9 march 2016

WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2016 PH 03 5282088

A joyous day in the country

JANE WELLSMahana basked in glorious Saturday sun when, after three o’clock heaps of people streamed along to this delightful country school.On this festive day so many students were happily involved in helping the day along from cup cake, slushy and toffee apple makers to face painters. Here Pip, Athena and Millie from Kotoku class sell the wares made by students and parents.Continued on page 2

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Unexpected? Absolutely. Exciting? It would seem so.

A brief pit stop for decaf at Celcius Coffee on Old Wharf Road has seen Motueka briefly emerge as a haven for star spotting, as the punter stepping out of the four wheel drive vehicle was none other than the Queen of Pop, Madonna. The 57 year old had already been the subject of rumour regarding a visit to the region with a private Cessna Citation CJ4 jet sighted at Nelson Airport just prior to her two concerts in Auckland over the weekend. However, it was a simple Facebook post on Celcius own page that if not broke the internet, definitely ran over its foot metaphorically and alerted the world to where the singer had been- albeit briefly.

“OMG OMG OMG.... Madonna, yes Madonna has just been in to our coffee shop here in Motueka and had a soy flat white. Arrived in a tinted window, flash 4 wheel drive. She came in, with 4 men with her. 1 ordered her coffee for her...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wowsers.... Celcius Coffee Motueka!!!! World Famous!!!!!!”

With extensive media coverage- and subse-quent publicity- heaped upon Café Owner Steph Fry and her staff, questions turned to other possible sightings of the pop artist from accom-modations to eateries- none of which were sub-stantiated. Despite the media attention given to her sporadic public appearances and tardiness to the stage on Sunday, Madge has still man-aged to avoid being hounded by paparazzi or fans during her time in New Zealand- her move-ments only tracked through occasional social media posts. Not so lucky was English singer Ed Sheeran, whose attempt to enjoy some peace and quiet in Marahau last year was cut short after being spotted by fans, forcing a swift retreat from the beachside location.

Perhaps he should have just gone for a coffee.A further look back into the archives reveals a

visit from Beatle George Harrison, who was spot-ted in Golden Bay and at Fred Hickling’s Mariri Antique store in the latter years of last century, although like Madonna, ‘The Quiet One’ was recognised but left alone to enjoy his holiday.

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The clever kids at Parklands School have gone to seasonably awesome lengths to maintain an all year presence on a visible piece of High Street. After set-ting up Poppies in April last year, Daffodils for spring and a fes-tive array of Pohutukawa over the summer, the School-owned green space beside the Motueka District Museum is now in autumn mode with six large apples complement-ing the plants and park seats that dwell there.

The Year 5 and 6 students in Room 4 have been putting their Enviroschool Leaders’ status to good use over the last three weeks by creating the larger than

life fruit display during several class sessions.

They all agree that the most satisfying part of the exercise is having something at the entrance to their school where people can sit and enjoy the beautiful Parklands’ artwork.

“We decided to do apples for two reasons- one is obviously that it is apple picking season and the apples are delicious- another reason is because apples have a lot of history in Motueka,” they write.

“Apples can also be kept up for the whole year if we wanted- it also helps the museum because they are doing a display.”

A fruitful effort by Enviroleaders

Continued from page 1....Keen pairs of local riders of the mussel buoy

towed by a four wheel farm bike laughed with delight encouraging others to climb aboard after them. There was quite a queue.

The Crazy Bikes were well named, a challenge and provided lots of hilarity for participants and onlookers One had to be pedalled backwards to go forward and another was so high climbing aboard needed a trailer as a platform; others with false pedals and long distances from the seat had everyone stretched.

The Silent Auction attracted many bidders and even there there was evidence of the children’s involvement. One delighted bidder won a knife and cheese board made by Bradley Gale.

Throughout the grounds people sucked on bot-tles of Carmen’s ginger beer – just right on such a thirsty day.

“The day exceeded our expectations money wise. And what’s so great is that it’s all done by our local people,” said a chuffed Principal Justin Neal. “The weather was great and we were very happy with the music which gave us a perfect outdoor sound.”

The record? Eleven year old Erin Sayer from Oxford climbed up an 11 box high Mahana Mountain.

Students from Room 4 at Parklands School have contiued the beautifying legacy of a green space beside the Museum as part of their Enviroschools programme.

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The aerial phase of this year’s canna-bis recovery operation for Tasman Police District, which includes Marlborough, Nelson Bays and the West Coast, has been com-pleted with a large haul of healthy plants recovered.

Police were assisted in this phase of the operation by the Royal New Zealand Airforce with their NH90 helicopter enabling staff to reach difficult to access areas.

Operation Commander Senior Sergeant Grant Andrews said more than 9000 plants were recovered, which was a significant increase on last year’s result.

He said officers located some large com-mercial outdoor plots along with a number of indoor growing operations.

As a result 13 people are facing a range of drug and firearms charges.

About 6000 plants were recovered in the Nelson-Marlborough area of the District and more than 3000 on the West Coast. While the aerial phase has been completed, Senior Sergeant Andrews said there was still a lot of work to be done following up on information gathered and further arrests were likely.

“This is a year-long operation and a sig-nificant part of the operation is gathering and checking information we receive from the public. I’d like to thank all of the people who have come forward with information about drug related activity as they have greatly assisted this operation.

Those people are actively helping to keep their communities safe and without that part-nership our job would be significantly harder.”

He encouraged anyone with information or concerns to contact their local police.

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Views and stats exchanged as Police meet Motueka public

Motueka’s Memorial Hall hosted one of the towns most heav-ily attended public meetings of late last Tuesday as concerns on the issue of local Policing were put for-ward to a panel of the regions law enforce-ment management.

Organised by the Community Board Chairman and attend-ed by prominent iden-tities including Mayor Richard Kempthorne and MP Damien

O’Connor, residents took the opportunity to express disappoint-ment with response and resolution times to incidents, staffing lev-els and the well-doc-umented issues with the new telephone system.

Testament to the support for such a meeting amongst the local community, the original venue of the Supper Room was deemed too small to cope with the numbers

and so was transferred to the main hall.

Nelson Area Commander Mat Arnold-Kelly was given first opportunity to speak before the floor was opened to an eager audience of over 100, with Tasman’s Head Cop immediately noting the changing face of police opera-tion warranting less time behind a desk and the need to distrib-ute police resources appropriately through-

out the region. While he conceded

that there were always areas to improve on and the residents con-cerns were acknowl-edged, overall he was confident that the serv-ice level was ‘about right’ at present.

