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Molesworth A voyage of
legacy lives on discovery
P4 P16
Saturday Express
Marlborough’s community newspaper
Saturday, November 30, 2019
It’s our home now
Mani Kaur and Mickey Singh at
their new restaurant The Next
Door Cafe in Redwoodtown
serving Kiwi and Indian cuisine.
SCOTT HAMMOND/ STUFF
.
Maninder (Mani) Kaur and Mickey Singh
migrated from India four years ago. Now that
they have realised their dream of owning their
own restaurant they feel that they have arrived
at the place they call home.2 THE SATURDAY EXPRESS, NOVEMBER 30, 2019 neighbourly.co.nz
We ask small children the big questions. This week’s Wee Wonders are from room6 at Whitney St School.
Wee Wonders What do you think New Zealand was like 150 years ago?
Rhihari Bird (9) Stevie Smith (9) Kymaine King (8) Olivia Valk (9)
There would be war and some peace and There would be a lot of animals. No boats and no cars, people would travel Concrete houses that would be dark inside
heatwaves. in Waka. cause they had no electronics.
Trysten Fowke (8) Jada Taoho (9) Jesse Clements (9) Amber Greer (9)
There would be trenches with people There would be war and nobody would There would be wars and no trees. All of the animals that are extinct wont’ be
fighting. have figured out what iron was. extinct.
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Migrants’ recipe for settling in
SOPHIE TRIGGER own but towards other com-
munities that help that inte-
Four years after they migrated gration process,’’ Western said.
from India, Maninder (Mani) ‘‘Mani and Mickey have con-
Kaur and Mickey Singh have tributed and are willing and
achieved their dream of owning want to contribute to the com-
their own restaurant. munity that has supported
The couple took over The them.’’
Next Door Cafe in Redwoodtown After four years in New Zea-
on November 1, serving a com- land, Kaur and Singh feel like it
bination of Indian and Kiwi food is their home. Singh had pre-
to the public. viously lived in Europe, but
Mani Kaur said it had been found laid back small town New
partly the support from the Marl- Zealand more liveable.
borough Multicultural Centre Kaur said they had also trav-
that encouraged them to go into elled throughout New Zealand
business. but had not found a better fit
Marlborough Multicultural than Blenheim.
centre manager Margaret West- ‘‘I lived in Tauranga but I
ern had encouraged them to couldn’t connect to it, but I’ve
have a food stall at the 2017 festi- lived in Blenheim for the last
val. four years and I really love the
"We started from there, we people here and how we know
started doing the butter chicken each other.
food stall at the Multicultural ‘‘Everyone will just see you
Festival,’’ she said. with a smile every time you walk
‘‘First year it went really well, in. It’s my home now.’’
we ran out of everything. Next The Next Door Cafe is open
year we did the same thing but every day from 10am, serving
we made a little bit extra. ‘Kiwi’ food until 5.30pm and
‘‘And from there we got that Indian cuisine at dinnertime.
people were loving my hus- Kaur and Singh work long
band’s cooking and the way we hours and have a young daugh-
are doing it. ter Mannat who is 3.
‘‘So we thought we could do But they are helped by a sec-
something in the future, so here ond chef, with years of experi-
we are at Next Door Cafe and ence, and are prepared to ‘‘work
Restro Bar.’’ The Next Door Cafe in Redwoodtown is open every day from 10am, serving Kiwi and Indian cuisine. hard to get somewhere.’’
Kaur and Singh came to New SCOTT HAMMOND/ STUFF ‘‘It’s just the start, we still
Zealand in 2015, when Kaur com- have a long journey,’’ Kaur said.
pleted a Level 8 post graduate was the world’s most beautiful always available for support and important role in the wellbeing ‘‘We look to provide best food
diploma in business at NMIT. country’’. advice. of new migrants. and good service to the Marlbor-
She said they had not known The couple also wanted to Multicultural centre manager ‘‘Part of our strength of our ough people. And we are happy
much about New Zealand before acknowledge the support of the Margaret Western said the not- entity is being able to navigate to take any challenges, we will
they arrived, but heard that ‘‘it Multicultural Centre which was for-profit group played an people not just towards their try our best always.’’
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‘Heart of the Molesworth’ reopens
SOPHIE TRIGGER ‘‘If you knew the
The legacy of a historic South house before, and
Island homestead will live on, as looked at it you
the ‘‘heart of the Molesworth’’
reopened this week. wouldn’t see it any
Farm manager Jim Ward had different.’’
lived in the Molesworth home- Farm manager Jim Ward
stead, south of Blenheim, with
his wife Tracey for 15 years
when the earthquake struck in think the outcome will last
November 2016. another 100 years at least.’’
