Greytown Grapevine April 2024

APRIL 2024 A refreshment stop at Molewood Orchard was a great place for a group photo, and some casual apple picking Easter Saturday’s fourth annual National Tweed Ride in Greytown set participation records, with riders coming from all over New Zealand, including Whangarei and Dunedin, to attend. Perfect weather conditions saw well over 150 riders setting off from West Street and stopping off for refreshments at Alexia Winery, some field games at Molewood Orchard and a delightful garden party at Longforde in Kuratawhiti Street, for the end of ride prizegiving. “It was an enthusiastic group of riders this year and we saw some great costumes, excellent creative bicycle decoration and a high level of exuberance,” says Adam Blackwell, owner ... continued page 3 Tweed ride breaks records

It’s great to be able to connect with you through The Greytown Grapevine as your Acting Mayor again this month, during Martin’s continued leave of absence. If we haven’t had the opportunity to meet yet, “hi, I am Melissa”, I am normally the Deputy Mayor and I live in Featherston with my family. I’m here to address any questions or concerns you may have. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me at [email protected]. This month I am keen to focus on one important topic – consultation for the Enhanced Annual Plan that is currently open until 5 May. We are inviting our community to provide feedback on proposals included in the document. You do not need to be a local government expert or taken part in council consultation before, you simply need to care about your community and I know we all do! I know Councils spend a lot of time talking about plans – Combined District Plan, Spatial Plan, Long Term Plan, Annual Plan and now an Enhanced Annual Plan but what is it all about and what does it really mean? Let me break it down for you. The Enhanced Annual Plan is our roadmap for the upcoming financial year. It lays out where we’re planning to invest money in various council services and activities. Usually, this would be the time for the Long-Term Plan (LTP) but due to some changes in government rules, we’re focusing on a one-year plan to give our community more clarity and confidence, especially with ongoing discussions about water reform and other big changes, before committing to an LTP next year. The purpose of the Enhanced Annual Plan consultation is twofold: to set out the proposed budget for the next year, and to hear what you think about our ideas and anything else that is important to you. The consultation document proposes a 15.3% total rates increase for the 2024-25 financial year. This considers high levels of inflation, interest, and insurance costs, along with continued increased core operational investment in roading and maintaining current levels of water investment. We aren’t making decisions in a vacuum though; we want to hear from you to help us shape the way forward. The three big questions are: • How much should we spend on operating and maintaining our water services? • How should we charge for water use? • How should we pay for the replacement of our assets? No decisions have been made yet so it’s vital we have as many people from across the district take part – I cannot stress how important it is to me that we hear from you. We have been hosting community workshops across the district to engage with our communities, which have allowed us to better understand your thoughts on local issues. The next session is being held in Featherston on Saturday, 20 April at 10.30am at the Community Centre. You don’t have to have looked at the consultation document before heading along – we will explore it together in a straightforward manner, and I would love to see you there. You can find the consultation document, Frequently Asked Questions and submission document online at https://swdc.govt. nz/enhanced-annual-plan/ or collect a copy from local libraries, or SWDC Martinborough office. If you have any questions about the consultation document, the included questions, or consultation process send them to [email protected] And of course whether you have questions, suggestions, or simply want to learn more, your dedicated Greytown councillors and community board members will be available to assist. Your voice matters – let’s hear it loud and clear! 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... from page 1 Tweed Ride sets record for participation (and hilarity) Over 150 riders cycled down West Street to kick off the fourth annual National Tweed Ride on Easter Saturday A garden party in the beautiful Longforde garden to celebrate a victorious ride and award the prizes. Photos Jet Productions accounting services without the fuss sophisticatedaccounting.co.nz 027 211 1487 of Blackwell and Sons and cosponsor of the event alongside Hendrick’s Gin. “I owe a lot of thanks to Barb Hyde who has organised the National Tweed Ride from its inception, and who along with her incredible group of volunteers creates an event that is full of entertainment and fun. It just gets better each year.” The Tweed Ride contributes to a weekend of busy accommodation bookings, full restaurants and bars, and a dynamic retail trading period in Greytown. “We run these events to create a level of vibrancy in town that makes almost everyone feel good,” says Adam. “Our busy town is full of life and we hear such positive feedback from first time visitors at how beautiful our buildings are and how everyone seems to support the events and get behind them in such a cohesive way. Greytown is small town New Zealand at its best.” Feedback from many riders is that they have already committed Easter 2025 to be back in Greytown for the Tweed Ride’s fifth birthday. The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 3

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Our marae has been very busy in the first months of 2024 hosting whānau events, weddings, funerals, unveilings and hui. We have also welcomed visitors from across the world: the International Organisations of Booktown delegates hosted by Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival organisers; the Romanian Ambassador; and even the mighty Hurricanes squad. They began their visit to Wairarapa down at the Lake. A huge mihi to everyone who has come to support us, from our Greytown School and Kuranui kids to lots of others. Thank you! A wee reminder too is that all of us are volunteers, we fit everything in between our jobs, whānau and other kaupapa. So please be patient e te whānau Did you know? There are many different names for papakāinga (villages) that stood in the area of Greytown. Kuratawhiti on the West side of town, Tahorahina on the East, Mōroa in the South heading to Paetūmōkai (Featherston) and Hūpēnui in the North heading out of town. Anyone wanting to find out about booking the marae please go to our Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/ papawaipamarae . Ngā mihi mahana Herewini Ammunson Marae Chair Tēnā koutou katoa from Papawai Marae A visit from the Hurricanes rugby team Helloworld Travel Greytown is open each Wednesday from 10am-2pm at The Offering Café. Appointments are recommended. Come in with your travel bucket list and let us work our magic. Have a coffee on us! Address: 65 Main Street, Greytown. Phone: 06 378 2454 Mobile: 027 240 3711 Email: [email protected] VISIT US! HELLOWORLD TRAVEL GREYTOWN POP-UP STORE Available on our website www.teepeecider.co.nz or phone Trevor on 021 483 959 TeePee Cider of Dalefield are pleased to announce we were awarded three medals this year at the NZ Cider Festival, for our Method Traditional ciders, including Gold for our perry. The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 5

Free entry! Stalls, food trucks, games for kids, pony rides, cider and fruit wine tasting, fresh local apple juice! Pick your own apples for $2 per kg! Postponement day Sunday 28 April. Find out more at www.greytownvillage.com AppleHarvest MOLEWOOD ORCHARD 10am to 3pm · Saturday 27 April 2024 17 Mole Street · Greytown 6 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Molewood Orchard is preparing to host the inaugural Greytown Apple Harvest Festival on 27 April. The Festival will be in the orchard’s idyllic new picnic area, Molewood Meadows. The Cookes say the festival harks back to Greytown’s past as the fruit bowl of the Wairarapa. The festival is also a nostalgic look back to the spirit of Greytown’s involvement in the Top Town competition in the 1970s. Top Town was a TV game show, where small towns competed against each other in a series of physical challenges. The Cooke kids have fond recollections of watching adults doing crazy things competing for the town, and the Greytown Top Town t-shirts featuring a big red apple. The Cookes say that if anyone still has a Greytown Top Town t-shirt hiding in the wardrobe, they would be very welcome to wear it along to the Apple Harvest Festival! The Festival is entirely communityorganised, featuring local stall holders, businesses, school, kindergarten and community groups. Pick Your Own Apples for only $2/kg are available, and there will be food trucks, local stalls, apple baking, cider, and fruit wine samples from local makers, fresh apple juice, games and activities for the kids, and pony rides. The Greytown Apple Harvest Festival is presented by Molewood Orchard with support from Greytown Village. Watch out for apple displays and delicious apple cooking in town during the month of April. Greytown Village is also organising a colouring competition for kids featuring the Molewood Mole. When: 10am to 3pm on Saturday 27 April (rain day on Sunday 28 April). Where: Molewood Orchard, 7 Mole Street, Greytown For the day of the festival only, pedestrian entry will also be available from Farley Avenue, within easy walking distance of Main Street. Cost: FREE entry What you need to bring: A bag or bucket to pick into Website: Molewood Orchard The Greytown RSA Committee will conduct a public Commemoration Service at the WWII Memorial, Kuratawhiti Street, at 10.30 am on ANZAC Day, 25 April. This will be followed by a short civic service at the South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club. ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATION 2024 Hands up who loved Top Town! One man went to mow... Greytown Apple Harvest Festival at Molewood Orchard The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 7