Statistics floated at the meeting showed that over the past four years in Nelson Tasman the average 111 response time has kept largely the same, but crime resolution

rates are declining- however this corre-lated with a national trend.

In Motueka crimes related to damage of property and burglary have risen about 12% over the same period, while crimes against persons have dipped. Making interesting reading was the fact that calls for service from Motueka have almost doubled over the past five years, with a particular spike

towards the latter half of 2015.

This has since dropped away in the early part of this year.

Arnold-Kelly sup-ported the idea of reg-ular contact with the Motueka Community which he hoped to conduct on a monthly basis going forward.

Towards the end of a meeting that had cer-tainly provided much

to ponder from both sides of the fence, an alternative train of thought was offered up by Grey Power’s Monty Tawhai- it starts with us.

“We in our communi-ty have a responsibility to teach our children- to tell them they can do anything if they put their mind to it,”he said in his brief address to the gathering.

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Street talkPop Star Madonna paid a visit to Motueka on Friday- who are some of the celebrities you’ve been fortunate to have a brush with?

JohnPicton Stirling Moss- He was a superhero and even big-ger back then than what Lewis Hamilton is now.

NickyChristchurchWe once sailed on a replica of The Bounty and met Fletcher Christian’s Great Great Great Great Grandson.

DanielMontreal(Canadian Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau, during a press conference.

GigiMontreal Celine Dion, in the same fashion (as Daniel.)

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This weekend the Loyal Grossi Point Yacht Club is holding its annual sailing event.

The aim is to bring togeth-er all of the various types of sailing craft who regularly use the estuary.

If the sea breeze arrives, this course should see the fastest boats hitting 15 knots in the gusts.

The local fleet comprises mainly 10 surf catamarans, from Hobie 16s down to Windrush 12s,but there are also lasers, sunbursts and windsurfers who are all likely to compete.

Tamaha Sea Scouts are also expected with their 2 Scout cutters.

The course of 15 km is unique having only two rounding marks and no wind-ward leg. This is due to the lie of the estuary to the prevailing winds, and the huge 4.5m tide forecast which means that the fleet can sail directly between

Saturday sailing on a bumper tide

the marks, without having to avoid the sandbanks that usually are not covered.

All sailors with sailing boats of any description are invited and welcome to attend.

If you have not raced before, this rally type for-mat would be a perfect introduction, while the skill level at the front end of the fleet will challenge the most experienced crews.

If you have not sailed for a while, or are not sure how to rig your boat, then contact John Leydon and arrange to get there a bit earlier and

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Later in the year a similar rally for-mat for kayaks and paddleboards is planned.

A huge 4.5 metre tide means you can sail directly between the marks , with-out having to avoid the sand-banks

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A night to remember happens at Mapua’s Hall this Friday when well known band The Eastern play for a fun community Barn Dance.

As well as enjoying a brilliant night you’ll be helping to swell the hall’s coffers.

Having opened for such well know musicians as Steve Earle, Jimmy Barnes and Fleetwood Mac they are polished and very popular.

The Eastern can hold it down for all comers.“ They are a string band that roars like a punk band, that swings like a gospel band, that works like a bar band, ..” Adam McGrath (guitar) and Jess Shanks (banjo) are the core players although they usually joined by other marvellous musos.Their home base is Lyttelton and their home venue the Wunderbar. Tickets are available at the Mapua Hall but don’t delay – the word’s out! Contact the Coordinator Megan, on [email protected]

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Motueka's State Cinema will host a pre-miere red-carpet party and showing of Taika Waititi's new film "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", with proceeds going to the Community Swimming Pool project.

The movie, which was first shown to critical acclaim at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 22nd, is described by one reviewer as "equal parts road comedy and coming-of-age drama", and stars Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.

The premiere New Zealand showing will be held in Auckland on Wednesday March 30th, and Motueka's Mark Wentworth has arranged for a live feed from Auckland of the red carpet event with the actors and Taika Waititi arriving.

The Auckland video feed on March 30th will begin at 7.30pm, and the movie itself will start at 8.15pm.

The movie is based on the book "Wild Pork and Watercress" by Barry Crump. It tells of defiant city kid Ricky, raised on hip-hop and foster care, who gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside.

He quickly finds him-self at home with his new foster family - the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes

that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush.

As a national man-hunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options - go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their dif-ferences and survive as a family. Director Taika Waititi master-fully weaves lively humour with emotion-

ally honest perform-ances by the lead actors. Never short on laughs, this touching story reminds us about the journey that grow-ing up is (at any age) and those who help us along the way.

A breakout per-formance from the young, hilarious Julian Dennison leads the way and an equally entertaining turn from

Sam Neill just sweet-ens the deal.

The price is $18.00 per ticket, with net proceeds going to the project to transform the Motueka High School swimming pool into an indoor pool. There is a limit of 97 tickets available, and they are available from Motueka Floral Studio, two doors up from Westpac.

‘Wilderpeople’ red carpet premiere for Motueka

Julian Dennison (left) and Sam Neill are two of the stars in the new Taika Waititi film ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’, which will have a premiere party in Motueka on March 30. Photo courtesy of Kane Skennar.

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The innovative folks at the Ministry of Inspiration are back in the area offering the chance for our schoolchildren to experi-ence the fun side of learning with an open-plan event in town next month.

The Science on the Street day scheduled for 20 March at the Motueka Technology Centre, along with a two day event in Sundial is funded in part by a community rates grant from the Tasman District Council and a grant from Network Tasman.

MoI Co-Founder Leanne Pressman said the specific aim with the "On The Street" weekend in Motueka and Richmond is to get more rural students involved in exciting STEAMS -Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths/Music, and Society Issues- topics through engaging events and activities.

As is the case with all MOI pro-grams, local college students that have been mentored over the last year will teach much of the content in the activities, alongside certified teachers.

Having these college students able to teach and communicate with their peer-learners is a big key to MOI's success, says Leanne.

“Rural students really need

more opportunities in STEAMS, they simply don't have the access to live, hands on activities as their more urban peers - and it really shows in the statistics of who goes on to university, and who goes on to get higher paying jobs,” she said.

“There are some very good col-lege age programs open to moti-vated children, but many more rural children have already decid-ed that science, maths, and STEM in general, are too hard and boring long before they reach college.”

Ministry of Inspiration programs are working to reverse that and make STEAMS exciting. Science on the Street INSPIRE Festival schedule, and hope that you can entice more students across the Tasman/Golden Bay region to join in.

MoTec Associate Principal Jo Calt reinforced Leanne’s enthusiasm for bringing the event to Motueka, add-ing that previous activities run by the Ministry have certainly roused the curiosity of local kids.

