February 2020

Kick-start your great idea Ka Pai Carterton will kick o 2020 with KA PAI SOUP – a people will pitch the ideas, businesses or projects they aim to realise microgranting community dinner to be held on Thursday February in Carterton. The audience can ask questions and then vote on which 13 at the Carterton Events Centre. idea appeals the most. The winner will receive the pot of money (all Aimed at supporting and promoting community projects and proceeds from ticket sales) to further their idea or project. small business in Carterton, the evening social event will see the Ka Pai Carterton will raise the stakes by adding $500 cash to the audience receive soup, bread and one vote for $10. Around ve pot for the inaugural event too! Aside from a fun night out, other communities that have hosted SOUP events have beneted from new initiatives starting up and increased support of local business in their community. The event will be held at the Carterton Events Centre Foyer on Thursday February 13 from 6 pm. Tickets are $10. Bring cash as it goes straight into the winner’s pot. All welcome. Do you have an idea or a small business that would benet from community awareness and funding? Ka Pai Carterton are calling for people who want to pitch their ideas in 5-6 minutes in a fun and low tech manner. Email hello@kapaicarterton for more info, or nd out more at kapaicarterton.nz/events/SOUP including info on how to create an engaging pitch. Cimone of Ka Pai Carterton stirs the pot.

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100% Trained Registered Teachers * Excellent Ratios * Owned by two Carterton families Editorial numbers have grown from 12 to 45. The team covers the urban area of Carterton. Lamb-Peters Print deals with rural deliveries. Through our growing database and the CDC noticeboard, we keep in touch with the community twice a month. Getting to know you Go Carterton hosts us online: (Type Carterton Crier into Google to Although I am stepping down, the Crier will continue in the read our back copies.) competent hands of Paul Dykes and hopefully others. See article p4. In my rst editorial I wrote that our focus would be on the not- We started in November 2015 with a database gleaned from an for-prot community. We’ve pretty much stuck to that. The exception Information Centre brochure. Playcentre was our rst responder. We has been community-minded businesses. We have never been short put them on the front page and chewed our ngernails as articles of copy and we have met hundreds of amazing people. As far as we slowly trickled in. (Now they come as a deluge.) know the Crier is in every house (but one) in Carterton – from the We – Bek Farr, Minty Hunter, cartoonist John Stevenson, Don Farr mountains to the sea. and I – decided to work as volunteers. Minty’s Melbourne-based Thanks for the rich and fullling experience, Carterton. It’s been a father, Michael, joined us as proof reader. Lamb-Peters Print in privilege to get to know you! Greytown agreed to layout and print the Crier, co-ordinate and sell Jan Farr, Editor the advertisements as they were already doing with the Greytown Grapevine. Since then the number of pages has increased from 20 to 32, the ads and articles have more than doubled in number and our free What’s On column has gone from spacious to cramped. The database provided Don with a team of deliverers whose

Contact us Editorial: [email protected] Deliveries: [email protected] 027 406 2694 Advertisements: [email protected] 022 362 6342 Deadline, March issue: 5 pm Saturday February 25. Story word- limit, strictly 300, letters 200. Delivered by Thursday, March 12. We’re online at www.cartertonnz.com/crier kindly hosted by CDBI (Carterton District Business Initiative). Cartertonians at Aratoi Carterton has a notable presence at the museum these days. Over the holidays, the museum hosted a solo show of Matarawa In December, Carterton’s Rebekah Farr received the Jane Hyder artist Rhondda Greig. For many viewers, the centrepiece was Self Portrait Award ($1,000) at the Wairarapa Art Review. Selector Karl Portrait – a large, two-panelled painting on linen featuring all Chitham remarked on the painting titled Self [Acceptance] Portrait: the addresses where Rhondda has ever lived, in exquisite script: “This self-portrait was both visually engaging and haunting at Invercargill, Christchurch, Okahukura, Scotland, Carterton... the same time. The assured brush strokes and careful multiplane From February 14, it’s Carterton artist Paul Melser: One Hundred arrangement demonstrated a condent hand and sophisticated Plates showcases 100 plates. “For me,” says Paul, “making hundreds understanding of picture making.” (The People’s Choice Award will of the supposedly same thing over the last 50 years has always be announced 16 February, 2 pm – be sure to vote!) been entrancing and engaging because each pot ends up being individual.” Paul started making pots when he was about 10. He built his own kiln at about age 15, carrying 50 kilo bags of clay down or up 50 steps, about 100 metres along a path, then up a four-metre ladder. He moved to his present location at 659 Norfolk Road in 1974. “I have always been interested in the fact that domestic-ware has the same curious ratio of similarities and di erences as people have. Both are essentially the same at the early stage of their genesis but are then shaped by the circumstances of their environment.” Meet Paul Melser at Aratoi: Exhibition Opening, 14 February, from 5.30pm. Aratoi invites the public to a Pottery Studio Visit, 15 February, 11am-1pm, at 659 Norfolk Road, Masterton. See www.aratoi.org.nz Madeleine Slavick Paul Melser. Photo Adam West Watson Rā’s kōrero Future-proofing Places of the Crier This is the nal Crier to be edited and produced by Jan Farr, who is connection exiting stage left after four years of diligent and dutiful editorship. While the Hurunui-o-Rangi marae Jan’s departure creates a huge hole in the volunteer group that trustees were condent that the papakainga works the magic that enables each issue to reach your hands. What’s housing would warm the marae, we under- more, her husband Don is relinquishing his role as distribution Ra Smith. estimated the connection we would have manager. Their move away from the constant demands of magazine Photo Masterton with the wider community. For example, in production is extremely well earned, with the pair being responsible District Council. our Māori language class guided by Aunty for elevating the Crier into the valuable community voice it is today. Paremo, from Te Hauora. Now others are This leaves the Crier at the crossroads. No editor, no distribution learning te Reo. Councillor Rob Stockley holds He kawhe me te Reo manager – and no Little Red Hen in sight. Does Carterton have at Page 42 Café and Gelato on Saturdays at 10 am. the people with the right skills to keep the Crier going? Does the Another place I had the privilege of hearing te reo Māori was at community want it to continue? the South End School prize-giving. I am acting as editor to see that the March issue comes out, but we Looking at the Carterton community from a Ka Pai Carterton will need new volunteer blood to take on the role long term, and ll the viewpoint I know that the connection our marae is experiencing can role of distribution manager. These two roles can be shared amongst be done throughout Carterton. Hurunui-o-Rangi was happy to host many, with guest editors taking the responsibility for one monthly issue. a Gladstone Community group this month that is capably led by Kat Likewise, we can share the distribution management load. Wildy. The guest editors will have control over the theme and focus of the We became aware of the untimely death of a stalwart of the front few pages of their issue, while all the usual community news will community, John Wardell. This loss was expressed in tears and ll the rest of the magazine. Don’t be scared to put your name forward. concern for John’s family. My poupou lived on the same stretch of Guidance and support will be provided. We think our guest editors road as his family. One day Mr Wardell came to me with a photo of my could come from community business organisations, schools, art and Poupou and Nanny amongst other members of our whanau taken at cultural groups, youth groups… Surprise us! his shearing shed. The Wardell name is associated with a bridge and If we take this route and share the load, the Crier will prosper. The Mr Wardell led a connecting life. Now Carterton, Gladstone, Te Whiti other pathways open to us do not look as promising. Help us to advance and Hurunui-o-Rangi are places of connection. the Crier. Volunteer your support by emailing us at [email protected] Rā Smith Paul Dykes Happy to Chat See you outside the old Post Office The Happy to Chat bench was launched at the Carterton Street Party on January 26. It is a community initiative designed to encourage community connection and foster Carterton’s reputation for being a friendly town. It sits on the corner of High Street and Holloway Street (outside the old post oce). Local groups that came together to work on the project include Joy for Generations, Resilient Carterton, Ka Pai Carterton, Wai Art, Neighbourhood Support, Age Concern and the Carterton District Council. Helen Dew (Resilient Carterton) and Lucy Adlam (Joy for Generations) took this idea on the road when they went to Auckland to attend the NZ Women of Inuence Awards. They were joined by Rebecca Vergunst (Carterton’s Deputy Mayor) and managed to get sponsorship from KiwiRail’s Great Journeys of New Zealand. “We went with the intention to set-up a Happy to Chat table on the Northern Explorer train and see how the Happy to Chat concept worked. It turned into a lot more than we were expecting,” Lucy said. “After a few interesting comments we realized people thought we The Happy to Chat bench is on High Street outside the old post o ce. were trying to sell them something, or to push our religious views.” When the three women made it clear they had no agenda, the chats got underway. They didn’t make it past the rst carriage of the train during the journey from Palmerston North to Auckland. If you would like to hear tales from their trip and see their photos, In Auckland at the Awards, Lucy and Helen took every opportunity come along to their Happy to Chat evening at the Carterton Events they could to meet people and chat. Centre on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:30pm. www.joyforgenerations.org