Following an incredible fundraising effort from sponsors, grant funders, local businesses, and donations from the festivalloving community, organisers of Greytown’s Festival of Christmas are thrilled to confirm it’s back for 2024. The festival, which started in 2020 as a post-Covid initiative, has grown to become Wairarapa’s biggest annual event, attracting over 50,000 people in 2023, picking up the Supreme Award at last years’ Wairarapa Awards, which recognises and celebrates stand-out businesses, organisations and events in the region. “We know how important this festival is for the vibrancy and wellbeing of our community, as well as our region’s economy, so it’s been really heartening to receive donations from locals, and attendees from all around New Zealand who want it to continue,” says Country Village Heaven Trustee, Adam Blackwell. “We’re especially thankful for the support of Trust House and Greytown Trust Lands Trust, who both came through with sizeable grants, enabling us to keep the festival alive. This was a huge relief for the organisers and we are grateful for this level of support.” Organisers had been looking at innovative ways to find the remaining funds, including a dinner hosted by chef Martin Bosley, but now that enough money has been raised, the focus has shifted to crafting the festival programme. The 2024 theme is Fire and Ice, giving inspiration to some fun new events and activities. There will also be the return of some firm favourites, centred around bringing joy to children and adults alike. “The festival is always centred around spectacular lighting, which creates a real ‘wow’ factor, so that will continue. Snowfall on Main Street was overwhelmingly popular last year, so we’re bringing back the snow. Cocktails and Comedy, European-style Night Markets, the pop-up Gin and Spice Bar, and fireworks will also make a comeback, as will live performers and entertainers throughout Main Street. It’s special being able to showcase the incredible talent we have here,” says Adam. The full programme for the 2024 Festival of Christmas, including ticketed events, will be launched at 10am on Friday 3 May. In the meantime, organisers are encouraging locals to spread the word, and invite their out-of-town friends and family to visit this July. Greytown’s Festival of Christmas returns for 2024 The 2024 Festival of Christmas kicks off on Saturday 29 June with the Big Switch, and goes for a month, wrapping up with the Grand Finale on Saturday 27 July. Full programme announced 3 May 2024. Visit www.greytownvillage.com Neon candyfloss? Why not. At the 2023 festival, ‘Snowfall on Main Street’ was a crowd favourite. Photos Jet productions 63 Main Street Greytown [email protected] 027 270 8122 | 06 370 2336 Enquiries welcome! GREYTOWNPilates “A great habit” 9am 10am 11am 6pm Tue Thu Sat Strength & Flexibility Strength & Flexibility Core Focused Restorative Flow Core Focused Lengthen & Strengthen $20/class – $145/10 class ticket. Mats and equipment supplied. 8 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

CCTV Security New builds Alterations Freeview television Phone/data Hot water repairs Fault finding Installs of all electrical appliances For all your electrical needs, a quote or advice, call: Hamish Meyrick Registered Electrician Tree reductions & removals Pruning & Trimming Hedging & Shaping Stump grinding & Storm Damage Qualified Wairarapa Arborist specialising in: TREE SERVICES Free no obligation quotes! Andy Traill – 0274509207 [email protected] Greytown Distilling Co’s board recently announced to investors its intent to build a new facility in the heart of Greytown to produce a range of distilled spirits, including bourbon style whiskey, alongside its awardwinning gins. “We see this as kick off for our planned Pahikara project to provide a controlled and strategic enhancement to the town centre,” says Adam Blackwell, co-founder of the Greytown Distilling Company. “We’re aiming for a summer 2026 opening of a brand new purpose-built facility in the middle of Greytown that will house a distilled spirits production and packing zone, a retail store and multi-station tasting hall, private tasting rooms, an impressive restaurant, one of the region’s most beautiful cocktail bars and a landscaped courtyard, complete with fire pits, for year-round outdoor entertainment. Design is critical and we’ll be making sure that the structure itself and the surrounding landscaping will complement Greytown’s existing streetscape.” While it will bring people into town, the GDC Board is focused on it providing a point of pride and a social centre for Greytown residents. “We want Greytown to adopt it as a venue they feel at home in first and foremost,” says Adam, “together with it being a place they are proud to bring their visiting friends and family. We’ll be displaying photographs and stories of early Greytown on our walls, and paying tribute to the founders of our beautiful town.” “We have the land we need to build this first phase on, and we’re in the very early stages of concept design for what we believe will be a magnificent landmark for Greytown,” says co-founder Gavin Hodder. “It’s an exciting development on many levels including the local jobs it will create, and the broadening of Greytown’s attraction to a national and international visitor market. GDC’s headquarters will be a key reason to visit Greytown, which in turn will benefit the rest of the town’s business community.” Locals interested in joining the team of investors for this project should contact adam@ greytowngin.com Greytown Distilling Company announces new HQ for Greytown Exterior and interior inspiration for the proposed new GDC Headquarters in central Greytown The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 9

We are located in the beautiful Five Rivers Medical facility at the southern end of Greytown, alongside a multitude of fantastic service providers. — Family healthcare GP, NP and nursing services — Adult and child immunisations — Before-school checks — Drivers Licence, employment and insurance medicals — Quit Smoking — Sexual Health & Contraception — Palliative Care — Accident & Emergency care — Mental Health care — Long term, chronic conditions management — Diabetic care — Minor Surgery — Maternity care — ECGs — Well Child checks — Spirometry & Respiratory management SERVICES A dedicated team of skilled health professionals caring for the community. CONTACT OPENING HOURS 8am–5pm MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 8am–7pm WED 30 Bidwills Cutting Road, Greytown P: 06 304 9012 E: [email protected] www.greytownmedical.co.nz Talk to us about registering for Manage My Health today. Order your scripts online, view your medications and medical history. Greytown Medical Centre Members of the Carterton Indoor Pool Project would like to thank the 340 participants in the Central ITM Big Swim. They covered over 2.5 million metres and contributed to the massive community fundraising effort by raising over $52,000 to help save the Carterton Indoor Swimming Pool. Carterton Indoor Pool Project Chair, Anna Beetham, is extremely grateful for the outstanding support from the participants and their Givealittle donors. “Not only did we double our big audacious goal of covering one million metres, but we raised a significant amount of money. We are so grateful for the level of donations which will go a long way to support future grant funding applications,” said Beetham. “The Carterton Indoor Pool is the only public indoor pool in the Southern Wairarapa. It is regularly used for learn-toswim programmes, recreational swimming, and mobility and rehabilitation. “The pool is over 35 years old and needs an urgent upgrade so the community can continue to use it all year round. “This fundraiser has clearly demonstrated how much this facility means to the community. We had more than 200 primary school children swim continuously for a day, and people who have reengaged in swimming as adults after finishing up in their teens. “We’ve also had people swim every day to get fitter, and we even had two people solo swim across Lake Taupō as part of the event.” Carterton Swimming Club’s Scarlett Wadham swam the furthest, covering 130,000m, closely followed by Jason McPhee who swam 120,000m. In all, 10 members of Jason’s family covered over 271,000m across 17 different venues, including local pools, lakes and the ocean. Closer to home, Justin Edge achieved his personal aim of 100km by swimming 100,600m in the Carterton Pool. Fundraiser blows target out of the water Scarlett Wadham, Greytown’s Carter Wilkie and Justin Edge Greytown Swimming patron Lyndsay Wright and fellow lap counters with the Basil Bunch team 10 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Greytown Medical 06 304 9012 www.greytownmedical.co.nz Greyscale Ultrasound 06 601 3401 www.greyscaleultrasound.co.nz The Physio Spot 0800 842 749 www.thephysiospot.co.nz Healthfit Collective 04 979 9056 www.healthfitcollective.co.nz Ears to You 06 370 6730 www.ears2you.co.nz Mole Map 0800 665 362 www.molemap.co.nz Tu Ora Compass Health www.tuora.org.nz Te Whatu Ora District Nurses 06 946 9827 Wellington SCL 06 304 9012 Bookings made through Greytown Medical Five Rivers Medical Directory of Services The Friends are a small friendly group who do practical conservation work in O’Connor’s Bush, a miraculous surviving native lowland forest remnant, a jewel of the Memorial Park. We are always keen to have new members of our group help us maintain and enhance this unique community asset. The level of conservation work is suitable to various age groups with differing levels of fitness. Our next ‘working-bee’ is on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 10am. Please meet near the tennis courts in the Park – drive or walk in via the vehicle entrance or the walkway, both off Kuratawhiti Street. Significant change to West Street treescape There is a new 10-12 house development taking place in from 58 West Street. As a consequence, a row of mature silver birch have been felled, as well as the splendid tree shown to the right of the photo (it may have been growing too close to the power lines in addition). Was the splendid tree a variety of oak or an acacia or neither? I don’t believe it was listed as a notable tree, nor had it been nominated for that status in the Wairarapa Combined District Plan Review – still underway. Once the houses are built, O’Connor’s Bush will have several new neighbours at the top end of the tennis courts and no doubt view-stopping new fencing will be an outcome. We’ll miss the open park-like vista and the sheep! Thanks/kia ora Enquiries Frank Minehan 027 252 1084 A significant change to the West Street treescape Conservation calling – Kei te mahi tātou mo te taiao – communities working together for nature FRIENDS OF O’CONNOR’S BUSH Greytown Soldiers’ Memorial Park The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 11

