Doctors Point, Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington, Seacliff 1 March 2010 Blueskin A&P Clearing Sale & Country Fair by Paul Clements This year’s event is scheduled for 20 March and of centre ring events. Car boot sales and local clubs we are inviting all of our local schools and clubs selling their wares are welcome. to participate. This is an event being run by locals The International Possum Tossing for the community, with all funds raised going Championship will once again feature, with our back into the community. Schools and clubs are local champions coming along to defend their providing a range of foods and stalls from the titles. “Flying Possum” Cafe being organized by Waitati The clearing sale opens for entries on Friday School. evening, closing on Saturday at 9.30am with the Warrington School are selling hot chips and sale set to start at 10.30am. Any and all items burgers, they are also making available vintage accepted. car rides, along with Southern Clams chowder as For updates, please email us: blueskin@ part of their fundraiser. Playcentres are organizing hotmail.com or telephone our secretary Paul various horse and train rides. Clements: 482 2640. Mandy Mayhem, our local Ring Master, is once • See pages 23 and 24 again entertaining the children with a wide range St Barnabas Church has a new priest by the editors St Barnabas Church, Warrington has a new where he met Kathy from Okaihau, Vance opted “Priest-enabler”, a role shared with all the churches to be a high school teacher again, and a non-stip between Warrington and Hampden. priest – which continued for fifteen years. Kathy Vance Vidal’s Anglican Communion began and Vance married and settled in Kerikeri with 50 years ago when he was 15. Six years later, after two children, Jessica and Andre. working in drama with youth groups while at Vance and a couple of drama teachers university in Arizona, Vance went for theological organized the Bay of Islands Youth Theatre before training in Virginia, followed in Arizona with four four years in the Gore parish as Vicar, three years years or so as an assistant in a large parish and in the Dunstan as Enabler, then at Selwyn College university chaplain, then some years as a Vicar in filling in as chaplain, while developing a lifestyle small town churches and rural areas, including one block near Outram. on the Mexican border, one in a farming town in the high desert, then to a mining town in the hills not far from Tombstone. Vance came to New Zealand in 1981, worked in a cooperating parish for several years, and then as a school chaplain. After being interim priest at Waimate North in the Bay of Islands, Vance and his new chauffeur March 2010 Blueskin News 1 NEws APNK now at Blueskin Bay Library Blueskin News is looking for a by Louise Booth news editor A new broadband internet service will be available A news editor opens incoming emails, checks them at Blueskin Bay Library from the end of February. for grammar, spelling and style, and sends them on The Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa to get placed in the ‘Blueskin News’, on our website provides free access to broadband internet services and to share with other media. in public libraries so that all New Zealanders can If you would like to help our voluntary access, experience and create digital content. newspaper, please get in touch: editors@blueskin. It is completely free to use, and the APNK co.nz. 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Our Mainly Music programme is run Each Mainly Music session will contain 30 completely by volunteers supported financially by minutes of songs and actions, instruments, and a local church. Our team are current members of fun props. The following 30 minutes is morning the Pine Hill Mainly Music group and we are a tea and chat time. Sessions run in the school term mixture of Waitati and Dunedin mums. times and cost $2 per child or $3 per family (up For any questions regarding Mainly Music to four children). please feel free to contact Kim Park (03 473 8932) This Mainly Music programme is part of or Jenny O’Neil (027 378 7258). Looking forward Mainly Music International, started over 15 to meeting you and your littlies on Tuesday.
Interview with Hodgson pronounced a success by Peter Dowden Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson visited community broadcaster Blueskin Bay FM for an interview on Monday, 15 February. During the interview with Warrington School Room 1 pupils Stephanie and Miya, he demonstrated a politician’s ability to field a curly question. Asked “how do you feel about having a National government?” he replied, “I don’t like it at all. I used to be a Cabinet Minister and now I’m something called a back bencher, and I don’t have anything important to do.” Pete explained that his last name is pronounced Pete enjoyed his interview, then turned “hodson”, not “hojson”, but, ever the political the tables, interviewing the children for a few pragmatist, “I don’t mind how people pronounce moments. He agreed to visit the station for another it.” interview in March.
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March 2010 Blueskin News 3 COMMENTAIT Please Sir, can I have some more? by Geraldine Tait I’m just wondering if we’re all being duped. These changes are supposed to sort out a Every few days there is a new announcement number of problems with our financial health and more audacious than the last. Some of these are well-being as a country but they run against the coming from the government, some from various advice of the Governor of the Reserve Bank and corporations and others from our local council. ignore a substantial part of the Tax Working Party’s Take the proposal to increase goods and report. Both suggested cooling our love affair with services tax (GST) to 15% and at the same time investing in property by introducing tax on either reduce the income tax of those earning more land or houses other than the primary residence, than $70,000 a year. Is there something a little in other words “rentals”. unbalanced about this policy? Yes, we’ve been No one wants to pay more tax or deal with promised changes in the taxes for those on lower more bureaucracy, but some taxes are less fair than incomes and an increase in benefits but I think others. GST hits the poorest hardest, every day at these are about as reliable as the Ks on an old 1987 the supermarket, the petrol pump, when buying Japanese import. Do any of us really believe that essentials like clothes, medicines and paying for these adjustments to our take-home income will services like plumbers, dentists and power bills. match the extra expenditure resulting from the We should all be climbing up on our roofs bumped-up GST? and jumping up and down and yelling really I think in a year or so we’ll all realize we’ve loudly, “NO INCREASE TO GST!” There is only been ripped off again, but it will be too late to undo a short time before the budget is out so haste and the damage by that time. Maybe John Key and Bill maximum impact is essential. English are testing the waters, waiting to see how But do be careful while you are up there, the gullible we are. This proposal will obviously keep health system like a number of other essential some of their wealthy mates happy but there must services is broke. Yes we still have fantastic be lots of National voters who aren’t millionaires. medical and support staff who work extremely hard but their budgets are shrinking and the list of customers continues to grow. Health Boards have got not surgical scissors, but chainsaws out, viciously slashing back services, removing people from lists not by treating them but cleverly redefining their ailments or the criteria for assistance. Access to health care does have to have some boundaries but it is the lack of transparency and open dialogue that is most annoying.