Joy for Generations Valuing, connecting, including... Joy for Generations has appointed a new coordinator, Kasha We have initiatives such as the Happy to Chat bench, an McKinley-Cross, who will support local intergenerational initiatives. intergenerational pre-school program and workshops to encourage “I wanted to do something meaningful with my time and invest generations to connect, share and learn together. my energy into what I am passionate about – people. When Joy for To read more about the initiatives currently being held and Generations came along I knew it was exactly what I was after! The developed, go to www.joyforgenerations.org. idea of intergenerational initiatives has so much meaning, and so much value can be given and received,” Kasha said. Kasha will join Lucy Adlam who founded Joy for Generations to reduce social isolation in our community and alleviate loneliness. Lucy says Kasha’s appointment launches a new chapter and there is a lot of work to be done. “Tackling loneliness in our community was never a dream of mine. It only came about as I talked to seniors who felt lonely and isolated, some going weeks without speaking to anyone. I just couldn’t do nothing, so my whole life has changed direction while I try and help.” Last year, Joy for Generations planned, promoted and facilitated intergenerational initiatives across the Wairarapa, including music workshops, story time at Masterton Library and playgroups at local rest homes. The highlights from our groups were seeing connections made and the joy between both young and older participants. Some of the senior participants have told us they tend to feel forgotten and we love seeing them feel valued and included at our groups. This year, we plan to continue to bring people together in a purposeful way, and hope to develop our initiatives with a strong focus on connections. Kasha McKinley-Cross and Lucy Adlam at Three Mile. Shona Daubé: Pee into this jar live wire with MS for me please Shona Daubé, the When I walked down Wairarapa Field Ocer the driveway to Shona for MS Wellington, has and Eric Daubé’s home I multiple sclerosis and is was immediately struck
 in remission from lupus. by the couple’s quirky into this I reminded her that creativity. A gap in the  fence seems to expose Illustrated by Janet Atkinson by Janet Illustrated when I interviewed her Written by Shona Daub for the Crier in July 2018, the neighbours but is for me, she told me that staying actually a large mirror well was her full-time job. reecting the Daubé’s  “It’s still quite a garden. commitment to stay Shona has just well,” she said. published her third The commitment o -beat and hilarious clearly pays o . She book, Pee in this jar for looks wonderful, works me please. Her previous 12 hours a week for books focused on the world of MS and MS Wellington and has A humorous look at a hospital vacation just published her third disability. This one is humorous book. what Shona calls, “A Shona’s new book. humorous look at a Shona. Shona regards her job as ‘more fun than it is hospital vacation. It’s like an extra get-well card.” work’. “It’s a great group,” The idea arose from Shona’s nursing days and her many she said. “I might be networking, doing advocacy, such as working hospitalisations with MS and lupus. “Going into hospital as a patient with WINZ, or meeting with an employer, or being involved in I noticed things that I didn’t see from the other side. For instance, if training and education. A lot of people when they’re rst diagnosed they want to talk to you in private they pull the curtain around – they don’t know a lot about the disease or their rights.” obviously think it’s soundproof, so it’s better if you think so too.” Every second Monday, between 3 pm and 4 pm, Shona has a radio Shona writes the book in her head before she puts it down on programme on Arrow FM. paper. “When I get into bed each night, I start at the beginning of my “I interview people about ways of living well with MS. My last story and go one step further.” interview was with Glenn Barclay, a National Secretary of the PSA, The book has witty illustrations by Janet Atkinson and is beautifully about whether you have to disclose your condition to your employer. designed and printed at the Rimutaka Prison print shop. This not only My next interview will be with partners of people with MS.” provides work training for prisoners but also, because of the low cost, The interviews remain on the Arrow FM Website for seven days allows Shona to give away three books for every book sold. after they’re broadcast. She also encourages donors and foundations to buy quantities of Shona also convenes regular monthly meetings of the MS support the book to distribute free. She donates all prots. group which meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 10.30 am in The book will launch at the Southern Cross Hotel on Sunday either Masterton or Carterton. February 23 at 3 pm. The February meeting is in Carterton. For venue details Shona will be available for a question-answering, book-signing contact Shona on 06 378 6913 or 022 456 1998 or email her: session from 12 pm to 2 pm on Wednesday February 26 at Heart of [email protected] Arts, Carterton. Copies will be on sale for $12. Jan Farr Jan Farr Learn more: Lions support Friends of Rotary charities camp More friends Lions Club of Carterton have been regular supporters of Camp for Rotary Quality Wellington Central Districts for many years, providing annual The recently formed Friends of Rotary (formal title The Rotary donations towards running costs of the charities annual camp. Community Corps of Carterton) gathered for sundowners on Camp Quality NZ is divided into ve regions throughout the Monday, January 20. They were welcomed by members of Carterton country. Wellington Central Districts is the largest, covering the lower Rotary, President Alan Butler, Secretary and Carterton Councillor, Rob North Island, from New Plymouth and Gisborne, down to Wellington. Stockley and a former President, Vaughan Paul. The camps provide a caring environment where fun and The group has been formed to support both Carterton Rotary friendship are combined with achievable challenges, giving a sense and the Satellite Club of Carterton Rotary during projects and of normality and independence. Campers are children, 5 to 16 years events when willing hands are much needed and appreciated. The of age, diagnosed with cancer. Camp Quality inspires them to get on co-ordinator of this new group is Bernard Vose who will liaise with with being kids again. Carterton Rotary and the Satellite Club, pass on requests for help and A few years ago Carterton Lions also donated funds towards generally keep us all in touch. CQWCD’s Inatable Obstacle Course. This is thoroughly enjoyed by A few of us have enjoyed helping at Rotary events in the past and the campers and many other children who attend fundraising events are delighted to be part of a group that Carterton Rotarians can call around the region. Lions also helped to purchase three additional on. Bernard would love to hear from you if you are able to o er help blowers, and helped to buy an enclosed trailer to transport the on an ad hoc basis: 021 1111 686. inatable. CQWCD committee move the camp around the region every few years, so children get to enjoy new experiences in di erent locations. Rathkeale College in Masterton was chosen as the venue for the next three years. On one day campers enjoyed the activities on o er in Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth Park. As part of the park experience, Carterton Lions Food Caravan provided hot dogs, chips and drinks for campers, companions and sta . CQWCD will plan for the 2021 Camp in the next few weeks. If you have an activity that you think the campers might enjoy, then Bernard Vose (4th from right) with Friends of Rotary. please get in touch with Carterton Lions Club and we can pass the information on to CQWCD. Steve Cretney Keep Carterton Beautiful Group The garden beds in town are looking lovely and the hanging baskets are just starting to look their best. Our volunteers have been busy over Christmas and New Year keeping the weeds in the parks around Carterton at bay with regular spraying. In particular, members gave Sparks Park a good tidy-up with weed eating, spraying and mowing, and repainted some of the seats in Carrington Park. Mabel Smith, Chairperson Part of the park experience. Photo supplied.

“HEY” Looking for a new interest? WHY NOT have a go at Indoor Bowls WHERE? : SWWMC WHEN? : Every Thursday, starting 15 March at 7.30pm Full tuition, Friendly company, Warm Venue See you there ~ Ph (06) 304 9365 Te Ngahere o te ora – Haumanu community It was once a lawn surrounding the police house. Now it is a ourishing community garden around Haumanu community house. The garden has been planned, planted and cared for by people and groups in the community. Steering the project are Wai Art, Resilient Carterton, Wairarapa Herb Society and Carterton District Council. Mayor Greg Lang ocially opened the garden on Sunday January 26. Madeleine Slavick wrote a poem which has been translated to te reo by Basil Keane and installed on a fence at the garden. Wai Word Wairarapa Creativethanks Creative Communities Communities for installing for installing the poem the there. poem there. Anna Marie Kingsley painted the stunning angel wings on a wall. The wings have currently attached themselves to the backs of many Carterton Facebook users and their children. Kaumātua Hoāne Te Rangi who spoke at the opening.

Anaru Te Rangi and some of the members of the youth group R2R which Madeleine Slavick’s bilingual poem on a fence in the garden. he leads.

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Email: [email protected] Andco Realty 4 Ltd (licensed REAA 2008) Bike trail to link Carterton Golf Club Come for Elevenses five towns Come along and join our friendly Elevenses players who play More than $100,000 has been secured to progress a region-wide every Friday, teeing o at 12 pm. recreation trail linking the ve main Wairarapa towns. For 11 holes of golf, members pay only $3 and non-members The Wairarapa Trails Action Group (WTAG), a collaboration across pay $10. It’s a great way to have fun and exercise and improve your the three district councils, has been working with the community golng skills. trust which initiated the idea to develop the trail. Our course is looking really good, thanks to our greenkeeper Kurt WTAG has taken over management of the project and has secured and all of our volunteers. $120,000 to progress stakeholder and community consultation. The Enjoy a few holes of golf, on a beautiful course, in good company. funding will also enable WTAG to engage a trail-planning consultant. See you there. WTAG Chair and Carterton Mayor, Greg Lang, said Wairarapa Wendy Wills has an opportunity to become a world-class destination for trail enthusiasts. “It’s about more people being more active by providing safe, a ordable, accessible, year-round recreational trails.

Greytown parkrun Popularity grows It’s been a great summer for Wairarapa’s parkrun on the Greytown Rail Trail! The cool mornings and gentle breezes make for very pleasant conditions and have encouraged some great turn-outs. We have set new attendance records week after week. More than 80 folk are joining us for a 5km walk or run. The rst few home battle it out for rst place and a good nishing time. The remainder enjoy a conversation or just some time away. The good news is that the current organisation is capable of coping with 100 parkrunners and walkers and we look forward to achieving that. There is sucient parking at Woodside station, the start/nish area provides enough space and access and the trail itself is wide enough to provide room for everyone. It is important to register your details on the parkrun website (www.parkrun.co.nz/register/). We will send you a serial number and a barcode enabling you to follow your progress. Do print and bring the barcode with you so we can scan you at the nish! You can catch-up at www.parkrun.co.nz/greytownwoodsidetrail. And of course, there’s the daily chat on Facebook (Greytown parkrun). Join us on any Saturday at the station end of Woodside Road? We Join Nigel McGregor, David Tunneclie, Murray Smith and other friendly start at 8am – you’ll be enjoying a co ee by 9 and feeling better all day! Elevenses players on Fridays at 12 pm. Phil Cox

The cool mornings and gentle breezes make for very pleasant conditions and have encouraged some great turn-outs. Carterton Scout Troop Wai Men’s Group Wet and wild takes off! As you may have read in November’s Carterton Crier, the Wairarapa at 22nd Jamboree Men’s Group has started meeting regularly. Hi, my name is Joe Laybourn and I went to the 22nd Scout The original plan was to meet once a month, but participants Jamboree, this year at Mystery Creek, Cambridge. Jamboree is a big have decided to meet more often. Starting in January, 2020, we highlight of Scouting and our Carterton Troop sent 15 scouts. will meet, not only on every rst Thursday of the month (7-9 pm at Our troop was made up of scouts and leaders from Carterton, the Carterton Community Courthouse, 60 Holloway St), but also on Greytown, and Whakaoriori (used to be Te Runga in Masterton). every third Saturday of the month when we will stay overnight in the My favourite part was the Wet and Wild activity. It was overnight Tararua mountains. so we had to leave the night before. Our campsite was on the banks The indoor meetings usually have up to 20 participants from of Lake Karapiro. The following day was full of water-based activities. teenagers to seniors. Participants come from all over the Wairarapa, I thought the best activity in Wet and Wild was sailing. We managed so there is already discussion about starting similar groups in di erent parts of the Wairarapa so that we can meet more locally to capsize a small sailing cutter. and in smaller numbers with bigger potential for quality sharing and Another highlight of Wet and Wild was the mystery activity, establishing deeper connections, friendships and mutual support. dubbed bird watching. It turned out to be jet-boating along the The group is still just getting started, and the website is under Waikato River. The jet boat was really cool. It did a lot of 360-degree construction, but the potential of our meetings (especially the ones spins and swerved around rocks and logs at high speed. in the wilderness) indicates clearly that this group will be ongoing Jamboree is such an amazing opportunity to experience things with di erent people stepping into facilitating roles as it evolves. It is that you might not have done before and it’s just generally a great touching to see people opening, trusting, supporting. Amazing to have time. One of the best things about it is how friendly and inviting almost always at least one father and son attending, and wonderful to everyone is. I made friends on the rst day and hung out with them hear from participants what a great impact it has had on their daily throughout the Jamboree. There is such a diverse pool of people but lives and their relationships with their partners and whanau. everyone gets on so well. Thanks to all the participants for the courage to join in, and thanks Scouts is all about teamwork and leadership. Jamboree is a time to the Wairarapa community for such wide support and for putting our group on the front pages! May it thrive for the good of all! where scouts really show how this is done while developing as people through adventure and cool activities. More info about the groups can be found at: www.mensgroup-wairarapa.nz or [email protected] It was really awesome being a patrol leader and being able to help my patrol mature and develop over the course of the camp. Jonáš To nd out more about Carterton Scouts email: [email protected] or visit our website cartertonscouts.org.nz Joe Laybourn

