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Complimentary December 2021
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16 Christmas
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Studying
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Studying
FROM THE Mayors Desk
Oceanography How would you spend the perfect Christmas day?
in Kiel
At home with extended family and friends and the BBQ going and a
quiet Speight’s.
What has been the best thing you have eaten, cooked or
Boat driving activities in Peru
made for the day?
Two years ago we were lucky enough to have some staff
originally from India who joined us for Xmas and we had just
Panama Canal RV Maria S. Merian Dec 2018 the best Curry - it was hard to go back to the traditional kiwi
Xmas food.
Allanah Paul grew up in Waimate and Timaru and for the last ten
years she has been studying and working in Kiel in Germany. Do you uphold any family traditions and why?
The wearing of Xmas Jerseys and other Xmas themed items has
Allanah was educated at Waimate High School and Craighead, after crept into our household over the last few years.
which she completed a 1st class Honours degree in Chemistry at Where is your favourite place to visit in South Canterbury over the holidays?
Otago University, followed by a PhD in Oceanography at Kiel in I will be spending time training out in awesome Peel Forest area this summer.
Germany. She tells us her story. What has been your most memorable Christmas?
Every Xmas is great being able to celebrate the importance of family and when the
majority of us get to enjoy a few quiet days.
After leaving Craighead, I went to Otago University and studied Chemistry and received my
1st class Honours degree at the end of 2009. I had always been interested in Environmental Meri Kirihimete, Nigel Bowen - Timaru District Council
Sciences and I managed to combine this with Chemistry. I chose research projects looking at
Finish line sailing regatta Kiel Yacht Club on a German and Peruvian colleagues on
ocean acidification, a consequence of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and how Folkeboot double hand Peru research vessel Oct 2019
fast calcium carbonate (chalk) dissolves when seawater acidity changes. This is important How would you spend the perfect
Boat driving activities in Peru for some plankton in the ocean that build their exoskeletons out of chalk. This led me to Christmas day?
Germany and to a Professor who was well-known in this field at the time, because I wanted With my wife and family on the lakeside at
"Being out on the water and working surrounded by the local
to better understand how marine organisms might respond to changes in ocean chemistry one of Mackenzie’s pristine lakes.
wildlife such as the Humboldt penguins, seals, schools of anchovy
under climate change. Although I had arranged to go to Germany already for my PhD, in 2010
churning the water and pelicans amongst the morning mist in What weird or wonderful gift have you
I spent some time in Australia and the UK and Europe working and travelling, because the
Peru, is very special." given or received?
Professor advised me not to come to Kiel in the autumn because the winters are terribly grey
and dreary. In hindsight, this was very wise advice! As a young lad I received a brand new
These field campaigns are usually a lot of work so there isn't a lot of time for bike and I remember it sitting right beside
The research group I joined at GEOMAR in Kiel in 2011 uses "mesocosms", essentially large the Christmas tree, and the feeling of
flexible test tubes that are deployed in the ocean. We change the seawater chemistry and sightseeing, but I try to make the most of every opportunity. Supermarkets can
be fascinating for their product selection alone! Sometimes we had to be ready amazement when I caught sight of it and
sample the water over weeks and months to see how the phytoplankton and zooplankton that’s when my love for cycling began.
respond and how marine food webs (and ultimately how much fish there might be) may for sampling at 6am and stay in the lab until midnight, ready to repeat the next
change in future. This was what my PhD research was on and I studied food webs from the morning, especially if things go wrong at sea or on land which almost inevitably What has been the best thing you have
Baltic Sea and joined experiments in remote biological research stations in nature reserves happens- duct tape, cable ties and Eddings permanent markers are incredibly eaten, cooked or made for the day?
