6 may 2015

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A ‘quacking’ good start to duck seasonBy Tim O’ConnellThe duck season officially got

underway on Saturday 2nd May with ponds and estuaries around the country echoing to the crack of gunfire, while for the ducks themselves it was the beginning of a very disconcerting 90 days.

And while protests from ani-mal rights groups were taking place in Wellington to voice their concerns, in our region hunters had very little to complain about with maimais full and, on initial reports, plenty of ducks coming home on the back of utes.

Local shooters Simon Fowler and Cam Grange had been ready to go at a pond near Riwaka since 5:30am, eagerly waiting for the official start of the season at 6:00am.

By 11:00am and 200 rounds later they had amassed pile of around 20 ducks, with several still to be retrieved by designated fetcher, Trig the Dog.

“It was a busy morning- for the first few hours we couldn’t keep up with what we were shoot-ing, but since about nine it has slowed up a bit,” said Fowler.

The day had dawned fine and crisp as you’d expect at this time of year- good for most of us but not ideal for the average duck hunter.

“You want it to be overcast- that way the ducks fly lower,” said Grange.

Licences for the entire three month season cost $91 for adults with whole day options going for $21- reasonable value if one is able to bring home a fair bounty.

Owner of Motueka’s Gun Shop Neil Simpson said they had seen a healthy trade of guns and associated equipment in recent months, although given that many purchases coincided with this year’s roar hunt and the fact he was still in the first year of trading it was difficult to gauge any variation in numbers taking part.

“It’s been good, possibly more than expected but we will always sell more over duck season I guess,” he said.

Mr Simpson, who co-owns the business with his son James, will miss the opening morning of the 2015 season, due to work commitments but said he had a pond with his name on it all lined up for a shoot later on Saturday evening.

Nelson Marlborough Fish and Game Field Officer Rhys Barrier said the number of licences had been static in recent years,

with the general number sitting at around 900 licence holders regionally.

The number of holders had declined for a while which cor-related with a drop in the bird population, however with a 50% increase of birds returning in the last couple of years, especially Paradise Ducks there had been a small resurgence in people tak-ing part in duck shooting activi-ties.

“Most of it is being done on private land and farms where they have been getting good pas-

ture grazing of late, so that has helped,” said Mr Barrier.

“But I don’t think we’ll ever grow to the same numbers as what you’ll get down in, say, Southland.”

Meanwhile, hunters are once again being urged to stick within the regulations surrounding duck hunting and gun safety.

While common sense dictates the behaviour of hunters in gen-eral, in 2015 emphasis around the country is being placed on obtaining landowners permis-sion, and keeping off drugs and

alcohol when taking part in any shooting activity.

This year Field Officers will be out in force to ensure that safety and licence protocols are being followed by maimai dwellers , with a little help from the boys in blue.

“Last year we were a bit disap-pointed that there was quite a bit of non-compliance- I believe there were seven offences all within 40 minutes drive of Motueka,” said Mr Barrier.

“This year, we’ll have double the ranging.”

Shot, boys!- Cam Grange (left) and Simon Fowler display the spoils of a decent morning on the pond near Riwaka during the first weekend of duck shooting season for 2015. Hunters have until the end of July to get in some quality maimai time.

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Body confirmed as Dutch touristHuman remains recovered from Farewell Spit have been

confirmed as being 26 year old Dutch tourist Ken Boogers.Mr Boogers was last seen alive on 21 March on Pillar Pt.

track near Wharariki in Golden Bay. A large search and rescue operation failed to find any trace of Mr Boogers in the area.

On 20 April human remains were found by a member of the public on Farewell Spit and further remains were located on 28 April. Mr Boogers’ family has been advised and arrangements are being made to repatriate the body to Holland.

Unleashing an Economy of ThrivingTomorrow, May 7th there’s an interesting night at 7.00pm

at Motueka’s Memorial Hall supper room. The discussion will centre around “How creative learning, social innova-tion and environmental wellbeing can be the basis of a thriving local economy”- another event in the “Motueka 2030” series. Speakers are to be Laurence Boomert and Zahra Lightway. Supper will be provided. Koha.

Drum ClinicIrmalos Gabor will be at The Playhouse this Saturday

9th May at 3.30pm for a two hour “educational purpose demonstration and show” and it’s for anyone interested in drumming. “I will be playing some pieces and solos, and then I’ll demonstrate a few common and special drumming techniques,” said Irmalos.

Sarau delightedDespite the inclement day of this year’s festival the

Sarau Trustees are delighted to announce that $13,950 has been distributed to the Moutere community. They put this down to generous local sponsors and the keen people who came despite the weather.

Celebrate Motueka’s park amenitiesThis Saturday, May 9th, 10.30am - 2.00pm at Adopt-a-

Plot (Inlet Gardens) area, behind community gardens, Old Wharf Road as part of the “Motueka 2030” programme, this event will combine a working bee with a barbecue lunch to celebrate over 10 years of work in the area and Motueka as a whole, by volunteers and Keep Motueka Beautiful (KMB). You’ll be able to view some of the results at the Inlet Gardens (Adopt-a-Plots), wetlands restoration and surrounding walkways. Vision Motueka will also be organising some associated family activities. Vision and KMB will also hear your ideas on further beautification projects, come along, celebrate the wonderful community assets, join in the fun, and have your say about future projects.

Council’s begun performance surveyUntil May 10th, the T.D.C. is conducting its annual sur-

vey of residents to find out how Tasman residents think it’s performing. The Council has commissioned NRB to under-take the telephone survey. “I ask all residents who are contacted please take the time to be involved” said Mayor Richard Kempthorne. “ We need to look closely at how well we are delivering our services to Tasman’s communities. The survey helps us hear the views of our community on what we do well and where we can improve. The results of the survey will be made public, form part of the Council’s formal reporting, and be critical to planning for improve-ments to services. Residents will be asked for their opinion of Council services. Answers are confidential.

Restoring Mapua’s pastPlanting sessions are coming up at the public reserve of

Dominion Flats Reserve in Mapua by State Highway 60. The local community is very involved in its restoration to a coastal to lowland bush reserve with tracks and board-walks starting to take shape. Lots of plant protectors are obvious amongst the grasses.Planting’s on 16th and 23rd May from 9am rain or shine. Take your spade, suitable clothing and footwear. All willing helpers welcome.

Help reroof a Vanuatu SchoolThere’s a Garage Sale PLUS in Greenwood Street this

Saturday from 9.30am until 1pm for a wonderful cause - to put a roof on the school in Laman Island Vanuatu. Ati and his 10 co-workers/friends, who work on Inwood’s Orchard are from there and some smaller surrounding islands. “Come along and have a sausage, or morning tea and buy a bargain at the same time,” said one of the organisers, Lynn Mason. “And if anyone has goods they’d like to donate for sale please email me at [email protected] We want to raise $2,000 so we’ve got a couple of other events coming up too – later we’ll be selling fruit and having a movie night.”

Correction:

In our April 29 Issue we stated that the Keep Motueka Beautiful Event on Saturday 9 May begins at 2:00pm.