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Handcrafted in Carterton. Bespoke / Unique. Please contact Tom to view. Play tennis with us! He Pounamu Early Nurture Bicultural early- childhood centre Nestled under the Tararua ranges at the end of Daleeld Road in Carterton is a place where happy childhoods can be spent for those lucky enough to enrol at He Pounamu Early Nurture. Lauren and Matt Spicer are realising a long-held dream of opening a bicultural early childhood centre where tamariki can follow their own urges and interests in their own time. With a large, wild, outdoor area inhabited by chickens, ducks, a pet sheep and of course Kahu and Woody the dogs, the tamariki will be able to take Here is Ilo, the duck (te rakiraki), named by the tamariki at He Pounamu. part in the authentic work of caring for the animals and gardens Photo supplied. while building a body of knowledge about the natural world. With a kaupapa that is founded upon te ao Māori, the curriculum will respect the knowledge tamariki and their whānau bring with them, bringing to life the value of āko where learning and teaching are interwoven. Lauren and kaihautū, Carey Morris, are avid op-shoppers and the majority of resources have been sourced second-hand. The centre, both inside and out, has a homely feel with resources that have stories attached. Tamariki get a choice of resting either in a relaxing sleep-room or outside under the trees. He Pounamu Early Nurture is a mixed-age centre for zero-to-ve- year-olds with rolling kai times and tamariki-led rhythms. A van run will be available, though spaces will be limited. Lauren and Carey are welcoming visitors and taking enrolments now. Check out He Pounamu Early Nurture on Facebook. Email [email protected] Carterton Kindergarten Littlies Sunflowers and Magic tricks The rst week back at Carterton Preschool Littlies, the tamariki canaries were excited to be going on a visit to the library. As part of their summer reading programme, Zappo the Magician was performing From tiny seeds, we have tricks at The Greatest Show. watched our sunowers As soon as the show started so did the laughter! The tamariki grow and grow AND grow. intently watched Zappo performing his amazing tricks with his Now they are so tall that magic wand, umbrellas, rings, scarves and even bananas! He taught they have attracted the them how to say magic words “Wibbly, wobbly, woo,” which they attention of local man, said whilst wriggling their ngers. After the show the tamariki were Frank. happy to have their photograph taken with Zappo. He has invited our When the tamariki arrived back at Littlies, Leo excitedly told the tamariki to visit his aviary other teachers about Zappo, “...the funny man banana trick!” so that we can share some of our seeds with his canaries and quails. We can eat some seeds too and put some aside to plant next spring. Such a lovely way to connect with our community and to learn about sustainability. A big thank you to Dalton’s Sunowers in Kindergarten programme for this wonderful initiative. Jade Holley, Teacher Carterton Kindergarten Summer growth. Photo supplied. Zappo and the tamariki. Councillor Stockley just wants to do a good job The role of Council can be a bit thankless, putting oneself up not earthquake safe. But he sees this as an opportunity. “Let’s imagine there to be blamed or criticised. But that doesn’t faze new councillor the town in say ten years’ time and work towards that vision. If it were, Rob Stockley. say, Friendly Carterton, what does that mean, what would it look like?” He thinks it’s an important role. Being the voice of the community, Outside of council, Rob’s new vegetable garden is currently giving setting direction for the District and then helping the community him pleasure. He is a ‘habitual tinkerer’; he likes to understand how check that plans have been achieved. He said he is humbled to be things work – a useful skill for a councillor. part of that process and to be trusted by community to be in that role. Marty Sebire So what is he hoping to achieve as councillor? “To do a good job,” Feedback or comments are welcome. Rob said, “to have listened, been available and brought people’s Please send to [email protected] thoughts and ideas to governance discussions. “It would be disappointing if at the Council table there is no discussion. In the community there will be views for and against – all should get a fair hearing.” Councillors have been assigned lead roles. Rob has two – community development and community engagement – and there will be many issues to engage on. “Water is a clear and present issue,” Rob said. “The climate is changing and with it come warmer temperatures and declining river ows. At peak times the town is already consuming more water than is available. We already have restrictions – hand-held hoses on alternate days. That’s austerity! We need resilience in our town water supply. New water sources.” Rob is also focused on the CBD, with some buildings

Tihei mauriora! I spoke to Councillor Rob Stockley about his mastery of Te Reo Māori. I have posted a translation in my Facebook page, @martysebire4carterton Marty: Tēnā koe Matua Rob. Rob: Tēnā koe Marty Marty: Me tīmata, he mihi tēnei ki a koe te Mema Kaunihera me ngā mihi ki āhau mahi mō te hapori. Rob: Kia ora. Marty: Anā, tuatahi, nō whea koe? Rob: Āe, nō hea ahau. Ko Tararua te maunga, ko Ōtaki te awa. I tipu ake ahau i raro i te kahu o Ngāti Raukawa, i taku kāinga i Ōtaki. Marty: Nō reira tōhou reo? Rob: I ako ahau i te reo Māori i Ōtaki College. Ko taku māhita ko Nan Gray. I ako au i te reo mō ngā tau e toru i taua kura tuarua. I reira, ko te reo Māori te reo mō te nuinga o te wā. Marty: Pēwhea i muri mai i tēnā? Rob: Kāore au i ako i te reo i muri mai i tēnā. I muri mai i te kura, ka mahi au i te Royal New Zealand Air Force. Ka mahi au i ngā toparere mō ngā tau tekau mā ono pea. Kātahi, ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Heretaunga, ā ka mahi au i ngā mea hiko. E toru ngā tau i mua i haere mai taku whānau ki Taratahi. Ko Tararua te maunga tonu, engari ko Ruamāhanga taku awa ināianei. Marty: Nāhau “Te kāwhe me te reo” i tīmata, nē? He aha ai? Rob: Āe. Kei te pirangi au ki te kōrerorero ngā tāngata katoa i te rohe. Mā ngā tikanga Māori me ngā tikanga Pākeha ngātahi, ka ora ake tātou. Ia Rāhoroi a te tekau karaka, ka tūtaki i te toakāwhe Page 42. He wā ki te kōrero, ki te whakarongo i te reo Māori. Marty Sebire [email protected] Little Green Dunny – Connecting Music starting a movement with Jonáš Koukl Cartertonians Rachael and Matt Dell are starting a movement. It’s Meet-ups at Heart of Arts! Tuesdays, 6.30 p.m, Koha entry hardly a new idea, but it’s timely and ripe for the region according Come and join an amateur, improvised orchestra! All ages. to Rachael who, after completing a qualication in Small Business, Hundreds of instruments provided. No experience required. decided to give it a go. Facilitated by multi-instrumentalist Jonáš Koukl. Hear about musical Little Green Dunny was born from necessity. Looking for a traditions from around the world, learn simple techniques through sustainable natural loo to hire for events sparked the idea. “I was music therapy games and join a guided jam session with a huge organising a local event and wanting to o er zero-waste/sustainable collection of international instruments that are tuned together and options wherever possible – including toilets. There wasn’t a lot of simple to play so it’s impossible to make a mistake. choice locally and so, in true kiwi style, we set about creating a loo Last year, we started this popular weekly event at Heart of Arts solution to ll the gap.” in Carterton after running it in 2017 at Aratoi in Masterton, bringing Matt, the creative mind behind the design, set o to the shed to people of all ages and musical abilities together. We are excited to make a prototype. announce that Carterton Creative Communities Scheme NZ has The rst of these debuted at Wings over Wairarapa 2019, where again supported these multigenerational, interactive music sessions, a wheelchair-accessible Little Green Dunny was put to the test for so we can keep meeting every Tuesday at Heart of Arts from 6:30 pm. the three-day air show. Wings Event Manager Jenny Gasson said it This is a fun community event, and we are very lucky to have an passed with ying colours. opportunity to keep running it in Carterton during the autumn with Smaller standard units were next. Made from sustainably participants joining from all over the Wairarapa. harvested pine, these are light and airy and have a refreshing pine Some of the instruments included are: drums, djembes, sitars, scent. Perfect for your business. “It’s like a new, old-dunny experience,” tempura, fujaras, overtone utes, singing bowls, didgeridoos, Jew’s said Matt. harps, shamanic drums, ocean drums, rain sticks, shrutiboxes, A recent Facebook review from a couple who hired a Little Green alimbas, sansulas, shakuhachi, nose utes, harmoniums, and bells. Dunny for a week while their bathroom was renovated said, “it was Facilitator Jonáš Koukl is a music teacher and musician with a master’s fun and somewhat nostalgic!” degree in primary education focused on music therapy and many But what about the smell? Well, that’s the great part! All reviewers rich experiences facilitating interactive music programmes for a wide (for events big and small) have commented that there was no range of clients. Supported by the Carterton Creative Communities unpleasant odour. Scheme NZ. www.connecting-music.nz | 0210 842 1552. “We use untreated sawdust to cover deposits,” said Matt. “It’s super absorbent, keeping our dunnies smelling sweet and fresh.” “The best thing about using a Little Green Dunny is knowing that your deposits return to the earth. No nasty chemicals, no waste,” said Rachael. “Because in nature, there is no waste.” For more info email: [email protected]