‘‘We’re in open country so we The first plans for the rebuild
heard the thing coming,’’ he said. were put together in late 2017,
‘‘We just took a door each and and they began gutting the house
rode it out for a while. We knew in early 2018.
there was significant damage but They decided to keep the orig-
the beauty of it was that no one inal structure of the building,
was hurt on the station.’’ and build a ‘‘house within a
‘‘All the bedroom end of the house.’’
house, a lot of the cob fell out and ‘‘The cob walls are two foot
all the floor bearers were on thick and then there’s an 100ml
rocks, so a lot of the rocks gap and then they’ve built a
shifted.’’ house inside there,’’ Ward said.
Even before the Wards ‘‘The physical footprint out-
arrived, the Molesworth Home- side is not too different to what it
stead had a long and colourful was.
history, built more than 140 ‘‘ So if you knew the house
years ago. before, and looked at it you
‘‘It was built by Ned James in wouldn’t see it any different.’’
the 1870s and he was a renowned But the house is now warmer,
cob builder back then,’’ Ward and much safer in an earth-
said. quake.
‘‘But as we said today, the The homestead was officially
words square and even and reopened on Tuesday by Conser-
straight and level were not vation Minister Eugenie Sage,
words that we’d use to describe and a member of Ngāti Kuri
the house after the earthquake, The historic Molesworth Homestead reopened this week after a post earthquake rebuild. SIMON KING performed a blessing.
everything was topsy turvy.’’ ‘‘That sort of sealed it for us, it
The homestead went to encompassing three other by Landcorp Farming, now ‘‘We really thought, on the was the icing on the cake,’’ Ward
‘‘cattle-only’’ after the sheep stations in the 1940s. known as Pamu. historic side of things, we’ve said.
losses due to snowfall of 1941. The area that comprises Ward said one of the options really got to show respect for ‘‘We just all got together and
The Molesworth entity as it Molesworth has been managed was to pull down the original what’s gone on in the past. The celebrated as a group – it was
stands today is 182,000 hectares, by the Department of Conser- homestead after the earthquake, decision was made to rebuild. cool to be part of it. It’s going to
New Zealand’s largest farm, after vation since 2005, and is farmed which would have been cheaper. ‘‘It was more expensive, but I be around for a long time now.’’
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Weaving links to whakapapa
JENNIFER EDER
A student learning traditional
Māori raranga says she is con-
necting with her ancestors, and
feels the wairua, or spirit, of her
mother when she weaves.
Fiona Mackie has finished
three mahi toi, or artworks, for
her Level 5 Diploma in Toi
Paematua Māori and Indigenous
Art, in her second year under the
guidance of kaiako Margaret
Bond.
Mackie displayed her piupiu,
or flax skirt, piupiu kākahu, or
flax cloak, and a kete whakairo,
or flax basket, this month along-
side her classmates at Omaka
Marae in Blenheim.
‘‘My decision to work towards
this qualification was to learn
about my Maori heritage, or
whakapapa. Weaving, or
raranga, for me is a way of con-
necting to my cultural heritage,’’
Mackie said.
‘‘Weaving is calming, I feel
the wairua, or spirit, of my Mum
present when I’m weaving ... My
mum passed away in 2017 from
cancer. She was awesome, and
people say I look like her.’’ Fiona Mackie has completed a piupiu, or flax skirt, piupiu kākahu, or flax cloak, and a kete whakairo, or flax basket, for her Level 5 Diploma in Toi Paematua
Mackie, of Ngāti Porou Māori and Indigenous Art. SUPPLIED
descent and originally from Wel-
lington, said the traditional lengths of muka, or fibre. For ditions and with much cer- ‘‘Raranga is a taonga, or ‘‘My next project I would like
raranga techniques were not dif- soft, comfortable clothing, the emony, including karakea and treasure, that needs to be passed to do is a korowai (flax cloak) but
ficult, but following traditional muka was washed, beaten and spiritual learning. on, it is an art form that cannot that can take up to two years to
tikanga, or customs and pro- hand rolled, before the thread The flax bush was likened to a be forgotten,’’ Mackie said. complete, especially if made in
cedure, was a challenge. was dyed yellow, red-brown or family, with larger older leaves Her piupiu kākahu was the the traditional way,’’ Mackie
Traditional methods included black, or left uncoloured. Tra- protecting the young inner most time consuming mahi toi, said.
