximum. Fellowships available. www.artistresidency.org.nz/
ServicesSocial Services Hub – Haumanu House: Courts, Community Law, Wairarapa Free Budgeting, Care NZ, Pathways, Probation, Workwise, Hauora, Whaiora, Inland Revenue. Entrance behind clock tower.
Justices of the Peace. Second and fourth Fridays, 11 am–1 pm, Carterton Library.
Masterton Toastmasters. Heart of Arts, 47 High Street. Every second Tuesday at 7.30 pm. Jill Greathead 379 6193.
Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 pm Mondays. Salvation Army Community Rooms, 210 High Street south. Dennis 377 5355, Martin 372 7764.
Senior Citizens. 150 High Street. New members welcome. Yvonne 379 9298, Francie 379 7719. Hall hire $10 per hour.
Central Lions. First and third Wednesdays, Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. First Wednesday, dinner meeting, 6 pm. Third Wednesday, supper meeting, 6.45 pm. Nita Edwards 027 247 8441.
Lions Club: Second and fourth Wednesdays, Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. 5.45 pm, socialising. 6.30 pm meeting, followed by dinner. Contact: Des Heath 379 6483, 021 0237 5286.
Rotary Club. 6.15 pm Mondays. Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. Kevin Conroy 379 9304.
Probus Club. Last Tuesday of month, 10 am, Events Centre. Jeanne 379 5444.
Epilepsy Support Group. Mondays 11 am, Salvation Army office, 210 High Street south. 0800 20 21 22.
Club Carterton. Dine and Dance, Saturday November 5, two-course meal, band Make Believe, $35 a ticket, all welcome. www.club-carterton.com Facebook.
South Wairarapa Working Men’s Club. 304 9449, www.swwmc.org.nz, [email protected]
Carterton Community dinner. October 27 and November 24, $6. RSVP the day before, 379 7937. Reformed Congregation Church Hall, 6 Howard Street, Carterton. All Welcome
Carterton Free Soup night. October 15 and November 15, RSVP, 379 7937. Senior Citizen Hall, 150 High Street Carterton. All Welcome.
Fairs, marketsCommunity Market. Saturdays 9–12.30 pm, Baptist Church hall, 113 Belvedere Road: $5 a table. Just turn up.
Farmers’ Market. Sundays, 9–12.30 pm, Memorial Square. Dan Broughton 027 663 9011.
What’s on in October and November?
Sport, fitness, movementFree Fit Club. Carrington Park by band rotunda. Bring mat and water. Di Bailey 027 498 7261.
Swimming Club. Russell Geange 379 7750, Rick Anderson 021 943 410. Water aerobics Monday to Thursday 10 am. Indoor pool and key hire, Grant Crawford 379 6431.
Yoga with Odette. Beginners, Wednesday 9 am. All levels. Monday 7 pm. 75 Brooklyn Road, Carterton. 021 180 9452. Classes $10.
Tai Chi. Wednesday 9.30–10.30 am. St Mark’s hall, Richmond Rd. $6 per session.
Carterton Bowling & Croquet Club. Bowls. Club days: Tuesdays and Saturdays 1.15 pm for 1.30 pm start. Association Croquet. Thursdays and Sundays 9.15 am for 9.30 am start. Golf Croquet. Wednesdays and Saturdays 1.15 pm for 1.30 pm start.
Wairarapa Dance Club. Club Carterton. Second Fridays, 7.30–10.30 pm. Russell 377 1609.
The Dance Shed. 450 Belvedere Road, rock’nroll and line dancing. Wendy Walker 027 319 9814.
Golf Club. Veterans, men and women: Tuesday, 18-hole tee-off, 9.30 am. Nine-hole golf. Women, Wednesday 11 am. Men and women, Tuesday 11.30 am. Colleen 377 0841.Visitors welcome.
Clareville Badminton Club. Clareville Stadium. Racquets available. $5 casual. $100 for season. Steve Ruscoe 027 333 3975
Dalefield Hockey Club. Premier teams. Men’s and women’s teams. School children’s teams, Clareville. Leanne Percy 379 9096, Gail Miller 379 8341.
Tennis Club. Midweek: Tuesday 9 am–noon all year round. Google us. Facebook. New members welcome.
Karate. South End School hall, Thursdays 6 pm. Thomas Duncan 027 302 8923, 06 308 8844.