Rachael and Matt Dell – their prototype debuted at Wings over Wairarapa where it passed with ying colours. Photo supplied. What’s on February, March 2020 Events and New Stu No experience required, drums provided. Groups of other instruments possible. Contact Jonáš at [email protected] 021 0842 1552. ExploratioNZ Is a progressive Christian group. We resume meetings in February South End Strummers. Ukulele group meets Thursdays 4.30 pm, in term time at when Jim Veitch will lead a study of St Paul. February Meetings: Sunday afternoons South End School. Varying ages and competence, beginners welcome. Contact at 4.30 pm, Crossway Church, Cnr Worksop Road and Queen Street. Contact Carole 06 379 7292. Pat Jacobson, [email protected] Wai Art Group. First Monday of month 10 am, No 23 Gallery, Holloway St. For He kawhe me te Reo. Page 42 Café and Gelato, Saturdays at 10 am and Facebook . information ring Anthea Crozier 377 1261 South Wairarapa Hospice Support Group. To know more about Hospice Wairarapa Music Co-Creation Meetups: Multi-generational, amateur, improvised Services come to the Featherston Community Centre, Wednesday February 19 orchestra, hundreds of instruments provided. No experience required. Facilitated from 12.30 pm to meet our Clinical Co-ordinator or join our Support Group – 2 to by multi-instrumentalist Jonáš Koukl. Tuesdays during the term. 6.30–8 pm. Koha. 3 pm for co ee and cake! 06 378 8888 | www.hospicewairarapa.co.nz Heart of Arts, 47 High Street North. www.connecting-music.nz, 021 084 21552. Stonehenge Aotearoa. 10 am–4 pm Wednesday–Sunday. Guided tours by Wai Word. Monthly writers’ series. Author talks, panel discussions, competitions, arrangement. Stargazers Safari 8 pm Friday and Saturday. Telescope viewing open mics. First Sunday, 3 pm, usually in Carterton (venue varies). Contact: events. (weather permitting). Orion Stardate Three day astronomy extravaganza. Camp [email protected]; Steve Lawrence 06 379 7103. Facebook. Koha entry. or caravan, lectures, barbecues, live music and telescope viewing. February 21–23. Phone 06 377 1600 Services Sunset Cinema at Carterton Events Centre. Feature lm, Friday March 6: God’s 3Mile. Weekly workshops showcasing smart entrepreneurs with experience and Own Country (2017) – astonishing debut by British director Francis Lee. Doors skills to share with our business community. Wednesdays 5.30–7 pm. Sign up open at 7:00 pm, movie starts at 7:30 pm. Music, drinks, snacks – cash sales only. via our Facebook or Meetup pages. Members free, $10 koha for non-members Memberships and information available online, sunsetcinemacarterton.com including a glass of wine and awesome networking. Wai Dadz support group for dads of pre-schoolers. Meets rst Saturday of the Age Concern Co ee Mornings Carterton/Greytown, third Thursday of each month, 10 am–11 am at Page 42 Café in Carterton for co ee and chat, kids month, 10 am, Courthouse, Holloway Street, Carterton. Various speakers. Cost $3. welcome. From March: we meet at Wild Oats to use the upstairs play room. Rae $1. Contact 06 377 0066 for more information. Contact Luke Tiller 021 036 3016. Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 pm Mondays. Salvation Army community rooms, Waiword. Poet, novelist, educational writer, Vaughan Rapatahana, Ph.D, Sunday 210 High Street South. Dennis 377 5355, Martin 372 7764. March 1, 3 pm – 4.30 pm, Carterton Community Courthouse, 60 Holloway Road Carterton Baptist Church. Service 10 am, Sunday morning. Come and nd a – beside Carterton Events Centre. Doors open at 2.30. Entry free. Koha welcome. friendly home and meet our new minister, Wayne Poutoa. All welcome. Education, youth, children Carterton Community dinner. Reformed Congregation Church Hall, 6 Howard Carterton Community Playgroup. Mondays and Fridays 9.30 am–11.30 am Street. Every fourth Thursday of the month at 6 pm. All welcome. $6. RSVP 379 7937. during school term for under ves. Salvation Army playgroup room, 204-210 High Carterton Foodbank: Answerphone: 379 4092. Street South, Carterton. Contact Renee 022 315 3374. Carterton Friendship Club. Last Tuesday of month, 10 am, Events Centre. Jeanne Carterton Community Toy Library. Events Centre Holloway Street. Open library 379 5444. hours. Toy Hire for 0 to 8 years. Facebook: @carterton toy library. Carterton District Historical Society, 44 Broadway. Local history archive and Carterton Kindergarten. 3 Victoria Street, 8.30–2.30 pm Monday to Friday. resource room open Tuesdays 2–4 pm. Also open by appointment: Maureen Fantastic learning for twos and over. Phone: 379 8102 or call in to enrol. Website: 379 9021 and Ann 379 9233. [email protected] wmkindergartens.org.nz. Email: [email protected] and Facebook. Central Lions. First and third Wednesdays, Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. First Carterton Playcentre. Monday, Tuesday , Thursday, 9 am–12 pm at Howard Booth Wednesday, dinner meeting, 6 pm. Third Wednesday, supper meeting, 6.45 pm. Park, Belvedere Road. Email [email protected], and on Facebook. Nita Edwards 027 247 8441. Carterton Scout Group. Keas: Mondays 4.30–5.30pm, Sylvia Morgan 379 7153. Clareville Cemetery tour organiser, taphophile and researcher: Adele Cubs: Mondays 6–7.30 pm, John Sage 379 6882. Scouts: Thursdays 6.30–8.30 pm, Pentony-Graham. Able to photograph graves throughout the Wairarapa. Sarah Chapman 379 9238. Organises free tours of historic Clareville Cemetery, Chester Road on request. Girl Guide Groups. Guides, Mondays 6–8 pm, Sharon Aston 379 6067. Brownies, Contact:06 379 6402, [email protected] Thursdays 6–7.30 pm, Sharon Aston 379 6067. Pippins, Thursdays 4.30–5.30 pm, Club Carterton. Club Carterton Facebook. Debbie Fryer 379 6588. Digital Seniors meetings. Free to over-65s: Tuesdays, Carterton Fire Station, He Pounamu Early Nurture. Welcoming visitors and taking enrolments now. For 9.30–11.30; Greytown Fire Station 1.30–3.30. Wednesdays, Masterton Library more, see Facebook, or email [email protected]. 10–2. Thursdays, Martinborough: St Andrews Church 9.30–11.30; Featherston Fire Kiddie Gym. Under threes. Wednesdays, term time, 9.30–11 am. St David’s Church Station 1.30–3.30. corner High and Victoria Streets. Lorna or Joan 379 8325. Epilepsy Support Group. Mondays 11 am, Salvation Army oce, 210 High Street Longbush Playgroup. Wednesdays, term time, 9 am–12 noon. Under ves. South. 0800 20 21 22. 1135 Longbush Road. Ginny 06 372 7003. ExploratioNZ. A progressive Christian group. Crossway Church, Corner Worksop Rangatahi to Rangatira Youth Group. Rangatahi to Rangatira, a free Road and Queen Street. Contact Pat Jacobson, [email protected] Carterton youth group getting young people involved in their community. Freemasons. Greytown St Marks Lodge No. 53 meets second Tuesday of the Every Wednesday evening, Carterton Youth Centre, 5.30–7.30 pm. Facebook: month (except January) at the Lodge Hall, Holloway Street, Carterton at 7.30 pm. facebook.com/r2rcarterton New member enquiries contact Doug Johnston 379 8972. South End Kindergarten next to South End School. Monday–Friday 8.30 am– Justices of the Peace. Every Friday, 12 noon–2 pm, Carterton Library. 2.30 pm. Vacancies 2018 for over twos. 379 7723, southend@wmkindergartens. Kieran McAnulty. Labour list MP based in the Wairarapa, oces at 157 Queen org.nz or call in. Street, Masterton. [email protected], 04 817 9999. St John. Penguins (6–9 year olds) Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 pm. Youth (8–18 year olds) Lions Club: Second and fourth Wednesdays, Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. Tuesdays 7–8:30 pm. Youth room, Events Centre. Maria Tankersley 379 6479. 5.45 pm, socialising. 6.30 pm meeting, followed by dinner. Contact: Des Heath Wairarapa Montessori Playgroup. All Welcome. Tuesdays in term time 9.30– 379 6483, 021 0237 5286. 11.30 am, Carterton Plunket rooms. Bring a piece of fruit to share at morning tea. Masterton Toastmasters. Next meetings Tuesday, February 18, Tuesday March 3, 7.30pm, Salvation Army Rooms, High Street, Carterton. Develop your Arts communicative, listening and public speaking skills at fun-lled, supportive Book Club. Carterton District Council Library. Events Centre, last Monday of evenings. All welcome. Pam Paterson 027 669 9666. month. 10.30–11.30 am. Anne Hughes [email protected] Rotary Club. 6.15 pm Mondays. Club Carterton, 35 Broadway. Kevin Conroy Book Group. University of Third Age. Fourth Friday of month, 1.30 pm, The 379 9304. Village Hall,Rosevilla Drive. Sue Burns 379 6506. Senior Citizens. Now at Club Carterton, 35-77 Broadway. Friday afternoons, Carterton Community Choir. Thursday evenings 7.15 pm to 9 pm in the Carterton 1.30 pm–4 pm. Come to play cards, rummikub, scrabble and pool or just for a Primary School hall, Holloway Rd, cost $7 a session. Just turn up. No auditions or cuppa and a chat.New members welcome. Yvonne Brown 022 140 6671. need to read music. Social Services Hub – Haumanu House: Courts, Community Law, Wairarapa Free Jonáš Koukl’s music classes and drumming group. Jonáš teaches many Budgeting, Care NZ, Pathways, Probation, Workwise, Hauora, Whaiora, Inland instruments. Music classes: $35 for 40 minutes. Drumming Group: $12 per session. Revenue, Digital Seniors. Entrance behind clock tower. South Wairarapa Working Men’s Club. 304 9449, monthly with a variety of club days. The most fun you can have sitting down. For swwmc.org.nz, [email protected] further information text or phone, 027 318 3359. Yoga with Odette, 75 Brooklyn Road. Bookings, Odette 0211809452, Classes: see Fairs, markets website: nzyogasnug.com Carterton Craft Market. Open seven days, 10 am–2 pm. 41 High Street North. Call Desley 027 787 8558 Special Interests Carterton Farmers Market. Back in Memorial Square. Weekly every Sunday Cards On Wednesdays. Join an enthusiastic group playing 500 on Wednesday from 9 am–12.30 pm. http://www.facebook.com/cartertonmarket/ Email afternoons 1.15 pm to 4.15 pm, Carterton Club. Barbara 027 387 9236. [email protected], phone 027 663 9011. Carterton Community choir. We meet Thursdays during term time 7.15 pm–9 pm KoArts and Crafts Market at Kopuaranga Hall. June 23, 10 am–4 pm. Stalls at Carterton School, Holloway Street. No auditions and you don’t have to read available at $10 per table inside. Bookings inside essential. $10 per site outside, music. $7 per night. Contact Stephen Judd on 022 373 4299. pay on the day. [email protected] | phone 06 929 7685. Carterton Rose Society. Every third Monday. Graeme Renall, President, 379 7065, Vivienne Hawken, Secretary, 379 5564. Sport, tness, movement Garden Group. Every second Tuesday, 1.30 pm. Vicki Waller 379 9080, Basketball. Mondays 7 pm, Kuranui College gym. $2 koha. Facebook: Wairarapa [email protected] Basketball Society. Holdsworth Women’s Institute. Venue, Tom Bubb Lounge, Clareville Showgrounds, Carrington Bowls and Croquet Club: Bowls, Tuesdays, Saturdays 1.30 pm start. meeting rst Thursday of the month at 1.30 pm. Call Gill Reid, 379 7245. Croquet is played over the winter months. Association croquet on Sunday and Knit and Natter Group. Every second Wednesday, 1.30pm .The Village Hall, Tuesday, 1 pm. Contact Veronica George 379 8644. Golf croquet, Saturday and Rosevilla Drive, Carterton. November 13 and 27. Keitha Roberts 021 061 7720. Wednesday 1.15 pm. Contact Steve Davis 304 7155. Mah Jong: We play Mah Jong on Tuesday afternoons in the dining room of Club Carterton Golf Club Inc: Aliated golfers welcomed to club days: Tuesday Carterton, 35–77 Broadway from 1.15 pm to 4 pm. New members welcome. 9.30 am tee-o (18-holes, vets/men/women); Wednesday 10.00 am (18-holes, Contact Margaret Stevens 379 8681 | [email protected] women), 11 am (9-holes, women); Friday noon tee-o (11-holes men/women); Mangatarere Society. Help breathe life into our river: Jill Greathead, 0274 884 376 cartertongolfclub.co.nz for Saturday Club competition and other events. Green [email protected] fees $30/18 holes, $20/9-11 holes. Men’s Group. Every rst Thursday of the month meetings at Carterton Courthouse, Carterton Scottish Country Dance Club is in recess over summer. Starts again 7–9 pm. www.mensgroup-wairarapa.nz Mondays 7.30 to 9.30 pm from March 2, 2020, Carterton School hall, Holloway Menzshed. Tuesdays 9 am–1 pm, Thursdays 9 am–1 pm, Clareville complex, A&P Street. New members welcome. Contact Michael 377 0322, 021 535 897. Website: Showgrounds. Follow the signs. dancescottish.org.nz Railway Museum. Station. Sundays 11 am–4 pm. Carterton Swimming Club. Russell Geange 379 7750, Dean Adams Website: cartertonrailwaymuseum.org.nz ph 021 190 9437. Water aerobics Monday–Thurs 10 am. Indoor pool and key hire, South Wairarapa Bridge Club. Two weekly sessions, Monday and Thursday, Grant Crawford 379 6431. 6.30 pm. Visitors welcome. If you have learnt bridge and want to start playing Carterton Tennis Club. Junior session on Thursday afternoons from 4 pm. Senior’s again we would love to hear from you. Website and email stay the same. Contact club night Thursdays 5.30 pm. Tuesday mid-week from 9 am till midday. Weather Katherine 027 243 3495. permitting. www.sporty.co.nz/cartertontennis, [email protected]. Stonehenge Aotearoa. Open 10 am–4 pm from Wednesday through to Sunday, Clareville Badminton Club, Clareville Stadium. Racquets available. $5 casual, with guided tours at 11 am on Saturday and Sunday. Phone 06 377 1600. $100 for the season. Steve Ruscoe, 027 333 3975. Wairarapa Camping and Caravan Club: We meet approximately 14 times a Cycling. Casual cycling, e-bikes and ordinary bikes. Wednesdays 9 am on Belvedere year at a variety of venues, both local and away. Phone: 027 677 3706 or email: Rd across from Belvedere Dairy. Irene Price 0276 349 167 or Lesley 021 299 6389. [email protected] All welcome. Wairarapa Herb Society. Third Tuesday of the month,1.30 pm at the old Daleeld Hockey Club. Looking for coaches for all teams for 2019 season. Please Courthouse, Holloway Street. Christine Paul 06 370 1170, Val Richardson contact Gail Miller, Secretary, for more information. 06 379 8341. 06 377 2035, [email protected] Dimensional Fitness classes (previously HIIT). Fitness training with Anaru and Wairarapa Labour, Masterton Branch. First Monday of the month, 6.30 pm. Dallas Te Rangi. Carrington Park. Facebook: Dimensional Fitness – Strength, Cardio, Phone 06 379 8021 for venue and details. All Labour supporters welcome. Circuit. Wairarapa Woodworkers Guild meets 7 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month Free Fit Club. Carrington Park. 6 am Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. 11 am at Carterton Menz Shed, Clareville Complex. All welcome. Secretary 06 379 9198 or Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. All welcome. Di Bailey 027 498 7261. email [email protected] Gain Momentum: Pilates with Linda Penlington. See gainmomentum.co.nz for Wairarapa Vintage Car Club. Every rst Monday 7.30 pm, except statutory details or the advertised timetable in this issue. Aging Gracefully movement holidays, Clareville Showgrounds, Chester Road. Gary or Barbara Lang 06 372 7593. classes with Linda Penlington at Gain Momentum Holloway Street, Mondays and Wine and Food Wairarapa: Wine-tastings, lunches. New members welcome. Tuesdays, 10 am. Contact our secretary Michael Laidlaw, phone 06 377 0322. Indoor Bowls, Clareville. Would you like to learn indoor bowls, or come back to it? You can do it on Monday nights at the Tom Bubb Lounge at the A&P Showgrounds. Let us know what’s on: [email protected] This is a cheap night’s entertainment. Contact: Colleen Larkin 06 379 8399. Karate. South End School Hall, Thursdays 6 pm. Thomas Duncan 027 302 8923, 06 308 8844. Modern Jive dance classes. Every Tuesday 8 pm, Carterton School hall. Contact Women’s Golf Lance 021 1345 661 or check out our Facebook group, Wairarapa Modern Jive. Mountain biking. Are you a keen mountainbiker? Do you enjoy cycling trails? Would you like to join up with like-minded people? If so, contact me: Allan Carterton Golf Club invites women Wasmuth 027 212 5644 [email protected] interested in golf to come along, Ruamahanga Ramblers. Social running and walking group. All welcome, no meet us and play a few holes. This costs. 6.15pm Tuesdays (summer months) and 2pm Saturdays (winter months). Full program and event locations on sporty.co.nz/ruamahangaramblers. Paul will be a free, relaxed, fun event to Furkert 379 5355. introduce you to our beautiful South Wairarapa Tramping Club. Club night is the second Tuesday of the month,7.30 pm, St John Hall, Main Street, Greytown. For upcoming trips: course. Barry Kempton, 06 304 9353, 0274 305 935. For the club: Carol Major, 06 304 8210. Squash Club. Wednesday and Friday evenings. [email protected] Tai Chi. Wednesday 9.30–10.30 am. St Mark’s Hall, Richmond Rd. $6 per session. 11 am, Monday, February 17 The Dance Shed. 450 Belvedere Road, rock’n’roll and line dancing. Wendy Walker 117 Chester Rd, Clareville 027 319 9814. Wairarapa Dance Club. Club Carterton. Second Fridays, 7.30–10.30 pm. Russell 377 1609. RSVP to Donna: 021 959 630, Wairarapa Dog Training Club. Rally-O, obedience and agility classes. Google us. email: [email protected] Wairarapa Shafts & Wheels Driving Association. Clareville Showgrounds, meets Heritage Rail Trip Hutt Valley Line Episode four Good news for Just north of Hunterville there was an incident which had the potential to halt the northbound progress of our veteran railcar and Wairarapa commuters spoil the day. Part of the Government’s $196m investment in the Wellington Rounding a slight left curve there was a sudden, loud, intense Metro Rail Network since 2018 is work on double-tracking of the noise. Raaaarph! Raaaarph! Raaaarph! accompanied by a cloud of Hutt Valley Line between Trentham and Upper Hutt railway stations. dust. Almost simultaneously the railcar horn sounded and our driver In addition Kieran McAnulty, Labour List MP has announced that executed the quickest emergency stop possible in a railed vehicle of Government will fund a complete upgrade of the Wairarapa line our type. In my estimate it was 250m. which includes a new platform at Featherston, new passing facilities The crew by this stage had jumped out of their seats and were at Carterton and new facilities at Masterton. staring out of the right side windows, back down the track. Did we hit Tunnel work to remove speed restrictions and improve the him? someone yelled from the front of the railcar. The train manager reliability of services will begin in the middle of next year. climbed down and retraced our path looking for a body beside the track. Other crew by now had analysed the situation and, upon conferring with the driver, informed passengers that an idiot on a dirt bike had been o -roading and decided to use the rail corridor. He rounded the bend at the same instant the railcar did, prompting the horn blast and emergency stop. Tristan climbed back aboard and said he found the spot where the incident occurred and judging by the bike’s track, he was of the opinion that there was very little in it. Thankfully he found no body, just the tell-tale scattering of shingle disappearing into the distance. There were no further incidents. We chatted and pondered on how the day could easily have turned sour for everyone. The rst section of our historic northern trip was almost complete with the announcement that we were approaching the station at At a December rail show: from left,Carterton Mayor Greg Lang, Ron National Park for our eagerly anticipated lunch stop. This news was Mark MP, Minister Phil Twyford, Masterton Mayor Lyn Paterson, South very well received by our fellow passengers, there being a sense of Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen and Kieran McAnulty MP. achievement in arriving intact after the earlier drama. Don Hodge, President Carterton Railway Museum. 50 Waipukurau 1 54