in Finland and Norway. Since finishing my PhD in 2016, I have joined experiments in Gran useful!. Being out on the water and working surrounded by the local wildlife such The best thing is always a traditional
Canaria (Canary Islands in Spain), Kiel, and Peru around 5 months on German and Peruvian as the Humboldt penguins, seals, schools of anchovy churning the water and Christmas dinner with all the trimmings,
scientific research vessels off the Pacific Coast of South America stretching from Panama pelicans amongst the morning mist in Peru, is very special. Unfortunately we did and you can’t go past a classic kiwi pavlova
Before customs inspection of scientific Bunde Republik President Gauck
equipment Callao, Peru 2019 down to Valparaiso in Chile. This time all adds up and in total I have spent around 1.5 years have to discontinue a field project I was coordinating with Peruvian scientists to Do you uphold any family traditions and
living and working in these countries because of this field work. understand why the ecosystem there is so productive and if any tipping points why?
might exist, as these could cause dramatic changes in the amount of fish in I think our most important tradition is simply getting together with family and enjoying
coastal Peruvian waters. This is an essential income source for local fisherman the special time together.
and communities. It has been a great and somewhat unique opportunity to get
to know different cultures and foods through the eyes of the local researchers Where is your favourite place to visit in South Canterbury over the holidays?
who are involved in the studies and I have been invited to baby showers, street A group of old-time friends catch up every year in our caravans around Benmore and we
festivals and dinners with local colleagues. I've shared my research (even in always have a wonderful time without fail.
German) with the German president, Prince Albert of Monaco and local politicians What has been your most memorable Christmas?
and I also ran a summer course for local gifted and talented teenagers between Christmas when the grandchildren were young, enjoying the magic of Santa and
11-13 years old on Marine Research. waiting for him to come down the chimney and land with the reindeers.
Aside from work, I've taken up a new hobby since finishing my PhD, and
that is sailing. Kiel is a fantastic place to learn to sail on flatwater with decent Merry Christmas and kind regards, Graham Smith - Mackenzie District Council
wind- sometimes too decent! The winter work in the barn sanding, painting
and repairing is worth it for the fun sailing in the summer. I've crewed in some
regattas, including ORC (Off-shore Racing Congress) regattas in the Kiel Bay area How would you spend the perfect
and during the Kiel Week Aalregatta. And right now, of course, it is Christmas Christmas day?
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Languages take How you can
you places change your stress
Jan Stiebert’s ability to speak German took her to interesting levels by changing
what you eat
jobs in Germany and Austria and she has travelled extensively
for various trips and holidays.
Born in Timaru, Jan moved to Wellington In 1991, Jan moved to Vienna as assistant
when she was five, then to Sydney at 15. She to the Trade Commissioner for Central and
In today’s world, most of our stress is psychosocial—meaning
began an English degree at Victoria in 1964, Eastern Europe, based in the NZ Embassy.
this plan being disrupted when she met and Just 8 months later, the NZ embassy closed it stems from our thoughts in response to our surrounding
married her German husband, Uwe. He loved and the Trade NZ office was moved, - first environment. Yet that doesn’t mean that we can’t adjust our stress
the NZ lifestyle but Jan wanted to travel, so in to Bonn and then to Hamburg where Jan levels by changing what we eat. There is nothing on this planet that
1970 they and their two small daughters, aged became the Administrative Officer for a can replace a nourishing way of eating and we can support the
nearly 5 and 11 months, moved to Uwe’s home large trade hub at the newly-established
biochemical pathways that promote a sense of calm in the body
town of Hamburg. Germany in the 70s was NZ Consulate-General. She spent 7 years
exciting, forward-looking and progressive and there until a major restructure saw Hamburg through what we consume. Here are some tips to consider.
Jan found work immediately with the Hamburg- reduced to a minor office and redundancy
based Lloyd’s agency, taking German classes for many trade staff, including Jan. Another
at night. She went on to work for six years for interesting job beckoned and Jan moved again
Unichema, a division of Unilever. Jan liked
the predictability and precision of Germany
in spring 1999 to Bonn and the Administration
Officer’s position at the NZ Embassy. The Bonn 1. Increase your nutrients
where everything is spelled out and there are Embassy closed in late 1999, with the opening If you are not getting enough nutrients, your body simply "Eat the
no mysteries! Her children grew up bilingual, of the new NZ Embassy in Berlin, once again
rainbow for
doesn’t have the tools it needs to be able to support the
although the family spoke English at home. Germany’s capital. Jan was with the new millions of biochemical processes that promote great health.