Need an electrician? • maintenance • renovations • new builds aandkplumbing.co.nz 0800 473 583 027 288 8166 [email protected] • New Builds • Renovations • Alterations • Decks • Repairs & Maintenance GKM Property Services Need a Good Keen Man? Call me today! Other services David Stevenson 022 353 4504 or (06) 304 9175 No, I don’t want to paint the town red, but if you need your house painted, I’m your man! Preparation is the key to a great finish, using the right equipment for a quality job, with no short-cuts. I use Resene Paints (“the paint the professionals use”) and have testimonials available. Dingo digger with 4 in 1 bucket, leveling bars, concrete mixer, augers and trenching unit. Fencing, building repairs, lawn care, hedge trimming, house washing and water blasting, tree felling and firewood. The next show at Greytown Little Theatre will be, Sweet & Sour, a season of short plays (all less than 10 minutes) and monologues. The programme, featuring a number of GLT members, is diverse, entertaining and should prove to be a lot of fun for our audiences.It will play four performances only, Thursday 16 through Saturday 18 May at 7.30pm, and a matinee on Sunday 19 May at 3pm at Studio 73. Sweet & Sour, performed by local comedienne, writer and radio host Lucy Cooper, tells of the trials and tribulations of a director presenting an outdoor Shakespearian production in the grounds of the local pub (reminiscent of GLT’s Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cobblestones Museum a few years ago). Anna Logan and Egan Tearle, last seen together in Ladies Day, share the intrigue as Alice is shopping for the perfect engagement ring, but her criteria for perfection are not quite what you would expect from the blushing bride in A Ring is Round it has no Ending by New Zealand author Lindsey Brown. Melinda Francis, returning to GLT after a number of years, and Julia Harris last seen in the Blue Murder at the Blue Parrot and Ladies Day, bring us the very amusing One Solitary Line where two Shakespearian actresses, before heading onstage, bemoan the fact that Shakespeare never wrote any good roles for women, not even a soliloquy! Camp David by Tony Domaille features Victoria Ross who codirected Ladies Day in 2023, and Greg Webb who played Ned Kelly in the production of Kelly in 2020. They play a couple who head off for a weekend camping in the wilderness – but with murderous intent. Melinda Francis and Dave Adams will share with us, Quiche isn’t Sexy, and It’s Terrible Being Nice, by American author Gabriel Davis, and Julia Harris will bring us two short monologues by Joyce Grenfell, George don’t do that. The programme will likely include the Kuranui College short excerpt from Othello that recently won the Colin Palmer Spirit of Shakespeare award at the Regional Sheila Winn Shakespeare Festival. This short piece includes three student members last seen in the murder mystery, Blue Murder at the Blue Parrot. The show will be performed cabaret style. You are most welcome to bring your own (BYO) alcohol and nibbles. Tickets are $25 with a student concession of $15. Four performances only: Thursday 16, Friday 17, Saturday 18 May at 7.30pm and a matinee on Sunday 19 May at 3pm at Studio 73, 73 Main Street, Greytown. For bookings, text or call John 0274 586 126 or email [email protected] setting out your booking request. GREYTOWN LITTLE THEATRE ‘Sweet & Sour’ next show at Greytown Little Theatre 12 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Cobblestones depends on volunteers to staff our front desk and to run the museum and grounds. We’d love to have some more volunteers join us! There are many different things you can choose to do: if you enjoy meeting people, you can staff the front desk for a three and a half hour session in the morning or afternoon. You can choose your session – usually on a weekend – once or twice a month can make a big difference. Our museum administrator gives full training and plenty of support. If meeting and greeting isn’t your thing, there’s a ‘Wednesday Warriors’ group, who get together every Wednesday morning and take on restoring and conserving the horse-drawn vehicles and other bits of the collection, including old buildings, as Seamus and Graeme are doing in the photo below. Carole and Judy, our front desk heroes, say they really enjoy meeting people who come from all over the world. The visitors really enjoy their tour, and many comment that Cobblestones is “the best little museum they’ve ever seen”. Theo (our youngest regular volunteer at age 11) and mum, Michele, say they enjoy meeting different people, and hear how thrilled visitors are after their visit. They get regular comments about how it’s the best museum in the country. Michele says there’s always more to see, and she enjoys locking up because she gets to do the tour again. There’s another group who raise funds by taking on catering jobs, and yet another group who keep the grounds and gardens looking beautiful. Visitors comment on how excellent the displays are and congratulate us on the layout and the descriptions. They say they get a real sense of how people lived in earlier times and how well preserved everything is. Come and join our friendly group, and as a regular volunteer, you can choose to have free membership of Friends of Cobblestones and get regular updates about the Museum, as well as free entry for you and your partner. If you’d like more information, you can talk with Julie, Museum Administrator on 06 304 9687 or call into Cobblestones to pick up a brochure. The best little museum has the best group of volunteers! Thank you to all who help keep the doors open and the museum looking its best. COBBLESTONES MUSEUM Volunteers lifeblood of ‘the best little museum’ Open Wednesday to Saturday 9.00 am till 3.00pm Michele, Theo, Judy, and Carole, some of the lovely volunteers who greet our visitors at the front desk Seamus and Graeme conserving the old Greytown lock-up Jenny Tosswill (right) assisting at the recent Gin and Jazz Garden Party The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 13

