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TIM O’CONNELLA delayed flight from Auckland did little to reduce the enthusiasm of Saint Peter

Chanel School pupils as they welcomed one of their distinguished former pupils back to Motueka on Thursday.

Rugby League star Simon Mannering was the guest of honour in the SPC Assembly Hall as a handful of New Zealand Warriors made a short stop in town ahead of Saturday’s pre-season match at Trafalgar Park against the St George-Illawarra Dragons, who won the match 46-10.

First graders Sione Lousi, Mason Lino, David Fusitu’a, and Junior Kiwis Captain Toafofoa Sipley also made the drive across the bay with Former Warrior Jerome Ropati plus Kiwi Fern and MVP at the recent Auckland Nines Georgia Hale who were also on board as NRL Community Ambassadors.

A brief interactive presentation from the ambassadors preceded Mannering’s later arrival, quizzing the SPC pupils on the Warriors training regime and health tips, as well as some fun facts in return for prizes, including tickets to Saturday’s game.

Last week’s announcement of Mannering’s decision to hand the captaincy of the Auckland-based NRL franchise to Ryan Hoffman was a surprise to many and subsequently provided a trick question during the trivia section as to who the Warriors Captain was.Continued over page

A Warrior’s welcomefor league legend

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Snapshot of Tasman’s sport & recreation

Sport and Recreation Minister Jonathan Coleman says reports released today provide a useful snapshot of the Tasman region’s sport and recreation sector.

“The reports help to highlight the challenges and opportunities for the Tasman region’s sport and recreation sector,” says Dr Coleman.

Research released today shows 75 per cent (91,000) of people in the Tasman region partici-pate in sport and recreation in any given week.

Each year 14 per cent (16,300) of adults in the Tasman region take part in one or more organ-ised events, such as fun walks or runs.

“While these figures are encouraging, there’s room for improvement. People in the Tasman region are not immune to the global drift towards an increasingly sedentary lifestyle,” says Dr Coleman.

Continued from page 1“Um…this says Simon Mannering

but since this was written two months ago, we’ll accept either answer,” con-ceded Ropati.

Mannering arrived soon after the presentation, accompanied by his young son Zeke and was warmly greeted by the 58 pupils of his old school who either held masks bear-ing the face of the Kiwis Skipper and Motueka-raised sportsman, or a marker pen and Warriors shirt ready to be signed by the man himself and his teammates.

After Ropati showed students staff and parents an old photo of a young Mannering looking smart in his St Peter Chanel uniform, Mannering fielded questions about the past present and future, including the more ponderous posers like ‘what is your favourite food?’.

It’s seafood, in case you were won-dering.

Warriors Community Relations Manager Petrece Kesha said the team had relished the chance to come to Nelson and were pleased to have dodged the inclement weather as they made the most of their time in the community.

“We call ourselves the New Zealand Warriors, so it’s about time we proved it-but the boys love coming away and doing these visits- especially the school stuff,” she said.

With that in mind, coming to the Lock Forward’s old stamping seemed a no brainer- with travel time an easy hurdle to conquer for the big city folk.

“I said to him ‘we’re going to Nelson, what schools did you go to?’ and he said ‘nah, one of them is out in Motueka and it’s about 45 minutes’ drive’…well, it takes us longer to get to the North Shore!”

As well as the visit to St Peter Chanel, players were involved in a host of PR- related activi-ties including a signing session at Richmond Mall, trying some pea-nut butter at Pic’s Factory in Stoke and a visit to Nelson College, where Mannering’s football aspira-tions took flight.

However, the impact of his time in Motueka was not forgotten and as well as maintaining contact with a few old local friends, he has fond memories of his early years.

“It’s pretty funny coming back after 18 years, I grew up just down the road here and it’s a great place to come back to- a few things have changed since I was last here and few different people,” he said.

“It’s cool to come down anyway, just to bring the family down and show them all the places where I grew up.”

SPC Teacher Brynn Harris was remembered by Mannering from his junior rugby days at the Riwaka Rugby Club, stating for the record “He was way better than me”

Brynn, understandably, was thrilled to see his old footy coun-terpart again.

“He was a good player even back then, but couldn’t tackle…mind you, neither could I,” he said.

BriefsPolicing worriesWorried about policing in Motueka? Bothered that there’s not 24 hour coverage? Concerned about response times? Well you have a chance to meet the new Area Commander, Mat Arnold-Kelly, and tell him your worries. There’s to be a public meeting in the supper room of the Motueka Memorial Hall at 6pm on March 1st. Mat is presently conducting “Health checks” in the Nelson Bays policing district and looking at how staff is deployed. Don’t miss your chance!

Crazy hat day at MahanaThis Friday’s Crazy Hat day at Mahana School

when everyone’s asked to let their imagina-tions run riot in creating a stunner. “You could make one, buy one, adapt one but it must be sun smart.” The three judged the craziest will win prizes. Each entry costs $2 which will be forwarded to the Nelson Cancer Society via the Wiggle and Jiggle Relay for Life team.

Don’t feed the keaFriends of Flora ask visitors to the Flora car

park not to feed kea. As delightfully playful as they are feeding them isn’t good for their health and can lead to mischief. “If people attract them by feeding them and then leave and go walking, the kea get bored and then we have conflict” (Like windscreen rubber nibbling!) warns a member. “The group would much prefer that people record and photograph any banded birds as sightings are useful to researchers.” Kea sightings can be notified to the Kea Conservation Trust www.keaconservation.co.nz

Don’t miss Christina’s storyChristina, the daughter of Jonquil and Bryan

Graham of Takaka, will feature on TV3’s Lost and Found programme this Thursday night at 8.30pm. The story of Christina’s search for her Romanian birth family will be told. The family went to Romania last year to meet the film crew “It is an amazing and emotional journey,” said Jonquil.

Jonquil’s 2014 book “How Many Planes to get me?” told the tale of the nine children the family adopted into their rambling old farmhouse in a kiwifruit orchard in Golden Bay. Two sets of twins were part of this mix. “We feel we lead rich lives.”

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TIM O’CONNELLA topic on the lips and minds of many in the

Motueka district will be the subject of a public meeting at the Memorial Hall Supper Room next month, as Nelson Area Commander Mat Arnold-Kelly and several of the Nelson Policing team make the trip across the bay to engage with locals keen to see a more efficient Police service in the district.

Community Board Chairman Paul Hawkes has been looking to organise some kind of intro-ductory forum with the region’s head cop since Arnold Kelly was appointed to the role in August last year and is pleased that the opportunity has finally presented itself. Paul, who will be chairing the meeting, stresses that the aim of the meeting is to facilitate open dialogue between the people of Motueka and the Police and says the focus will be on the overall issues as opposed to individual cases or personal gripes on the matter.

“The last thing we want is them getting upset and walking out,” he says.

That said, there are many talking points wor-thy of discussion, mostly revolving around a perception of poor response times to incidents and actual attendance or contact with those who have reported a crime in the district, owing to allocation of staff and time.

Although he realises that resources are already stretched around Nelson and Tasman and so at the same time does not want to ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’, he is all for exploring a better approach to rostering and support for the locally-based Policing staff, who he believed were doing a fine job under the present situation.

Closer liaison with the public would encour-age a better word of mouth method in dealing with crime, not to mention helping to address any pre-held attitudes held by residents.

“When was the last time you saw a regular walking patrol along High Street? For me that is the best form of intel,” he says.

Despite the perceived issues regarding Police presence in Motueka that necessitate having a forum of this magnitude, Paul is encouraged by the regular communication offered by Arnold- Kelly to date and believes that the concerns of the Motueka residents are being heard at a higher level.

“He has expressed a genuine desire to turn things around and there’s already been three or four innovative ideas discussed that are being looked at which I think will make a positive impact,” he said last week.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday March 1 from 6pm.

Meet, greet and discuss at Police public meeting

Just over four months since taking the reins, Motueka High School Principal John Prestidge is about to take some time away from Whakarewa Street, although the scheduled month long absence from his office has nothing to do with rest and relaxation and plenty to do with giving the education provider more global visibility.

