BLUESKIN NEWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Est. 1985 OCTOBER 2020 Seacliff • Warrington • Evansdale • • Doctors Point • Purakaunui

In this issue... Blueskin Playcentre page 2 Community Board update page 12 Fear and loathing in the greenhouse page 4 The Rant page 14 Welcome back godwits page 6 Surf Life Saving page 16 School News pages 8 & 9 plus lots more ... Editor’s Note Community Spaces Hi everyone, well we’re back at Level 1 which actually feels like normal now. But the weather is certainly not – snow Blueskin Playcentre Warrington Hall Kia ora e te takata o Waitētē Available for birthdays, family gatherings, exercise warnings for today and tomorrow – yet I was out in garden On colder days we have classes, dances and do’s etc at reasonable rates. weeding in a t-shirt on Saturday. My fruit garden has more Kia ora from Blueskin Playcentre! Our families Hire includes a fully equipped kitchen and tables blossom on the trees than it has for years, presumably the are very grateful for the lovely spring weather! been keeping cosy at Centre and chairs. result of the mild winter we have had. Hopefully the fruit Under Level 2 we are still open and having lots of with fluffies for all! The Contact Lyn 482 2896 or Rowena 482 2667 crop will be just as sensational. In the meantime I have fun, but carrying out careful cleaning to ensure colder spring days don’t had my first feed for the year of asparagus fresh from stop this mob from burning Waitati Hall the safety of our whanau and tamariki. off plenty of energy with Suitable for large meetings, weddings, parties, the garden – delicious! Our parents and helpers indoor obstacle courses and concerts, dances etc. (up to 120) features kitchen, The Community Market is back on this weekend (4 are now old hands at being all manner of circus tricks toilets, stage, sound system and large projection October) which is great and there seems to be lots Covid compliant, and have (on our lovely soft foam screen. happening around the area this month. You will be been doing an outstanding mats) being very popular! Contact Blueskin Nurseries on 482 2828 able to give your feedback on the Truby King Reserve job of making sure the We have also been making Management Plan from the 5 October , this reserve Waitati Hall Meeting Room centre is clean, and that our all manner of masterpieces Suitable for committee meetings, small gatherings, deserves to be well managed so we can all enjoy its little people are still able with glue, glitter, paint and demonstrations etc. (up to 20 people) features historical, botanical and scenic nature. to enjoy plenty of fun with even ice! We have loved kitchen and toilets. One of the more important events this month, which friends! The sunny spring Contact Blueskin Nurseries on 482 2828 having some new families join our thriving Playcentre affects all of us, is the election, please make your vote days have leant themselves community and extend you all a very warm welcome. We Blueskin Bay Library Meeting Room count - local polling stations open on 17 October are: nicely to some excursions are so happy to have you here. Suitable for committee meetings, presentations, Waikouaiti Church Hall 2 Kildare St, Waikouaiti in the Blueskin Bay area, training, interviews etc. (up to 12 people) features If you are interested in coming to join the fun, we would Blueskin Bay Library 28 Harvey St, Waitati giving our parents a break modular tables, large projection screen, kitchenette love to see you at Blueskin PlayCentre! Please find us on Warrington Primary School 3 Ferguson St, Warrington from the cleaning and giving our tamariki wonderful and toilets. (03) 470 1228, at www.playcentre.org.nz/centre/blueskin/ McCurdy Grimman Hall 22 Driver St, Long Beach experiences of exploring their beautiful backyard. The Contact Blueskin Bay Library 482 2444 | [email protected] kids loved feeding the animals on their recent farm visit or at [email protected] We hope to see Karitāne Primary School 179 Rad, Karitāne you soon! Hire charge is usually applicable, details can be and getting sandy (and ever so slightly soggy and salty) at obtained on request See us on www.blueskinnews.org. Enjoy this month’s read, our beach morning. We have some other fun excursions Aroha nui, keep safe, warm and well – Bernie in the pipeline too. Blueskin Playcentre

Waiputai (Blueskin Bay) Trust

Hi everyone, BLUESKIN BAY We are busy forming a charitable trust and applying for funding, ONLINE and we want to hear from you! We are hoping to lease the Warrington Playcentre Building and grounds from BLUESKIN BAY ONLINE is a FREE searchable the DCC and turn it into a Community Centre. Locals, and small groups will be Local Business Directory developed to support able to have a cozy space for social, recreational, and educational activities. local businesses across Blueskin Bay. Birthday parties, meetings, art classes, workshops, play groups, ping pong We aim to list as many local businesses, and games, support groups, coffee! Our own community hub. trades & services as we can find – to make it In our applications for funding, we need to know, and show, that there are easier for you to find and support them too! people and groups out there in the Blueskin Bay area who would use this If you would like to advertise your business, email space for a reasonable cost/koha to support our mission. WAITATI LIBRARY your details to: Our mission: To support a healthy, strong, inclusive, connected, and sustainable Pink Ribbon Day We will be open on [email protected] Blueskin Bay community 8 October ELECTION DAY or complete the contact form at Please email us at [email protected] with your ideas, plans, or that dream www.blueskinbayonline.co.nz activity that you always wanted to be able to hold. for voting Come to our next public meeting at 4pm on 18 October at the Warrington Hall Saturday, 17 October It‘s as simple as that (to be confirmed). Please contact Samantha Ashdown (021 0239 1946) or Nancy Higgins (021 171 9am – 7pm. 0226) if you have any questions. Let’s keep supporting our local businesses Samantha, Nancy, and Pablo et al. 2 | October 2020 October 2020 | 3 Blueskin Playcentre Kia ora e te takata o Waitētē Kia ora from Blueskin Playcentre! Our families On colder days we have are very grateful for the lovely spring weather! been keeping cosy at Centre Under Level 2 we are still open and having lots of with fluffies for all! The fun, but carrying out careful cleaning to ensure colder spring days don’t the safety of our whanau and tamariki. stop this mob from burning off plenty of energy with Our parents and helpers indoor obstacle courses and are now old hands at being all manner of circus tricks Covid compliant, and have (on our lovely soft foam been doing an outstanding mats) being very popular! job of making sure the We have also been making centre is clean, and that our all manner of masterpieces little people are still able with glue, glitter, paint and to enjoy plenty of fun with even ice! We have loved friends! The sunny spring having some new families join our thriving Playcentre days have leant themselves community and extend you all a very warm welcome. We nicely to some excursions are so happy to have you here. in the Blueskin Bay area, giving our parents a break If you are interested in coming to join the fun, we would from the cleaning and giving our tamariki wonderful love to see you at Blueskin PlayCentre! Please find us on experiences of exploring their beautiful backyard. The (03) 470 1228, at www.playcentre.org.nz/centre/blueskin/ kids loved feeding the animals on their recent farm visit or at [email protected] We hope to see and getting sandy (and ever so slightly soggy and salty) at you soon! our beach morning. We have some other fun excursions Aroha nui, in the pipeline too. Blueskin Playcentre