It will in fact begin at 10:30am and will run through until 2:00pm. We apologise for any confusion.

Poached cattle carcasses dumped in forestNelson Bays Police are investigating the discovery of two

cattle carcasses on a forestry track in the Dovedale area.The bodies of two Friesian-cross yearlings were found

after the weekend on the north side of Jacob’s Ladder on the Thorpe-Orinoco road. Sergeant Rob Crawford said the cattle appeared to have been shot and their identification tags had been removed. He said whoever dumped the carcasses had removed the back legs and back steaks.

“They’ve taken the best bits of meat and dumped the rest.”He said there was little doubt the animals had been poached,“we’d be very keen to hear from anyone who has information about who might be responsible,” he said.

Police would also like to identify the owner of the animals.Anyone with information about this incident or other poach-

ing should call their local Police Station. Information can also be given anonymously by calling Crimestoppers Ph 0800 555 111.

Celebrate Mothers’ Day in different wayJoin everyone this Mother’s Day at Jennian Homes

Richmond for the annual 5km Jennian Homes fun run/walk. This wonderful cause supports the Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women campaign and is a great way to spend a special day with your family or friends. The campaign celebrates the energy, passion and power women have to band together to beat heart disease and women of all fitness levels are invited to join in the fun.

In this women only event feature Daughter Combos, Seniors (+65), groups (10+) You may check-in between 9.00am and 9.45am, with the fun run/walk starting at 10.00am. and it’s all flat, no hills!

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“We don’t want a fight we want a partnership”By Jane Wells“Laurie’s like a fox terrier that won’t let go of your ankles,”

said a disillusioned and cranky Pakawau resident, Noeline Hunter.

She and her husband Keith have had to stand by watch-ing as the sea gets nearer and nearer to their boundary. “Us residents are pretty passionate about this beach. It’s heart breaking to see it washing away.”

And Council’s most recent solution, just prior to Christmas was the ‘soft engineering’ option - pushing up a 30 metre wall of sand in front of the 17 affected properties. Today there’s very little of that barrier left. “With the prevailing wind being westerly there’s never the likelihood of dune build up,” said Laurie.

But maybe there’s a possible more permanent solution?

“It’s not right to expect Richmond

ratepayers to fund Pakawau’s

erosion solu-tion”

Three weeks ago anxious property owners headed by spokesperson Laurie Jarrett, with John Allen, Warwick Heal, John Weeber and Dame Suzi Moncrieff met with Mayor Richard Kempthorne and Chief Executive, Lindsay McKenzie of the Tasman District Council and put for-ward a proposal.

Keith and Noeline Hunter sit with Laurie on the edge of their Pakawau beach front property. The ‘soft engineering bank directly in front of them has almost disap-peared. Before Christmas it extended 15 metres from where they sit.

“It’s not right to expect Richmond ratepayers to fund Pakawau’s erosion solution,” said Laurie. “So we propose forming a partnership with the Council.

The first step in the process would be to form an incorporated society of ratepayers who would then obtain a quote from a Coastal Engineer who would be asked to access the coastal situ-ation and design a practical protection solution. All residents would be asked to share the cost of the engineer’s report which, when shared among 25 or so properties, would be manageable.

The residents propose to stand the cost of the engineer, the initial structure and the ongoing maintenance if required and only ask Council to provide the required consents and easements. That is a good deal for rate payers!

The severe storm of 2012 grabbed four metres of the frontage and then Easter last year another six metres was gobbled up, ten metres of land gone!

Until now residents’ requests for rock protec-tion have fallen on deaf ears mainly because of the Council’s Esplanade Reserve and the 2010 Coastal Policy statement.

However resident and ex Christchurch City Council expert on the legal aspects of reserves, John Allen, found a way through the 1977

Reserves Act and so the approach happened. Pakawau residents are prepared to carry the bulk of the expense and they’d like Council to shoulder the cost of the consents and easements.

“The plan would be to reinstate as much of the esplanade reserve as possible so it maintains its value and provides public access along the foreshore.

The Tasman District Council has access to the reserve already in place, but it is ineffective due to the erosion issue, so to develop these access ways would enhance the already beautiful beach. At no cost to the ratepayer,” com-mented Laurie.

“Where they are tracking is where I’d hoped they’d head,” said Lindsay McKenzie. Chief Executive Officer of the Tasman District Council. “The (sand) push up has eroded and we’d always expected it to need doing, probably twice

a year. The group said they want to move to hard protec-tion. So we’ve had the prelimi-nary discussion and they need to form a trust and get an engi-neer’s report.”

“Because part of the esplanade reserve will be needed for rock protection the process will need Council’s express approv-al. For Council to agree most of the Reserve will have to

have been washed away. But pragmatism will rule,and then there’s the question of funding.”

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Street talkAt a recent education seminar on avoiding diabetes, several attendees were asked; What conscious changes were you likely to make for better health?

Johanna MotuekaI think I’m going to get a bike. There are plenty of beau-tiful places to bike around.

Jim MotuekaWhen I worked I didn’t need to worry much about exercise. Now I’m retired I need to keep on the go.

GeoffMotuekaI’m going to con-centrate on find-ing my motivation. When I have that I’ll be on the move.

Margaret MotuekaEven though my mobility is limited there are still ways to exercise. Little things like pegging the washing.

Police ReportCrimestoppers: totally anonymous information line: 0800 555 111

Students from Riwaka School have been making excellent progress as they help to return coastal sand dunes in Tapu Bay to their natural condi-tion.

Two teams of year 7 and year 8 students have planted over a thousand native plants during the last week, adding to the more than two thousand that other students have planted over the last two years.

As part of a project organized by Forest & Bird, Riwaka School students have been planting flax, silver tussock, knobby club rush, umbrella sedge, coastal ribbonwood, and other native grasses and shrubs, mostly grown at the DoC nursery in Motueka.

The job is almost done, and the 400 metre stretch of beach at Turner’s Bluff is beginning to look as it would have done two hundred years ago, before gorse, broom, marram and other weeds took over.

Paul Mosley, leader of the project, was delighted with progress this week: “Riwaka School are doing a great job caring for their local environment, and are showing that anyone can make a difference, especially when they work together,” he said.

“There’s easy access to the sand dunes from the cycle trail, and I hope lots of cyclists will visit the site, to see what the students have achieved.” For those wishing to view the students’ efforts, the best access is from the stretch of boardwalk on the cycle trail just past the first hill on the Kaiteriteri Road, marked by a Forest & Bird sign, or southwards along the beach from Tapu Bay Reserve.

Riwaka School plant up Tapu Bay

Riwaka School students Nicole Drummond & Poppy Howarth-Wilson, intent on planting a coastal ribbonwood at Tapu Bay.

25/04 Burglary reported to property on Swamp Road with a fuel tank and chainsaw stolen.

28/04 Damage reported to a dwelling on Tana Pukekohatu Avenue.

42 year old female stopped on West Bank Road forbidden to drive as she does not hold a drivers licence.

29/04 19 year old male stopped on Whakarewa Street forbidden to drive until appropriate drivers licence obtained.

