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By Chris TobinSunday will be a sad day for the staff at

The Winery Riverlands restaurant when it closes, says Greg Ward.

Mr Ward’s company, Rangiora-based Continental Caterers, has leased the popular restaurant and function centre on the south-ern outskirts of Blenheim for three years but the building’s owner Pernod Ricard has decided to close this part of their operation on the site including the cellar.

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By Annabelle LatzThe Renwick Hal l has

reached the next stage of its future development.

A public survey sent out to the wider Renwick community last month has provided the Renwick Hall committee with a solid platform to work with, regarding how the community wants to best use its hall.

Murray Newman, chairper-son and spokesperson for the committee, said everyone has mutually agreed the 30 year-old facility has been outgrown by its own community, and needs an upgrade.

“We now have a good view of what the community wants to do with the hall.”

Ideas voiced in the 140 sur-veys that were returned to the committee suggested an upgraded facility to accommo-date a range of social events, indoor sports, and provide a space for meetings, would be the best option.

The hall is already used for some community meetings and some indoor sport, but in its current state it is not warm enough or big enough for a lot of activities.

The committee will now col-

late the survey information to-gether, and start making plans for renovation and upgrade work on the hall, to best suit the wishes of the community.

Renwick Hall was built 30 years ago, on land gifted by the RSA to the Crown, to serve as a Memorial to those who lost their lives serving the country, and a facility for the school and

community.“Time has really passed the

hall by. We need to look at better heating and insulation,” said Murray.

Plans are being drafted up by Red Box Architects in Nelson, the same company that Renwick School has used.

Funding methods will also be studied.

“When we have facts and figures we can work on a design brief.”

Murray said the community can expect to see a draft plan by the end of the year, which will provide a chance for a pub-lic meeting, to assess the next stage in the hall’s development.

“We are taking it step by step,” he said.

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Continued from page 1. “We’re sad to see the closure

of activity,” Mr Ward said. “It’s been a very dynamic venue

ever since it opened in 2001 and I’m sure it will be missed.”

Five fulltime staff are em-ployed at the restaurant as well as several casuals.

“We’ll give them every support we can,” Mr Ward said.

“They’re looking locally for jobs and with the summer season starting, hopefully that will assist them.”

Events and functions already booked at the venue will still go ahead.

“Contracts booked for this season’s functions including wed-dings, conferences and dinners will be honoured in full.”

Mr Ward said Continental had

operated in Marlborough for 23 years and this would continue.

“We intend to retain a perma-nent place in the area,” he said.

Destination Marlborough gen-eral manager Tracy Johnston said it was disappointing that the venue was closing.

“From a conferencing perspec-tive it is disappointing.

That venue could do sit-down dinners for 350 people but we

appreciate the business reality.” She said the building was an

attractive one which drew in tourists.

“We’ll be making sure visitors are aware of alternative options to enjoy a vineyard lunch as part of their Marlborough experience.”

A visitor’s book will be avail-able at the door on Sunday in which guests can write their final farewell.

Sad Sunday for restaurant

Renwick Hall committee members, Helen Miller, Murray Newman and Sue Neal.

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Meningitis deathAn elderly Picton man who died of

meningitis on Monday was a former journalist.

Marlborough medical officer of health Jill Sherwood has reported the man died after being admitted to hospital with pneumococcal disease.

The man’s meningitis was not caused by meningococcal bacteria from which 12-year-old Amanda Crook-Barker died last week, Dr Sherwood said.

Pneumococcal disease can lead to meningitis and eight cases have been reported in Marlborough this year.

An obituary on the deceased man will be published in Wednesday’s Sun.

coMMunity awardsThe Marlborough community

has rallied behind their volunteers, with 50 entries being received for the TrustPower Marlborough Com-munity Awards.

The Awards recognise and reward volunteers for the outstanding contribution they make to the local community, and are run in conjunc-tion with the Marlborough District Council.

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lift in house pricesData from the Real Estate Institute

of New Zealand shows an increase in house prices for the Nelson/Marlborough area.

For the month of August, the region recorded the highest lift in prices for the month with an increase of 9.6%.

The median dwelling price for Nelson/Marlborough this Au-gust was $330,000, while it was $320,000 in August last year.

However, the median price was recorded at $301,000 only in July this year.

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By Chris Tobin The Marlborough vineyard

contractor who illegally employed a Chinese couple now facing deportation should be prosecuted also, says Ken Prouting, chair-man of the New Zealand Master Contractors Association.

“It’s been like this for a long time and whenever illegal workers are caught, nothing ever happens to the contractor,” said Mr Prouting who operates Provine Ltd.

“We’re very disappointed.” Mac Pouwhare of Grapeworx

said he and other contractors made the effort to comply with the law but many did not.

“There should be consequences for the contractor as well as the grower.

“At the moment there are no consequences.

“All that happens is that the employee gets deported.”

Asked for statistics regarding the number of prosecutions brought against contractors, Peter Elms, Immigration NZ’s general manager intelligence risk and integrity, re-ferred the Sun to a former Blenheim

man who was convicted in August last year for assist-ing 11 illegal workers in 2006.

He was given six months commu-nity detention.

“Employers who break the law can be liable for a fine of up to $50,000 depend-ing on the circum-stances,” Mr Elms said.

Mr Pouwhare said the contractor who employed the Chinese couple would have been aware they were not legally entitled to work in the vineyards.

“The contractor must be aware; they have to view the work visas.”

The manager of seasonal co-ordination services for Wine Marlborough, Claire Wilson confirmed that contractors were required to view the work visas of their workers.

“Contractors need to view the visas and there’s VisaView im-

migration programme on the com-puter too.”

The Chinese couple, a 38-year-old man and 25-year-old female, ar-rived in New Zealand in September last year on long term business visas which stated they were hairdressers intending to set up their own salon.

They did not establish a hair salon but were rather employed in the Marlborough vineyards.

T h e i r visa expired in

January this year. They were arrested

last Wednesday and Immigration New Zealand is now de-ciding whether they should be deported or not.

Mr Elms said the couple’s names could not be made public, nor that of the con-tractor who employed them.

He could not state whether the contractor would be prosecuted.

“We are unable to provide any information as the Privacy Act applies,” he said.

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Blenheim carpentry apprentice Daniel Crockett has been named the Upper South Island Region Registered Master Builders Cart-ers 2012 Apprentice of the Year.

The 22 year old, employed by Haack Construction and trained by the BCITO, was announced as the winner at the awards evening, held at Giesen Sports and Events Centre last night.

Each apprentice was asked to submit the project that they were most proud of.

Daniel presented judges with his work on a total rebuild of an existing house in Marlborough, perched on a sloping hill over-looking the Wairau River.

Daniel was awarded his choice of either a study grant to the value of $2,000, or $2,000 to spend at

Carters, as well as an Outward Bound Leadership Programme valued at over $3,600, a Stanley hand tool package and other prizes.

He will now go on to compete against the eight other regional winners at the national Ap-prentice of the Year competition in Wellington on October 25 and 26.

Apprentice named top of the South

‘All contractors need to comply’

Ken prouting, Marlborough contractor and chairman of the new Zealand contrac-tors association, says not just illegal vineyard workers should be prosecuted, but their employers also.


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SAvemArt moveSThe old Trents building on Stuart

St has found a new purpose, with the site having been bought by an Auckland-based businessman, now revealled to be Tom Doonan of SaveMart.

SaveMart is already established in Blenheim on the corner of Henry and Alfred Streets, but the branch will relocate to the premises on Stu-art St in the next couple of months.