4 Blueskin News March 2010 Similar things are happening to ACC the wish list has not been dealt with, in fact I see entitlements and funding for Teacher Aids who more items have been added on, such as moving support children with disabilities or learning the Library to the Old Post Office building in the difficulties in the classroom. There have been lots of Exchange – don’t tell me that won’t cost a few cutbacks to courses which offer basic educational zillion! Meanwhile the new rugby thingy with qualifications to both school-leavers and those the ridiculously long name (the lunch box) that adults who want a second go at education. These most of us still don’t want, is soaking up more people desperately need a hand up to avoid a future ratepayer dollars for mysterious new expenses. At on the dole or on the minimum wage. Oh yes, that the other end of town, pensioners in council flats just increased by 25 cents an hour to $12.75 or $10 face yet another rent rise, but why should they be a week for a person working 40 hours. How does complaining? They’ll soon have a new Bunnings that compare to a 5% tax decrease for someone Warehouse to go shopping in and the buses are earning over $70,000 a year? still free (9-3) for those over-65s who can actually The Government is trimming back in every climb up onto them. area because it is spending more than it’s taking in, not a good way to be. But at the same time as THE EXTREMELY FAMOUS we will see reductions in services, we’re facing ANNUAL SEACLIFF GARAGE SALE constant increases in rates, power, phone, food SUNDAY 21 MARCH and yes petrol prices are creeping back up again. The Domain, Kilgour Street, Seacliff The DCC has bent over backwards to reduce its 10am to 2pm - Rain or shine rate increase this year (does that make sense?). Food. Music. Entertainment. Bargains. Something But the projections for the increases, in the next for Everyone. few years are huge so is this just a little sweetener Stall holders welcome for election year? Stalls free, but we will be asking for a small contribution All they have done is delayed a few projects for advertising. which will actually add to their cost in the long Any queries contact Cathie tel: 465 8222 run. The issue of having far too many items on
March 2010 Blueskin News 5 Waitati Beach Reserve Society by Karen Hobday, Roxy Hesson and Geraldine Tait If you want to have a say about what activities are in June 2007 to discuss what we wanted for our and are not allowed on our beach and reserve, or beach and reserve. Other communities between how the plants, dunes and wildlife are managed, Waikouaiti and Taieri Mouth were also consulted, then you need to put in a submission to the draft and then a draft was presented to a working group of the Dunedin City Council’s Coastal Dune of DCC staff and representatives from the council Reserves Management Plan before 5:00pm Friday and community boards. This is the final draft of 12 March 2010. This plan will impact on and guide that process for the public to comment on. the management of our area for at least the next ten Warrington Reserve Group invited DCC years, so it’s important. There is any easy two-page to present information about the management submission form to fill out, and there are copies plan and submission process, at a public meeting of the management plan and submission forms at Warrington Hall on 18 Feb 2010. About 50 online at www.dunedin.govt.nz/consultation people attended, and it was great to have a variety There are also copies available at the DCC of viewpoints expressed. Dolina Lee (Ruth Customer Services Office at the Civic Centre and McKain’s replacement as Reserves Policy and all libraries. We have put copies for viewing at Planning Officer), Renee Gordon (Parks Officer), Blueskin Store, Warrington School and Warrington Ros MacGill and Jim Pryde (Animal Control) Post Boxes, or you can ring DCC 4774000 to get presented information and answered questions. a copy. Trees, dogs, horses, vehicles, dunes and wildlife Look at the general section Parts One and Two were all discussed. Now it’s up to us to have our (pages 6, 13 and 26 discuss Warrington issues), say before representatives of the council decide and the Warrington section in Part Three (9.10) what the plan will be. pages 53–57. If you have any questions phone Karen 482 A community consultation meeting was held 2762 or Geraldine 482 2517. Opinion An ancient empty city sits by Ross Johnston Scientists estimate that if the western ice shelf of economic base to build on or borrow against. Antarctica melts, sea levels will rise by at least fivew Their loss, but certainly our gain as it is an eerie, metres – if all of Antarctica were to melt sea levels if rather desolate, place to visit. It’s certainly an could rise by as much as 75 metres. object lesson in how financial decisions can have Excerpt from The Very Very Lonely long-term implications so, if you can, take your Planet – 2060 Dunedin - Overview children there. Of all of New Zealand’s drowned cities Dunedin Dunedin – Activities is one of the most spectacular. Once it must have One of the most popular canal trips takes in what been a proud and vibrant university city but its were the Railway Station, the Court House, the current state is a permanent reminder of how University and the Stadium. Tickets are available foolish and blind our species can be. from the First Kirk Kiosk situated at the top of Dunedin was a defendable city. It had a narrow Bell Hill. From there it’s a short walk down the harbour mouth and many believe the eastern hill to the Burlington Marina - Stop 6 on the old coastline could have been successfully reinforced. Vaporetto Loop Route. (At one stage Dunedin Unfortunately, early in the 2000s the city was intent was marketed as the ‘Venice of the South’ and the on spending money on other things like the now city’s now defunct public boat system was named derelict Stadium and later got caught up in the after the Venice equivalent.) Single and double Second Credit Crisis of the 2020s. canoes are available on the left hand side of the old When sea levels rose Dunedin was not Vaporetto stop. Try to organise your tour for low financially buoyant enough to build the defences tide as then it’s much easier to get under the entry the city required. Once flooded, there was no gate at the Stadium and into the flooded arena. 