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Meet Mummy, Zombie and Dracula, real names Sophia Sidley, 8, Ethan Turner, 8, and George Turner, 8. They were out and about on Wednesday evening trick and treating and according to Ethan and George’s mum, Michele Turner, they returned with “a lot of loot” which included marshmallows, mini- chocolate bars and even an apple they got from “a very nice lady”. Photo Supplied

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By Chris Tobin If elected to government

the Labour Party would not increase class sizes, Labour leader David Shearer pledged during a vist to Blenheim yesterday.

“Nor wi l l we ag ree toNational’s plan to set up charter schools, funded by taxpayer dollars whether they’re run by Brian Tamaki, the Maharisho yogi or whoever.”

Mr Shearer said he wanted the Education Review Office to be staffed with senior teachers and former principals who knew how to turn under-performing schools around.

“When a student falls behind, we want to offer reading recovery.

We know that if children aren’t reading by age 8, they often never catch up, so I want to extend reading

recovery to every school in the country.”

Mr Shearer said New Zealand had one of the lowest rates of poverty among seniors in the world.

The Labour Party wanted this to continue.

“So how do we preserve New Zealand superannuation for future generations? The overriding principle in our plan is fairness.

“Much of what we propose is based on the analysis of the Independent Retirment Commissioner that we raise the age of entitlement from 65 to 67 just like Australia, the UK and the US have done.”

As well as addressing a meeting of Grey Power members, during his stay in Blenheim Mr Shearer visited Bohally Intermediate and the Marlborough Community Law Centre.

Shearer outlines education policy

By Chris Tobin ‘Beastheim’ became ‘Ghostheim’

on Wednesday but Air New Zealand’s Hal loween promot ion changing Blenheim’s name has been called “pretty tasteless” by Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman.

As part of a Halloween-themed ‘grabaseat’ promotion Air New Zealand renamed destinations all around the country.

Christchurch became Witchchurch. Blenheim’s name init ia l ly was

Beastheim. The name has close associations to

convicted sex predator Stewart Murray Wilson who was called the Beast of Blenheim and released from prison in August.

Mr Sowman said he was surprised by the level of interest generated after the name was announced.

Television crews had come from Nelson and Wellington to film him regarding it.

He did not intend to take the matter any further.

“They (Air NZ) have pulled it but it would be nice to get some comment back from them to apologise to people if they have been offended by it.”

Destination Marlborough general manager Tracy Johnston said the name was unfortunate and not thought through as an option.

“It’s been fixed now,” she said. “It’s the style of Air NZ to push the

envelope and they did not specifically pick out Blenheim.

“It backfired on them.”

Airline promotion ‘pretty tasteless’

Labour leader David Shearer discusses a maths problem with Finn Sloan, 11, of room 7 at Bohally Intermediate in Blenheim yesterday. Mr Shearer has been visiting centres around the South Island to talk about Labour's policy on education. Photo by Chris Tobin

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inbrief What the Dickens!

Picton will host Charles Dickens – aka Phil Zachariah - in a one-man show for one night on Monday November 19 in the Picton Little Theatre.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth, a recreation of the readings with which Dickens toured the world will be presented in eight cities around New Zealand.

Phil Zachariah and director James Adler (the founder of An Eagle’s Nest Theatre) have worked directly from the original prompt copy and eyewitness accounts to create a performance that truly connects with the spirit of Dickens.

The shows starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are $25 for non-members, $20

for members and $15 for students limited to the first 20 students.

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Man chargeD after inciDent on yacht

A 53 year old man appeared in the Blenheim District Court yesterday facing charges in relation to an incident in the Marlborough Sounds on Tuesday in which a man was allegedly assaulted and then thrown overboard from a yacht.

The man was arrested by the Armed Offenders Squad about 8pm Wednesday without incident and has been charged with Wounding with Intent to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm and Threatening to Kill.

cruise injects increasing value to Marlborough

Cruise New Zealand’s economic im-pact report forecasts the 2012/13 cruise season to generate NZ$6.7 million in value-add and 119 jobs for Marlborough.

Overall, the report forecasts the sea-son’s contribution to New Zealand’s GDP at NZ$327.1 million, supporting 5633 jobs.

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him proud when he played in Murchison at a tournament last month.

That was the last memory he will have of them.

The great day of golf with his friends on October 7 was tarnished.

John, a former grounds man at Marlborough Boys’ College, was towing a trailer with four sets of golf clubs in it, dropping friends off in Blenheim on return from their day trip.

“When we got to the house on Bythell St, the tail door of the trailer had come open.”

There had been three sets of clubs in the trailor which were still on their trundlers.

When they looked in the trailer, John’s friends’ clubs were still there, but John’s had rolled off.

They had fallen off somewhere between Nelson St and Bythell St, in Redwoodtown.

He immediately retraced the driven route, expecting to see them on the side of the road.

But his left-handed California Big Guns clubs had gone, as had his trundler, and wet weather gear.

“If people find stuff, it’s courtesy to go to the police station.

People were more honest years ago than they are now, which is most probably to do with the economic times.”

John’s insurance claim was accepted by his insurance company, but he will still be out of pocket.

A month prior to that, he had misplaced his wallet while paying a taxi fare, which he said either fell on the road, or was left in the taxi.

That was also never handed in.“My comment is that honesty is a wonderful

thing. If people find something that doesn’t belong

to them, please take it to the police station.”Constable Michelle Stagg from Blenheim

Police said Theft by Finding is an offence.“If you find something then you have to take

reasonable steps to find the owner, as they still hold legal title.

If you hand an item into the Police and we have not been able to find the owner after three months, you may be able to claim property,” said Michelle.

Depending on the value of the item depends on the penalty; ranging from the value of $500 being three months imprisonment, $500-$1000, being one year of imprisonment, and over $1000 being seven years of imprisonment.

Just be honest, says John

john anderson has been left with just his golf shoes and some tees and golf balls, after his golf trolley was stolen nearly a month ago.