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Guest nights in Marlborough commercial accommodation during July 2012 were up 0.8% from July 2011 according to the Statistics New Zealand Commercial Accommoda-tion Monitor.

International guest nights im-proved 1.2% and domestic guest nights 0.5% from July 2011.

This growth is off the back of strong increase in visitors nights in July 2011 on July 2010.

Three multi day conferences were held at the Marlborough Convention Centre during July

Nationally domestic guest nights fell 11% while international guest nights fell 3.8% for the month of July 2012.

The accommodation survey only records guests staying in hotels, motels, backpacker accommodation and holiday parks in New Zealand each month.

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By Robbie ParkesThe iconic building that houses Hotel

d’Urville on Queen St, is up for sale.The business and site have been

on the market since last week, and Bayleys Marlborough commercial and business broker Grant Baxter said there has already been interest.

“We’ve had a few enquiries already.” “It’s a well established little boutique

hotel.”He said the present owners have

decided to move on to other things, having run the business for a number of years.

The last time the site was up for sale was seven years ago, only one of two instances where Grant has seen the iconic building on the market.

Built in 1923, the building was previ-ously a bank, and in recently years has been home to the boutique hotel and its award-winning restaurant.

“It’s a landmark building and we

haven’t got enough of those,” said Grant.

“It’s in great order.”

Offered as a freehold going concern, the sale listing de-scribes the site as “Luxury bou-

tique accommodation,” with 11 guest rooms, spacious restaurant and bar, in an area of 617m2.

Hotel d’Urville for sale

Sixteen census district supervisors are needed for the West/Coast/Nelson and Marlborough area in time for the next census on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.

About 440 district supervisors are needed for the nation-wide count, involving the delivery and collection of forms for an estimated 4.6 million people and 1.8 million dwellings.

More information at www.census.govt.nz/jobs.

Figures released this week show a bounce back in national spending across the Paymark network just in time for spring.

Paymark, which processes about 75 per cent of all electron-ic transactions in New Zealand, reported a solid annual growth rate of 5.5 per cent in August.

Regiona l stat ist ics for Marlborough reported a growth of 2.2% compared with August

last year in electronic transac-tions.

The value of spending (in mil-lions) was up 2.5% also.

Electronic card spending in the retail industries rose 3.0 per-cent in August, when adjusted for seasonal effects, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Fuel retailing (up $67 mil-lion or 10.8%) was the main contributor to this rise, but there

were also smaller increases in all other retail industries.

Total core retail spending (which excludes the motor vehicle-related industries) rose 1.0% in August 2012, boosted by increases in all industry groups.

Hospitality was up $13 million (2.0%), and consumables, up $12 million (0.8%), had the largest increases.

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By Robbie ParkesThree Marlborough Lines utility arborists have

gone the extra mile to achieve high qualifications after four years of study.

Brett Pont, Daryn Pope, and Phillip Dunn have all achieved a National Certificate in Horticulture (Level 4 Advanced) Arboriculture.

All three will be presented with their cer-tificates at the Marlborough Mayor’s Industry Training Graduation on September 22 at the Marlborough Civic Theatre.

“All three of us are from forestry background, and to get an adult apprenticeship, it’s pretty good,” said Brett.

“It’s everything from maintaining the blades of your chainsaw, right through to clipping and advanced tree felling.”

Their work takes them from as far as the Marlborough Sounds to Rai Valley.

“It’s pretty much a provincial job.”The qualification gives us more varying work,

said Brett, you get to see parts of Marlborough most people who live here never see.

“It’s brilliant, it’s probably one of the best jobs

Arborists go the extra mile

I’ve had.”Down in the Sounds it’s one year to the next,

and seeing a job well done is reward in itself, he said.

“It’s addictive.”All three did on the job training through the

New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation (NZHITO).

Brett said their studying is a good way of mak-ing sure they are up to scratch in the profession, and it gives them more leadership opportunities.

“And it’s good to get recognised.”Arborist supervisor and the trio’s work place

assessor (who signs off their unit standards for their studies) Locky Wilson, said arboricultural work generally goes under the radar.

They often work with trees around power lines, and provide an essential service that can be quite dangerous.

Locky said it is good to see some of the senior guys go through their qualifications, especially with another four apprentices in the company following in their footsteps.

“It’s good for them, they come out with a very high qualification, and puts them in a good position to move up.”

Brett Pont (pictured) along with workmates daryn Pope and Phillip dunn, has achieved a national certificate in horticulture (level 4 Advanced) Arboriculture. All three are employed by marlborough lines.


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Dear Ed,With regard to the letter written

to the Sun, “Fertile Land Lost” I absolutely agree that zoning this land for housing, etc is short sighted foolishness.

We have already lost too much in this way.

There is plenty of second class land in Marlborough to be used for this purpose.

I would suggest a good choice would be the land from Redwood Pass Rd, to the White Bluffs would

be excellent with fantastic views. Councillor Maher said that this

would be very feasible. I note that some property in that

area is already for sale. Secondly I agree with the Sun letter objecting to the Queen Street car park change.

Has MDC nothing better to do than squander our ratepayer money on such unnecessary and inconven-ient stupendous enterprises?

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fooTpaThI thort the footpath at the river in

town was for foot trafick so why did my kids get told to get out of the way of a rude man on a bike going flat out. Nt gd.

ThuMbs up!To the brave mums that asked

for help. Its the best thing you can do for your kids and future moko. Welcome to fresh air and a thriving future. Stay strong!

oN-LiNe GaRaGe saLeRe O n l i ne ga r age sa le

Marlborough article feature in the Sun paper 5th Sept ...

Someone goes online stating that she thought the article was good and it was about time someone had said something about the bullying etc ... next minute she’s being bul-lied and then threatened by admin

... aka Serena kamalan that she would be banned for making such comments ... seems to me no one is allowed an opinion and if u do say anything you get banned then slaughtered by fellow members. Sort it out.

Bullying is not cool no matter what the age.

No longer member of this pa-thetic site!

sMokeRs coRNeR?As a senior Marlborough Girls’

college student myself i would like to say that there is not a ‘smokers corner set up by government paid staff’ in our school.

Sure there is a ‘smokers corner’ but it is only labelled that by students.

Yes the school doesnt take much action against smokers but the teachers and senior school lead-ers along with the prefects do try and do their bit to stop them and having duty teachers check the smokers corner at lunchtimes on a regular basis is something we do to try and catch them out.

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swasTika iN coNcReTeTo the brainless cretin who walked

over the driveway and scratched a Swastika in wet concrete, if you had another brain it would be lonely. The only good use you could be is a decoy for Prince Harry in Afghanistan.

One Peeved Resident.

No accessHutcheson St bridge either side

has no access down to river walk-way. MDC is not concerned.. funny? I thought we were their bosses! Seems we get only what MDC thinks we should have after their own pet projects!!

Good oN youProud ups to the lady that saved

herself & her kids. We’ve been there too. It’s hard but it gets easier. Yep we have awesome supports in place *bridget & co*. You’re a good mum.

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LyNda coMe backLynda who has managed fash-

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Equip safety, just the complete opposite, brilliant!

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kfc faLse coMpLaiNTs I am a staff member at kfc and

im sick of these false complaints. We have improved alot since we

got a new manager. She is trying to push us as far as

we can go getting us to the best we can possibly be and all i hear is bad mouthing of my work place!

I feel this is over the top. I buy the food myself and i

don’t get nothing different than anyone else but its never bloody or anything.

I think that these accusations are over stated!

ouT of LiNeHey to the naive spoilt brat that

attacked my sister loudly in public and embarrassed her.