6 Blueskin News March 2010 Unless you are hooked on Victorian west end was part of an unsuccessful aquatic theme architecture this is the highlight of the journey. park. Keep well away from the south wall as that is There’s a light and sound show that runs for ten where the roof collapsed during the Great Snows minutes on the big screens inside the Stadium of 2045 and parts of it can entangle your canoe. on the hour every hour from 9.00am till 4.00pm. As you paddle out you may be able to see an Called ‘A Cautionary Tale’ the show tells the story interesting piece of graffiti painted just above the of how the stadium came to be and examines the gate. Some of the lettering is barely discernible - but reasons for its demise. Statements and assertions if the light is right you can make out this slightly made by those who supported the building of the twisted version of Shelley’s sonnet ‘Ozymandias’ … Stadium in the 2000’s are intercut with what really I saw a traveller on an old TV happened. Who said - One vast and empty stadium I saw On one level it’s an amusing spoof of earlier Stranded in water … Near by … swallowed by sea foolishness, but as you sit in the middle of that An ancient empty city sits, whose fathers, forlorn arena you can’t help but wonder how they With wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command managed to get their priorities so disastrously And … mocking sounds of protest as they went wrong and can’t help ponder the long-term Built this great edifice … then, desires met, consequences for those who used to live in the city. Left citizens to pay for what they’d spent. It seems that turn of the century stadiums were So on the golden plaque the words should read a bit like cathedrals in the Middle Ages. Every city ‘My name is City Councillor, Fool of Fools thought they should have one even if it pauperised Look on my works ye citizens and despair’ them. Such stadiums quickly turned into financial For nothing of worth remains. Round the decay ‘black holes’ and some claim this one was partly Of this colossal wreck, boundless and bare responsible for the Dunedin Rate Strikes of the The lone and level water stretches far away. 2010’s and the Rate Riots of 2022. Canoes are hired by the hour. Singles 2500 yuan. Rising oceans were only part of the story. Doubles 4000 yuan. Open October to March. Declining attendances at rugby matches made Waterproof gear essential. the venture uneconomic well before the Stadium Ross Johnston is a Dunedin television producer was flooded. That decline was partly attributable and director and a Pūrākaunui resident to the high price of admission as a result of the capital cost of the Stadium, but its usefulness as a location for a sports event was absolutely scuttled CHILDCARE by the advent of the now ubiquitous ‘Portable Home-based childcare Transposers’. As the advertisements of the time services for under 5 year olds claimed, they provided an experience that was ‘As Good As Being There’. They became the way Provided by an experienced fans experienced any games, anywhere, anytime, care giver and mother from any era. As a result real crowds in stadiums Quality childcare were replaced by the computer generated ones with which we are now all familiar. Once that part-time or full time technology was perfected, matches could be placed Permanent or casual in a virtual stadium with an appropriately partisan crowd digitally created to match each subscribing Monday-Friday fan’s requirements. Reasonable rates The Stadium was put to other uses once rugby Two minutes in from was played and recorded elsewhere and a few of them are still evident. The cylindrical objects SH 1 south of Waitati in Section H are the remnants of compost bins Phone Carol and have from the decade when the turf was turned into a chat on 482-2307 community gardens and the long boat slide at the
March 2010 Blueskin News 7 Orokonui Ecosanctuary by Sue Hensley Although gecko are extremely difficult to spot for most people the Trust has a policy of keeping the jewelled gecko away from public view to minimise the risk from poaching. Pest eradication is continuing to head in the right direction with one hedgehog (rather fat) and one March 6 is the date set for opening the top tracks hare being trapped. The best news of all though of the Ecosanctuary to self-guided walkers. On that is that no rat footprints have been recorded from day there will be activities for children, displays, the target areas. This of course does not mean talks and bird spotting tips. Initially the tracks they have been eradicated and many more nil open to the public will be limited to the main top results will be needed before any conclusions can track and two short side ones. The opening of the be reached. valley track will not happen until the upgrade by The Cafe and Visitor Centre are open 7 Dunedin Rotary is complete – possibly mid-year. days, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The Centre is It has been a busy month with some big groups free to explore as is the Pa Harakeke walk (Flax involved including both the Warrington Playcentre Plantation), and the 9 km perimeter track. We also and School. Our wild kākā obviously recognised have a Facebook page in addition to our website them as fellow locals and came to visit to underline (www.orokonui.org.nz) to keep you up to date. the conservation message being put across. The captive tuatara have had a check-up and are all healthy and have put on weight. Tuatara survived in this region in early times but Orokonui is the coldest site where tuatara are currently held. This is of great interest to researchers and Otago University is looking at growth rates, emergence behaviour and how body and environmental temperatures relate. Two cases of gecko poaching have been highlighted in the news recently. This is something the Trust and experts have been very mindful of since last year’s jewelled gecko translocation. Lenten Study Group The gospel stories: a dynamic exploration. Tuesdays in March at 7pm 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31 St Barnabas Church hall. A study using Bibliodrama, visualisation and art
Vance Vidal and Murray Broom facilitating Everyone welcome. Contact Louise at the Blueskin Bay library 482 2444 for more details.