“It’s great that we can bring this kind of thing over here and include schools from all around the district- even as far as Dovedale- and quite a few of our kids end up going to the Inspire Festival because of these and other events,” she said.

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After four years as Manager of Motueka’s Riding for the Disabled, Jen Doyle is moving on from the role to greener pastures, although given her passion for all things equine, she won’t be riding off into the sunset altogether when it comes to staying involved with her animal bud-dies.

Jen came to be involved with the local RDA having learnt her chops working on a pony stud in Golden Bay, however the passion that has brought her this far started long before that.

“I’ve always been interested in horses right from the day I was born, but that gave the practi-cal experience to run a herd and carry out the daily plans and rosters you have to organise,” she said.

After a year of volunteering to begin with, Jen gradually moved into the manager position where she has been involved with some key initiatives during the last four years including Saturday public riding lessons, the annual Open Day in November and the building of new stalls.

Her biggest achievement in the last four years is without doubt the sensory trail.

“Our old President first mentioned it and I didn’t really know what one was, but after I went and did my research I was like ‘that’s amazing, we are so doing this’,” she said.

“So I went back to him with a few ideas- he was thinking more of just tying some bells in the trees and a few obstacles on the walk we already had, but I thought we could do way better than that.”

“That ended up being a flagship project to get people interested in RDA again.”

The end of term one in April will see Jen abdi-cate her responsibilities with a large degree of satisfaction, having ticked all the boxes in terms of reaching set goals.

Quick to point out that the charity organisation is there for the betterment of the whole commu-

nity- she prefers to call it ‘therapeutic riding’- Jen has seen the positive impact that so often occurs, not just for riders, but with volunteers as well.

“RDA changes lives, there’s people who have come here who will never forget the time spent here,” she says.

From here, Jen is looking to spend some more time with her family as well as pursuing a new business opportunity that does indeed revolve around animals- a farm sitting service that she hopes will provide a welcome respite for those who feel that the specific needs of their animals prevents them from taking a break once in a while.

Now on the lookout for a new manager, Motueka RDA is also putting the call out for more volunteers as well as part time Grants and Finance Administrator roles in order to keep the organisation delivering a quality service to over 60 riders who regularly attend sessions.

“Without those people RDA would not work- one person cannot do this by themselves,” Jen says.

RDA Manager moving on

Departing Motueka Riding for the Disabled Manager Jen Doyle with long-serving RDA horse Manu.

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Bridge ResultsMotueka Bridge ClubChampionship Round One 7/3/2016North/ SouthPatricia R England & Mary Girvin 59.79%Martin Thompson & Justine Thompson 56.35%Doug Elliott & Myra 54.23%East/ WestAnn Cegarra & Mary McCallum 62.80%Mary Hamilton & Trevor Squires 58.33%Mike Howell & Warren Keith 53.57%Amended Leaderboard- Kaiteriteri Handicap1st Phil Donaldson & Vicki Adnams 59.46%2nd Maxine Carrington & John Keene 57.80%3rd Joan Lloyd & Doug Elliott 55.27%

A butcher’s shop back in MotuekaJos and Sean Canton and their daughter Nari

( and their star worker Diane Keith!)are opening Beef Air Foods Limited in the first week of April, appropriately in the old Lummis Butchery in High Street. As well as a butchery it’ll be delicatessan and there’ll be a smoothie bar too.

Kaiteriteri Gold’s here again!Saturday’s Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon and

10km is undoubtedly one of the most pictur-esque courses on the national calendar and this coupled with it’s inclines provides the two ‘ingre-dients’ which are key to the event’s continuing success. Already close to 250 have registered with this number sure to swell this week with late entries being accepted until Thursday. Full details www.nelsonevents.co.nz

For all the familyIt’s Music Day at the Chandrakirti Buddhist

Centre this Sunday between 10am and 7pm. There’ll be local musos, delicious café food, stalls and children’s entertainment as well as tours of the complex. Children are free and adults $15. “Come and experience Nalanda Hall and circumambulate the Stupa for blessings”

One more sleep!A quick reminder...Gerard Hindmarsh is at

Motueka’s library tomorrow ( Thursday ) at 5.30pm talking about his latest book ‘Kawhai’.

Advance warning - more soon!Anita Peters is one of 12 artists that was part

of an ‘amazing’ residency at Farewell Spit and the group is opening an exhibition of their work March 24 in Takaka’s Art Bank. Sales from the stint will go towards a clean up of the Spit.

L.G.P.Y.C is up and racing!The Loyal Grossi Point Yacht Club which holds

its annual race day this Saturday at 1pm wel-comes catamarans and mono hullowners. The race briefing takes place at 12.40 and there’s no entry fee. There’s a practice day Friday and Sunday’s held in reserve in case of inclement weather. Don’t forget your life jacket.

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With the Motueka South School’s Fiesta and Tidal Fun Run less than two weeks away, stu-dents in Room 4 were busy getting creative mak-ing crafty delights to sell on the day.

As well as the biennial fundraising Fiesta which is set to include live music, a variety of stalls and loads of great food and drinks taking place on March 20, this year folks can support the school by taking part in either a 5km or 10km Tidal Fun Run around the unique tidal estuary trails close to the school.

Entry costs $10 online at or $15 on the day for those who are prone to Forrest Gump-like impulses to simply go for a big old jog.

Need an incentive to don the runners? All par-ticipants in the fun run will go into the draw to win a Mystery New Zealand Break for two, courtesy of House of Travel Motueka.

The value of getting in before March 1 for the fun run has already paid dividends for Amelia Bradley, who was drawn as the Earlybird winner of a sleek Smart 6 smartphone spot prize, sup-plied by the Motueka Vodafone Store.

“This is perfect timing for me because I have recently smashed my old one and was only left with the one I can only use for work,” she says.

It was meant to be, Amelia…it was meant to be.

More information on the entire event, including the full list of spot prizes is available on the The Tidal Trail Fun Run & Fiesta facebook page or the MSS website www.motuekasouth.school.nz/WebSpace/202/.

Grey Power Motueka to trial shop shuttle

Grey Power Motueka President Barry Goodman has announced the organisation’s plan to trial a shopping shuttle for local Grey Power members and Gold Card holders.

“Since the closure of the local taxi service we’ve had a good amount of feedback tell-ing us that there were folks out there with-out cars or friends to drive them that had no easy means to get to the supermarket. We’ve raised this with the Community Board who had approached Council, but were told that it had to be taken up with NZTA,” said Mr Goodman.

“This sounded like a very long process, so we are going to try and launch this our-selves.”