30/04 23 year old male stopped on High Street driving while suspended to appear NN District Court 15/06 - vehicle impounded for 28 days.

Reports of an honesty box stolen from an address in High Street.

01/05 Family Violence Incident reported in Waiwhero Road.

02/05 Vehicle parked in Whakarewa Street entered and items removed.

Reports of the theft of a 29 inch moun-tain bike wheel from Main Road, Riwaka.

03/05 Family Violence Incident reported in Pethybridge Street.

04/05 Burglary reported to property in Whakarewa Street with cash and electronic items taken.

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By Tim O’ConnellMotueka Rotary has done their bit

to ensure that those using the Great Taste Cycle Trail will be kept safe from traffic hazards by making a decent dent in a mammoth job painting of recently-erected safety posts last week.

When The Guardian stopped to check on progress last week, Project Convenor Geoff Milnes and fellow Rotarian Peter Holyoake had just donned the overalls and hi-vis vests and were discussing tactics for the task ahead.

“We’re just trying to work out the opti-mum system here and it looks like to me that if we can roller and then just touch up like this around the bottom then we should be right,” said Milnes.

Initially it was expected that the under-taking would take the Rotarians three days to complete the painting of the 414 posts along Main Road Lower Moutere with up to eight volunteers at a time pitching in to help.

By 1:30pm on Wednesday after-noon- just over 24 hours after Milnes and Holyoake applied the first brush strokes on the round wooden posts- a good stretch of the road between Lower Moutere Village and Riverside Community was already resplendent with a white sheen to alert motorists of riders approaching on the Cycle Trail.

Understandably pleased with progress to date, Mr Milnes believed another ‘one or two big sessions’ would be needed to

Rotary rolls on as bike trail posts coated

complete all of the posts and was confi-dent of completing within the next week, weather permitting.

“We’ve done an amazing job so far, and it definitely helps when you have a good group along with you,” he said.

“It’s a bit heart breaking when there’s just two of you doing it.”

The next step is to thread two 18mm nylon ropes through all the posts to fur-

ther enhance the safety aspect of the posts installation.

However, given that clamping and tension-based activity is required this part of the exercise will be left to the experts with a local specialist contracted to carry out the job.

Milnes said Rotary had helped with financ-ing and labour of the Cycle Trail throughout its development to date, particularly with the Kaiteriteri section.

The painting was part of their ongoing commitment to the project.

Project Manager for the Great Taste Cycle Trail Stuart Hughes had inspected the team’s handiwork last week and was impressed with their efforts to make the cycleway as user-friendly as possible.

“The support we get from groups like Rotary and others is really what makes the difference because you’re involving the community- it’s about ownership of it too,” he said.

Mr Hughes said the nine sections of posts were installed as a safety meas-ure to provide cyclists with a defined separation between themselves and traffic on one of the area’s busier sec-tions of road.

The height of the posts was specifical-ly designed to prevent riders from wan-dering across the allocated path onto the road while ensuring that no one clips part of their bike or body part on the bar-rier should they venture too close.

Costs for the project were split between the Tasman District Council and a grant from Central Government.

Pictured: It was a swift progression as members of Motueka Rotary were busy painting the 414 safety posts on the Great Taste Cycle Trail between Lower Moutere and the Riverside Community last week. The job took several days and should be completed this week.

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By Tim O’ConnellThe Motueka High School

Gymnasium echoed with the high velocity smash of ball against floor and adrenalized hollering as the winners were decided in this season’s Harvest Championship of the Motueka Volleyball League.

Tournament Coordinator Allan Brodie from Motueka-Golden Bay Volleyball said this latest edition had been the best yet, providing a good standard of volleyball and very exciting matches for its duration.

It all came to a head last Tuesday evening as twelve teams from eight local horti-cultural enterprises around the district met for the last time this season.

The teams are made up of Pacific Island ex-pats on the RSE Programme, with the majority from Samoa or Tonga.

While players are required to play for their own orchard, the rivalry between the two nations often makes for some fiercely fought encounters with occa-sional side-hopping turning games into international grudge matches.

“Pointing is a bit of a no-no in their cultures and I’ve had to step in on a few games and just cool things because they’ll be sticking their fingers through the net pointing at each other,” he said.

Brodie says the support from the orchard employers that the

Harvest League serving up pacific power

men represent has been indis-pensable in helping create such a successful tournament.

Moreover, the sense of com-munity that the nine week com-petition brings out among the local Pasifika population meant for a fantastic atmosphere dur-ing games.

“One night we had 98 people lined up on the wall right around the perimeter, it was incredible,” he said.

“I think it’s a valuable resource for these guys, and having (vol-

leyball) gives them some kind of social outlet after a hard day’s work.”

In the final, two Tongan teams faced off to decide the Championship, thus avoiding any cultural clashes.

Unbeaten all season, it was Palmer Orchard who was victo-rious over L2G Jazz by two sets to nil (25/22, 25/17) to claim the title for 2015.

Last year’s winners from Cederman Brothers’ Orchard were also acknowledged belat-

Samoan makeup.Not because of any selection

bias, however. It’s a matter of faith, it seems.

“The Tongan boys will not play on Sunday- they just won’t- because they’re good church going folk,” said Brodie.

He added the whole exer-cise has been good for the development of Volleyball in Motueka.

For now, the momentum halts until October when the orchard teams will be joined by college and club teams.

Brodie says the numbers of participants won’t return to full capacity until mid-February.

Prior to the finals matches, players from Motueka High School and the orchard work-ers themselves took part in some club training to perfect their spikes, serves and sets.

Among them were Year 13 Student Livia Strub and Year 12 Student Soerign Johnston who were preparing for their own upcoming Club and School matches.

“It’s been really good training with these guys, not so much in a tactical way but more the physicality that they play with,” Livia said.

sent across the net was helpful in their development.

“It’s been really good training with these guys, not so much in a tactical way but more the physicality that they play with,” Livia said.

Cederman Brothers receive belated congratulations for their 2014 Harvest League victory. Unfortunately this season was not another vintage but still contributed to an extremely entertain-ing season of volleyball between our seasonal horticultural employees.

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edly with a presentation before the first match got underway, with all but two of the 2014 team returning to Motueka to fill the ranks.

Success had eluded them in 2015 however, finishing in a tie for tenth.

After this final night of competition a squad of nine was selected to take part in a tournament in Nelson over the weekend.

But despite the final match consist-ing of two teams from the Friendly Islands, the Motueka-Golden Bay side that headed to Saxton Stadium over the weekend had a purely

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By Tim O’ConnellNext time you stop to have a look at the latest mural masterpiece being

meticulously painted on the blank canvasses around Motueka, there’s a very good chance you may well be handed a paintbrush and art shirt.

Another colourful depiction of the district’s celebrated features is two weeks underway and project drivers Vision Motueka are calling on locals and visitors to make a contribution too.

The mural is entitled ‘Te Awa- the River’ and represents the importance that the Motueka River has had on the region both now and historically.

Following the river’s path through the valley, Mt Arthur is also prominent in the design given its significance to Maori and its importance for outdoor pursuits.