carefully cutting outer leaves ditional dyes were made from leaves, and a Māori proverb rec- or artwork, which took Mackie ‘‘I would love to go to the next
from the flax bush, protecting tree bark and ash. ommended marrying the woman eight months to complete. The level and continue my raranga
the centre shoot, and stripping Weaving instruction was tra- found in the flax garden – Aitia piupiu took three weeks, and the education, for my journey is not
edges by hand to produce even ditionally given under strict con- te wahine i roto i te pā harakeke. kete whakairo took a week. over, it has only just begun.’’
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A world of intrigue and adventure
RUSSELL GIFFORD listener supplied so much of the
story. Imagination fully at work.
‘‘Almost retired teacher’’ Rus- And you could carry on with
sell Gifford remembers his mundane tasks and not miss a
school days spent in and beat.
around Blenheim in the 1950s. Adults would join in for ‘‘Dad
This week he remembers a and Dave’’. It was popular from
world of murder, mystery and one end of the country to the
adventure via radio serials. other.
There were sixteen, I think. The story lines elude me now
All listed on a sheet of lined but horses and stables seemed to
paper taken from a writing pad feature frequently.
and pinned to the wall. So, per- On reflection I think it had a
haps three on any given evening. lot to do with the quality of the
In the early fifties it was all radio actors.
via the valve mantle radio. A bit They were highly skilled and
of waiting when you turned on. talented people. Notable among
It took perhaps a minute for the them was William Austin. His
valves to warm up. distinctive voice was utterly able
Ours was a pretty classy to live within his chosen charac-
radio. There were bands provid- ter.
ing short wave and other options Out of nowhere ‘‘The Goon
that I never understood. The Show’’. What a supreme gift to
radio needed both an aerial and the school boys of the nation. We
an earth connection. The aerial all did what we thought were
wire was suspended high above perfect imitations of the inane
the back garden with a feed wire conversations of the main
entering the house via a thin cer- characters. And we would retell
amic tube, through the wall just with great delight the latest intri-
behind the radio. cate and farcical episode. For-
The earth wire simply made ever grateful.
its way through the wall to a The Goons received a mark of
metal rod driven into the ground approval when Prince Charles
near the foundation. Later we let it be known that he was a
did have a portable radio, a great fan.
Phillips ‘‘Pacemaker.’’ But it was My selection is evenings only
still a valve radio. It had a rela- In the 1950s radio serials were a big part of the night in many New Zealand households. STUFF and boy’s interest only. There
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sistor radios didn’t arrive for Australian. stain on the floor is. Its blood! We running in Java. The drums other time slots. My mother
another 7-8 years. The ‘‘chill factor’’ would saw a lot of that during the war!’’ carrying the messages from hill- wouldn’t miss a mid- morning
First on the list was a space deepen as the evening wore on. He was referring to an address top to hilltop. Full of mystery episode of ‘‘Portia Faces Life.’’
adventure, early in the evening. ‘‘Deadly Nightshade’’ could be on the Augauten Strasse in and intrigue. Powerfully engag- Radio drama in serial form
Pretty fanciful in the mid-fifties! pretty un-nerving. Felix Berlin. ing. continued on into the 60s but
Followed by a nature pro- Hubermann would close an epi- Then there was the ‘‘Keeap This of course was the special could not in the end compete
gramme by Crosby Morrison, an sode with ‘‘I know what that Man from McAkeea’’ About gun power of radio drama. You, the with TV.
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Charismatic Clarke saves Christmas tale
pot of ethnicities that
Review immigration creates. The script
certainly wears its heart (be
Last Christmas (M, 103 mins)
warned, tears are likely to flow)
Directed by Paul Feig
and its politics on its sleeve, and
Reviewed by James Croot ★★★1⁄2
Feig takes every opportunity he
can to showcase Michael’s more
I
t was my Love Actually heartfelt tunes.
moment. No, not the one But, you can also see the
you’re thinking – the bit stitches and the seams, which
involving Liam Neeson’s means any surprises are
stepson performing on stage. disappointingly rather
Dunedin’s Balmacewen telegraphed.
