Number 337 SEPTEMBER 2020 Published at 47 Wickliffe Tce, Port Chalmers Post returns to Port It's official! the ability to Post your mail has returned to Port Chalmers. Digiart & Design is the new home for mailing services in Port Chalmers. They are located across the road from the Pharmacy and they now offer West Harbour residents the chance to again post mail and parcels in Port Chalmers. While at this stage they are not providing international courier, Digiart provide nor- mal domestic and overseas mail services. Digiart & Design came to Port Chalmers in 2011, looking for a building to base their graphic design and print business in, they found a suitable building and when opened, the business quickly became busy and they soon em- ployed Fred’s daughter Sam, and now employ a total of five part and full time staff. As the business has evolved over the years it has developed into a major local provider of design, print and copy services, also including scanning, binding, laminating and small box die cutting. Their large client base is now in Post Girls - Sam Cross, Shirley Cameron and the hundreds including Port Otago, the Chipmunks franchise and other clients Ashliegh Arthur. from Dunedin and throughout Otago. Since arriving in Port Chalmers the business, spearheaded by Anne Tamati and Fred Cross, soon realised the potential to build their business to include a range of gift items for the burgeoning cruise ship market over the summer months. The store provides not only a range of gift items for visitors but also an interesting mix of gifts to also appeal to the local market. Anne and Fred soon realised when the opportunity arose to look at taking on the Postal agency that it would add another facet to their business which will not only provide a service to the local community and visitors, it will also increase the foot traffic through their store. While the postal boxes to mail items will remain outside the Pharmacy across the road, Digiart & Design stock a range of postal bag sizes and boxes as well as the new environmentally friendly postal bag (left) which is made of recycled padding. Also if you would like to get a P.O Box in Port Chalmers, you can organise that at Digiart as well while the actual boxes will also stay across the road at the back of the Pharmacy building. Anne, Fred and their staff are looking forward to seeing more local people in the store now that they are providing postal services to the West Harbour community but please be patient and come with a little extra time up your sleeve as the staff are learning, and please have your parcels to Digiart by 3pm so they can be picked up by the friendly NZ Post team. Ange McErlane Toastmasters Club – opening in Port Chalmers ThisTHIS IssueISSUE Learn to speak with confidence: meetings, presentations, impromptu speaking. Posting at Port! Pg 1 Learn to effectively express your ideas in a wide variety of situations. Whether you need more confidence in meetings and Congratulations Pg. 5 interviews, or need to present ideas in formal or informal situa- Tayla-Rose tions, Toastmasters can help. Toastmasters is an affordable way to gain public speaking Gardening with Pg. 6 skills. Working at your own pace through the Toastmasters Sally education programme, you will learn how to give prepared Trades & Pg speeches, and have regular practice at impromptu speaking Services 8& 9 and giving feedback. Meeting regularly, members run the meet- ings, taking turns at different roles. Supported by more experi- First Port Chalmers Meeting at the Port News Pg. 10 Rolfe Room across the hall from Port enced members, everyone has the opportunity to practice a vari- Chalmers library Skip Days Pg. 11 ety of communication and organizational skills. All abilities welcome, from complete beginner through to those wanting to brush up on skills they already 10 Questions Pg. 14 have. with Jude Meetings will be on alternate Wednesdays at 7pm in the Port Chalmers library once we are at Covid-19 Level 1. All welcome. The Port Chalmers Club is being opened with support from the Waitati September @ Pg. 14 Toastmasters Club. For that reason, Port Chalmers meetings will alternate with meetings at the your Library Blueskin Bay Library. Members are welcome to attend meetings at one or both locations. Meeting dates Whats On Pg. 15 will be advertised on the Port Chalmers Community Facebook Page. For more information about Toastmasters: www.toastmasters.org, or about the Port Chalmers club email: [email protected] or check out the Waitati group Facebook page: Facebook Dusting Off Pg. 16 @waitatitoastmasters. Jane Gregory 2 The Rothesay News September 2020 Harbour Physio Matters:Trust the Process When pain lingers with injuries through the rehab process it can often be hard to feel like we are progressing. Especially when it has been multiple weeks of feeling similar levels of pain. How- ever it is important to remember it will improve and the pain will start to reduce. A good indicator of pro- gress when pain lingers is your functional levels. As we work through the reha- bilitation journey there will be movements or activi- ties that you previously weren’t able to complete. If you can achieve a new activity (i.e. walking up stairs, or carrying grocer- ies) even if the pain is still present this is progress. Over time you will gradu- ally see the pain drop away with these activities and you will be able to achieve more and more. For some people in their journey, pain will completely disappear, but for others it may appear every now and then. This is normal, just remember to stay your course and “trust the process”. Contact:[email protected], 027 631 0476 or www.facebook.com/harbourphysio for further information. Real Estate on The Port Line Krystal Cameron Woohoo its spring again! So I thought as more homes tend to go on the market at this time of the year I should go over some basic home presentation tips when getting ready to sell. First of all make sure when the buyer turns up the first impres- sion, is a good one. So cut any bushes that may be encroach- ing on the entry point to the front door, water blast paths, make sure the garden and lawns are as tidy as possible, win- dows are clean and clean the spouting. Inside the house if you have a pet get a friend to come around “an honest friend” and ask them if there are any smells from your pets, if they say yes look to get the carpets professionally cleaned. Just remember there is how you live in your home and then there is how your home needs to look when it goes on the market to get the best result. If you have a lot of stuff like boxes, old cabinets full of stuff you haven’t used for a while then you may look to get this stuff put into storage. I always say to people the more floor space a buyer can see the more spacious your home will look. Also, done well painting can give you the best return for your cost and effort. Make sure when buyers come through your home is warm, there is nothing worse than looking through a cold house. A good agent will already know but look to do open homes when the home is enjoying good sun. Despite what a lot in the media were trying to tell us a few months back the Dunedin market is very strong with homes attracting large numbers. It is amazing how many people are coming here to live particularly with the Covid situation. If you are considering selling I can help with presentation and can recommend great people particularly with painting and the Judd Acupuncture tidying up outside. ● Acupuncture, Cupping, Heat Therapy, Herbal I can be contacted in a number of ways: mobile number is Medicine, Wahine ora, Tane ora. 0275 609 819 www.facebook.com/hamishsellshouses or e- ● First Treatment with full consultation, diagnosis and mail [email protected] the office number is 467 7277. initial treatment $45 Have a great month. Hamish McDonald ● Tender Loving packages and follow up payment plans available. ● ACC Treatment Provider. ● 20 years NZ Registered, Qualified Professional Service. Taking appointments now, Ph/ txt: 0220-70-50-81 September 2020 The Rothesay News 3 OPEN: Thurs Night FROM THE CHEF…This recipe comes from The Wild Fennel Pizza night Co located at 23 George Street, Port Chalmers. Mon-Wed 8.30am - 3pm Buy 1 get another Creamy Chicken Tagliatelle with Fried Sage & Walnuts Thurs & Fri half price (same You will need... 8.30am - late or lesser price) 2 chicken breasts (diced), 400g fresh Tagliatelle Sat 9am - late Dine in 200ml cream, 1/2 sachet of Wild Fennel Co. Chicken seasoning Sun 9am - 8.30pm or takeaway 1 glass of white wine, 1 handful of chopped kale Zest of one lemon, 50g chopped walnuts 10 fried sage leaves, Olive oil for cooking Serves 4 people To make... First get a deep saucepan of water on to the heat ready to cook the fresh tagliatelle. Whilst that comes to a rolling boil take a large non stick frying pan and heat it to a medium to high heat. Add a good glug of oil to the frying pan and then start to gently fry the diced chicken. Harbourside Table tennis club Once it has caramelised on all sides, sprinkle with half a sachet of the The shortened interclub season has already reached Wild Fennel Co.