Ruamahanga Ramblers, social running and walking group. Tuesdays, 6.15 pm. www.sportsground.co.nz/ruamahangaramblers. In addition this summer we are trialling some weekend runs/walks (cross country followed by a BBQ). No charge. Paul Furkert 379 5355.
Indoor bowls. South Wairarapa WC Thursdays 7.30 pm Jackie Whittington 377 1512. Clareville Mondays 7.30 pm Tom Bubb rooms Clareville Showgrounds Colleen Larkin 379 8399.
Basketball. Mondays 7 pm, Kuranui College gym. $2 koha. Facebook: Wairarapa Basketball Society.
Squash Club. Wednesday and Friday evenings. [email protected]
Wairarapa Dog Training Club. Rally-O, obedience and agility classes. Google us.
HIIT classes. High Intensity Interval Training with Anaru and Dallas Te Rangi. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 am. Most weekdays 4.30 pm. Gain Momentum, Holloway Street. Facebook: HIIT FIIT, strength, cardio, circuit.
Greytown Community Gym. Work out for $25 a month. Modern equipment, open 24/7, no joining fee. Andrew Baily Gibson 021 227 6634
Special InterestsHistorical Society. March to November, Tuesdays and Saturdays 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm. Contact Diane Edwards 379 7150
Library Book Club. Last Monday of the month, Events Centre, 10.30–11.30 am.
Railway Museum. Station. Sundays 11 am–4 pm. www.CartertonRailwayMuseum.org.nz
Garden Group. Every second Tuesday, 1.30 pm. Vicki Waller 379 9080, [email protected]
Rose Society. Every third Monday. Graeme Renall 379 7065, Chris Stewart 379 5959.
Holdsworth Women’s Institute. West Taratahi hall, every first Thursday, 1.30 pm. Colleen Bunning 379 8002.
Menzshed. Mondays 9 am–1 pm, Tuesdays 1–5 pm, Fridays 9 am–1 pm, Clareville complex, A&P Showgrounds. Follow the signs.
The Phoenix Astronomical Society. Meets at Stonehenge Aotearoa on the second Monday of each month, 7:30 pm. Each meeting features a speaker. All welcome; donation toward the development of the observatories appreciated.
Wairarapa Vintage Car Club. Every first Monday 7.30 pm, except statutory holidays, Clareville Showgrounds, Chester Road. Gary or Barbara Lang 372 7593.
Mangatarere Society. Help breathe life into our river: [email protected] .
Let us know what’s on: [email protected]
This month, the book club discussed censorship, thus proving that we do have serious and sensible discussions. The debate centered around what was acceptable and not acceptable in a public library. Everyone now knows Fifty Shades of Grey, which spawned a flood of similar books, but it was controversial for a while. Some members of the group had read Into the River by Ted Dawe and all agreed that it was a lot tamer than material available on TV.So do libraries have a duty to avoid purchasing contentious texts or do they have a duty to purchase them to enable library users to decide if they are suitable or not for the public shelves. Certainly, it is not in any library’s remit to censor any text. The majority decided that all that was required was sensible purchasing with local users in mind.The serious aspect of the discussion faltered when I gave a description of a borrower coming in to the public library where I worked as a 16 year-old. He twitched and winked and whispered “Have you got Portnoy’s Complaint?” Refraining from giving the obvious answer, I fetched a copy from the shelves in the back room where the ‘adult’ books were hidden from easily-scandalised eyes. And that wasn’t all that long ago!Anne Hughes, Library Services Manager.
Several reading challenges this year are helping me to broaden my reading. It was a reading challenge that brought me to The Arrival by Shaun Tan, a graphic novel with no words. In it a migrant leaves his family behind and anxiously starts a new life in a foreign land.
It tells the migrant’s story through a series of sepia-toned images and is presented like a photograph album. With just a few images Tan puts us in the migrant’s shoes and we really feel his reluctance to leave his family behind. Spiky serpent tails curl around the streets and buildings of his homeland lending an air of malevolence and a motive for the migrant’s escape. We feel his overwhelming loneliness and disorientation as he disembarks in a land where he can’t speak the language or navigate market shelves, where cooking even a simple meal with unfamiliar tools and ingredients becomes an impossible task. We also feel his relief as the unfamiliar slowly becomes the familiar, and he starts to find his way.
I love the way Tan contrasts realistic images of people with surreal landscapes; it increases the reader’s feelings of dislocation and alienation. This new city isn’t only foreign to the protagonist, it’s very foreign to us too. Tan uses strange symbols instead of letters on maps and posters. I found myself turning the book upside down trying to make sense of the ‘letters’, rather like the migrant does with his new paperwork.
