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17-18 DrivenCover photo: Getting the sweet taste – Charles Diver (aged one) and Peter Diver, son of the inventor of Pineapple Chunks, Charles Diver. Photo: Carol Edwards

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OAMARU’S LOLLY ROYALTY

Lolly royalty

By Jacquie Webby

Memories of the man who in-vented the iconic pineapple chunk lolly at the Oamaru factory, now known as Rainbow Confectionery, were recalled recently when 13 members of his family, includ-ing three immediate siblings, daughter Nancy Bell (nee Diver) and sons John and Peter Diver, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren, visited the facto-ry where the story all began.

The family gathering marked the 60th anniversary of Charles Diver’s initial manufacture of the pineapple chunk, when he was challenged with the task of finding a new use for the pine-apple marshmallow left over after the chocolate fish run.

From these humble begin-nings came the iconic pineapple chunks, although the sweet orig-inally bore the title of pineapple lumps after being changed in the early 1960s.

Charles Diver was born in Oamaru in 1910 and worked at Regina Confectionery as a confec-tionery chef and floor production manager until 1972 when he retired.

As a child, Charles Diver and his parents survived a near-fatal train versus horse and cart crash and he grew up to be a talented rugby player representing North

Otago and later trialling for the All Blacks.

He spent his working career in various fields of employment including work as a baker, a cook, textile worker and a dairy owner, before joining the team at the new Oamaru lolly factory which was opened under the name of Regina Confectionery by Dunedin-con-fectionery maker Jack McNamara in 1949.

Precious memorabilia To mark the special occasion,

Peter Diver came bearing Charles’

Oamaru will always be home to the pineapple chunk, the iconic lolly that has become synonomous with all things Kiwi. And it is 60 years since a confectionery chef at the local lolly factory found a use for marshmallow left over after the chocolate fish run

The famous recipe.

Charles Diver’s three children Nancy Bell (Diver), Peter and John Diver. Photo: Carol Edwards

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gather in Oamaru to mark milestoneprecious notebook which carries the recipes of the lollies, including pineapple chunks, which were made at the factory.

Charles’ daughter Nancy Bell had a scrap-book of cuttings and some original memora-bilia, including a framed photo and John Diver recalled his father constantly being urged to join the war effort as a cook.

“As a result of the train accident, he had a steel plate in his head, so he couldn’t join up,” he said.

The pineapple chunks are now back being marketed under their original name and are part of a group of six varieties of recently-re-leased Kiwi favourites, marketed under the Regina brand.

The bags which contain the Regina pine-apple chunks tell the brief story of Charles Diver’s invention, plus they show a picture of him and the comment “Charles Diver – you’ve done New Zealand proud.”

The recipe is close to the original devised by Charles all those years ago, although Regina have added 15 per cent pineapple juice, but no artificial colours or flavours.

Oamaru’s own pineapple chunks stand alongside five other Regina packs of cheeky New Zealand lollies which have released to cel-ebrate 60 fabulous years: the Kiwi Party Mix; Flash-as Jelly Beans; LIcorice Faves, Baby Fush and, Nuts N’ Bolts.

Early history and later expansionsThe history of Rainbow Confectionery is an

interesting progression. In 1888, Julius Romison built a two-storey

factory in Dunedin and made sweets, includ-ing boiled lollies and chocolate. When he died in 1935, the business was put up for tender and was purchased, including the plant and reci-pes, by Jack McNamara in 1937. He renamed the company Romison’s Confectionery.

In 1946, the business became known as Regina Confections and McNamara moved the operation to the current Oamaru site three years later.

Various products were manufactured at the Oamaru site under the Regina banner howev-er, fortunes flagged with the company going through several ownership changes before being placed in receivership and ultimately, in liquidation in 1985-1986.

In 1995, Regina was sold to Nestle New Zealand who closed the factory in 2001 and moved production to Australia.

Rainbow Confectionery was established in 2001 by a trio of private investors when Nestle shut its Oamaru factory after 50 years. The private investors breathed new life into the lolly manufacturer and earlier this year, added to the scope of the business by purchasing Metford Confectionery in Newcastle, New South Wales.

A spokesperson for the company, which already exports to Australia, said at the time, the new acquisition would “‘drive trans-tasman trade in both directions”.

Since the 2001 reopening of the plant, the directors have added new technologies and invested in new plant, including the ability to produce jelly-beans, the only manufacturer in New Zealand to do so. The company employs up to 100 staff at the height of the Easter sea-son and after a decade, is now providing New Zealand-made competition to international market leaders like Cadbury and Nestle.

For Charles Diver’s invention of pineapple chunks, Oamaru will always be home and the gathering of members of the Diver family, including three children, several grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren, including the youngest, one-year old Charles Diver, the legacy he left New Zealand is one we can all be very proud of.

Descendants of Charles Diver, from left: Charles Diver, Edward Diver, James Diver, Tess Diver, Mackenzie Diver, Cindy Diver, Marolyn Diver-Dudfield, John Diver, Nancy Bell (nee Diver) and Peter Diver. In front: left to right: Charlotte and Hannah Dudfield. PhotoS: Carol EdwardS

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Managing the lambing season Spring is when pasture growth

increases rapidly and with good management, stock performance is high.

Your timing of lambing dates are important so the increased feed requirements of stock are met as spring pasture growth increases.

In a good season, ewes reach peak milk yield two to three weeks after lambing as the lambs’ capacity to drink milk is rapidly increasing. After this, milk pro-duction gradually declines from two to three litres a day to about half a litre at eight to 10 weeks after lambing. As ewe milk pro-duction declines, lambs consume increasing amounts of pasture.