In his first overseas excursion as new Principal, Prestidge will be travelling as part of an Outdoor Education NZ (ODENZ) group to attend inter-national student recruiting events, meet agents and promote the local secondary school from 1st March until 26th March.

“Motueka High School has a long history as a destination for international students and it is important to maintain this,” he said.

“It is a long trip, I think I get one day off in there somewhere -20th March in Berlin I think- It will be intense but hopefully produce some good international numbers.”

Assistant Principal Paul Blackbeard will cap-tain the ship while Prestidge is away. Pictured: Motueka High School Principal John Prestidge, who is set to spend a busy few weeks promoting the school to prospec-tive students and agencies in Europe.

MHS Principal on month long promotional trip

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Street talkThis week’s question: What do you believe is the biggest social or health-relat-ed issue facing the area right now?

TimMotuekaAccess to child health services.

LisaMotuekaThe real need for a living wage.

DeeMotuekaThe impact of pov-erty and the dis-connect between the haves and have-nots.

MirandaMotuekaHealthy, low cost housing.

Keep an eye on your speed over com-ing months, as new speed limits will come into force in 26 Tasman roads on 1 April 2016.

The Tasman District Council last week adopted its new Speed Limits Bylaw 2016.

Cr Trevor Norriss, who chaired the bylaw hearings panel, said council staff will now organise the installation of new signage to reflect the changes, and urged motorists to actively check speed limit signs as they journey through the District.

“We’re advising people to take extra care as they get used to the new limits and adjust their driving habits in certain places. We want everyone to stay safe and avoid a costly speeding ticket.

“The new bylaw reduces the speed limit on all or part of 26 roads, either to address safety concerns raised spe-

cifically by the community, or to make sure the speeds are consistent with best-practice safety guidelines.”

The Council invited submissions on the draft changes in September and October 2015 and a hearing was held in November 2015. Cr Norriss said several changes were made to the draft bylaw as a result, including the removal of proposed changes to the speed limit on Carlyon Road, Dehra Doon Road, Old Coach Road, Tasman View Road, Ellis Street and Redwood Valley Lane.

“The other change to the draft bylaw is that we will apply a 60kmh speed limit along the entire length of School Road in Mahana, rather than on just one section of the road.”

As well as considering speed limits through the bylaw, Cr Norriss said a

separate investigation into the need for school zone speed signage is under-way, and the 10 highest-priority schools in the District have been identified.

An analysis of traffic speeds past the schools, numbers of children biking or walking to school, and crash history is being completed before staff make recommendations to the Council about which schools need 40kmh speed advi-sory signs installed, and what type of signs would be appropriate – either static or flashing variable signs.

Staff are planning to present their recommendations to the Council’s Engineering Services Committee on 3 March 2016.

A full list of the speed limit changes will be posted on the Council’s website prior to the changes coming into effect on 1 April 2016, www.tasman.govt.nz.

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Layby availableBeautiful flower causes death! A warning to all cat lovers

Julie Booth from the Moutere Valley had to have her pampered and loved puss, Honey, put down last week and because she doesn’t want other cat lovers to have a similar sad experience she wants to share her story…

“On the 31st January I bought a lovely Japanese yellow lily plant from a stall at the Sarau Festival.

At first I put it in my courtyard area and then a few days later I decided to bring the plant nearer the house so I could see it from my kitchen

Several days later my cat vomited and I put it down to getting rid of a fur ball.

Later she refused food and became very lethargic .

This time I put her behaviour down to the hot weather but after three days I became concerned and took her to the vet on Saturday 13th February.

An examination showed her kidneys were enlarged and she had a very low temperature.

I left her to have a blood and urine test. I went home and awaited the test results.

It wasn’t long before I received some shocking news.

My cat’s cell levels were extremely abnormal, and her kidneys were grossly enlarged.

She was dying and had very little chance of recovery. Euthanasia was the only option.

I now know that the lily family is poi-sonous to cats. This includes Easter, Tiger, Japanese, Rubrum and Day lilies. Japanese lilies are the most toxic and cats only have to lick the stem, petal, stamen or pollen to die within 3 to 6 days. Treatment must happen within 18hrs of exposure for any chance of success.

I had placed my lily plant near where my cat spent a lot of time.It is my sad story and my beloved cat is now buried in my garden and I miss her. I do hope my story will prevent other pets being lost, and if you are a cat lover please warn others of the danger of the lily plants to our feline friends.”

Sadly Julie had to have Honey euthen-aised. All sorts of lillies are lethal to cats. Seek treatment within 18 hours of exposure.

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A two year labour of love to restore a boat that pre-dates both the Titanic and World War I has come to fruition for a local marine identity, giving a new lease of life to a vessel that carries a fasci-nating history within its wooden structure.

John Wilson is well known to anyone who has spent a bit of time at the Motueka Marina and his lifelong love for boats has seen him put some serious effort into restoring old vessels in the hope of refloating them, figuratively as well as literally.

His most recent accomplish-ment is the former life boat on the Nelson to Wellington ferry ‘Arahura’ , a boat which John’s Grandfather worked on along with other Anchor company vessels for many years.

The ’Arahura’ was built by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland back in 1905 built for the Union Steam Ship Company.

Having initially been used in Dunedin it found a home in Nelson from 1926 where it under-took nightly crossings of the Cook Strait to Wellington alongside the Matangi, until both ships were laid up in 1950 to make way for the larger vessel Ngaio, before that in turn was laid up in 1953 and the first wave of Nelson- Wellington ferry crossings ceased.

Decommissioned in 1950, any extraneous gear including the life-boats was taken off the ship before it was towed 15 miles south east of Baring Head and took 10 rocket hits from a 75 Squadron RNZAF Mosquito, sinking it within 35 min-

utes in 450 fathoms of water.Named ‘Seagull’ by Captain Des

Collins of the Anchor Company used the newly-acquired lifeboat around Tasman Bay in his retire-ment, before being bought by the Brett family of Nelson who used it to transport family and supplies to their Torrent Bay holiday cottage.

Several further owners made good use of the boat in the Motueka area- by this stage renamed ’Lauchlan’- before John Wilson finally got his hands on it and subsequently got stuck into the restoration.

With this impressive project now complete and destined to berth at Riwaka, John now has his sights set on finishing work on another old launch, this time the 1907- built ’Ponui’, which was used as one of Wilson’s first Abel Tasman passen-ger ships.

In a case of having the things you love returning in due course, John sold the Ponui in 1995 to a buyer who used it at Kaipara Harbour before it ended up in Auckland.

In 2007, John rediscovered the vessel and subsequently pur-chased it back and shipped it back to Tasman Bay. With a lick of paint needed, the Ponui is nearly ready to take its place beside the Ahahura as finished products.

Also on his to-do list, a 10 foot Val Pollard clinker dinghy built for his wife’s father, as well as a 16 foot clinker dinghy with inboard engine installed.

“I appreciate the workmanship that has gone into building these old wooden boats and I wish to see them saved for the future,” he says.

“They are still a work in progress, however.”

Restoration completed of 111 year-old lifeboat

John Wilson (pictured) beside the newly restored vessel ‘Arahura’, which was once a life boat on the Nelson- Wellington ferry of the same name. Built in 1905, the boat pre-dates the Titanic, but thanks to John’s efforts it will be unlikely to sink any time soon.

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Tasman was drenched by more than half a metre of rain over 48 hours last week. 528 mm was recorded at the Paradise Rain Gauge in the hills behind Takaka. This resulted in flooding in tribu-taries of the Takaka River, with the Anatoki River reaching its third highest level since records began in 1979, although this was considerably lower than the major flood experienced in 2010.

Council contractors have been out dealing with the rela-tively minor damage caused by the flooding.Despite the rapidly drying conditions, care needs to be taken on all roads through-out the District as minor sur-face flooding still exists in some places. In Golden Bay, Canaan Road was briefly closed due to scour and fallen trees, but has now reopened.