Shaun Tan perfectly captures the feelings of being uprooted from the familiar and deposited into the unfamiliar. His artwork is beautiful, and surprisingly eloquent. The Arrival will appeal whether you’re nine or ninety.
Andrea Darbyshire, Assistant Librarian.
Library book club tackles censorship
The Arrival by Shaun TanBook Review
Birth Photography
Creative Communities Funding
The Creative Communities Scheme is a relationship between Creative NZ and local authorities and supports opportunities for New Zealanders to participate in the arts in their local community.
The Carterton District Council administers this scheme for the benefit of the Carterton community.
Applications for the next funding round will close on Friday 4 November 2016.
Application forms and funding criteria are available from the Carterton Events Centre or by contacting Gerry Brooking on 063794083 or downloaded from the Council’s website www.cdc.govt.nz.
Mayor John Booth visited Doug Mende, managing director and chairman of Mende Biotech of Carterton in early September to congratulate him on his company’s recent success at the Wellington Gold Awards.
Mende Biotech was selected as a finalist for the Global Gold Award because of its international success with their product Totarol™ a naturally occurring plant extract with high anti-bacterial properties which is only found in Totara. It is processed into a pale yellow powder from old totara fence posts and stumps, chipped by an Ohope company before extraction of the compound by a Nelson-based company.
The company has developed totarol treatments for mastitis and metritis, two of the dairy industry’s biggest animal health problems. Independent lab data has shown it to be many times stronger than penicillin when tested on mastitis bacteria and cheaper than antibiotics, Doug Mende told the NZ Listener in March this year.
L’Oréal is one of their biggest customers and the company has a steadily growing client base.
John Booth presented Doug with his Global Gold Award finalist certificate. “To have a man with your vision and dedication within our community is a tremendous honour. The success you are achieving on a global stage is awe inspiring and beneficial to our town, region and country,” he said.
Mende Biotech is currently looking to produce antibacterial replacement products in human and animal health. With an international focus on the antibiotic resistance crisis this could see their start-up home business in Carterton become a world leader.
‘Awe inspiring’ Mende Biotech
Mende Biotech was selected as a finalist for the Global Gold Award.
Carterton Community DinnerCome and join us at our monthly community dinner in a relaxed and
friendly environment with friends and neighbours.Everyone is invited, and best of all, there are lots of people, just like
you, sharing and support one another.It’s a good home cooked dinner for $6, you can’t get any better
anywhere else.It’s on every 4th Thursday of the Month.
Our next dinner is 27th October 2016At 6:00PM
Please RSVP 26th October 2016Contact Johan & Emily
06 379 7937 0r 027 765 [email protected]
Location: Reformed Congregation Church 6 Howard Street Carterton
Dakin Cottage in Neich’s Lane, Clareville. Built in 1882 is named after its builder Charles Dakin who was also the cottage’s first inhabitant. Dakin owned a sawmill at The Cliffs so had ready access to the building materials – the rimu and matai that still line the floors. The fretwork on the gable is the mark of a Dakin-designed building and was probably produced at the sawmill. The cottage stood on an acre of land, housing stables and providing grazing for horses.
Charles and his wife Mary Jane came from Longton, Staffordshire. They sailed to NZ on the Libertas in 1857. On the same ship were James and Theresa Penny who bought the cottage in 1885. They lived there until 1891 when it was bought by Alfred Ordish, a cousin of Charles Dakin’s.
The cottage remained in Ordish family hands until 1941. Then followed a succession of owners until it was bought in 1991 by Alexander and Adele Graham.
Don Farr
Dakin CottageCarterton Cottages
Photo Don Farr.
Carterton joins the Wellington Free Yoga Day Festival this Labour Day weekend. The festival has been running for several years in Wellington as an introduction to different styles of yoga and an encouragement to beginners. This year it includes Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast.
Colleen Carver, who has recently moved to Carterton, will join forces with Odette Rowe to provide a gentle, light-hearted approach to loosening the tight spots in the hips and shoulders. The class is a luxurious 90 mins which allows time to breathe fully, master breath and movement together and then deeply relax. No experience is necessary. The class is completely free and includes mats, so all you need to do is turn up in comfortable clothing. Monday October 24 9 am to 10.30 am, Gain Momentum, Holloway St, Carterton. Contact Odette 0211809452 or [email protected] for further information.