By Chris Tobin Marlborough Mayor Alistair

Sowman says he will seek another term in the position at next year’s local body elections.

“I’m certainly going to stand for the position,” he told the Sun yesterday.

“I’ve got the enthusiasm and passion for the job and I’ve got considerable experience.”

He said Marlborough had an ex-cellent future and he wanted to have a role in its continued development.

Mr Sowman has served two terms as mayor and prior to that had a term on council.

“I love the job and I enjoy seeing things happen. We have one of the best towns in the country and it still

has a lot of potential.”The Sun contacted Mr Sowman

after well known Blenheim chef Chris Fortune declared he was

going for the mayoralty. “After consulting with the most

important person in my life, Mrs Tina Fortune, I have decided to put

myself forward,” he said. “With two children, Kacey For-

tune 10, and Holly Fortune 5, fam-ily, business and community aspira-tions, this is the ideal time to truly help play a part in the shaping of the future of the Marlborough region.”

Mr Fortune said he believed the Marlborough District Council had done a good job of investing in the province but he added, “there is one word missing from their focus, that is the word communities - to me that is what will make us all connected and smart”.

Asked about Mr Fortune stand-ing, Mr Sowman replied, “I encour-age others to come forward. It’s good to have enthusiastic people out there.

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BusinessinbriefBusiness

Temporary moveThe ex Lynfords building on Scott

Street will be temporarily used by Marlborough AMI while their current site on Main St is being earthquake strengthened and refurbished.

GuThrie Bowron To move

Guthrie Bowron Blenheim owners Katrina and Colin Legg have purchased the site at 38-40 Main Street, formerly the Water Dynamics building with plans to re-locate from its Seymour St site.

“The site will be cleared and there will be a new building,” said Katrina.

She said it will still be a while before they start the move because they still need to get a few building consents cleared, but work is expected to begin next year.

“We’ll get there.”

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By Robbie ParkesPascoes the Jewellers and Stevens are

the latest additions to Blenheim’s CBD, having both opened yesterday.

Stevens is located in the new Centre Point Mall redevelopment, while Pascoes is in the former SBS Bank site on Market St.

Both national chains come under the JPL Group umbrella along with Farmers Trading Company, Stewart Dawsons and Goldmark.

Stevens’ General Manager Brett Nicholls said it was only by coincidence that both JPL Group-owned companies opened on the same day.

“I was well aware Pascoes was opening, but it (Stevens) was more dictated by the construction going on in the mall.

“But it’s great, Blenheim must be excited to have two national chains opening on the same day.”

The fit-out of the new store took five days, and construction prior to that had been undertaken as part of the Centre Point Mall redevelopment.

“As a group we’re very proud to be investing in regional towns like Blenheim.

“It’s really exciting to be here.”The Blenheim Pascoes branch is the

10th South Island store to open, and the 37th nationwide.

The new Blenheim store will be managed by Alexandra Matthews who has lived in Marlborough for the past

seven years.“We are absolutely delighted to be

opening in Blenheim and especially so because we are able to bring six new jobs to the region as we move in to the festive season,” she said.

Pascoes’ Southern Regional Manager Tilly Gurney says Pascoes is delighted to be opening a new store in the south.

Pascoes and Stevens come to Blenheim

The new Goodman Fielder Blenheim distribution depot will be officially opened this week, signalling the company’s intent to increase growth and service opportunities in the Blenheim region.

Annually, the Blenheim Good-man Fielder depot accounts for the distribution of more than 2.3 million litres of milk, 1.5 million loaves of bread and more than 220 tonnes of other food products including meat, cheese, dairy, pies and pizza for the local area.

This equates to nearly 80 prod-ucts a year for every man, woman and child in the Marlborough region (based on the total number of products through site annually (3,304,167), divided by the popu-lation of the Marlborough region (42,000 – source, Statistics NZ)).

Managing Director of Good-

man Fielder New Zealand, Peter Reidie, says the new depot shows the company’s commitment to the local area.

“Goodman Fielder has com-mitted to the long term service of the Blenheim region by investing more than $1.1 million in the site,” he said.

“This depot will be crucial in providing the framework for the continued growth of Goodman Fielder’s brands and operations in the upper South Island.”

The new depot located at the Cloudy Bay Business Park will increase transport efficiencies for suppliers, enabling an increase in the speed of loading and unload-ing of the new 685 sqm building on the 3,000 sqm site.

The new state-of-the art depot is an industry leader in terms of design and floor layout with health and safety features incorporated into the design of the building. These include state-of-the art lighting, dock heights to match vehicle heights, secure office facilities, 100% Resource Man-agement Act compliance, and the latest fire retardant refrigeration panelling.

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Vodafone New Zealand today announced the completion of its acquisition of TelstraClear Limited (“TelstraClear”) for a cash consideration of NZ$840 million.

The transaction, which was announced on 12 July 2012, received final regulatory ap-proval on 30 October 2012 and completed on 31 October 2012.

Vodafone New Zealand Chief Executive Russell Stanners said he was pleased the transaction has completed.

“We can now start bringing the businesses together and releasing the potential for our customers.

“Vodafone and TelstraClear are now one business, operating as separate business units, with a strong focus on continuing to deliver a great experience to Vodafone and TelstraClear customers.”

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SunThe 5Friday October 26, 2012

By Robbie ParkesMarlburians getting their caffeine fix over the

next week will hopefully pick up on an important message by way of their takeaway cup lids.

November 5 to 9 is Parkinson’s Awareness Week, the Marlborough Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson’s Society Inc is using takeaway coffee lids as a alternative way to spread the message.

Field officer Belinda Boyce said every year the society tries new ideas in approaching their annual awareness week.

The coffee lid idea would spread the message to a lot more people, she said.

“It’s really something quite different.”Picton Village Bakkerij, and Zuppa Cafe in the

CBD are two outlets joining the cause.A display has been set up in the library, and

fundraising raffles will be sold daily at Countdown, Springlands, and Redwoodtown supermarkets, and The Warehouse.