Scattered along the 15m length are images of activities in the river from jumping off the bridge to paddling, whitebaiting and eeling.

This is the fourth such mural to be painted around the town with previous endeavours encapsulating the horticultural industry, adventure tourism and the much-admired 'History of Industry' in Decks Reserve which took out a silver medal at the NZ Sign and Display Association's annual awards in Auckland last year.

Overseeing the project’s direction this time around is Lower Moutere-based artist Karin Fruhauf.

“It’s coming along- we’ve had some people stop by to have a look but hopefully we get a few more lending a hand this afternoon,” she said on Saturday.

Having already made her mark on murals in Nelson, most notably the amenities block in Buxton’s Carpark, Fruhauf is lending her talents to cre-ating a tribute to the region she has come to call home since arriving from Germany in 2006.

“It’s a nice place to live…everything you want is right here,” she said.“I love the sea but I also have the mountains- It’s just perfect for me.” The first strokes of the river mural were made on the side wall of

Whitwell’s Menswear on Friday April 14 where the outline of the artwork was projected and subsequently pencilled in.

From here on in, it is largely a paint-by-numbers exercise, with work being carried out over the next few weekends, although the speed by which it is finished will depend on the volunteer numbers as much as how the weather co-operates.

Those wishing to give some time to assist Karin and the other Vision Motueka volunteers are welcome to drop by on Saturday or Sunday from 10:30am until 3pm.

As with the other murals, all paint is being supplied for free through Dulux and Guthrie Bowron Motueka.

River Mural hopes to get community creativity flowing

Painting by numbers but needing the numbers to do it, locals are invited to apply their touches to the fourth communinty mural cur-rently being worked on each weekend. Pictured here making the most of a perfect autumn afternoon are Linda Glew (front), David Armstrong from Vision Motueka and mural designer Karin Fruhauf.

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By Tim O’ConnellDevoting your working life to ridding the

world of mediocre beer is a task that one man alone cannot shoulder.

It’s something that the man known as ‘Mister Hops’ has come to realise in his thirty years of research and with a national accolade on the horizon, deflection of any individual praise comes swiftly.

Dr Ron Beatson has been named as a finalist in the Researcher Entrepreneur cat-egory, in the third annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards, designed to celebrate business success within New Zealand’s Universities and Crown Research Institutes.

Areas of expertise from other nominees in the same category include multi-storey buildings from renewable resources, big data software, a sustainable alternative to polystyrene, flavour in hops, CT colour cameras that look inside the human body for better diagnosis, an expert forensics DNA software system, and marine toxins enabling better global seafood safety.

All finalists will deliver a presentation in the final stage of judging on 17 June in Auckland before winners are announced at a reception that evening.

Under the leadership of Dr Ron Beatson many New Zealand grown hops have now become a household name in the interna-tional brewing industry.

Since 1984, he has been instrumental in the development of many new “specialty” hop cultivars, a major factor behind the glo-bal boom in popularity of craft beer.

His summation of the improvements made over the years is succinct.

“The beer’s definitely got better.”While appreciative of the award, Dr

Beatson concedes that the results achieved can be equally attributed to his hard work-ing team led by Dr Jo Stephens, Lawrie Graham and Chemist Dave Anderson.

“We are back room boys to a degree- It’s very rare that we get accolades so it’s nice that we are getting the publicity,” he says.

“I’m proud of what we’ve done, we’ve got a good focus and we’ve tried to deliver and that was what the award was about really- we’re delivering on a promise.”

Some of the hops cultivars developed at Plant and Food in recent times such as Motueka, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin have been lauded for helping kick start the craft beer phenomenon in New Zealand.

As the wealth of knowledge gained by the

Beer legacy a team effort, says Mister Hopsresearch expands newer varieties like Wai-iti, Kohatu, Waimea and Pacific Jade have been doing the rounds in recent brewing experiments to find the eureka combina-tion to further solidify the Kiwi reputation overseas.

International Visitors are a regular sight to the Brooklyn premises,in particular over the harvest months of February and March, with German, North American and Japanese brewing representatives haven’t taken a healthy interest in the team’s utilisa-tion of hops for the greater good of brewing.

Dr Beatson believes that the solid rela-tionship between Plant and Food Research and the New Zealand Hops has provided a mutually beneficial platform to facilitate any developments, ultimately exhibiting the results to these international consumers.

“It is showcasing the fact we are tightly knit- even though we’re a Crown Institute we’re still very close to the industry,” he says.

The on-site Lab Hop brewery at the heart of the operation usually produces two brews a week and seeks to utilise the known and the unknown of local hops in the quest to increase New Zealand’s standing within the international beer market.

Focusing on creating Pale Ale, IPA and Pilsener varieties that tend to dominate the craft beer market presently, the brewing methods are kept largely to the traditional styles with the key variations being the type of hops used and at what stage of the proc-ess the hops go in.

“What we’re really trying to do is look and see if we’re missing anything- and to be quite honest with you I think we’re ahead of the game right now,” he says.

He concedes that the relative size dif-ference between New Zealand and the big players in the global industry, name-ly Germany and the United States, will always keep Kiwi beers at arms-length from being a leading producer in terms of market share.

The way forward in his opinion is to con-tinue developing uniquely Kiwi flavours as opposed to keeping up with the Joneses- or the Schmidts for that matter.

“You can’t rest on your laurels- we’ve released some really excellent cultivars and some of them are world leading and really highly thought of in the craft brew-ing area- a lot of them coincided with the boom and they are highly sought after now.”

“When they first came out people said ‘these don’t have a very good pro-file, they look nothing like the German or North American hops’, but it was never our intention to have them look-ing like German or American hops,” he said.

“We’ve carved our own half-way niche in the world market, and we want to be in the premium end of it.”

The oracle of the operation is their brew kit which has provided vital test-ing and hop experimentation over the last 6 months, which in turn produces beers which get used as trial brews in collaboration with brewers such as Garage Project.

He believes that there is at least one new hop currently trialled that has the potential to make its mark in the near future, although little can be revealed

at this stage given the early stage of development.

For now the plan is simple; more pilot brewing, find the winners and give the hop to trial brewers to find a commercial use for the variety.

Long term, the prime objective is to shorten the brewing process in order to maximise the productivity within the industry without compro-mising the quality level that has been built up over the years.

“It’s a matter of tweaking what we already do,” says Dr Beatson.

With 85% of hops exported, the market potential has been well rec-ognised by Central Government with funding by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Enterprise giving val-uable financial assistance to future deeds.

Vats a fine effort- Dr Ron Beatson and his team at Plant & Food Research in Brooklyn have been acknowledged for their years of contribution to increasing the quality of New Zealand hops with a nomination in the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards in Auckland next month. The awards celebrate the efforts of Crown Reserach Institutes and Universities around the country in fostering success in the business sector.

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Branch librarian Janine Gillions and Librarian Tina Mortensen are looking forward to cel-ebrating N.Z. Music Month with three lunch time concerts at Motueka’s library during May.