Lamb growth rate in spring is usually high but as summer progresses, good growth perfor-mance is often limited by declin-ing feed quality. It is important to weigh stock regularly to monitor performance.

Replacement ewe lambs should be fed similarly to fin-ishing lambs if target weights of 35 to 40 kg pre-winter are to be achieved.

Specialist lamb finishing feeds are options for farms suited to cropping. Some crops can give higher lamb growth rates than pasture and assist in providing feed during drought. Popular feeds include lucerne, chicory and brassica crops such as rape.

The age of lambs at weaning should be flexible and depends on seasonal feed supplies and your lamb selling policy.

Lambs should be weaned when they begin to compete with their mothers for enough feed. This will vary from season to season but is generally when the average pasture length falls below 3cm.

Early lamb drafting for slaugh-ter should be done before or at weaning as lambs at weaning, temporarily ‘harden up’ as they adjust to a sole pasture diet.

Weaned lambs should be given top priority for ‘clean’ paddocks – with little or no worm contam-ination and those not recently grazed by ewes and lambs. They should also have a good legume content and be about three to five cm in length.

Monitor, measure and plan Look at your situation and

respond accordingly. Evaluate cow condition,

young stock, pasture cover and feed supplied, then make sure there’s a plan to fill any gaps. Start thinking about spring targets.

Pasture management Look at pasture utilisation

and management from now until balance date. If there is too much grass now, man-age it carefully in the lead up to spring growth. Do a feed budget.

Body condition score Treat every animal as an

individual case and preferably feed any which may be a light condition score at calving. Don’t forget to check on stock at grazing. If cows calve below target BCs, consider once-a-day milking for the first four to six weeks post-calving.

Monitor animal health The unusual autumn may

bring out some different animal health issues, so be aware of any changes in the herd and get expert assistance. Be aware of parasites.

Variance in crops The dry matter of crops can

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Dry matter can vary from eight to 12 per cent, which makes a big difference to what cows receive.

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Setting up your feed situation for spring

As summer progresses, and as feed quality declines, it is important to weigh stock regularly to monitor performance.

Treat every animal as an individual case and preferably feed any which may be a light condition score at calving.

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With paddocks increasingly filled with new lambs and calves, animal health is paramount in any farm management during spring.

Across New Zealand this spring, thousands of calves will be raised on farms and whilst sheep numbers are known to be falling (less than half the peak of 70 million recorded in 1982), lambing will still form part of the annual farming work for New Zealand sheep farmers.

Because calves and lambs are born in cooler and cold weather, newborns can suffer from a variety of problems, but most can be solved and for the next time, hopefully avoided.

In New Zealand, lamb mortality is high and nearly 20 per cent die before weaning. Eighty percent of those losses occur during the first 10 days.

One of the big killers is hypother-mia and a simple check for hypo-thermia is to check the tongue. It if

is cold, the temperature of the lamb’s body is falling. Before warming the lamb, rub the lamb dry. Evaporation can cause further heat loss. If you have a heat box, don’t exceed the recommended temperature of 37 degrees C.

If the lamb is less than six hours old, give it some form of colos-trum. Fresh or frozen cow or sheep colostrum are both suitable as are a

number of products available from your vet clinic. Colostrum contains a high level of several nutrients that are important for lamb health and performance. It also contains a high level of antibodies and immunoglo-bins that protect it against a variety of infectious agents. At birth, the lamb does not carry any antibodies because antibodies do not cross the placenta. Lambs must receive

colostrum during the first 18 hours of life to ensure adequate absorption of antibodies.

Ewes vary in the quantity and quality of colostrum that they produce and usually, young ewes produce less because they also pro-duce less milk. And make sure that supplementary feeds are warm, not cold. Cold feeds can cause abdom-inal pain and indigestion. Check navel cords. These provide a super highway for any infections and ide-ally should be disinfected as soon as possible after birth. Any longer than 2 inches, should be clipped closer to the body. In open fields farming, its ideal to carry an antiseptic as a matter of course.

Animal health care is pretty much the same with calves as with sheep. Colostrum is a key factor to health and ongoing wellbeing. If calves are deprived of colostrum at the start of their lives, they will likely not survive or at best fail to

thrive because they have little or no immunity to the many pathogens in their environment. The saying – colostrum, too little-too late, is worthwhile remembering. Again, check navel cords and make sure the calf is drinking. If you don’t plan to keep the calf as a replacement stock unit, remember that there are now strict animal health criteria for send-ing calves on the bobby truck. Better to be safe than sorry.

Equally important is the health of the calving cow. Most cows go into a magnesium deficit before or after they calve. This situation is the cause of staggers which can often be fatal.

To prevent this, supplement mag-nesium oxide powder on hay, silage or grass. Be extra vigilant too when cows are calving and fail to get up afterwards. Normal calving does not take days. If you see a problem with a calving cow, get professional ad-vice early. Most problems are fixable if early help is called for!

When things get tough, it is very easy for the balance between the tasks at hand and the relationships involved to get out of kilter.

Focusing on the tasks usu-ally becomes the main driver, but it is important to focus on relationships during calving. n Try thinking of past successes. Check the farm routines, make sure everyone knows them. Discuss with staff what went well and what could be improved during the last calving season.

n Recharge your own bat-teries every day, for example: listen to music, go for a walk, take a drive or get some rest.n Make sure all the people on the farm, particularly young staff, eat well during calving. If needed, bring someone in to do the cook-ing. n Avoid having too much caffeine and sugar to keep yourself or others going. Have healthy snacks like nuts, trail mix or fresh fruit available for everyone.

n Catch up with staff at least once a week, preferably every day.n Encourage your staff instead of finding fault all the time, think before you speak. Reward them for good work, for example: verbal praise in front of other staff or small gifts like movie tickets, paid days off later.n Laugh at yourself now and again and count your bless-ings. Remind yourself that calving will pass.