You were way out of line judging her for her relationship breakup and having to quit her job to go on support to look after their babies.

As if it hasn’t been hard enough. Can we have your contact details so when kids are sick etc you can stop what you’re doing and come look after them for free no govt subsidies for you!

I’ll suggest she works night shift. Easy!

suNshiNe RiGhTsAs a Marlburian I’m going to

claim the rights to Sunshine and they can have the bloody wind. What a Joke.

baNNedI too am a member of garage

sales on Facebook! I have often wanted to stick up

for others on there but know I will be banned instantly.

Seriously the admin crew need to grow up.

The bullying and back stabbing is mainly fed by admin. Enough is enough! - This subject is now closed. Ed

Dear Ed,Over the last couple of months

several letters have appeared in the Sun regarding the papers being wet, soggy or not being placed in letters/newspaper boxes.

As a modern day newspaper deliverer I can assure readers that the Sun is hand delivered, not like others which are thrown from a car or van; and apologise to readers that have experienced wet and soggy papers.

But how adequate is your letter box to the modern day require-ments?

Many boxes today are not long enough to take a paper, or do not

have a round insert for them, and yes we do all get those advertising pamphlets which fill boxes up with continuous regularity.

So to help all! If you don’t want the paper say so,

we can all read. And to help keep your papers dry

and not low flying objects down the street, try some plastic water or waste pipe this can be fitted to all letter boxes and will not cost an arm or leg, just a friendly plumber or drain layer, or even phone the Sun they will be able to help.

Frustrated Paper Deliverer.

Dear Ed,The coming of yet another su-

permarket chain store (Rebel) to Blenheim doesn’t give me a buzz.

Nor do Warehouse, Bunnings and other super shopping barns peddling cheap Chinese junk..

Nor do I like Countdown’s Blenheim monopoly on super-markets.

I really don’t like supermarkets?How much better for consumers

to be buying quality NZ made

goods even paying more, than having extra cheap shonky quality plonked on shop shelves.

It just adds up to rampant consum-erism which does not do families or country any good.

I reckon locals should endeavour to support local businesses. like Mitchell Sports instead of Rebel’s supermarket.

Don CoyoteBlenheim

Dear Ed,I recently wrote a letter to this

paper about customer service both good and bad.

It appears I have upset some people.

To any I have upset I am sorry but I feel strongly about letting people know if the service I receive is not up to standard or exceptionally good.

It would appear that sometimes

we have to speak directly with the company concerned as there are some managers still concerned enough to care and not treat you as a number in the search for an extra dollar no matter what the cost.

So let’s speak out to get the best service we deserve as customers all the time.

Mark Reid

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Children living with cancer can look forward to a brighter Christmas, after an $800 donation from the Havelock Masonic Lodge on Tuesday.

The money, donated to the Marlborough Child Cancer Group will be used to pay for the bulk of the Christmas presents at the Child Cancer Children’s picnic.

The money was raised by organising a couple of fun golf charity matches at Golfing World at Riverlands and the decision on who should receive this donation was left to the Master of The Lodge.

This year Chris Hobbs had the privilege.

Chris, also a spokesperson for the

Freemasons commended the work the local committee do.

The contribution is one of many recent donations made by local and national Freemasons, including the provision of GPS in every ambulance in New Zealand, and new jaws of life equipment for the Nelson/Marlborough rescue helicopter.

Masonic lodge donates to child cancerMembers of the Havelock Masonic Lodge present representatives from the Marlborough Child Cancer Group with an $800 donation on Tuesday night. Photo supplied.

Karen McWha got in early to meet Annabel Langbein, the free range cook, and was first in line to get her books signed on Thursday morning at Blenheim Paper Plus.

A memorial service will be held at the Blenheim War Memorial clock tower at 11.00 am on Sunday, 16 September, to mark Battle of Britain Day.

The Battle of Britain is com-memorated as the turning point of World War II when the pilots of the RAF staved off the Luftwaffe attack on southern England despite being heavily outnumbered.

Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sow-man will give a short address and

the keynote speech will be made by Air Vice-Marshall (Retired) David Bamfield ONZM, DSD.

Squadron Leader Sarah Woodhouse will represent the RNZAF along with Wing Commander Peter King from RNZAF Base Woodbourne.

Marlborough RNZAF Association President Mary Barnes and the local MP Colin King will also attend the service.

The RSA advises that medals should be worn to this ceremony.

Battle of Britain Service in Seymour Square

Some major changes are taking place at next year’s Marlborough Wine and Food Festival.

A new area called the Festival Quarter, where a number of wine and food sites will be located, will showcase a selection of Marlborough wines for tasting and include wineries that have not participated in the festival

before as well as a num-ber of smalland boutique brands.

There will be an even greater emphasis next year on the stunning cuisine of the region, in the Cu-linary Pavilion, another new feature

A new Marlborough Local Heroes area will give those attending the opportunity to taste the

varied gourmet products emanating from the re-gion, while talking with the individual producers.

Early Bird festival tickets are on sale from Monday September 17 to Sunday September 30, and be in the draw to win a fantas-tic festival prize package worth over $2000.

General admission ticket sales open on Monday

1 October, with a new Connoisseur ticket avail-able for the first time, which will provide VIP treatment, access into the Connoisseur Lounge, complimentary wine tast-ings, light refreshments and festival souvenirs.

The festival will be held at Brancott Vineyard, on February 9, 2013.

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Our granddaughter Kiara. She is 15 months old and knows how to Skype us from Brisbane.

Q What’s your pet hate?

People who complain but take no action. If you don’t like something, change it.

Q Your favoured holiday destination?Any where with good friends. Mountains and interesting plants are cool too. Bolivia, Borneo, Wanaka or Nelson Lakes. Kilimanjaro is still on the to do list.

Q What’s your favourite music?Probably Country music. We lived in the States for a while, not far from Nashville and Memphis and I think I caught the bug.

Q What is the one thing Sun readers would be surprised to know about you?

I am a keen martial arts stu-dent and have a Black Belt in Seido Karate.

Q What’s next on your wish list?

Just started building a house in St Arnaud. It will be our first new house so we are looking forward to seeing it finished and enjoying weekends up at the Lake.

Q A saying you like to live by?

Don’t quit. Every diffi-culty is an opportunity in disguise.

Smoked salmon, washed down with a good local wine.

Our two girls and their partners (and our granddaughter of course). With one in Brisbane and one in Hamilton it doesn’t happen very often. If they are not avail-able then Richard Branson would be interesting to have a meal with.

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Running shoes, bikes and swim-ming togs have provided much of the magical experience Rachel Monk will remember from her time in Marlborough.

This Sunday will be the last time for a while that her face will be seen at the duathlon at Wither Hills, organised by the Marlborough Triathlon and Multi Sport Club, of which she has been a member.

Originally from Manchester, her husband Dave, and two sons Dylan, 5, and Lewis, 4, have been in Blenheim for six years, and New Zealand for a decade, often traveling in their campervan.

“I have tried to do as many duath-lons here as I can.”

Rachel already had a strong background in running, mainly half marathons.

“It’s fabulous here, every single weekend there is something going on.”

She said the club has been amaz-ing, and always friendly and helpful.

Rachel exceeded her expectations in 2009 when she overcame the fear of swimming in open water, and competed in a half iron man competition near Ashburton.

In 2010 she competed in the National Duathlon Championships in Christchurch.

“That was when I just gave it my all.”

Rachel said sport these days is about keeping fit, and involving the family.

