May 2017

As the veterans in the Anzac Day parade grow older the crowd at the cenotaph gets younger. It is not only about remembering the fallen but also a recognition of the horror of war and the grief and pain that still surrounds it. Each year the crowds grow not only younger but also larger, in part because of the way schools cover the topic. Families attend with poppies and many with their own flowers.

Wearing a korowai (Maori cloak), Claire Denison from South End School laid a wreath on behalf of the school.

The service is traditional: cadet forces from the Air Training Corps form the guard of honour around the cenotaph; the flag is slowly lowered for the Last Post and raised as the bugler plays Reveille; wreaths are laid and many people leave their poppies on the cenotaph steps.

The cenotaph records the names of those from the district who died. The top of the shaft is broken off to symbolise young lives cut short.

This year there was a new dimension with a lone protester holding the independence flag of the 1834 United Tribes of New Zealand and questioning the lack of official Maori inclusion in the commemoration. He had a point.

Broken cenotaph for young lives cut short

Wearing a korowai (Maori cloak), Claire Denison from South End School laid a wreath on behalf of the school. Photo Rebekah Farr.

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The flag of the United New Zealand Tribes. Photo Rebekah Farr.

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EditorialAnzac Day and other thingsThere is a point to wanting official Maori representation on Anzac Day. As well as being a significant part of the community, Maori gave more per capita than pakeha to the world wars and have participated in every war since, including our peace keeping presence in Afghanistan. The casualty rate for Maori in World War Two was almost 50% higher than the average for New Zealand infantry battalions.

Papakainga housingHurunui-o-Rangi Marae has broken the earth and begun to build

six new papakainga houses and also rebuild the Marae. Ra Smith comments and will be a regular contributor to The Crier.

To amalgamate or notA crowded auditorium at the Events Centre listened to both sides

of the debate at this event organised by Wairarapa Voice.

Wairarapa WordAnother coup for Wairarapa Word, who managed to snare one of

our most famous novelists – Lloyd Jones – a well-attended and very satisfying event for both readers and writers.

Flu jabsOnce again Wairarapa Mayors lead the way. The Mayors of

Carterton, Masterton and South Wairarapa subjected themselves to ‘flu jabs to encourag the community to follow suit and stay healthy this winter.

The Volunteer Fire Brigade is recruitingIs it something you’ve always wanted to do?

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Papakainga homes for Hurunui-o-Rangi MaraeA project to rebuild the marae and provide six affordable, healthy homes for the beneficiaries of the Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae will be completed over two years. It includes funds of $1.6m from the Maori Housing Network led by Te Puni Kokiri and a Kainga Whenua bank loan secured by the Trust. Ra Smith reflects on the project.

Powhiri to welcome tradies and suppliers, professional planners onto Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae at ceremony to break the ground on the build site. Photo Henare Manaena.

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Home is where the heart isMy mother asked me to come home about

15 years ago to help with our Treaty claim. We needed to gather evidence to present to the Crown about the effects of Treaty breaches on whanau or families, hapu or sub tribes and iwi or tribe. Understanding the grievances for these groups means overcoming the barriers we have faced. I was lucky enough to meet my great grandfather and my great grand mother and while I knew them before they died I did not appreciate then the inheritance they wanted to give me.

My nanny wanted me to know what an asset Hurunui-o-Rangi can be. This week our marae community broke the ground to start the building of a papakainga or social housing.

The difference between a house and a home is in the quality of life the families have there. My poupou or great grandfather lived in a house with an earthen floor, but it was the cleanest floor and it was where we would sit around the table and share a meal and he would make us laugh. He was such a great storyteller. I learnt about an ancestor, Nukupewapewa who invented flying in the hills we could see from his house. I learnt about how my nanny sat in the middle of the road to protest how it cut between our marae and our urupa or cemetery.

The physical land became a home because the stories linked to the places where we swam all summer. We linked to the places where we went eeling, where we worked in the shearing sheds, where we buried my nanny and poupou. The enduring peace celebrated in our exhibition at Aratoi can be arrived at when our home has mana, when Wairarapa glistens in our mind’s eye and in our hearts.Ra Smith

A bob each wayCarterton Council has developed a submission on council amalgamation that ‘does not support or oppose the proposal’. It does however emphasise the democratic principles that should underpin the final arrangement. These relate to local, community decision-making and the willingness of the proposed council to allocate resources and staff to the community boards to allow them to ‘effectively carry out their roles as leaders of their local communities...’.

The submission proposes Carterton as the ‘leadership centre’ and the service and governance centre for the district because of its central location, South Wairarapa as the tourism and leisure centre and Masterton as the commercial centre, whilst also retaining service centres in Masterton, Carterton and Martinborough.

The submission warns of miscalculating the costs of transition. It quotes overseas experience which suggests that ‘costs are generally higher than predicted and savings less’ and recommends that care be taken.

The positives include the likelihood of supporting more community participation through empowered community boards. The negatives include the size of the rural wards, a reduction in rural representation for Carterton and, if it goes wrong, the centralisation of all services in Masterton.

In general the submission does not balance the pros and cons but provides suggestions about how a merger could be made to work and promotes ideas like enhancing and resourcing Maori participation in council decision-making, which could, of course, be implemented without a merger.Don Farr

Amalgamation: Yes or No?The Events Centre was packed. On stage were four MPs, two mayors and a deputy mayor, Federated Farmers and Wairarapa Voice – the group which organised the public meeting to discuss the proposed amalgamation of Wairarapa district councils.

The speakers expressed strong views either for or against, with a couple still undecided. So the audience had a range of views, threats, challenges and opportunities to consider.

If there was one over-riding view expressed by almost all speakers it was that if the amalgamation goes through, and Carterton ward is served by a community board of four elected board members and two councillors, then that board needs to be properly empowered, financed and resourced and connected to its constituency to the extent that it can take on many of the representative roles of the current council with some authority. There is a risk here though. The level of funding will only be decided once the proposed new council is formed, although a transition body will be able to allocate funds for the first year.

Several of the speakers emphasised that a merger was a solution to a problem that has not been identified; that in local body politics

big is not necessarily better and in the case of one speaker a ‘merger is not supported by the Local Government Commission’s own documents’.

Nevertheless there were arguments presented regarding greater resources resulting from amalgamation, in particular the ability to pool labour and equipment, to deal with disasters, to provide better career paths for staff and to improve staff retention. Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson read through a list of the various sub committees and working groups that operate now in the Wairarapa area with all the participants having different accountabilities. The list was extensive. Indeed she ran out of time before it could be completed. Don Farr

A packed Events Centre for the amalgamation meeting. Photo Jan Farr.

Wairarapa Voice members, Aneta Bond and Mike Osborne, chat with shoppers at the Farmers Market about the meeting to discuss amalgamation. Photo Jan Farr.

Heart of Arts

Pushing memory buttons“One way of being famous is getting your work into a second hand shop,” quipped Jen Magnus curator and inspiration for Heart of Arts recent exhibition: I found it in the Wairarapa and I think it’s Art.

“I like the eclectic nature of this exhibition,” Jen said. “People are saying ‘This is like my Nana’s back bedroom – it’s pushing memory buttons.

“It’s been fun. Where there was a name I researched it. Thanks to the internet I found out quite a lot about some of the artists.”

Jen pointed to an interesting work in dark subtle colours of an owl – her own discovery.

“The woman who did the owl is in her 50s. She considers herself to be an outsider artist. Pictures of her work are exactly in that style. Her name is Julian Royds, from Wellington. She has works in NZ galleries.”

Jen also discovered an attractive ‘found’ piece by Sara Boland who lives in Waikanae. “She is still working with found objects and has pictures online. She doesn’t remember doing the one we’ve got here so I’ll send her a picture of it.

“There is a pre-metric Watch me Grow chart – fabric printed by deceased potter and artist Jill Totty. Her work is unmistakeable.”

Jen discovered that an attractive water

colour was painted by the editor of a hospital newspaper.‘Some of the pieces remain a mystery and that’s kind of fun too,”

she said. Jen thinks the exhibition might give new life to people’s exploration

of second hand shops.“The show makes you think about What is art? Why do we love it?