This year Parkinson’s New Zealand has also launched a new booklet and poster Keep Moving: an introduction to Parkinson’s and exercise.

Anyone who would like a copy of Keep Moving can phone 0800 473 4636 to order a free copy.

By Chris Tobin Roy Ramsey was drawing bemused looks as he zipped along Blenheim’s downtown streets on a strange looking contraption this week. “What is it?” was the inevitable query from the many onlookers. Well, it’s a YikeBike, the world’s smallest folding min-farthing bike in the world (top speed 23km/hr) and Roy, having just received the bike from his father decided to travel to work on it. “My dad is 73 but before he got to use it, he hurt his wrist. He’s never ridden the thing and so he says, ‘why don’t you ride it?’” Roy had his first outing on Tuesday which resulted in a few wobbles but he was travelling like an expert on Wednesday. “You get people who stop and stare. I just go straight past. It’s neat to ride and I don’t care what people think.” Roy is unsure whether the YikeBike is allowed on public roads and so when a policeman was at a meeting he attended he asked him if it was legal. “He wasn’t transport police and didn’t know.” To ensure his safety Roy wears a helmet

although he feels uncomfortable with vehicles coming up behind him. “I say to myself ‘hurry up and overtake.’” The YikeBike was invented by Christchurch man, Grant Ryan, after five years design work. In 2009, Time magazine ranked it 15th on its list of the year’s best 50 inventions. Roy intends to keep using the YikeBike on his 1km trips to work – with the bemused look from the public likely to continue.

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The Government wants to further test the viability of a ferry terminal at Clifford Bay in Marlborough, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced.

Mr Brownlee said he has asked the Ministry of Transport, along with the Treasury and the NZ Transport Agency to assemble a specialist project team to undertake this work.

“This group of officials and private sector experts will continue working through the complexities that are part and parcel of the business case and report back to the Government by the end of April next year.”

The Government has been looking at moving the inter-island port from Picton to Clifford Bay, south of Seddon, for more than a year.

Mr Brownlee said investigating a new ferry terminal at Clifford Bay was part of the Gov-ernment’s wider infrastructure programme.,

“I have discussed the news with some key stakeholders, including the Marlborough District Council, Port Marlborough, Strait Shipping, CentrePort, and KiwiRail’s Interislander to inform them of our decision to proceed to the next stage.”

Clifford Bay under closer consideration

Spreading message through coffee

Marlborough Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson's Society Inc field officer Belinda Boyce and Picton Village Bakkerij owner Rachel van Beek spreading the message through coffee.

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Rules foR soMeDo the new road rules apply

everywhere except nelson street/boyce street intersection by motor centre? The right turning traffic NEVER gives way! One driver about to stop indicating to avoid getting cut off constantly!

Made My dayThank you Meaters. Good, old

fashioned service with a smile. A friendly chat, doors held open and even a wee saveloy for my baby daughter to munch on. Made my day. We’ll be back next week!

laTe niGhT shoppinG.With saturday shopping and

some shops open sundays i dont think we need late nights. Just need to get organised. Think of the retail staff and their families. They need a life too!

The foodieThe foodie bythell place great

food and great service whats going on? thats not normal for blenheim...

cRapTo all horse owners if they

crap on the path at least flick it off ae i am sick of my kids playing then nx minute they step in it

Re: hoRse as Welli totally agree bout horseman

az i n my man call him. If u readn this horseman, u also need 2 look afta ya horse more 2

WoTs upSitting at home watching

home and away and my dog turns to me and says wwwho by ruby but he cant go to the cbd only n picton wots up with that next they will stop him driveing lol

TWo sides To sToRyRe: Disagree! Kevin King

is guilty. He has shown no respect, regret or remorse. Your ignorance and insensitivity should be kept to you

baG supplyDoggy doo well the council

shud supply bags for our registration fee wot do we really get in return apprantly they spend the larger part of dog fees on education i home school my dog

picK iT up!I agree with the horse poo bein

picked up! There is alot round redwd twn area. Not nice when the kids walk in it! Pick it up man with a horse!

on The leadAngry why should my dogs

have to go back on the lead when horses go past u jumps nd track are on the other side of the stream

happy biRThdayWow happy birthday sun

paper u have made the people in marlborough so happy with your sun newspaper their are interest-ing stories inside and hope 2 c more stories cuming out in the next 10years From Your biggest sporting fan :-)

sTeady eddyOmg steady eddys in town and

hes been drinking and smoken pot his first joke is john keys is a free thinker hahaha

landslidere lives at risk the infamous

blenheim policeman mufti mo would be the man to patrol the inner city crossings if a vote is needed it be a landslide lol

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Hello there to a fine team,How very proud you must feel on

this great achievement.I have just read today’s issue and

enjoyed it immensely just like all of the others.

On one or two occasions the paper missed our letterbox, but I went in

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Dear Ed,Well well well, the banks ANZ

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The launch of a two year trap trial at St Arnaud at Nelson Lakes will take place today, at the Nelson Lakes Area Office.

The Minister of Conservation and the Director General of Conservation will attend.

As part of the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project, the revolution-ary self-resetting traps will be deployed in the area of the project that is already intensively man-aged to suppress invasive pests.

If the two year trial is success-ful, the benefits of the A24 gas powered trap could potentially

provide significant savings in servicing the traditional traps that are currently in place.

Great spotted kiwi have been successfully reintroduced to the area and to ensure their ability to breed without the young being killed by stoats, a protective network of traps must be set across the sanctuary.

The traps will also help protect breeding populations of kaka, robin, bellbird and other native species that thrive at Lake Rotoiti.

The event gets underway at 11am.

Stopping stoats

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has announced the purchase of the remaining 50% of Rapaura Vintners Limited from Babich Wines Limited in Wairau Valley.