Intermediate, 1986. My best mate Some of the supporting
and I had decided to pen a play characters also seem a little
inspired by The Secret Diary of underwritten, and the two
Adrian Mole and one of our female comedy coppers seem
classmates (who, bizarrely, even straight out of the New Zealand
agreed to play himself). cinematic and televisual
Foolishly, our teacher had universe (think Wellington
decided to let us perform it in Paranormal or The Breaker
front of the whole school Upperers).
(thankfully not to parents). Then again, the bar for
While we’d decided not to Crimble comedies and festive
play any roles, I had allowed Emilia Clarke delivers a performance full of chutzpah and charm, melancholic moments, acerbic asides, heartbreak, flights of fancy is not high (Four
myself one moment of and joy. Christmases and The Family
indulgence, a bizarre dream Stone are prime examples), and
sequence that would allow me to So a movie inspired by the available to her. The only moments to put a smile on her this is light years ahead of those
channel George Michael (white late, great man’s songs, penned constant in her life is her job as face. Despite what the marketing in terms of entertainment.
T-shirt and all) and lip-sync by Dame Emma Thompson and an elf at garish Christmas store, may have you believe, Last In fact, it could well become a
Wham’s Wake Me Up Before You boasting everyone’s favourite Yuletide. But even that is on thin Christmas is not a rom-com and Christmas viewing staple in the
Go Go. Thirty-three years on, mother of the dragons, Emilia ice, after she forgets to lock up it’s only slightly more of a decades ahead. That’s thanks,
some of my schoolfriends still ‘‘Game of Thrones’’ Clarke, in the while running late for an musical than Love Actually. largely, to the star power of
remember the ‘‘surrealness’’ of lead sounded like perfect late audition. Instead, director Paul Feig (A Clarke.
it. spring fare. Fortunately, Kate’s boss Simple Favour, Bridesmaids) and As with the hugely
Michael’s music was the Clarke plays Kate, an aspiring Santa (Michelle Yeoh) decides to writer Thompson have created a underrated Me Before You, she
soundtrack of my teenage years singer whose current life is give her one more chance, festive family dramedy that lights up every frame, delivering
(my cassette copy of The Final punctuated by unhealthy provided she pulls herself takes clear inspiration – almost a performance full of chutzpah
developed a crinkle at the start of choices. together. too literally – from some of and charm, melancholic
Last Christmas), Wham’s Estranged from her And, as if she needed further Michael’s lyrics. moments, acerbic asides,
greatest hits is one of the few Yugoslavian immigrant family, inspiration, there’s the This is a love letter to the heartbreak, and pure joy.
albums both my wife and I own Kate has somehow also managed mysterious and dishy Tom Praying For Time singer, late- Thank goodness the film-
and, this week, I discovered I still to burn through almost every (Henry Golding), who seems to year London and a celebration of makers decided to put their
know all its lyrics. single accommodation option turn up at the most unexpected life, community and the melting Faith in her.
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Andrews and his pals are in a New Meretoto 1770 Exhibition:
Brayshaw Heritage Park, 26 Arthur and coffee. 8106.
Christmas conundrum. Model Yacht and Boat Sailing: Marlborough Museum, Brayshaw
Baker Pl. Free entry on Saturday. Tumble Tots Havelock: 9.30am
Card Making Class: St Brayshaw Park, 1-4pm. Heritage Park, 26 Arthur Baker
10am to 4pm daily. 578-1712. to 10.30am, Havelock Sports
Christopher’s Hall, 1.30-3.30pm. Marlborough Vintage Car Club Place. Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm. $10
Picton Museum: 10am to 4pm Pavilion, Neil St. Children under 5.
Make 5 more detailed cards, $20, Museum: Brayshaw Park, adult, $5 child 5+ yrs, under 5 yrs
daily, 9 London Quay. 5738283. Explore movement, while gaining
aft tea provided. Bookings essential: 1-3.30pm. Free. free. Free entry Saturday.
Vintage Farm Machinery: 10am essential fundamental movement
txt Fran 0212408169. Lighthouse Christian Distortion: Richard Briggs’ Solo
to 3pm, Brayshaw Vintage farm. skills. Janet 5741256.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Today, Guided tours available. Doris Fellowship Church: Senior Citizen Exhibition: 6:30am, Karaka Cuisine,
4-6:30pm; Sun, 1-3:30pm, ASB 12 Sheffield St, Riverlands Estate, Tumble Tots Picton: 10am to
5794357. Hall, 10-12. Every Sunday. All ages.
Theatre, Website: Dance On Grove, Blenheim. Free. All ages. Abstract 11am, Port Marlborough Pavilion,
Brooklyn Croquet Club: Golf Marlborough Farmers’ Market,
tickets: $28.50-$130. 0800-842-538. paintings/photographic prints Joseph Sullivan Dr. $2 includes
croquet at Whitehead Park, 15 A&P Showgrounds: 9-12. Local,
All ages. High-flying, fun-filled distorted through combination. morning tea. Gemma 0211860292.