Rachel and Dave are both nurses, so juggling shift work, children, and sport always keeps life busy and interesting.

“My training varies every day, we just fit things in.”

The family bike most places around town, and go for longer rides when time permits.

“The boys just love it, as long as we take food!”

In 2009 the family biked from Bluff to Blenheim, described as “one of the most cruisy trips ever,” by Rachel.

During January and February, the weather was favourable, and took them six weeks.

The boys were little enough to be in seats attached to the bikes.

“It was great seeing things through the kids’ eyes.”

It was on that road trip that they decided it was time to get on the road again.

“So we decided to sell up, and

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go away again in our campervan again.”

The family head away soon, to travel around New Zealand until next May, and will then continue their travels in Europe and the UK.

Steve Smith, spokesperson for the Marlborough Triathlon and Multi Sport Club, said the “positive and upbeat” Rachel and her family will be missed, and hopes to see them back very soon.

As well as being a fine athlete,

Steve said it is Rachel’s sense of strong family spirit that he will remember, with her husband and sons always cheering her on.

“She was always, and I mean always, cheery and smiling,” said Steve.

This Sunday the Monk family will be competing in the family grade of the duathlon at Wither Hills.

“Do things that you enjoy. Living in this place is truly amazing,” said Rachel.


New closed circuit television secu-rity cameras will be installed in the CBDs of Blenheim and Picton as a public safety measure.

At the same time, a free public WiFi service will be installed by the Marlborough District Council, enabling people in either town centre free access to the internet with their laptops, tablets and smartphones.

The new CCTV system will replace

the eight aging security cameras installed around Blenheim in 2004-05 at the request of retailers and the Po-lice, which are now beginning to fail.

The Council has considered six proposals from businesses interested in installing the CCTV system, se-lecting Network Tasman Limited as best able to meet the requirements which include service to 30 camera locations.

Blenheim ratepayers currently pay for the existing security system through their rates and the existing reserves from this rating source is suf-ficient to replace the Blenheim system.

The installation costs for Picton will be funded from Forestry Reserves with future running costs addressed through the Annual Plan.

The Council and the Police will be able to view all camera feeds.

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IncIdents thIs Week

CCTV for Blenheim and Picton

Monday, September 10At 7.45am a 19 year old

male labourer was arrested for Unlawfully Carrying a Firearm, Unlawful Hunting and Wilful Trespass after he was allegedly caught on a property up the North bank hunting without permission.

At 8.45am an 18 year old unemployed male was arrested on a Warrant for his Arrest for Failing to Appear.

At 11.40am a 31 year old unemployed male was arrested for Theft and Possession of a Knife in a Public Place after he allegedly drove off from Caltex, Blenheim failing to pay for $50 worth of petrol.

At 4.40pm a 14 year old male student was arrested for Arson after he allegedly lit a bundle of papers in the toilet cubicle at the Horton Park toilets. He has been referred to the Youth Aid Section.

At 4.50pm a 21 year old unemployed male was arrested for Unlawfully Carrying a Firearm, Unlawful Hunting and Wilful Trespass after he was allegedly caught on a property up the North bank hunting without permission. (He was with the 19 year old male mentioned above).

At 5.15pm an 18 year old male forestry worker was arrested for shoplifting after he allegedly stole batteries from The Warehouse, Blenheim.

At 5.20pm a 42 year old unemployed male was arrested for Possession of Cannabis after he allegedly accidentally left a small amount of cannabis plant material at a Seddon address.

Tuesday, September 11At 6.25pm a 39 year old male

driver was arrested for Theft after he allegedly drove off failing to pay for $100.60 worth of petrol from Caltex, Main Street, Blenheim. He has been bailed to appear in the Blenheim District Court on the 17th of September 2012.

Wednesday, September 12At 2.15pm a 14 year old male

student was arrested for Shoplifting from The Warehouse, Blenheim.

At 9.05pm a 21 year old unemployed male was arrested for Breaching his Bail Conditions namely his curfew. He has been held in Custody and will appear before the Blenheim District Court today.

At about 12.15am a 23 year old male vineyard worker was stopped driving a Toyota Hilux on Redwood Street, Blenheim. It was ascertain that he had recently consumed alcohol and a subsequent evidential breath test returned a positive result of 533 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. He has been summonsed to appear before the Blenheim District Court on the 15th of October 2012.

By Chris Tobin From promising actor to hopeful

filmmaker. That's the path former Blenheim

resident Jacob Beullens, 21, has decided to follow.

Jacob had been pursuing acting seriously and travelled to England two years ago where he performed with the Young Shakespeare Company of New Zealand.

“I played Macbeth with one other at The Globe,” he said.

“It was alright but we met a lot of pretentious people and the tutors there were really theatrical. I decided I wanted to be a director, not in front of the camera.

“You get sick of being screamed at.” Jacob is nearing the end of a course

with the New Zealand Film and Tel-evision School in Wellington and with nine fellow students, he has formed a film production company, ZPHYR.

They are trying to break into the film industry.

“We've just shot a music video for Polter, a classical rock band in Wellington, and we did one for a Nelson rapper.

“It's mainly to get our name out there so we can get funding.”

Jacob founded the company and he hoped to go fully professional next year.

His immediate aim is to travel with the company to Spain where they intend making a short film.

He has other lofty goals. “I want to go to Los Angeles and get

an internship with Warner Brothers or New Line.

“It will be hard and you start as the lowest of the low.”

Film director is Jacob's goal


‘Gimmie,’ the GrabOne mascot made its first appearance in Blenheim yes-terday when the daily deals business ‘hijacked’ Josh McKay’s Boost Coffee Cart in the Market St forum.From 8.30am to 10.30am, lucky punt-ers could grab a free coffee, as part of GrabOne’s push to increase their daily deals in Blenheim.The Coffee Cart used 30 litres of milk, and produced 170 coffees in two hours, which is approximately 1.5 cups

per minute.GrabOne Nelson/Marlborough busi-ness development manager Sally Chappell, said up until now, the deals in the Top of the South had really been Nelson-based.“It’s been so successful, and people have been really receptive,” she said.The team from GrabOne have been working with local business to help further establish the incentive, which has proved popular in bigger centres.

By Chris Tobin It’s a little disconcerting talking to a man who claims he can scan your body by looking at you. That’s what Ron Wilson, a psy-chic from Doyleston, south of Christchurch, says he can do. Mr Wilson has been visiting Marlborough each month for 20 years to advise patients/ clients on their health problems or to offer help for ailing dogs and horses. He popped into the Blenheim Sun office this week.“I can scan down a body of a horse, dog or human and see where the problems are,” he said.“I don’t deal with cancer though; I leave that entirely to the doctors. When there’s nowhere else to go, we can make it easier to pass over.”

Pass over? “When people die,” he explained. “They can pass over without pain.” Demand from clients in

Marlborough has dropped off due to the economic downtown Mr Wilson said, but people in the region still wanted his advice on health issues and other matters like where to live, build or on their work environments. “ Some people build on the worst sites; it might be on an old burial site, or something happened there; some of it from Maori history,” he said. “I have a vision of what was there before.” As far as health issues are con-cerned Mr Wilson believed people should take more care of their diets, simplify their eating habits and keep away from processed foods. This reporter did not ask Mr Wil-son for a health scan of his body.

‘Gimmie’ comes to town

The GrabOne mascot 'Gimmie,' hit the streets of Blenheim to give out free coffee on Thursday morning from Josh McKay's Boost Coffee Cart at the Market St forum.

Advising patients with psychic scan

Ron Wilson, psychic.