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Masterton We need you! 2 MP for Wairarapa Have you ever thought about supporƟng your community Alastair Scott by becoming a volunteer? Do you need to discuss an CHB Budget Services Come along to Hospice Wairarapa to learn how you can issue with your local Member 43 Ruataniwha Street of Parliament? Alastair Scott Waipukurau make a real diīerence to those who need it most. MP has several oces set Tararua Reap Oce up around the electorate, 15 Gordon Street where he can discuss and Dannevirke Tuesday 18 February – 6.00pm to 7.30pm help you through local issues. Heartland Services Wednesday 19 February – 10.00am to 11.30am Call anytime to arrange an 11 Mangahao Road appointment on 0800 687 596. Pahiatua Hospice Wairarapa 59 Renall Street Funded by the Parliamentary Service. Authorised by Masterton Alastair Scott MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. 06 378 8888 Aratoi Wai Word Gone Home – Meet poet, novelist – a haunted quality Vaughan Rapatahana ‘Gone Home’, an Aratoi exhibition curated by Robert Leonard and WaiWord welcomes Vaughan Rapatahana, Ph.D, a prolic poet, Gavin Hipkins, showcases photographs by Hipkins and Peter Peryer. novelist and educational writer, widely acclaimed in literary circles It takes its name from a Peryer photo of a gravestone inscribed Gone across Asia, Europe and in New Zealand. Home. Rapatahana is described as ‘a global poet’. His poetry has been The opening is on Friday March 6 at 5.30 and is open to the public. in collections published in Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines, USA, Auckland photographer Gavin Hipkins and City Gallery Wellington England, France, India and New Zealand. Chief Curator Robert Leonard will give a free public talk at Aratoi on Two novels, Toa (2012) and Novel (2018) complement his other Saturday March 7 at 11 am. writing, which includes language critiques. His concern about the “A centrepiece of the exhibition at Aratoi is the 80-photograph primacy and impact of English language across cultures shaped his frieze, The Homely II, by Gavin Hipkins,” said Aratoi Director Susanna English Language as Hydra (Multilingual Matters, UK). It is described Shadbolt. “The images are of New Zealand (Hipkins’ home) and the as ‘engaged and politically accountable scholarship’ which ‘o ers United Kingdom (the homeland).” both example and hope for creating a more equitable linguistic Hipkins describes The Homely II as a ‘Victorian melodrama with order’ (Journal of Language, Identity and Education). His critique things out of place’. A key image is The Homely: Clandon (Hinemihi): applies equally to the experience of Te Reo in New Zealand. a nineteenth century Māori meeting house transposed into the His rich, personal work and life experiences and observations fuel English countryside. his writings in his main languages – Te Reo and English. His insights Fifty photographs by Peter Peryer will accompany the exhibition. have been supported through many years of teaching in Nauru, Peryer emerged in the 1970s, working in analogue, with single Brunei Darussalam, China and Hong Kong. images of single subjects and primarily in black-and-white, while Please come and meet this creative communicator with a global Hipkins spanned the transition into the digital and tends to create perspective who exhibits passion for his literary craft and Te Reo, our installations that feature repetition. indigenous language. Robert Leonard writes that they are both ‘tourists of photography... We will also hold an Open Mic for you to join in, to feature one Their work has a haunted, déjà vu quality.’ story, poem or song – under 3 minutes, please. Sunday March 1, 3 pm – 4.30 pm, Carterton Community Courthouse, 60 Holloway Road – beside Carterton Events Centre. Doors open at 2.30. Entry is free. Koha is welcome. Founded in 2012, WAI WORD is supported by Almo’s Books and Creative New Zealand through the Carterton Creative Communities Scheme. Wai Word welcomes volunteers – please contact Steve or Sue at 379 7103.