Brooklyn Dr. 1pm, Saturday, fresh and seasonal produce and
adventure. products. Rain or shine. Watercolour for Beginners: 10-12 Linkwater Playcentre: 9.30am to
Tuesday and Thursday. Afternoon noon. Linkwater Hall, 1353 Queen
Anglican Church Garage Sale: tea supplied. Buddhism for Modern Life: and 1-3pm, Art Society Studio. Anne
8.30-11.30am, Nelson Sq, Picton. 10am. 5735379. 5787150. Charlotte Dr. 0210380751.
Boot Sale: 8am to 2pm, Blenheim
Christmas table, furniture, books, Guild of Woodworkers: Business Networking: Picton Senior Citizens: Meet at
Railway Station car park, Grove Rd.
household goods, linen. Brayshaw Park, 1pm. Edward 7:30-8:30am, Watery Mouth Cafe. the Picton RSA at 1.30pm for
John 5783918.
Picton Men’s Shed Car Boot 5788482. All ages. Free. Info: housie, a cuppa and a chance to
Sale: 9am-12pm, Market St. SUNDAY Ulysses: Ride over the hills to enquires@thenetworkers.co.nz socialise. Les 5737033.
Blackadder Goes Forth, the Picton Christmas Parade & Happy Valley Café for lunch. Meet Tai Chi with Maree Certified Indoor Bowls: Clubs of
Musical, Dinner Theatre: Today Carols/Prize Giving: 2:30-5pm, at the Blenheim Railway Station Instructor: 12.30-1.30pm, Senior Marlborough, 7pm. Ken 5778190.
& Tue-Sat, Dec 3-7, 6:30-10:30pm, Picton Foreshore. All ages. Free. south end, ride departs 10.30am. Citizen’s Hall. 5.45-6.45pm, Dillons Point Playgroup: Today
Blenheim Musical Theatre. Tickets, Have your photo taken with Santa, Community Golf: Marlborough Redwoodtown Hall. All welcome. and Wednesday, 9am to noon,
website: $68-$73 incl 3-course meal. free face painting, food/drink avail residents can have a round of golf 0276349045. Bright Centre, 2 Dillons Point Rd.
0800842538. M. to purchase. for $15, Sunday afternoons and all Writer’s of Picton: Picton Library, Wendy 5792089.
Tune Up for Mind, Body & Soul Screening of Tupaia Film: day Monday at Marlborough Golf 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Irene 5735501. Marlborough Guild of
Yoga Retreat: Today: 7am-6pm, 6:30-8:10pm, ASB Main Auditorium. Club, Fairhall. Community Potters’ Club: 7pm Woodworkers: 9am-12pm, 7-9pm,
Sun: 7am-5:30pm, Marlborough Tupaia Film Panel Discussion Blenheim Petanque Club: Today to 9pm, clubrooms, 2A Dillons Point Brayshaw Park. Philip 5705188.
Vintners Hotel. $350. 0278649176. with filmmaker and actors: Lala 10am and Wednesday 1pm. 65A Rd. Sarah 0211030464. Barbershop Chorus: Rehearsals
R16. One day option avail, 9am- Rolls, Michel Tuffery, Kirk Torrance. Weld St. Russell 5791952 or Chris Barbershop Singing: Spring 7pm, Spring Creek Hall. Jim
5.30pm. Hosts: Leza Lowitz, ASB Main Auditorium, 8.30-9.30pm. 5787303. Creek Hall, 7pm. Brian 5780692 or 5786927.
Daphne Tse. Free. Marlborough Rock and Mineral Johan 5785789. Bridge Club: 7.15pm, Clubs of
‘‘Figure’’ Exhibition: Marlborough Riverside Railway: Train is being Club: Brayshaw Park. 10am to 4pm, Blenheim Olympic Taekwondo Marlborough. $4. Alison 5776554 or
Art Soc’s Gallery, 204 High St, hauled by steam locomotive rocks, minerals, crystals, work room Club: Adults and children 6pm to 021212797.