The South Island Classic Commercial Vehicles Club’s 10 day truck run kicks off on Monday, starting from Picton.

The truck contingent from the North Island will disembark from the ferry to meet the southern drivers, who will then gear up for the South Island road trip.

Around 80 t rucks

took part in the 2011 Nor thern lap, with truck enthusiasts able to follow the trail in the accompanying bus.

From Picton, the convoy will go visit Westport, Greymouth, Methven, Twizel, Queenstown, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru, and finally to Christchurch, making various stops on the way.

Classic trucks road trip

Friday September 14, 201212 gardeningthis week

Gardening Tips

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Children in the gardensend us your photosSend in your photo of your child (or grandchild) enjoying time in the garden. Include their name and age.Email your photo to: [email protected]’ll publish these on our Gardening page as space permits.

Simply, cut the top off an empty fizzy drink bottle, leaving ap-proximately 10cm of plastic from the lid. Make sure the lid is tightly screwed on.Make a hole next to your lettuces large enough for the whole bottle neck to fit into. The open end of your plastic bottle should sit almost parallel with the soil.Place three sticks approximately 15cm in height around your plastic bottle in the shape of a teepee.Fill your bottle up to the halfway mark with beer (slugs aren’t fussy about the type of beer, but kids make sure you ask your parents first!).To ensure that the beer is protected from rain, take the discarded end

of your plastic fizzy drink bottle and cut off a section approximately 5cm from the end.Balance this section on the three sticks you staked earlier. This will create a lid to protect the beer against rain.Now all you have to do is sit back and wait. Overnight the slugs will slide their way into the beer. And don’t just stop with one beer bait bottle, make several and place them around your slug susceptible veges. Be-lieve me you’ll be amazed by the results.Tod PalenskiAwapuni Nurseries

Stop slugs in their slimeForget about slug bait let me introduce…beer bait!

Blue cohosh, also known as squaw root or papoose root, was used by Native American women to ensure an easy labour and childbirth.

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Charlotte Ruby Rayson, then aged 2 helping her Grandmother out in the garden.

This is a great time of the year to think about using flowers to add charm to your spring and summer cocktails.While planning your garden this year, think about adding flowers that not only look great, but that you can eat as well.There are many beautiful blooms that are safe to use in salads and stir-fry and as a finishing touch to soups, cakes and drinks.The pansy is an excellent choice. This colourful flower is stunning when dropped on top of any cocktail and allowed to float. Pansies are very easy to grow and there are many varieties to choose from. Plant a few different colors and you will have the perfect pansy for any colour of cocktail. De-pending on the variety, pansies can have a mild, fresh flavor or even a minty taste.There are many other varieties of flowers with edible blooms that you may want to try as well. When selecting a flower to use in any type of food choose blooms that have recently opened that have no holes or spots. Avoid buying plants that have been sprayed with pesticides or chemical fertilizers, and do not use any chemical treatments yourself on any plant you plan to eat.Decorating meals with fresh flowers has come back into vogue and is commonly seen at restaurants around the country, especially desserts.

Garnish with flowers....

• 1 and 1/2 orange, juice only• 1/2 lemon, juice only• 1/2 small red onion, chopped• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil• 1/8 teaspoon fine grain salt• 4 big handfuls of salad greens,

washed and dried• 1/2 cup walnut halves, toasted• 1/3 cup black olives, (the wrinkly,

oily ones), pitted

In a medium bowl whisk together the juice of 1/2 orange, lemon juice, most of the red onion, olive oil, and salt.

Whisk together until emulsified, taste and adjust with more salt or lemon juice if needed.

Peel the remaining orange and cut into segments, removing any seeds you might encounter. Set aside.

When you're ready to serve, place the salad greens in a large bowl. Toss very gently with a generous splash of the dressing. Add the orange segments and walnuts. Give another toss. Taste and decide if you need to add more dressing, if needed, add a bit more at a time, giving a good toss between additions.

Make sure the nuts and citrus haven't all gone to the bottom, help them back up to the top if needed. Serve salad topped with the remaining red onion and olives.

Simple Spring Salad Recipe

Kids in the Garden

13SunThe Friday September 14, 2012 what’s onin marlborough

- weekend event guide -

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

FrIdAy 14th Septemberthe redwoodtown School Centenary

CelebrationsTo be held in the school grounds, 10am - 2pm, a

fun filled day with lots of great entertainment and prizes to be won, a Thanksgiving church service on Sunday will conclude the celebrations, for more information email [email protected] or Phone Brenda 578 8938 or school office 578 5200.

tobasco tom and doc White with broderick Smith

Le Café - 12/14 London Quay Picton. Think part hillbilly swing, with a bit of country blues and New Orleans jazz and you have the Tabasco Tom and Doc White show. Door Sales $15, 8pm-11pm.

Giving back Fundraising dinnerFor the Food Technology Dept at Marlborough

Boys’ College, 7.30pm at the college. Tickets Mag-gie Jane Café and the College office.

NmIt marlborough Campus Open day11am-2pm meet staff/students, campus tours,

workshops, find out about scholarships and financing study.

muslim Association marlboroughJummah Salaat, Fridays 12.30pm. Ramadhan

Iftar Every Friday and Saturday Maghrib Time at Centre. Zayd 5783944. Fouad 0273532125.

Sit and be Fit with Jeanette.Free exercise for all ages at Crossroads, 2 Red-

wood 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.

SAturdAy 15th SeptemberSpring Show & Camellia Society Combined

ShowsSt Christophers Hall, Redwoodtown, Blenheim

9am-4.30pm. Daffodils, Camellias, Cut Flowers ,House Plants, Flora Art Displays, Marlborough Orchid Society Display. Enquiries/Entries Marlborough Horticultural Society Phone: 578 2690.

South Island Long-tailed bat ConservationOpen Day at the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve.

Phone Jenny Easton (03) 547 1613.

marlborough harriers8am – 2pm Blenheim Railway Station car park

on Grove Rd.

redwood market 8am-noon, Redwood Tavern car park. Plants

produce and crafts.

Vintage Farm machinery 10am till 3pm, Open every day. Brayshaw Vin-

tage 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 16th SeptemberConservation WeekLove Your Parks Guest Speaker - Join us as

William tells his amazing tale of survival and how he uses his passion and love for the outdoors to motivate and inspire you to get out and “love your parks”. Event sponsored by Marlborough Conven-tion Centre, Marlborough Tramping Club and DOC. 2pm-5pm, Marlborough Convention Centre, 46a Alfred Street, Blenheim. Gold coin donation.

KCC Conservation Week Rarangi Beach cleanup. Meet at carpark at north end at10am. Please

bring rubbish bags & gloves, morning tea, whole family. For more information or questions email [email protected]

Sunday tea danceA welcome. Waltz’s, foxtrots, cha cha, rumba,

rock n roll, new vogue, sequence. Hospital Recreational Hall, Taylor pass road, 4pm – 7.30 pm. No entry fees just a plate to share.

marlborough Seafood and Game Cooking demonstration

with Chris Fortune, Mistletoe Bay 16 September 1pm-4.30pm, $25.00 Contact: Helen Godsiff Phone: 573 4366.

mX5 Car GroupBrent 574 2787.

marlborough Freshwater Anglers’ ClubIntroduction to trout fishing. Taylor riverbank,

Nelson St car park, 9am till noon. Fly and spin casting, knots, lures, streamside tactics, and good fishing spots.