8 Blueskin News March 2010 BLUESKIN BAY FM BLUESKIN GARDEN CLUB Open-minded, new radio station by Lynnaire Johnston looking for friends in the wider The dramatic and long-awaited improvement in the weather meant the Blueskin Garden Club Blueskin Bay area enjoyed balmy weather for its first foray of the year, by Sandra Muller and Nathan Parker to Valerie and Mike Fay’s Mount Cargill garden. For those of you who have not heard it yet: our very Rhododendron dells, perennial borders and own radio station, Blueskin Bay FM, has started propagating areas vied with the bay-wide view to broadcast from Warrington School on 88.2 FM. for attention, with the boardwalk running across At the moment, BBFM offers an interesting mix of the property’s stream and bog proving popular. music and programmes produced by the station’s Val is a volunteer at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary committee members and the talented children and propagates plants for projects, and so of Warrington School. Over the next few weeks, spent some time talking about both the latest we will expand and diversify our broadcasts, developments there and her role. hopefully with enthusiastic input from our local This month the club will be visiting an entirely community. Waitati School will shortly begin work different sort of garden – the much smaller Village in the studio. Potager, on the corner of Foyle St and Doctors Blueskin Bay FM is presently running 24/7 in Point Rd. Lynnaire Johnston has taken over a test mode and will soon be ready for the official one-acre organic, permaculture-based garden that launch. All Room 1 pupils are involved in the is a mix of vegetables, herbs, perennials, orchard creation of 10-30 minute shows during the week. and wild area. Music played on BBFM is presently Creative Lynnaire makes the Village Potager range Commons licensed music – BBFM still needs to of preserves from locally grown produce, and raise funds to play copyrighted music. We are keen propagates plants for sale. She sells these at local to have the community assisting our pupils run the markets and from a “shed” on her property. station during the day with more open access to She will share her “secrets” for making the the radio station out of school hours (8am–4pm) chutneys, sauces and jellies that are proving so If you are keen to be involved helping either the popular locally. Please bring along a recipe and a pupils or BBFM please talk to us. handy hint to do with preserving. There will also be Since BBFM is a non-commercial station, tastings so members are encouraged to bring along we do need the support of our listeners. Many a sample or two of something they have made. community members have already gifted their The meeting on Thursday March 11 will start time and expertise to get the station off the ground. at 7.30. Please park in Foyle St, but come to the Yet in the months, years and decades to come we signposted Village Potager entrance. will need ongoing help to cover its basic running For further information on joining Blueskin costs (power, licenses, maintenance, etc.). For Garden Club or learning about its activities, please those of you who feel they can offer such help, we phone Lyn Hastie on 482 2896 or Lyne Carlyle on have established the “Friends of Blueskin Bay FM”. 482 2822. All it takes for you to join is a $10 annual donation and you can sign up at the Waitati Library. Blueskin Bay Library So to all you Bay-dwellers and Coast Road settlers, from the cliffs to the hills, down to the Hours flats and the valleys, be our friends and keep Monday: 2.00 pm – 7.00 pm BBFM on air! Tuesday: 2.00 pm – 5.30 pm To contact Blueskin Bay FM: Wednesday: 2.00 pm – 5.30 pm • email: [email protected] Thursday: 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm • website: blueskinbayfm.blogspot.com Friday: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm • old-style: PO Box 88, Waitati 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm Saturday: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
March 2010 Blueskin News 9 WARRINGTON SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB by Pete Russell The 2009/2010 season has been a busy one with • Matt Kelly U14 beach sprint weekend patrols and inter-club competitions. • U14 mixed beach relay (Matt Kelly, Johnny Patrols have been well supported with over 50 life Oldham, Tarn Neuman, Immy Doyle) guards in the club. Many thanks to the regional • 2 km Beach Relay (Matt Kelly, Johnny Oldham, guard team whose work around the club has been Allie Adams, Talia Oldham) a great help, in particular Arthur Ibbotson for the Silver: board coaching sessions prior to Ocean Athletes. • Allie Adams U11 surf race Inter-club competition has gone well this • Devon Familton U11 Run Swim Run year with three events in December and one in Bronze: January with the club finishing 2nd overall in all Devon Familton U11 surf race four tournaments. A big contingent of Juniors went • Allie Adams, U11 beach sprint, U11 Run up to Christchurch for the Southern Region Ocean Swim Run Athletes over Waitangi weekend. Congratulations • Matt Kelly U14 beach flags to all competitors, a great weekend was had by all • Talia Oldham U16 beach flags and thanks to the parents and the coaching team Congratulations also to Carina Doyle (St Clair) of Mark Familton, Cherie Oldham and Polly Clyne and Hamish McCulloch (Brighton) who are for some great results for the club. Well done to associate members and lifeguards of our club, who the medalists: won three golds each. Well done also to the club Gold Secretary and President for completing the 1.5 km • Allie Adams U11 beach flags, U11 Board Race Harbour swim during the recent Masters Games • Johnny Oldham U13 beach flags, U13 beach and we wish them well in their future ocean swims. sprint The final club day is March 14th with club prize-giving beginning at 10.00am followed by a barbecue. The lifeguard Kangaroo court and break-up will begin at 1.00pm once the flags are out and the beach set up. All those offending life guards – make sure you bring plenty of Coketm to compensate your fellows for your misdemeanors/ misadventures during the season. OPINION Horses on Warrington Beach? by Karen Hobday Horses are currently not allowed in Warrington reserve. There are only a few beach reserves in the wider Dunedin area where horses are allowed and Warrington is not one of them. If you want to walk your horse on the beach the only access points are through the reserve. If you want horses to access the beach, please put in a submission to the draft Coastal Dune Reserves Management Plan. (See Warrington Reserve Group column for information on how to do this, page 6.) If you want to know more about this then phone Malgosia 482 2559. There will be a petition at Blueskin Store if you wish to support horse owners to use existing access roads to get to the beach. 10 Blueskin News March 2010 WAITATI SCHOOL by Jenna Packer What’s with the barricades at the main entrance to with big hair are Elvis and Priscilla. Munirah Waitati School? This is the first step in a project by loves “the close-knit community, the parental Alex Whitiker to create a beautiful waharoa at the enthusiasm and input, and the contributions made entrance to the school. The children are thrilled by people from the community who might not to be working with a real artist. They will learn even have children at the school.” about whakairo (traditional carving), as well as Sue Roberts-Blyth is sharing the senior class contributing to this symbol of welcome. This is a with Dave Fitzgerald. She enjoys the in-depth wonderful gift to the pupils and to all those who discussions you can have with children of this visit the school. age. Her class are enjoying ‘Percy Jackson and The edible garden has been producing food the Sea of Monsters’ by Rick Riordan, and the while we’ve been on holiday. The birds were lucky Antony Horowitz book. Sue loves being able to enough to harvest some of it, but there is still “incorporate care for our environment into our plently left. The school was able to give a box of teaching”. She moved back from Auckland last veges to the Anglican Food Bank. year, and still hasn’t stopped saying how lucky The garden was on the Weggies Open Orchard they are to be living in this part of the country walkabout (see page 17), and the next day a bunch and in a community which nurtures things like of Weggies returned to do much-needed summer knowing your neighbours, walking and biking pruning and weeding. Thank you Weggies! places, gardening, art … don’t get her started! There will be two new(ish) faces in the kitchen Sue’s favourite food is “tomatoes”, but she says garden this year. Sue Roberts-Blyth and Munirah that next year she’ll have to try growing them in Burra are new teachers joining Dave and Jayne a glasshouse! Fitzgerald. We are also looking forward to meeting our Munirah is the New Entrant to Year 2 teacher. ‘adopted’ scientist and our engineer: thanks again She loves traveling and has lived and taught in the to University of Otago for lending some great Australian desert! Reading is one of her favourite brains to work with the children on cool projects. things, and her class are finding great inspiration Watch this space! Listen out too for the roving in Roald Dahl’s book ‘The Twits’. She has been mirimba troupe, who were so impressive last year sharing ‘Snif-Snuf-Snap!’ by Lynley Dodd, and and who are to take their talents out and about on Eric Carle’s ‘Have You Seen My Cat?’ with the the streets of Dunedin. children recently. One last thought, speaking of ‘out and about’: As well as reading and gardening, Munirah the weather is finally so stunning that at least if our has a passion for ceramics, and has been known to children have to be at school in the sun, they’re in bring her pottery wheel to school for some really a beautiful spot – no concrete jungle here! And tactile lessons! Her daughter’s name is Nadia, her for most, it’s only a hop, skip and jump back home cats are Asterix and Obelix and her two chooks afterwards. Here’s to local, country schools!