South Wairarapa communities invited to have their say on council decisions South Wairarapa District Council invites the community to have their say this month as part of the 2024-25 Enhanced Annual Plan (Enhanced AP) consultation, which is open until 5 May. The month long consultation process includes three community workshops and, as at time of publication, the remaining two will be held in Martinborough and Featherston during April. “It’s incredibly important to us that we hear your views on how we manage our precious water resources and fund the replacement of assets operated by the council, so please come along to the workshops or community events or use one of the other ways to share your views on our proposals in the consultation document”, says South Wairarapa Acting Mayor, Melissa Sadler-Futter. All workshops will be hosted by elected members and council staff. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served to all who attend. Everyone is welcome and attendees will have the chance to join conversations about three decisions the council needs to make: • How much council spends on operating and maintaining water services • How council charges for water use • How council pays for replacement of assets These decisions will help inform the 2024-2025 Enhanced Annual Plan which the Council opted to produce in lieu of its 10 year Long-Term Plan, which was scheduled for 2024-2034. This was deferred to 2025, due to uncertainty in relation to the new coalition Government’s direction on Local Water Done Well. “We strongly value input from the community and encourage everyone in the South Wairarapa to give us their thoughts,” says Sadler-Futter. The Enhanced Annual Plan consultation and supporting documents, workshop and other community events information and ways to provide feedback are online at the South Wairarapa District Council website. Hire & Heat Shop 2 Bidwills Cutting Road Ph: 06 304 8196 Come and see us at the Hire and Heat Shop Greytown. Hire & Heat Shop 2 Bidwills Cutting Road Ph: 06 304 8196 Now Autumn has arrived it’s a good time to get your wood supply in with our range of chainsaws, log splitters, trailers, etc at the Hire & Heat Shop. 20 Litre Chain Bar Oil – $75 • Children • Adolescents • Adults • Couples www.lizdixoncounselling.com e: [email protected] m: 027 494 8475 face-to-face, on-line and phone sessions available. • Qualified and experienced • Safe supportive environment • Confidentiality assured D.B. OSBORNE C H A R T E R E D A C C O U N T A N T S L I M ITE D G R O W WIT H U S P 06 304 8550 E [email protected] 124 Main Street, Greytown 5712 www.dbosborne.co.nz 14 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Do you have a great story for The Greytown Grapevine? Contact [email protected] or phone (06) 304 9245 Greytown’s very own FREE paper, The Greytown Grapevine, covering urban and RD1 A new exhibition showcasing the work of the Te Hūpēnui/ Greytown Artists Society opens on 26 April at the gallery on Main Street, Greytown. In Tūrangawaewae: A Place to Stand, A Place to Belong each artist embarks on a personal journey to explore and interpret tūrangawaewae. The theme weaves together a rich tapestry of possibilities, inviting artists to delve into their narratives, and cultural heritage. Through varied three and two-dimensional works, over 20 local artists share their stories and unique perspectives. Opening Night: Friday 26 April 2024 at 5.30pm (all welcome) Venue: Te Hūpēnui/Greytown Gallery of Contemporary & Fine Art ,115 Main Street, Greytown. The exhibition runs daily from 10am-4pm until 6 June 2024. TE HŪPĒNUI/GREYTOWN ARTISTS SOCIETY Exhibition Poppy Walk collaboration with Greytown School On 21 April, nearly 400 painted plywood poppies will be installed by artists from Te Hūpēnui/Greytown Incorporated Society in Stella Bull Park to form a memorial poppy walk. The plywood was generously donated by The Ply Guy in Carterton, and further funds donated by FreshChoice supermarket have helped to realise the project. The Poppy Walk project began in April with each student of Greytown School being given a poppy to paint. The walk in honour of the Anzacs will be officially opened on Sunday 21 April at 10.30am by the President of the RSA in Greytown. Project co-ordinator, Linda Kirkland, thanks the following for their support: artists represented by Te Hūpēnui/Greytown Gallery, Greytown School and Nic Gibbens who cut the plywood poppies Red Robin Club Greytown Are you new to Greytown or would like to help the local community in a small way? Then perhaps the Red Robin Club can fill a gap in your life. The purpose of the Red Robin Club is to welcome communityminded people into our membership, and unite members in friendship, fellowship and mutual understanding. We plan, assist and implement service projects within Greytown and the wider community. The Club meets twice monthly on the second and fourth Tuesdays, a business meeting and a dinner meeting. Here we enjoy fellowship and lasting friendships are made. We hear interesting speakers or have other activities. We also have a Saturday coffee morning on a monthly basis, which is a social activity and attendance is not compulsory. For further information about Red Robin Club, please contact us. Helen Gray 021 160 6088 or Kaylene Thompson 027 547 3128 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 15

On 7 April I was lucky enough to head down to watch a 7-a-side womens football tournament held at Soldiers Memorial Park, run by Capital Football, and supported by Greytown Football Club. This was an opportunity for women to have a go at football and help to grow the local league here in the Wairarapa which currently has five teams entered for the season. The weather was superb and spirits were high which was awesome to see. There was a lot of women out on the fields enjoying football for their first time, and some back out on the footie field playing again with their friends. If you have an interest in football, have played before and could be interested in getting back into the local league or perhaps keen to give it a try, there are a few local league teams that we can put you in touch with for the season. Games are played on Saturdays at 12.30pm or 2.30pm. Feel free to send us a message if you are keen on some more info. [email protected] and we can put you in touch with the right people. It is great to see womens football back here in the Wairarapa again! In the coming weeks we will have many sports kicking off the winter season so our clubs have been very busy pulling these seasons together. Thank you for your efforts in providing these experiences to your members, we know there is a lot of work involved, and we have a stack of amazing volunteers within our community helping with this. If you know of awesome volunteers in our sport and leisure clubs that you would love to give a little shout out to please send me an email [email protected] with a photo and a short paragraph about why this person is so awesome and we will highlight these people in our Volunteer of the Month Awards each month, proudly supported by the Offering and Pope & Gray Contractors. Senior Football and Senior Rugby & Hockey have already begun their seasons and started off very well. We wish all our members and clubs a great winter season across their sport and leisure activities. Some key season dates • Junior Football starts 4 May • Junior Rugby starts 11 May • Junior Primary Twilight Hockey through your school Beginning in Term 2 • Funsticks Hockey for Years 1 & 2 runs 4 May to 6 July at Clareville Turf • Senior Netball starts 4 May • Junior Netball starts 7 May We look forward to seeing you all out playing and representing Greytown with pride and passion and on the sidelines supporting your favourite teams his winter season. Rosie Swanson, Executive Officer Greytown Community Sport and Leisure Society PO Box 106, Greytown, 5742 [email protected] 89 Main Street, Greytown, 5712 www.greytownsport.org.nz P: (06) 304 8310 | M: 027 278 9400 Love us on Facebook! 16 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Greytown Football Club In the verdant fields of Wairarapa, where football beats at the heart of the community, Phil Keinzley has emerged not just as a coach but as a visionary. Awarded the Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit in 2012 for services to football, Keinzley’s legacy is a beacon for those who aspire to greatness in the sport. With a coaching tenure that spans decades, Keinzley has been instrumental in leading Wairarapa United to unprecedented heights, including historically winning NZ Football’s premier prize – the Chatham Cup. This achievement is a testament to his tactical prowess and his ability to inspire underdog victories, reflecting a resilience and determination that he seeks to instil in every player. Beyond the pitch, Keinzley’s dedication to the sport’s growth in Wairarapa has seen him nurturing talent across genders, contributing significantly to the dominance of women’s football in the region. His role in forming Wairarapa United and leading it to multiple league victories and national finals appearances underscores his commitment to fostering a competitive and inclusive football culture. At Greytown Football Club (GFC), Keinzley’s vision is clear: to develop players who are not only skilled on the field but also embody the spirit of the game. With state-of-the-art facilities (due for completion towards the end of the 2024 season) and a nurturing environment, GFC is poised to become a hub for football excellence under Keinzley’s guidance. For those who dream of playing at the highest levels, Keinzley offers not just a team but a journey – a chance to grow, compete, and triumph in the world of football. His story is one of passion, dedication, and an unwavering love for the game, inviting others to be part of this remarkable journey. As GFC embarks on a new season, we extend an invitation to aspiring footballers: if you’re driven by passion, inspired by achievement, and ready to elevate your game, join us. Under Phil Keinzley’s mentorship, embrace the opportunity to be part of a legacy of excellence in Wairarapa football. For a chance to train, develop, and play under Wairarapa’s most celebrated coach, reach out to Phil Keinzley at GFC. Your journey starts now. Embrace the challenge. Embrace your future with Greytown Football Club. The ‘Team Greytown’ section of the Greytown Grapevine is coordinated by the Greytown Sport & Leisure Society. The Society would particularly like to recognise the generous support provided by Lamb-Peters Print and Greytown Trust Lands Trust to sport and leisure activities in our community. And many thanks to everyone that supplies images of our athletes in action. Phil Keinzley: the architect of football dreams in Wairarapa The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 17