Avantiplus blenheim recreational ride Sunday morning ride depart 9.00 from AvantiPlus Blenheim this ride is designed to suit all levels: - recreational riders, lots of fun.

marlborough bunch riders Leave every Sunday at 9am from Cycleworld on

Charles St, catering for cyclists of all abilities. For a social ride for two hours or less, and a coffee and chat to finish, just turn up. See Facebook page – Marlborough Bunch Riders for more information.

ulysses ClubRide to Murchison for lunch. Meet at the railway

station, south end, at 9.45am ride departs 10am.

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 The People’s Market. Sunday, Noel Leeming

carpark 10am-1pm. Fruit, vegetables, jams, preserves, F/Range eggs, olive oil, whitebait, jewellery, woodware, gifts, plants, crafts, books.

marlborough Farmers market Winter Market. Charles Street Carpark - 10am to

12.30pm every Sunday.

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.

riverside railwayTrain departs Brayshaw Park Station at 1.45pm

and 3pm for Beaver Station Central Blenheim. Return trip takes about one hour. Adults $8, Child $4 CASH ONLY. Chris 578 3211 or John 578 1621.

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Purchase from the Floor Pride Civic Theatre, Blenheim New World or Take Note PictonPHONE (03) 520 8560, [email protected]

Prices include booking feeTransactions fees apply for phone and internet bookings

Deb Webber Heal anD Hope tour

Wednesday 3rd OctoberAdmit one $72

revolver – CirCus ClubFriday 12th – Sunday 14th October 7.30 Adults $41/$42 credit Concession 65+ $36 / $37 credit

beatleManiaSunday 4th Nov @ 8pm

Early Bird prices until 31 AugustAdults $46 Children (U12) $27

isla Grant5th November @ 7.30pm $71 /$73 credit

HeatH Franklin’s CHopper Wed 14th Nov @7.30pm

Adult $39.90/$40.90 credit, Group 6+, student, Seniors 65+ and unwaged $36.90 or $37.90 credit.

peta MatHiasWednesday 21st November

The Wisheart RoomAdmit One: $52/$53 Credit Card

entertaininG anGelsWednesday 12th September - Saturday 22nd

September 2012 @ 7.30pm - Sunday show 4pmAdult: $29.50/$30.50 Credit

Child (u19) $21.50/ $22.50 CreditSenior(65+)/Group(10+) $25.50/ $26.50 credit

tHe tWitsWed 28th Nov – Sat 8th Dec @7pm, Sunday show

2pm, Adults $26/$27 credit child u 16 $16 /$17 credit

The BOaT hOuSe TheaTre

marlborough Seafood and Game Cooking demonstration, mistle-toe bay this Sunday

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

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Marlburian Kelly Webster, NZ Got Talent competitor and dance teacher needs the local community to support her bid for national fame.

There is only one wild card entry and the top 5 with the most votes gets to go up to Auckland and audi-tion infront of the judges to take that final spot in the semi finals.

A personal message from Kelly follows:

Hey guys I really need your help!!! I need as many votes as possible to help me get a chance to try out for the wildcard entry of NZ Got Talent

2012. Either visit the link below to vote or alternatively if in NZ txt Vote353 with your name to 5337. Voting is open till the 10th Oct. You can vote daily & I need as many as I can as the top five get the chance to take the final spot in the semis. Please help me out & share this with everyone you know!!!! Thanx xxxxxxxx

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14 Friday September 14, 2012 SunThe farming

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By Annabelle LatzBeef and Lamb New Zealand held

a Field Day on Wednesday at Mill-ton Farming Company, Southbank Clarence River.

There was a clear message being given to the farmers who attended, that profits for beef cows can be maximised through good spring management.

Greg Harris, Meat and Fibre Chair-person for Marlborough Federated Farmers, said beef cow efficiency these days leans towards running smaller cows that consume less, but produce heavy calves.

“The smaller the cow, and the heavier the calf is that she weans, the better,” he said.

Professor Steve Morris from Massey University was the featured speaker, talking about profitable beef cow management.

Mr Harris said that because 70% of the food eaten by a beef cow is just for maintaining body weight, the remain-ing 30% must be used by the animal as efficiently as possible.

Spring in Marlborough boasts

unique qualities, as it is often a lot shorter compared to other parts of New Zealand.

After a cold winter, good grass growth, (up to 80% of the year’s total growth) that comes with spring’s warmer temperatures may only last three months.

“We may be getting soil deficits in some parts of Marlborough by October.”

These conditions lie well with beef cow farming in Marlborough’s high country.

“Cows are essentially the hay baler. They utilise eight and nine month-old feed and turn it into dollars,” said Mr Harris.

Greg Sheppard, Farm Management for Consultant of Sheppard Agricul-ture Ltd, said farmers learned that to improve beef cow breeding efficiency, the key element for success was to help themselves, by collecting and recording as much information off their farm as they can.

“But it’s no good just collecting it. It also needs to be analysed, interpreted, and understood.”

Salmon farms will cost tax payers millions

Optimising beef cow production

The honorable Nick Smith gave a talk at the Directors Institute earlier this week.

Danny Boulton, chairman of Save Our Sounds, said Mr Smith, on the topic of environmental mat-ters, gave an example of a Waimea pig farm.

He was asking how much benefit was coming from one pig farm that was putting a big bubble of nitrates into the aquifer, causing a health hazard to people. Danny Boulton

He stated the Tasman District Council now had to spend $10 million dollars to clean the water.

“Nick Smith was openly sup-porting the overseas investment of King Salmon and I could not help but wonder why he had not connected the dots with the king salmon proposal that was emitting the equivalent waste of 56,000 dairy cows directly into the Marlborough Sounds as an

open sewer,” said Danny. Danny said, should King Sal-

mons 9 new farms go ahead, it will end up costing far more than $10 million of taxpayer funds for a clean up.

“The question also needs to be asked does the Government, Marlborough District Council or King Salmon have the funds to compensate existing stake holders as well as for a clean up,” said Danny.

If linking microcli-mate and crop pro-duction models can produce consistently better quality wine, it could increase Marlborough’s wine industry income by up to 10%.

A $500,000 inter-nat ional research project into climate and vineyards led by the University of Can-terbury is expected to result in an increase of up to 10% in income for the billion dollar New Zealand wine industry.

The two-year re-search project headed by UC Professor Andy Sturman will begin in Marlborough this summer, use cutting-edge high-resolution computer modelling and mapping systems to investigate localised variations in vineyard weather to help predict future environmental conditions for grape production.

The international re-search team includes people from Plant and Food, NIWA, and

several French wine research experts.

An estimated 5-10% increase in New Zea-land wine export earn-ings means at least $2 billion by 2020.

The project would help New Zealand’s wine-producing sector to adapt to climate variability and to take advantage of oppor-tunities that resulted from a changing envi-ronment.

“The quality of wine is highly sensitive to environmental condi-tions, as the flavour of the final product is critically important to the marketplace, more so than many other crops such as sweet corn.

Quality is so impor-tant and predicting weather var iation in vineyard regions throughout the grow-ing season is critical to the future of the industry.

Grape quality is highly dependent on environmental condi-tions.”

Climate study to help grow NZ’s wine industry

Mr Sheppard said a large number of farmers are obtaining and utilising information, but more can be done.

“Information is knowledge and knowledge is power.”

The next field day is on Thursday October 18; ‘Summer Forage Crop Estimates and Management.’

The venue is yet to be confirmed.

Above: Angus cattle graz-ing at Taimate, WardLeft: Greg Harris, Meat and Fibre chairperson, F e d e r a t e d Fa r m e r s Marlborough.