Blenheim. Multi media figurative art ‘‘Donald’’ with return trips from and books. Admission free. 7.30pm tonight, Wednesday and Porcelain Artists: 10am, Brooklyn
show. Until Dec 15. Open daily, Brayshaw Park Station to Omaka Marlborough Associated Friday. Redwoodtown School Hall, Croquet Club. June 5788891 or
10.30am-4.30pm. only (30 min), from 1:15pm Modellers: Miniature train rides, Cleghorn St. New members/ Marjorie 5777015.
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Advertorial
New Owner for
Dominator Blenheim
Dawson Aluminium are a household name in Marlborough for expert
window and door joinery, and the company with a 30+ year record of
success has purchased another well-known local business in Dominator
Garage Doors Blenheim.
For Dawson Aluminium owner Mark Coleman, the addition of Dominator
Blenheim allows them to offer a much expanded service, with garage
doors now offered alongside their aluminium window and door
products.
Dominator Garage Doors already has a strong presence in Marlborough,
with previous owners Brian and Margaret Herd running the Blenheim
dealership for 30 years. Now under the ownership of Dawson
Aluminium, Dominator Garage Doors will continue to be a force in
Marlborough’s construction scene, providing all the latest and best
from Dominator’s extensive and high quality range of domestic and
commercial doors.
This matches nicely with what Dawson Aluminium offer as specialists in
Altherm windows and doors. They are Marlborough’s biggest aluminium
joinery company and complete commercial and residential installations
with the latest materials and expert workmanship.
You can drop into their showroom at Burleigh Industrial Estate on New
Renwick Road to see the latest Altherm residential suite of window Brian and Margaret Herd with new owner Mark Coleman
frames, which showcase a minimalist design and ease of use in a
product that stands the test of time through high quality construction. “We want to thank all of our staff and contractors we worked with over
Similarly, Dominator Doors are New Zealand’s most recognised garage the years for the excellent work they did, and our many customers
who we were delighted to work for. We would like to wish the Dawson
door brand and have manufacturing facilities in both Christchurch
Aluminium team all the best as they take the Dominator brand forward
and Auckland, offering high quality, New Zealand made door systems
in Marlborough.”
nationwide.
That’s exactly what Mark and the team plan for Dominator Blenheim -
Both companies are locally owned and operated and employ locals. moving forward.
Brian and Margaret Herd, now former owners of Dominator Blenheim, “We plan to continue the reputation Dominator Blenheim has for great
wish the business’s new owners at Dawson Aluminium all the best for service and great products,” Mark says. “It’s an excellent opportunity
the future. to expand our services but also to honour the work the Herd’s did in
“We are proud of our work bringing Dominator Garage Doors to building the business up, by investing in the people and equipment
Marlborough and working with so many people to get them the best in that can further enhance the already excellent reputation of Dominator
garage doors. Blenheim.”
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You & your pet IN ASSOCIATION WITH MASTERPET
How fit or fat is your cat?
Domestic cats sleep 22 out of 24
hours a day, but is this normal?
Domestic cats have a comfort-
able life, with easy access to food
and water, and a warm, safe
environment. It is important
that we provide for our cats but
are we making it too easy for
them – creating lazy, fat cats?
Just as with people, over-
weight cats suffer from a number
of diseases associated with obes-
ity such as diabetes and
arthritis. Exercise and feeding
regimes are pivotal in they prefer a few minutes of
preventing obesity. intense exercise at a time –
Cats should be slim with an rotate the toy each time to keep
athletic figure including a their attention. TV advert breaks
tucked-in waist and streamlined can be great for this as they are
body shape. Feral cats hunt for timed perfectly for cat play times
up to six to eight hours a day, so – two to three minutes long every
how can we enrich the lives of seven or eight minutes. Exper-
our pet cats, increase their fit- iment and remember that what
ness levels and keep them slim is exciting today may be boring
and trim? tomorrow.
Recreate the hunt: Move the Playing with their food:
food bowl around so that the cat Treat balls can create a bit of
always has to walk to get to its excitement at feeding time.
food. Overweight cats are smart Rather than cleaning the bowl in
cats and if the food bowl moves a few seconds, they can play with
elsewhere, they’ll start their food (as they would a
relocating, too. Move the food mouse). By playing with their
bowl as far away from your cat’s food, they often eat less and have
favourite haunts as possible. the added benefit of increased
Recreate the chase: Use exercise. An overweight cat Feather toys
feather toys, fishing rod toys or might be a cuddly cat, but this create play time
balls to create some play time. may be affecting its health and to keep kitty fit.. Domestic cats have a comfortable life, with easy access to food and water,
Cats aren’t marathon runners so wellbeing. and a warm, safe environment, but this can also leave them overweight.