TWE now has full control

over the facility, to be known as ‘Matua Marlborough’, and plans to expand the facility to increase the crush capacity from 15,000 tonnes to 25,000 tonnes in fiscal 2013.

Treasury Wine Estates expands in Marlborough

The GanG bizWake up Beavertown. It’s easy

pickings here. Gangs are like business. Recruits and prospects prove themselves to get kudos, colours and position. Even taking the rap for anothers crime. Gang lore needs proof of comittment. Of course they will grow, now they have been noticed. Reality now in our sleepy hollow.

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My children, their sense of humour and when they achieve a goal they are really proud of.

Q What’s your pet hate?

Rudeness in people.

Q Your favoured holiday destination?

I’ve been to Thailand before and I loved it.

Q What’s your favourite music?

Songs that I can understand the words to, Cat Stevens, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Cold Play, Adele.

Q What is the one thing Sun readers would be sur-prised to know about you?

I l i ke r i d i n g H a r l e y Davidsons.

Q What’s next on your wish list?

A Harley road trip through Canada & Alaska with the family.

Q A saying you like to live by?

Be fair, be kind and be grateful for what you have.

Of course it would have to be chocolate.

Marco Pierre White, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Ni-gella Lawson, (They would be cooking).

Who would you invite to dinner?

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Charities and community groups helping people in need within local neighbourhoods can now apply for funding from their local Z service station, via z.co.nz/goodinthehood.

Z Energy will contribute over $1 million to neighbourhood groups and projects that matter the most to its customers, through the Z ‘Good in the Hood’ programme.

The criteria that the group or project needs to fulfil

to apply for ‘Good in the Hood’ include: be active in the local neighbourhood around a specific Z station, be focused around helping people who need it, and be for a specific project or to fulfil a specific need.

Applications will be received over the month of November, with each of the 210 Z service stations then selecting four local neighbourhood groups or projects to support.

These groups and projects will be announced on

z.co.nz in February 2013.Every customer visiting a Z station for a period

of time will be given an orange token, to vote for the organisation they wish to support.

Each service station will have $5,000 to contribute through the Z Good in the Hood programme, with $4,000 through the on-site customer voting element and $1,000 for discretionary neighbourhood support over the year.

Applications open for $1m funding to neighbourhood groups

SunThe 9Friday November 2, 2012

By Robbie ParkesFine arts may have finally

found its place in the region after the establishment of the Marlborough Decorative Fine Arts Society.

Part of an international group, the Marlborough branch will debut with a lecture presented by group captain Mike Clegg from the UK entitled ‘Death of a City: Pompeii AD 79.’

Mike lectures on the Classical World, leads tours of Greco-Roman sites and participates in archaeological excavations.

Society president Helen Smale said Mike’s presentation is an introductory lecture to the idea, which will really kick off February next year.

Membership in the society entitles people to eight presentations over the course of a year.

“Coming from the UK and being called a lecture, It sounds quite formal and institutional but it’s more of a presentation,” said Helen.

“Next year we’ve got a woman from the UK who’s an expert on 18th and 19th century food history.

“There’s quite a wide range of topics.”

Lars Tharp, the “china expert” from the television programme Antiques Roadshow will also host a talk here in Marlborough.

Helen said there are quite a few procedures to go through as it is an international body.

“It initially started in the UK, and it’s just gone right through Europe, Australia and New Zealand.”

Last year, Helen was taking a group for Garden Marlborough and woman from the UK told her of the society and how she had joined the Nelson branch.

“I looked into it and it was really interesting.”

She realised it would be a nuisance to travel to Nelson every time someone wanted to attend a lecture, so the idea was put forward to set up a Marlborough branch.

“It has taken a wee while to set up.”Mike’s presentation takes place 6.15pm Thurs-

day, November 15 in the Wisheart Room at the Floor Pride Civic Theatre.

Tickets are $19.90 and are available at the theatre (including door sales) or online at www.mctt.co.nz.

Fine arts comes to Marlborough

Mike Clegg. Photo supplied.

A total of 180 previous and present staff attended the Anakiwa 50th an-niversary celebrations at the weekend.

Saturday was the more formal day with a haka powhiri welcome out at Anakiwa.

In the afternoon, Marlborough Girls’ College prefect Alice Elliot (January OB student) talked alongside Harry Scoltock (student on course 1) about their experience at Outward Bound.

On Saturday night there was a semi-formal dinner at the Convention Centre, where an ex-staff member from each generation shared memories of Outward Bound during their decade.

The keynote speaker Phillipa Gray - who completed a 21 day Classic course in 2008 - talked about her recent

success at the Paralympics. The Sunday activities included a cut-

ter racing regatta, a picnic and launch trip to Outward Bound’s satellite base TK, as well as running and mountain biking 12km on the Queen Charlotte track.

Big turn-out for Outward Bound 50th

On the water at Outward Bound

THANK YOU MarlboroughThe Blenheim Sun newspaper

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Story and photo by Annabelle LatzThe smell of a nutritious dinner lingered in the

air, as two teenage girls worked away quietly at John’s Kitchen, making sure everything would be ready for dinner time.

Jenny Argyle, 16, and Sarah French, 17, are two Marlborough Girls’ College pupils who are part of Leo Lions.

The Leo club is run through the school, and sponsored by a Lions Club – in this case it is Beavertown Lions, and Ann Walker from that group helps the girls out with projects.

Sarah joined the group this year, after hearing how much fun it was through her friends, while Jenny has been involved for nearly three years.

Both girls share the same passion for the group.“It’s about getting out there and helping people,

and trying different things,” said Sarah.“It’s good to do your part in the community, and

I get to talk to lots of different people,” said Jenny.This week at school the club raised more than

$200 from a bake sale, for a young women in Marlborough with terminal cancer.

They help at John’s Kitchen on a regular basis, and make themselves available for various other

community help events.Sarah and Jenny are part of a small group of

club members at the school, and would like to see more girls join up.

Both are heavily involved with sport; Jenny plays volleyball, soccer and cricket, while Sarah rides horses and plays netball, and they wanted to stress that there is still a great balance.