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public notice

Muster Day

Marlborough Softball Association are holding a Muster Day for players (U7-

Seniors) in all grades that are interested in playing softball in 2012/2013

Where: A & P Park on Maxwell roadWhen: Saturday 15 Sept 2012 at 11am

If you are unable to attend or require further information

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$20 Tutaki Valley MurchisonLuxury Coach Trip

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Book 5 seats and get an extra one free

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SaLeSSaturday 15th. 10 New Renwick Road. Household goods. Water cylinder. Railway enthusiasts. Come see.Saturday 15 September, 0800 start. 27 Oxford St, Picton Surplus from household, garage, kayaking, electronics and garden.

Saturday 15 September, LOTS to go! Clothes, TV's, video players, baby gear, kitchen appliances & lots more. 8.30am til 12pm sharp. 137D Maxwell Rd (directly behind Show-grounds Store).

Witherlea 3 bed-room & office home, log-fire, fully fenced, easy care sec t ion, 2mins walk to school & Harling Park, outside pets ok. $300 P/W. Ni-gel 027 868 0687.

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FUrNiSheD room to let in a new warm house. Reasonable rate. Phone Rob 572 7282

The removal of two houses to make way for the new Count-down Supermarket in Redwood-town will be completed this month, says TH Barnes chief executive John Smithies.

The Blenheim company are the contractors for the planned new supermarket.

Work to relocate three houses

on the corner of Alabama Rd and Weld St, began last month, with the first building being moved to a dairy farm in Canvastown.

John told The Sun in a previous article that with a summer of favourable weather, the complex will be completed by the third week of May, for doors to open at the beginning of June, 2013.

Houses to move this month

Yealands Estate has collected a trio of trophies at the Interna-tional Wine Challenge Awards ceremony held in London this week.

In addition to the International Sauvignon Blanc and the White Marlborough trophy, Yealands Estate Single Block S1 Sauvi-gnon Blanc 2011 was awarded the 2012 James Roger Trophy.

The James Roger Award is presented to the best wine in the International Wine Challenge, in

its first year of production. The wine must be a new blend and label, or from a recently acquired single vineyard site.

The winning wine is made exclusively from fruit grown in the Yealands Estate Seaview Vineyard, in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough.

The International Wine Chal-lenge is considered the largest and most prestigious competition in the world, featuring over 12,000 wines.

Yealands wins trio of trophies

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Registered Nurse - CasualMarlborough After Hours GP Service

The Marlborough After Hours GP Service is located at the Wairau Hospital Campus, Hospital Road.

It operates on weekday evenings, weekends and public holidays.

If you are a NZ Registered Nurse with experience in general practice and would enjoy supporting a small nursing team providing care for patients attending the Marlborough After Hours GP services, this position may suit you.

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Marlborough Lines Network Customer Advisor Marlborough Lines is a leading edge company that delivers electricity throughout Marlborough. We seek applications from people interested in the above position. The work will involve: Programming, downloading and analysis of

dataloggers used to monitor supply to both Network assets and customer installations.

Providing advice to customers including issues such as pricing, technical matters, fuse sizing etc.

Organising and coordinating the power supply to a wide range of local events.

Monitoring and checking of metering data for revenue assurance.

Applicants should hold registration as an electrical inspector and have the ability to communicate and interact well with a wide range of people. If you are highly motivated, have the skills and experience to add value to Marlborough Lines and our customers and want a career in this exciting industry , you can obtain a job description and application form by contacting our reception on 03 577 7007. Alternatively you can email us at [email protected] or download them from our website www.marlboroughlines.co.nz. Completed applications and CVs should be returned to:

Engineering Manager Marlborough Lines Ltd PO Box 144 Blenheim 7240

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The Annual General Meeting of Waikawa Marae Inc will be held on Sunday 30 September 2012, at Waikawa Marae, 210 Waikawa Road, Waikawa, Picton, commencing at 2 pm.

AGENDA1. Karakia2. Apologies3. Minutes of 2011 AGM4. Reports - Chairperson, Waikawa Marae Trustees5. Chairperson, Waikawa Management Committee6. Financial Reports – Waikawa Marae Trustees7. Waikawa Marae Management Committee8. Appointment of Auditor9. Election of Management Committee10. General Business

Please note that in order to vote or stand as a Management Committee Member, members must be financial members on the day. If you are currently not a member but wish to be involved, please contact the Secretary, Waikawa Marae Management Committee, on either telephone 03 573 7528, facsimile 03 573 7528 or by email on [email protected] to register your interest.

Rita PowickChairperson

Waikawa Marae Trustees

WAIKAWA MARAE INC.ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Waikawa MaraeSunday 30 September 2012 at 2 pm

situation vacant

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STYLE AND SECURITY Near new, centrally located, only minutes to CBD Large 4 bedroom home - ensuite with luxury bath Separate TV lounge, study and laundry Internal access double garage Electronic security gates and alarm system Op Opawa river boundary, offers extra living space and landscaping optionsWeb Ref No: MB233Contact Pauline Earle: 03 572 9939 or 027 825 1777

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Permanent / Part-time Monday to Friday 12pm – 5pm /Marlborough Campus

Are you an organised, proactive and an experienced Administrator?Based at Budge Street and reporting to the Operations Manager, you will provide efficient and effective administration support to the Marlborough Campus. A key part of the role is ensuring all the daily, weekly and monthly administration targets are met whilst providing customer focussed and professional front office services to students, staff and campus visitors.Your flexibility and interpersonal skills will prove essential in this key role for the Marlborough Campus.Go to www.nmit.ac.nz to find out more and to apply.

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Wairau Hospital Paediatric Ward have been overwhelmed by the Marlborough community’s generosity and support for recent fundraising.

Wairau Hospital, Paediatrics Charge Nurse Manager, Mary Bezant said, “Spe-cial thanks goes to community fundraiser John Ealand who organised a charity event for the Paediatric Ward and raised money for the Children’s Trust Fund.

“We also thank the people and busi-nesses that provided items for the ‘Charity Auction’ that took place at the Bamboo Garden’s earlier in the year.

“We have now received most of the things that were on our wish list.

“The generosity of the community has overwhelmed us.”

Mrs Bezant said this has given us the ability to enhance the environment for sick children we care for and also for the par-ents who accompany them into hospital.

The ward had been able to purchase a fridge/freezer for the storage of expressed breast milk for neonatal babies and a washing machine to assist these mums when they are away from home for long periods caring for their premature baby.

The children’s play area now has a small Whare with painted fascia that looks absolutely fantastic in the outside play area said Mrs Bezant.

“I am constantly astounded about how much community support we receive in Blenheim for the children’s ward. It’s fantastic,” she said.

The local schools have also played a part in supporting the ward with Marlborough Girls College (MGC) offering to help with a number of projects.

Marlborough Girls’ College Room 1LEOA are putting together the activity packs and this group have also helped to re-organised the play cupboard. Whilst another class from MGC are busy com-pleting some new art work for the ward.