There was also damage and debris recorded on Cobb

Heavy rain in Tasman causes heavy flooding

French has been added to a list of languages available for a free tourist and visitor Road Code quiz provided by online motoring resource pro-vider DrivingTests.co.nz.

It contains the 66 most important road rules tourists need to know before driving in New Zealand and is a complement to the other ini-tiatives offered by various agencies such as the Drivesafe website, steering wheel tags and increased use of rumble strips and signage.

With a increase in ‘Francophones’ to our shores in recent years not to mention an increased focus on tourist driving behaviours in general -not necessarily French- the time seems right for those behind the initiative.

“Translation is expensive and our service is free, so we need to budget for these things,” says DrivingTests.co.nz Director Darren Cottingham.

“There are quite a few French-speaking tour-ists now - over 100,000 - as French is spoken in Canada, many African countries, plus some Pacific islands.”

The questions are a subset of NZTA questions

that would be asked in the learner licence test, and there's no charge to take the quiz.

Drivers can first become familiar with New Zealand's road rules while they are in their home country and planning their journey. Once they are in New Zealand the rental vehicle agencies provide additional information to reinforce the knowledge they've acquired before arriving.

“This is beneficial as they are often jetlagged and find it more difficult to learn new rules in the first couple of days,” says Darren.

“This is why many rental vehicle companies recommend the quiz when a driver makes the booking.”

The test is currently helping over 100,000 over-seas visitors a year learn about the Road Code and drivers can also take the quiz in Chinese, English, German and Spanish. The quizzes can be accessed at http://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadcode/tourist/.

DrivingTests.co.nz is a project to help New Zealanders learn the road code more effectively whether for car, motorbike or heavy vehicles.

Dam, Collingwood-Puponga and Totaranui Roads

Rainfall totals for the Tasman district are shown as being:

Aorere at Collingwood 90 mmAorere at Perry Saddle 309 mmAnatoki at Paradise 528 mmTakaka at Kotinga 122 mmTakaka Hill at Canaan 359 mmMotueka 87 mmUpper Motueka Red Hills 118 mmNot surprisingly, water restrictions

have been lifted on the Waimea Plains with immediate effect.

Tasman District Council Dry Weather Task Force convenor Dennis Bush-King said, the rain over the last 24 hours will be suf-ficient to recharge the aquifers and maintain a good flow in the Waimea River for the next few weeks.

“The Waimea River peaked at 1300 cumecs which is the second highest recording since 1957.”

Monitoring of river and ground-water levels will continue for the

French questions now included for driver quiz

Friday morning activities at the Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital took on an elegant slant last week, with West Coast Tasman MP Damien O’Connor joining residents for a High Tea and informal discussion on the matters that matter the most to them.

“I’ve been wanting to have a High Tea like this for a while- I managed to get to Buckingham Palace last year but didn’t get the opportunity then, so this is the next best thing,” he said.

Sharing a cuppa and some club sandwiches with some of his more experienced constituents

O’Connor took questions from the live-in and day stay residents and offered his own thoughts on hot topics like aged care, the flag and

As a former minister of Corrections, Tourism and Racing in previous Labour Governments and a Farmer and Tourism Operator in his pre-political days, the opposition MP’s insights par-ticularly in relation to the prospects for the West Coast economy were well received.

“We’re only limited by what’s between our ears,” he said in terms of encouraging new enter-prise to the area.

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Was it easy when you started playing League?

No, it wasn’t. I played touch first and sort of knew what I was doing but I probably found it a bit hard when I started league because people always compare rugby with league and they’re pretty different sports. But I really enjoyed it and stuck at it and lucky I did because I do it for a job now.

Do you think stepping down from captain will make your career longer?

I’m not sure. I guess it depends on how well I play but with that decision it was about what was best for me and my family, spending a bit more time at home with this little man (son Zeke) and now I’ve got another one too hopefully I can get a bit more enjoyment out of the game but I’ve got a couple more years left on my contract- I’m not getting any younger but we’ll see how we go.

What’s your favourite memory of SPC?I’ve not got a very good memory…but I was

saying before I remember getting told off a few times. I remember when that pool outside was built- we used to have a small, pretty ordinary one that was probably a bit of a health hazard and when they built the new one it was flash as. That was a pretty good memory from back in the day.

I think that new part of the playground that goes out towards the church, that wasn’t there. And there’s another building- is that the office now? That used to be the Form One and Two class.

I definitely stay in touch with at least two peo-ple that I went to school with, so that’s pretty cool that I still catch up with them even after all that time.

Do you really like rugby league or is it just a job?

It’s definitely different when you do it as a kid and then as a job. You still really enjoy it but you’re doing it for a living and if you don’t play well you don’t get paid as well and then you don’t have a job- so it changes for you. It’s still enjoy-able- it has to be otherwise you wouldn’t do it- but there’s a whole heap of added pressures that come with it. So I think when you’re playing as a kid…make the most of it and have fun.

When you started playing did you ever think you’d become captain?

When I was growing up I wanted to be an All Black like heaps of kids in here. Then League came along and I had an opportunity to pursue it pretty seriously -the whole captaincy thing just happened once I started playing at the Warriors. It certainly wasn’t something I’d planned on.

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with Simon ManneringQuestions are courtesy of students from Simon’s old Primary School in Motueka, Saint Peter Chanel, who were given the opportunity to interview him during the Warriors’ visit last week.

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BriefsThe Tidal Trail Fun Run & FiestaMotueka South School invite everyone to a

fun filled day on Sunday 20th March. The latest addition to their well known Family Fiesta is a walk or run around the fabulous local environ-ment, taking in the unique tidal estuary trails near the school. Once participants have com-pleted their event, they then get to enjoy the fiesta of live entertainment, stalls, great food and drink, while waiting for the prize giving. It’s either a 5km or 10km course and both start on Courtney St East outside ‘Up the Garden Path’ Cafe’ and finish in Motueka South School grounds. Registrations, at $10, are open . You may register online or you may pop into the school office. Registrations before March 1st go into a draw for a special Vodafone smart phone spot prize. On the day entries are $15. The major spot prize, donated by the House of Travel is a mystery weekend!

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx

Change of roleJesse Hedges, a familiar and welcoming face

at Whitwell’s Menswear and the face of February on the Safe Families Motueka calendar , is soon to swap selling shirts for selling houses. It came about rather unexpectedly following a casual chat during a routine sale. with Ray White’s Property Manager Cliff Satherley. Asked what his future plans were Jesse mentioned he’s always fancied real estate. Half an hour later he was talking with the boss and soon after he was offered a sales position. On April 4th he joins the Ray White team.

TIM O’CONNELLAs part of the Experiencing Marine Reserves

programme undertaken by schools around the country, which looks at snorkelling, biodiversity in marine environments as well as sustainability, Year 7 and 8 students from Riwaka School have been making the most of their proximity with a snorkelling trip to nearby Little Kaiteriteri.

Kina and Marblefish were the main species spotted by the kids on this occasion, however a further trip to the Tonga Island Marine Reserve in coming weeks promises a next level experience as students compare the difference in marine life inside and outside of a reserve.

As well as getting a first hand glimpse of the diversity beneath the sea, the students were also taught the essential techniques of snorkel-ling, from duck diving and clearing their masks to equalising, utilising the Riwaka School Pool before taking the plunge in the waters off Little Kaiteriteri.

For Teacher Jude Heath who has a strong background in environmental science from her time at Northland Polytechnic as well as a long standing association to the EMR programme she would seem a handy person to impart her passion and knowledge to her charges.

“I’m an experiential learner- I can’t sit in one place for long, (and) basically this is just expe-riential learning linking knowledge to what’s out there in the ocean, because they’re the Kaitiaki of the future,” she said.

“It’s all about getting out and making connec-tions to the real world instead of just opening a book because it becomes real when it’s right there in front of you.”

The information gleaned from these practi-cal exercises is sure to provide some handy background knowledge as the students move to making their own EMR projects which will see them in line for a prize or two at local and national level.