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March 2010 Blueskin News 11 12 Blueskin News March 2010 March 2010 Blueskin News 13 Waitati Film Society by Leonie Rousselot All welcome to join us at the Film Society, corner Tuesday March 16 of Orokonui and Mt. Cargill Roads on Tuesdays MY WINNIPEG (Canada 2007) at 8.00pm. Membership for one year is $60 and Guy Maddin’s portrait of covers 29 nights of entertainment. We offer drama, his native city is intensely comedy, history or just plain entertainment in idiosyncratic and hilariously a warm, pleasant environment with convivial unreliable, constructed company. For more info ring Brigitte 482 2829 or around his apparently doomed Leonie 482 2508 or visit: www.nzfilmsociety.org. imperative to escape the place, nz/waitati.htm and with it, his mother. He takes us back to the Tuesday March 2 sensual mayhem of his mother’s hairdressing salon, APRON STRINGS (NZ 2008) the macho world of ice hockey and the locker This South Auckland story is about two families of rooms of the city’s subterranean pools. 80min two cultures: one Sikh, the other dyed-in-the-wool Tuesday March 30 Anglo. Food and love are intertwined in this tale THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Denmark 2005) of two mothers who must find the courage to An investigative journey into the phenomenon of confront the secrets and misunderstandings of the “documentary”, based on manifestos written by past, in order to set their sons free. The boundaries directors Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth. About a of nurture and control, mothering and smothering filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating are explored in this irresistibly local celebration of one of his first films, “The Perfect Human”. Von recognizable real lives on the big screen and ends Trier’s stated intention is to mine a vein of suffering fittingly with cups of tea. 90min in Leth’s work which he feels hasn’t been presented before or as he puts it, he wants the feel of `a tortoise on its back’. 90min
14 Blueskin News March 2010 March 2010 Blueskin News 15 WARRINGTON SCHOOL by school staff and parents We have been blessed with some beautiful summer Cleanup will take place along the whole of Dunedin weather and the rain held off for our visit to City’s coastline (including harbours, estuaries and the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, which was superb. lagoons) on Sunday 14 March – Warrington’s litter The Ecosanctaury is an amazing space with its pickup will be 1pm at the Surf Club. increasing bird numbers, regenerating bush and Dates: incredible use of shipping containers for the • Wednesday 3 March: WAWA Challenge visitors’ centre. We were all impressed with the • Thursday 4 March: BOT Meeting 7.30pm fabulous staff that showed us around and shared • Friday 5 March: WAWA Challenge their amazing knowledge. Postponement Day The School goals for this year focus on teaching • Sun 7-14 March: Sea Week and learning in the arts areas and increasing our • Tues 9-Fri 12 March: Year 7/8 camp understanding of children’s varying learning • Monday 22 March: Otago Anniversary needs. The teachers have been discussing a school • Thursday 1 April: End of term 1 target of how our community-based projects will • Monday 19: April: Term 2 begins improve the social literacy of our pupils. Social Friends of Warrington School literacy refers to a person’s ability to communicate Need More Garden Space? effectively and ethically across society – something Want to share in some gardening fun with family, that is believed to be an important skill. friends and neighbours? Do you loving mixing Our 2010 projects are the creating of a school magic potions, growing organic family friendly vision map with resident artist Juliet Sorrel, the food and talking dirt? stream restoration project plan with our very own We are interested in utilizing some of the Enviroschools facilitator and teacher Trisha Korth. Warrington School grounds for community There is also a community gardening project being gardens or allotment style plots. If you are keen initiated, the development of the courts area (see to help us shape this community project please noticeboard for details) and pupils broadcasting contact Jan on 482 1728 or 022 614 9266. live on Blueskin Bay FM. This year we will be running a number of stalls BB FM is presently running 24/7 in test mode and activities at the Blueskin Bay Country Fair & and will soon be ready for the official launch. Clearing Sale to be held on Saturday 20th March. All Room 1 pupils are involved in the creation The full proceeds raised by us from this event will of 10–30 minute shows during the week. Music be used for a major playground refurbishment. played on BBFM is presently Creative Commons It would be greatly appreciated if you could licensed music – BBFM still need to raise funds to support us – some possible ways to do this are: play copyrighted music. We are keen to have the • Contributing products or vouchers for our community assisting our pupils run the station chocolate wheel (raffle) during the day with more open access to the radio • Providing items for one of our stalls: books, station out of school hours 8am–4pm. If you are music CD, baked goods, produce, preserves etc keen to be involved helping either the pupils or • Monetary contribution to help with the BBFM please talk to us. hiring cost of items such as a bouncy castle, We are aiming to establish a drum and dance candyfloss machine etc culture in the school. We would like to include this Donations can be dropped off at the school office into this year’s Kaupapa festival. We also hope to at any time. The fresh baking and produce should perform at the A&P show on Saturday 20 March be dropped off on Friday 19th March (between and at the mid-winter festival. 9am – 3pm). If you prefer please call us in advance Seaweek (7–14 March) is the annual to arrange collection. celebration of our precious marine environment. To discuss ways in which you can help, To find out what activities are available please visit please contact Dawn Hope at home on 482-2787. www.seaweek.org.nz. Alternatively you can contact the school on The DOC/DCC Great Dunedin Coastal 482-2605 or email: [email protected]. 