Waiputai (Blueskin Bay) Trust

Hi everyone, We are busy forming a charitable trust and applying for funding, and we want to hear from you! We are hoping to lease the Warrington Playcentre Building and grounds from the DCC and turn it into a Community Centre. Locals, and small groups will be able to have a cozy space for social, recreational, and educational activities. Birthday parties, meetings, art classes, workshops, play groups, ping pong games, support groups, coffee! Our own community hub. In our applications for funding, we need to know, and show, that there are people and groups out there in the Blueskin Bay area who would use this space for a reasonable cost/koha to support our mission. Our mission: To support a healthy, strong, inclusive, connected, and sustainable Pink Ribbon Day Blueskin Bay community Please email us at [email protected] with your ideas, plans, or that dream 8 October activity that you always wanted to be able to hold. Come to our next public meeting at 4pm on 18 October at the Warrington Hall (to be confirmed). Please contact Samantha Ashdown (021 0239 1946) or Nancy Higgins (021 171 0226) if you have any questions. Samantha, Nancy, and Pablo et al. October 2020 | 3 Our club membership continues to grow and we have folk attending from , Long Beach, , Waitati and Warrington. It’s a great way to meet other community folk and to Blueskin Resilient Mullet Festival III: take part in our club activities which are many and varied. Communities tRust Cosmic Debris This month we visited the Blueskin Nursery where over a cuppa we held a short meeting and had a very “mini” October 2020 Fear and loathing in the The Mullet resurfaces... flower show. Members brought along a vase of blooms First we want to wish Scott Willis all the best in ...what will you find floating in the for us all to admire and vote on the winner. We then had a the future. Scott, who has been with the BRCT greenhouse wander around the garden/nursery and appreciated the for 12 years, hasd been a major influence in the by Hilary Rowley after times? development and execution of the Trust’s work on . Date: Saturday, 24 October beautiful spring blossoms etc. We “assembled” a new green house, but perhaps Time: 5-6:30pm Unfortunately due to Covid 19 issues we have decided to practical climate and energy solutions. That work cursed, argued, had melt downs and many cups Venue: Warrington reserve and beach cancel this year’s spring flower show. Our club has run the is hugely challenging as many in the Blueskin of tea and finally got my brother-in-law to help, Free event show for the last 27 years and before that the Womens Community understand. We also want to acknowledge would be a better description of this activity. Kia ora koutou friends, art lovers and fellow space travellers, Guild organised it so it’s a very long time that shows have the contribution of all the volunteers and past board It looks great now standing proudly in our garden, but once again the subatomic planetoids have aligned and the been on in the area. We did not make this decision without members who contributed to the Trust’s aims during these things always seem a better idea on paper than Mullet Festival will resurface to part the great sea of cosmic a lot of thought but let’s hope for a bigger, brighter show that time. debris. For one splendiferous afternoon, we will transform the in real life. The actual assembly is a nightmare. There is next year when things settle back to normal (hopefully). money to be made for someone able to design simple Warrington Reserve by the sea north of Dunedin into a galaxy We are looking forward to the future of the Trust to assemble greenhouse with easy instructions, clear of creative experimentation, including dance, music, poetry, In October we are intending to visit two local member’s albeit that this has been a very difficult year. theatre, and visual art. You will be guided around the reserve photos and video tutorials. very large gardens in the Mount Cargill Road area. Info on Shortfalls in funding and the depletion of reserves to enjoy different performances and installations followed by a this via club emails. Glenys, our Daffodil Day co-ordinator But that is all behind us now and it is time for years of shared picnic, singalong and musical entertainment. meant the Trust could not continue as it had been will give a detailed report on the very successful day run by for the last decade. We are disappointed that the growing, free from frost, birds and rabbits. Please dress for the weather and bring some kai club members but I would like to add another huge vote of Climate Safe House, built as an energy efficient, We chose a polycarbonate walled model for its twin to share. thanks to all club members for their time, baking etc and walled “double glazing”. I have had tomatoes frosted warm and safe, and removable, dwelling now needs the local businesses who supported us in so many ways. in a regular glasshouse even in late spring. It is such a to be resited. Blueskin Energy Limited, who own pleasure to be able to grow all your own Mediterranean Enjoy the lovely spring weather and happy gardening the house, are undergoing a process to make those vegetables like tomatoes, basil, eggplants, capsicum, everyone. Any queries to our President Lyne Carlyle arrangements and we want to thank everyone in the chillies and cucumbers during our less than ideal 482 2822 or Secretary Carol Fletcher 482 1443. Blueskin community who contributed to it, and to summers. This winter we grew spinach, radish, rocquet, Lyn Hastie Publicity Cushla especially. lettuce, coriander and a variety of mesclun salad plants. We have not had to buy salad all winter. The only down- These challenges have meant that we have had to side was having to water things every few days , but refocus our strategy for the coming decade. A new leaves grow lush and perfect inside their protective Strategic Plan was presented at our AGM at the end of bubble and don’t need rinsing before use. Warrington Hall September and is now available on the BRCT web site. Warrington Hall Annual General Meeting will be held But now it is spring and I want all those handy salads A beach clean up is planned on 3 October at 11 am at gone so I can get ready for turning the glasshouse into a at the hall on Thursday, 8 October at 7.30pm. Warrington Beach (where previous clean ups have Mediterranean paradise again. We use spent mushroom We, the committee would like to invite lots of locals to been held). compost and feed with worm wee and vermicast to come along and take a turn to run our lovely community The Trust is looking to greater community maintain a healthy microbiome in there. I have noticed hall. Just a few meetings a year and no fundraising to engagement to help identify those projects that have some white fly eggs starting to hatch so I might be do. That doesn’t sound too much work does it? Some of widespread support in Blueskin. We will be running forced to burn some sulphur inside, with closed doors us have been on the committee for more years than we and windows, to wipe them out. It is possible to instead a series of meetings to help gauge local views to make care to remember. We would appreciate the help of some introduce parasitic insects into your green house to keep sure that our work is driven by community priorities. old/new locals from Warrington.”If a community is good bad insects to a minimum, but I am not perfect enough If you want any more information please email enough to live in then it’s good enough to support”. for that. One day I might head down that path though. [email protected]. At least the new greenhouse will have at least one bad Any queries or apologies to the Secretary, Lyn Hastie, Keep well, and be safe. insect and fungus-free year. 482 2896.