Last year, students from Brooklyn and Ngatimoti Schools were fortunate enough to win a trip to the Poor Knights Islands in Northland.

Among the local prizes, Stew Robertson of Abel Tasman Eco Tours is offering one of his educational day trips up for grabs.

For the students themselves, the chance to have an underwater adventure was well-received and has given them an interesting entrée to their main course experience at Tonga Island.

“I think it was just being able to do something new for the first time,” said Year 8 student Layla Wilson.

“I didn’t think they’d be that much Kina, but there was heaps.”

A Filipino by birth, 12 year old Rochelle Quiozon was just as taken by the experience in a new environment, once she got the hang of the intricacies of snorkelling.

“At first it was quite scary because I’d never done anything like this before,” she said.

“It’s not really that good in the Phillipines, you can’t really see anything because it’s so pol-luted.”

Riwaka’s EMR treat

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William Pike is photographed here with some of the Year 7 and 8 St Peter Chanel students who plan to be recipients of the William Pike Challenge Award by the end of this school year.

This year the Year 7 and 8 stu-dents of St Peter Chanel School have undertaken the William Pike Challenge Award.

This involves the students tak-ing on challenges such as organ-ising and completing 6 outdoor education opportunities including rock climbing, caving, river cross-ing and overnight camps in the bush.

Another area of challenge is completing 20 hours of community service -something the Year 7 and 8 students are no strangers to as they are members of the Young Vinnies community group.

The third area of challenge for the students is to learn a new sport or take on a new hobby. William Pike visited the school last week to officially launch the Challenge Award.

He shared with the students and families his experience during the eruption he was caught in on Mt Ruapehu and the personal chal-lenges he endured as he recov-ered from the trauma of losing his left leg and the other injuries he sustained to his right leg during

the eruption of rocks that smashed into the Dome Shelter he was camp-ing in that night in 2007.

His philosophy of life that he wants the William Pike Challenge Award to instill in Year7-9 students is “All passion and no limits”. The vision of the WPCA is to have kiwi children embracing new challenges, enjoying the great outdoors, engag-ing with their community, interacting with positive role models and ready to take on whatever life throws at them.

St Peter Chanel students wished to become a part of the WPCA after attending the Young Leaders Conference in Wellingtion in June 2015 as part of their camp.

The values of the WPC are com-plementary to the St Peter Chanel School values and this is seen as an exciting opportunity to develop our senior students’ leadership skills and personal confidence over the next 8 months.

The eleven Year 7 and 8 students have already begun the Community Service aspect through fundrais-ing with a mufti-day to add to the Awaroa Beach crowd-funding effort.

No piking from SPC students in Challenge award

As noted in last week’s Guardian, three MHS students were awarded schol-arships for their efforts in NCEA Level 3. Space con-siderations meant we were prevented from printing all three winners’ photos but far be it from us not to deny putting a face to the name of the omit-ted individual. So with that in mind, Congratulations AJ Binns for your awarding of a Scholarship in Physical Education.

Congrats, AJ...

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Briefs

After over 16 years without a place for parents to take their little ones to, while enjoying the com-pany of like-minded mums, dads and whanau, the community of Riwaka now has a Playgroup of their own again, held at the local Montessori.

The previous playgroup run by parents at a church in Riwaka closed around 1999 and since then families in the vicinity have had to make a slightly longer trip to receive a similar kind of fellowship.

Less than a fortnight ago that shortfall in local service was bridged with a regular Playgroup introduced and now held at Montessori every Tuesday between 9am-11am.

Liana Drummond is the host for the new 0-6 year playgroup as well as being Head Teacher of Kowhai Class in the well-established Montessori which takes in children from the ages of 2- 3.5.

“The house wasn’t always this big – it’s just grown heaps,” Liana says of the homely premis-es that has accommodated play-orientated gen-erations for a number of years and is now enter-ing a new era of enjoyment.

“Riwaka has started to become quite popular with the cafes and cycle trail, it’s such a cool place to bring up your family and good to have things going on for kids.”

Staff say they are meeting the needs of our local community by opening their doors to par-ents and caregivers of young children to meet new friends, connect with other parents and share parenting tips and ideas in a relaxed friendly atmosphere that is a fun and exciting for children.

While the rooms and play areas are echoing with the sound of many happy attendees, there is still space on the mat for many more and a warm welcome is extended to all those who are interested to come and join in.

Playgroup returns to Riwaka A few of the par-

ents and kids who frequent the Playgroup at Riwaka Montessori- the first in the village since 1999.

Children free!Sunday 6th March is not only International

Children’ s Day but also Animal Farm’s second birthday, that day one child is free with every paying adult. A great day is certain with all sorts of extras like bouncy castles, pony, donkey and trailer rides, a merry go round, a fun dress up box for family portraits and face painting. It’s going to be a fabulous day so spread the word!

Bold new play coming to MapuaThe West Coast Theatre group, Kiwi Possum

Productions has achieved a national reputation having toured its plays extensively. On Saturday April 2 they perform Paul Maunder’s play “A Brief History of Madness”. The thought provoking performance tackles the vexed issue of mental illness. Tickets will be available soon.

It’s up to you!From Toad Hall to the Riwaka Bridge all busi-

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The ginger beer’s bottled!There’s less than a fortnight until Mahana

School’s Food and Music Fiesta. It’s on between 3 and 7pm on Saturday March 5th and it’s sure to be another great country affair – a neat place to take your visitors! There’s music, excellent food, a carnival fun zone and older kids stuff too. What nicer way to while away a sunny afternoon? And there’s no parking worries with a novel way to get from your parked car to the fun!

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TIM O’CONNELLThe Year 9 students at Motueka High School

must have wondered when the straitjackets were coming out as they were introduced to their first House Sports Day on Friday.

But for the older students, it was simply another day to dress up and add another wacky chapter to the legacy of the unique occasion, as colour combined with brains, brawn and even bribery to chalk up another enjoyable day out of the classroom.

This year MHS’ four houses made the transi-tion to Maori names, with Green House becom-ing Nuku, Red becoming Ahi, Yellow to Angi and Blue to Wai.

The new monikers were apparent in the many signs and costumes designed and worn by students keen to get into the spirit of things, and the traditional opening parade gave the perfect opportunity to make an impression on the judges.

While all houses had put some serious time and thought into their themes, chants and cho-reography, from Wai’s blue barrage of Police, Angi’s Tropical to Nuku’s Jungle Book motif, it was the red superheroes of Ahi who triumphed with a bit of drama and foreboding in a mock battle with characters representing the other houses.

As always, the cake bribes offered to judges were roundly appreciated and by all accounts raised the bar in terms of quality, with Angi also offering cocktails as an extra kicker.

Then, in a circuit of crazy challenges both physical and intellectual, students were put

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through their paces throughout the day as they competed for the coveted House Sports Day Trophy.

This year, gumboot throwing, a big ski event, the slippery slide, basketball shots and swim-ming pool shenanigans were on the schedule, along with puzzles and some more water-related fun with spouting problems.

Lunchtime even presented a challenge to everyone’s ear canal as a karaoke competi-tion was held in the grassed area beside the Gym. No word on whether the region’s audiolo-gists are heavily booked this week in the wake of that sonic interlude. In the end, it was the Green machine of Nuku who made a successful defence of the trophy showing that a bit of Jungle attitude helps in the heat of competition.

Teacher Jill Bell was on hand to provide some instruction for the students, although as she freely admitted this was an event renowned for a bit of malarkey, which was wholly encouraged, mixed with some valuable peer bonding at the start of a new school year.

“As staff we just take a step back and let the kids do most of the organisation- that’s why this event is such a big part of the school culture,” she said.

“There are other schools where the whole thing can get sabotaged but you don’t see that here because everyone gets involved and they respect it for what it is.”

“The pool is always a sight to behold at the end of the day- the poor filtering system must take an absolute hammering- at least it’s just for the one day.”