What drew us to things?” The exhibition closed on 2 May and was so successful it may

become an annual event.Jan Farr

People are saying “This is like my Nana’s back bedroom – it’s pushing memory buttons.” Photo Jan Farr.

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Jen Magnus – curator and inspiration of Heart of Arts latest exhibition. Photo Jan Farr.

Whanau tupu ngatahi – families growing together – is a fitting motto for the Playcentre organisation.Our little family of three, Alfred, Lisa and André, thoroughly loved our time at Carterton Playcentre. We joined for a far-too-short period of a few months whilst in the Wairarapa for professional training. After having attended different local playgroups we found that the Playcentre philosophy and atmosphere, together with the Montessori Playgroup in the Plunket rooms, was exactly what we had been looking for.

Born in Germany, our son Alfred had for a while attended open preschool and a preschool from one year of age in Sweden, as well as a multinational Swedish playgroup in Switzerland. We therefore found ourselves directly at home with the Playcentre philosophy of empowerment, self-direction in play and positive guidance. The childrens’ curiosity and creativitiy are nurtured and their social skills developed at the same time. Alfred loved every day at Carterton Playcentre.

The same goes for us: The thoroughly bicultural approach and adherence to Te Tiriti o Waitangi appealed to us immediately. Furthermore, our cultural and national background was not only accepted, but embraced. This made us feel welcome immediately. The parental relationships allowed us to connect even better with the community, helping us feel even more at home in Carterton. Very appealing also was the recording of each child’s developmental progress by the documentation of play and by creating a portfolio book that shows the child’s journey at Playcentre.

Alfred’s time at Carterton Playcentre will stay with us – a chapter in his childhood of which we will always be fond. We really grew together with the other families even though our time here was far too short. Thank you to everyone at Carterton Playcentre!

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Yoga at Carterton KindyFor the last four weeks of this term at Carterton Kindergarten we have been having yoga lessons with Anneka Billing.

Yoga helps create health and well being for the body and mind. Our children have been enthusiastic participants. There has been lots of positive feedback from children and their families about the yoga.

We are going to have four more lessons next term which will help children consolidate their learning. Nelly Kendall-Carpenter – teacher Anneka and a parent demonstrating the bike movement.

Alfred at play.

Multicultural, multinational – our Playcentre experience

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A good little townYou could get everything you wanted in Carterton when Margaret Jamieson grew up in the 1930s and 40s. There were fruiterers, grocers, ice cream shops, chemists, book shops, butchers, garages, the Wairarapa Farmers Cooperative Assn (WFCA) with hardware, drapery, haberdashery, clothing and shoes. The Regent Theatre showed pictures every night.

Doctors worked from home and called on sick patients. There were private maternity homes. Transport for most young people was a bicycle.

“There was always something to look forward to,” Margaret said. “Sport, pictures on Saturday night, dances every month and in the winter there would be balls. You’d get dressed up in a long frock.”

Margaret started school at the Side School, a two-roomed building where Carterton School stands today. After standard one, children moved to the primary school at the south corner of Brooklyn Road. “It was a cold old place.” Margaret had been there a year when they built a new school block at Carterton School. She finished her schooling at Carterton District High School (where South End School is now).

School leavers went to university, teachers training college, nursing, into trade and farming apprenticeships or worked in shops, offices and the clothing factory in Belvedere Road. Margaret’s first job was delivering telegrams for the Post Office which shifted to Holloway Street after the 1942 earthquake. “You might have to go to the south end of town and then turn around and bike to Clareville.” She then worked at the Wairarapa Farmers Cooperative Association (WFCA) in drapery and haberdashery.

At 24 she married Jack. Their four children were born in a maternity home at the corner of Seddon Street. “We stayed a fortnight with our babies. When you went home the Plunket Nurse would call.”

Jack died five years ago, shortly before their sixtieth wedding anniversary.Jan Farr

You could get everything you wanted in Carterton when Margaret Jamieson grew up in the 1930s and 40s. Photo Jan Farr.

Solo Cello – Reflecting Bach

Christopher HuttonThe Greytown Music Group’s next concert on Saturday 27 May at 4pm will be a solo cello recital given by Christopher Hutton.

Born and brought up in Wellington, Christopher studied at Boston University and the Eastman School of Music in the United States. He is now an Associate Professor of Violincello at Furman University in South Carolina and also performs widely in solo and chamber music recitals in the USA and Europe with occasional trips back to NZ. He has recorded for Radio NZ and collaborated with composers including New Zealanders Helen Bowater and Christopher Marshall.

Christopher has a particular love of Bach’s music and has devised a series of recitals and master classes based on Bach’s cello suites. Some of his concerts are solely Bach but others incorporate works by later composers who were inspired by Bach. He is presenting the recital series both in the States and in New Zealand.

Reflecting Bach comprises one movement from each of the Bach Suites juxtaposed with audience-friendly works by 20th century composers Benjamin Britten, Max Reger, William Bolcom, John Harbison and John Corigliano, demonstrating links with Bach that Christopher believes audiences today will enjoy.

The concert venue is 57 Wood Street, Greytown, admission $25 for adults and $10 for students. For bookings, ring Ed and Juliet Cooke on 06 304 9497.

Wairarapa Singers

The Messiah and the vowel policeThe Wairarapa singers will perform Handel’s Messiah at 7 pm on 19 May at St Lukes, Greytown and at 2.30pm on 20 May at Rathkeale. They sound wonderful.

“I’m the vowel police,” their director, Angie Cook, said. “If everyone makes the same vowel you get a strong sound.”

Angie has been with them for four years. In that time the choir has almost doubled. “We’re always looking for people to join,” she said.

“There is no audition and there are lots of health benefits from singing in a choir with all the breathing, particularly in The Messiah. People come in tired and go out looking refreshed.”

Angie is interested in increasing the number of young people and looks for works to attract them. At present they have half a dozen people under 40.

“The Messiah has been a different way of singing,” she said. “A lot of staccato.”

They are four weeks away from the performance and the singers have learned everything.

“Many of the singers can read music but there are more who can’t, so I teach each part – go through it individually.

“We’re using a baroque-sized orchestra with a harpsichord built by baroque performance expert and viola player Maurice Quinn, a player in the orchestra.”

In August they sing with the NZ Male Voice Choir in August and with the Wellington Brass Band in November.

For those who like choirs but don’t sing themselves there is a group called Friends of the Choir who support it in various ways and receive a discount on tickets.

The Messiah on 19 and 20 May will cost $35 if you have to buy tickets at the door, $30 if you book early and $25 if you can get together a group of ten. Jan Farr

Christopher Hutton – Reflecting Bach.

South Wairarapa Bridge Club

Not a speck of boredom in sightOn Sunday 2 April the Greytown Town Centre was a place of deep concentration. In groups of four, ninety-two heads were bent over hands, feet were plunked firmly under tables. This was a day of reckoning. A Wairarapa Gunfight at OK Corral but performed with bottoms on seats. This was the day of the great South Wairarapa Bridge Club Intermediate and Junior tournament.

That morning alarm clocks rang early in bedrooms. Bridge players, dressed with comfort in mind, drove from all over the southern North Island. They were heading to the place where they could be in to win not just money but in bridge parlance the seductively attractive ‘B’ points.

After coffee, cakes, and nervous chat all were seated by 10 am. Then just one man, the Director, pirouetted around the huge space like an orchestra conductor. Weaving his way through tables he resolved a dispute here, calmed a worried player there and eased the session through three hours of non-stop focus on what action to take with the cards dealt.

Lunch. Food piled on plates, coffee, chat and then back into more bridge play. Greytown people marvelled, through open doors, at the sight of so many silent, totally absorbed people and watched them, on the Director’s call, move in pairs from one table to the next, en masse, like a well-rehearsed dance.

Late afternoon and with the second session over – relief, chatter

– time for results and rewards. The huge space tidied away. Deep disappointment for some. High levels of satisfaction for others and, most importantly, not a speck of boredom in sight.