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Abortions in ewes are the result of many factors that stress the pregnant animal. Intrauterine infections are the most common cause.

The commonly reported abortion rate in the New Zealand sheep flock is be-tween one and two per cent, although in ‘abortion storms’ a single flock can abort 25 to 40 per cent.

This represents a significant loss of wastage. If the abortion occurs late in the pregnancy, dead lambs can be found out in the paddock. If it occurs in early pregnancy the conceptus may be reaborbed. This may go unnoticed until the farmer realises there is a high num-ber of dry ewes in the flock.

Various diseases can affect pregnant ewes including campylobacter, which is one of the most common causes of abortion in sheep. This disease is picked up orally from pasture which may be contaminated from variable sources, especially from infected ewes and from their lambs or placenta. The organ-ism that causes this disease can survive for up to 20 days in winter, in soil or hay.

Abortion occurs about seven to 25 days after foetal death. The interval between infection and abortion may range from 13 to 113 days. Some ewes become carriers and remain infectious for up to 18 months.

Recently purchased, healthy carrier animals are the most likely mechanism for

introducing disease into clean flocks.

Ewes of any age or breed can be affected. Historically, the period of susceptibility to abort is roughly three months from the gestation period. The disease has been reported from most areas of the world where sheep are bred. The ewe seldom has any ill effects from the disease.

Farms which have high-er stocking rates and/or intensive grazing systems, such as strip grazing, tend to be more susceptible to the disease. If an outbreak occurs, sheep should be spread out to reduce stock density. This

can sometimes decrease the numbers affected, but it is not always the case. Minimising stressful situations like pre-lamb yarding and nutritional stress is also recommended.

Take steps to avoid envi-ronmental contamination: dispose of aborted fetuses and placenta quickly; quaran-tine aborted ewes; practice good hygiene with clothing, equipment and vehicles; visit non-affected mobs before affected mobs to reduce the transfer of infection; and, control scavenging birds such as black-backed gulls.

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A quick reminder that bobby calves, as stated in the Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare 2010, need the same care as your replacement calves.

Make sure your staff know what is required.

Bobbies are not permitted to be transported younger than four days.

Bobby calves must be able to stand and bear weight on all four limbs and be fit and healthy for transportation.

They must have been fed at least half of that day’s ration of colos-trum or milk, within two hours of transportation.

Remember that it may be some time before these calves are pro-cessed and for some, the journey to the processor can be a long one. Talk to your transport operator to find out the time of pick-up and

the destination of the calves. Keep them in a sheltered place

away from public view. This is to protect you from the eyes of the public.

Make it easy for the bobby calf truck to pick them up.

For the calves you choose to euthanize, Federated Farmers Dairy encourages farmers to use a captive bolt.

Slink skins

Talk to the operators who will be collecting slinks. Make sure they understand the sensitivity surrounding this issue. No one likes to see dead calves in a pile at the road side or being transported in open, uncovered trailers and utes. See if you can come to some sort of operating standard with them now, at the beginning of the season.

Comfortable, well loaded stock will arrive at the other end in better condi-tion than those that have spent the whole journey shuffling and bashing the side of the crate.

They are more likely to gain condition more quickly too. Find out from the truck-ing company what time it is due to arrive to pick the cows up and tell those in charge of

your cows. Stand stock off green feed for at least four hours before pick-up. The stand-off pad or grazed out paddock is ideal.

Feed then straw or hay, not green feed, with access to water. Supplement with magnesium.

Shifting cows requires planning and DairyNZ has an excellent fact sheet on preparing stock for transport.

Make sure you have covered, well ventilated areas that protect calves from rain and draughts.

Check for sharp edges, nails and broken tin which can cause injuries.

Check for gaps in the walls, floor or rails – especially those larger than the hoof size of a new born calf.

Make sure there is no tanalised wood or lead paint which can be licked by the calf.

Clean water containers. Make sure calves have easy access to clean, fresh drinking water.

Decide on your preferred bed-ding material and order stocks to have on hand.

Designate an area for sick calves.

Put together a well-stocked, eas-ily accessible calving kit and make sure your staff know what’s in it.

Check out calfeterias, fit new teats, clean all equipment.

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The shortest day has been and gone and even though the winter frosts are still around, there’s no time like the present to get some some entertain-ment opportunities in place.

In Oamaru and the Waitaki, there’s always plenty to see and do. Grab a coffee or head for one of the out-standing restaurants or cafes. Sample some of the local wines. Take a look at the exhibitions at local galleries including the outstanding Forrester Gallery, open daily from 10am. There are smaller boutique galleries in and around Oamaru with plenty of variety and do visit the North Otago Museum to learn the history of Oamaru and North Otago.

If walking and sightseeing on foot is your choice, wander around the walk-ways at the Oamaru Harbour and take a look at the Steampunk sculptures which really showcase the site.

Check the entertainment guide and book for a local or out-of-town show at the Oamaru Opera House and be sure to catch up with the vendors and friends and family at the Oamaru Farmer’s Market every Sunday.

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LifetimeBy Liza Marklund Random House, RRP: $24.99

If you’ve encountered my previous reviews, you’ll no doubt be aware of my affinity with Scandanavian thrill-ers. While it was originally launched by Stieg Larrson’s trilogy, I’ve moved way forward since then, with Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Liza Marklund among my favourite writers in this genre.

There are now nine novels in Marklund’s Annika Bengtzon series, including the best-sellers The Bomber and The Red Wolf. Not all of the nine have been translated into English, and to add confusion they haven’t been released in chronological order. No matter, they are still fantastic stand-alone reads.