“You can just do as much as you want to do,” said Sarah.

“If you want to join, just be ready to give anything a go,” said Jenny.

Abbie Mortimer-Jones is president of the club, and said it was great to experience the feeling of appreciation from the people they help out.

“Helping people out is really fun, and we do it as a group. It’s so appreciated in the community.”

Other messages that came from Leo members at the college were similar; ‘enjoying helping others,’ ‘valuing giving something back to the community,’ and ‘enjoying helping other people less fortunate.’

School students can approach their own school to learn more about Leos, to help them learn more about themselves and the community.

The call is out for volunteer camp hosts to help look after summer visitors to the Kerr Bay and West Bay campgrounds by Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park.

Volunteer camp hosts were trialled last summer for the first

time, with great success. The hosts were well received

by campers, with reports of a greater feeling of security at the campgrounds, knowing some-one was keeping a round-the-clock eye on campers’ welfare.

More information about be-

ing a volunteer camp host is available through contacting Nelson Lakes Area Office ph: (03)5211806, email [email protected] or on the DOC website www.doc.govt.nz (search “camp host nelson lakes”)

Lending a ‘Leo hand’

Jenny Argyle, 16, (left) Anne Walker, and Sarah French, 17, would love to see more young people becoming involved in Leo Lions.

Volunteers needed for camp grounds

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13SunThe Friday November 2, 2012 what’s onin marlborough

- weekend event guide - Get ready for the weekend with our list of what’s on!

If you have an event contact Aynsley at The Sun on 5777 868

FrIdAy 2nd november

Sit and Be Fit with SueFree general exercise for the not so mobile while sitting down! 1pm Monday and Friday afternoons at 131 Budge Street, plenty of parking. Phone Sue: 578 0469

The Muslim Association of Marlborough IncFriday (Jummah) prayers every week between 12pm – 2pm, upstairs meeting room at Marlborough Community Centre, 25 Alfred St, Blenheim. (Space for ladies also). For details contact: Br Zayd 027 644 979 or Br Fouad 021 0253 1275.

The Edwin Fox Maritime Centre, PictonOpen everyday from 9am Great wet weather day activity and child friendly. Come check out the amazing history and facts. Kids under 5 free!Sit and Be Fit with Jeanette.Free exercise for all ages at Crossroads, 2 Redwood Street. At 10am Phone 578 5395.

QuestIntermediate age youth group, 3.30pm-5pm, Picton Baptist Church, 293 Waikawa Rd, Picton. Text Bronwyn 021 046 2434.

Tango LessonsImprovers, 7pm, Basics 8.30pm. Nurses Hall, Blenheim. Monica: 572 2667.

Pastel Painting Marlborough Art Society, 10am till 3pm, Prue: 578 8888.

Tai ChiToday and Mondays. 10am, 11.30am and 1pm. Liz 027 748 6666.

Tunes for TotsPreschool music sessions. Morning tea. 9.30am and 10.30am. Nativity Church Hall. $2 Family. 578 3909.

KidzoneRiverside Community House, 3pm till 5pm (Closes school holidays).

SAturdAy 3rd november

South African Evening6:30 pm, St Mary parish hall, Maxwell road. $5 per family. Please bring your own drinks & a plate to share. Milk tart, koeksusters & pep-permint fridge tart will be available. Contact : Megan 0211113303 or Tersha 5788997

Blenheim Social Dancing ClubAnnual Ball, Renwick Community Hall, 8pm till Midnight. Music by Booby Trap. Dress formal, $25 each, plus plate, BYO. Door sales available. Margaret: 578 7323

Practically Pleasure ExhibitionThe Tuesday studio group , Practical Explora-tions in Art, is holding an exhibition in the Clear Skies Gallery at the Yealand Estate Marlborough Gallery in High Street Blenheim. Open to the public with free admission this will run from Saturday 3rd November to Sunday 11th November with gallery hours from 10.30am to 4.30pm daily. The exhibition features recent work from members of this working group.

Wairau Fireworks 20th AnniversarySports Grounds Leader Rd. Gates open at 5pm meltfire and fireworks displays at dark $10 entry, $40 a car load, preschoolers free. Caroline 315 6173

Blenheim Country Music ClubFundraiser 7.30pm till 11.30pm featuring local artists with the Marlborough Country Show Band, club’s main hall. Tickets $10 from recep-tion, includes supper.

Eastern States Speedway2012/2013 season opening night, BNT Trophy night and Pete Dixon Memorial Racing from 7pm.Queen Charlotte ClassicRunning, cycling and kayaking on Queen Char-lotte Sound. Call (03) 573 9030 or 027 573 0005

30th Birthday CelebrationPicton Early Learning Centre, sausage sizzle and bouncy castle 10am-2.30pm. Vicky 573 7289

Redwood Market 8am-noon, Redwood Tavern car park. Plants produce and crafts.

Vintage Farm Machinery 10am till 3pm, Open every day. Brayshaw Vintage Farm, Guided tours available, Doris 579 4357.

Picton Museum10am till 4pm daily, 9 London Quay. 573 8283.

Pelorus Gallery70 Main Rd, Havelock, open daily 10.30am till 4.30pm, 574 2128.

Museum26 Arthur Baker Place, off New Renwick Rd, Brayshaw Heritage Park. Daily 10am till 4pm.

SundAy 4th november

Earthcare Marlborough Kids’ DuathlonKids 6-15 years. Run, bike, run, Brancott Estate Vineyard, Brancott Rd. Choice of courses to suit everyone. For more info visit kidsdu.co.nz

Ulysses ClubRide to TBA for afternoon tea. Meet at Blenheim Railway Station 1pm, leaving 1.15pm. Prospec-tive members welcome.Pony ClubPony Club Grounds, New Renwick Rd. 10am every 2nd Sunday of the month. Grant 578 2100 Michelle 572 8984.Kaikoura Cycling ClubWeekly from the Kaikoura West End car park. 9.00am.