On Saturday 30 March, the club was delighted to host the Hendrick’s Gin-sponsored A Delightful Day on the Green. Teams came from far and wide to enjoy a warm sunny day, lots of fun (and some pretty fierce competition) on the green. The general consensus, “We had a most enjoyable day and hope that both Hendricks and the club are planning on holding it again next year”. Many thanks to Hendricks, to our club members who took the time to help out on the day, and to the Greytown organisers who put the concept together. The following weekend (6 and 7 April) saw the 54th running of the club’s premier gala of the year, the FruitBowl. This year, entries were limited to 22 teams, and the demand was such that entries filled up very quickly. It was great to see teams from outside of the Wairarapa registering. We had players from Havelock North, Palmerston North, Napier, Waipukurau, Waitarere Beach, Taita and Dannevirke. And what a great two days it was. The weather gods smiled on us, the greens were superb and everyone – without exception – thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The Dannevirke team were the top qualifiers after day one and received a suitable prize for their efforts. On day two the gala split into two divisions, Division 1 being the top 12 teams and the Plate being the remaining 10 teams. The winners of the Plate were the Masterton team of John Claydon, Barry Smith and Jill McLean, while Division 1 winners and holders of the FruitBowl until next year (also a Masterton team) were Corrie James, Matthew Day and Ian Monaghan. Runners-up were Greytown’s Adrian Tregurtha, Keith Graham and Steve Willis. The winners for both divisions were picked on matches won, ends won and points won. The Division 1 competition was extremely tight, with Ian’s and Steve’s teams both with four wins out of the four games played on day two. But Ian’s team won one more end and had one more point, so they emerged as the winner. Congratulations to all our winners, and thanks and well done to all teams which participated. A very special thank you to John Van Vliet and his team at JR’s Orchards for donating such a wonderful supply of delicious apples, enough for every player to take a bag(s) home with them, which made the FruitBowl truly live up to it’s name. Champion of Champions (Juniors) The last of the Bowls Wairarapa Champion of Champions events, the Junior Champion of Champions Pairs and Singles, will be played at the Carrington Bowling club on the weekend of 13 and 14 April. We wish our club Championship winners (listed below) every success and all the very best. • Junior Champion of Champions Pairs (W&M) – Saturday 13 April Women:San Gerryts, Ev Bull Men: Craig Meyrick, Keith Graham. • Junior Champion of Champions Singles (W&M) – Sunday 14 April Women: San Gerryts Men: Keith Graham And so we are almost at the end of another Season. Our club’s closing day is Sunday 28 April, and club members will shortly be advised about details for the day. Join Our Team of Greenkeepers Are you interested in lawn care and looking to make a difference in the community? The Greytown Bowling Club invites you to be a part of our team of volunteers dedicated to maintaining the best grass green in the Wairarapa! As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work" so we are building a team to share & minimise the work. Even an hour or two a month adds up & the work varies from hand watering & weeding to fertilising & precision mowing. Whether you're an experienced greenkeeper or just starting out, we welcome individuals of all skill levels to join us. As a greenkeeper at Greytown Bowling Club, you'll have the opportunity to: Learn and develop new skills in bowling green maintenance and greenkeeping. Contribute to the upkeep of our beautiful green, ensuring it remains in top condition for players and spectators alike. Work alongside a friendly and supportive team of fellow volunteers who share your interest in for our amazing club & it's grounds. Enjoy the satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of your hard work as our green flourishes under your care. No previous experience is required – just a willingness to learn and a love for the outdoors! Whether you're a seasoned greenkeeping pro or a novice looking to gain valuable experience, we want to hear from you. Join us at Greytown Bowling Club and become a vital part of our vibrant community. To express your interest or learn more, please contact us by; either emailing: [email protected] or calling 027 2300 030. Greytown Bowling Club 18 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

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Want to insert a picture from your files or add a shape, text box, or table? You got it! On the Insert tab of the ribbon, just tap the option you need. RETAINING WALLS RESIDENTIAL FENCING YARD FENCE INSTALLATION CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS LANDSCAPING LAWNS TREE TRIMMING lA GATE INSTALLATION A.M FENCING Classes are back in full flight and it’s great to see old and new whanau and wrestlers back on the mat. Lots of new faces, from 5 to 11-year-olds, are making the most of the introduction to wrestling with room for more wrestlers, so don’t hesitate to pop down if you want to give it a go. Our first wrestling tournament was on Sunday 7 April at the club at 52 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston. The Tawa and Waikanae clubs came along and gave all our begginers a go in a competition setting. Angus Read and Wairangi Sargent will be in New York when this publication hits the streets, and they have been working hard to prepare for the International Journeyman tournament, and to represent their club and the New Zealand team attending the training camp and tournament there over Easter. The golf day fundraiser was on 5 April at Martinborough Golf Club. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed the club’s infamous BBQ lunch, as well as the hefty prizes that were on offer. A big thanks to Sargent Contracting, Crightons ITM, Sargent Builders, Holmes Construction, Bay Irrigation and Sargent Motorcycles for getting in behind the event. A special shout out to Davis Sawmill for supplying the club with timber to assist with our ongoing gym maintenance programme. Gym – 52 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston Postal address c/- 12 Fox Street Featherston 027 920 6751 [email protected] Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club featherston_wrestling2018 FEATHERSTON AMATEUR WRESTLING CLUB Wrestling classes back on the mat Greytown Rugby Club 2024 Rugby season kick-off Kia ora! We hope that you have had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to a great winter sport season ahead. It’s all go here down at Greytown Rugby Club with our 2024 season just about to start. Here’s some important information for you. JAB registrations and season start: Our kids start their JAB Rugby Season on 11 May, with trainings starting beforehand. If your child played last year then you should have received an email from [email protected] to re-register them. Alternatively, if you didn’t you can register via our website. Senior Rugby starts: Our Senior As and Senior Reserves have both kicked off their seasons. We are always on the lookout for more players and a coach to help our Senior Reserves, so if you are interested then please reach out to us at greytown.rugby@ gmail.com. The draw for our senior teams can be found on our new website (see below). ‘Old Timers’ day: We will be celebrating our past players on 11 May when both of our senior teams play against Carterton. Come down and participate in our big day! New website: We are very happy to share that we have a snazzy new website, hosted by Sporty! You can find details about registering, news from the club, and draws and results on it. Our website can be found at https://www.sporty.co.nz/greytownrfc. We would like to thank the Greytown Community Board for assisting us with funding this! Sponsors: It wouldn’t be possible to run our club without our sponsors They make it possible to pay the many costs we have as a sports club. A big thank you to your many smaller sponsors as well as our major sponsors, who are: • FreshChoice Greytown • Fall Protect • Holmes Construction • Evs Bar Carterton • Waingawa Property Holdings The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 19

The Amici Ensemble is Greytown Music Group’s most popular performer. This year’s ensemble is a string quintet: Donald Armstrong and Malavika Gopal on violin, Andrew Thomson and Alexander McFarlane on viola, and Andrew Joyce on cello. The Ensemble was formed in 1988 by Donald Armstrong, who is committed to performing works of all periods for differing combinations of instruments, from the very small to the very large. Donald obviously gives a lot of thought to the Ensemble’s concerts, finding so many different combinations, and giving audiences a different experience each year. For 2024 he has chosen the string quintet – a string quartet enlarged by an extra viola – giving a special richness and warmth to the sound. “The Mozart and Brahms quintets are the giants of the chamber music repertoire, both written in the later part of the composers’ lives. Both pieces have a mature radiance that exudes a joy of life. I have been fascinated with these quintets for many years, and decided that for the Amici concert this year it would be great to wallow in the gorgeous string sounds of Mozart’s and Brahms’ quintets,” said Donald. The concert will open with two very short pieces by two Kiwi composers, one older, and one younger. Ron Tremain’s String Trio dates back to the 1940s – we will hear its third movement, possibly inspired by Bartok. This will be followed by a fun, dancey piece from Tabea Squire, written when she was 16. Reto Doble (double challenge) was inspired by the Spanish dance, the Paso Doble. It was performed by Tabea several times, with her father, Gregory Squire of the NZSO. Amici Ensemble: 4pm on Sunday 28 April at 57 Wood Street, Greytown Admission: $30 adults, $10 children For bookings contact Ed and Juliet Cooke, [email protected] or phone 06 304 9497 Contact me on 027 440 3764 or [email protected] to discuss your needs Experienced Career Transition Coach Gillian Jones Workshops and 1x1 coaching offered in Wairarapa • Impacted by redundancy – or just time for a change? • Considering phasing into a purposeful retirement in the next few years? • What does ‘next’ look like for you and how will you achieve that? • Leading your team through change and want to manage it well? Never Stop Evolving! www.gillianjonesconsulting.com PREDATOR FREE GREYTOWN DROP-IN INFORMATION MORNING WHEN: Saturday 11th May 2024 | 10am -12 noon WHERE: MenzShed, 85-87 West Street Greytown Want to become involved but can’t make the day? Email us: [email protected] Drop-in Information morning for anyone interested in becoming a Backyard Trapper. Please join us anytime between 10am and 12 noon. Experts will be on hand to get you started. GREYTOWN MUSIC GROUP Amici Ensemble returns L to R: Donald Armstrong, Andrew Thomson, Maravika Gopal, Andrew Joyce, Alexander McFarlane 20 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