Lifetime is another snapshot in Annika’s chaotic career at the Swedish tabloid Kvallspressen, starting with her relationship bust-up with her husband, Thomas, and with a close run escape from her firebombed home with her young children.

As usual, Annika manages to juggle many priorities with the main focus in Lifetime the murder of a prominent policeman and the disappearance of his young son, followed by the arrest and conviction of his wife Julia. An-nika isn’t convinced in Julia’s guilt and that their four year old son Alexander has been kidnapped. Annika being Annika she doesn’t give up and places herself at risk in her quest for the truth.

Liza Marklund immerses us in Annika Bengtzon’s life so were as much across the minutiae of everyday happenings as the thriller is threaded through it.

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the AftermAthBy Rhidian BrookPenguin. RRP: $37

Post war Germany was a challenging and bleak place to be, even if you were one of the victors.

The setting for The Aftermath is 1946 Hamburg, a city devastated by the Allies campaign to bomb the German population into submission. Colonel Lewis Morgan is in charge of the Brit-ish Occupied sector, doing his best to be fair to the displaced locals, many of them young and disenfranchised.

Given his empathy with the people whose lives he is now responsible for, it comes as no surprise when he decides to house his own family in one of the former grand homes of Hamburg, but allows the owners to remain as well. This doesn’t go down altogether well with his wife Rachael, who arrives at her new home, along with son Edmund. That she is still grieving for the loss of their other son in a German raid has a lot to do with her attitude to the German family.

This arrangement has interesting consequences as Rachael’s relationship with Herr Lubert goes from a frosty acceptance, to a warmth that was totally unexpected. In The Aftermath, Rhidian Brook has significantly advanced his writing career, as until now, the full length novel hasn’t been

his forte. This is a masterpiece of a story, about a period that has largely gone overlooked, in favour of novels based in the preceding years during the war itself.

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written, beautifully paced, and with characters that are fully developed, flaws and all. If you want a read that has depth and different this is the one you’re looking for.

PLAN D Simon Urban Random House, RRP: $37.99

Imagine. The euphoria of the Berlin Wall coming down in November 1989 was a myth. Fast forward to 2011 and the Wall is very much a reality, although talks are about to be held be-tween the impoverished East, and the urbane West. That’s the proposition in Simon Urban’s Plan D.

Back in 1989 the East opted for re-vitalisation, rather than reunification, but it’s been a hard road.

Plan D opens with a murder along-side one of the major oil pipelines. On the investigating team is detective Martin Wegener, who immediately suspects the Stasi for the death. The back-drop is the imminent talks, with the real fear that they could be abandoned before they start, if the East German secret police are seen to be up to their old tricks. Next thing Wegener is told he is pairing up with a West German cop to investigate the murder and bring some credibility to the investigation.

The story gets really murky, with Wegener’s ex girlfriend Karolina somehow involved, along with a cast of nasties, and his mentor, who even-tually turns out to be anything but.

Plan D takes awhile to wind up and engross the reader, but when it finally does you’ll be enthralled, and you definitely won’t be able to predict

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where-to-next. This is a thriller with everything and it keeps you guessing until page 514. Plan D is translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire.

COttON mOUth mANJames CottonGenre: Chicago BluesHHHHH

At 78-years-old, blues harp player James Cotton, alongside Buddy Guy, is one of the few musicians still active, who played in the seminal Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf bands and for Chess Records during Chicago’s halcyon days in the 1950s and 60s.

Bruce Iglauer’s Alligator label, long-time pioneer and advocate for keeping the blues alive has produced a stellar release in Cot-ton Mouth Man. Not only, despite his age, is Cotton in remarkable

form, but the environment that Iglauer has created is top shelf. Be warned – this is a tough sounding ensemble, with a take no-prison-er’s attitude, in fact it’s not hard to imagine these sounds belting out from the likes of Silvios club on Chicago’s Southside, back in the day.

Guest musos play a part, with Joe Bonamassa, Chuck Leavell, Greg Allman, Keb Mo and Delbert McClinton, all contributing. The other satisfying aspect of Cotton Mouth Man is that Iglauer and Cotton haven’t fallen back on the age old chestnut of reworking blues classics that have been done to death, Instead they’ve gone for a fresh batch of material that still carries the authenticity of the blues genre. I hesitate to nominate any of the 13 tracks on show here as they all resonate. I can’t think of any recent blues release which reaches these heights. If you want to hear the genuine article, well recorded, and sounding hot, Cot-ton Mouth Man is the real McCoy, and to my mind already a blues classic.

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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy is the mastermind behind this new release from Mavis Staples, but the key ingredient is, without doubt, the five star soul-voice of Mavis

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Now well into her 70s, Mavis Staples seems to have found a soul brother in Jeff Tweedy, with this being the follow up to their 2010 collaboration in You Are Not Alone.

Tweedy writes or rearranges songs from the public domain for many of the tracks here, with one of Mavis’s dad Pop Staples, a very personal style lyric in ‘I like the things about me’ a standout. The soundscape varies from an almost celestial choir approach on the religious based tracks like Holy Ghost, Jesus Wept, and Woke Up this morning with my mind on Jesus, to more atmospher-ic arrangements. All in all, you get the sense that Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy have formed an alliance across the decades, and the music is the winner every step of the way.

tO Be LOVeDMichael BubleGenre: PopHHHH

To Be Loved is a celestial col-lision of an album from Michael Buble. The collision of an on form singing talent, fantastic arrangements, gift musicians, and inspired song selctions. Even though it’s barely ten years since Buble’s debut album was released in his native Canada he’s carved a high level career in both the music and acting worlds.