New Zealand Music Month is being celebrated in style at Motueka’s Library three times during May. On consecutive Fridays – 8th, 15th and 22nd May, at 1.15pm there will be a lunch time concert. On each occasion talented musicians from Motueka High School under the direction of Music Head, Hilary Sinclair will perform.

When visiting the library either collecting your books or attending the concerts it’s worth taking particular note of the wonderful display that’s been created by Librarian Bronnie Webb. She’d done amazing things to plain guitars!

And it’s worth also drawing attention to Motueka’s Music Network. Via its website you’ll be able to source music teachers, performers, venues and the promotion of musical events.

“Our aim is to build a strong music culture in Motueka/Tasman by provid-ing a networking platform for the music scene, including for example the matching of students with teachers and performers with venues, and the promotion of musical events.” www.motuekamusic.org.nz

Three lunchtime concerts

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Once again the time has almost arrived and the excitement is building for the Motueka Quilting Connection’s annual show.

The quilt show is held at the Motueka Recreation Centre Friday 15th – Sunday 17 May between 10am and 4pm.

This year it will be held in the stadium.The Hoffman Challenge will again be on dis-

play. This is an exhibition that is open to quilters throughout New Zealand and this year one of their own members Jennie Green has had two entries accepted.

Jacqui Karl, an amazing quilt tutor from Palmerston North will be there as a guest exhibi-tor.

A Merchant Mall will be set up to showcase an array of products and craft ideas from local quilt-related businesses and principal sponsor Bernina Sewing Machines.

Jennie and Martin Green will be fundraising for a school in Gambia with a collection of items.

The Club Challenge will also be displayed with quilts of all sizes, wall hangings, cot and lap quilts plus those made by the Quilting Connection ladies for premature babies at Nelson Hospital.

Heart cushions made especially for heart patients will also be exhibited.

Pictured with just a sample of the excellent work created by the Motueka Quilting Convention is (From Left) Kay Palmer, Jennie Green and Judy Drummond.

Big quilts and craft excellence set for show

Motueka Community Patrol, working with the Motueka Police, seeks volunteers to join the ros-ter for week-end patrols.

The Motueka Community Patrol is a volun-tary group working with the Motueka Police to keep Motueka safe by providing weekend mobile patrols.

The group of 17 volunteers has helped the Motueka police keep an eye on the streets on Friday and Saturday nights for the past 4 years since its founding.

Motueka Community Patrol (MECP) is affiliated to CPNZ Community Patrols of New Zealand and was formed in 2001 to establish and promote a collaborative working relationship with Police and provide resources, support and guidance to affili-ated local community patrol groups.

A memorandum of understanding was signed with Police in 2002 and renewed in 2006.

A community patrol is a voluntary group of peo-ple giving some of their time and taking respon-sibility within their own community to help the Police make their community a safer environment in which to live.

Any citizen who has a caring attitude to their community may offer their services.

Members meet regularly for training and to dis-cuss issues and opportunities.

A condition of affiliation to Community Patrols of New Zealand is that the patrol has the support and confidence of the Police and has a police liaison officer allocated to work with it.

Community patrollers act as 'eyes and ears' for police.

Patrolling their community in pairs, patrollers note anything that could be suspicious and inform police immediately of incidents requiring urgent attention.

Some patrols have a very high profile in their community with a sign-written car, while others prefer to stay covert or drive their own car.

A recently-acquired Subaru 2012 XV Crossover means the group now patrols the town in style.

Patrollers usually patrol once a month. Applicants are vetted by the Police before

becoming patrol members and must complete a period of training (usually three months) where they work with senior patrollers.

Police notify the patrol of suspicious activities and trouble spots they would like the patrol to keep an eye on, as well as informing the patrol of events occurring in the area. Each member must sign a declaration of confidentiality and agree to abide by a code of conduct before working with the patrol.

Simply by signing a confidentiality statement, you could join us for a 'ride along' and experience patrolling first hand.

For more information contact Byron on 528 9592 / 021 119 6344 or Chris on 528 7007 / 027 241 9888.

The MCP wants you!

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Motueka’s newest venture

The Savile Family - Ross, Sue, Scarlett (9) and Amber (5) are all keen bikers.

The Motueka Bike Shed Noticed the new business in Deck’s Reserve? With

attractive brown signage its The Motueka Bike Shed which backs on to The Red Beret, and its owner is Ross Savile who you’ll think is English because he sounds it, but as he’s quick to point out he isn’t. He was born in Blenheim. It’s just that he lived in the UK from when he was 3 until he was 28! He’s been back ages now though, and for the last 9 years he’s lived in Motueka.

“I want to get involved in the town.”

So what’s new? Well Ross’s venture into business is. He’s a design engineer of 15 years by profession, and until recently he worked at Brightwater. He does the odd bit of contracting still, but running his own business is where he wants to be. “I want to get involved in the town,” Ross admitted.

A bike obsession Ross has ridden bikes since he was five and he’s got

a great collection. His oldest is a 1915 Christchurch built, nickel plated racer model. A 1952 children’smodel hangs above his door and outside there’s cracking old chain bike. He’s definitely got a bike obsession and he’s look-ing forward to a challenge so there’s a great combination!

Above: Ross and Sue Savile are pictured outside Ross’s new enterprise which backs onto Decks Reserve. He’s really keen to cater for our town’s older bikers, he can get anything you need!


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He’s a biker tooRoss still loves biking. “Mainly mountain biking, but

I’ve got a road bike too. I do stuff like the Heaphy, the tracks behind Richmond and Dun Mountain. Fifty kmh downhill is not unusual,with occasional crashes!”

Vintage bike bits“For some years I’ve imported parts for vintage push

bikes parts from India,” said Ross as he hoisted a set of classic handle bars in the air, and then reached for a shiny black enamel chain guard. Both definitely vintage. He’ll keep doing this, “I’m always on the look out for vin-tage Bikes,” he said.

Four areasRoss intends concentrating on four things at the

Motueka Bike Shed – repairs, selling new bikes, clothing/helmets/spares/ accessories. and rentals. He’s building up his stock and he assures everyone he can get any-thing they need.

Retro RentalsSoon he’ll be into rentals too. Plans include hiring out

a pair of Cruisers – single speed models for leisurely flat biking, mountain bikes, a tandem and Retro Rentals – a Raleigh 20, a Chopper, and American balloon bike, and a Raleigh Sports.

Already he’s organising maps for biking circuits around Motueka,

Hours:

9 o’clock until 5 o’clock Tuesday to Saturday

And Sunday mornings.

Ross is pictured above with his first ever bike. Since then his children have learned to ride on it too.

Electric bikesRoss stocks EBH E-Bikes. The full range is available

with choices of different powered and different sized batteries. With Japanese and European componentry some of these top quality bikes have a range of up to 80 kilometres.. Styles differ from folding to mountain bikes.

Mature bikers are topsRoss admits his target market is the more mature bik-

ers so as well as mountain bikes he has comfort and hybrid bikes.( And Kids’ bikes too– for grandkids?). “Malvern Star, a brand that’s existed for 112 years, since 1903, is a good value brand for all ages,” said Ross.” And mountain bikers are catered for with the Canadian “Rocky Mountain” bikes.