Get loose with free yoga
A completely free, gentle and light-hearted approach to loosening the tight spots. Photo Lucia Zanmonti Photography.
Ancient mysteries. Saturday October 29, 10 am to 4 pm, Stonehenge Aotearoa. A guided tour of star-lore and some of the world’s greatest myths and legends: the great flood, Atlantis, the mystery of the pyramids, the whale riders, and the Arthurian legends. Weather permitting a tour of the night sky and telescope viewing in the evening. Bookings essential. Adults $80, Seniors and Students $60.
The Zodiac – legends of the stars. Saturday November 19, 10 am to 4 pm, Stonehenge Aotearoa. An exploration of the historical facts and myths and legends of the zodiac. Weather permitting a tour of the night sky and telescope viewing in the evening. Bookings essential. Adults $80, Seniors, Students $60.
The star of Bethlehem and the gate of gods. Wednesday December 21, 7.30 pm, Stonehenge Aotearoa. December 21 is the solstice but 2,000 years ago it occurred on December 25. We look at the astronomical events and astrological meanings beneath many of our spiritual beliefs. What was the star of Bethlehem? Who were the three kings and the shepherds watching their flocks by night? The program includes a shared meal and, weather permitting, watching the sun set over the summer solstice heel stone. Bookings essential. Adults $15, Seniors $12, Children $8.
See details in what’s on.
I recently attended a Project Wairarapa event at South End School that explained how to create your own food forest. My reasons for attending were to revert to my roots (apologies for the pun) and to start growing for my family, producing food and saleable goods for our local market and, most importantly, to provide a valuable experience and a future resource for my kids.
Presenters Gary and Emily, with backgrounds from engineering to teaching and IT to education, captured our imaginations and we left, inspired, with clear directions and solutions for our quarter-acre garden or our twenty-acre block. Realistic ideas provided ways to turn your planning dilemmas into opportunities. We know that the Wairarapa is subject to some extremes of weather and we need to use our land accordingly. Climate change cannot be ignored and I believe that creating a tight blanket of green overhead is the best way to preserve our water supply, manage drought effects and buffer that pesky nor’ wester. We’re in a great growing climate, so I encourage you to embrace your own food forest, however large or small it may be and get planting!
Dan Broughton.
Phoenix courses Green cover, self sufficiency
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At the inaugural Hillbilly to Hard Rock a variety of musicians entertained us and many people came to enjoy the music. Lunch is available from 12 pm on these days. The next session is planned for the Saturday October 15 from 1.30 pm.
Dine and Dance, Saturday November 5, featuring Kapiti Band Make Believe. Tickets $35 including a two-course meal. All welcome.
Live music every Friday from 6 pm, and a fabulous range of delicious meals.
Club membership special: The club offers a special membership from October 1 2016 to March 31, 2017: single $35, couples $60, over-75 $25.
Sunday Roasts: Three courses for $22. See Facebook for more information. These are very popular. Have a drink first and enjoy your meal from 5.30 pm.
Our membership is growing, come along and see what we have to offer.
Contact: 3798069, [email protected] Chris Lisle, Club President.
Our last meeting held at the South Wairarapa Workingmens’ Club on September 2 was enthusiastically opened by former president, Bill Bain, standing in for president Pat Brown. We were pleased to welcome a new member, Allan Wasmuth.
Our two speakers gave us much food for thought. Don Farr came to talk to us from the Carterton Crier. He was standing for the Carterton Council and is not in favour of the amalgamation of our area. He was very informative and most interesting.
Our mini speaker was David McGibbon who carried us on the experiences of his pathway and life travels. Both were received well by our members and many questions and conversations followed.
Sadly, we had to say good-bye to long standing members and a past president, Sandra and Graham Edridge. We will miss them and hope they return for visits.
Our next meetings will be at 10 am sharp on the following Fridays: October 7, November 4 and our Christmas lunch on December 2. We have a variety of interest groups including travel, computers, antiques, gardening, walking, genealogy, jigsaw, entertainment, scrabble, writers, poetry, dinner and lunch. Please mark our dates on your calendar and we look forward to meeting you.
Pat Brown.
Club News: Saturday September 17 was the club’s 139th birthday. Dennis Marsh Wayne Heath and a thrilling All Black’s game provided entertainment.
New caterers Jayne’s Kitchen serve bar meals Wednesday and Friday nights, a dining room menu Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and roasts on Sunday.