Nice one Nuku at MHS 2016 House Sports

The colour and the choreography are key components of the tradi-tional House Sports parade and were heartily embraced by students on Friday. Above Left: Here to save the day for their fellow house members are Ahi (Red) House. Above: Wai or Blue house were also sharply dressed, taking on a police-themed motif in 2016.

Green (Nuku) House went for the Jungle Book as their theme for this year’s sports- here they dance to the song ‘Bare Necessities’, from the classic Disney movie adaption of Rudyard Kipling.

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Pair lucky to be rescued off Archway Island

Police say two tourists owe their lives to rescue teams who eventu-ally plucked them from an Archway Island off Wharariki Beach late last evening.The pair, a 30 year old woman from Australia and a 28 year old man from Croatia, got into difficulty while swimming in the area.

They managed to make it to one of the Archway Islands where they were trapped by the incom-ing tide and deteriorating weather.

When Police arrived at the scene the pair were clinging to rocks about 20 metres up a cliff. LandSar and a Nelson surf res-cue crew responded. Civilian

helicopters were unable to assist due to the conditions and a Defence Force NH90 helicopter was deployed from Ohakea.Just before 9pm the pair were successfully winched to safety by the heli-copter crew and taken to hos-pital in Takaka for treatment for hypothermia.

Sergeant Mal York said the efforts of the rescuers in atro-cious conditions were out-standing.

“If the rescue effort last night had not been successful we could well be dealing with a tragic loss of life,” he said.

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Labour caucus committee members (Left to Right)Poto Williams, Carmel Sepuloni and Ruth Dyson were in Motueka and Golden Bay on Tuesday to meet with key services around the region before heading south to Buller.

After spending the morning at Integrated Health Centre, Golden Bay, with the Manager, Linzi Birmingham, Helen Kingston and Sheryl Nalder and lunch at the Wholemeal cafe, it was over the hill to Motueka for two appoint-ments at the Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital and the Motueka Family Service Centre on Talbot Street. It was there that Manager Lisa Lawrence (also pictured) and her staff were able to put

forward the social and health-related issues facing the region. Amongst the speakers, Tim Creagh offered some impassioned dialogue on the issues despite a confessed lack of sleep, drawing on his experiences with St John and a Board of Trustee at a local primary school.

Hie appeared to have made an impression on the guests.

“What are you like when you do get some sleep? “ inquired Ms Dyson.

All three women left saying the visit had been “inspiring”, and that the points raised would be taken back for consideration in future policy draft-ing ahead of next year’s election.

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Six year old Seth Jellyman made the most of the waterslide at last weekend’s Dovedale Country Fair- here he seems to be acutely aware of the impending collision with haybales at the bottom of the run.

Motueka High School held their annual House Sports Day on Friday, with students and staff buying into the carnival atmosphere of the day. Here Angi House members Culainn Stringer, Vito Lammers, Josh Wilson and Thomas Robinson have the Smurf-esque Caleb Rowling surrounded, not that he seems too fussed.

Abbeyfield residents Pat Heckler, Jim Shand, Nancy Milne, Natalie Vonk, Paula Orr, Don Halls, Jill Boon ( weekend cook), Judith Lucre (committee) and Sue Naylor (main cook) went out to dine in the Moutere Valley last Thursday and stopped for a photo as they left. It was an entertaining few hours livened up by numerous jokes from Sue, a treasure hunt and a quiz.

At left is Glenn Honeybun from Poole Street Motueka with rat and stoat traps for sale at Sunday’s Market. The rat traps sold well as they are child and pet friendly. Glenn often constructs traps for the Department of Conservation.

Zenith, the Balloon Man, delighted young Christchurch Sunday Market goers, Libby and Chloe, with his black and white dog. The family is staying at Kaiteriteri.

Friends Justus , Hayden, Billie and Dekcon had just arrived at Sunday’s Market. The waffle and bratwurst stalls are their favour-ites.

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In the Newsline Update in your 3rd February issue, it states under Council Meetings, that the Motueka Community Board will be holding a meeting at 4 pm on the 9th February in the Motueka Service Centre.

With one other member of the public I went along but found there was no meeting.

Even the Service Centre staff did not know the meeting was not going to proceed and had to contact TDC's Richmond Office, to be told this Community Board meeting had been deferred to 22nd March.

The Community Board's second meeting of this year would normally be held on this date.

I could find no notice of the cancellation of the Community Board Meeting in your issue of 3rd February or the reason for its deferment in your issues of 10th and 17th of February.

This is not a good look for the Motueka Community Board in an Election Year.

Jim Butler Motueka

Dear Sir I am moved to write to you concerning your

weekly Freebie Motueka newspaper. The pres-entation and layout is so much improved in recent times, as has the quality of the reporting and use of photographs. The paper has always been an organ for promoting local business and enterprise as well as local events and personali-ties, but its effectiveness has now reached a new pinnacle of achievement.

My congratulations to the editor, the report-ers and photographers on a great paper. It far outstrips the efforts of the Nelson Leader, which understandably focusses on the Richmond end of things.

I hope your advertisers will continue to support such a great paper.

Please give all your staff a big “ups” for their efforts in making our local “rag” well worth perus-ing each week.

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Happy 1st birthday ! A very busy time

Matt Galvin and Ruth Sicely’s first year at KaiWaka Café and Bar in Motueka’s High Street has gone by “in the blink of an eye.” They’ve had a very busy summer.

“Christmas and New Year was manic,” according to Matt “And we had many great Friday night’s of live music with locals, and visitors who stumbled upon us.

We’ve had D.J’s, jazz and rock bands, a classical gui-tarist and singer song writers, but this Friday is the last for the season.

We’ve had a great summer season and we look for-ward to doing the same again next summer.”

First and last

To celebrate Kai Waka’s first birthday Matt and Ruth will be shouting everyone who comes for coffee dur-ing the day this Friday a mini muffin.And from 8pm that same night “Taxi Collective”– a D.J. collaboration - will entertain until well after midnight.

It is also the last of the Mexican and Gourmet Burger nights. These have proved very popu-lar and people have appreciated that all the components from the guacamole, the chimmi-churri, barbeque sauces and the bread have all been built from scratch on the premises.

Matt’s enjoyed the nights too, revisiting his misspent youth, making exotic cocktails.

The best lunch in town

The couple were delighted that KaiWaka was chosen, by popular acclaim, as the best place to have lunch in Motueka during last year’s ‘Try our Kai’ competition.

The award has lead to increased business.

“It’s in her D.N.A.”

Ruth gained her cooking knowledge firstly from her grandmother who began New Zealand’s first culinary school. And her baker mum who works at a popular Whanganui café. “It’s in her D.N.A.!” said Matt.

“I learned a lot about French Cuisine when I was an au pair in France, and my love of lovely fresh flavours comes from the time I’ve spent in Thailand. And I just love chilli!” admitted Ruth. She reads a lot of cuisine magazines, researches a lot on line and she’s always happy to hear ideas from customers. “I’ve trialled a lot of things and I’m finding my own direction.”

Fresh, healthy and nutri-tious are Ruth’s hallmarks.

Just the best

Matt and Michal Snitko are baristas supreme. Flight Coffee is their cof-fee of choice. Its success has seen it expand rapidly here and in Australia. Kai Waka has two blends of Flight and three separate grinders, one especially for decaffeinated coffee.

The world’s best

Ruth’s almond flour fri-ands have been classified the ‘best in the country’ by many. And one English couple declared them “the best in the world, such a glorious taste and tex-ture!” Like their muffins and scones they’re made fresh on site daily.

Gluten and dairy free

There’s also a large array of gluten and dairy free food. “If people ask we can help them find suitable alternative.” Cakes and slices are often refined sugar-free. Another morning favourite is Ruth’s coconut yoghurt and home made granola.

Have you tried Ruth’s coconut loaf?All the rage in Sydney is the gluten and dairy-free

Banana-Coconut-Lemon loaf, and this Ruth makes beautifully too.