If you want to be part of this intense engagement with life, then phone Helen the SWBC membership secretary for details on how to join the club, (04) 304 8685. Lessons start in July. More details next month.Lizzie Catherall

Carterton Rotarian, Alan Butler and wife Sheila, jubilant after tournament success. Photo Lizzie Catherall.

Keeping the injury count down this season With the winter sport season getting underway it’s a good time to do a refresher on how to keep players off the bench and on the field or court.

Here are some tips for avoiding injuries and helping your team to play better:• Plan a proper warm up before all

practices and games.• Check that all players have water

to keep hydrated during the session or game.

• Ensure everyone has the protective equipment they need (eg mouth guards, shin pads).

• Check for players with previous injuries.

• Make sure any fitness drills and skills training are appropriate for the players’ age and stage so they’re not being asked to do things that could cause an injury.

• Make sure players cool down and stretch afterwards to avoid cramp and muscle injuries.

• Have a first aid kit on hand and check it’s fully stocked.

• Check out our resources section from the Wairarapa drop-down

menu on the Sport Wellington website for more tips and injury treatment and referral guides.

Sydney Cunningham, Community Sport Coordinator, Sport Wellington Wairarapa

Left to right: Stacey Grant (WBRFU), Dr Annie Lincoln (Compass Health), Cameron Hayton (Sport Wellington Wairarapa), Adela Knottenbelt (St Matthews College)

Carterton Swimming Club

A winning seasonOur competitive swimmers have ended the competitive season on a high. In March, competitive swimmers attended the NZ Division 2 Championships in Rotorua where Ashley Lowe won bronze in the 200m backstroke.

Kobe Edge competed at the NZ National Age Group Championships in Wellington. Samantha Duthie was unable to compete at NAGS this year because of injury.

In April, our competitive swimmers attended swim meets at Naenae and Wanganui, achieving outstanding results and personal bests. Carterton swimmers scooped the pool at the Division 3 Championships in Naenae on 7 April – seven swimmers, 22 medals, nine top ten placings and a total of 22 personal bests between our athletes.

At Upper Hutt on 1 April Maia Adams, Ashley Lowe, Ryan Irving and James Lowe won the lolly pops and Ryan won $25 for 400 Freestyle.

At the Wanganui Meet on 8 April Bridget Allan and Maddex Anderson collected first, second and third-place ribbons.

The club will finish its year with the Indoor Club Championship meet in April. Nearly all the club swimmers compete for club trophies which will be awarded at the annual prize giving and AGM on 18 June at the Carterton Events Centre.

Whether you compete or not, there is something for every swimmer at our club. Everyone is welcome. Check us out on http://www.sporty.co.nz/cartertonswim or https://www.facebook.com/carterton.swimmingclub. Then come and join us!

Carterton swimmers scooped the pool at the Division 3 Championships in Naenae on 7 April. From left to right: Back: Skye Ryan, Ryan Irving, James Lowe; Middle: Eli Adams James Church; Front: Mya Anderson and Annabel McQueen.

Beat the winter blues – play squash!Dubbed ‘the world’s healthiest sport’, squash is also the thinking person’s activity.

Unlike many modern fitness trends that focus on burning calories alone, in squash you find smart strategy often trumps brute force. This means any age or fitness level can play and enjoy the game.

As well as getting your heart rate going and waking up your metabolism, squash is proven to be good for your mental well-being, improving sociability and feelings of happiness and positivity. And best of all it’s a sport you can play all year round, come rain or shine.

Just a few minutes from the centre of Carterton, set back from Belvedere Road, is Howard Booth Squash Club. This hidden gem has two squash courts, changing rooms, a licensed bar overlooking the action and a bunch of sociable players keen to meet new members. All abilities are welcomed and all members have access to the club 24/7.

We have club nights every Wednesday and Friday and, if you’re looking for a bit of friendly rivalry, we have club champs and business house competitions too. For a subscription of only $80 for your first year – that’s less than a gym membership – come along and play, have some fun and beat the winter blues!

Get in touch at h o w a r d b o o t h s q u a s h @gmail.com or speak to Club President, Karen Goodall, 0274 522 254.

Squash: the world’s healthiest sport and also the thinking person’s activity.

Mark your calendars for next summer’s twilight golfSadly twilight golf at Carterton Golf Club is over for this summer. Mark your calendars for next summer’s Wednesday evenings.

We tee off between 4:30 and 5:30 pm and play eleven holes. We go off in groups with whoever is there so there’s no need to worry about having a playing partner. We use eleven-hole cards and play the same holes every Wednesday. Occasionally we have a putting competition. Nearest the pins are played for as well. We have great fun with friendly people and anybody can come along and play. It is a great way to meet people and to see if golfing is for you.

We provide a meal at the end of play with a prize table. What a great way to put the day’s work or study behind you and to get some fresh air and exercise in great surrounds.

Our twilight golf for the summer finished at the end of March with a round of nine-hole, cross-country skins being played followed by the presentation of trophies and a lovely dinner.

We would like to thank our Sponsors: Jamie Ellison Transport, Chris Dunphy and Iain Shepherd, Hunting & Fishing Masterton, Ticehurst Timber, Flair FlooringXtra Carterton, New World and Premier Bacon.Wendy Wills Great fun with friendly people.

Sports hub on the move againHoward Booth Park was the first choice for the Carterton Sports and Recreation Trust’s proposed sports hub. They subsequently moved their preference to the more central Carrington Park and have now returned it to Howard Booth.

Spokesperson, Mike Osborne, told Wairarapa News that Carrington Park was favoured for its central location and existing infrastructure but that the sheer space at Howard Booth Park, as well as its continuing potential for development, made it a better option.

Carterton Rugby Club voted in favour of the sports hub proposal

which means all of Carterton’s sports teams are now behind the idea. The hub would cater for rugby, football, tennis, bowls, squash,

indoor netball and croquet as well as for other social and community groups.

The project is expected to cost $2m which will largely be covered by lotteries grants.

Tony Hargood, the Trust’s project manager and Wairarapa Bush Rugy Union chief executive, told Wairarapa News that they intend to present a submission to Council in the coming months.

Sports Hub concept proposed by the Carterton Sports and Recreation Trust.

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Food Bank in good healthThe large turn-out and friendly atmosphere at the Carterton Food Bank’s Annual General Meeting was a strong indication of its good health.

Chair Yvonne O’Dowd and her committee and volunteers have overseen big improvements and overcome many challenges in their first year.

Yvonne’s report revealed that the community has really got behind the Food Bank. The Council has given them a dedicated storage room and a phone line. People and organisations have given them two freezers, honey, meat, bread, vegetables, relishes, jams, soup, pulped fruit and general food items. Wild Oats and Good Bitches Baking donate baked goods every week to make the parcels more attractive. Committee member Raewyn Forster donates delicious soup in winter.

The annual food drive, supported by the police, the Fire Service, Rotary, St Johns, Scouts and Guides, churches, clubs and families was a great success. Rotary donated money for a food drive sign and New World owners, Katie and Jeff Yates, helped to leaflet New World customers before the last food drive.

The committee makes volunteering a pleasant task. They train the volunteers. There are two volunteers on duty together each day and, ideally, one duty a fornight for each volunteeer. They arrive at Haumanu House at 11 am to pack the food which they deliver there

between 11.30 am and midday every weekday. If you are interested in volunteering phone and leave your details.

Apparently banana boxes are in short supply these days. If you have any, the Food Bank would be happy to relieve you of them.

The AGM elected Chair, Yvonne O’Dowd, Secretary, Bill Knowles, Treasurer, Sue Clarke and committee members Nicole Heard, Alan Butler, Raewyn Forster, Hazel McCarty and David McKenzie.

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A typical weekly food parcel on display at the meeting.

Erin Cormack, local growerHi, I’m a member of the local growers group at the Carterton Farmers Market. We provide fresh, affordable veggies grown with organic principles, which means that we don’t use any chemical sprays or fertilisers.