People’s Sunday Market Every Sunday, Noel Leeming carpark 10am-1pm. Whitebait, plants, free range eggs, peren-nials, shrubs, asparagus, apples, woodware, handcrafts, jewellery, preserves, chutneys, vegetable plants.

Marlborough Farmers Market 9am till noon every Sunday. A&P show grounds corner of Maxwell and Alabama Road.

Rail SailPicton Foreshore 10am-4pm – Miniature trains and yachts.

Model Aero Club ARA Wairau Valley 9am. Murray 578 9199 or Tony 577 9776.

Petanque 10am 65A Weld Street – Phone John 577 9789.

Tramping ClubMary 5728762.

Buddhism for Modern Life10am, 573 5379.

Blenheim Bonsai2pm-4pm, 7 Hale Street. Dave 577 8679.

Marlborough Guild of WoodworkersBrayshaw Park, open workshop 1-4pm, Every 1st Sunday of the month. Wooden toys for sale. Malcolm: 578 8809.

Marlborough Rock and Mineral Club10am-4pm every Sunday at Brayshaw Park. Come and see our large rock, mineral, crystal and fossil collection, work room and book. Free admission.

tai Chi - today and mondays. 10am, 11.30am and 1pm. Liz 027 748 6666.

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Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s squash player.Helping her toward this dream

will be a fundraising dinner held on April 24 which will feature Megan’s idol and former world squash champion Dame Susan Devoy as guest speaker.Continued Page 5.

March 30, 2012Sun Weather Today 7-20 DAYLIGHT SAVING eNDS APRIL 1Top Top ranking awaitsawaits

Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s Helping her toward this dream

Helping her toward this dream will be a fundraising dinner held

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readers with a second edition as well as the

popular Wednesday paper.

Advertising support has continued to grow for

the Blenheim Sun over the last 12 months and

the demand from advertisers for a Friday paper

has been the driving force to go twice weekly.

Les says the encouragement and support from

major advertisers is just fantastic, particularly

in this economic climate.

However he believes the Marlborough public/

readers who have continued to support the Sun

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for advertisers.

“We believe this move also shows our confi-

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Last week the ABC Audit Bureau of NZ re-

leased its yearly newspaper circulation numbers.

“The Sun is now the number one circulated

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this compared to the Marlborough Express

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“The Express suffered another sizable de-

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By Robbie ParkesMarlborough may be famous for its

salmon and green-lipped mussels, but a certain species of seaweed has great industry potential, says independent scientific consultant John Croft.

Undaria is a type of seaweed, widely eaten in Japan where it is known as Wakame.

“It was introduced to New Zealand and was regarded as a tremendous pest as it overtook mussel, and oyster farms,” said John.

“However, it has been found to have many theraputical beneficial proper-ties.”

These include benefits for joint and muscular health, skin health, anti-bacterial and even anti-ageing properties.

“Anti-ageing is a big thing and people are very, very interested in trying to have a reasonable appearance and quality of life when they’re older.

“It’s got great potential.”

John, a National Certificate and High-er National Certificate in Chemistry; is a Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London); and is a Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (London).

NZ Undaria Ltd, owned by mussel farmer Stuart McFarlane is one such business looking to develop the Unda-ria market in New Zealand.

“He’s (Stuart) not exactly pioneered it, but he’s not far off,” said John.

John is not employed or paid by NZ Undaria Ltd, but is helping to spread the word of the natural resource and what benefits it may bring to New Zealand and Marlborough.

John, originally from Britain, was originally employed by Stuart in 1979 to help establish a mussel farm and research hatchery in Auckland.

From there, he has become an in-dependent scientific consultant in the marine sector.

Undaria seaweed has potential

He said there are a number of reasons why Undaria it is an exciting concept.

“First of all, it’s a major potential industry for Marlborough,” he said.

On top of that, it helps mussel farmers who find it a pain to manage, and it is a natural product from the sea.

“I’m trying to interest to people in the fact that there’s potential.

“And now Stuart has been able to get permits to harvest the stuff.”

Aimee North from NZ Undaria Ltd said they need help with funding and growth to help boost their prod-uct range, which already includes Undaria extract.

“We are looking into other skin products but that’s what we need the funding for.”

She said the fact our waters are nuclear-free make New Zealand’s species of Undaria unique.

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Danny Boulton says he is not surprised he will have to wait until February to learn if NZ King Salmon will be granted its nine proposed marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds.

As requested by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Board of Inquiry, the Minister of Conservation on Monday granted an extension to the nine month timeframe.

A new date of February 22 has been set, in which they must produce their final report and decision on the NZ King Salmon Proposal.

The original deadline was December 30.

Danny received an email on Monday from the EPA informing him of this.

The email also promised the board still intends to issue its draft report and decision prior to Christmas.

“The judge himself commented on the overwhelming amount of evidence and the number of submissions,” said Danny.

He stated that 80% of 1273 submissions were against the application with the majority of those supporting were from NZKS workers.

“With the weight of evidence I cannot

see that these farms will be allowed. If the board needs more time so be it. We welcome a decision with integrity.”

“There is huge pressure supporting aquaculture growth from the government

and associated industry with very little research being done on the carrying capacity of the Sounds. In the marine environment it is ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ and samples taken from under farms show they are as good as dead.”

Danny believed the right decision had to be made for the benefit of the Marlborough Sounds and its life carrying capacity.

“We also trade on our clean green brand, we cannot afford to lose this advantage.”

Danny said The Rio Declaration, a 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development of which New Zealand has obligations, calls for industry to internalise their waste.

“That is being environmentally responsible. This industry does not have to go into the Sounds, there are other options for NZKS to grow, they simply want to take the cheap one.”

“It reminds me of where we have come with smoking, once it was accepted then we became educated and saw the truth behind the industry.

This is no different, as overseas experience shows.”

New Zealand falcons may be of great benefit to pest control in vineyards.