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To Be Loved sports the Bee Gee’s classic To Love Somebody, Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s Something Stupid, with a classy duet between Buble and Reese Witherspoon, and song writing royalty contri-butions from Barry Gordy Junior, Randy Newman and Smokey Robinson.

Michael Buble is at the peak of his powers now, as a musi-cian and actor, and To be Loved demonstrates the dues he has paid since his debut just a decade ago. Put simply, it’s an album you can confidently add to your collection, and will prove to be a no brainer for your next dinner party.

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Frameless glass screens are reallypopular — anything that makes theelements of the bathroom appear to flowtogether, rather than sit apart. Showersare also becoming much bigger.Homeowners with small bathrooms areoften opting for a big shower at theexpense of a bath.

Some are taking this even further,turning the entire bathroom into a wetroom, with no partition at all for theshower.

If you’re contemplating this, call in theexperts — correct drainage andwaterproofing is essential.

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If you are painting your bathroomwalls, it is important to choose paints thatare specifically designed for wet areas.Acrylic paints are easier to handle thanenamels but enamels are a lot moredurable, especially in areas where thereis a lot of moisture. If you are unsure, askan expert for help.

A fabulous way to add colour in asubtle way is to opt for something a bitdifferent on the ceiling. You might havevery pale colours on the walls and then aslightly darker shade on the ceiling,giving a kind of halo to the room.

Your bathroom accessories are yourchance to play around with differentlooks. At the moment, grey driftwoodtones are extremely popular for towelsand bathmats. Otherwise, greens andbrowns complement the nature-in-your-bathroom idea. Grab a pile of driftwoodand pop it in a vase in the corner.

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Location■ Don’t put the laundry in a trafficarea. Stepping over baskets andpiles of clothes on the way to thekitchen or garage is not onlyinconvenient but a safety hazard.

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THE laundry is generally the worst planned area of the house.

It can be found tucked away in a remote location such as the basement, combined with other work areas such as the kitchen, or crammed into a hall cup-board. With the advent of indoor plumbing, the laundry left the back porch and took up residence in the base-ment, where the pipes were easier to tap into.

And it stayed that way for almost a half century.

During the 1970s, in response to the complaints of working wives, architects began designing homes with the laundry in a cupboard or hallway off the kitchen, or in the garage — not because this was the best place to put it, but because they didn’t know what else to do with it once it was out of the basement.

You can still use this work-space to make an efficient laundry.

Other options include relo-cating the laundry to another area of the house that is more practical, or to convert a seldomused bathroom.

If you’re building a new home, you can put the laun-dry anywhere you want—even on the second floor (closest to the dirty clothes).

You may even want to consider a second, smaller laundry for guests or in-laws.

Above all, be practical when planning your laundry area.

Laundries tend to be cluttered with dirty clothes sorted in piles on the floor, with clean clothes piled on top of the dryer or in baskets competing for floor space with the dirties and the ironing board. Here are some ideas that can be incorpo-rated into existing laundry areas, as well as new laundry room plans.

Locationn Don’t put the laundry in a

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traffic area. Stepping over baskets and piles of clothes on the way to the kitchen or garage is not only inconvenient but a safety hazard.n Don’t put the laundry in the kitchen. Laundry rooms produce high amounts of humidity, dust, lint and vapours from clean-ing solutions.

You don’t want this near food preparation areas, nor do you want food and grease all over your clean clothes. Likewise, don’t have the laundry share space with a pantry.n Resist the temptation to make the laundry a multi-purpose room —such as a sewing room or hobby room.

Laundry-room humidity and noise levels don’t mix well with other fulltime activities—and there’s the competition for space when actually doing the laundry.n Don’t combine the main laundry with

the bathroom, unless you find it relaxing to take a bath while gazing at piles of wash-ing, or delight in using dirty clothes to dry your feet when stepping out of the shower.n Consider placing the laundry room

near the largest source of dirty clothes. This is probably the bedroom, specifically the master bedroom.

Having a door from the laundry room to the master bedroom wardrobe or en suite, as well as to the hallway, is a great conve-nience.n If your new house is a split-floor plan (master bedroom located apart from the other bedrooms), consider putting a stacked washer/ dryer near the bathroom for your guests—or children—to use.

This not only makes it convenient for them, but makes it easier to handle bed linen.

SpecificationsYou should provide 120cm of clearance

in front of each appliance to give you room to walk around the open doors. Avoid placing appliances so the doors block passageways.

Provide a cupboard or shelving over the

washer for soap, detergent, bleach, fabric softener and other chemicals. These should be kept out of the reach of children.

Leave adequate clearance for a top-load-ing washer lid to clear with 12cm to spare. If space is not available for full-sized appli-ances, consider a stacked washer/dryer.

The laundry should have some sort of floor drain to protect the house from water damage in the event of a hose breaking or a tub overflowing. You will replace your washer and dryer someday.

Don’t customise the room to hold only the units you now own; try to leave extra space. If you have a front-loading washer it may be best not to enclose it under a permanent counter because you may move and the next owners won’t be able to fit their top-loader in that space.

Placing insulation in the walls and floor of the laundry room will help reduce noise vibration in the adjoining rooms.

OptionsIf you install a shower in the laundry

room, consider placing rails on either side that can be used to hold sliding, removable mesh shelves to drip dry sweaters and oth-er items that should not be hung to dry.

The shower will also come in handy for washing the dog, emergency clean-ups and more.

Placing the shower close to the sink and

washing machine will group all the plumb-ing into one area. Provide some sort of a sink in the laundry room for hand wash-ables and for clean-up jobs.

Today, a traditional laundry tub/tray is not really necessary in most cases.