4 | October 2020 October 2020 | 5 Our club membership continues to grow and we have folk attending from Dunedin, Long Beach, Mount Cargill, Waitati and Warrington. It’s a great way to meet other community folk and to Blueskin Resilient Mullet Festival III: take part in our club activities which are many and varied. Communities tRust Cosmic Debris This month we visited the Blueskin Nursery where over a cuppa we held a short meeting and had a very “mini” October 2020 Fear and loathing in the The Mullet resurfaces... flower show. Members brought along a vase of blooms First we want to wish Scott Willis all the best in ...what will you find floating in the for us all to admire and vote on the winner. We then had a the future. Scott, who has been with the BRCT greenhouse wander around the garden/nursery and appreciated the for 12 years, hasd been a major influence in the by Hilary Rowley after times? development and execution of the Trust’s work on . Date: Saturday, 24 October beautiful spring blossoms etc. We “assembled” a new green house, but perhaps Time: 5-6:30pm Unfortunately due to Covid 19 issues we have decided to practical climate and energy solutions. That work cursed, argued, had melt downs and many cups Venue: Warrington reserve and beach cancel this year’s spring flower show. Our club has run the is hugely challenging as many in the Blueskin of tea and finally got my brother-in-law to help, Free event show for the last 27 years and before that the Womens Community understand. We also want to acknowledge would be a better description of this activity. Kia ora koutou friends, art lovers and fellow space travellers, Guild organised it so it’s a very long time that shows have the contribution of all the volunteers and past board It looks great now standing proudly in our garden, but once again the subatomic planetoids have aligned and the been on in the area. We did not make this decision without members who contributed to the Trust’s aims during these things always seem a better idea on paper than Mullet Festival will resurface to part the great sea of cosmic a lot of thought but let’s hope for a bigger, brighter show that time. debris. For one splendiferous afternoon, we will transform the in real life. The actual assembly is a nightmare. There is next year when things settle back to normal (hopefully). money to be made for someone able to design simple Warrington Reserve by the sea north of Dunedin into a galaxy We are looking forward to the future of the Trust to assemble greenhouse with easy instructions, clear of creative experimentation, including dance, music, poetry, In October we are intending to visit two local member’s albeit that this has been a very difficult year. theatre, and visual art. You will be guided around the reserve photos and video tutorials. very large gardens in the Mount Cargill Road area. Info on Shortfalls in funding and the depletion of reserves to enjoy different performances and installations followed by a this via club emails. Glenys, our Daffodil Day co-ordinator But that is all behind us now and it is time for years of shared picnic, singalong and musical entertainment. meant the Trust could not continue as it had been will give a detailed report on the very successful day run by for the last decade. We are disappointed that the growing, free from frost, birds and rabbits. Please dress for the weather and bring some kai club members but I would like to add another huge vote of Climate Safe House, built as an energy efficient, We chose a polycarbonate walled model for its twin to share. thanks to all club members for their time, baking etc and walled “double glazing”. I have had tomatoes frosted warm and safe, and removable, dwelling now needs the local businesses who supported us in so many ways. in a regular glasshouse even in late spring. It is such a to be resited. Blueskin Energy Limited, who own pleasure to be able to grow all your own Mediterranean Enjoy the lovely spring weather and happy gardening the house, are undergoing a process to make those vegetables like tomatoes, basil, eggplants, capsicum, everyone. Any queries to our President Lyne Carlyle arrangements and we want to thank everyone in the chillies and cucumbers during our less than ideal 482 2822 or Secretary Carol Fletcher 482 1443. Blueskin community who contributed to it, and to summers. This winter we grew spinach, radish, rocquet, Lyn Hastie Publicity Cushla especially. lettuce, coriander and a variety of mesclun salad plants. We have not had to buy salad all winter. The only down- These challenges have meant that we have had to side was having to water things every few days , but refocus our strategy for the coming decade. A new leaves grow lush and perfect inside their protective Strategic Plan was presented at our AGM at the end of bubble and don’t need rinsing before use. Warrington Hall September and is now available on the BRCT web site. Warrington Hall Annual General Meeting will be held But now it is spring and I want all those handy salads A beach clean up is planned on 3 October at 11 am at gone so I can get ready for turning the glasshouse into a at the hall on Thursday, 8 October at 7.30pm. Warrington Beach (where previous clean ups have Mediterranean paradise again. We use spent mushroom We, the committee would like to invite lots of locals to been held). compost and feed with worm wee and vermicast to come along and take a turn to run our lovely community The Trust is looking to greater community maintain a healthy microbiome in there. I have noticed hall. Just a few meetings a year and no fundraising to engagement to help identify those projects that have some white fly eggs starting to hatch so I might be do. That doesn’t sound too much work does it? Some of widespread support in Blueskin. We will be running forced to burn some sulphur inside, with closed doors us have been on the committee for more years than we and windows, to wipe them out. It is possible to instead a series of meetings to help gauge local views to make care to remember. We would appreciate the help of some introduce parasitic insects into your green house to keep sure that our work is driven by community priorities. old/new locals from Warrington.”If a community is good bad insects to a minimum, but I am not perfect enough If you want any more information please email enough to live in then it’s good enough to support”. for that. One day I might head down that path though. [email protected]. At least the new greenhouse will have at least one bad Any queries or apologies to the Secretary, Lyn Hastie, Keep well, and be safe. insect and fungus-free year. 482 2896.