I’ve been interested in bugs and natural cycles for a long time with many of my earliest memories being about helping Dad in the veggie garden. However it’s only since escaping a steep clay hillside in Wellington that I’ve been able to give full freedom to my growing tendencies.

We have five acres in South Wairarapa with about half in paddock and half in trees, shrubs, and veggie garden. We have plenty of flowers to support our bees, birds and insects. We only water the veggie garden, so perennials and shrubs need to be hardy and drought-tolerant. Recently I’ve completed a certificate in organic horticulture and I now have a better understanding of the soil-food-web and the need to feed the micro-organisms in the soil with good quality, humus-rich compost so they in turn can feed the plants. We try to put back into the soil the volume of organic material taken out – which means a lot of compost – and our chickens provide a valuable

compost manure source as well as eggs for us and the market.

I get a lot of satisfaction from working on the Farmers Market stall (in wind, sun or rain!) with other growing-mad people and seeing veggies I’ve grown being appreciated by our customers.

I started off as a casual member of the local growers’ group, bringing produce as it was available, before becoming a regular weekly member. If you would like to become a casual or regular member, contact Audrey at audrey.sebire.nz@gmail.com.Erin Cormack.

Boomerang bags is a community initiative to try and reduce the use of plastic bags by making fabric bags that people can borrow in the shops and bring back in their own time.

Boomerang bags second working beeIn the last month our volunteers have been sewing at home and we now have 200 bags already made.

Despite the long week end and the school holidays, 16 people came to our second working bee. As usual, there was music, tea, cakes and a lovely atmosphere.

We cut 220 bag kits that are now ready to be sewn. Our next workshop will be on Saturday 20 May at South End School from 1pm to 4pm. You are welcome to come along even for a short time or even just to pick up some bag kits or to drop off some donated fabric or thread. We will do some sewing but we will also make more kits to sew. Please bring sewing scissors and your sewing machine if you wish to sew.

We are now desperate for donations of strong fabric that is around a metre in length or more. Old sheets and duvet covers are ideal.

If you would like to donate some fabric or to sew some bags please contact me, lucia.zanmonti@gmail.com, 021 0241 0165 to arrange pick up or drop off of fabric and bag kits.

If you would like to support this community project you can also make a donation to:

Boomerang bags Ctown 38-9004-0854970 05.

We now have a facebook page called Boomerang Bags Carterton. Check it out.

A huge thank you to all the lovely people who have donated fabric, made bags and attended the working bee. We can’t wait to get together again on 20 May.Lucia Zanmonti

Bronwen Markham at the ironing board for the second Boomerang Bags working bee. Photo Lucia Zanmonti

‘Stay well this winter’Carterton Mayor John Booth has joined the region’s other mayors in putting his name and arm behind a campaign to encourage local people to get a flu vaccination before winter.

“With winter on the way, now is the time to ensure that you and people you know are as well prepared for winter as possible,” he said.

The mayors join local doctors in urging people get vaccinated.“A flu vaccination is one of the best ways to stay well during

winter,” said Wairarapa GP Tony Becker. “Make sure you’re protected before the flu season starts.”

Flu vaccinations are free for pregnant women, for those aged over 65 and for people with certain medical conditions. Contact your local medical centre to check if you’re eligible.

“If you or someone in your family gets asthma check that you have inhalers ready to use if you need them,” Dr Becker says. “It’s also a good time to stock up on any regular medication you use and to check that your first aid kit is up to date.”

Wairarapa mayors Lyn Patterson (Masterton), John Booth (Carterton) and Viv Napier (South Wairarapa) with Compass Health District Immunisation Co-ordinator Tina Tyacke. The mayors are urging locals to get a flu vaccination to protect against getting the flu this winter.

Education, youth, childrenCarterton Community Toy Library. Events Centre Holloway Street. Open library hours. Toy Hire for 0 to 8 years. Facebook: @carterton toy library.

Girl Guide Groups. Guides, Mondays 6–8 pm, Sharon Aston 379 6067. Brownies, Thursdays 6–7.30 pm, Sharon Aston 379 6067. Pippins, Thursdays 4.30–5.30 pm, Debbie Fryer 379 6588.

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

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. carterton@wmkindergartens.org.nz

Longbush Playgroup. Wednesdays, term time, 9.30–12 noon. Under fives. 1135 Longbush Road. Eileen 372 7861.

Playcentre. Mondays, Wednesdays(new) and Thursdays 9–12 noon at Howard Booth Park, Belvedere Road and Tuesday Bush sessions. Find on us Facebook for more details or contact Liz Crow 022 312 0677

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.

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.

South End Kindergarten next to South End School. Monday–Friday 8.30 am–2.30 pm. Vacancies 2017 for over twos. 379 7723, southend@wmkindergartens.org.nz or call in.

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.

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 South.

ArtsAratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History. www.aratoi.org.nz/exhibitions. Ngati Kahungunu Exhibition fills the whole museum until 3 September.

Book Club. Carterton District Council Library. Events Centre, last Monday of month. 10.30–11.30 am. Anne Hughes anne@cdc.govt.nz

Book Group. University of Third Age. Fourth Friday of month, 1.30 pm, The Village Hall

Rosevilla Drive. Sue Burns 379 6506.

Ceroc dance classes. Tuesdays 8 pm, Carterton School hall. Contact Mandy, 021 238 4230 or see Facebook group Ceroc Wairarapa for more.

Community Choir. Thursdays, 7.15–9 pm during school term, Carterton School Hall, $4 unwaged, $6 waged. cartertonsinging@gmail.com.

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/

Sunset Cinema. Sunset movies are now monthly on a Friday. www.sunsetcinemacarterton.com/

Toi Wairarapa – Heart of Arts. 47 High Street North. Exhibition of Gail Roper’s Van Gogh inspired paintings finishes on 17 May. Wednesday’s ten minute bites are currently suspended. corrinne@toiwairarapa.co.nz, 021 121 0980.

Wai Art Group. First Monday of month, 10 am, Carterton Golf Club. Jane Giles 379 6559.

Wai Art Scape. For $20 a month Jane Giles places artists’ work in publicly accessible spaces. jcgiles@slingshot.co.nz, 379 6559.

Wairarapa Word. 4 June, Aratoi, Children’s authors Maxine Hemi and Rawiri Smith; 2 July, David Coventry, author; 6 August, James Brown, poet; 3 September, Shirley Corlett, children’s writer; 1 October Damien Wilkins, author, Director of IIML. 3 pm first Sunday, locations vary. Almo’s Books, 47 High Street, 379 7103.

ServicesAdele Pentony-Graham wants information about Carterton ancestors buried at Featherston Military Cemetery or trained at Featherston for WWI. pentonygraham@xtra.co.nz

Aged Concern. Coffee Mornings: Carterton/Greytown, third Thursday of each month, 10 am Meeting Room, Carterton Events Centre, Carterton. Free transport available if required. Cost $3. Raffle $1. Contact Annette Peters, 377 0066.

Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 pm Mondays. Salvation Army community rooms, 210 High Street South. Dennis 377 5355, Martin 372 7764.

Carterton Baptist Church. Service 10 am, Sunday morning. Come and find a friendly home and meet our new minister, Wayne Poutoa. All welcome.

Carterton Community dinner. Reformed Congregation Church Hall, 6 Howard Street, 24 November, 6 pm. All welcome. RSVP 379 7937.

Carterton Free Soup night. Reformed Congregation Church Hall, 17 December, 5 pm. All welcome. 379 7937.

Carterton Foodbank. Answerphone: 379 4092

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.

Club Carterton. www.club-carterton.com Facebook.

Epilepsy Support Group. Mondays 11 am, Salvation Army office, 210 High Street South. 0800 20 21 22.

Justices of the Peace. Every Friday, 12 noon–2 pm, Carterton Library.

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.

Masterton Toastmasters. Heart of Arts, 47 High Street. Every second Tuesday at 7.30 pm. Jill Greathead 379 6193.

Rotary Club. 6.15 pm Mondays. Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. Kevin Conroy 379 9304.

Senior Citizens. 150 High Street North. New members welcome. Yvonne 379 9298, Francie 379 7719. Hall hire $10 per hour.