If you plan to use a built-in ironing board, be sure to leave adequate space to walk around it when it’s unfolded. If you will be using a freestanding unit you may wish to provide a tall wall cabinet to house it—but remember to allow enough space for traffic.

Adequate lighting is important, including a light over the sink and any work area. Consider an overhead fluorescent fixture; they are effective and energy-efficient.

Try to keep the dryer vent as short and straight as possible to promote airflow.

StorageCounter space is always at a premium

in the laundry area. Try to provide as much as possible.

Place wire bins or plastic laundry bas-kets on sliding rails under a benchtop to hold clean clothes for each member of your household. The baskets make it easy to return clean items to the proper room.

If you will have a laundry chute dumping into the room, provide adequate storage bin in which the clothes can collect. This should not be the laundry sink.

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Put right spinon design

You’ll want tomake thisspace efficient as possiblesomake sure theplanavoids commonpitfalls

THINKAHEAD:Carefulplanningwillensure there’splenty ofclearance andeverything iseasilyaccessible.

■ Don’t put the laundry in thekitchen. Laundry rooms producehigh amounts of humidity, dust, lintand vapours from cleaningsolutions.

You don’t want this near foodpreparation areas, nor do you wantfood and grease all over your cleanclothes. Likewise, don’t have thelaundry share space with a pantry.■ Resist the temptation to makethe laundry a multi-purpose room— such as a sewing room or hobbyroom.

Laundry-room humidity andnoise levels don’t mix well withother fulltime activities — andthere’s the competition for spacewhen actually doing the laundry.■ Don’t combine the main laundrywith the bathroom, unless you find

it relaxing to take a bath whilegazing at piles of washing, ordelight in using dirty clothes to dryyour feet when stepping out of theshower.■ Consider placing the laundryroom near the largest source ofdirty clothes. This is probably thebedroom, specifically the masterbedroom.

Having a door from the laundryroom to the master bedroomwardrobe or en suite, as well as tothe hallway, is a greatconvenience.■ If your new house is a split-floorplan (master bedroom locatedapart from the other bedrooms),consider putting a stacked washer/dryer near the bathroom for yourguests — or children — to use.

This not only makes itconvenient for them, but makes iteasier to handle bed linen.

SpecificationsYou should provide 120cm ofclearance in front of eachappliance to give you room to walkaround the open doors. Avoidplacing appliances so the doorsblock passageways.

Provide a cupboard or shelvingover the washer for soap,detergent, bleach, fabric softenerand other chemicals. These shouldbe kept out of the reach of children.

Leave adequate clearance for atop-loading washer lid to clear with12cm to spare. If space is notavailable for full-sized appliances,

consider a stacked washer/dryer.The laundry should have somesort of floor drain to protect thehouse from water damage in theevent of a hose breaking or a tuboverflowing. You will replace yourwasher and dryer someday.

Don’t customise the room tohold only the units you now own;try to leave extra space. If youhave a front-loading washer it maybe best not to enclose it under apermanent counter because youmay move and the next ownerswon’t be able to fit their top-loaderin that space.

Placing insulation in the wallsand floor of the laundry room willhelp reduce noise vibration in theadjoining rooms.

OptionsIf you install a shower in thelaundry room, consider placingrails on either side that can beused to hold sliding, removablemesh shelves to drip dry sweatersand other items that should not behung to dry.

The shower will also come inhandy for washing the dog,emergency clean-ups and more.Placing the shower close to thesink and washing machine willgroup all the plumbing into onearea. Provide some sort of a sink inthe laundry room for hand

washables and for clean-up jobs.Today, a traditional laundry tub/tray is not really necessary in mostcases.

If you plan to use a built-inironing board, be sure to leaveadequate space to walk around itwhen it’s unfolded. If you will beusing a freestanding unit you maywish to provide a tall wall cabinet tohouse it — but remember to allowenough space for traffic.

Adequate lighting is important,including a light over the sink andany work area. Consider anoverhead fluorescent fixture; theyare effective and energy-efficient.

Try to keep the dryer vent asshort and straight as possible topromote airflow.

StorageCounter space is always at apremium in the laundry area. Try toprovide as much as possible.

Place wire bins or plasticlaundry baskets on sliding railsunder a benchtop to hold cleanclothes for each member of yourhousehold. The baskets make iteasy to return clean items to theproper room.

If you will have a laundry chutedumping into the room, provideadequate storage bin in which theclothes can collect. This should notbe the laundry sink.

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54 Tiverton Street, Palmerston 9430Open to the PublicMonday to Friday 8:30am- 5pm(Thursday 9:30am - 4pm)

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Upcoming meetings:YOUTH COUNCILWednesday 7 August 2013, 4pmCouncil Lounge 20 Thames Street, Oamaru

COUNCIL MEETINGTuesday 13 August 2013, 9amCouncil Chambers, 20 Thames Street, Oamaru

UPPER WAITAKI ZONE COMMITTEEFriday 16 August 2013, 9.30amMackenzie Country Inn, Twizel

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August 2013

Moeraki Roading Update

Herbert’s recycling on the move

Herbert’s drop-off recycling bins are moving to their new location at Herbert Hall on Tuesday 30 July.

Dansey’s Pass bridge

Work to put a Bailey bridge in place as a temporary replacement for the washed out Dansey’s Pass bridge 66 started on Monday.

The Bailey bridge is expected to be open to traffic today all going well. The permanent bridge is planned for completion by Christmas.

Left: Washed-out Dansey’s Pass bridge 66.

Cape Wanbrow Logging

Logging of parts of the Cape Wanbrow plantation reserves is continuing.

The work is to remove dangerous and damaged trees resulting from the recent storms. There will also be some selective harvesting and removal of other trees within the reserve.