So although this venture’s new to Ross his own expe-rience in the field stands him in excellent stead. How about popping in to say hello to him? Take a look at his vintage velocipedes and talk bikes. Parking’s plentiful alongside, and no the chain bike’s not for sale!

Top Photo: Students who received 100% graduation in Term 1 2015; (From Left) May Takahashi (Year 9), Isabel Neal (Year 9) andDane Chea (Year 10).Bottom Photo: The ANZAC Choir who performed so well at this years Dawn Service at the Cenotaph. Also pictured are Head Students Kora Appleton and Nathan Peacock who gave a thoughtful speech at the same event.

Motueka High School Students of the week

Mother’s Day hi-jackedThe modern American holiday of Mother’s Day was

first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in Virginia.

She began her campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States in 1905, the year her beloved mother, Ann, died. Anna wanted to honour her mother by continuing the work she started and by setting aside a day to honour mothers.

Anna’s mother was a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides during the Civil War. She created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues.

In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation creating Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honour mothers.

Although Jarvis was successful in founding Mother’s Day she soon became resentful of the commercializa-tion and was angry that companies would profit from the holiday.

By the early 1920s, Hallmark and other companies started selling Mother’s Day cards.

Jarvis was angered by what she saw as a misinter-pretation and exploitation of the special day and she protested and even tried to rescind Mother’s Day.

The holiday that she worked for was not meant to be about profit, but sentiment.

Her intention for the holiday was for people to appreciate and honour mothers by writing a personal letter, by hand, expressing love and gratitude, rather than buying gifts and pre-made cards.

Jarvis organized boycotts and threatened lawsuits to try to stop the commercialization, she crashed a candymakers’ convention in Philadelphia in 1923.

Two years later she protested at a confab of the American War Mothers, which raised money by selling carnations, the flower associated with Mother’s Day, and was arrested for disturbing the peace.

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Nurses - treasures in our community Florence’s birthday

Monday 12 May is International Nurses Day; Florence Nightingale’s birthday and the day when all around the world people take the time to thank nurses for the great work they do.

A new providerTe Piki Oranga is a new regional Maori health provider

set up in collaboration with the Nelson and Marlborough District Health Board.

Te Piki Oranga – Maori Health Services is in two sites based in Wallace Street Motueka, and Te Awhina Marae in Pah Street. The nurses within this organisa-tion, like the District Nurses we featured last year, are mobile, visiting clients in their own homes from any-where between Tapawera and Golden Bay.

An holistic serviceTe Piki Oranga began as a service provider from

the last July 2014. . Previously there were seven Maori providers established in Wairau, Whakatu and Motueka, they are under one health service. Anne Hampton is now the Clinical Team Leader for Motueka and she oversees the nurses and team to deliver a wrap around holistic service to the community.

Qualified nursesBased in Motueka, Tash Cunningham, Lydia Mains,

and Gaynor Rikihana are registered nurses, with Megan Spick part time. The nurses’ role is long term chronic conditions COPD, asthma, diabetes, cardio vascular diagnoses as well as cancer. They are part of a vast network which includes G.P.’s, hospitals, mid wives, specialists, the P.H.O. and other government agencies.

Family involvement “Lydia, Megan and Gaynor are Community Health

nurses (Pukenga a Atawhai). Tash is a well child nurse (Tamariki Ora) and her role is similar to that of a plunket nurse. “We endeavour to get the family on board so we can provide for health, social and other needs.”

Improving healthTe Piki Oranga has a cross section of people who

have registered with the health service. They are assessed to find what their concerns or issues are with an outcome to improve their health and wellbeing.

Navigators Alice Adair and Larry Bailey as Navigators Support

work alongside the nurses “It’s quite a role, each fam-ily’s needs are different – it’s different strokes for dif-ferent folks. A real wrap around service,”said Larry

Getting help Motueka/Golden Bay 31 Wallace Street.

Phone: 03 528 5406

Below: Tash pops in to see her friend and new mother Onyx Ross and her daughter Ellamei who is just 11 days old. Housemate Drisana McColl (and her birthday boy Azaia) has supported Onyx in get-ting breast feeding established. Onyx and her baby are under the care of Midwife Tash Cunningham for six weeks then Tash is involved as Tamariki Ora.

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Lila Scholes braved a wet Sunday Market just over a week ago to fund raise for her trip to Australia to see her aunty. Pears and books were her speciality.

Jocelyn Sangster (Left) and Tracey Pickworth completed the 10km walk at Sunday’s Nelson Half Marathon event in 1 hour 33 min-utes- well done ladies! Cathy Hewlett and friends at Ralph’s music night at the Hotel

Motueka. Cathy’s bought a house bus and she’s off soon exploring!.

Noeline Gearry shows off her impressive Chrysanthemums flowering nicely at her home in Motueka. She has received many compliments from passerbys and many cut-tings have been given away to friends to

Lolita, Julian and Thomas from France have all worked in the apple packing shed but Lolita’s on her way back to France shortly. The blokes are staying on making some more money for their travels

Mum, Tessa Hiebendaal, originally from the Netherlands but now from the Motueka Valley with her children Kiri and Olle. As well as being bi-lingual the children are home schooled. A new group has formed for home schooling parents. Like to know more? Tessa’s email is tessa.hie-bendaal @gmail.com

Jocelyn Sangster (Left) and Tracey Pickworth completed the 10km

Cathy Hewlett and friends at Ralph’s music night at the Hotel

Lolita, Julian and Thomas from France have all worked in the apple

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20 WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015 Sport

TennisMotueka Club Tennis Club ChampsOur club held its Club Champs from Friday April 17 until Monday 20th. The weather was good apart from a wet court on Saturday delaying play. Those tak-ing part, aged 15 to 78, had fun and showed varying levels of skill. Some truly excellent tennis was seen and enjoyed. Winners were: Men’s singles: Championship - Richard Fry.Special plate - Corbin McFadyen.Plate - Jimmy Duncan.Ladies singles: Championship - Heidi Mayer.Men’s doubles: Championship -Richard Fry & Brett Martin.Plate- Jimmy Duncan & Mark Hamilton.Ladies doubles:Championship - Marlene Martin & Maxine Clapshaw.Plate - Agnes McNabb & Beryce Vincenzi.Mixed doubles:Championship - Heidi Mayer & Corbin McFadyen. Plate - Jimmy Duncan & Beryce Vincenzi.