4 | October 2020 October 2020 | 5 BLUESKIN BAY LIBRARY 28 Harvey Street, Waitati, 9085 • Ph 03 474-3690 www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz WHAT’S ON JP Services Blueskin Bay Watch If you would like the services of a Justice of the Peace Recent Research from University of Workshop Louise can help you at the library. Please call either 03 482 2444 or 027 482 1932 before visiting and Magic and Mayhem please state the nature of your visit so that she can A lot was learned from the speakers at our recent AGM. Go with Jonathan Usher advise as to what to bring and organise a time that Welcome back Godwits to blueskinbaywatch.wordpress.com for detailed summaries. Thursday 1 October, best fits in with the library. Nitrogen loads from human effluent (Myrene Otis). 4.30 - 5.30pm As we read our Blueskin News, there is a little High nitrogen loads cause algal blooms which smother bird flying non-stop towards us for about ten days the cockles that are key in keeping the Blueskin Bay Jonathan Usher shares his Explore the Digital Library and ten nights all the way from Alaska. water clean. secrets with shows and workshops to delight 8-15 year n Romance Bookcloud Unlimited and unrestricted™ Findings: The Warrington plant is decreasing in efficiency Nelson city’s church bells and Christchurch ceremonial olds and their parents. access to a curated collection of romance ebooks. and at times breaches its consented nitrogen limits. It will town bells ring as these little birds arrive. Our Godwits Jonathan will be teaching are some visual magic become increasingly unsustainable as sea levels rise and 1. Go to www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/digital-library are now landing exhausted in Blueskin Bay. Fittingly tricks that are easy to learn, and great fun to perform. erosion of the sand spit increases. An estimate of 2. Select Romance Bookcloud named Atua, they have flown 12,000km across open This will be ideally suited to young people who are the nitrogen load from Waitati septic tanks was also 3. Select My CLoud water – navigating their way back to our estuary to feed calculated. ORC will be doing the field work that will make starting their journey in magic. 4. Register using Dunedin Public Libraries over the summer. clear how significant (or not) human effluent disposal is in Places for these workshops are limited, so booking is the bigger picture. essential. Tickets are $5 per child (parents are free). 5. Enter your library card number You can spot them from Coast Road on of the ™ 6. Read to your hearts content. estuary, just before you go under the railway bridge. Satellite monitoring of sea lettuce (Xuhong Chai). Children’s Book Club This may be a cost effective way of monitoring sea lettuce Some will be asleep on their feet midday, others will be Monday 12 October, 3.30 - 4.30pm spread and the associated nitrogen and temperature trends. n Beamafilm For something spooky try Before I attempting to pull their overstretched wings in under Last time we made envelopes from designs by Wake, about an orphaned child whose dreams and Findings: The hard maths has been done. It now needs to their bodies. These very tired little birds have just arrived. Naomi Bulger. This month we’ll decorate another nightmares manifest physically as he sleeps, or be tried on other estuaries and tied in with more detailed envelope and send a letter to Stephaney at the They have completed the longest non-stop migration of work with drones and ground work to determine its worth. Wrinkles The Clown, which unmasks the petrifying Library via snail mail. Please note this Club is for Year any bird on earth. It is hoped that Regional Councils will fund this further clown hired by parents to scare misbehaving 3 and up. children in Florida. Soon however, you will see these grey coloured wading research. birds feasting on the tiny snails on the Ulva seaweed, Dissolved oxygen availability (Nichola Salmond). Games Galore polychaete worms, baby cockles and tiny crabs. They Oxygen is needed by all fish and shellfish. That’s our Every Thursday, 2 - 5pm resource for food and for filtering the water in the Bay. will double their weight before flying all the way back to Love Gaming? Why not try the old-fashioned way. Alaska again, where they will breed. They fly home via Findings: The strong tidal forcing and the Waitati River flow Come along and join in the fun of board games – give some measure of resilience to the estuary. The Bay, in Australia, Japan and Russia and feed along the way, so new and old for all ages. terms of dissolved oxygen (DO) levels and variations is in they are ready to breed when they arrive in Alaska. reasonable health. Spikes in temperature are occurring and Lego Club An amazing bird – worth protecting. have a marked impact on DO levels which in turn impact Thursday & Friday, 15 & 16 October, 3.30 - 4.30pm; negatively on the estuary critters. Saturday 17 October, 10.30am - 12pm How lucky are we that these little birds choose Blueskin ORC Coastal scientist Sam Thomas outlined the monitoring We supply the Lego you bring your imagination. Bay as their summer feeding site! and baseline surveys to be undertaken of the Waitati Inlet. Suitable for ages 5+. Work will commence this summer! The knowledge that we n NB Magazine (DPLs’ magazine) is now available to have of the Bay will give a head start to this work and the Bookshare read online. If you would like to receive NB results will feed into further research. Thursday 22 October, 2.30 - 3.30pm automatically, why not subscribe? There are lots of Since the AGM Lucy Wing has been collecting suggestions Join us for a chat over afternoon tea about what articles to keep you entertained, fed and well-read. for further research and will be applying to community led you’re currently reading. A relaxed way to make Plus, it's FREE! science funders. friends and share ideas about what to read next. Many thanks to Otago University, student researchers Tea and coffee provided. and their supervisors Marc Schallenberg, Steve Wing and Please note, COVID-19 Alert Level changes impact Lucy Wing. Blueskin Bay Knitwits the Library hours if in doubt please check the Footnote: Lots of sea lettuce uses lots of oxygen, creating Mondays, 6.30 - 8.30pm website. Library hours are normally: 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays, 2.30 - 4.30pm anoxic conditions lethal for some marine life. But, as some have Monday & Tuesday: 2-6pm noted, sea lettuce is not all bad and in fact many collect it for All ages and experience levels are welcome. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: the garden. If there was an economic way to harvest blooms Bring your own wool and knitting needles, 10am-12pm & 2-6pm that would be great but the underlying issue must still be and maybe a pattern or two to addressed swap with fellow knitters. Saturday: 10am-1pm (ie nitrogen overload). Images: Nick Belwith Sue Hensley

6 | October 2020 October 2020 | 7 BLUESKIN BAY LIBRARY 28 Harvey Street, Waitati, 9085 • Ph 03 474-3690 www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz WHAT’S ON JP Services If you would like the services of a Justice of the Peace Magic Workshop Louise can help you at the library. Please call either 03 482 2444 or 027 482 1932 before visiting and Magic and Mayhem please state the nature of your visit so that she can with Jonathan Usher advise as to what to bring and organise a time that Thursday 1 October, best fits in with the library. 4.30 - 5.30pm Jonathan Usher shares his Explore the Digital Library secrets with shows and workshops to delight 8-15 year n Romance Bookcloud Unlimited and unrestricted™ olds and their parents. access to a curated collection of romance ebooks. Jonathan will be teaching are some visual magic 1. Go to www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/digital-library tricks that are easy to learn, and great fun to perform. 2. Select Romance Bookcloud This will be ideally suited to young people who are 3. Select My CLoud starting their journey in magic. Places for these workshops are limited, so booking is 4. Register using Dunedin Public Libraries essential. Tickets are $5 per child (parents are free). 5. Enter your library card number ™ Children’s Book Club 6. Read to your hearts content. Monday 12 October, 3.30 - 4.30pm n Beamafilm For something spooky try Before I Last time we made envelopes from designs by Wake, about an orphaned child whose dreams and Naomi Bulger. This month we’ll decorate another nightmares manifest physically as he sleeps, or envelope and send a letter to Stephaney at the Wrinkles The Clown, which unmasks the petrifying Library via snail mail. Please note this Club is for Year clown hired by parents to scare misbehaving 3 and up. children in Florida. Games Galore Every Thursday, 2 - 5pm Love Gaming? Why not try the old-fashioned way. Come along and join in the fun of board games – new and old for all ages. Lego Club Thursday & Friday, 15 & 16 October, 3.30 - 4.30pm; Saturday 17 October, 10.30am - 12pm We supply the Lego you bring your imagination. Suitable for ages 5+. n NB Magazine (DPLs’ magazine) is now available to Bookshare read online. If you would like to receive NB Thursday 22 October, 2.30 - 3.30pm automatically, why not subscribe? There are lots of Join us for a chat over afternoon tea about what articles to keep you entertained, fed and well-read. you’re currently reading. A relaxed way to make Plus, it's FREE! friends and share ideas about what to read next. Tea and coffee provided. Please note, COVID-19 Alert Level changes impact Blueskin Bay Knitwits the Library hours if in doubt please check the Mondays, 6.30 - 8.30pm website. Library hours are normally: 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays, 2.30 - 4.30pm Monday & Tuesday: 2-6pm All ages and experience levels are welcome. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: Bring your own wool and knitting needles, 10am-12pm & 2-6pm and maybe a pattern or two to swap with fellow knitters. Saturday: 10am-1pm