Jan later taught English at Inlingua, also
running a private translation company as a
Embassy from Day 1.
In 2001, Jan returned to NZ, becoming
Any nutrient deficiency creates stress for the systems that
run your body so make a conscious effort to boost your a large array
secondary job. A dream job then came up as
assistant to the owner/manager of a hunting,
Finance and Administration Manager for St
Johns in the City - a busy inner city church and
nourishment with more home-cooked meals and additional
serves of vegetables. of nutritious
fishing and shooting tour company, which remained there until May 2008. Several months substances."
offered individually-planned, upmarket
sporting tours to an exclusive clientele - big
as “Nanny” to her two infant grandchildren
followed, spent in the US and in Wales. The
2. Foods that promote calm
game hunting in Africa, salmon fishing in intention had been to remain abroad for a full Certain foods help to support a variety of interior pathways
Alaska and Iceland, and deep-sea fishing in the year, but in early 2009 Jan returned to New which promote a sense of calm. Some examples include foods stress has been ongoing and persistent for you, you may benefit
Azores and Walker’s Cay/Florida, - in addition Zealand to help care for her terminally ill sister rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as oily fish for their anti- from supplementing these minerals for a period alongside a
to individually-planned family holidays to in Auckland. In late 2009, she bought a house inflammatory actions, those rich in magnesium such as green nourishing way of eating. Lilyfields Mt Somers
out-of-the-way European locations. The in Timaru, spending 6 very happy years as part- leafy vegies for their relaxing properties, and vitamin C-rich
foods such as citrus and broccoli for their adrenal support. Lilies, Paeonies, Trees and Plants
position involved negotiating contracts with time administrator at St John’s Highfield parish
lodges and airlines, attending conferences, and office, retiring and downsizing into her current 5. Avoid low-carb eating
using her writing and translation skills. It also
involved long hours and a lot of travel. Now on
apartment in 2016. She enjoys the luxury of
going to daytime films; membership of U3A, 3. Increase antioxidants While there are many carbohydrate-based products on the Merry Christmas and
market today that are not at all nourishing, carbs themselves Happy New Year
her own with daughters at Intermediate and a Dinner Club, and the Labour party; cooking, Stress hormones create free radicals which are unpaired play an integral role in our energy production and are the
Secondary school, Jan made the decision in eating out, and various cultural activities. units of oxygen (or other elements which run around our preferred source of energy for the brain and red blood cells.
1980 to return to Wellington, where she worked With her daughters and grandchildren living body causing havoc when in excess. Antioxidants donate part Not eating enough carbs can affect blood sugar levels. See our
for
in the Consular Section of the Australian High abroad, and a lifetime fascination with India, of themselves (electrons) to free radicals which quells their Healthy blood glucose sits within a scale of 3.5-7 mmol/L website
Commission for 4 years and later in the Policy destructive tendencies and reduces oxidative stress. Coloured 2 o p en
travel always beckons. So, Covid permitting, and if your body drops to the lower end of that scale, it has 202
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cinnamon and mixed spice. You can make it the day before and store in the fridge. The recipe camembert and make sure it
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Gingerbread Men are also a good option. I just made half a gingerbread biscuit recipe and used Place the cheese on a sheet
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is made from granny smith cut. Serve up a wedge with whipped cream and caramel sauce on the side. larger than the cheese then
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Johan and the team at Autoworld Timaru
Wishing all a Merry would like to thank all their valued
customers for the support in 2021.