Silver Club. (Formerly Probus) Last Tuesday of month, 10 am, Events Centre. Jeanne 379 5444.

Social Services Hub – Haumanu House. Courts, Community Law, Wairarapa Free Budgeting, Care NZ, Pathways, Probation, Workwise, Hauora, Whaiora, Inland Revenue. Entrance behind clock tower.

What’s on May and June

South Wairarapa Working Men’s Club. 304 9449, www.swwmc.org.nz, swwmc@wise.net.nz

Fairs, marketsFarmers’ Market. Sundays, 9–12.30 pm, Memorial Square. info@cartertonmarket.co.nz

Sport, fitness, movementBasketball. Mondays 7 pm, Kuranui College gym. $2 koha. Facebook: Wairarapa Basketball Society.

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.

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.

Free Fit Club. Carrington Park. 6 am Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. 11 am Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. All welcome. Di Bailey 027 498 7261.

Carterton Golf Club Inc. Veterans Men and Women Tuesdays 9.30 am tee-off; Nine holes men and women Tuesday 11.30 am. Women 18 holes Wednesdays 10.00 am tee-off, 9 holes 11.00 am tee-off.

Greytown Community Gym. Work out for $25 a month. Modern equipment, open 24/7, no joining fee. Andrew Baily Gibson 021 227 6634.

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.

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.

Karate. South End School Hall, Thursdays 6 pm. Thomas Duncan 027 302 8923, 06 308 8844.

Ruamahanga Ramblers. Social running and walking group. All welcome, no costs. 6.15pm Tuesdays (summer months) and 2pm Saturdays (winter months). Full program and event locations on www.sporty.co.nz/ruamahangaramblers. Paul Furkert 379 5355.

Squash Club. Wednesday and Friday evenings. howardboothsquash@gmail.com

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.

Tai Chi. Wednesday 9.30–10.30 am. St Mark’s Hall, Richmond Rd. $6 per session.

Tennis Club. Midweek: Tuesday 9 am–noon all year round. Google us. Facebook. New members welcome.

The Dance Shed. 450 Belvedere Road, rock’n’roll and line dancing. Wendy Walker 027 319 9814.

Wairarapa Dance Club. Club Carterton. Second Fridays, 7.30–10.30 pm. Russell 377 1609.

Wairarapa Dog Training Club. Rally-O, obedience and agility classes. Google us.

Yoga with Odette. Beginners, Wednesday 9 am. All levels. Monday 7 pm. 75 Brooklyn Road, Carterton. 021 180 9452. Classes $10.

Special InterestsGarden Group. Every second Tuesday, 1.30 pm. Vicki Waller 379 9080, rvwaller@xtra.co.nz

Carterton District Historical Society Inc. 44 Broadway, archive and research room open Tuesday and Saturday, 2–4 pm. Contacts: Alison 379 7827 and Diane 379 7150 carterton.hist.soc@gmail.co.nz

Holdsworth Women’s Institute have changed their venue to the Tom Bubb Lounge, Clareville Showgrounds, meeting first Thursday of the month at 1.30 pm. Maureen Daysh, 379 5975.

Mangatarere Society. Help breathe life into our river: mangatarere.restoration@gmail.com

Menzshed. Tuesdays 9 am–1 pm, Saturdays 9 am–1 pm, Clareville complex, A&P Showgrounds. Follow the signs.

Railway Museum. Station. Sundays 11 am–4 pm. www.CartertonRailwayMuseum.org.nz

Rose Society. Every third Monday. Graeme Renall 379 7065, Chris Stewart 379 5959.

Phoenix Astronomical Society. Stonehenge Aotearoa, open 10 am–4 pm Wednesday to Sunday; closed 24–26 December, open 27 December–29 January. Guided tours 11 am weekends and holidays.

The Wairarapa Woodworkers Guild meets 7 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month at Carterton Menz Shed, Clareville Complex. All welcome. Secretary 379 9198 or email se_edwards@xtra.co.nz

Wairarapa Vintage Car Club. Every first Monday 7.30 pm, except statutory holidays, Clareville Showgrounds, Chester Road. Gary or Barbara Lang 372 7593.

Let us know what’s on: crier.ed@gmail.com

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MP FOR WAIRARAPAALASTAIR SCOTT

Offices: Dannevirke, Featherston, Masterton, Pahiatua, Waipukurau - if you would like to meet please make contact by phoning 0800 687 596

Phone: 0800 687 596

Waipukurau: (06) 858 5326

Wellington: (04) 817 8264

Email: alastair.scott@parliament.govt.nz

Corrinne Oliver’s house burntCorrinne Oliver is well known in Carterton. She was until recently the co-ordinator of Toi Wairarapa Heart of Arts.

Corrinne, her husband Bruce and daughter Chance have lost everything in a fire. Their house, and that of a neighbour they were sheltering, was burnt to the ground. The only items they retrieved were their phones, passports, camera and laptop.

Chance is a gifted motorcycle rider who won the Bridgestone Junior Winter Series of the year last year, was Wairarapa Maori Sportswoman in 2016 and won the Gareth Spooner Memorial series 250cc development this year. She lost her prized motorbike in the fire.

Friends have set up a Give a Little page. Money raised will go to helping the family rebuild their lives and to help Chance replace her beloved custom-built, racing motorcycle.Give a Little page: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/chancestevensonoliver Corrinne Oliver is well known in Carterton.

www.national.org.nz

MP FOR WAIRARAPAALASTAIR SCOTT

Offices: Dannevirke, Featherston, Masterton, Pahiatua, Waipukurau - if you would like to meet please make contact by phoning 0800 687 596

Phone: 0800 687 596

Waipukurau: (06) 858 5326

Wellington: (04) 817 8264

Email: alastair.scott@parliament.govt.nz

History in the making at AratoiAfter two years of preparation, Aratoi Museum is pleased to present the largest exhibition of Ngati Kahungunu taonga ever on display, with about 200 historical items, over 70 items from Aratoi’s collection, 12 Gottfried Lindauer portraits of Kahungunu rangitara, an intricately carved wahaika (hand weapon) on loan from the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles and various taonga from museums throughout New Zealand.

The exhibition-as-marae is interspersed with key Kahungunu narratives and uses the powhiri process to guide the visitor through the museum experience complete with karanga, whaikorero and a kitchen.

Te Marae o Rongotaketake – Redressing our Kahungunu History, runs until 3 September and fills the entire museum.

The Treaty settlement deed is due to be initialled at Aratoi Museum in late May or early June.

About 300 people attended the opening event on 8 April, a traditional dawn ceremony which began at 5.30 am.

About 300 people attended the opening event on 8 April, a traditional dawn ceremony which began at 5.30 am. Photo Rebekah Farr.

Carterton District Library Book Club

Bedtime for adultsThis month, inspired by Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups edited by Ben Holden, we looked at the precious ritual of the bed time story and why that ritual shouldn’t be abandoned just because you are a ‘grown-up!’ Ben goes into the science of why this routine is so important and how it can affect the quality and the amount of sleep that we get. He states that we endlessly tell stories – even to ourselves – hence our dreams. The introduction of lighting and technology has meant that we have lost the important link to our body clock, the rhythm by which we used to live; awake and active from daylight and gradually winding down to sleep as evening comes. Today we are active right up until we climb into bed expecting to fall into instant slumber.

We discussed the rituals that we have for our children and remembered the books we read to them and the books that were our favourites as children.

Opinion was divided on whether short stories were better for adults to read before (or in) bed because you could read a story a night.

The group also looked at the internet list of ‘Ten Books to read before bed to get a good nights sleep’. We had a discussion on why a book would make that list and all agreed that to be listed must be a bitter-sweet experience for an author. Zzzz…Anne Hughes, Library Services Manager

Book Review

The Fence by Meredith JaffeThis debut novel by Australian author, Meredith Jaffe, will appeal to anyone who has ever had problems with a neighbour. Gwen Hill has lived in her Sydney suburb all of her married life. Suddenly life changes when her good friend and next door neighbour dies and a new family moves in. This book is about lots of things: marriage, fidelity, boundaries, friendship, parenting, memory, expectations, grief, gardening and career. And more. Yes really. More.