October 2020 | 7 Pūrākaunui School

Hi everyone. We have had a busy month here at school. It has been nice to welcome some spring weather recently and to get outside into our lovely grounds. Our garlic is growing nicely and we did some harakeke transplanting recently to create a border edge of a wet area of the grounds. Ski camp was amazing. We went to Coronet The kids have been doing lots of great writing as they everyday objects around the school to check out their Peak, with the year 6 to 8 ākonga (learners). We create their newspapers as part of our media topic acoustic properties. It was nice to revisit the magical had a fabulous time. It snowed right down to the work and some of the accompanying photography has sounds of some of our Taonga Pūoro which sound pretty Lodge we were staying in and we had three days cool when played through our PA. of lovely snow and two of glorious sunshine. While investigating light the kids enjoyed becoming human sundials one lovely sunny afternoon. It was cool children to practice resiliency through play. They practice to see our shadows move over the course of an hour overcoming failure and mindsets where we just say to initially and then an entire school day. We did some ourselves “I can’t do this” and give up. If we experience great maths work predicting and then measuring where success through resiliency in one area, it can give us what our shadows might go and did go! Good old fashioned we need to try in another. Ask your children where they chalk on the pavement was how we kept track of the were resilient in their learning this week? Maybe you movement of our shadows. could share a time you were resilient in your work/day? Although we have had to cancel our annual quiz night recently we are looking forward to our fair in early Thank you Waitati community for your ongoing support of our kura so children can have amazing experiences. I been impressive. Our science work has also been very November, we hope to see you there. would like to invite you to our Exhibition of learning at interesting, looking at sound and light. Investigating Any queries about Pūrākaunui School please call the the Waitati Hall on Thursday 24th of September. Come the science of sound has been lots of fun. We enjoyed office on 4821026. along and see some of the learning the children have creating our own instruments and amplifying various Tim Cook, Principal been producing. During the camp, the children and adults were stretched. We practised resiliency. PTA event – scrap metal collecting the PTA are doing a scrap metal run Saturday 17th October so start collecting At Waitati school, I have seen ākonga showing resilience. up all your treasures, all funds will be going towards class From our 5-year-olds learning to recognise letters to by Room 2 students Celeste Burt (Year 4) and mats and high jump equipment. Molly Gilbert (Year 4) our older akonga writing short stories for a competition. Practising any skill can become boring and we can Events coming up easily give up. Taking the experiences from the likes Start of Term 4 – October 12th of skiing and playing in the swamp, for example, allow Tara O’Neill, Principal.

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8 | October 2020 October 2020 | 9 Ski camp was amazing. We went to Coronet Peak, with the year 6 to 8 ākonga (learners). We had a fabulous time. It snowed right down to the Lodge we were staying in and we had three days of lovely snow and two of glorious sunshine.

children to practice resiliency through play. They practice overcoming failure and mindsets where we just say to ourselves “I can’t do this” and give up. If we experience success through resiliency in one area, it can give us what we need to try in another. Ask your children where they were resilient in their learning this week? Maybe you could share a time you were resilient in your work/day? Thank you Waitati community for your ongoing support of our kura so children can have amazing experiences. I would like to invite you to our Exhibition of learning at the Waitati Hall on Thursday 24th of September. Come along and see some of the learning the children have been producing. During the camp, the children and adults were stretched. We practised resiliency. PTA event – scrap metal collecting the PTA are doing a scrap metal run Saturday 17th October so start collecting At Waitati school, I have seen ākonga showing resilience. up all your treasures, all funds will be going towards class From our 5-year-olds learning to recognise letters to mats and high jump equipment. our older akonga writing short stories for a competition. Practising any skill can become boring and we can Events coming up easily give up. Taking the experiences from the likes Start of Term 4 – October 12th of skiing and playing in the swamp, for example, allow Tara O’Neill, Principal.

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October 2020 | 9 Derek Thornicroft road exhibition THE HISTORIAN the Dunnock celebrates its fourth year News from the archives The annual Thornicroft Road exhibition ‘Artists OTAGO WITNESS, ISSUE 749, 7 APRIL 1866 Rats. & Residents’ celebrated its fourth year at the Gallery on Blueskin recently. RAMBLEIt’sS a RbusyO timeUN forD us Dunnocks, patrolling the territorial DUNEDIboundaries,N. chasing off the Dudes who fancy me missus Started in 2017 by Jen Rodgers and Pam Hill, the Dorothea, not something she always approves of, while exhibition idea began as a way for residents of the street OTAGO WITNESS, ISSUE 749, 7 APRIL 1866 nipping down to the pines to say hi to Dolores. (For those to come together, connect with each other, and showcase not up with Dunnock family affairs see Nick Davies on their creative talents to the wider community, ‘Whiria Te Using This Itmonogamy,em polyandry, polygyny and polygynandry in one Tanagta’ - Weave the people together. The exhibition has of last year’s Blueskin News.) And it were young Dolores now become a real highlight for residents and has helped Have you ever wondered where the kākā from See our copyright guide for information on who said, what’s the funny box thing with an egg hanging bring the community together in a fun and inclusive way. go when they are not how you may use this title. up in it down by Mount Cargill Road? I thought eggs were The exhibiting artists shared a wonderful meal put on by inside the fence? for sitting on. Halo Project I says. Religious then is it? she the gallery on a warm September evening to open the We have been, that is why we are launching Kei hea ngā said Well yes I says. God botherers? she says No I says Stoat exhibition. Each year the exhibition offers something kākā a new project funded as a Participatory Science botherers. Mustelids the lot of ‘em. Homo so called sapiens different. This year featured creative works from 14 Project to see if we can work it out. The name Kei hea is all for killing them off so’s the likes of us avians don’t get artists, the youngest just 2 and a half years old, and ngā kākā means where are the kākā in te reo Māori gobbled up for lunch. But she says looking a little puzzled, included ceramics, sculptures, paintings, woodcut prints, and working with the community it aims to answer you mean stoats wot eat rabbits and rats and mice*. I mean photography, creative knitting, wood turning, bottle pop these questions. Where do kākā go when they are not I wouldn’t want to flit up to a stoat and say hi like, specially art, fabric flowers, and ink works. at Orokonui? What are the risks kākā face and are they after me mum to told me how they took over Toad Hall way safe when they are not at Orokonui? And what can we back in the Dunnock Dark Ages. Had a bad rap ever since I do as a community to make sure they are safe, and their says. Vermin. population grows. It’s complicated I says so I tweets me Ex up at the To achieve these goals, we will need the help of the OroEcoSanct, a bit of an ecolologist she reckons and this is community, and to celebrate this new project we will be wot she says. hosting a project launch, and you invited. This launch will be held at 6pm on Saturday 3 October at Orokonui. We “Tis true that stoats and their ilk mainly eat rabbits, rats, will celebrate the project, have workshops, talk about mice and large invertebrates like weta most of the time. the other research that we are doing, and give you the True there’s a piquancy of birds for dessert but tis only low down on how you can help protect kākā for future when their favoured diet becomes scarce that they turn generations. Please indicate interest or ask questions by to birds as main course. Quintessentially, for example, emailing [email protected]. in the native beech forest seeding years, when rats and There are many ways you can help in the meantime, mice gorge themselves and breed like rabbits. Stoats, one of the key ways is to record sightings using the kākā presented with a glut of rations do so likewise, only then to database find it at this website https://kakadatabase. be presented with famine when the beech nuts are finished orokonui.nz/ For more information on other ways you can off and their prey starve. Tis only then they turn to birds. The A real highlight for many was a very touching and help check out the website, and follow us on Facebook. endemics like Mohua. Though one should point out that if poignant sculpture piece by Helga Diettrich, featuring With your help we know that kākā will thrive as they they are silly enough to climb over the OroEcoSanct fence an arrangement of handmade beeswax candles and felt continue to make a comeback in Dunedin and Otago. then there isn’t much else except birds to eat.” flowers in memory of the lives lost to Covid Taylor Davies-Colley So, says Dolores, why are them Homo so called sapiens, 19. Every lovingly handmade candle represents a single them Haloists, killing/ off those rats and mice ‘cus then life lost to Covid in Aotearoa and is a reminder of the the stoats will start eating us? I mean they’ve knocked off seriousness of the virus and the tragic consequences it Eastern Districts Indoor Bowls 550 of ‘em this year. How many of us avian’s is that? It’s OK has had for some. Helga made three extra candles during Sub Association Dolores I says, there’s lots more where they came from. A the duration of the exhibition representing three more ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING million or so rodenty beings in the Haloists territory. lives lost during that time. A very beautiful and moving work and one that lingers long in the mind. To be held at It’s cats I worries about says Dolores. Pets I says. St Johns Church Hall, Beach St Waikouaiti *e.g. Using Stable Isotope Analysis to study the diet of A massive thank you to Louise and Gallery on Blueskin Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm stoats (Mustela erminea) in the alpine zone of New Zealand for the amazing support over the last four years. (2019) Jamie McAulay. Masters Thesis, University of Otago. Dean Griffiths 10 | October 2020 October 2020 | 11