Club 60: Next meeting, Monday October 31, 1.30 pm. Pool: Buster and Bill Hemi won the men’s pairs with Jack Lemon
and Marlon Nugent runners-up. Sue Perry won the women’s single champs with Tui Maraki runner-up. Bill and Buster Hemi won the over-60s pairs with Tom Bateman and Peter Greco runners-up. Bill and Buster Hemi won the nine-ball pairs with Robbie Purnell and John Goodwin runners-up.
Darts: Dave Ewe and Pam McEntee won the Digger Peterson Shield. Dave Ewe and Miesje Borge won the Wolfe Mckenzie Trophy. The combined Wairarapa mens’ and women’s teams included many
of our members and defeated Wellington in the Battle of the Hill.Indoor bowls: Murray Larkin won the club singles with Peter
Diamond, runner-up.Tuesday club: On each week at 1.30 pm for cards and chat.
Great food and music: Club Carterton
Food for thought
Workies Whispers
Murray Larkin won the club singles. Photo Jan Farr.
From the Dog Ranger
I come across many dogs that are aggressively protective of their properties. We need to bear in mind the safety of visitors to our property such as couriers, council workers, children selling raffle tickets, meter readers and emergency workers.
Dogs are territorial by nature. The more a dog is confined, the more territorial it is likely to become. They seem to treat people they don’t know in the same manner as they would strange dogs, as an intruder to their territory. Territorial aggression can be a desirable trait if one wants a guard dog but this becomes a serious problem when dogs attack visitors. A dog cannot be taught to distinguish between a lawful and unlawful intruder. A member of the public on lawful business has a right to enter a property and knock on the door. A pedestrian has a right to lean over a fence to retrieve his hat.
Most dogs that are encouraged to guard WILL bite. Dogs encouraged to guard usually have a higher prey drive (instinct to chase and kill). Guarding or territorial aggression combined with a higher prey drive creates the potential for very serious damage, usually to an innocent victim.
Minimise the threat by providing clear access to meter boxes and to at least one door to the house; erecting signs to clearly warn people of the potential danger; supervising interaction between the dog and any strangers or children; adequately restraining tied up dogs. Rope is too easily chewed through.
Karen Schishka, Dog Ranger.
Mazda is a quiet girl but when she gets to know you she is a sweet smooch. She has been spayed, vaccinated and is up to date with flea and worm treatments. I estimate her age to be around five or six months. She is used to being both indoors and out and is also litter-trained. She would suit a home with no cats, dogs or young children as loud noise and quick movements alarm her. If you can offer Mazda the love, patience and attention she needs then give me a call on 022 466 7626. Please note there is an adoption cost of $140. If you are available to be foster cats and kittens please call or email [email protected] and check out facebook.com/wairarapacommunitykitties
Rachel Norman
Territorial AggressionRachel’s October Rescue Cat
Like people, dogs and cats can show allergic symptoms when their immune systems interpret certain everyday substances as dangerous, sometimes resulting in extreme reactions to allergens harmless to most animals. Allergens can be problematic when inhaled, ingested or they contact skin. General symptoms of allergies in dogs and cats: Itchy, red, moist or scabbed skin, increased scratching, itchy, runny eyes, itchy back or base of tail (most commonly flea allergy), itchy ears and ear infections, sneezing; paw chewing/swollen paws, constant licking.Common allergens: Tree, grass, weed pollens, contact with Wandering Jew, mold, mildew dust mites, food ingredients (e.g. beef, chicken, pork, corn, wheat or soy), fleas (the bite of a single flea can trigger intense itchiness), cleaning products, insecticidal treatment or prescription drugs.Treating Allergies: Remove the allergen. Start a flea control program for all of your pets before the season starts. Clean your pet’s bedding once a week and vacuum at least twice weekly. Bathing may help but frequent bathing can also dry out the skin. Low allergen food can help. Remember outdoor pets can carry fleas to indoor pets. Allergy Medications: Since certain substances cannot be removed from the environment your vet may recommend medications such as antihistamines, fatty acid supplements or, in extreme cases, cortisones to control the allergic reaction. Ask your vet!Paula Gillies, Vet Nurse, South Wairarapa Vets.
Allergies in Pets
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Most dogs that are encouraged to guard WILL bite.
Mazda.
Dogs and cats can show allergic symptoms when their immune systems interpret certain everyday substances as dangerous.
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Phone: 0800 687 596
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A workshop held by Destination Wairarapa to help its members welcome Chinese visitors to the region looks at introducing UnionPay, a Chinese debit card.