But it’s really all about one thing. It’s about human interaction in all of its guises. Each chapter begins with a snippet from Gwen’s gardening column. The tips are informative and useful. This book is an easy read but also throws up a lot of issues that everyone has when living in proximity to others. It will appeal to readers who enjoy reading a good Aussie, family drama written with a wicked sense of humour.Anne Hughes, Library Services Manager

Part 2 of Carl Rellers’s Natural History of the Wairarapa

European settlementBy the mid-1840s European farmers entered Wairarapa, turning bush into pasture. They colonised the landscape, many growing rich off wool, milk, butter and cheese.

Settlement establishment, beginning in 1850, attracted more people to the region largely as a result of the Small Farms Association whereby Maori land purchased by the Crown was on-sold in 40-acre sections.

The first established inland town in New Zealand was Greytown (1854) followed in the same year by Masterton, then Featherston (1856), Carterton (1857) and Martinborough (1870.)

Cultural conflictEarly pastoral settlers recorded alarm at how quickly Maori grasped

principles of a market economy. They began to complain about being charged for grass money, ferry services, guiding and permission to hunt pigs, all of which were based on Maori control and authority over natural resources.

Following increased colonial migration, lease value increased. Lease holders, worried that high rents would make Maori unwilling to sell land, lobbied government to buy and freehold Maori land. The government agreed, negotiating land sales with a carrot-and-stick approach. It promised to set aside Maori reserves and provide schools and health care while threatening to relocate lease-holders if owners refused to sell. The first purchase was made in 1853.

Subsequently the Crown shifted a balance of power in favour of migrants with disregard of Maori interest and authority.

There was no fighting in the Wairarapa during the New Zealand wars because of strong ties between Pakeha and Maori communities. However, by the end of the wars most Maori land had been sold and few Maori had resources to buy any back. Unable to return to their traditional lands and way of life, many found farm work.

The first established inland town in New Zealand was Greytown (1854).

Wairarapa Word

Lloyd Jones: tireless search for ‘voice’At a packed April Wai Word event, potter and painter Paul Melser interviewed author Lloyd Jones. Paul and Lloyd are old friends and the atmosphere was warm and relaxed.

Lloyd spoke eloquently and humorously about his work and his interest in the theme of identity. He has moved to a broader theme in his latest novel from which, in defiance of superstition, he generously read us extracts.

He has built two writing sheds which have no electricity, both a short walk from his house. He writes by hand because he believes he can better access his feelings that way and claims that his writing is so illegible that after three pages he must walk back to the house to transcribe them. He doesn’t plan his novels but lets them happen and shapes them later.

The ‘voice’ of the novel is crucial to him. “I write hundreds of thousands of words before I find it.” He described a conversation he had with a friend when he was looking for the right voice in which to tell Mr Pip. His friend complained that she had no shoes to wear to the ballet. He joked that he would put her on roller skates and pull her along. That comment brought the voice and the cart in which Mr Pip pulled his wife along.

The audience responded to the conversation with some searching questions and comments.

For writers, the persistence that Lloyd shows in tackling his novels was an inspiration.

Afterwards people shared afternoon tea and Lloyd signed books As usual, Wai Word’s volunteers ably introduced and watched over

the event and promoted other arts events around the region.Another coup for Wai Word.

Jan FarrPaul Melser interviews Lloyd Jones at April’s Wai Word. Photo Jan Farr.

Lions Club of Carterton

Lions are forever Club members and partners attended the recent District 202M Convention hosted by the Masterton Host Waipoua Club at Solway College. District 202M stretches from Ruatoria to Wellington and up the Kapiti Coast to Levin.

The convention was opened on Friday evening by Mayor Lyn Patterson of Masterton, followed by guest Bob Francis speaking on amalgamation and on his years as a world rugby referee.

On Saturday morning we were inspired by guest speaker Deputy Chief of Army, Brigadier Chris Parsons MNZM DSD, who did not hold back when questions were asked about the recent Nicky Hager book release.

Chris was followed closely by the AGM business session which lasted through to 4 pm.

Club members then returned around 6 pm in fancy dress for the evening dinner with a James Bond theme, Lions are Forever, followed by the awards session and entertainment.

During the awards session we were delighted to receive, on behalf of Lion Allan Renall, our club members and the Carterton community, the District 202M Best Project Award for our statue in Millennium Square, Carterton, in honour of our town’s founder, Charles Rooking Carter.

Sunday morning is a remembrance ceremony where we remember those Lions who have passed away within the last Lions year.

Members have also raised funds for the community with the the club’s food caravan and have also delivered around sixty free loads of firewood among our local elderly residents.Steve Cretney, Lions Club of Carterton – We Serve

Receiving the Best Project Award are L-R Lions Steve Carson, Ian Reid, Robin Parker, President John McNamara, 202M District Governor Sam Browne, Lions Peter Little and John Rose.

Annual Spud’n bag weigh-inThe annual Lions Club of Carterton Spud’n Bag event attracted over a hundred entries.

A major part of the event is turning up on the Sunday morning with your family to turn out your bag and see if you have, in fact, grown any potatoes. Children smiled as they found they had produced more than their parents or grandparents.

Mike Topp and his team made hot chips for the children at Club Carterton. The Club also opened the bar for refreshments.

During the lunch break a quick-fire, spin-the-wheel raffle raised over a thousand dollars.

Competition winners: Adult: heaviest total spuds, John Fauvel, heaviest spud, Ian Reid, most spuds, Donald Mellink, fewest spuds, Jody James, smallest spud, June Pinfold, most unusual spud, Bill Steven.

Junior: heaviest total spuds, Jade Bradnock, heaviest spud, Tora Bradnock, most spuds, Lauren James, fewest spuds, Phoenix Graham, smallest spud, Jacob Watkins-Reid, most unusual spud, Siera Sage.

Major Sponsors were Juken NZ Ltd who were joined by Parkvale Mushrooms, Clareville Bakery, Carterton District Council, The Winedrinkers Cottage, Wairarapa Times Age, Regent 58 Brewery, Club Carterton, Reid Enterprises Ltd, John and Jan Rose, Jim Reynolds, Brian James and Gordon Knutson, Harry Gray, New World, Carterton Pharmacy, Carters, Cooper Farm Services Ltd, Craft Supplies, Double $ Plus, Headquarters Hair & Beauty, Jewel Centre, Keinzley Agvet Ltd, Masson Implement Co Ltd, RD1 – Resource, Sargents Motorcycles Ltd, Smith Hare &

Christison Ltd, South Wairarapa Veterinary, Take Note, Tractor Lawnmowers and Chainsaw Services Ltd, Tryst On High, Video Ezy, Premier Beehive NZ, Wairarapa Electrical and Appliances Ltd and PPG Wrightsons.

If your name is not above, but should be, please accept our humblest apologies and our heartiest thanks for your support.

The competition will be back, bigger and better in October.Steve Cretney, Lions Club of Carterton – We Serve

The carpark of Club Carterton, with Lion Gordon Knutson’s truck and Lion Brian James tractor. Maree Hedges is on her way to the judges with a bag of potatoes.

Ann Marie Kingsley of Wai Art explains the process that preceded work on the sculpture, ‘Unity’, now on the Events Centre forecourt.

Sculpture arose from close collaborationIn about April 2016, Wai Art asked the Council if we could install a sculpture on the Event Centre forecourt. They told us that the forecourt is designated for Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae artworks. However, they gave us permission to work with Hurunui-o-Rangi to put a sculpture on the Event Centre forecourt if they felt it was appropriate.

The Marae was very enthusiastic about the initial proposal and asked us to bring some designs back for them to choose from. It took five months of pleasant and enjoyable consultation to work through the design process. The Marae chose the design, agreeing unanimously, and requesting that the mokomoko be included as it is very significant to them. They also asked if they could see if any of their iwi sculptors were interested and available. There were none, so they were very happy for us to use Mike Spink. They met him and approved.