Christmas
Christmas and a safe,
happy and prosperous Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and
happy New Year. We will be open except on
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Crafty Christmas Ideas Off the Book Shelf
There is nothing nicer than handmade Xmas decorations or homemade
food items. Here are some simple ideas for that special gift (or that gift for a words: Gilly Oppenheim
special person)
Sunflower Sisters The Good Wife of Bath
Christmas Baubles MARTHA HALL KELLY
KAREN BROOKS
You need 8cm round craft balls with 2 ½” Lilac Girls introduced readers
squares of material. Best pins purchased to Caroline Ferriday, an American In the Middle Ages, a poet told
from Coin Max, as they are slightly bigger philanthropist who helped young a story that mocked a strong
and heavier that dressmaking pins. girls released from Ravensbruck woman. It became a literary
These are used at the point of each bit of concentration camp. Now, in Sunflower classic. But what if the woman
material, and are not the coloured head Sisters, Kelly tells the story of her in question had a chance to
pins you can see in the picture. A bow ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union tell her own version? Set in
attached is the loop to attach balls to Xmas nurse who joins the war effort during England in the mid -1300s and
tree. These baubles are quite fiddly to make the Civil War, and how her calling it was not a comfortable time to
and you need lots of pins! Detailed instructions be alive. The Black Death was
leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a
can be found on UTube – No-Sew Christmas always there to be reckoned
young enslaved girl who is sold off and
Ornament with Jennifer Bosworth of Shabby Fabrics.
conscripted into the army, and Ann-May with, sanitation in the cities was
Wilson, a southern plantation mistress non -existent, health care was
Christmas Cracker boxes whose husband enlists. primitive and poverty was rife.
When married off aged 12 to an
Instead of the usual Xmas crackers, 9 year-old Alice made these cute little Georgeanne (Georgy) Woolsey isn't
boxes for each dinner guest. You will find the boxes at the $2 shop, as well elderly farmer, Eleanor Cornfed,
meant for the world of lavish parties
as the foam sheet designs of Xmas trees, reindeer, strawberries etc. Each who is constantly told to seek
and demure attitudes of women of her
box contained a paper hat, a joke and small chocolates. redemption for her many sins,
stature. So when the war ignites the
quickly realises it won't matter
nation, Georgy follows her passion for
what she says or does, God is not
Christmas Trees made from old magazines nursing during a time when doctors
on her side - or any poor woman's
considered women a bother on the
These are easy to make by recycling magazines. The one pictured used for that matter. Both a lover and
battlefront. In proving them wrong, she
old Readers Digests. Good instructions can be found on Utube under a fighter, she will not bow meekly
and her sister Eliza venture from New
Magazine Xmas Trees to fate. Even if five marriages,
York to Washington, D.C., to Gettysburg
several pilgrimages, many lovers,
and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort.
violence, mayhem and wildly divergent fortunes do not a peaceful life make.
Hello Dolly doll’s clothes In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation in Maryland, where she lives
Aided and abetted by her trusty god-sibling Alyson, the counsel of one Geoffrey
These beautiful doll’s clothes have been made for the hospice shop by with her mother and father. Her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the plantation next door
Chaucer, and a good head for business, Eleanor fights to protect those she
Raewyn Guise using material scraps from Trelise Cooper. They start at $15 and both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When
loves from the vagaries of life, the character deficits of her many husbands, the
Jemma is sold by the cruel plantation mistress Anne-May at the same time the Union army
brutalities of medieval England and her own fatal flaw... a lusty appreciation of
comes through, she sees a chance to finally escape--but only by abandoning the family she
Xmas Masks loves.
mankind. All while continuing to pursue the one thing all women want - control
of their own lives.
Available from the Hospice shop for $10 each
Anne-May is left behind to run Peeler Planation when her husband joins the Union Army
This funny, picaresque, clever retelling of Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath' from The
and her cherished brother enlists with the Confederates. In charge of the household, she
Canterbury Tales is a cutting assessment of what happens when male power
uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern
is left to run unchecked, as well as a recasting of a literary classic that gives a
network of spies, finally exposing herself to the fate she deserves.
maligned character her own voice, and allows her to tell her own (mostly) true
Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid, detailed look at the Civil story. Beautiful writing, many delightful characters, lots of humour and a great
War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City story all make this a very readable book.
to the horrors of the battlefield. It's a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the
brink of collapse, in a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial cruelty, a
story still so relevant today.
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Coming to Timaru on Friday 17th December 2021.
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Edge break due to
vehicles been
driven off the seal
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