David Hancock, Destination Wairarapa’s General Manager, says that Chinese travellers are the second-largest visitor market to New Zealand and many of them want to explore the Wairarapa.
Kieran McAnulty, Masterton District Council’s Economic Development Manager, says the proposed extension of the Wellington Airport runway should see a boost to Wairarapa’s GDP of between $34.2m and $114m. “Visitors from Asia are expected to form a significant part of this economic growth and should be welcomed here,” he said. “Introducing UnionPay shows our visitors that the Wairarapa welcomes their business.”
Rosie Carter of Carterton’s Paua World installed UnionPay eight years ago and she says it’s been beneficial. “Our visitors feel we have accommodated their culture as they do not have Visa and Mastercard in China.” She recommends that tourist-orientated businesses and those in trade and education install UnionPay. To find out more about UnionPay contact David Hancock, 0272 227 2118, [email protected]
“Our gym has the equipment to train every muscle in your body. We’re open 24/7 and you can work out at your own time and pace,” said Greytown Gym President Andrew Baily Gibson. The gym has two treadmills, three bikes, a rowing machine, a cross trainer and a full range of machines and weights.
“A workout clears your mind of stress and helps you focus. It clears bad moods by producing brain chemicals that ease anxiety and make you happy and relaxed. It helps you sleep well and fight off infections. It improves your cognitive ability and creativity. It makes you feel younger than your years—it’s never too late to stop that clock!”
To be shown round, call Andrew, 021 227 6634.
Debit card for Chinese visitors
Stopping the clock
Chinese visitors enjoy the Wairarapa.
Quilters sew bright stories
Mountain bike park for Wairarapa
The Caswell Quilt by Judy Betts. Photo Jan Farr.
Fifteen kilometres of mountain bike track to open at Rivenrock Farm, in December.
Ninety-four glorious quilts hung in Events Centre from September 14 to 18 in the Wairarapa Quilters’ Exhibition. The quilts, expertly hung by Julie Sabine, were accompanied by a heritage display of baby clothes, doilies and quilts and a Christmas corner that included a quilt with lights. In the foyer there were quilted cushions.
The group chose five of its members to award a prize to the quilt they would most like to take home. The winner, The Caswell Quilt, by Judy Betts – a lovely, complex quilt with subtle colours and a great story – also happened to be the one I would most like to take home.
It seems that stories and quilts go together. Even the names of the quilts in the programme suggest stories: Crossing the Waingawa; Cats Amongst the Crazy Patch; Underground Railroad; A Walk around the Block with Jason; Nancy Horsfall loves Peonies. And some of the quilts were inspired by patterns supplied in one of the Elm Creek Quilts series of novels, by novelist, Jennifer Chiaverini.
It’s the sort of exhibition that encourages people to talk to each other. I heard from one member of the Quilters how supportive other members were and from a fellow viewer I learned that if you wanted a quilt from Amish Quilters in the US you might have to wait five years.
Jan Farr
A mountain bike park in the Wairarapa will open to the public this summer.
Rivenrock Farm, 10 kilometres from Masterton on Mount Holdsworth Road near the access point for the Tararua Forest Park, will open its gates to mountain bikers from December 2016 with a 15 kilometre network of mountain bike trails to suit riders of all styles and ability.
The Hind family, Rivenrock’s owners, plan further track building in early 2017. The goal is to have around 50 kilometres of tracks.
There are few projects that would beat master wood-turner Terry Schischka of Carterton but this huge totara vase came close.
The hollow vase is 400mm high and 250mm at its widest point. “It took me right to the limit,” Terry said. “It came from a heavy and dense old stump and it was hard work. It was also at the top end of my equipment’s capability.”
Keeping the work accurate in the lathe was critical and a wrist injury meant Terry could work on it for only an hour a day. The whole job took about a week. The finished result is a work of art and Terry, a supervisor at the Henley Men’s Shed in Masterton, is justifiably proud of it.
The vase continues a ten-year association with the Carterton Kindergarten which Terry’s grandchildren attended. It will be auctioned at a quiz night at the Kindy on October 28.
The children at Littlies preschool have been exploring the delights of spring. The toddlers have gone for several walks to explore the natural environment. They are learning to respect nature by looking and smelling flowers rather than touching them so that we can save the beauty for others. They look closely at even the smallest flowers hiding in the grass or a bee buzzing around the garden. We are lucky to be be able to explore open areas that are within walking distance, even when the weather is not so good.