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CONVERSATIONS
Levelling the GST taxation playing field
OPINION: At last the GST loophole for online companies will be closed. For too long our small businesses have been competing against often large multinationals selling
exactly the same product into our market without collecting GST. Overseas websites selling goods here online will have to charge and collect GST. Do you think this GST move
will benefit hometown businesses and what more should be done to help small firms particularly in the regions? An MP from each side of the House gives their views.
it’s only fair that overseas businesses – It is clear though that it is not fair that
In the often large multinationals – operating in
our economy are subject to the same rules In the offshore suppliers have an immediate
15 per cent competitive advantage against
red and regulations.
This move removes the competitive
blue small business all across New Zealand.
Businesses should start on a level playing
corner disadvantage that Kiwi retailers have
faced for too long. Small businesses like
corner field. These changes will be beneficial for
many small businesses who are in direct
Deborah Russell bookshops have long argued that they are Stuart Smith competition with overseas businesses. A
New Lynn MP, Labour penalised by an outdated system that Kaikoura MP, National business based in New Zealand selling the
allows large overseas retailers to sell same item as an overseas business will
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he Government has closed a exactly the same product to Kiwis without ew Zealand businesses are now be charging similar prices.
loophole that gives overseas having to pay tax. Some businesses are currently disadvantaged by a New Zealand ranks first in the world for
companies an advantage by not doubly disadvantaged. For example, Kiwi loophole that means that GST is doing business. Small businesses are a
requiring them to collect GST on businesses selling into Australia already not collected on low-value goods major reason for this, employing nearly
all goods sold to local consumers. New have to pay Australian GST. purchased from overseas websites. 30 per cent of our total workforce and
legislation ensures offshore suppliers are A few weeks ago, the Minister for Small This creates a reverse tariff which contributing over a quarter of our GDP.
on a level playing field with domestic Business, Stuart Nash, announced a new unfairly discriminates against Kiwi The future of our economy weighs heavily
retailers. initiative that will better support small retailers. The Government definitely needs on the success and growth of the small
There are 26,000 small businesses in the business through hands-on mentoring and to start making changes to boost business business sector. We must ensure we keep
retail sector that employ more than 62,000 advice. confidence. making positive changes to maintain small
people. They are required to collect GST The Kiwi Business Boost series of Therefore it is good to see that it has business competitiveness and confidence
on their sales. The same requirement now regional workshops combines face-to-face adopted a policy that started under in an ever-changing technological and
applies to offshore retail giants. guidance and coaching with tailored National in new legislation which will globalised business environment.
Local businesses have long called for support delivered online. In addition to require overseas websites selling goods More needs to be done to support our
greater fairness in the treatment of low- levelling the playing field, we have made here online to charge and collect GST by small business, particularly in the regions.
value goods from offshore retailers. several changes that benefit local small December 1 this year. As these business continue to expand,
Retail NZ and Business Mentors NZ businesses. This includes improving The change applies to foreign firms that many are finding it hard to attract workers
have welcomed the Government’s move to infrastructure in the regions and access to send goods worth more than $60,000 to New to fill holes. This in combination with
level the playing field for local businesses venture capital, taking action on unfair Zealanders each year, and to items costing significant visa delays isn’t making things
and celebrate the support that this commercial practices and offering less than $1000. any easier. New Zealand businesses
government is providing to small, research and development tax credits to We did express our concerns that the always have and will continue to rely on
domestic businesses. They have name just a few. required date for compliance was too migrant workers. The Government is
acknowledged that the changes will help This reflects the Government’s support rushed. Companies such as eBay and simply making it too hard for businesses to
small business to grow more quickly, of SMEs and our commitment to creating Alibaba expressed similar concerns and it get workers.
creating jobs and wealth across New a productive, sustainable and inclusive will be worrying if they are forced to We need to increase business
Zealand. economy that will benefit all New suspend their New Zealand operations to confidence so that small businesses are
We know local New Zealand-based Zealanders. the make the technical updates necessary able to expand while raising employment
retailers pay their fair share of taxes. So to comply with these new tax laws. and incomes.