16 Blueskin News March 2010 WAITATI Edible Gardeners by Lynnaire Johnston, Jackie Fanning and Jason Ross Harvest market a success good supply of funds raised for upcoming projects. A goodly number of buyers and sellers converged Only locally grown or produced food is on the Old Waitati Stores for the first WEGies sold at the three annual harvest markets and it Harvest Market of the year. The warm, cloud-free is extremely gratifying to see the breadth of the morning provided a perfect backdrop for the range grown in Blueskin Bay, and the care with all-pervading community spirit and joie de which it is tended. vivre. Mark and Rayna Dickson provided fine The next harvest market will be held on Sunday old wooden tables for stallholders, while others March 21 from 10.30am at the same venue – the brought their own wheelbarrows from which to Old Waitati Stores, Harvey Street. There will be sell their wares. another WEGie fundraising stall, and donations Not all goods were paid for, some were of products for sale are especially welcome. exchanged – an arrangement that seemed to be a The Waitati Open Orchard win-win for those taking part. A core of WOO folk walked around part of the While the bulk of the customers were locals, village recently and have some great plans to get there were also a number of people from outside more fruit/nut trees planted in Waitati. A couple of the area – one even from London! Some unusual hours was spent at the school doing the important products turned up including the cutest little summer prune to the WOO fruit trees there. chickens you ever saw (courtesy Scott and Jenna “Adopt a WOO Tree” is one of our next focuses. Willis), linden tea from Maia’s 100-year old tree We will be asking you to volunteer to look after a in Warrington, and lush bunches of coriander and WOO fruit tree: this could be an existing tree or other herbs. It was obvious a great deal of care had one that you want planted close to your home. gone into their production. The next WOO meeting will be held on March The WEGies’ stand offering lettuces, herbs, 18 at the Waitati Hall at 7:30pm. All welcome. artichokes and jams was well supported, with a Enquiries to [email protected] POTTERING IN THE POTAGER by Lynnaire Johnston Despite the very late appearance of summer, the start and I’m about to double its size because potager’s brassicas are bolting. Jason Ross informs the one bin cannot keep up with all the organic me that inconsistent or lack of water is the most refuse from my kitchen. I’ve acquired an washing likely culprit. My basils, too, despite greenhouse machine tub, which I’ll put up on bricks in a shady nurturing have been dismal thanks to the lack spot in which my little wrigglies can go mad. Each of heat and the tomatoes are very late ripening. fortnight I empty out the ‘tea’ that accumulates in Instead of growing them in pots, next year I will the bottom of my bin and dilute it before spreading try black plastic grow bags to see if that helps their it around my vegetables. Recently, I had septic tank less-than-startling prolificacy. trouble and the surrounding soil had to be dug out. The late burst of summer has brought with I shoved it around the rhubarb with startlingly it plenty of unwelcome pests to infiltrate the prolific results! I also discovered where my entire brassicas. A blast of warm, soapy water seems to garden worm population had got to! make them decamp but only temporarily. Also In the next few weeks I’m going to get more making an unwelcome appearance now that the over-wintering brassicas planted and the ODT red hot pokers are blooming, are the wasps. But at informs me that I still have time to get onion seed least the birds, too, are enjoying the pokers. in. All I need are more sunny days in which to get The kale is doing splendidly which is very it done before winter sets in. pleasing, because stir-fried in sizzling sesame oil, Sponsored by The Village fresh kale is one of winter’s pleasures and when Potager, open daily on the corner fresh from the garden so very good for you. of Foyle St and Doctors Point My small (Warehouse-purchased to my Rd for preserves, plants and shame) worm bin is producing nicely after a slow produce. Phone 482 1364. March 2010 Blueskin News 17 Waitati Energy Project by Scott Willis There’s plenty of news of wind farms to the West, idea is that PV is complementary to a community and there is plenty happening in our own patch turbine – it is modular and can be put in place too. If we’re successful, we’ll own our turbine, and over time to work in conjunction with it. Lindsay receive income from it, and have a say in what we Graham is heading the WEP action on this, and do collectively with that income. Turbine news will we’ve talking with Port Chalmers, Transition follow, but first a little on Solar. Valley 473 and Hampden Energy Group around Solar (PV) spreading it along East Coast Otago, and who What if we could negotiate a good price for knows where else? Photovoltaic systems (PV)? These are systems Co-operative vs company that convert solar energy from the sun directly Work on the community turbine is demanding into electricity). Solar electricity systems are not energy at present. This month our report to the solar hot water systems though they too should Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is be on virtually every house as a matter of course). due, and there are still many loose ends to tie up. The Waitati Energy Project has become aware of a Alice Bowden, along with Seth Gorrie and Solis potential price drop in PV panels and along with Norton at the University of Otago are working to the change in technology it is simpler to connect to allow us a robust generation estimate. Without the grid. If confirmed, we may have an opportunity enough wind we can’t do much. Thanks also to to do a similar thing to last year’s insulation retrofit data provided by Trustpower (testing in the late rollout: this time it would be a ‘PV rollout’. 1990s) we now have a good idea of what wind There are a few things to fall into place first. resources we can expect, though there is much One, we’re seeking funding to employ someone fine tuning to do. We’re only beginning to look to work on this initiative (our office is small, with at how we go about consulting widely. You know too many things on the desks already). Two, we’ll about things via the Blueskin News of course, but need to finalise negotiations with industry. Three, we’re planning a big ‘Information Day’ mid year to we’ll need to set up the systems to deliver. But the discuss the project in more depth. And of course, how we own it is the big question (assuming it would be worth owning - that is, there’s enough wind). It is this curly question that Polson Higgs (business advisors) are contracted to help us find an answer to: will it be a co-operative or a company?