The Homely, Milford Sound (Falls), 2004. Photo Gavin Hipkins. Vaughan Rapatahana. Happy with Solar lights at your telecom Christmas on provider? Carrington Drive Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR) is a free, independent For the third year in a row neighbours at the northern end of service to help residential and small business customers who have Carrington Drive erected a solar-illuminated Christmas tree on the complaints about their telecommunications provider. It covers most roundabout at the end of the street for the enjoyment of both locals such providers in New Zealand. and visitors. TDR can look at complaints about your provider’s products and The solar lights were nanced from the prize money won with a services. Before approaching TDR, we advise you to take your complaint oat entered in the Xmas parade in 2018. directly to your provider. At this point, you can contact TDR who may be able to help you clarify the issue. Most complaints are resolved at this stage and a little help from TDR can make a big di erence. However, if you and your provider haven’t been able to sort out the issue, or six weeks has passed since you made your complaint, then one of TDR’s expert team members can step in. They may decide on mediation and, if nothing is resolved, a TDR adjudicator will decide the outcome. Outcomes can include things like written apologies, plan changes, invoice corrections, refunds or account credits, or withdrawal of accounts from collection. You can contact TDR on Freephone 0508 98 98 98, email contact@ tdr.org.nz, website www.tdr.org.nz Wairarapa CAB has a helpful pamphlet about this matter: Helping resolve complaints between you and your phone or internet provider. This includes a worksheet about your complaint so that you have a paper trail. (Always a good start!) At Wairarapa CAB we o er to help ll out forms or we will help you compose a letter and then type it for you. Wairarapa Citizens Advice Bureau, 43 Perry Street, Masterton, 06 77 0078, 0800 367 222 Carrington Drive’s Christmas display. Photo supplied.

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Advertising – Christine Miller 027 625 7765 RATES INSIDE BACK PAGE OF THIS ISSUE Heart of Arts No.23 Art Gallery Photographic Always looking for Images: volunteers Happy New Year to all. Here’s to a very happy and healthy 2020. Rob Innes The committee and volunteers would like to begin this column with Photographer Rob Innes has recently renewed his passion for a hearty thanks to the Farr family for all their wonderful work on The photography since moving to Carterton about two and a half years Carterton Crier which has gone from strength to strength under their ago with his wife Sandra. thoughtful management. Rob, a member of the Wairarapa Camera Club, said the learning No.23 Gallery had a wonderful month of sales in December 2019 and sharing of photographic techniques is invaluable. He particularly as well as for the whole year, so we thank the people of Carterton and loves the challenge of macro photography and landscapes. Macro out of town visitors for their support. Of course, none of this would photography uncovers a world that we often miss with our normal have been possible without our dedicated volunteer team. vision. The use of special lenses and techniques can produce almost If an artist or craftsperson has an item in our Gallery, they also microscopic detail in many ordinary images, i.e. insects, owers, contribute by volunteering for a three-hour shift each month. water droplets and much more. We are always looking for new volunteers to join the family. You Rob normally carries his camera with him ready for any photo need not be an artist to help, just someone with a desire to contribute opportunity. “You never run out of subject matter.” to No.23 and the arts community. Rob is enjoying the opportunity to photograph many of the For those of you who haven’t been into the gallery, please come Wairarapa iconic landmarks and loves being settled in Carterton. by to say hello. Rob is also an award winning singer/songwriter who has In addition to our paintings, we have a large selection of performed in many concerts over the years around NZ and also in Australia. “The travelling has presented many photo opportunities,” photography, jewellery, cards, sculpture, ceramic works, fabric works he said. and some very tasty preserves. The Exhibition Captured in Time runs from February 14 to March Don’t forget to purchase a rae ticket for our monthly draw. 11. Opening night is February 14 from 5:30 onwards for nibbles New artists can sell their goods in the shop room or hire a panel and refreshments at the Heart of Arts Gallery, 47 High Street North, on a monthly basis in the gallery room. There is also an annex room Carterton. which can be hired out for classes or events. Charles Rooking Carter Awards