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FL ATLEY, Michael: On Sep -tember 11, 2012. Dearly loved partner of Glenise Dreaver and proud and loving father and father-in law of Kathy and Reg Clutterbuck (Sumner) and Domi-nic and Jill (Dunedin). Michael’s grandchildren, Nicholas and Sam Clutterbuck and Clemen-tine and Tobias Flatley, have lost a great mate who thought of them every day. He is also sadly missed by Tania and Dave Parker (Wellington) and Vicki and Kevin Lacey of Melbourne. Nathan and AJ Parker and Oi-sin Lacey have lost a beloved Granddad Michael. Michael is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law Betty and Gor-don Hill of Whalley, Lancashire. In lieu of f lowers, donations would be appreciated to Pause, Prompt, Praise (PPP) Reading Programme, c/- Picton School, 5 Buller Street, Picton 7220; St John, PO Box 467, Blenheim 7240, or Life Flight Trust, PO Box 14-448, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241. Messages may be sent to c/- PO Box 110, Blenheim 7240. The funeral service is to be held at St Joseph’s Church Picton at 2pm Monday September 17. There will be a private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN BLEN-HEIM F.D.A.N.Z. Tel. 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nzGEOFFREY T SOWMAN FU -NERAL DIRECTORS

THWAITES, Nancy Ellen: On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, aged 92. Dearly loved wife of the late Lloyd. Much loved Mother, Grandma and great Grandma to Roger, Linda, Richard and Linton; Tony, Jill and Jo Southgate, Paul and Karen Newman and chil-dren; Peter, Robyn, Anneka, Ben and Fiona, and Josh. Our special thanks and gratitude to Wendy and every caregiver at Redwood for their ex traordinar y love and care of Nancy. At Nancy's request, a private service has been held.

STEVICH: Radovan (Ray), Annette, Shane and Alister sincerely thank friends of Cecile for their support following the passing of Mamusia and Babka. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the com-munity of Blenheim to those who warmly welcomed and befriended Father, Mother, Grandparents dur-ing their happy and loved stay in sunny Blenheim. Affectionately Ra-dovan, Annette, Shane, and Alister.

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19SunThe Friday September 14, 2012 sport

Halfback Aaron Smith has been dropped from the starting lineup for the All Black’s match against the Springboks this weekend, with Piri Weepu stepping in.

Smith was relegated to the bench after he broke team protocols fol-lowing their win against Argentina last week.

No details around the breach of protocol have been released, but coach Steve Hansen said it did not involving any late night drinking after the match.

Sixteen teams have qualified for the New Zealand Secondary School Netball Championships, in its 20th year, Marlborough Girls’ College included.

This year, the schools will come together at SBS Events Centre in Timaru from October 9 to 12 to face off to become New Zealand’s top Netballing secondary school.

The BikeFit Winter Duathlon this Sunday will double up as the Club Champs for those members taking part in the long course.

The long distance race is 10km run, 35km bike and 5km run, the medium distance is 5km run, 17km bike and 2.5km run, and the short distance is 2.km run, 10km bike and 1.25km run.

Start and finish will be at With-er Hills car park, registration is 9.30am, briefing is 9.45 and start is 10am.

Children/Students are $2, adults and teams are $15, MTMSC mem-bers are $10.

Roads are not closed, and competi-tors compete at own risk.

Mountain bikes are welcome. It will also be Rachel Monk’s last

race before they head overseas so we will do what we can to send her off with fond memories.

There will be a BBQ on at the end with sausages, bread and tomato sauce, so if you want something else please bring it.

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New Zealand Olympic shot putter Valerie Adams will receive her long awaited gold medal in a ceremony next week.

Adams will be presented with her award by Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae in a public cer-emony at The Cloud in downtown Auckland next Wednesday night.

Val’s Golden day

As a newcomer to this part of our great country, it was my first time in Lansdowne Park on Wednesday night for the Makos ITM Cup rugby match against Southland.

It’s been a long time coming you could say.

I’ve been around long enough to remember the days when the Marlborough Red Devils famously took the Ranfurly Shield off Canterbury and held it until a bunch from South Canterbury (my home territory) led by All Black Tom Lister turned up at Lansdowne Park and ended that

golden period in this region’s rugby history.

As I walked into the ground names like Marfell, Joseph (Jamie’s dad I think), Sutherland, Goddard and the Kaikoura Express, Brian Ford came to mind.

But enough nostalgia. Apparently one sportswriter

reported the Stags’ effort on Wednesday night was the best for a while but really if the Makos had kept their error rate down, their 13-10 win would have been by a wider margin.

Flick passes that weren’t on,

spilled ball, the odd silly kick, missed kicks at goal and refereeing decisions which on occasion went against them and yet they still won against a pretty strong Southland outfit.

That shows the Makos are a talented team.

The scrum is solid, the forwards get around the paddock and make the tough tackles, the backs have flair and wow, can they run with the ball when they get the chance.

Winger Peter Betham’s try was a beaut as he left the former All Black Jimmy Cowan gasping.

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Well worth the entry money

But then even this effort was topped by fullback Robbie Malneek’s extraordinary long range run-in from his own 22 for a try.

Getting out on a frosty night to watch the Makos was well worth the $22 I paid to get in.

They deserve another good crowd to see them take on Northland this Sunday, again at Lansdowne Park.

By Robbie ParkesThe finals for the 2012 South Island Moto Trials Champs

kicked off on the weekend, with some good results for Marlborough riders.

Due to bad weather, the two-day competition, the final in a six-event series, was reduced to the Sunday, following poor conditions.

Taking place in Long Valley, just before Havelock, the final race saw local rider Jason Baker receive second-place honours in the top grade, and an overall second in the series.

Karl Clark from Nelson took out first, but fellow Marlborough riders John Mortimer and Gareth Wadsworth placed first in Clubman and Junior grades respectively.

In the overall championship, John placed first in Clubman, with Dave Atwool third, and Brendon Wadsworth came third in the President grade.

Jason was happy with his placing, but being a 10 time winner of the championship, it was a far second.

“It’s a little bit hard not winning,” he said.About 35 riders competed on the day, with some coming

from as far as Invercargill and the North Island.Jason said the track had some pretty challenging features,

but there it suited all levels really.“We did very well, there’s a lot of new guys coming up and

pushing it.”The next big competition is the NZ National Champs to be

held in Alexandra over Labour weekend.Jason is trying to head down at this stage, with about half a

dozen Marlborough riders expected to compete.

Marlborough riders get good results

Marlborough rider Jason baker came second in the 2012 south island Moto trials Champs on the weekend. Photo courtesy of Debbie Clark.

By Robbie ParkesYoung sailors braved choppy waters on the week-

end to mark the beginning of the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club’s season.

The Annual Oddies Marine two-day sailing regatta held at the club, was relegated to three races on the Sunday due to bad weather conditions.

Club publicity officer Rob Burn, was really pleased with how keen the junior sailors were to get out on

Sailors brave season openerthe water.

“They’re quite brave really, some people might whinge about going onto a muddy rugby field, but they go out where they know they’re going to tip over and get wet.”

“They gave it their all.”There were a few capsizes in the water,

not surprisingly influenced by gusts of up to 24 knots.

“They came back and it was like they were comparing war stories.”

Rob said they usually get a bigger turnout, with a few sailors coming from the likes of Nelson and even Christchurch.

“I think a lot of people were just holding off to see how it would go.”

“It was pretty tough conditions.”He said the Club has been turning out

some really good sailors, and the younger members are heading in the right direction.

Results from Oddies Marine regatta are as follows:

Optimist Green Fleet: 1st Emily Overend, 2nd Kate Overend, 3rd Bob Marr.

Optimist Open Fleet: 1st Alistair Gifford, 2nd Alice Overend, 3rd Hamish Clark.

Starlings/intermediate: 1st Liese Bel-grave, 2nd Lee Stuart, 3rd Kain Green-bank.

Open Class: 1st Phil & Susie Griggs, 2nd Brian & Alison Kerr.

The regatta is seen as the precursor to the Club Opening day which is held on Sep-tember 22, with a pirate theme this year.

the queen Charlotte yacht Club's annual oddies Marine two-day sailing regatta is the precursor to the Club's upcoming season. Photo supplied.

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