[email protected] www.wairarapaboardingkennels.co.nz 027 6172 863 Fully insulated and airconditioned units with indoor/outdoor flow Large free run area After a sold-out show at the Martinborough Jazz Festival last September, the Nairobi trio return to the Wairarapa on Thursday 2 May at the Carterton Events Centre as part of their 2024 tour of NZ. Described as New Zealand’s favourite “Jazz Entertainers”, the Nairobi trio have 35 years of touring experience across the globe, playing in all manner of settings – village halls, theatres, festivals – you name it, they’ve played it! They perform a dynamic, engaging live show with a breadth of repertoire. Always playing to the crowd, the Nairobi trio showcases skillfully crafted original material and reimagined standards, all delivered in their inimitable style. A typical touring calendar year involves concert tours, events and festivals in Northern Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. They’re looking forward to coming to Carterton. CARTERTON EVENTS CENTRE Nairobi trio Richard Adams (violin/vocals), John Quigley (guitar/vocals) & Aaron Coddel (bass/vocals) GREYTOWN UPCLOSE AND PERSONAL Mike Harding performs as the Eketahuna Kid Mike Harding is a musical storyteller at ease with his instrument. His audience and his mission is to locate, archive, learn and perform the folk and popular songs of New Zealand’s past and present, from our colonial and folk roots to Kiwi music of today. A solo, acoustic performance of songs of home is presented with humour and affection, spontaneity and musical skill. Mike has spent 40 years dedicated to celebrating New Zealand, its people and their stories. Born more than 70 years ago in the Eketahuna Maternity Hospital, he was allowed to freely grow up in a small-town New Zealand way – rugby at the domain, swimming at the river, treasure-hunting at the dump. At school – Gilbert and Sullivan, at home – Barry Crump. Shearing gangs, possum trapping, country roads and country pubs. Mike spent many years hitch-hiking and busking Highways One to Ninety-One, taking solo shows of homegrown songs to the city centres and back-country edges of New Zealand. You may recognise Mike from his programme on National Radio from 1989 to 1997. In this century, Mike has found home and family in New Plymouth where he has retired after 25 years teaching guitar at local schools, and privately helping young people to find music and their muse through guitar and song. He now has more time available to continue locating and learning, researching and recording, promoting and performing the folk and popular songs of New Zealand. Wherever there is a will to hear our own stories and songs there will be a place for this seasoned performer, and a perfect guest for Upclose and Personal in NZ Music Month. This will be a delightful concert, held Sunday 12 May from 4pm in Studio 73, Main Street, Greytown. $20 on the door. Refreshments provided. BYO Welcome. Wai-UK Store If there is something you want, let us know and we'll do our best to get it. Lenor products Walkers Crisps - various flavours Hobnobs Maynards & Rowntrees Sweets AND MUCH MORE. We import directly from the UK 84 Main Street, Greytown Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am until 4pm www.wai-ukstore.co.nz NEW STOCK HAS ARRIVED! The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 21

New look for the Trust Last year we celebrated our 150 anniversary as a cornerstone member of the Greytown Community. As we look forward to another 150 plus years we decided that the time is right to refresh and contemporise our brand and our name, to better reflect our legacy, our place and our focus. Greytown Lands Trust has nurtured and cultivated the community of Greytown since 1871. Greytown is at our heart and our town and our people’s prosperity and wellbeing is central to who we are and what we do. We have reflected the centrality of Greytown in our new brand, we wanted to make that connection, stronger, more compelling, more evident. We are about people and community so our Cultivating Community since 1871, reflects that purpose and that singularity of focus. It’s what we do. We are a Lands Trust, one of two and that heritage is important but it does not limit or define us or shape our commercial focus, it’s a nod to the past as we look to the future and we have reflected that in our new name – Greytown Lands Trust. From May onwards, you will start to see our new brand around as we transition from the old to the new – from Greytown Trust Lands to Greytown Lands Trust. A new more user friendly website will also be launching soon. Community Distribution – Grants and Sponsorship This financial year we have $160,000 set aside for distribution to the community by way of grants – a substantial increase of $53,000 on what was available last year. Education remains a big focus for us with a large portion of the monies set aside for annual funding to the local Kindergarten, Greytown Early Years, and Greytown Primary School and Kuranui College. We will continue with a community funding round and more information around when, how and what the Greytown community can apply for will be available on our new website over the coming months. One community event that we have confirmed funding support to this year is the Greytown Festival of Christmas. The festival held during the whole of July brings such a great amount of vibrancy, community spirit and a sense of pride to our great town and we are proud that we are able to support them this year. Upcoming Meetings Our next Board meeting is scheduled for 22 May at 8.30am in the Trust’s boardroom at 124 Main Street, Greytown. Members of the public are welcome to attend for the non-public excluded agenda items. For further information on any of the above or to find out more about what we do, please contact Helga, Trust Manager on 0274 517 011, email [email protected] or visit our website www.greytowntrustlands.org.nz Note: the email and website addresses will be updated in due course to reflect the name change. Martin the toy maker at Greytown Kindergarten with future woodworkers. 22 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

OPEN EVENING THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2024, 7PM Partnering with your community to grow your child’s future Greytown Little Theatre’s John Gilberthorpe helping Kuranui students WAIRARAPA LIBRARY SERVICE New library manager Tēnā tātou katoa. My name is Louise Dowdell (Ngāti Maniapoto) and I am very excited to be the new Wairarapa Library Service manager I will be leading the amazing and dedicated librarians who work at our Greytown, Martinborough, Featherston, and Carterton libraries. Since starting this role in February I have found Wairarapa communities to be very welcoming, and I am enjoying getting to know this beautiful region and its people. I have over 20 years experience in a variety of libraries and have also worked in central government. In 2018 I completed a Master of Information Studies and most recently worked for Wellington City Libraries. I love reading, people, and being a life-long learner, so libraries are the perfect place for me, especially as they are no longer stuffy, silent spaces. I enjoy hearing the gentle hum of a busy library! I am passionate about the benefit libraries bring to our communities, especially equitable access to information and resources. Your local library is there for you whether you are a parent and baby, a retiree, homeless, a student, or working remotely. And if you can’t make it into the physical library, websites, apps, and online resources can connect you to virtual platforms including audio and e-books. We truly have something for everyone! In a climate of disinformation our libraries can also point you in the direction of trusted sources, and as the cost of living rises it is good to remember that you can always access books for free with your library card. Mīharo! What’s not to love about libraries? Visit your local Wairarapa library today! Inner Wheel Club of South Wairarapa Inner Wheel are now meeting every fourth Wednesday at The Offering in Greytown at 3.30pm while we are in daylight saving time. Last meeting we combined with South Wairarapa Rotary and had a speaker talking about life in Tonga. Christine lived in Tonga for many years with her husband and two young children and learned how to survive there. They lived on the western peninsula of Tongatapu, the main island. They built a house near the beach and developed a boutique resort, Blue Banana, which included accommodation, a restaurant, a museum and Christine’s art studio. Christine and Shane survived two category-five hurricanes and a tsunami. There are still restrictions on travelling to the peninsula where Christine and Shane lived, and unfortunately it’s not possible for them to rebuild their resort again, so have decided to turn their land into a garden which they can visit for holidays. Lyn Heafield, co-president and editor View from Christine and Shane’s Blue Banana resort The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 23