Matt and Ruth ( pictured above) have early starts at Kai Waka. Ruth’s on deck by 7am most morn-ings.

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KaiWaka - an enthusiastic team

Michal Snitko is well known in the Top of the South and is acknowledged as one of our best baristas. He has extensive experience in the hospitality industry and a wide knowledge of wines. He and Matt hand picked KaiWaka’s wines.

Handpicked winesMatt and Michal handpicked the wines. Most are

award winners and all are from local wineries – Kina Cliffs, Moutere Hills, Kahaurangi, Rimu Grove and Middle Earth.

Local beers are also a feature. “Everything is as local as we can get!’ said Matt. “Even our eggs from Willow Farm and we can guarantee they’re only laid the day before!”

Almond milk specialityKai Waka is possibly the only café in the country to

make its own almond milk. This is delicious added to your favourite coffee.

Congratulations on your first birthday Matt and Ruth. Long may KaiWaka reign.

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‘Our’ Friendship HospitalLiving up to its name

Our Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital lives up to its name. The community owned hospital is welcoming, homely, proficient and accessible.

The Hospital is named in honour of the Chairman of ‘Friends of Motueka Health Trust’ for his tireless work and exceptional fund raising efforts.

Seventy seven beds!

This facility has 77 beds providing under 65 and aged care in hospital, rest home, and dementia care levels. The other areas where they support our community is in palliative care, acute GP admissions, and respite care with an additional community activity programme, while dishing up the meals on wheels for our wider community.

Other community services

Adjacent are our other community services includ-ing Maternity, St. Johns Ambulance, District Nurses, Physiotherapy, Triton Hearing and SVS Living Safe, are some of the services based there.

Mobile surgical bus

Around 170 patients last year would probably miss out on needed surgery were it not for the Mobile Health Solutions travelling surgical bus that is staffed by the reg-istered nurses at Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital. The bus provides care to rural patients who have been prioritised for surgery by their DHB but have difficulty accessing their base hospital.

Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital have put their hand up to have the bus more often as the community requires this service.

Pam Wakefield and Sacha Davis are two of the three friendly faces who will greet you at JIFH’s reception. Val Herron is the other member of the team.

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Purpose-built Dementia Care - a new fundraiserA community demandIn response to the demand that follows Motueka’s

increasingly aging population a new stand alone 24 bed Dementia Unit is scheduled to start approximately 2017. This will free up a 10 room wing to be put aside to sup-port the GP’s and those who require palliative care.

Fundraising soon!

Fundraising will be starting soon for this project. You can donate directly or you can help the Friends of Motueka Hospital Trust by making a bequest. Manager Tina Mills says “The addition of the new wing is going to be a asset as the demand for dementia care continues to rise”

“Caring staff”Manager Tina Mills speaks enthusiastically of Jack

Inglis Friendship Hospital.“Our staffing has been identified as the core of our

success and our quality is measured by our community satisfaction. We are here to support and we are creating remarkable experiences together.

We offer a nurturing environment”. Currently Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital employs

around 90 staff. The management team praise the caring staff and their

excellent delivery of care support that they provide their community.

Our aim is to assist the community in making the transition into Residential Care pleasant, stress free as possible and comfortable.

Above: Clinical manager, Jessie Tang and General Manager Tina Mills

Management Team

Alongside Tina is a strong diverse management team that consists of a Clinical Manager - Jessie Tang who like matrons of old oversees all clinical requirements of the site. Nicola Griffith, the Quality Assurance Manager who ensures that the site is contractually compliant in all areas.Joy Smith and Desiree Heywood are our two Clinical Nurse Leaders who work simultaneously managing the rest home and secure dementia wing.

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Activities a vital component

Activity is vitalJack Inglis Friendship Hospital has a passionate activi-

ties team supported by a qualified Diversional Therapist Lyn Hurst. Its role is to enhance the quality of daily living to all who visit and or reside within the facility.

Steve Turner and Lyn Hurst chat before Steve begins his sing-along in the hos-pital wing Friday afternoon. Later in the day Steve went through to the Rest Home to conduct a Sing-along during the weekly Happy Hour.

Day Care

Trudes Vendelbosch is the Activities Coordinator for the Community Activity Programme.

This programme organises a wide range of fun filled activities for those that aren’t a resident but who may require support and wish to be a part of the everyday activities.

A pick up and drop off service is provided for those visiting from the community. Many older people in the community or people with disabilities are funded by the DHB to spend one through to five days a week.

For many it relieves their loneliness.

They enjoy the company, the activities, a hot

nutritional mid-day meal and morning and afternoon teas.The site programme includes but is not limited to

entertainment, bowls, housie, mystery drives, picnics, crafts, and cards, facilitating sing-a-longs, baking, beauty therapy, shopping trips, gardening, community outings and enjoying the gardens as often as possible.

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There’s a varied and exciting programme

Left: Win Maxwell and Quanda the visiting pooch have a special relationship.“This is a lovely place and they’re very good to you,” said Win. Quanda’s owner,Renee Lang, said that her dog has offical pet therapy status and she brings her to J.I.F.H. on a regular basis.

A varied, exciting programme

A weekly happy hour of drinks and nibbles is held in each area, and recently Steve Turner has added to the relaxed atmosphere with his popular sing-along.

The facility has vans and motorised scooters which enable many to enjoy visits to the outside community.

The monthly Activities Calendar makes interesting reading.

For instance Monday this week began with newspaper reading at 9.30am, then there’s a shopping expedition, a brain food game, chair exercise, a bus outing, housie (or beauty therapist/manicure) and a comedy movie. Seems there’s something for everyone. Every day interesting activities are organised.

Special Days

Days of significance this month like the Chinese New Year, Waitangi Day and Valentine’s Day are marked with special displays, costumes, food or speakers.

The activities team are presently organising entertain-ment for St.Patrick’s day next month.

The Motueka R.S.A.’s Les Stanton discusses pre- Anzac arrangements with Lyn.

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Volunteers wonderful and essential

Volunteers are an inte-gral part of each day’s activities in the Rest Home.Here Shirley Win and Lois Cocks clear morning tea dishes from tables in readiness for Friday morn-ing cards.

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Community Programme combats loneliness

Trudes, the Activities Coordinator , with Wally and Alma, members of the Community Programme - Wally Ions and Alma Burrows come once a week. Wally’s wife is a permanent resident in the adjacent hospital. Alma was recommended to come while she recov-ered from surgery and although she is now fine she’s opted to keep coming regularly. Both enjoy the company.

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Palliative and dementia care

Nigel Jones a recent arrival in Motueka , is enjoy-ing his position at Jack Inglis Friendship Hopsital where he works within the Activities Team. Here he gives hospital patient Freda, a welcome icecream.

A cosy dementia wing

The secure Dementia care wing is called the “Freesia Wing” which is a home for people suffering memory loss and confusion.

The staff there are specially trained and experienced for this type of care.

The Freesia Wing is known for its caring attitude and patience with each individual resident.

Freesia Wing has recently undergone a face lift and is now a bright and attractive area that has direct access to a purpose dementia care built garden.

Palliative care’s expansion

Once the construction on the new Dementia facility is completed, the current 10 bed unit is to be developed to support GPs and those requiring palliative care for our community and wider catchment. The Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital palliative care services are widely used and cater for families/whanau, this includes an adjoining family room with facilities for those wanting to stay overnight. The adjacent garden provides a very peaceful private outlook.

“I remember one resident’s birthday,” said Clinical Service Manager, Jessie, “His relatives came from all around the world and they set up the barbeque out in the garden and had music too. It was a real celebration. A very special occasion.”

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WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2016 27SCORES & DRAWS

Reid wins with Team Waimea

Mapua’s Daniel Reid (pictured) has shown his versatility as an athlete by help-ing his Waimea College teammates claim third place in the Male 3 Person Two Day section of this year’s Speights Coast to Coast. More importantly the Team Waimea One trio of Reid, Campbell Jones and Finn Mitchell took out first in the Schools cat-egory, winning by over ten minutes from Greymouth High School in an overall time of 13 hours 3 mins and 27 seconds for the 243km grind from Kumara on the West Coast to Christchurch’s Sumner Beach.