/ Derek Thornicroft road exhibition the Dunnock celebrates its fourth year The annual Thornicroft Road exhibition ‘Artists Rats. & Residents’ celebrated its fourth year at the Gallery on Blueskin recently. It’s a busy time for us Dunnocks, patrolling the territorial boundaries, chasing off the Dudes who fancy me missus Started in 2017 by Jen Rodgers and Pam Hill, the Dorothea, not something she always approves of, while exhibition idea began as a way for residents of the street nipping down to the pines to say hi to Dolores. (For those to come together, connect with each other, and showcase not up with Dunnock family affairs see Nick Davies on their creative talents to the wider community, ‘Whiria Te monogamy, polyandry, polygyny and polygynandry in one Tanagta’ - Weave the people together. The exhibition has of last year’s Blueskin News.) And it were young Dolores now become a real highlight for residents and has helped who said, what’s the funny box thing with an egg hanging bring the community together in a fun and inclusive way. up in it down by Mount Cargill Road? I thought eggs were The exhibiting artists shared a wonderful meal put on by for sitting on. Halo Project I says. Religious then is it? she the gallery on a warm September evening to open the said Well yes I says. God botherers? she says No I says Stoat exhibition. Each year the exhibition offers something botherers. Mustelids the lot of ‘em. Homo so called sapiens different. This year featured creative works from 14 is all for killing them off so’s the likes of us avians don’t get artists, the youngest just 2 and a half years old, and gobbled up for lunch. But she says looking a little puzzled, included ceramics, sculptures, paintings, woodcut prints, you mean stoats wot eat rabbits and rats and mice*. I mean photography, creative knitting, wood turning, bottle pop I wouldn’t want to flit up to a stoat and say hi like, specially art, fabric flowers, and ink works. after me mum to told me how they took over Toad Hall way back in the Dunnock Dark Ages. Had a bad rap ever since I says. Vermin.

It’s complicated I says so I tweets me Ex up at the OroEcoSanct, a bit of an ecolologist she reckons and this is wot she says.

“Tis true that stoats and their ilk mainly eat rabbits, rats, mice and large invertebrates like weta most of the time. True there’s a piquancy of birds for dessert but tis only when their favoured diet becomes scarce that they turn to birds as main course. Quintessentially, for example, in the native beech forest seeding years, when rats and mice gorge themselves and breed like rabbits. Stoats, presented with a glut of rations do so likewise, only then to be presented with famine when the beech nuts are finished off and their prey starve. Tis only then they turn to birds. The A real highlight for many was a very touching and endemics like Mohua. Though one should point out that if poignant sculpture piece by Helga Diettrich, featuring they are silly enough to climb over the OroEcoSanct fence an arrangement of handmade beeswax candles and felt then there isn’t much else except birds to eat.” flowers in memory of the New Zealand lives lost to Covid So, says Dolores, why are them Homo so called sapiens, 19. Every lovingly handmade candle represents a single them Haloists, killing off those rats and mice ‘cus then life lost to Covid in Aotearoa and is a reminder of the the stoats will start eating us? I mean they’ve knocked off seriousness of the virus and the tragic consequences it 550 of ‘em this year. How many of us avian’s is that? It’s OK has had for some. Helga made three extra candles during Dolores I says, there’s lots more where they came from. A the duration of the exhibition representing three more million or so rodenty beings in the Haloists territory. lives lost during that time. A very beautiful and moving It’s cats I worries about says Dolores. Pets I says. work and one that lingers long in the mind.