Petone Beach pebbles. Photo Rob Innes. The Friday Annual plant sale Poem: 100 Hundreds filled Memorial Square New Zealand Poems Memorial Square was chocka, with over thirty stalls in the square After I left college, I put poetry in the too hard basket. Poetry just on November 3. Carterton Farmers’ Market would like to thank the seemed like far too much e ort to understand. Recently, it’s like people of Carterton for their wonderful support for our fourth annual someone’s ipped a switch in my brain and now I can’t get enough plant sale. of the stu ! There were a lot of local vendors this year a ood of bookings. There Luckily for me, New Zealand was a wide range of o erings: seedlings to seaweed, strawberries to has a vibrant poetry scene and it’s succulents, lavender to loquats, grasses, natives, and fruiting trees to reected here in The Friday Poem: 100 owering perennials. New Zealand Poems. Steve Braunias The public came out in their hundreds. Memorial Square was busy collects 100 poems published in from 9 am until noon. Niels Gedge sang. It was a warm, sunny day, so the online magazine, The Spino. He people were enjoying a morning out. includes established poets like Selina Carterton School raised over $400 from their plant and seedling Tusitala, Sam Hunt and Bill Manhire, sales, Carterton Central Lions ended up with close to $700, Earth and young new voices too such as School was happy with their result on the day and Daleeld School’s Hera Lindsay Bird, Tayi Tibble and barbeque ran out of sausages by the end of the morning. Courtney Sina Meredith. Carterton Farmers’ Market had a stall selling donated items from Some of the poems still go over Seeds and Cereals, Setha’s Seeds, Mitre 10, Norfolk Road Nursery, my head but I’m learning not to worry Higgins, Garden Barn, Awapuni Nursery, Dianne Millar, Rick Hargreaves about that. Instead I read and move and Viv Mauriri. The $470 raised will go towards branded, Carterton on, perhaps coming back for a reread later. Many poems immediately Farmers Market, reusable bags. snag my attention, while a few zoom by without stopping to say A big thank you to sponsors, vendors and the buying public who hello. Some shout loudly on the second or third pass. all helped make this event a resounding success. Roll on Annual Plant Divided into ten sections, the collection covers love, death, pop Sale 2020! culture, politics, opinion and just about everything else, it seems! Audrey Sebire, Carterton Farmers Market. Laugh at Jilly O’Brien’s Deirdre Barlow, sigh at the truth of Poem for Magda by Gordon Challis, and empathise with Harry Rickett’s Grief Limericks. I loved Some Notes for Critics by Tusiata Avia – you only get the endnotes rather than the work they are referring to, but my February Rose Notes goodness those notes have a lot to say! Whether you already love poetry or are a bit intimidated by it, pick up The Friday Poem. It’s a great introduction to contemporary New Prepare for an Zealand poetry. Andrea Darbyshire, Carterton District Library. autumn bloom Keep staking and tying up all your basal shoots. If you are spraying, keep that going as well. Now is the time to trim for an autumn bloom. Afterwards water Upgrade for your beds heavily. Feed them and use potash. A good autumn bloom need lots of food. Keep the beds moist until the blooms appear. Wairarapa mobile Keep the surface of the beds loose and keep the weeds away as they will also like the extra food and water. dental units Trim weeping standard roses and feed them to get new long canes for next year’s blooms. Generally roses will bloom 55 to 60 days “The Government will fund an upgrade to Wairarapa’s mobile after a summer trim. If you have a special date in mind this is a rough dental units,” said Labour List MP, Kieran McAnulty. guide. Next year you can adjust the date of trimming after seeing last The Wairarapa Community Oral Health Service o ers free basic year’s performance. dental care to children from birth until they begin high school. Phillippa Edwards Carterton Rose Society. Children are enrolled for free dental visits from birth and all babies are o ered their rst appointment before they have teeth so that everyone in the family knows how to help look after them. Free basic care is available at the two mobile dental units and the community dental clinic. Children requiring treatment that cannot be provided by the service are referred to a private dentist – many treatments will still be free. The Wairarapa Community Oral Health service sees the children in our region either on the mobile dental units visiting their schools or by visits to community dental clinics.” To make sure you are enrolled, phone 0800 TALK TEETH (0800 825 583). Tie, spray, trim, weed. Image by Konevi from Pixabay. Rotary Carterton NZ Red Cross, Wairarapa branch Burns Supper How to get More than sixty Rotarians and friends from the ve clubs in our Wairarapa cluster gathered at the Memorial Club in Carterton on involved Thursday evening, January 23, to celebrate the life of Scotland’s We have a busy year ahead at the Wairarapa Branch of the New national poet, Robert Burns. Zealand Red Cross. It goes without saying that we couldn’t do any of The Selkirk Grace was said by Bill Aitchison with an additional verse it without our wonderful volunteers and members. he had composed for the vegetarians present! President Alan Butler If you would like to get involved with any of our volunteering addressed the Haggis and dealt it a number of vicious cuts with his opportunities or want to know more, please visit our website sgian dubh to release its warm, reekin’, rich innards. Assistant District www.redcross.org.nz or call in to the Service Centre at 30 Church Street, Governor, Rob Cameron, presented a ne bottle of Glenmorangie, to Masterton or contact us on 377 3586, E: [email protected] o er a dram to the chef, Mike Topp, and the piper, Roger Stuart. Our current opportunities include: After a hearty meal, served by an excellent team from the Teen Parent Unit at Makoura College, Rob gave a feisty rendition of the • Meals on Wheels (Masterton and Greytown) poem, To a Louse, making our heads feel a little itchy as the wee • Disaster Welfare Support Team (training fortnightly Masterton) creature proceeded on its journeys across a ne lady’s bonnet. • Community Transport (around the Wairarapa/Wellington/Lower Graeme Burnard spoke about the haggis and attempted to help us Hutt/Palmerston North) sort out the truth about this shy creature from the many myths that • Knitting Group abound. Sheila Butler delivered the Immortal Memory, speaking of • Refugee Settlement (Masterton – Training starting in April) the contribution the songs and poems of Robert Burns have made • Meet and Greet (Masterton – Wairarapa Hospital) to the sense of identity shared by a huge Scottish diaspora. President • Event volunteering (various locations) Paul Mason of South Wairarapa gave us a real treat by bringing out • Oce administration (Masterton oce or from home) his guitar and singing, and there were a few damp eyes during the Jo McDonald beautiful love song, Ae Fond Kiss. For an outstanding nale, Laura and Mike Hopkins shared their perceptive and often hilarious observations about the opposite sex in The Lassies and The Reply. Special thanks to MC, Kevin Conroy, Vaughan Paul, Barbara Durbin, Pam Robinson, Pat and Don Smith, Councillor Rob Stockley, Joyce Campin, John Stevenson and Peter Giddens – and for the good company of all.

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Cycle skills track underway If you’re a frequent visitor to our popular Carrington Park, you may donations will be acknowledged on an honours board at the track, have noticed that work on the kids’ safety cycle skills track is underway. as was the case with donations to the Charles Rooking Carter statue. This project has been generously donated by the Lions Club of Please contact [email protected] for more information, or direct Carterton as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebrations. The club was credit to Lions’ Club of Carterton Charitable Trust Westpac account founded on October 16, 1969 and reached its 50th anniversary year in J B Park Account: 03-0609-0002436-001. Please use the Ref: Track. 2019. During those 50 years it has supported many projects in the Carterton community and the current members are proud to provide our community with another. The safety cycle skills track will encourage children to learn road safety rst-hand while having fun. It will have a set of working trac lights, a roundabout, intersections, a pedestrian crossing, a maintenance corner, a bus shelter, benches and picnic tables. The track will be in Carrington Park between the rotunda and the ying fox. You may have noticed the ying fox has disappeared but don’t worry – it will return to a nearby area of the park once the track is completed this year. If you would like to contribute to this valuable project for the youth of Carterton, the Lions Club is still accepting donations. All Another Lions Club community project for our town. Photo supplied.

Conserve water – read your meter! Did you know the maximum daily water supply the council can again. If the reading has changed and the dials shown at Arrows 2 currently maintain is 2500 cubic metres per day? We’ve already gone and 3 of the picture are going around, then you have a leak on your over this level a few times in January, which is easy to do with all the property. You will need to call a plumber to save money and reduce hot weather we’ve been having. further water-wastage. The Kaipatangata stream, which is our main water source, is For more information on water conservation and usage visit cdc. dependent on rainfall and is currently so low there is no longer any govt.nz/services/water or contact our oce on 379 4030. water owing over the weir. This is why the current water restrictions are still handheld hoses on alternate days. The yearly water allocation per water meter is 225 cubic metres so if your consumption is over this allowance, it’s possible you have a water leak. You can check and monitor your water usage yourself to avoid an unexpected bill when your meter is read again in June. Arrow 1 – Depicts water used in cubic metres. White numbers on the black background. This is the reading that the bill is based on. Arrow 2 – This dial goes around whenever the water is owing through the meter. If it is going around when all household appliances and taps are turned o you probably have a leak. Arrow 3 – Depicts water used in parts of a cubic metre. White numbers on the red background. Use these numbers to track daily use. A leak on your property can waste thousands of litres of water over time at considerable cost to you. To check for leaks, turn o all household appliances and taps, then note down the meter reading. Leave for as long as possible (overnight is best) and then read the meter Save money – check for leaks. Photo supplied. Stonehenge Aotearoa Wairarapa Star Trek A little while ago I was talking to an American woman who had stayed overnight in Carterton. She said that when she went outside at night and looked up she was stunned. She was in her late 20s and had never seen the Milky Way before. Where she came from, the night sky was a bright yellow glow from vast numbers of city lights. Our magnicent Wairarapa night sky is something that we take for granted. The reality is that, due to light pollution, 80% of people in the world have never seen the Milky Way. An initiative is underway to turn the Wairarapa into a Dark Sky Stargazers Sam Leske and Haritina Mogosanu. Reserve. This doesn’t mean that we won’t have lights at night. It means that we use the correct type of light-ttings. On a cloudy night space and explore the wonders of the Universe. you can see the sky illuminated by the lights of Masterton. Why are Richard Hall the ratepayers paying to light up the clouds? In dark sky reserves the use of ecient light ttings has saved local authorities millions of dollars. Why should we care about our night sky? In addition to its natural beauty and its importance to wildlife and tourism, written in the stars Wine and Food are the stories of our ancestors – the navigators, the cultivators, and ancient civilizations. Here too, we have a window into the greater universe, a universe so large that just about anything we can imagine Wairarapa go Turkish probably exits out there somewhere. Fifteen members enjoyed a great Turkish lunch at The Olive Branch At Stonehenge Aotearoa we have been developing astronomy in Carterton on the Saturday of our long weekend. programs for visitors and locals. Two top astronomer/teachers, The next event on Sunday February 23 is a wine-tasting in Sam Leske and Haritina Mogosanu, have joined our team and run Martinborough followed by lunch at Lake Ferry. stargazing and large telescope viewing programs every Friday and If you want to join us for the wine-tasting and lunch, join our Saturday evening. In addition, they are developing science courses friendly group or get more information about us, please contact our and school astronomy programs. So come with us on a trek into deep secretary Michael Laidlaw, 06 377 0322.

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You should consider this programme if you can get around independently with or without an aide, and you: • Feel that your balance and mobility has deteriorated within the last 6 months • Have experienced two or more minor falls within the last 12 months • Have been referred to the programme by a health practitioner Where: The Core, 65 Nelson Crescent, Carterton When: Every Wednesday, 10.30am – 11.30am and weekly thereafter. What: An initial individual assessment by a registered physiotherapist at CAPE Carterton, before joining a series of 10 strength and balance group sessions at the Strength Nation Gym. A tailored exercise programme of light resistance and balance exercises based on the Otago Exercise Programme to prevent falls in older adults (2003). A home exercise programme to support their progress towards their goals.