Littlies teachers believe in freedom of movement so the infants are encouraged to move in their own time and at their own pace, developing their muscles naturally.
The children also learn to interact with each other and to have fun with friends. We love seeing the beautiful friendships that form.
Lisa Robinson, Team Leader, Carterton Littlies.
We hope to move the Montessori playgroup close to South End School where the Montessori primary teaching strand has grown in popularity. We want to start up in the second week of term four but are struggling to find a venue in Carterton and suggestions are welcome. We are flexible on day of the week.
The Montessori Method of education was developed by Dr Maria Montessori who founded the first Montessori community in 1907 in the slums of Rome. Today it flourishes in more
than 100 countries. The playgroup environment is designed to support a child’s natural development, independence and confidence. At this age there is a focus on everyday tasks that enable the child to become independent and in control, removing the need for frustration.
For more information contact South End School to attend an information evening and access our parent library.
Contact: Emilie Fleur Neubauer by email or text: [email protected] 021 963 929.
Master wood-turner’s gift to Kindy
Spring and friendship at Littlies
Montessori playgroup seeks Carterton home
Terry Schischka with the vase that took him right to the limit.
We love seeing the beautiful friendships that form.
* FAMILY * EDUCATION * FUN! “We care while we educate and educate while we care”
Preschool - 3797590 Preparing 3-4 year olds for School ERO 2015 “Very Well Placed”
Littlies - 379 7699 Primary Caregiving for 0—3 years
A focus on every day tasks.
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We have some amazing Christmas panels and fabrics just in time for you to enjoy crafting presents for this year’s Christmas.
1. Christmas Gingerbread Man Soft Book Fabric Panel Christmas Book Susan Winget - (instructions on panel) PANEL 43in x 35in. Fabric 100% Cotton Panel price $28.80
2. 12 Days Of Christmas Book Panel - Have fun this Christmas with this 112cm x 91cm 100% cotton panel, this lovely panel makes into a keepsake book, telling the tale of the 12 days of Christmas, priced per panel. Panel price $28.80
3. Susan Winget Old World Christmas Blessed Birth Scene Blue - 112cm wide. $28.80 per metre
4. Susan Winget Old World Christmas Blessed Birth Scene Panel - Panel size 20cm x 112cm. Finished quilt size approx. 65cm x 100cm. Comes with printed instructions. Panel price $28.80
Zweigart Christmas Hearts Set 2 Kit - Approx. 12x12cm each. Counted Cross Stitch on 32 Belfast Set of 3 - fox, owl, mice. Includes 3 pieces of Belfast, Natural-red, Natural-white, Natural-brown. All threads included. Additional materials required, fabric for backing, stuffing and ribbon. $20.00
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In June the we ran an article headed ‘The best-kept secret war ever,’ about local photographer Geoff Walker’s campaign to form partnerships between the war-ravished Acholi people of Uganda and the people of the Wairarapa. Carterton District Council librarian, Christina Hyman, has sent us a report of the ongoing success of the project.
Kuranui College is working with Geoff Walker and Lions Clubs to send a container of school equipment, clothing, books and sports gear to Awere, a village in Uganda. Geoff has visited this area of Uganda on several occasions and has witnessed first-hand the deprivation and long lasting damage caused by the recent civil war. A forty-foot container is now sitting at Kuranui College, half-filled with school furniture, sports gear and clothing but much more is needed before it can be shipped to Uganda.
Recognising this initiative and wanting to support the efforts of Geoff and Kuranui College, Carterton District Library has donated 136 books from its shelves to help re-establish reading resources for the villagers.
“To support this worthy cause was a no-brainer for our library staff. Books are a valuable source for people of all ages and abilities, and are a key resource for any community. It is wonderful that we can help in this way,” Christina said.
Wairarapa help for war-torn Ugandans
Librarian Christina Hyman helps fill Geoff Walker’s container.
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Kuranui College opens modern art studiosKuranui College has new art studios as part of a Ministry of Education-funded redevelopment project which will include a landscaped, open area for students to relax in. The studio was designed in consultation with Kuranui art staff and includes a large lobby which will act as an exhibition space. One of the art studios can comfortably allow for up to 25 iMacs which will be used for senior design and photography courses. The studios will also host art history, painting, sculpture and printmaking courses.
“South Wairarapa students now have a superb, contemporary art complex to learn in. Art education allows students to develop strong creative thinking skills and research tells us that these skills are essential for young people to be able to adapt and thrive in the rapidly changing world of work,” said Kuranui Principal, Geoff Shepherd.