The Pou Rahui that the mokomoko is carved on is held in Te Papa. We had to get special permission from the Te Papa Iwi Relations department and a signed agreement from the Marae committee in order to photograph the Pou Rahui. It is specified in the agreement that we could only use the images for that particular sculpture. That agreement is held in the Te Papa Iwi Relations Department records.

Mike and Max then spent the next four months constructing the very complex sculpture. When finished, the Marae came and looked at the sculpture and approved it for installation.

Throughout the process we worked closely with Council staff to make sure they were happy with the design. They and the Marae chose the positioning of the sculpture. Anna Marie Kingsley, Wai Art, annakingsley@inspire.net.nz

Artists Max Baylis and Mike Spink present a sculpture of the mokomoko to members of Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae. Photo Anna Marie Kingsley.

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club

Workies WhispersClub 60 meets on the last Monday of the month, Monday 29 May at 1.30 pm. We play pool, cards, housie (not for money) and end the afternoon with a chat over a cuppa.

Upper Hutt Cossie Club will visit us on Monday 22 May, arriving at 11 am. Our caterers are putting on a two-course lunch for us. We look forward to good turnout of our members to welcome and entertain our visitors.

Darts: Our members appeared favourably in the results of the Capital Area Mixed Pairs. In the Main Round, Rodney Flood and Chanel Namana came third equal. In the Plate Round, Dave and Tina Ewe were the winners and Puki Namana and Jania Russo, runners-up. In the Bowl section, Tom and Joan Bateman were runners-up.

Pool: We play Wednesday nights after the draw. If anyone knows of any club or commercial organization who may have a pool team that would like to play us, please get them to leave their contact details for our adjunct club captain with the club manager/secretary.

The golf adjunct will play the Johnsonville Club at Carterton Golf Club Course on Sunday, 21 May.

Indoor Bowls started their season on Thursday 30 March with a fun night and a good crowd. New players are most welcome to join us on a Thursday at 7 pm.

Snooker: Is on a Tuesday at 7 pm. New players most welcome.

Tuesday Club, 1.30 pm each week. All welcome for a friendly afternoon of cards, tea and chat.

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Sustainable living

Off-grid and loving itRose and Al Hughes live on a partially bush-clad eight acres just outside Greytown, tucked up against the Tararuas. At first sight their three-bedroom, one-bath home is a normal, comfortable, contemporary house – but look closer and you find it is a completely off-grid, largely self-sufficient eco-home.

The house has a deceptively simple energy-efficient design. An open-plan area contains the lounge, dining area, kitchen and foyer with a wetback woodfire at the centre and clerestory windows along the top. The three bedrooms, bathroom and laundry are on short hallways running off this central area. Every room has large double-glazed windows and doors and is insulated top to bottom.

Having lived here for four years, Rose says the house has stable, comfortable temperatures throughout the day all year round, using about the same amounts of firewood in the two-radiator, wetback system as in a normal house.

Building on that excellent passive design, the house has 4.5 Kilowatts of PV solar panels power for its lighting and appliances along with a rooftop, solar, water heating system.

That solid eco base is topped off by very efficient eco-appliances such as a large gas-powered oven with six-burner stove, a very low-energy Gram fridge and an upright Gram freezer. There is a clever Biolytix septic tank that requires less energy than normal because the internal circulation is encouraged by a population of worms.

Rose and Al’s decision to build off-grid was initially driven by the high cost of getting grid power to their newly-purchased, remote section. While neither of them was particularly passionate about being off-grid, Rose now says she would never go back on-grid. They love knowing their daily energy rhythms and living within their energy means.

And they do it with such ease, comfort and grace, you’d never notice.

Rose now says she would never go back on-grid.

Mermaids sing Abba at Club CartertonWe are very pleased to announce our next show The Mermaids perform the music of Abba.

The Mermaids, featuring Joe Cotton, Amber Claire and Pauline Berry, will perform at the club as part of their nation-wide show. They begin with a dance-set and follow this with 26 of Abba’s most famous and beloved songs. The show starts at 7.30 pm on Friday June 16. Tickets are $20, available at the club and all are welcome.

The club is currently running a firewood fundraiser. Members can purchase a trailer-load for $80. For non-members the cost is $100. Contact the club for more information.

Both the darts and indoor bowls adjuncts have welcomed several new members this season and their programme of events is in full swing. Contact the club if you would like to play.

For more information about any of our events, or to keep up with our news, visit our website www.club_carterton.com, join our Facebook page or contact us on 379 8069.

Visit us on Broadway and see what we have to offer.Chris Lisle

The Mermaids sing Abba on Friday, 16 June.

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Success from mentoring at KuranuiKuranui College students recorded another outstanding set of NCEA results in 2016.

The participation-based results, just released, showed 94.1 per cent of year elevens achieved NCEA level one, 94.2 per cent of year twelves achieved level two, and 80.4 per cent of year thirteens achieved level three.

Principal Geoff Shepherd was delighted with the continual improvement in each of the last three years and believes the introduction of a mentoring programme had played a major role in the success.

“Our form teachers have now become mentors and closely monitor each student,” he explained.

“Each mentor is responsible for 15-20 students and holds regular conversations with them to monitor their progress. The focus is on making sure that each student knows exactly where they are with regard to the credits they have attained and a clear plan for achieving more.

“This programme involves a lot of planning by both the mentor and the student but the results show that it’s working well. We’ll look to develop it even more this year as we continue to strive for improvement.”

The 2016 results follow on from the school’s success in 2015 which drew praise from the Minister of Education for the significant improvement in NCEA achievement, particularly with Maori and Pasifika students.

Kuranui’s form teachers have now become mentors and closely monitor each student. Picture Catherine Rossiter-Stead.

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Growing our worldThis term our cross-school inquiry is all about technology. The title is ‘Grow our world.’

We have an opportunity to contribute to the amazing ‘Plant and sweet treats stall’ which our Garden Trail Committee is coordinating for the Carterton Daffodil Festival in September. (No Garden Trail this year.)

Students will learn about how plants are grown, about presenting products for sale, about budgeting and everything related to providing a top quality service for customers.

If any of our Carterton residents are pruning or dividing plants over the coming weeks and you have some you do not need we would love to be able to pass them to our children. Anyone with a green thumb or two would be very welcome to join us in our learning – we love to learn alongside our local community. Just call the school office. It would be great to see you.

In May, a group of our intermediate age students will attend the ‘National Young Leaders Day’ conference. This is an inspiring day when our Carterton School students meet people who have amazing stories to tell. The presenters may have overcome difficult circumstances, have made a difference to others or shown exemplary leadership. Our students will one day be leaders in the Carterton community and beyond and experiences like this will help build their knowledge and understanding of the impact they can have on the lives of others. Look out for a report from the students in the next edition of the Carterton Crier!

As always, visitors are welcome at school.Alison Woollard, Principal

If any of our Carterton residents are pruning or dividing plants over the coming weeks and you have some you don’t need, we would love to pass them to our children.

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Local support for policeKia Ora koutou, Things have been ticking over for us here and we have had some good results over the last few months. These include the seizure of cannabis plants and arrests for burglary, shoplifting and property damage. All these great results have come about from information you have provided to the police. I would like to thank you for the continued support and information that you provide us in order to help keep our community safe. I look forward to this partnership continuing.

I welcome Tracy Kenavan to our Carterton Police Station team. Tracy was the successful applicant for our Station Support Officer role. She works Monday to Friday from 1pm-4pm. This is great for our station in terms of consistency of service to you, the public, and for the support she offers to the staff. Tracy is a local as many of you will know and she, and we, will continue to work hard for our community.

Now that we are moving into the colder months the weather will have more of an effect on our roads and the driving conditions. Make sure your vehicles are safe and remember to drive to the conditions. Come and see us for any help or advice or even just for a chat. Stay safe. Nga mihi, Quentin Quentin Hoera

Want to be a volunteer firefighter?The Carterton Volunteer Fire Brigade invites applications for four firefighter vacancies.