With an impressive cycle pedigree to offer the team including second place at last year’s club road cycling nationals 16 year old Reid took to the 70km, 15km and 55km legs with the same vigour that has helped him reach his current ped-dle ranking, finishing first in his category for all three legs. As part of the team's prize, Waimea College won $1000 worth of coaching which will help towards next year's training for the Coast to Coast, their win having also earning them free entry into next year's event.

MOTUEKA TOUCH INC Week 16 = Thursday 25th February 2016

Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 Field 4 Field 5 Field 6 Field 7 Field 8 Field 9

6.00pm

Talley’s Fisheries Mixed D1 Talley’s Fisheries Mixed D2 1 vs 4 2 vs 3 5th Place 5th vs 6th 1 vs 4 2 vs 3

Tigers vs

Hammer Time

Jnr Makos vs

Tradies

Mini Meenies

Mot United vs

MHS Int

Waewaenuku vs

Dynamite

Riwaka vs

Chickens REF Lynda Risi Ben Sydney Connor

6.35pm

Guthrie Bowron Mixed C1 Whitwells Mixed B Creatures in Steel Mixed C2 2 vs 3 1 vs 4 2 vs 3 5th vs 6th 7th Place 5th Place 1 vs 4 2 vs 3

Stormers vs

To Be Decided

Baby Vikings vs

Butterfingers

Bays Boating vs

Hagar’s Vikings

Lemons vs

Team JCR

Sprig n Fern

River Rats

Wasted Knights vs

Blue Meenies

Fraser’s Logging vs

Unidentified

REF Caleb Hana Weez Alan F BT Karl R

7.10pm

Guardian Newspaper Mens C Mondo Mixed A Whitwells Mixed B Guardian Newspaper Mens C 2 vs 3 1 vs 4 5th Place 1 vs 4 2 vs 3 1 vs 4 7th Place 5th vs 6th

Deez Nuts vs

Scorpians

Carvers vs

YACT

Dilla

TTT vs

Vicious & Delicious

Sharks vs

Dingos

Turbos vs

Ivan’s Vikings

Huia Can’t touch this vs

Jnr Rangers

REF Kerry Brodie Andy D Rochelle Alan F Ben T

7.45pm

Motueka Packaging Masters Whitwells Mens B Motueka Sportsworld Womens 1 vs 4 2 vs 3 5th Place 2 vs 3 1 vs 4 2 vs 3 5th Place Vikings vs

Wasted Rats

Passed It vs

Rangers

Footloose Viking Chicks vs

Greenbacks

Rugby Girls vs

Sprigs

Vikings vs

Vikings Youth

Newbies

REF Hana Ben T Andy D Cadyn Caleb

8.20pm

C&J Fowler Mens A Whitwells Mens B NOTES:Finals = Friday 26th February CONTACTS: * Boss = Jess [email protected] * Draw = Rochelle [email protected] * Subs = Leah 0273375826 * Referees = Kayla 0278649984

1 vs 4 2 vs 3 1 vs 4 YFY

vs Dingos

Vikings vs

Mondo Travel

Zulus vs

P4h Hawks REF Andy D Karl R Rochelle

Touch semifinals draw

Committee: No to UC Combined

Chasing away our talent? Motueka High School Rugby Club say they have been against the Waimea Combined School XV from day one.

A letter to the Guardian from Chairperson of the Motueka High School Rugby Club and coach of their Under 18 team Andrew ‘Waz’ Curtis has spelt out the committees opposition to the proposal.

“We were against our inclusion in this team from the day that it was proposed to us, and that we are still opposed to it now, however our views have never been voiced until now, mainly because we knew nothing about this until we read it in the local newspaper,” Curtis says in the letter.

Motueka High School Rugby club is run by and administered by a separate com-mittee, not by the High School, however they do have a representative on the com-mittee as do the other Motueka clubs,

All decisions regarding High School rugby have to go before the committee, not the school.

The background behind this Combined team was first put to interested parties towards the end of last rugby season 2015, at a meeting at Waimea College. Present were Representatives from Waimea, Nayland, and Garin Colleges, as well as the Sports Coordinator for Motueka High School, Brian Jones, Steve Mitchell from the TRU, the Waimea Rugby Administrator, Julie Benseman, and Curtis himself.

Curtis says that during the meeting Waimea told attendees that the rea-son that they had decided to try and form a combined UC team was because they were losing their players to Nelson College, hence were unable to field a strong, competitive team to compete with the other schools, adding that their boys were becoming disheartened at being beaten all the time,

“After hearing their arguments regarding this proposal I advised them, including the TRU that the Motueka High School was not interested in becoming part of their

combined team,” Curtis continues.“The reason for this was we were already

struggling with numbers, and that if we lost any players to their team then this could possibly lead to us being unable to field a team in our local competition.”

Pointing to subsequent meetings regarding the Combined XV which Curits says did not involve consultation with his committee and letters sent to Motueka Under 16 representatives, he believes this sets ‘a dangerous precedence in relation to how clubs can be effectively circum-navigated around in order to obtain their players, to fill positions in other clubs and teams.’

“With regards to our players being taken, to strengthen Waimea’s team, a team that we have never had an associa-tion with, it now becomes our problem, in that we now have to find more players

to field a team. The same sort of sce-nario that Waimea had complained about Nelson Boys doing to them.”

“This situation has been explained to us by the TRU, who have stated that the decision has been made for the better-ment of rugby in Tasman area. I can’t see how this better’s rugby in the region if there is a very high probability of losing a team from the local competition, hereby weakening it. “

“At our little club we have attempted to change our culture which is based on basic fundamentals such as trust, respect, honesty, loyalty, integrity and hard work.

“However with the way that this whole Combined Waimea UC cup (sic) has been handled, the decision makers need to seriously look at themselves and ask themselves whether or not they are set-ting good examples for the players affect-

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SCORES & DRAWS28 WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2016

Motueka Golf ClubOn another beautiful Saturday a large

field competed in the Monthly Mug Medal and the final round of the Summer Cup.

Results were;Monthly Mug Medal winner, Barrie Smith

Nett 66 A GradeBest Gross Steve Vercoe 73Best Nett Doug Anderson 682nd Nett Judd Kenning 69 B GradeBest Nett Andrew Fenemor 712nd Stan Patching 713rd Richard Bullock 71 C GradeBest Nett Gerald Allsopp 692nd Peter Taylor 713rd Robert Vincent 73 D GradeBest Nett Mike Mansfield 702nd lloyd Goodall 723rd Kevin Fell 73 Twos; Steve Vercoe (2), Andrew

Fenemor Nearest the pin; Ladies Penny Vincent,

Men Steve Vercoe. Summer Cup;Winner Doug Anderson 1322nd Murray Hamilton 136 The ladies played a Par round and the

first round of the Hudson CupResults were;1st Grace Latimer plus 32nd Penny Vincent plus 23rd Shirley Winter minus 14th Shirley Wisnewski minus 15th June Patching minus 2

Golf

Fourth woman overall across the line and first in her Female 45-55 year age group at the Buller Gorge Marathon last weekend was Colette Read (pictured above) in a splendid time of 3 hours 29 minutes and 2 seconds. The time was 26th fastest for the longer distance across all categories.

Congrats Collette.

Next month’s Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon & 10km courses are “challeng-ing”, a few inclines along the way but that certainly hasn’t stopped over 200 already registering to finish on the golden sands of Kaiteriteri Beach.

Trailrunners need to act fast if they want to enjoy the next runs on the top of the south programme.

July’s Captain Cook’s Landing only has 10 spots left before that reaches it’s limit while the Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake on April 18 also is all but full with only 40 plac-es remaining then the Wait List begins.

Change of date for this years Abel Tasman Coastal Classic with this being rescheduled a week later to Saturday October 8th.

Entries for this will open early March and guaranteed to sell out soon after release.