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Motuara is in the foreground with Long Island behind in the Queen Charlotte Sound. SCOTT HAMMOND/ STUFF
A voyage of discovery
but a little further along was a
Spooky and overgrown, long forgotten relics pile of rocks next to the cliff. I
in the outer reaches of the Queen Charlotte scrambled up and found myself
on a flat shelf of forest. Directly
Sound serve as a reminder of our wartime in front of me was a solid
efforts, writes Andy Baldwin. concrete building with another a
little further back. Success!
Back in the 1940s the world was was crowned with heavy These were the monitoring
at war. New Zealand sent troops fortifications’. station and ‘housing’ for the
and aid, and of course we never Sadly, there are no traces of soldiers
thought the war would come to this today, and even the location A short walk back into the
us, but it did. of the Pa is not accurately bush led to a round concrete
We entered an arrangement known. During colonial times cistern that clearly supplied the
to provide shelter to the the forests on the island were water for the people there.
American navy in Queen burned and up to 400 sheep were It’s hard to imagine now, but
Charlotte Sound. Due to the run on a farm there. Farming the area would have been
threat posed by the Japanese failed, however, and by the early cleared when the station was
navy, a series of installations 20th century much of the island built.
were planned and built around was regenerating into fern and To visit it today is kind of
the Marlborough Sounds to bush. spooky, with the trees and bush
protect against incursion by the A visit from a ranger in 1925 all around and overshadowing
enemy. led to a recommendation that the the buildings. DOC use this as a
A number of these are still island become a reserve. landing site to access the island
here, and you can visit them, if In 1926, the Long Island scenic and traps for the traplines were
you know where to look. Most reserve was established. Since What’s left of one of the military barracks on Long Island, in Queen Charlotte piled at the entrance to one of the
involve an adventure to get to, then, predators have been Sound. The barracks were part of an installation designed to protect the area buildings.
all are worth the trip. eradicated and native species re- from the Japanese during World War II. ANDY BALDWIN This installation was never
This is the story of a trip to introduced. There are even little completed but the plan was to
Long Island to find the spotted kiwi on the island now. at 7.30 am on a flat sea, 40 scanning the shore and bush. run a loop cable on the seabed to
submarine monitoring station In 2006, a population of 100 minutes later we arrived at the The first pebbly beach we Blumine Island. On the
on the Eastern shore. Maud Island frogs was southern tip of Long Island. came to had a couple of huge bathymetric map the trench
Located 35 kilometres from established, but this was not With its reefs, rocky shore slips. We nosed the boat into the from Long Island to ‘Barracks
Picton, Long island guards the very successful, possibly due to a and hazardous rocks, this is not shore and I leapt onto the beach Bay’ on Blumine is clearly
entrance to Queen Charlotte lack of predator proof habitat. In a place I normally approach too to explore. After 10 minutes of visible. A number of cable
Sound. 1991 a group of dive clubs got closely, although there is a scrambling up the landslides and trenches were dug at this time,
It is the first marine reserve together and recommended that stunning beach on the south- climbing crumbling rock I could it’s not clear which had cables
in the South Island and has a the area around Long Island and west point. find nothing. Ok, cross that one laid and which were not used.
long history of fortification. To the neighbouring Kokomohua But today was different, we off and move along. We spent a happy hour or so
the local Maori the island was Islands be made a marine needed to get close to spot the The next beach was larger exploring the area and
known as ‘Hamote’ and was reserve. This was acted on and clues; a pipe sticking out of a and more promising- no discussing how people would
occupied with a heavily fortified the establishment of a marine hillside and the rotted remains of landslides! A rusty pipe was have lived here. Before leaving
Pa. When Captain Cook arrived reserve has seen a recovery of a jetty on a pebbly beach. I was visible at the northern end of the we placed a geo-cache here for
in 1770 and named it Long island, marine life around the islands. immediately nervous; there had beach along with a couple of any other intrepid explorers to
this was still evident. You need a good day to visit been a number of landslides after posts sticking out of the rocky find.
He planted what was possibly the outer sounds, and an even recent heavy rains. Maybe the point. It’s worth the trip to see
the first vegetable garden near better one if you want to beach clues had been covered? We beached the boats and monitoring station, and the bird
one of its beaches. Even 75 years your boat and go exploring. This We motored slowly along the waded ashore. The pipe was life in the forests and bush is
later Captain Wakefield said ‘it one was perfect. We headed out shore, about 20 metres out, sticking out of a small clay cliff, amazing.neighbourly.co.nz NOVEMBER 30, 2019, THE SATURDAY EXPRESS 17
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