KAIMANAWA HERITAGEOur Heritage – Their Future HORSES Kaimanawa Winter Five photographers share Where are they now... their experiences Stallion Challenge Horses 6 Months on Gentle Introductions Handling Clinic report and the Wild horse’s perspective 2015 Elections Meet the New Committee Readers’ Kaimanawas Meet some members and their horses September 2015 KAIMANAWA 11 HERITAGEOur Heritage – Their Future HORSES Contents 3 Outgoing Chairmans Report 4 Chairmans Report 5 Photographers Trip 11 Committee 2015–2016 15 15 Kaimanawa Challenge Horses 19 Readers’ Kaimanawas 24 Kaimanawa Handling Clinic 26 The Wild Horses’ Perspective 28 27 Kaimanawa Teeth 28 For Sale 19 24 15 5 ©2015 Tony Gorham About Us aimanawa Heritage Horses is a non-profit charitable society run by a volunteer group of passionate horse people, dedicated to the care and welfare of Kaimanawa Khorses in both the wild and domestic environments. We are advocates for the horses and work closely with the Department of Conservation and other interested groups on the welfare and future of the Kaimanawa horses in the wild. Prior to each muster we search for suitable homes and complete home checks to place as many horses as possible. We actively support our members and their domestic Kaimanawa horses through our welfare team, area representatives, magazine, education and training, Annual Shows, and Ribbon Days. Our members’ generosity, through membership and donations, is our primary funding source. On the Cover Follow Us Online Photographer: Kimber Brown Email [email protected] Taken on the Photographers Ranges Website www.KaimanawaHeritageHorses.org Trip. You can buy prints and see more Facebook www.facebook.com/KaimanawaHeritageHorses of Kim’s work at www.pipiart.co.nz Contact Us See inside the back page for committee member contacts 2 Kaimanawa Heritage Horses September 2015 Outgoing Chairmans Report o all members, the time has come for me to stand down as your Chairman. It has been after some Tsoul searching and looking to where the KHH needs to be in times to come that the time is now correct to make this change. It is now a world of computers, web sites, facebook, etc. and at our committee meeting following our AGM Ben Moores has been elected to fill the role of Chairman. Ben is a most capable person in all of the above and also has interests in horses and has already served the Kaimanawas well. I would like to thank you all for your support over the years as without your contribution KHH would not be where it is today. Marilyn and I are not disappearing as Marilyn will continue on as an Ambassador and will always help out with welfare issues. I will still be a committee member as treasurer, and This KHH Magazine is delivered to you by Aniwell – responsible for horses in the wild and donating the postage for the magazine dealings with DOC, Army, and Vets, etc. Please look at the new appointments and Antibacterial wound, mud-fever where possible, deal with the person that can best handle your inquiries. All of those & rain scald protection for people lead very busy lives and where I have had time to cover all sorts of work in your horse the past they will need to spread the load. Please give Ben all the support you can, and with the new team KHH will carry on moving forward to achieve great things. Marilyn and I have both been given the QSM (Queens Service Medals) which is a great honour and very humbling, but to us it is recognition to our Heritage Horses and all of those that have done so much to raise their image. We will use this at every opportunity to further have the people of New Zealand value these great creatures. Best regards Elder Jenks Animal first aid made easy Available at Veterinary clinics, Vet/Pet Pharmacies and Equine/Animal Supply stores www.aniwell-nz.com www.KaimanawaHeritageHorses.org 3 Chairmans Report he role of chairperson was not chairperson. With Elder one I anticipated when I joined we have had a full-time the committee in 2013, but I am chairperson and this is not Thonored that the committee elected me something I can do, but it to this role when Elder didn’t seek re- does set a theme for some election. Elder had discussed this with me general things I would like as far back as Horse of the Year 2014, but to achieve. With a greater it is still a surprise to find myself in this use of technology, where position. Elder has put a huge amount of appropriate, I hope to save work into KHH, and thankfully remains the committee time on with the committee in other roles. We administrative tasks so we won’t be letting him go any time soon, but can concentrate on helping we may let him take weekends off. the horses. Some of the general things I would like In my previous two years on the committee to achieve are: I have been involved in managing the website, editing the magazine, and helping • Simplify membership out wherever I can at events such as accounting - this is Equidays, Horse of the Year, ranges trips, currently an unwieldy and the national show. spreadsheet that tries to do more than a My involvement with KHH began after spreadsheet should. donating to support the horses coming show the every-day horse person what from the 2012 muster. On the ranges trip • Move to electronic horse registration to expect and what the rewards from that year I met Elder and other committee - we currently have a very low buying a wild horse are. members, and there was no escape - not registration rate for Kaimanawas that I was looking for one. KHH was my from musters (even though the cost • 2016 Challenge - Kelly Wilson is opportunity to give something back to the is pre-paid), but an increasing desire working with the challenge sub- horses that got me interested in horses to from people to know if their horse is a committee to design a competition begin with. Kaimanawa. following the 2016 muster. We’ve had feedback from the trainers, judges, During the day I work as a computer • Open the online merchandise store the public, and committee members engineer, designing electronics and writing - an online store will simplify the involved in the first challenge, and we software to run on it. At university I accounting of manual bank transfers will be bringing you something even studied Computer Systems Engineering for payments and allow sales of more amazing. and got a degree of Master of Engineering. merchandise outside the events we Horses are my much needed escape from attend. • Preparation for Equidays in a few the 9-to-5 desk job where things are often weeks time - we hope to see you all • Provide more events, opportunities, far too ‘virtual’ for my liking – almost the there, for what has always been a great and special offers for Kaimanawa opposite of the immediate, real, world of show. owners as a way of improving horses. membership retention. I took my first riding lesson at age 30½ As well as the general tasks, there are some I look forward to seeing you at Equidays and have been playing catch-up ever since. immediate things we’re already working on: and the Ranges Trip. Learning to ride as an adult has been an interesting and challenging experience. • Increase the saleability of the Three years later I brought my first horse, Kaimanawas in our care that are Pippy, an 11yo TB/Clyde/Warmblood looking for homes - as you will see in Ben Moores mare with good jumping and dressage our for-sale section, we have a lot of experience - and most importantly a Kaimanawas needing homes, and it tolerance of my riding ability with scope is a huge burden on our committee to take me further. After one year of horse members who are caring for them. ownership I can report that I no longer There are some awesome horses in the have any ‘good’ clothes, my car is a mess, list, and someone is going to get a lot and I’ve gained an appreciation of stable- of enjoyment from them. If you have fork and wheelbarrow ergonomics. wanted a Kaimanawa, but don’t want to do the initial handling, we have You might have noticed I don’t have a horses at all stages available now - so Kaimanawa yet, but it’s something I’m please have a look. working on. One day I will by putting in my application for a wild horse with • Preparation for the 2016 muster - everyone else, but it’ll need to wait until I initial aerial counts which will be have my own land, the right facilities, and repeated closer to the muster show a bit more experience - a goal for 2018. that it will be bigger than last time. We will be working on some new I wasn’t easily convinced to become being education and promotional material to 4 Kaimanawa Heritage Horses September 2015 Photographers Trip At the end of June a special trip for photographers was held to ©2015 Sophia Rose Wells photograph the Kaimanawa Horses in Winter. This was organised by Kimber Brown, one of our new committee members. On the first day the participants visited Tommy Waara’s property to see him and his two Kaimanawa challenge horses. On the second day a minibus was escorted into the ranges to see the horses. KHH would like to thank Tommy Waara and his friends and family for entertaining everyone, and Major Hibbs and the NZ Army for allowing this tour to take place.