Specialising in: 9 Decks 9 Fences 9 Pergolas 9 Raised Garden Beds Over 25 years Landscaping Experience Free Quotations Greytown Heritage Trust has a thirty-year history of supporting, leading and enabling heritage initiatives in the town. We’re about to host our AGM with a noteworthy guest speaker; local resident and political and cultural broker, Dame Fran Wilde. The AGM will be held on 30 May 2024 at 7pm in the St Andrews Union Church Hall, 63 Main Street, Greytown. Dame Fran is a highly significant voice in our nation’s life of the last fifty years. Serving as MP, and in urban and regional politics, on multiple boards and within countlessly varied organisations, this has felt like a tireless career. Of extraordinary importance amidst this service is all that she has achieved, sometimes at considerable personal discomfort, including venal harassment and death threats. Dame Fran is celebrated for championing the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 and the passage of the Adoption Reform legislation, which made it possible for adopted people and their birthparents to contact each other. These passages of social policy gave significant dignity, mana and recognition to people once estranged by legislation, from their own identities. Dame Fran Wilde is a woman who has strode the talk; indeed, if you pace the distance from the Railway Station to the Sky Stadium (once Westpac Stadium) in Wellington, the concourse beneath your feet is named Fran Wilde Walk to celebrate the energy and commitment she gave to the building of a sports resource of unquestionable prominence. She was also key in the renaissance of Wellington as the coolest little capital in the world, a city that is deemed to have gone from drab to fab, including naming it as a peace capital in 1993. This is a lustrous and committed career to public service; the embodiment of active citizenship. There will be undoubted richness in what she shares at the forthcoming Heritage Trust AGM. The AGM is an important moment to assess the work in the last year and to outline challenges ahead. Greytown Heritage Trust conservatively through membership, modest rental and occasional fund-raising, the work of the Trust is undertaken voluntarily by trustees and project volunteers. Currently GHT is engaged in a long-term fundraising programme for the small heritage building on Main Street – Kouka Cottage – the recent very successful House and Garden Tour a case in point. We are also seeking funding for our representation at the forthcoming Environmental Court hearing to consider the appeal by Woolworths New Zealand over the planning proposal for access from Main Street to FreshChoice supermarket. You’ll remember the Commissioner Lindsay Daysh’s decision that the application should be denied; Woolworths seek to overturn the decision through the Environment Court. Greytown Heritage Trust, and the well over 70 respondents to the original public hearing, hold fast in their objections, and we need to field experts in our defence. Should you feel able to support our fundraising for the Environmental Court hearing, you can make direct contributions to the bank account below. We are very grateful to those who have done so already – it doesn’t just swell the necessary coffers, but lifts our spirits. Donations for Environmental Court Hearing: Greytown Heritage Trust, Account 03–0609–0090667–00. Greytown’s heritage, notably its Victorian buildings and significant trees, is what the Greytown Heritage Trust values and champions. Our heritage attracts people to visit, play, stay and live here. If you are interested and would like to support the Trust’s work in advocacy, promotion and protection, please join us. Membership rates are $20 single, $30 couple and $30 for individual businesses. Pay on-line through Internet Banking: Greytown Heritage Trust, Account 03–0609–0090667–00. Please include your last name in the reference field; ‘individual’, ‘couple’, ‘business’ or ‘donation’ in the particulars field; and phone number in the code field. We will then contact you for your first name(s) and address for your receipt. Carmel Ferguson Chairperson 021 925 573 [email protected] GREYTOWN HERITAGE TRUST/TE POUHERE TOANGA O KURATAWHITI Thirty years on the streets Dame Fran Wilde will be the guest speaker at this year’s AGM 24 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

The Wairarapa Herb Society (WHS) loves herbs of all kinds and for all sorts of purposes. Herbs are any plant with leaves, seeds or flowers used for flavour, food, medicine or perfume. From this definition it’s easy to see that there are thousands of plants that can be called herbs, and therefore an equally prolific amount of uses for them. Herbs are well known for use with cooking, all of us will have used them, and for their use in medicine. Some are highly nutritional, sometimes being what might be considered weeds. Weeds can also be herbs, and herbs add a lot of benefit to your garden, and many are easy to grow. For example, comfrey (Symphytum) adds minerals to the soil, lavender (Lavandula spp.), salvia (Lamiaceae spp.) and calendula – sometimes called pot marigold – make bees happy. Once you’ve got them growing, they will take care of themselves and you will have a source of herbal remedies, an addition to your salad, and colour in the garden. The WHS monthly Tuesday meetings echo this versatility by holding presentations on a variety of topics. In March the topic was animals and herbs, presented by Dr Heidi WardMcGrath from Vetcare. April’s meeting included a good look at the properties of calendula and a practical session on making balms, using calendula as an example. We also had a fantastic afternoon at Waiawa Botanicals with Tracey and Trevor. Our next meeting on 21 May will be a practical session, focusing on making natural perfumes. The herb of the month will be rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens), often used for its scent. You are welcome to join the WHS and come to our monthly meetings and garden visits. Meetings are held at 1.30pm on the third Tuesday of the month in the Old Courthouse in Carterton. We look forward to you joining us there. For any enquiries, please email waiherbs@ gmail.com Cindy Munn Wairarapa Herb Society committee member WAIRARAPA HERB SOCIETY Weeds can also be herbs The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 25

South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club Join this Club and Enjoy; * Family Dining on Saturday & Sunday Evenings (including Sunday Roast) * Full TAB facilities * A Wednesday Night Membership Cash Draw * Wednesday and Friday Night Raffles *Large Big Screen projection TV for all that Sky Sport * Reduced Membership Rates for over 60’s * Reduced Membership Rates for 18-24 year olds * 3 Full size snooker tables * 3 Pool tables *10 Dart boards * An Education & Welfare Trust to help out financially * Reciprocal Visiting Rights to over 300 NZ Clubs * Reciprocal Visiting Rights to Queensland & Western Australia Clubs * Modern Bar Facilities * A Very Friendly Atmosphere * Live Entertainment Members, Affiliated Members, & Guests Welcome “Your Comfort & Enjoyment is the Goal of Our Team” Phone 304 9448. Email [email protected] Welcome to the South Wairarapa Workingmans’ Club Monthly Not much has been happening lately, and our adjuncts are just starting to get into their winter season. The April entertainment will be Gil Mohi, who will be back again on Friday 10 May. Club 60: The Club 60 adjunct is our senior member adjunct, however you don’t have to be over 60 to join us, we welcome all who are available to come to our meetings. Our current activities are Housie, cards and pool. However, if we get sufficient numbers interested, we could begin mah-jongg, darts etc. Our next meeting will be Monday 29 April at 1.30pm. Darts: The darts adjunct are looking for new players as their 2024 season is underway. They meet Tuesday nights at 7.30pm. Indoor Bowls: The adjunct have begun their 2024 season on Thursday nights at 7pm. However, they are looking for new players, so if you wish to have a roll-up, you are most welcome. Tuesday Club: We play cards every Tuesday at 1pm. The popular card games are Bolivia, Five Crowns, Phase 10 and Pony Canasta. If you are unfamiliar with these games come join us for a friendly afternoon and learn. Golf: On Sunday 19 May we our hosting the Johnsonville club here at Carterton. On 5-7 April a team of three pairs attended the Chartered Club 43rd NZ Penn Hawkins Rosebowl men’s pairs held in Invercargill. Grant Smith and Graham Hutchby came 12th out of the 31 prize list from the participating 104 teams. We will be the hosting club for next year’s 2025 tournament. Applications for WBS Charitable Trust grants open in April People looking to apply for funding from the WBS Charitable Trust will be able to do so during the month of April. This will be the first of two funding rounds that the Trust will hold in 2024, with the second to be held in October. Last year, the WBS Charitable Trust donated to over 60 individuals and organisations across the region. These recipients all focussed their efforts on projects or initiatives that benefit Wairarapa. Chair of the WBS Charitable Trust, John Booth, said grants and donations are key to WBS’s purpose of helping its community prosper and he is looking forward to seeing the line-up of applications for the April funding round. “I’ve lived in Wairarapa all my life and I’ve been involved with many non-profit volunteer groups in that time. However, when the grant applications come in, I’m always amazed at all the people doing good that I hadn’t come across yet,” said John. “It’s truly heartwarming to see how many people are doing great things for our region.” Anyone keen to apply for funding from the WBS Charitable Trust will be able to do so through the WBS website: wbs.net.nz/ funding. Applications will be open from 1 to 30 April. The Trust looks to support applications that fall within the following categories: art and culture, sports and recreation, environment and sustainability, education, and community support. Email your text and images (as attachments) to [email protected] Do you have a story for the Greytown Grapevine? 26 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