The service will be trialled in April with a hired van and Nelson Building Society has generously offered the use of their nine-passenger van from May onwards.

Grey Power is canvassing the community for those who would be interested in taking advantage of a service to the two supermar-kets. Initially, the plan is to operate every other Wednesday following Super payment days. Grey Power members and Gold Card holders who would be interested in partici-pating are asked to leave their details with the Grey Power office on 03 528 9076 and they will be contacted later in the month.

If you have older relatives or friends that need help getting to and from their shop please let them know.

Crafty kids and earlybird winners at MSS

Motueka School students Mitchell, Ryan, Aidan, Jasmine and Jorja were busy painting and creating ahead of the upcoming Fiesta.

Kara Simkin (left) of Motueka South School presents Amelia Bradley with the Trail Run earlybird prize of a brand new smartphone. Perfect timing as Amelia has just started a new job and had broken her previous phone.

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After some uncer-tainly in recent weeks, Ray Gill and wife Kathryn can now retire safe in the knowledge that Motueka will still have a video store in town, with new own-ers and well known Marahau residents Mitch and Kristy Mitchell stepping up to take over the fran-chise.With his former business in good

hands, Ray says he is looking forward to more time with his grandkids and a bit more fishing although he has fond memories of his time as owner of the local Video Ezy.

“Over the years we have had a lot of fun and met some lovely, interesting people,” he says of his 16 and a half years running the business.

“Some of the younger ones we had coming in many years ago are now grown up bringing their own children in.”

The Mitchells will take ownership of the shop over Easter weekend at the end of the month, although the High Street building itself remains in separate ownership.

Video Ezy to stay

Orange Friday is- not surprisingly- on Friday 11th of March and is going to be a bright day of colour-ful where thousands of dollars are raised nationally to help the victims of domestic abuse.

Organised by national charity Shine, the day will be heeded in Motueka, by the local Women’s Support Link in appropriate fashion with a stall set up outside the Westpac High Street branch, with cake and the eponymous fruit offered to all as well as reinforcing their presence as a vital community outlet.

At the organi-sation’s offices at Community House, a range of second hand clothing for

adults and children will be also be avail-able to those who wish to receive some good quality clothing ahead of the winter season.

Coordinator Lisa Whittaker says the idea to participate in this year’s cam-paigned was put for-ward by a former cli-ent who had reached out for support at a time of real need and subsequently turned their circumstances around.

“That’s our goal- to empower women, and this is a great way to raise aware-ness and act as a reminder that it’s okay to ask for help,” Lisa says.

“Family violence thrives on secrecy and it’s that fear that gets passed on that

stops victims from speaking out.”

Motueka Women's Support Link has been operating in the wider Motueka area for over 30 years, providing support any woman for any issue, however spe-cialising in support-ing women affected by family violence.

Support workers will accompany cli-ents to appointments with the required service and can offer practical advice to help guide women through obtaining a protection order. Women's Support Link also has a free counselling service and as a member of Safe Families Motueka can refer you onto the most appropriate helping agency.

Orange Friday is on...this Friday

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tight, buttons not meet-ing? Is it hard to bend down and pick things up from the floor? Is it time for a lifestyle change?

If you’re looking for inspiration and support to get more active and change your eating patterns come along to the free Healthy Living Workshop at the Motueka Family Service Centre, end of Talbot Street on

Wednesday evening 23rd March at 5pm. We’ll take your blood pressure, show you some simple exercises and give you achiev-able realistic advice to lose weight and get more active.

This is not about a quick fix diet, this is about you taking back control of your body and feeling bet-ter about yourselves. We’re excited to intro-duce our guest pre-

senter Sonny Denny who will demonstrate some inspiring sum-mer/autumn salad recipes.

This interactive 1 hour workshop fin-ishes with a comple-mentary light supper and a question and answer session. For more information and catering num-bers please ring Rae at Community House 528 0404 or Tracey on 0272943024

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Motueka 21a King Edward Street

Greg & Kirsten JonesM 0274 300 626 P 03 528 9551Property Sales Nelson and Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Located in a busy traffic zone and nestled in amongst commercial and industrial businesses KT´s Takeaways is locally owned and has been operating for 22 years. With plenty of potential to add value, KT´s Takeaways offers the new owners of this fabulous establishment excellent turnover and a new lease. Make this yours! Call or email us today for a full information pack.

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Motueka 139 High Street


Perfectly positioned on the main street of Motueka right in the heart of it all is a wonderful opportunity to purchase the Motueka Lolly Shop. The Motueka Lolly Shop is immaculately presented and offers customers from throughout the region a large selection of quality confectionery. This fabulous business is well known by the locals and offers plenty of potential.

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Upper Moutere Sunrise Valley Road 2045sqm A

Graham Durrant & Rebecca GreaneyM 021 526 815 M 027 355 1324Property Sales Nelson and Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Take a look at this large 2045 m2 elevated section with a very central location to both Richmond and Motueka. Build your dream here or perhaps buy this and the home next door as a mini lifestyle. Check out the options now before someone else seizes the opportunity.

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OPEN HOME

Motueka 169 Queen Victoria Street 3B 1C 1D 4K


This fabulous first home is just like a new one! Having been completely refurbished and redecorated throughout with neutral décor and beautiful timber features you´ll be cosy and comfortable all year round. Situated on a 809m2 family sized section there´s plenty of space for further development or just move in and enjoy easy living.

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Upper Moutere 40 Sunrise Valley Road 3B 2C 1D 3I 2J


This generous one owner home with office/crech room and large internal garaging also boasts separate workshop and carport space along with numerous storage sheds. Perched on 2137m2 of magic moutere soil, it offers beautiful gardens with mature tree's and an option to purchase another 1/2 acre title next door to the north, or another home owned by the same family to the south. Choices are many for the larger families at present. Location is key here!

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Upper Moutere 46 Sunrise Valley Road 4B 2C 2I 3K


This attracive 4+ bedroom, 2 bathroom one owner home with very modern interior throughout and large coverage access garaging, along with numerous wood storage sheds is now available. Nestled on 1674m2 it offers tranquil privacy and great indoor/outdoor flow along with mature tree's. Should you happen to require TWO homes, there is another available right next door. Location is key here being so close Primary School and other amenities.

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In response to community concerns about the safety of children walking and biking to and from school, the Tasman District Council is propos-ing to install variable school speed zones for Motupipi, Hope and Ranzau schools.

“We’ve done a lot of work in response to the strong community feeling that more needs to be done to keep children safe on their way to and from school,” Engineering Services Committee chairman Trevor Norriss said.