Blenheim based Sara Kross, a Uni-versity of Canterbury researcher, said the falcon, the country’s only remaining endemic bird of prey, is a perfect match for vineyards.

“I studied a project that re-introduced the threatened New Zealand falcon from the hills of Marlborough into vineyards, to determine if predators could survive within an agricultural landscape while simultaneously providing that landscape with biological control services,” she said.

Falcons have been dwindling in num-bers and range in the last 150 years, and Sara’s studies has provided research to prove that such win-win ecology can exist between predator conservation and vineyard agriculture.

“Encouraging wildlife onto farms by providing food sources or shelter can increase the abundance of beneficial

species that provide ecosystem services, such as pest control, for farmers.”

Falcons in Marlborough have been pushed into the high-country hill habitat surrounding the fertile river valleys of the region, and Sara’s study looked at whether re-establishing falcon popula-tions in the valleys would be of benefit, because of the abundance of food sources such as grapes, while at the same time providing grape growers with a natural form of pest control.

Sara used pest-bird abundance counts and grape-damage surveys, to find that vineyards with resident falcons had significantly fewer introduced pest-birds such as starlings, blackbirds and song thrushes.

The research showed that the presence of a falcon in a vineyard could reduce the damage caused by introduced species of birds by 95 percent and could reduce the damage caused by the native silvereye

by 55 percent.This resulted in an average savings

for growers of $285 per hectare for sauvignon blanc grapes and a savings of $398 for pinot noir.

Sara’s research has been published in leading international journal Conserva-tion Biology.

Sara is programme manager for the Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust, a charitable trust she co-founded during the first year of her thesis.

Timeframe extension grantedNZ King Salmon proposed marine farms

Danny Boulton and his SOS team is very concerned about the environmental impact the proposed NZ King Salmon ma-rine farms will have on the Marlborough Sounds.

Falcons could benefit vineyards

15SunThe Friday November 2, 2012 farming

Story and photos by Annabelle LatzBest farm friends come in all shapes

and sizes.A quality selection was on parade

at the Marlborough Boys and Girls Agricultural Club’s Group Day, on Wednesday at Seddon School.

Lambs, calves, goats, chickens, and rabbits were primed and on very good behaviour for their primary school-aged masters.

They were the winners from their own school pet competitions, who joined with the best from throughout the district.

Schools taking part were Linkwater, Tua Marina, Koromiko, Renwick, Wairau Valley, Fairhall, Seddon, and a couple of pupils from Picton and Springlands Schools also made the trip out to Seddon.

Alongside ring craft and care and knowledge performances, from the best dairy goat or beef calf, and the best exporting lamb, to the best laying hen and the fattest rabbit, critical ele-ments of animal health and knowledge were accounted for.

“I like the fact that everyone is out there having fun and caring for their

animals,” said Sarah MacLean, 12, from Fairhall School, with her brown shaver chick.

Jarod Bryant, 12, from Rai Valley School with his Friesian calf Milly, won the Ken Looms shield for best dairy calf.

“It’s good here because you can bring all your animals,” he said.

Matthew Fox, 11, also from Rai Valley, enjoyed spending the day with his Jersey calf Yoyo, as well as his chickens, goat, and lamb.

“It’s good to compete against every-one in Marlborough,” he said.

Jed Holdaway, 9, from Renwick School, was awarded the bet mohair goat with his Angora goat Tilly.

“I like everything here today, it’s just lovely.”

Greg Harris, from Mount Adde, Awatere Valley, one of the judges, said days like this one represented tomor-row’s generation of farmers.

“It’s a credit to these children, some have spent three months preparing for this, and the response on their faces when they get a prize is great,” he said.

Vince Fearn was judging in the rabbit tent, and said smaller rabbits seemed to

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be popular this year, and they were in great condition.“It’s really good for kids to have pets, they bond

with animals, and rabbits are good clean pets.”Fairhall School won the Top Schools shield, for

indoor and outdoor entries. There was also a range of crafts being judged on the

day, which will all be on display at the Marlborough A&P Show next weekend.

Matthew Fox, 11, relaxes with pet calf Yoyo, from Rai Valley School.

Anna Griggs, 11, with pet calf Waverley,

from Seddon School.Finn McKenzie, 6, with his pet lamb Fred, from Fairhall School.

Louisa Devoti, 7, with her goat Poppy, from Fairhall School.

Jed Holdaway, 9, with his pet goat Tilly, from Renwick School.


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KING, Charles Vincent (Vin): Passed away, peacefully, at Ashwood Park Re-tirement Village on October 30, 2012. Aged 87 years. Formerly of Masterton and Eketahuna. Dearly loved husband of the late Daphne, much loved father and father-in-law of Sue and Roger Hambleton (Seddon), Wayne and Robin King (Picton) and Graeme King (Westport). Loved Grandad of Cathy (Blenheim), Julia and Denis (Ireland), Rebecca (Pahiatua) and Emma (Brisbane), and Great Grandad of Adam (Blenheim) and Lauren and Grace (Ireland). Messages to 7 Carkeek Street Seddon 7210. In lieu of flowers, donations to St John would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to PO Box 467 Blenheim 7240. A celebration of Vin’s life will be held at the Mayfield Chapel, cnr Hutcheson and Parker Streets, at 1.30pm Saturday November 3, followed by cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Ph 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nzGEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ

MacDONALD, Barbara Jean: On October 31, 2012 peacefully, at Ashwood Park Retirement Village. Aged 69 years. Dearly loved wife of George MacDonald and the late Lou Shilton, much loved mother and mother-in-law of Dot and Frank Middleton, and Jim and Fiona Shil-ton; loving Nan of Jared and Great Nan of Courtney; loving Aunty of Alicia and Eden. Loved by all her extended family. R.I.P. Messages to 26 Howick Road, Blenheim 7201. A Requiem Mass for Barbara will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Maxwell Road, Blenheim at 11am Saturday November 3, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium. A Rosary will be recited at the Church on Friday November 2, at 7pm.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nzGEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ

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BEATTIE, Ben Chris: 22 Octo-ber, 2012

GOODSIR, Charlotte Rose (7lb 15oz): 15 October, 2012

McLOONE, Sahhara Unity (8lb 9oz): 28 October, 2012

NAILER, Max Kahu (7lb 6oz): 21 October, 2012

PARKER, Lily Christine (7lb 7oz): 24 October, 2012

STAGG, Lydia Valerie (5lb 5oz): 3 October, 2012

TOOTELL-LAW, Jorden Peter Tootell (9lb 10oz): 28 October, 2012

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New faces for crusaders aNd HurricaNes

Nine new faces enter the 2013 Cru-saders Super Rugby squad, while eight new Hurricanes have also been announced for the competition.