This work may take several weeks to complete, and there will be no access to restricted areas during this time.

Council will update the community on timeframes as the work progresses.

ACC Accreditation

Unfortunately, the big storm in June sped up the slips

along Haven Street meaning the road is now impassable without extensive engineering works.The slip sites have been inspected but the amount of ground water means it’s not possible to start reconstruction right away. Once the land settles Council engineers will inspect the road foundation again and decide what solution would be best. In the meantime, Council plans to upgrade parts of Haverford Street to make it more driver-friendly and safer for all users. However, this does not mean there are any plans to abandon Haven Street.There have been a number of investigations and reports dealing with the problems on Haven Street (and other areas) and those reports have put forward a number of options that the Moeraki community will need to consider carefully:1. Lower the exiting road to reduce the

weight and shift the road into the hillside – this will make the vertical alignment (the ups and downs of the road) more obvious and could affect ease of access to a couple of homes.

2. Remove the road and construct a bio-engineered foundation to provide extra strength and absorb some of the under-runners, then rebuild the road on top of the new structure.

3. Compact the road where it is and accept there will be more disruptions.

4. Bridge the failed area with a rigid structure. This would be expensive and it will be hard to find solid ground on which to put the abutments.

5. Abandon Haven Street and focus on the Tenby Street and Haverford Street access routes.

6. Survey an alternative route.Apart from option 3, any of the options above would need the support of the community to succeed. Investigating any alternative would be costly, however, to spend that money to see if the final price is affordable for the community and the District and gives value to NZTA (the New Zealand Transport Agency) who must be convinced there’s a good cost-benefit ratio before they agree to be a funding partner.

Council is working on rough-order costs to give the community some idea of what levels of funding could be needed and also the risk levels with each of the options. The recent flooding and snow events have created extra work and a lot of unexpected costs, making it harder to respond sooner.

The Moeraki Working Group has been meeting regularly and has identified five projects that should be started as a first step to easing land stabilisation issues. Council is working with the group to get a fuller understanding of the changing drainage dynamics now being revealed. Here’s a brief outline of what the Moeraki Working Group is currently working on:• Improving drainage on lower Tenby

Street. • Improving drainage at Milford Street. • Looking at ways to divert a spring that

has been found above the unformed section of Cardiff Street and direct it overland to the sea.

• Looking into intercepting drainage in Haven Street.

• Intercepting and draining a main water flow behind Tenby Street that is supplying water to some of the slip areas.

These works are a good start as we try to improve land stability in Moeraki.The inspections of stormwater disposal on individual properties are nearly complete. A number of improvements are being made on a case by case basis.Council will continue to work alongside the Working Group and community to get the best possible outcomes for Moeraki’s future.

Above: Haven Street, Moeraki.

Council’s health and safety practices were given the big tick recently

when it achieved ACC accreditation. In addition to endorsing our practices across all our services and facilities, accreditation will mean a 15% reduction in the ACC Workplace Cover Levy – a saving of around $7,000 per annum for ratepayers.

The accreditation process was rigorous and a full-day, on-site audit was undertaken by an approved ACC Auditor. Council staff were tasked with gaining at least Primary accreditation by 30 June 2013, they exceeded this target by achieving Secondary accreditation on 26 June.

The move towards accreditation began in the wake of the Pike River disaster, with Council confirming that the safety of staff, volunteers, contractors and visitors to Council-owned sites was paramount.

Above: The project team tasked with achieving accreditation were aptly named the ‘Safety Warriors’ (from left to right) Kim Ens, Steven May, Maree Thompson and Tracey McDowell.


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Korean Cruze with Holden roots

Today’s new car buying trend clearly leans towards sport utility vehicles.

It comes as some surprise, then, that some manufacturers have stuck with the traditional station wagon. I’m happy about that, I like wagons and, sadly, all too few companies are producing a mid-size wagon.

One that landed my recently is Holden’s Cruze wagon, which comes from an unlikely source – Korea. Korean car companies have tended to shy away from the wagon in the past, yet the Cruze platform has lent itself per-fectly to that configuration.

The Cruze sedan and hatchback have already become well established in New Zealand and the wagon complements the range well. And it also gets a choice of two engines, petrol or diesel. The test car was the naturally aspirated 1.8-litre petrol, although it is a well performing engine, the diesel would be my preferred choice.

Holden rate the 1796cc, twin-cam-shaft, 16-valver at 104kW (6200rpm) with 176Nm of torque produced at just 3800rpm. Consequently, the engine is zingy and pulls well through the mid-range.

According to my stopwatch the Cruze in this form will make a zero to 100km/h dash in 9.2sec and can complete an overtaking manoeuvre in 6.7sec using the manual selec-tor to change down gears. When I say a man-ual shift I’m talking about the sequential shift device on the automatic gearbox. The Cruze in this form does have a five-speed manual option but in New Zealand most sales will be autos. It has a quality shift and sensible ratio selection.

The latter is a well engineered combination of low ratios for performance and tall gearing for economy. Holden claim an Australian Design Rules calculated 7.4-litre per 100km (38mpg) combined cycle average for the 1796cc unit. That against my 8.4l/100km (34mpg) average figure and 7l/100km (40mpg) instantaneous figure cruising the 100km/h legal limit (engine speed 2100rpm).

The snappy Cruze hatchback gets a flash Watts linkage rear suspension. The wagon doesn’t get that but it matters little, it handles adequately for its role and has adequate move-ment to cope with a load and gravitational changes. The spring and damper rates are set only moderately firmed, there is a lot of bump and rut absorption but there is also the firm-ness needed for cornering control.