Numbers grow for Kaiteriteri Gold

Bridge

Athletics

Motueka Bridge Club 22-02-2016Kaiteriteri HandicapNorth/ SouthVicki Adnams & Phil Donaldson 59.95%Carolyn Gatenby & Charmaine

Satherley 59.72%June Tippett & Natalie Vonk 55.56%East/ West Malcolm MacLeod & Mary McCallum

57.41%Doug Elliott & Joan Lloyd 56.02% Martin Thompson & Justine Thompson

55.79%Handicap Results North/ SouthVicki Adnams & Phil Donaldson 60.20%Carolyn Gatenby & Charmaine

Satherley 57.58%June Tippett & Natalie Vonk 56.90%East/ WestMalcom MacLeod & Mary McCallum

58.84%Bet Glengarry & Ron Tippett 55.68%Maxine Harrington & John Keene

55.33%

MOTUEKA TOUCH INC FINALS DRAW = Friday 26th February 2016

Talley’s Fisheries Mixed D1 Talley’s Fisheries Mixed D2

6.45pm FINAL 3rd v 4th FINAL 3rd v 4th

REFGuthrie Bowron Mixed C1 Whitwells Mixed B Creatures in Steel Mixed C2

6.20pm FINAL 3rd v 4th 3rd v 4th FINAL 3rd v 4th

REFMondo Mixed A Whitwells Mixed B Guardian Newspaper Mens C

6.55pm FINAL 3rd v 4th FINAL FINAL 3rd v 4th

REFMotueka Packaging Masters Whitwells Mens B Women’s Open

7.30pm FINAL 3rd v 4th 3rd v 4th FINAL 3rd v 4th

REFC&J Fowler Mens A Whitwells Mens B C&J Fowler Mens A * Prizegiving will be approximately 9.30pm in the clubrooms

* Referees reimbursements can be collected from Murray on Thursday 25th February at the clubrooms between 6.20pm – 7.30pm * PLEASE NOTE: Fields will be allocated for finals when published next week

8.05pm FINAL FINAL 3rd v 4th

REF

Touch Finals draw

Phone 03 528 2088 Email [email protected]


property wanted

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

personals

lost & found

LOST Rayban prescrip-tion sunglasses at Toad Hall, Wednesday 17th February lunchtime. 027 422 8438.

LOST Sadly left behind on beach by salt water baths - emerald green sarong. Please txt/phone 021 0563 704.

health & fitness

health & beauty

PAMPER Deluxe. Facial $45, deluxe $60. Heel Treatment $40, deluxe $60. Reflexology $60, deluxe $75. Back Exfoliating $47, deluxe $65. See www.LummisMassage.co.nz call Karin 5287186.

SATURDAY 27th & Sunday 28th. Poole Street, 9am. Fridge/freezer, patio sets, BBQ, record player, ten-nis rackets, bowls, cam-era, mercedes 94, ski rack, heaters.

garage sales

SATURDAY 27 Feb, 9am-1pm, 465 High Street. Household fur-niture, china and mis-cellaneous household items.

SATURDAY 27 Feb, 28B Poole Street, 9am-1pm. Miscellaneous items. Cancelled if wet.

SATURDAY 27 Feb, 38 Greenwood St. Sign out at 10am. (Weather dependent).

KIYOSATO Student Fundraiser. Saturday 5th March at Parkes Automotive, Greenwood Street. 8am onwards.

funeral services

for sale

firewood

QUALITY, Dry Firewood available. Delivered per trailer load (3m3) or bin load (1m3). Phone 021 228 5025.

entertainment

death notices

PIZZEY Graham Desmond (Blue). On February 18th 2016, passed away peacefully at his Motueka Valley home, surrounded by his loving family. Very dearly beloved hus-band and best friend of Thyra, much loved and admired Dad of Steve, Ross and Marisa. Father in-law of Justine and Mike, loved Gramps of Daniel, Jordan, Jesse, Rueal and Ivan. Will be sadly and deeply missed. "A great Artisan has been called home". In lieu of flowers dona-tions to the local District Nurses Service would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A celebration of Blue's life and memorial serv-ice will be held at St Thomas Church, High Street, Motueka on Friday 26th February 2016 at 2.00pm. Golden Bay Funeral Directors www.gbmfs.co.nz

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

antiques

carpet cleaning

TASMAN Carpet Cleaning services. Great deal from $25 per room, professional clean, eco friendly. Phone Greg 0274 300 626.

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church services

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

vehicles for sale

tuition

VIOLIN and Piano lessons, age 4 and up. Contact Katie on [email protected]

wanted

CARER Wanted for cli-ent with dementia in a private residence based in Riwaka. Includes shift work. Ph Vaughan 027 3649 420 or Cindy 027 469 1268.

wanted to rent

TWO Bedroom plus. Mot or surrounding areas. Prefer rural but consider anything. Excellent references. Ph 021 1076 682.

VINYL installation and floor prep. Phone Rob 021 276 2841.

trades

MULTI Media Blasting. See website for details: w w w . t a s m a n s o d ablasting.co.nz or [email protected]. 022 528 8159.

LEAKS - building and roof. Find and repair service. Gutter clearing. Fred 022 430 9630.

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

to let

TWO Bdrm self con-tained flat. Motueka Valley, 10 mins to town. Log fire. Long term. No dogs. $210pw. 526 8046.

THREE Bedrooms plus sleepout and attached garage. 15 mins walk to town. Suit keen garden-ers. Fully fenced. No dogs. Ph 528 0059.

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.

stump grinding

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

situations vacant

situations vacant

RECORD & CD Fair. Morepork dart rooms. West Ave, Ben Cooper Park, Richmond. 1pm to 4pm, 28th February.

public notices

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32 WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2016 Sport

Dirty water and a poor forecast have caused the postponement of the Tasman Bay Snapper Classic for a week until this Saturday February 27.

Organiser and harbour pilot Troy Dando said the current "shocking" weather and the forecast for the subsequent 36 hours following until Saturday night had made up his mind.

Although the original date of February 20 dawned fine, earlier predictions of at least half a metre of swell and a wave period of seven seconds forced Dando’s hand in the matter.

That would have made for short sharp choppy seas and unsafe for the smaller craft in the competition and even with a drop in wind he believed the northerly swell would have continued well into Sunday morning.

The postponement opened up the ability for those who couldn't have initially competed to enter for next week, and registrations would be kept open until the night of Thursday 25th, he said.

Snapper Classic Postponed

Takaka Hill one of seven zones for Paragliding ChampsTim Brown launches at Takaka Hill. The Marble Mountain is one of the launch sites to be used for the upcoming Paragliding Championships. Photo by: Alf Newman

The NZHGPA New Zealand Paragliding Open Round 2 for 2016 will be held in Nelson from Saturday 27 February to 5th March 2016 This is the second of two FAI Cat2 competi-tions for the NZ season.

Seven launch sites have been allocated for the event which takes in the entirety of the Tasman region from Havelock to Mt Murchison, and from a local perpsective the Takaka Hill.

The Barnicoat Range site near Richmond, which is a regular launch zone but requires close liaison with the nearby Nelson Airport, is being held as a back up venue.

Round one was held in flatland conditions at Manila, Australia, which gave way to many personal bests and records, according to Nelson President Peter Ellison.

This follow up event provides a seachange of conditions, which Ellison says is harder but is a lot more rewarding for competitors in terms of spectacular views and performed distance.

Whille all the action takes place in the sky, Ellison says there will be a few handy vantage points for the public over the week, such as the Takaka Hill Walkway.

Between 40- 60 competitiors from New Zelaand and abroad are expected to attend, with the minimum requirements for a pilot to enter this Championship are either:

Having flown in a FAI sanctioned competi-tion, or a minimum pilot qualification of PG2 (or international equivalent) plus 40 hours logged flying, or approved as being capable of competing by an NZ registered paragliding instructor.

Volunteers are still wanted to assist with 4wd transport- please email [email protected] if you can help.

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