Twenty-three Crusaders are re-turning from 2012, and two Hur-ricanes from the 2012 wider training group step make the step up.

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Marlborough people will have the chance to see Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams, but they will have to travel to Nelson.

The double Olympic gold medal-list will speak at the Nelson sports awards on November 28. The event will be held at Annesbrook Church, Stoke, and is open to the public. Tickets are available from Sport Tasman and start at $15.

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sistant coach Tony Iro is confirmed to be leaving the National Rugby League Club.

Iro, who has been with the team for seven years, has been granted an early release from his contract to pursue other opportunities.

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Sonny Bill Williams and South African boxer Francois Botha will face each other in the ring in Febru-ary, following Williams undergoing surgery on a chest muscle injury.

The fight was due to take place in November in Brisbane but is rescheduled for next year, still in Australia.

Braedon O’Brien (above left) once again proves to be the poster boy for Marlborough taekwondo, scoring three gold medals at this year’s Top of the South tournament held at Stadium 2000 at the weekend.

The 17 year-old Marlborough Boys’ College student took out the male junior blackbelt light middle weight; male 2-1 invitational; and male adult 2-1 blackbelt invitational (combined division) classes, representing the Renwick club.

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taekwondo clubs Renwick and Blenheim Olympic won a respectable number of medals from the tournament.

Renwick scored 16 gold, five silver and three bronze, while hosts Blenheim Olympic received one gold, five silver and three bronze.

O’Brien was recently selected to represent New Zealand at the World Taekwondo Federation Oceania Championships in the Gold Coast later this year.

He will head to Australia in December.

It was great to see the All Blacks visiting Blenheim this week.

The skipper Richie McCaw, Sam Whitelock, Owen Franks and Julian Savea drew fans young and old and I’m sure that a lot of people were glad that Captain Courageous as McCaw has been called on occasion, was among them

McCaw has just released a book on his career which was written in conjunction with acclaimed playwright and writer Greg McGee.

Both hail from North Otago with strong ties to the small township of Kurow and apparently they hit it off.

I haven’t bought or read the book yet (I will) but I leafed through a copy in a bookshop here and some of McCaw’s early life interested me.

Inside the book there was a photo of his grandfather Jim McCaw in the uniform of a fighter pilot in the Second World War.

Many years ago in the days when borough and county councils still existed, I used to report the happenings of the Waimate District Council in South Canterbury.

Jim McCaw, a Hakakatarea farmer was one of the councillors who sat in old fashioned leather chairs in that Waimate council room which could have doubled

as a setting for a western movie. As I recall McCaw and the

others were a friendly bunch sharing a yarn at their morning tea breaks with a wet behind the ears reporter.

At the time also I didn’t know anything of Jim McCaw’s wartime service. However, I have since learned that he flew over 400 sorties, mostly in Tempests, with 486 NZ squadron based at RAF Tangmere and Martson.

In the summer of 1944 he was one of the pilots who blasted from the skies the Nazis’ frightening V1 and V2 missiles that whistled towards London hellbent on widespread death and destruction.

Courage runs in the familysports talk

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Clearly Jim McCaw had courage...and so it is not a surprise then to see his grandson displaying that very same quality on the rugby paddock.

In h is book R ich ie McCaw pays tribute to his grandfather:

“The old fella was a great man....we were very close before he died in 1996.”

O’Brien tops the tables

golfers dave watson, Blenheim, alby atkinson, Blenheim, and paul murphy, Nelson, were enjoying their game in the marlborough clubs tournament at the weekend.

By Annabelle LatzThe Queen Charlotte Classic

event this weekend is once again drawing solid competitor numbers, although race organiser Peter Yarrell concedes numbers attending multi sport races are down.

The event is well known for its spectacular scenery and friendly atmosphere.

Peter, who started the race in Christchurch nineteen years ago, moved it up to Marlborough in 2006.

He said numbers are slightly down, but is still well supported with 70 local competitors, including big names like Josh Scott, Jeremy McKenzie, Simon Yarrell, Luke Vaughan, and last year’s open female winner Sia

Svendsen. “We have a very hot field.”He said less competitors

from Christchurch this year has brought numbers down, due to people in Canterbury concentrating harder on their day jobs in the current tough conditions, than having time to train.

But with categories for teams and different ages, it is still a very popular event.

Peter has been training a mother and son team from Arapawa Island, Jacob and Antonia Radon.

Jacob is doing the cycle leg, and has never raced on roads before.

“It’s been a very good thing, his whole life he’s been on the island.”

The race involves a 14km run

from Mistletoe Bay, a 40km bike ride from Anawika, and a kayak paddle around the heads of Picton Harbour.

In addition, this is the second year a 20km run race will take place, starting at Lochmara Lodge, dropping into Mistletoe Bay, and finishing at Anakiwa.

“It’s been identified as a really fun day out,” he said, saying the Queen Charlotte Track is a huge asset to the race, with minimal road signage and logistical work involved.

“There’s just the loud sound of the bellbirds.”

Barry Maister, former New Zealand hockey player, will be guest speaker at the dinner, after the prizegiving, which will all take place at Allan Scott Winery.

Classic draws strong field


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