Through twists and turns the Cruze wagon steers with precision, helped by the solid grip from the 215/50 x 17in Kumho Solus tyres. They are a quiet tyre which relay well infor-mation from the road surface.

Corner entry and exit are accurate, while power request mid-corner doesn’t want to push the front end. And that is significant given the willing nature of the engine, steerage

stays controlled, even mid-corner bumps don’t affect the chosen line.

Along with an engine choice the Cruze wagon comes in two specifications. The test car was the range-topping CDX variant and lists at $36,000. For interest’s sake the CD is priced at $33,400 for petrol and $38,400 for diesel.

In wagon form the Cruze has lost none of its functionality; in reality it is has gained a lot, the rear wagon section is versatile with several seating/load carrying configurations. Bare minimum space equates to 696-litres, maximum space is 1478-litres with the rear seats down.

Occupant space is generous, the Cruze isn’t exactly a full five-seater but it does go close, space widthwise for three is cosy but not crushed.

Even though some variants of the Cruze are built in Holden’s South Australian manufac-turing facility from Korean-made parts, the

wagon is fully imported from Korea. It’s my bet Holden Australia would like to add the wagon to the hatchback and sedan assembly process at the Elizabeth plant.

On that subject, I’ll be watching closely the Australian car making operation as early indicators point towards trouble brewing in that area. However, it’s good cars like the Cruze that should keep Holden from the direction its major Australian competitor is about to face.

Price: Holden Cruze CDX wagon, $36,000.Dimensions: Length, 4675mm; width,

1797mm; height, 1484mm.Configuration: Four-cylinder trans-

verse, front-wheel-drive, 1796cc, 104kW, 176Nm, six-speed automatic.

Performance: 0-100km/h, 8.4sec.

SPECIFICATIONS

Versatile wagon section.

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Mazda6 wagon comes to rescue

The problem with having an old house, and old belongings, is that items tend to break from time to time.

I don’t know how it could have happened but the castor assembly on an oil column heater in my son’s room broke mysteriously. The heater still had a lot of life left in it but new parts made a repair cost prohibitive.

However, good old Trade Me came to the rescue and I tracked down a similar heater about an hour’s drive away, so I hit the buy now with the intention of using it for parts.

And I had the perfect car for the pick-up, Mazda’s new 6 wagon, although the heater was dwarfed by the amount of cargo carrying space in the wagon section. Mazda claim up to 451-litres can be carried there, extending to 1593-litres with the rear seats folded down.

In real terms I can report that it swallows up a lot of luggage and will carry five occupants all in extreme comfort.

The new Mazda6 has grown up to be a very refined and sophisticated car. It has also become quite a large car and that is reflected a little in the price, it has stepped out of the mainstream zone just a little, the test car was the range-topping Limited

and it sits at $60,795, the series starts at $45,495 with GSX models listing at $49,795 (sedan) and $51,995 (wagon).

In Limited specification

the wagon wants for nothing, it gets full leather trim (heated front seats), satellite navigation, reversing cam-era, dual zone climate control, radar cruise control, and Bluetooth com-munication and audio streaming. A lot of the functions can be manipu-lated from a centre console-mount-ed dial which is not unlike BMW’s i-Drive controller, that in some way reinforces my comment on sophistication, the Mazda6 has upped the ante in terms of fitment

in what would be deemed an everyday car.

It also gets a host of safety features such as forward obstruc-tion warning,

lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring, amongst others. There’s also an energy regeneration system which Mazda label i-Eloop, which alongside idle stop-start helps promote efficiencies within the fuel saving process.

Mazda are taking the latter seriously and have embarked on a programme labelled SkyActive, it is technology which leans out fuel use and is incorporated in both petrol and diesel engines. The test car was diesel powered and would be my choice. Mazda claim healthy outputs of 129kW and 420Nm. The engine is coupled to a quick shifting six-speed automatic gearbox, interaction be-tween the two components is logical and well harmonised.

Modern diesel engines have

become incredibly smooth and reactive. The 2.2-litre unit is quiet and strong, powering the wagon to a 100km/h from a standstill time of 8.4sec. It is also eager through the mid-range, a highway overtake is quick (5.5sec – 80km/h-120km/h), the turbocharged boost is ushered in almost forcefully.

Yet, at slow speeds the engine is docile, it works away providing subtle driving characteristics. The beauty of having six gears (and more) is the low and close ratios of the transmission, there is always a gear on hand and the Mazda6 diesel driveline is the product of clever engineering techniques.

With the recent bout of fuel price rises, efficiency has become an important buying criteria, yet at the legal limit the Mazda 6 diesel will sip fuel at the rate of just 5.6-litres per 100km (50mpg). My combined cycle average was 7.6l/100km (37mpg) which was a little distant to Mazda’s 5.4l/100km (53mpg) claim, but I would suggest the latter figure is achievable under perfect condi-tions.

The Mazda6 wagon steers with strong front end bite and controlled body balance. The suspension isn’t hard but is set-up on the firm side of moderate. That way the body stays even in a corner and suspension movement well controlled.

Rear end stability feels secure while grip from low profile Bridge-stone Turanza rubber (225/45 x 19in) feels solid. Under power the nose feels like it wants to lift a little and force understeer but, of course, traction and stability control devices keep that in check.

A friend of mine has long had a Mazda6 as his company vehicle of choice, and up until recently, a wag-on. I’ve told him how the new model raises expectation and, although it will be sometime before he is likely to be in the newcomer, I know it’s a car he will be holding out for.

Price: Mazda6 Ltd wagon, $60,795.

Dimensions: Length, 4880mm; width, 1840mm; height, 1480mm.

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Performance: 0-100km/h, 8.4sec.

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comparing apples with apples

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