Cr Norriss said the Council will talk to the three schools before installing variable speed zone signs. The flashing signs will signal to motorists to slow down at times when children are entering and leaving school. Ranzau School is hoping to trial a kea crossing system in the meantime to help children safely cross the road at the begin-ning and end of school.

“We’ll also discuss the installation of static “40 When Children Present” signs at another four Tasman schools – Brooklyn, Mapua, Lower Moutere and Mahana,” he said.

“Only three of the 10 highest-priority schools meet the New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) criteria for a 40kmh variable school speed zone. That is why we’ve opted for static signs around other schools.

“We have made these schools a priority because of the volume and speed of traffic in their area,” Cr Norriss said. “We also looked at crash data, the schools’ rolls, whether they had off-street parking, how many kids bus, walk and bike to school, and the behaviour of children and parents at the school gate. That allowed us to work out the level of risk for each school and what measures we could to put in place to improve safety.”

The Council has already placed “40 When Children Present” overlays on Appleby School’s large signs after discussions with the school. Better standard school warning signs will also be installed at Central Takaka, Dovedale and Ngatimoti schools.

“We will also continue our education pro-grammes and road safety projects with schools to help keep our children safe.”

Cr Norriss said the Council would aim to have the new signs in place by the start of term 4 (October 2016). Some of the static signs are likely to be in place earlier.

TDC plans 40kph limit on school zones

Dear Sir The gardens in Wallace Street are a real credit

to those who contract to the TDC.The beds of geraniums are so well grown .A big thank you for making Wallace st so col-

ourful for many weeksAnother thank you is for the Motueka and dis-

trict historical society for publishing the 100 years of the Motueka Wharf. A huge effort by volun-teers in collecting , preparing the information and fund raising for this project.

Shirley FraterMotueka

Great things in Motueka

Letters

Student Leaders 2016Risaleaana Pouri-Lane, Hannah Gordon, Jamie Cudby, Aaron Bunn, JordanFrancois, Peyton Neha-Manihera, Laura-Alice Langridge, Hine Markham,Samantha Trevurza, Tess Haunch, Abby Seymour, Hayley Garlick

MHS Student of the week

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out&about

Motueka South Students John, Ty and Harrison show off their teeny mas-terpieces created in class. Fantastic effort guys.

Four members of the Mapua Art Group (MAG) changed Mapua’s Sprig and Fern paintings last Thursday. From left are Janet Adamson, Cushla Moorhead, Beth Meikle and Barbara McIntosh. MAG meets at the Mapua Hall every Thursday morning between 9am and noon.

Four year old Lachlan Cable recently arrived from Sydney to live in Tasman with his family. His parents are delighted to be in the area and Lachlan is happy at his pre school - Country Kids. He has a brand new sister Georgia and a brother Tom. Welcome family.Odie, a Mahana mum, decorates Lachlan with a specially requested transformer.

Daniel Neal and Josh Lawson from Mapua had a ball riding all the crazy bikes during Mahana’s festival.

Andy Squire and Ilya Speranza had been in the coun-try two days when they paused in the Motueka sun. Both from bustling New York they are here as part of the U.S.A. based Vermont Biking Tours, although theirs is a hiking trip. That afternoon they were to take the water taxi into the Abel Tasman Park.“We love it here. The easy pace, and the casual cosmopolitan atmosphere,” said Andy. Now both retired Andy was an attorney and Ilya an opera singer.

Four year old Lachlan Cable recently arrived from Sydney to live in

Tyreece Kerr and John Brown hard at work creating raspberry slushies at Mahana’s festival.

Motueka South Students John, Ty and Harrison show off their teeny mas Tyreece Kerr and John Brown hard at work creating raspberry slushies

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In a statement released last week, Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese and Tasman Mayor Richard Kempthorne said a joint approach to managing the landfill needs of the Nelson Tasman communities is a step closer after both councils agreed to discuss a joint venture approach with their communities.

The proposal is that both councils would be equal partners in a joint landfill operation. Because York Valley has a higher valuation than Eves Valley, Tasman District Council would make a one-off payment of $4.2 million to Nelson City Council to satisfy the require-ments for 50-50 partnership.

The structure, governance and ownership of the joint venture are yet to be confirmed, but it is likely to operate in a similar way to the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, which manages the regional wastewater treat-ment plant at Bell Island.

The joint approach will allow for further col-laboration on waste management activities, and be in the best interests of our communi-ties.

Both councils will discuss the proposal with their communities over the next few months before making a decision whether or not to proceed. If it goes ahead, the regional landfill will operate from July 2017.

Joint landfill venture to move ahead

Duo partners Kathryn Mosley and Joseph Spooner – a pianist from New Zealand and a cellist from the UK – explore a repertoire that is intimately linked to the celebrated New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield. On 22 March they will perform in Motueka in a concert presented by the Motueka Music Group as part of the Chamber Music New Zealand 2016 Encompass Series Tour.

Mansfield’s cello teacher while in London was Arnold Trowell, the New Zealand virtuoso cellist who was based in London in adulthood. The object of her affections for a long period, he however did not reciprocate her feelings. This concert includes a work by Trowell dedicated to Mansfield,¬ as well as one by him we know she admired greatly, and his effusive second sonata. The modernism of Anson, another New Zealander in London and teacher of Douglas Lilburn, acts as a foil to the Late Romanticism of Trowell. Chopin’s Sonata for Cello and Piano was a work that Mansfield loved and which informed her writing.

The Duo’s Motueka concert also features Southern Invention composed by John Rimmer. Well known in this district, John Rimmer taught at the University of Auckland from 1974 until 1999, being made professor in 1995. His music has been performed across the globe. Now living in Tapu Bay, he is the conductor of the Motueka District Brass and choirmaster at St Andrew’s church.

Kathryn Mosley worked as a soloist, and is in demand as a recitalist and duo partner interna-tionally. A scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music brought Kathryn to the United Kingdom where she is currently com-pleting her doctorate following on from a mas-ter’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Joseph Spooner has pursued a diverse career as a soloist and chamber musician since his postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is now an Associate. Joseph’s delving into cello repertoire from England, Russia and New Zealand has led to the rediscovery of unjustly neglected works.

The Spooner Mosley Duo will perform at the Chanel Arts Centre, Corner High Street and Fearon Street on Tuesday 22 March at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Floral Affaire, High Street Motueka,

For more information visit www.chambermusic.co.nz

Katherine Mansfield and her music

Duo partners Kathryn Mosley and Joseph Spooner – a pianist from New Zealand and a cellist from the UK – explore a repertoire that is intimately linked to the celebrated New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield in Motueka on 22 March.