*e.g. Using Stable Isotope Analysis to study the diet of A massive thank you to Louise and Gallery on Blueskin stoats (Mustela erminea) in the alpine zone of New Zealand for the amazing support over the last four years. (2019) Jamie McAulay. Masters Thesis, University of Otago. Dean Griffiths October 2020 | 11 Waikouaiti Coast Community Board Update Volunteer Leadership Vehicles on Beaches Without our volunteers and communities none of our Now that Daylight Saving has arrived and the evenings predator free work would be possible. become more attractive for getting out and about, many Meet Volunteer Team Lead Sophie Bond... folk will no doubt head to the beaches for a stroll or a “I’ve been working alongside the Halo Project since July, and swim. It is timely to remember that the Dunedin City am now proud to call myself a Council has a Reserves & Beaches Bylaw in place. The Volunteer Team Lead. From latest version came into force at the end of April 2018. helping install backyard traps for community members and The bylaw seeks to protect the condition of the beaches maintaining a small trap line out in Aramoana, to setting and all of the wildlife that live in and around and under tracking tunnels and chew them: Shellfish, birds – either nesting or having a rest, cards - the work is always seals – either breeding or just having a snooze. To help plentiful and varied! Being able to help provide the community achieve this aim, the bBylaw prohibits vehicles from the with the means to help protect beaches. Exceptions to this include vehicles used while our beautiful native flora and birds is incredibly rewarding. To anyone who loves nature and the great launching or recovering boats, vehicles in support of ✔ Fencing ✔ Decks outdoors, come and join us!” lifesaving activities and emergency vehicles. ✔ Gates ✔ Landscaping ✔ Yards ✔ Section Clearing Halo Project Predator Free boundary It is unfortunate that a very few people seem to think ✔ Drainage ✔ House Pads Over the past few months, we’ve had several that it is acceptable to go tearing up and down our enquiries regarding support for predator control from residents outside of our current operational area. At beaches in vehicles, quad bikes, motorbikes, etc. 027 333 1744 this point our predator free team only work in the causing physical damage to the beaches and their [email protected] residential and rural areas spanning from Waitati to environs, and mortal damage to wildlife. DCC and DOC https://andersonfencing.business.site Ravensbourne, including all the coastal settlements in between. will have Rangers out and about from Labour Weekend We’ve been engaging with the West Harbour onwards with a main focus on education for visitors to communities over the past few months and are the beaches. New signage will be appearing around the excited that there is so much interest in backyard trapping. beach areas in the coming weeks. Signage is complete at If you live in our current operational area (shaded Tomahawk Beach and new signs will soon be ready for white on the map) and would like some predator Long Beach, Warrington Beach and Waikouaiti Beach. control support, please contact us! info@haloproject. org.nz or Ph 022 026 2115 The DCC Parks and Recreation Services Department Halo Project boundaries: will be keen to hear from members of the public who white outline indicates the Halo Project area, whilst the witness vehicles on beaches in contravention of the shaded white is the Halo Project Predator Free area. bylaw. Reports can be made via the DCC service centre on 477 4000. Grants Boutique Catering The DCC new financial year started on 1 July and our & Meal Delivery Service Discretionary Fund was topped up by $10,000. To apply Food produced with love and respect for a grant to support a community project, please feel free to either contact a board member or download the Please get in touch next time application form from the DCC website. you require catering.