DartsMotueka RSA DartsNathan 120x2 121 135x2 140 Joy 113Barry 140John 121 135 102b 140Alicia 85Brent 81 98 Dane 125 137 140 180

Golf18 hole women 4th May Eclectic, LGU & Bensemann Cup winner Judi Salisbury. Brilliant golf by all of us.9 hole womens 4th May Sue Bunt Salver Srixon Best. Nett winners Rose Barnes & Raewyn. Bailey, 2nd Pam Robert.Results from the day’s play 2 May 2015:Rush Cup Best Ball Stableford Round 1:Winners with 48 points: Eric Satherley and Gerald Warwick. Runners up on a count back with 44 points were Ralph Meikle and George Jameson.Nearest the pin was David Coeland.Twos were achieved by Jim Hunter and Gerald Warwick.The second round will be 30 May.Next week is Round Two of the Captain’s Trophy and Don’s Mug. Sunday 10 May we host the Sloan Trophy.Motueka Golf ClubResults Fishing Industry TournamentHeld Saturday 2 May.A Grade MenBest Nett B. Hedges 70Best Gross K.Armstrong 81 on countbackBest Stableford P. Tudberry 35 points on countbackRunner Up Stableford I. Rowling 35 pointsB Grade MenBest Nett B.Holden 70Best Gross L.Moses 86Best Stableford R.Harman 38 pointsR/U Stableford R. Potepa 36 pointsC Grade MenBest Nett P. Holyoake 67Best Gross B. Adams 90Best Stableford P. Johnson 35 on C/BR/U Stableford L.Goodall 35WomenBest Nett P. Chapman 70Best Gross S. Wisnewski 89Best Stableford A Tudberry 37 pointsR/U Stableford T. Appelman 36 pointsNon -Handicapped SectionBest Nett T. Blair 71Best Gross M. Scott 96

Best Stableford A.Andrew 33 pointsR/U Stableford 32 points Overall WinnerR. Bullock Nett 66Thorp Cup Mixed Combined StablefordHeld Sunday 3 MayWinners J and B. Hills 74 points2nd R.Meikle and J. Martin 72 points3rd B and S. Winter 69 points4th L. Moses and K.Scott 68 pointsThe Motueka Golf Club had a very busy weekend with tournaments on both days. The course was in great condition and the weather was per-fect. Saturday was the Fishermans Tournament with over 70 players tak-ing place. The club is very appreciative of the support received from the fishing industry for this event and also a big thank you to Jack Inglis for his input. Both the Club and the Jack Inglis Hospital benefit from this golf day.

BridgeMotueka Bridge ClubRiwaka Handicap A Room Green Section 04/05/15 EveningNorth/ SouthJanet Howell & Malcolm MacLeod 59.94% Handicap 59.83%Patricia R England & Lisa Harkness 58.38% Handicap 60.25%Joan Lloyd & Charmaine Satherley 54.79% Handicap 53.06%East/ West Dawn Benesmann & Diana Whitten 58.68% Handicap 63.74%Ruth Field & John Keene 54.49% Handicap 55.62%June Tippett & Natalie Vonk 52.10% Handicap 55.42%

BowlsMotueka Bowling Club

Tiger Turf Open Mixed Two Day Tournament Results:1st Craig Fowler, Dave Curry, Joan Ryan.2nd Tony Fowler, Sheryl Riordan, Alan Dannefaerd.3rd Justine Cowman, Mike Baines, Bob Foster.Second Division:1st John Greaney, Dianne Potts, Kristine Greaney.2nd Garry Richards, Robin Thompson, Selwyn Kotua.3rd Russell Calder, Janet Radcliffe, Jamie Hoult.Third Division:1st Dave Tomlinson, Lloyd Bellis, Marie Watson.2nd Keith Dowie, Ally Krammer, Noeline Gearry.3rd Moana Cross, Snow Grooby Daryl Knapp. Sponsor: Tony Riordan Builders.

DressageMotueka Dressage GroupThe final Motueka Dressage competi-tion for the summer will be held on the 31st May at Marchwood Park. This series has been very well supported with a large number of beginner riders upgrading during the season. Entry forms and Event Schedules can be found on the Motueka Dressage Group’s Facebook page or by contact-ing [email protected]. The riders and horses will possibly have a bit of a break, will put in as many hours of training as possible over the winter months, and come out with all guns blazing in October.Looking forward to seeing you all at Marchwood Park on 31st May and just a quick reminder, entries for this com-petition close on Monday 18th May.

Netball Week 2 – 9th MayDuty Officer 9:00 Netball Manager 12pm Netball ManagerUmpire Officer 9.30 Nola 12pm Steph CDesk Duty 9:00 MHS Black 12pm Rangers ACourt Duty 9:00 Brooklyn/SPC & Ngatimoti Ferns 3pmParklands GoldFuture Ferns Year 5 - 69.30am 1 Brooklyn/SPC v Ngatimoti Ferns (A Goodall / A Wilson)2 Riwaka Red v Motueka South Green (C Smart / S O’Cain)3 Parklands Lightning v Lower Moutere Ferns (B Drummond / Z Curtis)10.15am1 Brooklyn Ferns v Parklands Kiwis (S Lane / S Barrier) 2 Riwaka Black v Motueka South White (B Boyes / B Warrander)Intermediate and Senior Grades10am3 MHS Black v MHS Gold (AJ Binns / A Lelong)4 Mot South B v Lower Moutere/HS (Rochelle / S Paaka)11 am1 MHS International v GBHS C (M White / L Jury)2 SPC v Parklands Blue (S Inch / M Shelling)3 Huia White v MHS Sharks (A Lelong / E O’Cain)4 FML820 v Huia Green (AJ Binns/ Caleb)12 noon1 Mot South A v Steiner Gold (Huia White / MHS Sharks)2 Parklands A v Riwaka A (GBHS C / Y Mossimann)3 MHS 9A v MHS Warriors (Rangers A x2) 4 Vikings B v MHS 10A (Caleb / Violet)1 pm1 Tasman v Ngatimoti (Rangers A x 2)2 MHS Titans v MHS Panthers (GBHS A / MHS 10A)3 MHS International v MHS Tigers (S Fry / Vikings B)4 MHS B v Huia Export (Darylene / Rochelle)2 pm2 Rudolf Racers v Parklands Gold (T Binns / R Mossimann)3 GBHS B v MHS Warriors (S Fry / Huia Export)4 GBHS A v ROG Royal (Steph C / Violet)BYE GAMERangers Social Grade 1: Monday 11th May6.30pm MHS A v Chanel A 7.30pm Huia A v Vikings A BYE Rangers

firewood

DRY Firewood. Manuka, Eucalyptus, Birch. Ph 021 228 5025.

for sale

CANON 1200 Twin lens camera as new. Txt/call meal times only 027 721 7654.

entertainment

entertainment

$$$ for your antique fur-niture, paintings, china, clocks and jewellery. Plus quality restoration & reproduction service. Call at Mariri Gallery, Coastal Highway, Mariri, or telephone 027 448 4430 (weekdays 9am - 4pm).

antiques

carpet cleaning

TASMAN Carpet Cleaning Services. Great deal from $25 per room, profession-al clean, eco friendly. Phone Greg 0274 300 626.

art courses

Thu 7th - Wed 13th MayThe Sound of MuSic*Strictly limited seasonSat 1.30pm; Sun 3.15pmG • 3hrs (Includes intermission)a royal nighT ouT *Sneaks this weekendfri 1.50pm; Sat 6.45pm; Sun 1.30pm • M • 1hr 40minpiTch perfecT 2fri 5.45pm; Sat 4.40pm; Sun 11.30am; Mon 5.45pm; Wed 6.05pm • M • 2hrs

boychoirThu, fri 3.45pm; Sun 6.20pm; Mon, Tue 3.45pm; Wed 1.45pm PG • 1hr 52min

avengerS : age of ulTronfri 3d 8pm; Sat 2d 8.30pm Sun 3d 8.15am; Mon 2d 7.50pm; Tue 3d 5.40pm; Wed 2d 8.15pm M • 2hr 30min