Blueskin Bay Youth Group welcomes all y ear 7 , 8, 9 and 10 y ear We’ll be able to provide interesting answers to old students along t o the Waitati Hall every second Friday this question by the end of March, I can guarantee throug hout 2010. that! There is an entry cost of $ 2.00. Turbine Field Trip “Come along f or an evening of t able tenn is, badminton, basket- The field trip to Pioneer Generation’s three 750 ball, g ames, videos, sing star……………” kW NEG Micon turbines at Horseshoe Bend near Dates for 2010. Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Roxburgh is scheduled for Saturday the 13th of
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18 Blueskin News March 2010 March. This is going to be a fun day out, so please let me know if you’d like to come along: we have a lot to organise and want your details. Turbine Testing Sites Thank you to all who have suggested further sites. We’re following up promising ideas and if you’re a landowner above Warrington with an especially windy spot and like the idea, please get in touch. Finally, while we’re working on the turbine project at the Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust office in Waitati, we’re also busy writing funding applications for all the other activities planned and will soon be joined by a Weggie worker. None of that means we’re too busy to enjoy what else is on offer. I’m particularly looking forward to the Train to Dunedin on the 10th of March and am planning a ‘town day’. Then on the 27th of March there’s EARTH HOUR: Lights off, between 8.30 – 9.30pm to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. And somewhere in between I’m off to Nelson to talk about our project and meet with the other climate change hubs funded by Hikurangi. Chuck in another Waitati Edible Gardeners Market on the 21st of March and the month with be cooked!
March 2010 Blueskin News 19 Blueskin 10:10 by Meiling Blank With Walk-to-Work day in mind, Blueskin 10:10 mind – for instance, if you want to cut your spoke with Waitati resident Rosemary, who was commute to spend more time with your family, able to slash her commuting time, distance and sell it to your boss by emphasising how much greenhouse gas emissions after negotiating with more productive you will be without the stress her employer. of travelling each day, or highlight the cost Rosemary works for a union and had to fly savings from not having to provide you with several times each month to Auckland. As her desk space in the office. discomfort with the unsustainable amount of • Show how your job tasks suit working her travelling grew, she knew something had to from home – if you spend all day on the change. She reduced her hours and now works phone, staring at a computer and filling out part-time from home, drastically cutting back her paperwork, why not do it in your slippers? commute. Rosemary reports that her employer • Describe your home office space and be able has been very supportive of her, and in fact “sort to explain how it meets all the requirements of knew it was coming.” The new arrangements needed for you to do your work – for most have just started this year, and while there are some people this will mean at least a phone, definite concerns about the reduction in income, computer and internet connection. there is the bonus of having more free time. • Propose a trial period (eg two days a week While not all of us stuck in the commuting for the next three months) to see if the trap would be able or willing to take such drastic new arrangements suit both you and your action as Rosemary, if your work duties make organisation. it possible, working from home for even just a • Suggest ways to keep tabs on your productivity portion of your hours could benefit both you and – an organisation’s biggest fear is that you will your organisation. If you’re fortunate enough to be sipping cocktails in your bath robe when work for an organisation that already has a policy you should be working. on working from home it might be worth checking It’s also a good idea to be clear about how out. If not, here are some tips to help make it easy frequently you will be in contact with your boss, for your boss to say yes: and what support you will need from management • Pitch the idea with your organisation in to make it a success. WARRINGTON PLAYCENTRE by Rachel Ozanne We had a great visit to Orokonui Ecosanctuary to six years of age, their parents and caregivers. with Tahu Mackenzie. The children were met by a Come and get to know other parents with young ‘giant kaka’ who told us a story about the birds of children in the community. For information you New Zealand. We then went for a walk to discover can call our centre ph 027 2277329 or contact wild kaka, wood pigeons, brown creepers, grey Mary-Jane Mirfin on 482 1962. warblers and tuis. We also discovered tadpoles in the ponds and learnt about the trees that were being planted. Finally, we all made fabulous bird Colin Hall Fencing Contractor masks. Specializing in Lifestyle Blocks Playcentre is a wonderful place to gain new Tel: 03 482 2110 Cell: 027 326 4678 friends and keep up with old ones. Feel free to stop by for a cup of tea and see what we are all E Mail: [email protected] about. We are open on Tuesday (10.30 to 1.00), and New Fences & Old Fence Repairs Wednesday and Thursday mornings 9.15 to 12.15. Restoration Maintenance & More We cater for children aged from birth right up
20 Blueskin News March 2010 GET THE TRAIN: WAITATI VOLUNTEER Remember the train on 10 March FIRE BRIGADE by Get the Train Group and Peter Dowden by Deanne Burrell The ‘Walk2Work week’ commuter train is just It has been a quiet start to the New Year with a under two weeks away, on Wednesday 10th March. minimal number of callouts so well done everyone This is our chance to show that Dunedin’s North in keeping your community safe. We have recently Coast communities want a train service, so make attended two motor vehicle accidents and would it a day, and please pass the word on. like to remind people that when passing an No bookings are required, and the fare is just accident scene, please slow down, as it was noticed $5 cash each way on the train. Bike compartment that many vehicles did not adjust their speed. available (please help each other to load bikes and It is with regret that we farewell two members board the train promptly; it is running to a very of the brigade who recently resigned. We would tight schedule). like to thank Richard Peters and Bruce Moderich Timetable for all their hard work and dedication to the Waitati dep 7.40am Brigade and the community. We wish you both Michies Crossing 7.45am well. Osborne 7.55am Members of the brigade are looking forward Purakaunui 8.00am to the upcoming A&P Show. The brigade will have Mihiwaka 8.05am a site set up with information on fire safety and Port Chalmers Upper 8.10am members of the public will also get the opportunity Sawyers Bay 8.15am to use a fire hose. There will also be a miniature Maia 8.25am fire engine providing free rides for the children. Dunedin arr 8.40am We look forward to a fun-filled day. Dunedin dep 5.30pm On Sunday 11 April we are having an Open Maia 5.40pm Day at the Fire Station from 1pm onwards. We Sawyers Bay 5.50pm would like to extend an invitation to the public to Port Chalmers Upper 6.00pm come along and have a look around the fire station. Mihiwaka 6.15pm There will be displays to look at and a free sausage Purakaunui 6:17pm sizzle. There will also be information available Osborne 6.20pm for anyone that may be interested in becoming a Michies Crossing 6.25pm Volunteer Fire Fighter with our Brigade. So please Waitati arr 6.30pm mark it on your calendar and we look forward to Get the Train Group is campaigning for safe, seeing you there. efficient regional train services for Otago. More about Get the Train at getthetrain.blogspot.com A SMOKE ALARM without a battery Is as useless as a car without brakes. Make sure you test your Passengers on one of last year’s commuter alarms regularly. trains.