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October 2020 | 15 The Beach by Kahu Eddy I’m sitting down on the beach, waves crashing against the ground. All I can hear is birds chirping, Report for Daffodil Day then boom the waves crash down again. Bernie’s Nut Roast Blueskin Garden Club members once again The water comes up to my feet, This was a gourmet dinner party dish during my picked daffodils, bunched them up, baked lots of student days in the 1970s. It’s still a really tasty meat feeling the breath of Tangaroa against my skin Warrington Surf yummy cakes and biscuits and ran two stalls on alternative and is good both hot and cold. Then the tide goes back, Friday 28 August in support of the Cancer Society. Ingredients And it all happens again. Life Saving Club Funds raised this year totalled $2646.50 which is an $800 1 tbsp olive oil 15g butter The Surf Lifesaving Club welcomes you to increase on last year. We appreciate the support of our 1 large onion, finely chopped Registration Day 2020! The season opens on local community in helping to raise such a significant 2 sticks celery, finely chopped Sunday 18 October with a working bee for amount of money. 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped members and registration day for all. Grateful thanks to Liz Sumpter for donating the daffodils 200g mushrooms, finely chopped 1 red pepper, halved, deseeded and finely diced Working bee from 9-12 from her garden; Blueskin Nurseries for raffle prizes and a donation from cake sales in the café; The Harvey 1 large carrot, grated Registration for the season from 12-2pm. 1 tsp dried oregano Street Merchant for the beautiful gift basket for a raffle At registration members will 1 tsp smoked paprika prize. Both of these businesses continued to sell daffodils • receive an information handbook, 100g puy lentils (use red lentils if you don’t have puy) throughout the weekend. Thanks also to Blueskin 2 tbsp tomato purée • will be able to pay their membership for the year, General Store and Harvey St Merchant for the space to 300ml vegetable stock • will be able to buy or order uniforms set up a stall outside their businesses and Warrington 100g fresh breadcrumbs School which ran a fundraisersnd donated the proceeds. Individual Member: $30 150g mixed nuts such as walnuts, cashews, hazelnuts and brazil nuts, roughly chopped (Community Services Card discount of 20%) Thanks also to Daphne Henderson who has done a 3 large eggs, lightly beaten wonderful job for several years as the Co-ordinator and Family Membership: $55 100g tasty cheddar, grated (Community Services Card discount of 20%) also donated a raffle prize. handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped Glenys Clements The first Sunday Club Day will be Sunday morning, Method 1 November, for Junior Surf members and for Senior Daffodil Day Co-ordinator Heat the oven to 180C/ fan 160C and line the base and sides sport team training of a 1.5 litre loaf tin with baking paper. You can also cook it in lined muffin tins for individual portions adjust time Lifeguard training is about to begin. If you would like accordingly to be a lifeguard this season, please contact Sarah Smart meters Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and 15g butter in a large frying pan and McNaughton [email protected] urgently. Dear Friends, cook 1 finely chopped large onion and 2 finely chopped In November (date to be confirmed), we will celebrate celery sticks for about 5 mins until beginning to soften. the 40th anniversary of our club and will use this I don’t know how much you know about smart meters Stir in 2 finely chopped garlic cloves and 200g finely special event to (finally!) be able to give the prizes out but today we received a letter from Trustpower telling chopped mushrooms and cook for a further 10 minutes. for last season. us that as from 22 September work was going to start on Stir in 1 finely diced red pepper and 1 grated carrot and cook for about 3 mins then add 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp changing our meters. smoked paprika and cook for just a minute. Days to Remember - October I spoke to the lovely lady who comes around to read our Add 100g red lentils and 2 tbsp tomato purée and cook World Vegetarian Day 1 October meter and she told me that we do NOT have to have one. for about 1 min, then add 300ml vegetable stock and World Animal Day 4 October simmer over a very gentle heat until all the liquid has been We were concerned about how many folk would lose absorbed and the mixture is fairly dry. This should take NZ Teachers’ Day 5 October their jobs. She said some folk are not happy about the about 25 minutes. Set aside to cool. Breast Cancer “Pink Ribbon” Day 8 October changes and that their power bills had increased. Finally, stir in 100g fresh breadcrumbs, 150g chopped World Mental Health Day 10 October mixed nuts, 3 lightly beaten large eggs, 100g grated tasty Pink Shirt Day - stand against bullying 16 October Murray has looked up smart meters on-line and there are cheddar, a handful of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and a Melanoma Awareness Week 19 - 25 October lots of concerns from affected folk. He called the number pinch of salt and some ground black pepper. Grandparents Day – 25 October on the letter and said we didn’t want ours changed. The Stir to mix well then spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down the surface. Labour Day – 26 October (Public Holiday) operator said that was fine so ours will stay as is. Cover with foil and bake for 30 mins, then remove the foil and World Stroke Day – 29 October Lyn and Murray Hastie bake for a further 20 mins until firm when pressed gently. 16 | October 2020 October 2020 | 17 Report for Daffodil Day Bernie’s Nut Roast Blueskin Garden Club members once again This was a gourmet dinner party dish during my picked daffodils, bunched them up, baked lots of student days in the 1970s. It’s still a really tasty meat yummy cakes and biscuits and ran two stalls on alternative and is good both hot and cold. Friday 28 August in support of the Cancer Society. Ingredients Funds raised this year totalled $2646.50 which is an $800 1 tbsp olive oil 15g butter increase on last year. We appreciate the support of our 1 large onion, finely chopped local community in helping to raise such a significant 2 sticks celery, finely chopped amount of money. 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped Grateful thanks to Liz Sumpter for donating the daffodils 200g mushrooms, finely chopped from her garden; Blueskin Nurseries for raffle prizes 1 red pepper, halved, deseeded and finely diced and a donation from cake sales in the café; The Harvey 1 large carrot, grated 1 tsp dried oregano Street Merchant for the beautiful gift basket for a raffle 1 tsp smoked paprika prize. Both of these businesses continued to sell daffodils 100g puy lentils (use red lentils if you don’t have puy) throughout the weekend. Thanks also to Blueskin 2 tbsp tomato purée General Store and Harvey St Merchant for the space to 300ml vegetable stock set up a stall outside their businesses and Warrington 100g fresh breadcrumbs School which ran a fundraisersnd donated the proceeds. 150g mixed nuts such as walnuts, cashews, hazelnuts Thanks also to Daphne Henderson who has done a and brazil nuts, roughly chopped 3 large eggs, lightly beaten wonderful job for several years as the Co-ordinator and 100g tasty cheddar, grated also donated a raffle prize. handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped Glenys Clements Method Daffodil Day Co-ordinator Heat the oven to 180C/ fan 160C and line the base and sides of a 1.5 litre loaf tin with baking paper. You can also cook it in lined muffin tins for individual portions adjust time accordingly Smart meters Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and 15g butter in a large frying pan and Dear Friends, cook 1 finely chopped large onion and 2 finely chopped celery sticks for about 5 mins until beginning to soften. I don’t know how much you know about smart meters Stir in 2 finely chopped garlic cloves and 200g finely but today we received a letter from Trustpower telling chopped mushrooms and cook for a further 10 minutes. us that as from 22 September work was going to start on Stir in 1 finely diced red pepper and 1 grated carrot and cook for about 3 mins then add 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp changing our meters. smoked paprika and cook for just a minute. I spoke to the lovely lady who comes around to read our Add 100g red lentils and 2 tbsp tomato purée and cook meter and she told me that we do NOT have to have one. for about 1 min, then add 300ml vegetable stock and simmer over a very gentle heat until all the liquid has been We were concerned about how many folk would lose absorbed and the mixture is fairly dry. This should take their jobs. She said some folk are not happy about the about 25 minutes. Set aside to cool. changes and that their power bills had increased. Finally, stir in 100g fresh breadcrumbs, 150g chopped mixed nuts, 3 lightly beaten large eggs, 100g grated tasty Murray has looked up smart meters on-line and there are cheddar, a handful of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and a lots of concerns from affected folk. He called the number pinch of salt and some ground black pepper. on the letter and said we didn’t want ours changed. The Stir to mix well then spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down the surface. operator said that was fine so ours will stay as is. Cover with foil and bake for 30 mins, then remove the foil and Lyn and Murray Hastie bake for a further 20 mins until firm when pressed gently. October 2020 | 17 CLASSIFIEDS Have your say on Truby HAY & FEED SOLUTIONS King Reserve, Seacliff Phone: Richard 03 465 2253 (03 465 BALE) WANTED You can give your feedback on www.dcc.govt.nz/ Antique or old (pre 1960’s) sewing machines. If any one consultation from 5 October to 10 December.. has one lurking under the bed or cast out in the garage or shed and would love to rehouse or sell, please get in touch. Thanks. Susan 03 482 2644 BLUESKIN PLAYCENTRE Open Mon, Tues, Wed from 9 –12 during term time. Come and visit us! We are located at Waitati Primary School. BERENGERE, ON THE ROAD MASSAGE THERAPIST Experienced massage therapist (7 years as a physio in France, 3 years as a massage therapist in NZ) offers a mobile service to the Blueskin community. Text 020 4178 1855 for more information/bookings PILATES FOR BACK AND POSTURE Mondays 11am-12pm, Karitane Hall Thursday 11am-12pm, Waitati Hall Thursday 1.30pm to 2.30pm, on zoom To book contact shinebrightcentre@gmail com or 021 207 0664. NORDIC WALKING Wednesdays 9am-10.30am, Karitane Peninsula or other location. To book contact shinebrightcentre@gmail com or 021 207 0664. MONTHLY MEDITATION - GO INWARD, TO RELAX AND BE CALM 11 October, 6pm-7pm, Gallery on Blueskin and zoom, drop in, Koha. (every second Sunday of each month) LILLIPUT LIBRARIES 28 Brown Street, Waitati Coast Road and Watson Streets, Warrington

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18 | October 2020 October 2020 | 19 CLASSIFIEDS Have your say on Truby HAY & FEED SOLUTIONS King Reserve, Seacliff Phone: Richard 03 465 2253 (03 465 BALE) WANTED You can give your feedback on www.dcc.govt.nz/ Antique or old (pre 1960’s) sewing machines. If any one consultation from 5 October to 10 December.. has one lurking under the bed or cast out in the garage or shed and would love to rehouse or sell, please get in touch. Thanks. Susan 03 482 2644 BLUESKIN PLAYCENTRE Open Mon, Tues, Wed from 9 –12 during term time. Come and visit us! We are located at Waitati Primary School. BERENGERE, ON THE ROAD MASSAGE THERAPIST Experienced massage therapist (7 years as a physio in France, 3 years as a massage therapist in NZ) offers a mobile service to the Blueskin community. Text 020 4178 1855 for more information/bookings PILATES FOR BACK AND POSTURE Mondays 11am-12pm, Karitane Hall Thursday 11am-12pm, Waitati Hall Thursday 1.30pm to 2.30pm, on zoom To book contact shinebrightcentre@gmail com or 021 207 0664. NORDIC WALKING Wednesdays 9am-10.30am, Karitane Peninsula or other location. To book contact shinebrightcentre@gmail com or 021 207 0664. MONTHLY MEDITATION - GO INWARD, TO RELAX AND BE CALM 11 October, 6pm-7pm, Gallery on Blueskin and zoom, drop in, Koha. (every second Sunday of each month) LILLIPUT LIBRARIES 28 Brown Street, Waitati Coast Road and Watson Streets, Warrington

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