In return for your existing skills the brigade offers you new skills and attributes. We deliver both on-station and national training courses which can have NZQA accreditation. All equipment and uniform is provided.We’re looking for men and women of any age. Preference will be given to those who are available for weekday incidents and live in town. However, we are also willing to take on volunteers who live out of town but are able to respond in workday hours. You would be required to attend weekly Wednesday night training and participate in Brigade activities.

As a new operational firefighter you make up the crew at fires, medical, weather and other incidents as front-line members of the Brigade. Operational firefighters carry rank which is related to their qualifications and skills. As you progress you carry out additional roles like driving and pumping the fire appliance or technical jobs with rescue equipment. We are also seeking several volunteers to expand our newly established, operational support unit which assists firefighters by managing people, controlling traffic, transporting equipment and other light duties outside of the incident hot zone.

If you are a team player, can remain calm and disciplined in an emergency and have an enthusiastic and positive attitude we would like to hear from you. Phone Chief Fire Officer Bryan Styles, 027 563 2271. We also require to you to undergo security and medical screening.Gary McMillen, Senior Firefighter

The Volunteeer Fire Brigade is looking for men and women of any age.

Anzac Day – facing the big issuesThe day was warm and the mood mostly contemplative.

Anzac Day is a time for people to come together not only to remember the young lives cut short, but also to think about the big issues of peace and war, love and loss, tolerance and bigotry, diplomacy and violence and the effects of violent and disruption on

families and the generations that follow. The Last Post sounded poignantly over the large crowd that

contained many young people and, with them, hope for an intelligent and peaceful future.

The Carterton Scout Group waits for the march to start. Photo Rebekah Farr.

The Volunteer Fire Brigade turned out in force. Photo Rebekah Farr.

Victor Daysh visited Memorial Park with his pre-school group before Anzac Day. He found his family name on one of the crosses and on Anzac Day returned with flowers. Photo Don Farr.

School children join in a rousing haka with Johni Rutene. Photo Rebekah Farr.

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The Surrey with the Fringe on the top carried Anzac veterans to the ceremony. Photo Rebekah Farr.

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Bringing home the silverwareI write this entry two days after watching Siege Football Club, Carterton, UK, win their last game of the Witney and District Football Association, division four season. I got to see them lift the league winner’s trophy – a prize they already had in the bag before to the final game which they won 5-3 over Brize Norton Res.

At the beginning of the season Siege FC did not look like they’d even be able to field a team. They were accepted into the division with just seven players and a home ground in need of love and attention.

Following an Oxfordshire FA grant that allowed them to put in a new shower room, and some hard work and a bit of luck in terms of recruiting players, things started to move until other teams in the division began to complain about Siege FC being too good for the league.

As well as quality the team possesses an identity – the result of attention to detail. There’s the carefully developed logo, the lovingly chosen gold shirts and black shorts and the gold and black dressing room, nets and corner flags.

“We’ve kept to a theme and branded almost everything,” said Chris Jones, player-manager. “The players respond to that. They go,

‘This is our kit. These are our nets, our flags. This is our pitch. We win games on this pitch. This is us.’”

Once the club worried about having enough players to see one team through a season. Now with over 20 players signed and its managers confident of reaching more, a Siege FC reserve team is on the cards.

A group of local people have beaten the odds and now have the silverware to show for it. Sam Bennett, Editor, Carterton Crier, Carterton, UK

Chris Jones (left) and Lee Marsden with the Witney and District Football Association Division Four Winner’s trophy.

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It helps to read the bookIf you are confused by the contradictory opinions surrounding Jon Stevenson’s and Nicky Hager’s account of our New Zealand peace keepers’ revenge raids in Afghanistan, I can recommend actually reading the book.

It is short and well written; a graphic and moving account of the action as seen through the eyes of witnesses – some of the New Zealand and supporting Afghan soldiers and villagers involved.

Reading the book clarifies the issues which perhaps explains the strangely, vitriolic attacks on its authors from those with something to hide. It is a well-written, scrupulously documented and sequential account of the history of the events. It highlights the misery and tragedy of civilian involvement in war and the oxymoronic idea of the vendetta as a method of peace-keeping.

The poorly-researched and rash raids on unarmed and innocent civililans – elderly people, women and children – certainly call for investigation, as does the domination of our military by ex SAS soldiers whose skills and interests are clearly not always in sympathy with the government’s goal of peace-keeping. Jan Farr

The book highlights the oxymoronic idea of the vendetta as a method of peace-keeping.

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Postcard from the pastWhen I saw this 1899 post card for sale on Trademe I thought it could only be addressed to Rev. Robert Young, the vicar who came to St Mark’s Carterton and served us well from 1898 to 1926. In the church there is a beautiful stained-glass window for the Young family. I knew immediately that I had to purchase this treasure either to donate to the church or to the local Carterton District Historical Society.

Notice that Palmerston North was cancelled out on the card, with Carterton written under New Zealand. The stamp was printed on the card and it was posted in Kentish Town in London. There is lovely writing on the reverse asking if Rev. Robert Young was the person this sender was looking for. Apparently Rev. Young was first a Methodist missionary and then became Anglican clergy. I have read up about him on Rev. Michael Blain’s site for Anglican clergy.

I would love to be able to trace a family member to enable me to get more information on the family and share this treasure with them. I do know Robert Young Jr., was a major who died in the Boer War and is buried at Karori Cemetery. So much can be learnt by reading a postcard and researching.Adele Pentony-Graham

Bullying in SchoolsDear AA

I have a feeling my son (aged seven) is being bullied at school but when I raise it, really gently, he doesn’t answer with anything specific – just that he doesn’t like school.

I’m not sure what to do next. I’m afraid to become one of those parents that teachers dread, although I do feel like there is a change in him.Worried Mum

Dear WMYou live with this child so you are at the coal face of his mood and

emotional state. If you are detecting a change – and he isn’t being a blank canvas here; he has said he doesn’t like school – then delicately dig deeper.

And by deeper I mean zoom out. Have a look at his school experience and have a brief one-on-one meeting with his teacher and say you are simply concerned that he doesn’t like school. You can say you don’t expect this teacher to apply a miracle cure but just that you wanted their impression of how he is doing.

This will achieve a few things. Firstly build a rapport with his teacher while you see if this is a school-based issue and also get to know the teacher and what they observe about your son.

Then look around his environment and see what’s going on with friends and within the family and, if you have to, within him.

Sometimes seven-year-olds don’t know how to tell us how they feel. See if there are any child psychotherapists in your area and talk to a few. Child therapists often work in lovely, toy-filled spaces that aren’t clinical. They are professionals, trained to track down the sources of unhappiness. Don’t be afraid to use them.Agony Aunty

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Rose cultural notesCheck the beds, newly turned last month, and remove any weeds that have germinated. Rework the soil to make it more friable. Spray roses again if diseases are a problem but in the south cooler weather will put an end to most pests and diseases.

This is the time to practice good hygiene in the rose beds. Gather up and burn all fallen leaves as a protection against the carry-over of disease onto next season’s growth. Many disease fungi will winter-over on fallen leaves so it is really important that this material is burnt and not ever incorporated into the compost heap.

The plants will be approaching dormancy now so there will be no need to water or feed unless conditions are extremely dry. You should still be able to pick lots of roses from repeat-flowering cultivars.

It is too early to prune but a good time to spread a thick mulch over both new and existing beds to further improve the condition and content of the soil. Just allow the mulch to lie on top of the beds. There is no need to dig it in.

Start to collect ripened hips if you want to try growing roses from seed. Cuttings of roses may still be taken. Graeme Renall, Rose Society President, 379 7065

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Fabric-a-brac 2017We are now taking names for stall holders and donations for this year’s event, to be held on 16 September at Southend School. We welcome donations of fabric, trims, cottons, patterns – basically anything to do with sewing. Sewing machines are also welcome.

We also want such things as curtains (not thermal drape), old blankets, buttons and doilies.

This event is to raise awareness and funds for the charity Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. All donations are gratefully appreciated.

Contact: fabricabracwai@gmail.com, 379 5550, 0274 900 851. Elena Needham