March 2010 Blueskin News 21 FREE* Classifieds YOUR AD HERE [email protected] for Harmony, 239 Waitati Valley Rd. Enquiries/ classified ads in this column. Bookings: www.gemstonetherapy.info/courses. *Classified ads are “free” but we would htm, David Baillie 0211-22-0910 [05] appreciate a koha/donation of $0.50-$1.00 per HOUSE MINDER AND TENANT BOTH line of text: at Blueskin Bay Library, by cheque WANTED For two places on the same property to Blueskin Media, PO Box 154 Warrington, or in Warrington: I’m looking for a responsible, pet- to account Blueskin News 03 1726 0010157 loving house minder from 3 July-5 October 2010. 00. Blueskin Media is a not-for-profit, 100% I have a cat and a dog that need lots of cuddles. volunteer-run community publisher. My dog loves to take you for a walk every day. I NOTE TO ADVERTISERS: We have deleted also have a partly furnished 1-bedroom cottage several long-running ads. We are happy to for rent, vacant from 15 March 2010. Both places repeat ads after three months if requested by are in Warrington, both have solar water heating, advertisers. Some ads are marked with the last a garden, carport, sea-view, are well insulated month of publication in [square brackets]. and ideal for singles or couples. WAITATI HALL Large modern kitchen facility. Please ring Brigitte on 482 2829 for further Meeting room, an attractive facility for a variety information [04] of functions. For more information or to hire this QI-GONG CLASS in Waitati: 6.30 Tuesdays venue phone Blueskin Bay Library 482 2444 every week at the Waitati Hall. Regular Qi-Gong WARRINGTON HALL: For all bookings: please Practice has noticeable effects on improving phone Rowena Park 482 2667 physical health and helping people to become MILK VENDOR: Kelvin Lyon for all your milk, more focussed and grounded.$5 Donation. Jay cream, flavoured milk, custard and fruit juice. Baker [email protected] [04]. Phone 482 2698 PHOTOCOPYING for only 8 cents: St Barnabas LOCAL SHOP: Blueskin General Store, State Church now has a photocopier and we are Hwy 1, Waitati: 7.30am-8.30pm Mon-Sat; offering a photocopy service for 8 cents a page. 9am-8pm Sun. Tel 482 2741 Contact Louise at the Blueskin Bay Library on COURSES; and internships in permaculture 482 2444 if would like to take advantage of this sustainable building/energy systems/ service. [5] communities, spiritual ecology, forest monitoring HOUSE MINDER: Available Oct-Dec 2010. I’ll and trail making at Harmony Farm, Waitati Valley give your pets and pot plants all the love and Rd. www.gemstonetherapy.info [05] care they need. [email protected] CARPENTERY WORK, post and beam, 027 4467 915. [05] stopping, etc: Mark Horsefield 482 2515 [12] CARPENTERY WORK: Mark Horsefield NATUROPATH, MASSEUR, REBIRTHER, available for all building, carpentry, gib stopping, Waitati Valley Rd. David Baillie, ND: 0211-22- building plan work. Ph 03 482 2515 or 0210 537 0910 [05] 701 Cob Oven Earth Building Workshop. 8:45am - 5:30pm, Sat & Sun, 6th and 7th of March, Harmony, 239 Waitati Valley Rd. Enquiries/Bookings: www.gemstonetherapy.info/ courses.htm, David Baillie 0211-22-0910 8:45am - 5:30pm, Sat & Sun, 6th and 7th of March,
22 Blueskin News March 2010 Blueskin Country Fair & Clearing Sale Bland Park - Waitati Saturday 20th March 2010 9.30 am till 4.00 pm
Clearing Sale Arrangements Items for sale can be brought to the ground at the following times - - on Friday 19th from 3.00pm to 8.00 pm - on Saturday 20th from 9.30 till 10.30 am Security will be in place at the ground throughout Friday night. Cost ? - $10 per lot (up to $250 reserve) - $20 per lot above $250 reserve - The Auction will start at 11.00 am -
Car Boot Sale Cost ? - $10 per vehicle
Trade Displays Classic Car Rides Chocolate Wheel Pony Rides Bouncy Castle Noddy Train Rides Books & Music for sale Sports & Games Head Massage Candy Floss Hot Food Raffles Hot & Cold Drinks Top-Team Competitions Possum Tossing Pick-a-poo Please Note: There are No EFT POS facilities at Bland Park Enquiries ? Phone George Terry on 027 224 0311 or 482 2721 or Emal to - [email protected] Blueskin Country Fair & Clearing Sale (Incorporating Warrington School Fair) Bland Park, WAITATI (Just off SH1) Saturday 20th March 2010
A Family Fun Day, together with a Clearing Sale - come along and sell all that unwanted gear while the family enjoys a fun-filled Saturday. Displays Clearing Sale Pony (Details overleaf) Rides Bouncy Castle Hot & Cold Food & DrinksNoddy Train Rides Available All Day Children’s Sports & Games
9.30 am till 4.00 pm Top-Team Details overleaf Competition Enquiries :- Contact George Terry Ph 0274 224 0311 or 482 2721