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Neighbourhood valuesLiving at Atamai Village, in the Motueka Valley only

10 - 15 minutes from town by car, is a life style without a life sentence. The benefits of community living are enjoyed without having a large life-style block to care for by yourself. Instead, you can have a smaller title with common land nearby in a good old fashioned neighbour-hood where the children are “free range” , neigh-bours look after each other and everyone can enjoy the bene-fits of the village.

More trusteesJeff Santa

Barbara and Patsy Blackstock talked about how things have changed mark-edly at Atamai. Several villagers have stepped up to take on the trustee role which has spread the load previously shared by two trustees until July last year.

Change and new beginnings Now eight folks make up Village Stewards Limited,

which is a corporate trustee. It’s very different from the original trustee situation which created many challenges for the village.

The emphasis these days is on transparency and inclusiveness - anyone living there is welcome at

regular meet-ings. Lunch is often provided by Patsy - from her garden to the table.

Pr ices lower

V i l l a g e Stewards is working with Harcourts Real Estate in the marketing and selling of the latest sections in stage two of the village’s development. Together they

are holding an open day. “We’ve had feedback that has led us to lower prices”, according to Jeff.

VillagersAs Greg Jones, from Harcourts put it, “ Atamai

Villagers are a nice bunch of people.” “We garden, have dogs and cats, get married, raise children, work hard and go on holiday. And there’s always someone around to look out for you” said Patsy. “Our focus is on old fashioned neighbourhood values – where you can walk through the orchard and pick an apple or a plum, where you have caring neighbours and where our children are watched over,” said Patsy, who has been living in the village since 2013.

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Title only option - Just one covenant

“We’ve created more than one doorway into the vil-lage”, says Jeff. Although originally there have been a greater number of covenants on the land, now there is a “title only” option with the land use condition which states there’s to be no use of pesticides and herbicides. There is a second option when purchasing a title that gives the buyer the opportunity to share ownership and benefits of the commons. Membership is an option at any time.

North facing sunny sections for sale

Residents of Atamai Village Patsy, Jeff and Sonnie the dog with part of the new subdivision in the back-ground. Note the sunny flat building platforms on the hillside.

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Common landEveryone has freehold title to their land and as a

member is entitled to use the common land, including the pond and orchard, which surround the private hold-ings. Existing members would like land buyers to join the Incorporated Society, which entitles them to use the common land, come to meetings and to be part of the governance. The use of the common land is quite a bonus though as both the first and second stages of the village’s development are surrounded by between 10 and 15 hectares each.

This weekend Real Estate open daysNorth facing sectionsThe sections that are presently for sale range from

1177 up to 2500 square metres and the sites are sunny, north facing and ideal for solar powered systems and passive solar heating.

Plenty of expertiseBoth Patsy and Jeff agree it’s a great place to live. “You

may live independently but if you wish to try something new the expertise is often found in-village. Folks are happy to share ideas, information and even muscle.”

Great for kidsAs for the children, it’s a healthy way of life. They are

able to roam safely. There are lots of internal footpaths and cycle ways and there’s always someone around if they need anything. Of the 7 school-aged children, two are home schooled and the rest attend either Lower Moutere, Motueka South or Ngatimoti School. The Motueka South school bus stops at the gate.

A real estate weekendThis weekend’s Open Day is a real estate open week-

end – this Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13th from 11am until 3pm. There will be a sausage sizzle and children’s activities. There will be a display from Hybrid Homes featuring the Show Home they are constructing soon.

Why not drive up and have a good look?

At Mytton Heights, off Motueka Valley Highway, 5 minutes from the airport.

Alysha Dey with her brother Jordan and friend Anna Koldau.

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The heat was on at the Tasman Marlborough Children’s Athletics Champs this weekend! There were two intense days of competition with children aged from 5 to 15 from Takaka to Marlborough and they all gathered at Saxton Stadium to battle it out for the supreme indi-vidual honours for the season.

The Motueka Children Athletics Club had a healthy 38 athletes competing this year and there were a number of wonderful perform-ances across the two days. In all, Motueka athletes registered nine Motueka Club event records, two Tasman Centre event records and secured 2 overall age group champions (14B and 15B).

Ben Allen won the 14 year boys competition convincingly. Impressively, he has now won his age group for three consecutive years. He was strong right throughout the weekend , winning 7 out of the 8 events he was entered in.

Two more club records also now have Ben’s name beside them when he broke the long standing (1987) discus mark with 36m record on Saturday and then extended his own Shot Put record on the Sunday.

Jacob Bryan went back to back and took out

the 15 year boys competition in his last year of competing for the Club. He too won 7 of the 8 events he entered, broke 5 Club records for the 200m, 1500m, Shot Put, Long Jump and High Jump and broke two Tasman Champs records in the Long Jump, 1500m and was tantalisingly close to a 3rd in the 800m.

Ilonka Bloomfield improved the 6 year girls Shotput. Club Record and Jacob Brooks broke his 13 year Boys Hurdles record. These were just two of a host of performances that sent parents and athletes home smiling.

In the overall standings, Micah Marr in his very first season of athletics finished third overall in the 5 year old boys division. Leelaa Douglas (9 year girls) also in her first season, finished second overall. Emily Bryan (13G) and Matthew Dunn (6B) placed second and Fletcher Pickworth (14B), Camryn Smart(14G ) came in third overall.

And to the volunteer parent helpers who worked tirelessly in the sun over the two days, manning sand rakes, wind meters, clip boards and tape measures. Many thanks. The event could not have been done without your gener-ous support!

Tasman champs bring back to back success

Jacob Bryan (left) and Ben Allen, age group champions for the 15 and 14 year old boys grades respectively. Photo supplied.

New records set at MHS athletics

Hayden Feaver clears the bar during one of the high jump events held as part of Motueka High School’s Athletic Sports last week.Photo: Judy Thorp.

As it seems to be with every year, a host of records tumbled in the sun at Motueka High School’s Athletics Day held at Memorial Park on Tuesday, as well as in a handful of events on Thursday and Friday.

The conveyor belt of quality ath-letic talent was rolled out for a bit of keenly fought competition with some of the new students and Year 9 members of the schools athlet-ic academy given their first real chance to show their abiltiies to their peers.

Notable in 2016 were the efforts of Tess Haunch who broke two U19 girls records with a Triple Jump leap of 10.79m and also in the high jump breaking Mary French's record from 1981 of 5:15m by 3cm.