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*cinderella Sat 11.20amG • 1hr 50min*Short froZen fever screens before Cinderella G • 8min

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public notices

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SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATING) ACT 2002

Inangahua Junction

Main Road, Inangahua Junction

In the High Court of New Zealand, Nelson RegistryCIV-2013-418-118In the matter of Local Government (Rating) Act 2002Between Buller District Council, Applicant andRatepayers of the Land being Joseph Michael Storer and Elaine StorerRespondent ratepayer

Sale of freehold property under Local government (Rating) Act 2002At the request of the Buller District Council in the exercise of a power of sale under the provisions of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the non-payment of rates and on instruc-tions from the Registrar of the High Court at Greymouth, Doug McKee (auctioneer) on behalf of Vining Realty Group Limited (Bayleys) will offer for sale by public auction the property situated at Main Road, Inangahua Junction, being an estate in fee simple being Section 11 of Buller, Block V, Ingangahua Survey District NZ10A/1371 Nelson Registry. The property freehold and contains a pre-1914 weatherboard dwelling in poor condition. Prior to the sale a copy of the conditions of sale may be obtained by contacting Doug McKee at Vining Realty Group Limited (Bay-leys) and may be inspected at the offices of the Registrar of the High Court at Nelson or at the offices of Stallard Law Limited, 92 Collingwood Street, Nelson without payment of any fees at any time during office hours prior to the sale. .

Auction 12pmFri 15 May 2015At the observation LoungeBeachfront Hotel, 111 Revell Street, Hokitikawww.bayleys.co.nz/4000565Doug Mckee B 03 546 9455M 027 442 6927 [email protected] VINING REALTY GROUP LTD, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

property for sale

NEW Dentures, relines and repairs. Phone John Turnock 528 6769.

personals

lost & found

LOST on Sunday at Motueka market or New World - ladies Swatch watch with purple plas-tic strap. Much loved. Ph 528 6717.

LOST 29" Mountain bike wheel. Left at Riwaka Sports Ground car park Saturday. Contact Martin 0274 304 533.

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SATURDAY 9th May, 163 Queen Victoria St. 10am-4pm. Art supplies and more. Plants, tools, furniture, books.

SUNDAY 69 Greenwood St, 9am-3pm. House hold items.

SATURDAY 9th May, 9.30am-1pm. 15 Greenwood St. Help put a roof on a school in Vanuatu. Assorted goods, fruit, sausage sizzle, morning tea.

SATURDAY 9th May. 97 Wharf Road (Motueka), 9am-noon. Moving away, everything cheap. Household items, toys, furniture.


Phone 03 528 2088 Email [email protected]

church services

vehicles for sale

ALWAYS Buying and selling good tidy cars. Finance and trades welcome. Open 7 days. Motor-eka Ltd, 8 Whakarewa Street (next to McDonald's). Phone 528 8885. www.motoreka.co.nz

wanted to rent

LONG Term 3 bedroom house by 2 reliable men, rural Motueka. Semi retired. Solid ref-erences. Phone Gerry 022 323 0568.

to let

MOTUEKA Rooms to let. $100 pw power and phone included. Long term preferred. Phone 03 527 8578 or 0274 305 051.

FULLY Furnished queen bedroom in cosy Cottage with log fire. Peaceful loca-tion with Tasman Bay views. 15 mins from Motueka. Sorry, no pets. Available 1st May - 30th September 2015. $240 per week, power included. One week rent in advance. Phone 528 8702.

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• AreyoupassionateaboutClinicalLeadership?

• Workinanenvironmentwhereyoucangrowanddevelop

• Rewardingteamenvironment

Oceania Group is a nationally recognised leader in the field of aged care services and retirement options. At Oceania we believe in providing excellent care and service for the elder New Zealander. We pride ourselves on showing respect and kindness in everything we do.

Our Woodlands facility in Motueka is looking for an experienced Clinical Manager who has a passion for quality and evidence based excellence and the ability to provide Clinical Leadership within a model of care that provides hospitality, choice and flexibility for our residents.

As part of the Facility Management team, you will work very closely with the Business and Care Manager and be responsible for providing the best clinical practice achievable. This is a full-time position, Monday to Friday, offering a good mix of mentoring, teaching, administrative and hands on work.

We are passionate about our people, which include staff as well as residents. We can offer you indemnity insurance as well as full assistance to acquire skills and knowledge in this area of care delivery, including the opportunity to participate in New Zealand’s leading aged care training programmes.

Youwillhave:

• Soundclinicalmanagementexperience

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• KnowledgeoftheLiverpoolCarePathwayanddementiacarewouldbeanadvantage

In return we can promise you rewarding work and a fun team, within our rest home and hospital level care facility.

Do you feel ready for this key leadership role? Apply today.

To apply for this role, please visit www.connect.oceanialiving.co.nz and enter vacancy number 10508

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stump grinding

STUMP Grinding, tree felling. Stumps ground to mulch for ready gar-dening. Ph: Andrew 021 081 82 123, AH (03) 553 0633.

HANDYMAN Storage. Motueka's newest most secure storage unit. Security cameras. Insurance approved. 26 Huffam St, Motueka. Ph 0274 344 254. Courtesy trailer available.

TASMAN Storage units available from $5.90pw. Clean, dry, secure units. Insurance approved. 24/7 access. Phone 528 0071.

storage

STORAGE Systems Motueka. Secure self storage available from $6 a week. Ph 528 4060.

NEED STAFF? Advertise with us in the classifieds. Phone (03) 528 2088.

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24 WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015 Sport

By Tim O’ConnellA beautiful autumn day greeted parents and kids alike for another

year as the weekend ritual of attending winter sporting fixtures got underway across the Tasman District.

While travel is a big part of the weekly routine especially for those with multiple offspring to chauffeur, Goodman Park and the Motueka Recreation Centre’s outdoor courts offered close proximity for proud spectators to divide their time if they were fortunate enough to have children playing football and netball there on Saturday.

Meanwhile in local rugby circles, Rangers held their annual club day at the Moutere Hills Community Centre, with all grades having home ground advantage for the start of the J.A.B competition both there and around the region.

Motueka United’s teams were scattered far and wide with the under 7s, under 8s and under 9s all playing at Tahunanui while the under 6s and under 10s held the fort at Sportspark Motueka.

Senior women’s netball teams also took to the court in the opening rounds of play, with early promise apparent for an entertaining season ahead.

May is time to play for junior winter codes

Tayne Collings has his eyes on the tryline as he makes a break for Tapawera against Stoke in the first weekend of JAB rugby around the region. Photo Courtesy of Sue Fenemor.

Meanwhile at Goodman Park, Motueka All Stars took on Golden Bay Wildcats in 13th Grade action, winning 4-1, while above MHS Gold took on Huia Green in first round netball action.

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