For more information and to register, call Martin Kidd now on (06) 6570124 or visit the website www.capephysio.co.nz Limelight Theatre Pulitzer-nominated play Limelight Theatre’s 2020 program starts with the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Love Letters by A R Gurney – the romantic story of Andrew and Melissa from their childhood until Melissa’s untimely death, told through the letters and postcards. Andrew lives the American dream – he studies law at Yale, marries, becomes a successful attorney and goes on to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Melissa is from a dysfunctional family. She unks a series of ‘good schools’, has an unsuccessful marriage, dabbles in art, gigolos and alcohol and becomes estranged from her children. With an interchanging cast, each performance will bring something di erent. Runs March 13–22. Further details and tickets on Event nda.co.nz Wairarapa One-Act Festival: Little Acts. Saturday April 25. Carterton Community Choir An ideal chance for young and new theatre-crafters to practise in a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere. Productions that incorporate music and dance are eligible, as are rst time directors, Just turn up! school groups, unpublished works and drama class projects. Contact We’re a community choir that meets to sing every Thursday us at [email protected] evening 7.15 pm to 9 pm in the hall of Carterton Primary School in Join us as a subscriber, to receive our newsletters, as a volunteer, Holloway Road – cost, $7 a session. to be contacted about front of house or other roles or as a member Stephen Judd leads our small and friendly group. Our repertoire is involved in voting and the long-term vision of the club. With our varied: including modern, classical, ethnic and gospel songs. shows in production and our AGM in May, it is a great time to be Do just turn up. We don’t audition and there’s no need to read involved. For more info visit www.limelight.org.nz music. Rachel Norman Pam Torrington

The DeSotos Acoustic Routes Tour March 2020 The DeSotos band, one of New Zealand’s leading Americana/ The shows provide an up close and personal experience with the country blues recording and touring acts, are performing at the Tin musicians in an intimate venue. Hut in Tauherenikau for the rst time. The DeSotos Acoustic Routes tour playing lineup; Paul Gurney – The show features original songs from the various DeSotos albums lead vocals, guitars, blues harp; Stuart McIntyre – vocals, bass; Vic and Paul’s 2017 solo project, plus selected country roots material Singe (of Carterton) – vocals, drums and percussion. from the American songbook. Wednesday March 18, The Tin Hut, Tauherenikau

Playing Wednesday March 18, The Tin Hut, Tauherenikau. South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club Club Carterton Inc, home of the RSA Workies Whispers Housie, music, great Club News: Adjunct activities ended in November with Trophy Night. The major awards are the Club Achievers and Sportsperson food and more of the Year cups, decided by a vote of club members. Housie every Monday night at 7 pm. John Goodwin was awarded the Club Achiever’s trophy for 2019 Big club nights are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with raes, and Adrian Tregurtha received the 2019 Sportperson’s trophy. club draw and entertainment. Also open Sundays. Club president Phyllis Gulliver presented the awards. Meals from 5.30 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and After the presentation Gil Mohi entertained us. A full club lled Sundays. the dance oor. Gil also entertained at the Xmas party. Good As Our caterers, Mike and Ramai Topp, have a great menu and Gold entertained at the New Year party. blackboard special menu. Pool: The winner of the 2019 John Manning Memorial Trophy Library upstairs with a wide range of reading matter. was Stu McKay with Tom Bateman runner-up. At Club Carterton our team can provide you with everything you A new annual trophy was presented: The Wairarapa Services need to make your gathering a success, whether it be a conference, Club/South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club Shield. In a best-of- a meeting, training, a wedding, a birthday or some other celebration. three, home-and-away format, the SWWMC was the rst to get its We have four separate areas that can cater for 10 to 150 people, name on the trophy. onsite caterers, full bar facilities, internet, wi access, a high denition projector and screen, disabled access, a large car park and very Over the coming months we will play on Wednesdays, at 7 pm competitive rates for room hire. after the club draw – two dollars in, winner takes all. Email: [email protected] | phone: 379 8069. Darts: Until the start of the winter season we will play on Our annual Champagne Breakfast fundraiser was a big hit with Tuesdays at 7.15 pm – two dollars in, winner takes all. plenty to eat and great entertainment, skits and music from Wayne Club60: Our next meeting will be on Monday, February 24 Heath and Ron Mark. when we will host the Upper Hutt Cossie Club on their annual visit. If you would like to join our friendly and social club, come in and They arrive around 11 am, play pool, indoor bowls and cards then check out our facilities and ll out a membership form! have a cuppa and a chat at afternoon tea. Amber Harper, Club Carterton Inc. Broadway

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From FREE rental appraisals, securing top quality tenants, Left: John Goodwin with the Club Achiever’s Trophy, Right: Adrian through to rent collection and payment, regular property Tregurtha with the Sportsperson’s Trophy. inspections and responding to maintenance requests. In fact, everything related to the management of your Rental Portfolio. Lifestyle Property Management offers competitive fees, up to date systems and processes, and personal service, 2nd to none. Real Estate is still the best investment you can have so call me now and let us “Proud member of Master Electricians” do all the hard work for you in 2020. Dianne Gates Freephone 0800342837 Mobile 027 2247381 Chemists in Carterton – A series for the Crier By Mark Pacey of the Wairarapa Archive Part Four – James Baillie James Baillie was born in Scotland. In 1879 he came to New Hamilton branch of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Society. Zealand with his family and they settled in Wellington. James continued to work as a chemist and was later joined by his While there he became an apprentice chemist at the rm of son who worked as an assistant. In 1931 he contracted pneumonia Barraud and Son and passed his pharmacy exam in 1893, becoming and died at the age of 65. registered with the Pharmaceutical Society on December 9. The following year he moved to Carterton where he set up a new Next Month: Arthur Lindop 1910-1919 pharmacy. Carterton already had Walter Lindop chemist’s shop and Contact: : [email protected] from this point on until 2002 there were two pharmacies in the town. James became involved with the local politics shortly after his arrival and served on the council before serving as mayor of Carterton from 1901 to 1904. Another service that he o ered was tooth extraction. This was a crude method of dealing with tooth decay in early part of the 20th century. Instead of locating the cavity and inserting a lling, the a ected tooth was simply pulled out with large metal pliers. And in the early days of tooth extraction there was no anaesthetic. James continued as a chemist in Carterton until 1910 when he sold his business to Lyndon Aplin and moved to Gisborne. In Gisborne he was very active. He had a new chemist shop where he sold his “Kowhai Cough Cure” but also was a member of New Zealand Pharmacy Board, the Masons and the local bowling club. He also helped to set up the

Carterton Historical Society The monument that sat on Lincoln Road A monument dedicated to the advent of Christianity in the Wairarapa and erected in 1914 had for many years sat in a section o Lincoln Road in Carterton beside the Maori meeting house. Over the years it fell into a poor state of repair and in August 1989 it was moved to its new home on Cole Street in Masterton next to the Nukutaimemeha meeting house. It is believed the meeting house was originally housed in close proximity to the memorial on Lincoln Road and it is good to see them now back together. (In the October 2019 issue of the Carterton Crier there is an article about the meeting house and its journey from Lincoln Road to Cole Street, Masterton.) The monument is one of great importance to local Maori as it commemorates the adoption of Christianity by Wairarapa Maori and also to those who fell in World War 1. It was built by Hickmott and Son, is of granite, stands three metres high and has inscriptions in Maori on the north and south sides of the square column. The north side is the dedication to Christianity, and the south side to those who fought in the Great War. It is thought that Meiha Tunuiarangi, whose name appears on the monument, was responsible for its erection as he was invited to lead a Maori contingent of 18 Maori to London to form a guard of honour at Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1887. The land in Carterton where the monument originally stood was bequeathed to the Church of England by Inuwai Kokiri, the daughter of Tunuiarangi or Major Brown as he was known. Open Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm or by appointment. Phone Monument commemorating the adoption of Christianity by Wairarapa 3799021 | 44 Broadway | [email protected] Māori. Gladstone School Renewal ahead for 2020 We are excited to have started o our 2020 school year. We have We are looking forward to our classroom renovations, pool started the year with 154 students and a new conguration of hub/ upgrade, bike track construction and stream planting taking place classrooms/teaching teams. We welcomed our new students and during the rst half of this year. As always it is wonderful to celebrate their families to Gladstone School at our beginning of the year the help and assistance we receive from our community to get these assembly on February 3. projects o the ground. Our community BBQ was a super chance for families to connect Student groups will be leading surveys into house group after the summer break and also to welcome new sta members and names and formations as well as helping to plan outdoor areas for new families to the school. We hope that our 2019 Year Eights, and development. other students who have started at new schools, are settling in well. Belinda Bunny, Principal

Gladstone School’s beginning of the year assembly on February 3.

Roseneath Lifecare Thrilling win at the Christmas Parade Happy New Year to you all. What a thrill to be awarded rst prize in the business section of the Carterton Christmas Parade! December was a busy month, decorating the facility, our residents’ and families’ Christmas Party, kindy and school children entertaining, carol singers and our volunteers morning tea to show our appreciation for their help and dedication to Roseneath. Thank you to all who supported us with our Christmas raes, proceeds of which will benet our residents recreation. Results were published in the Midweek on January 22.

First prize for Roseneath at the Christmas Parade. Sunset Cinema at Carterton Events Centre God’s Own Country, March 6 A Jafa goes rural Sunset Cinema is our local Carterton Film Society, a member of the A jafa who’s been living in a high rise for many years, I now have a New Zealand Federation of Film Societies which has been operating teensy Wai cottage with miniscule land and this summer it is starting for over 70 years. We welcome local audiences to our monthly to look as though someone fancies my patch – me. screenings of New Zealand and international lms at the Carterton I left some existing plants in the garden as, although they did not Events Centre. Ticket memberships are available (full year or three match my plans, they had clearly received TLC and I didn’t have the month sampler). heart to rip them out. I notice that I’m mellowing about my former Our feature lm for Friday March 6 is God’s Own Country (2017), an rigid garden ideas. Is this a result of country life? astonishing debut drama by British director Francis Lee. Doors open I created a small veggie garden, a herb garden and four small at 7 pm, movie starts at 7:30 pm. Music, drinks, snacks are available raised beds – well, ve counting the tiny asparagus bed which I was – cash sales only. Membership information is also available online. not intending to have in case I don’t live long enough to harvest a Film Synopsis: crop. Filmed on the Yorkshire Dales where he grew up, Francis Lee’s Several fruit trees which are the former orchard of my neighbour’s debut tells the poignant story of a hard-drinking lad who keeps his aged cottage I love but their pruning ummoxed me so I employed emotions in check until a handsome Romanian immigrant comes to Garry to do it. As I’m now the guardian of them I have a pride and joy work on the family farm. that may be out of proportion for ve trees and measly fruit crops. The “Lee has made an astonishing debut behind the camera. It is a plum tree is sculptural and lichen-covered and the fruit divine when love story of rare power and depth, whose e ects are felt not through the birds and winds leave some. Codling moth on the apple and curly words the characters say but through the words they don’t.” Matthew leaf on the pear and plum look grim. The nectarine is miserable. Lucas, From the Front Row. As for owers, I decided that I would have a ame garden, a blue Audience Notes: and white spot and a white garden with absolutely no iceberg roses. Running time: 105 mins Buxus is banned too – jafa-land tired me of both. R16 contains nudity, o ensive language, sexual material and I seemed to content that may disturb. forget that colours Jane Ross would not all ower at the same time and that colour does not denote the conditions the plants like. Pink was banned until I smelt the roses I inherited – gorgeous. And as a former mainlander, frost tolerant plants are a joy but I still have a smidgeon to learn. Heritage rose. Image by nationaltrustnsw Fionna Hill from Pixabay. ‘A love story for the Brexit times.’ New Statesman.

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