Prior to her nationals success over the weekend, sprinter Amanda Fitisemanu broke her own U19 girls record in the 400m running 59.5s and equalled her record from last

year in the 200m running it in 26.1s.Risaleaana Pouri-Lane broke the U16 Girls Javelin record throw-ing 33.73m. Fletcher Pickworth an Under 15 athlete had a very fast run in the 1500m, running against the U16 boys which pushed him to a record of 4.36.6m beating John Ogilvie's 1984 record by 5.8 seconds.

Year 9 student Isi Saumaki broke the boys U14 shot put record, add-ing 26cm throwing an impressive 10.65m

In addition to those initial results the 3000m was a close run affair resulting in two age group records being set on Thursday. Fletcher Pickworth broke a 1985 record by two seconds in completing the dis-tance in 10 minutes 10secs. Under 16 competitor Jacob Bryan took 45 seconds off his age group record (set in 2002) and won the race in 10m 9 secs.

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Turangawaewae – Celebrating Our PlaceStreet parade begins festival

Friday’s a big night at Parklands’ School. From 4pm until 8pm you’re invited to come along to the school’s annual Multicultural Festival and to indulge in everything on offer. The Parade of Nations begins the occa-sion at 4pm.

Twenty eight flags!

Twenty eight different flags will be hoisted aloft by the suitably dressed representatives from each country. Once the parade reaches the school it will be welcomed with a karanga, all the flags will be strung along the fence and the school’s Kapa Haka group will perform and the festival will begin under the Big Tree!

School pupils representing various countries. From left back Melefehi (Tonga), Ruby ( rep Thailand), Ilonka (Czech Republic), Wickliffe (Tuvalu), Jaelyn ( Kiwi), Paul (Tuvalu),Yatiri and Yogin (India), Ampensaa (Ghana) and Mikaele (Tonga)

Celebrating cultural diversity

Held to celebrate the community’s diversity and as an important fund raiser the festival offers a feast of family-friendly cuisine from around the world. And there’ll be cultural performances from past and current students as well as from talented members of our Motueka com-munity.

National costumes at school

During Friday children are encouraged to wear their optional costumes to school. With so many diverse cul-tures it should be a colourful, exciting day.

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Great music

There’s lots of music this year – in fact there’s some-thing for everyone.

As well as children’s singing and dancing there’s Jump Jam which is a part of the school’s fitness programme.

Groups coming along to entertain will include the Samoan, Tongan and NiVan cultural groups. And every-one’s hoping that the XFactor finalist will appear as the surprise guest.

A chance to win

Mystery envelopes and raffles will be on sale. This year the money goes towards building a Youth Confidence /Fitness trail for the school and the community’s use.

Delicious food everywhere

International foods and old favouritesThere’ll be Auntie Mere’s famous fried bread, interna-

tional foods and the ever popular hangi. A real treat will be the wild roast pork sandwiches. Look about - there’ll be something for you whatever your taste.

Music - food - entertainment

Last year’s wonderful parade sets off. Twenty -eight different nationalities will be represented.

Kidszone

Somethings for the kids will be the Bouncy Castles, face painting, Go Karts, Laser Tag, the Climbing Wall, lucky dips and golf putt. What fun!

Finn, Sam and Casey sold Mexican nachos last year. They’ll be doing so again this Friday!

Taumata Kahuki - the bilingual class in action at the celebration last time. The group will be there again this week.

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Netball’s for EVERYONE! It’s family friendly and affordable with HUIA - trials next week

14-40 plusThe Huia Netball Club,

a family friendly club with a long history, is for all ages from college girls to mothers returning to the sport, that is from 14 until 40 plus! It’s up to you – Marion Cross played until she was 55. Now she coaches instead.

Instigators – Susie and Judy

Susie Wells and Judy Drummond started the Huia Netball team in

Details of trialsTo be held at the Motueka courts behind the

Recreation Centre in Old Wharf Road.

Wednesday 16th MarchSocial players from 6.45pm

Grade 1 and 2 players from 7.15pm

Saturday 19th MarchSocial Players from 3.00pm

Grade 1 and 2 players from 3.30pm

For more details see:-Facebook: Huia Netball Club

www.huinetball.co.nzOr contact Linda Kroupa 528 9755 / 027 940 8882

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1987 because they, like the others in that first team, were partners of Huia Club rugby players and they enjoyed each others company. They thought it would be fun to play netball. The Huia Sports Club was like a big family, and netball was a natural addition. Twenty nine years on it’s still going strongly.

Many wins, great coaches“Over the past 29 years we have won Grade 1 and

Grade 2 a multitude of times. It would be lovely to see all of our teams take out their grades and we have coaches who’ll work with players and bring the team together for better results”.

Subsidised feesOur subsidised fees for those aged from 14 -40 plus

make playing for us affordable. Mothers often put them-selves last. If you join up you’ll have two sessions a week just for you – one evening practice and a game Saturday! (Or Monday night if in Grade One) So why not rejoin or come along for the first time?

‘Coach extraordinaire, Marion Cross (left) with Huia Netball Club President, Linda Kroupa, look forward to another exciting netball season. They encourage you to come along to the trials, even if you’ve been out of the loop for some time.

All Grades welcome

Today the companion-ship is evident but the women involved join for a number of reasons – health, fitness, for social reasons or because they love the game. It’s no longer just because they have partners in the rugby team. “It’s a true community club,” said Linda, “We hold trials so we can accommodate all grades of player – from Grade 1 to 4. We welcome anyone who is keen to join our club.”

Come along andjoin in the fun!

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GolfTasman Golf Club18h women LGU 7& Bensemann Cup 1 March.

First day of competition for 2016. Joint winners were Marita Hattersley and Dot Noordijk. Putting was won by Marita Hattersley.

9 hole women 29th February Dunn Trophy – Putts. Opening day today was a beautiful day to play at Tasman. winners were 1st Pam Robert, 2nd equal Jackie Hall & Julie Cox.

Recent results: Saturday 20 February; Stableford round 1st Peter Thawley 42 2nd Miles Chamberlayne 42 3rd Wayne Robinson 41 Nearest Pin: Derek Gray Twos: Derek Gray, Rob Bloor, Mike

Mcgee, Louie Lucas-Perry Saturday 27 February: Summer Cup Best Net 1st Ross Beattie 61 2nd Chris Jones 65 3rd Jacob Barrow 65 Nearest Pin: Louis Lucas-Perry Twos: Jacob Barrow (2), Phil Hyatt,

Pete Thawley Opening Day Saturday 5 March Berkett Memorial (mixed best ball stableford) Raewyn Bailey and Mike McGee 47 points Don Tait Memorial (men’s best ball stableford) Pete Thawley and Paul Heathcote 51 points Russell Hume and Rob Bloor 50 points Nearest Pin: Warren Willets Twos: David Coeland, Rob Bloor, Paul

Walters, Derek Gray, Miles Chamberlayne Next week 12 March, no doubt with some

happy anticipation is the Backwards Tournament. The following week on the 19th is the first round of the Captain’s Trophy.