“Local kaumatua, Paora Ammunson, will bless the complex. Guests will include Clive Gibbs, an art teacher at Kuranui for many years.”
Dear AAChristmas is rolling towards us and I am faced
with an issue. I can’t stand my sister-in-law and this year Xmas is at theirs. To say she is a passive-aggressive control freak would be like saying the American election issues look a tiny bit unpleasant.
She’s inclined to sigh, roll her eyes, say that she made the whole meal from scratch including weaving the bloody linen napkins. She refuses help from me or only accepts some.
I’ve had a crap year because my health has been complicated. I don’t know if I even want to mention it to them. I certainly wouldn’t expect empathy from her.
I guess I feel a bit worried about whether I’ll cope. Maybe this is the year I snap.
Save My Sanity.
Dear SMS,Can you go anywhere else? Ghana? Norway? Bluff?If that’s not possible then you need to work on your non-stick
emotional setting. Let the crap roll off you in other words. Shrug her martyrdom off and talk to any children or animals you can find. Literally pay her no heed.
Tell your immediate family/partner/kids (over 12) that you are feeling brittle and want to avoid snapping completely. Let them carry some of the conversational burden and keep an eye on you – care for you.
I also like using a safe word in situations of extreme emotional risk. You can have fun discussing a word that will work efficiently. In an emergency I tend to say very loudly that the chicken looks a little raw
AA.
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A pocket of paradiseOn a recent hikoi down from Tauranga to the mighty
Wairarapa we had cause to stop in Carterton. We knew nothing about the town when we arrived late at night. However, when greeted with lit-up trees, brightly painted toilets and a clock tower that chimed us into town we knew that we had arrived in culturally cool Carterton. The following morning, after a five-star night at Belfry Villa and five-star dining at Mirabelle Cafe we were left with a good taste in our mouths and a memory in our minds of a town that truly is a pocket of paradise in Aotearoa.
Ko Tahi Aroha,Tommy Kapai and Erin Taylor from Tauranga.
Council responds to Yvonne Brown’s letterCouncil’s Community Facilities Manager responds to
Yvonne Brown’s query about the daffodil signs.Carterton still has daffodil signs on the district boundaries.
These can be found on the southern side of the Waingawa Bridge, by the bridge over the Waiohine River, at Te Kopi Bridge and at the district boundary on Longbush Road.
The only other daffodil signs I can recall were the old Welcome to Carterton signs installed by the Lions many years ago. Approximately six years ago they were taken down, with the permission of the Lions who agreed that they looked faded and dated, and replaced with the new signs Carterton – Heart of the Wairarapa.
Also every year, two weeks before Daffodil Day, we erect three large signs to advertise it – two in the north (A & P Showgrounds) and one at the southern end of town (Daleton Farm) at the site where KCBG and Council staff planted 3,000 bulbs during winter. I hope this explains the situation to Yvonne.
Brian McWilliams.
Celsius Carterton signs offFor the last few months we have done our best to make
Carterton the warmest community in Wairarapa. The project began as an effort to help a single family and became a wide-ranging project that helped many people. We passed our findings on to local MPs in the hope that the government will address the issues faced by the people we have helped.
With the funds raised and firewood donated we have made a difference to ten families. Thirty six people. Locals donated funds as did people from Hamilton, Auckland, Hawkes Bay and Nelson and Taratahi Agricultural Centre. A generous bloke named Neville from Masterton gave us firewood. The Wairarapa Times Age published a notice free of charge, Brent from More FM gave us air time on the radio and The Carterton Crier published an article.
We have helped a range of people: unemployed, single income families, solo parents and pensioners. As a community we have collectively said, This is NOT acceptable and we WILL do something about it.
To all of you who helped I thank you. I am proud of my community.
Martin Gronback.
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Old cars and motorbikesIt’s a busy time for us at the Wairarapa Vintage Car Club. On Sunday September 26 we hosted the Wellington Vintage Car Club at our Clareville clubrooms during their Wairarapa tour.
At our monthly club night on October 3 we screened the ever popular British film Genevieve.
October 9 was a rally organised by some of our newer members. This featured alternative routes on both tar seal and gravel. A highlight of this event was a visit to the little-known Waihi Falls near Pongaroa.
The month will conclude with our annual Gold Medal Motorcycle Trial on October 29. This event always attracts competitors from outside the region.
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