9 hole women’s Best Nett winner 7th March Jackie Hall, second Jean Daubney.

Holy starters gun, that’s a lot of athletic achievement

BowlsMotueka Bowling ClubTalleys Open Triples Results1st Brian Bartlett, Bunty Ryan and Joan Ryan2nd Kerry Bishop, Hugh Douglas and Darryl

Kemp.3rd Marcia Duncan and Matt Thwaites.

The Tasman Secondary Schools Ki o rahi tournan-ment was held last Wednesday at Golden Bay High School. This doubled as a qualify-ing tournament for the nationals which are scheduled for late September at Tokoroa, with the top 2 teams going on to represent the area. – As Ki o Rahi is a mixed gender game with eight taking

the field from squads of 7 males and 7 females for 24 minute m a t c h e s , N e l s o n College and Nelson College for Girls com-bined to make up their team and their No. 1 team took overall hon-ours for the day win-ning every game. The host school’s No. 1 team tied for 2nd place with Waimea College, while in 4th place the Nelson Colleges No.

2 team snuck in which meant Golden Bay High School No. 2 placed 5th overall. “It was a fantastic day,” said Jeni Thorborough of Sport Tasman. “Golden Bay High School do a great job of hosting this event for us and it is excel-lent to be able to take a sport out to the Takaka region and run it on the fields at Golden Bay High School.

Ki o rahi returns to Golden Bay HS

Amongst Tasman’s 26-medal haul at the 42nd New Zealand track and field cham-pionships in Dunedin, Riwaka’s Joeline Jones set new NZ Masters Athletics Association all time and championships records in winning her Womens 30-34 60m sprint in 8.56 seconds.Still in her first year of serious competi-tion, Jones continued her winning form in the 100m (13.89sec), 200m (28.63sec) and 400m (64.82sec).

She was also sec-ond in the long jump with her final jump of 4.31m, just 3cm behind the winner, giv-ing her four golds and a silver medal from her five events.

Her final masters-stroke came in the 4x100m relay where Joeline joined Steve Low, Robbie Barnes and Nige Burgess to claim silver.Impressively, Joeline backed up her track efforts by heading straight to Christchurch post-champs to assist

her Tasman Touch team in reaching the semis at their national tournament. Tasman will host next year’s event at Saxton Field in February, where Joeline will step up to the 35-39 year cate-gory. She says the he step up in grade will provide greater com-petition and a chal-lenge that she hopes to thrive on. Just a few days later at the same venue Sprinter Amanda Fitisemanu made a mockery of her recent injury worries

DressageDressaging on probably the hottest day of the

year was testing for both woman and beast but everyone put their best foot forward. Next com-petition will be held on April 17th.

Class 3 Test 1C Natalie Iorns 61.92%Level C1 Test 1Raquel Walker 73%Level C1 Test 2Raquel Walker 72.5%Class 7 Test 1DNatalie Iorns 67.30%Class 12 First Level Test 1A1st Sam McPartland 77%2nd Sandie Burn 65%3rd Irene Minchin 64.3%Class 11 Introductory OC1st Natalie Street 73%2nd Sarah Galllagher3rd Erena Powell 49%Class 14 Third Level 3A Sue Clark 68%Class 19 Third Level 3CSue Clark 63%Class 17 First Level Test 1B1st Corena Rhodes 76%2nd Sam McPartland 71.5%3rd Sandie Burn 71%Class 13 Second Level Test 2CIrene Minchin 58%

Medallists at their recent Masters and National Open Athletics champs, both held in Dunedin, are Joeline Jones (left) and Amanda Fitisemanu.

to chalk up another national title, this time in the 400m under 20 womens category in a time of 56.93 seconds.

Just a second off her personal best, the win provides a fantastic confidence boost as she heads to Perth for the Australian National Championships. Also competing over the weekend was Kai Mason who finished fourth in both the Mens under 20 Shot Put and Discus competi-tions before winning a bronze in the Javelin.

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Stock Controller Coldstore, MotuekaLooking for a full-time position that will give you the opportunity to use your computer and organisational skills? Are you good with detail and documents, and understand the importance of getting it right first time? We are looking for a new Stock Controller to join the team at the Coldstore at our main site in Motueka.

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28 WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2016 Sport

The regions finest in the Presidents Cricket grade assembled in Tapawera to fight it out for the Nelson Cricket Association’s President Cup title for 2016. Tapawera President’s XI had home ‘town’ advantage and put the visitors Motueka Rouge President XI into bat first.

Motueka was restricted to 113 runs for Tapawera to chase. It was to finish down to the wire, with Tapawera having to struggle to get the win, winning with 2 balls left on the 19th over with 4 wickets in hand.

Captain Rikki Ahearn from Motueka spoke, “we’ve had an up and down season. We just pulled through in a cliffhanger of a semi final against last year’s winner Mapua. Today we didn’t get enough runs on the scoreboard. I’m still really proud of the boys as to what they achieved in the last 10 overs to take it down to just 2 balls that Tapawera won.

Motueka’s Player of the Day was Jamie Allan was 3 wickets for 20 runs off 4 overs.”

Tapawera Captain Hayden Warnes com-mented, “that the team has been pretty consist-ent for the whole season. We have all enjoyed the great team atmosphere with everyone getting behind each other with encouragement and support.”

“We have had a great following of supporters whom turned out in good style today, setting up a home made terrace on a flatbed trailer decked out in couches with umbrella’s shading themselves.”

“Today’s game all went down to the fielding and the bowlers. We took every chance that was on offer. The guys put a extra 100% effort into todays game.”

Hayden Warnes and Mike Collins both took 3 wickets. Grant Inglis top scorer with 41 runs and 2 run outs. Tapawera’s Tony Roeske was named Player of the Day for his sublime field-ing today.”

Motueka Special Olympic swimmers proudly displaying the ribbons they won at the Special Olympic Carnival last Sunday, held at Hampden Street Pool. From Left: Karen Drummond, Natalie Rush, Nicola Paul, Emma Hob-son.

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Tapawera triumphs in close Presidents cricket final

It was all smiles for both teams after the final of the Nelson Presidents Cricket competition on Saturday, with Tapawera hosting Motueka in a derby of sorts. Tapawera chased down 113 to win with five wickets and a cou-ple of balls to spare. Photo: Sue Fenemor.

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