In conjunction with South Wairarapa District Council, the Greytown Menz Shed has embarked on a range of changes that will enhance the site at 85/87 West Street, to give the community a space to enjoy that can cover a wide range of activities. On Friday 12 April, food trucks began a Friday evening service. Starting with one food truck, there may be others that wish to take advantage of the space and proximity to the centre of town and social activities around. To enhance the enjoyment of the space, an enlarged concrete paved area opposite the antique shop will be established and, with some support, a shelter built above it. This will provide a covered area for the food truck diners and many other activities. To give this space some level of public safety, vehicle access to the area behind adjacent shops will be blocked from West Street, as it was before the fence was removed. This area already has two Main Street accesses, so no hardship. The through-access from West Street to Main Street by the Chambers building and the Mango shop will be maintained. There is concern at the speed vehicles have been travelling through this area, and it is hoped that good sense will prevail especially, when there are pedestrians. The container being used as the wood turning centre is receiving a new insulated roof. The woodturners facing another cold and damp winter in there will be relieved to have an area easier to heat and keep dry, plus it will look a lot better from the outside. A team has been set up to investigate a range of enhancements that will be introduced over time as resources allow, given the scope they present. To this end we have been in touch with the Predator-Free Greytown group, that comprises Rotary and the Pukaha to Kawakawa Alliance, who wish to have a public drop-in site at the Menz Shed by the West Street gates on Saturday 11 May, from 10am-12pm. More on this elsewhere in the Greytown Grapevine. A further note for those following the development of our CNC machine establishment, we have now produced our first requested works; a directional sign for a new house and a backyard pizza bar plaque. Come and talk to us if you would like some signage (some conditions apply). Finally a big thank you to the wonderful Greytown community for their ongoing support of the Menzshed. GREYTOWN MENZ SHED Range of activities to increase at Greytown Menz Shed A new roof for the wood-turning centre Artist impression of future improvements Proposed area to be paved for use by food truck diners 2477 S.H.2, Greytown Wairarapa, 5794 (06) 304 9245 [email protected] lambpetersprint.co.nz The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 27

GOOD BONES? GOT CALL 06 601 3401 TO BOOK YOUR BONE SCAN Osteoporosis affects more than 50% of women and 30% of men over 60. Sadly, most sufferers only learn they have fragile bones when they break one, leading to life-changing consequences. But osteoporosis is largely preventable and treatable. Getting a DEXA bone density scan is the best way to identify your risk of osteoporosis and reduced bone strength, which is the first step in preventing both. A DEXA scan is a quick, safe and painless procedure, and it's now available at Greyscale Ultrasound based in Five Rivers Medical. There's no need for a referral. To book your appointment, call us on 06 601 3401. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT GREYSCALEULTRASOUND.CO.NZ OR ASK YOUR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade Find out more at www.fireandemergency.nz and stay connected at /fireandemergencynz and /greytownfire A busy month has passed for the brigade. Unfortunately, we have attended a large number of motor vehicle accidents – over 12 in the past month. These calls should serve as a timely reminder to ensure you are ‘driving to arrive’. We see regular themes in the causes of crashes we attend. Speed, alcohol, driver fatigue and cellphone use are all too common. Please take extra care this winter when driving on our roads. Every crash has a significant effect on everyone involved – from losing your vehicle, your recovery from injury, to the effects on first responders and what we see. Many may not be aware, but Greytown has one of Wairarapa’s two dedicated rescue trucks. We are the first rescue truck to respond to all car crashes from the top of the Rimutaka hill road to Clareville – a massive area that also covers our southern coastlines and surrounding rural areas. We often also cover the rest of the Wairarapa region which stretches from Mount Bruce south. Our crews dedicate a large amount of time to rescue training and providing critical assistance at accident scenes. Each year we respond to around 50+ motor vehicle crashes. The month of April will see three of our recruits head off to Christchurch to attend their much anticipated recruits course. This will see 10 months of dedicated training come to an end and, on their completion, will allow them to respond to emergencies as Fire Fighters. These new Fire Fighters will give our numbers a huge boost and take the pressure off our more regular members. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates on their progress. On 25 April we will be attending Greytown’s very significant ANZAC day parade. This is an important day in our calendar. ANZAC day this year starts at 10.30am at Greytown Memorial Park and will see the usual wreath laying and march to the Working Men’s Club. Residents of the Greytown community have always turned out in great numbers, and we see this year as being no different. The Greytown brigade will have staff stationed and ready for any medical events at this year’s parade. At the time of writing this, the Wairarapa district remains in a TOTAL FIRE BAN. Conditions remain extremely dry, which means no outdoor fires can be lit. If you see smoke or fire, please call 111 immediately. This fire season may change if we get significant rainfall, but until then, please continue to observe the fire ban. Any changes in fire season will be broadcast on the checkitsalright website, local radio, local newspapers and on our Facebook page. The past month has seen the brigade respond to 17 call outs. This has included 13 car crashes, three alarm activations and a cover move to Masterton station. For anything relating to your Greytown fire brigade please don’t hesitate to call Chief Fire Officer Seth Rance on 027 461 6391. You can also ‘like’ and ‘follow’ our Facebook page which has regular updates on what were up to. To ask about becoming a member, smoke alarms or anything else connected with your local brigade, please contact Chief Fire Officer, Seth Rance, on 027 461 6391 or [email protected] 28 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival is being held from 10-12 May. Mrs Blackwell’s Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea is a classic high tea, and participants are invited to dress up for this event. Justine and Geoff Ross went viral when Country Calendar filmed their Central Otago station where shearers worked to the music of Vivaldi and shorn sheep slid down chutes landing on mattresses. Hear from her and other fascinating speakers about food, agriculture and the future we want for our grandchildren. Hear Dame Susan Devoy at the Fish and Chip Supper evening as she reflects on her extraordinary life, world champion athlete, Race Relations Commissioner, Reality TV star and most recently, author of her new autobiography, Dame Suzy D. Author Joy Cowley hosts a life-affirming workshop for elders about what she calls the wisdom years, a time when the body goes into labour to give birth to the soul. For anyone 60+ in your life. Te Tiriti o Waitangi: What Tangata Whenua say. Papawai kaumatua, Paora Ammunson will welcome advocate and artist Tame Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa), journalist and musician Moana Maniapoto (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and Te Maire Tau (Ngāi Tahu) and host, political commentator Shane Te Pou (Ngāi Tūhoe). Where’s Left? What does that even mean? John Campbell asks the hard questions of trade unionist Craig Renney, activist and CEO of Childfund, Josie Pagani, former Green MP Sue Bradford, and journalist and communications consultant Chris Wikaira (Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāpuhi). Carl Hayman, former All Black, now has early onset dementia and has written a book, Head On. He joins co-author Dylan Cleaver and former professional rugby player John Daniell for the Author Spotlight. Journalists Kirsty Johnson and James Hollings have looked back into the the Crewe Murders, a rural tragedy – one of our nation’s most famous cold cases – more than 50+years after Harvey and Jeanette Crew were found in their Pukekawa farmhouse. Songwriting with Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders Storytellers, who use music as their medium, and coming together as collaborators has taken them in new and exciting directions. There is much more so find out how you can join in: https://www.booktown.org.nz/ The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival team FEATHERSTON BOOKTOWN Karukatea Festival coming up in May Find the perfect gift at Grace Greytown with free gift wrapping in-store or online MOTHER’S DAY TREATS 75 Main Street, Greytown Phone: 06 304 7118 www.gracegreytown.co.nz The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 29

Lions Helping Hand Any older or disabled person needing help with a task that a couple of Lions can do in an hour or two may ring Ian Frowde at 304 7127. A donation is welcome Garden products Order sheep manure, sawdust, lime, mushroom compost & kindling at the Stihl Shop 246 Main St., or contact 021 226 2002 or [email protected] Join or help Lions Our motto is ‘Serve the community and have fun!’ We meet twice a month. To join us or help with a Lions project, contact Les Galler 021 226 2002 or John Rennie 027 248 3265, or email [email protected] Firewood Community groups raise funds by raffling Lions firewood. Ask us! Lions wheelchair For visitors to our town. Kept at South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club, 120 Main St.—ask at the bar. Greytown Lions Lions annual fun quiz Raises money for valuable community initiatives. Lions Reading Help Community volunteers help Greytown School children with their reading. Learn ‘n Live Camps Each year Lions sponsor ten Greytown children to attend these lifechanging camps at Riversdale. Lions book sale Town Centre, February and July Noticeboard APRIL Crossword Clues Across 8 & 12. Greytown Easter Event (5, 4) 9. Solemn (funereal) procession (7) 10. Zeroes (7) 11. Ten (Te Reo) (5) 12. See 8 Across 13. Twelve (5) 17. Bring to premature end (5) 18. Bird, winged creature (Te Reo) (4) 22. Red (Te Reo) (5) 23. Israeli communal settlement (7) 24. Most slothful (7) 25. Greek fabulist and storyteller (5) Down 1. Person habitually high on drugs (slang) (6) 2. Repayments of money (7) 3. US state well known for its potato production (5) 4. Fifth Book of the Bible’s New Testament (4) 5. Once referred to as “House of ill repute” (7) 6. Vexatious, annoying (5) 7. Very fertile (6) 14. Lower part of vertebrate torso (7) 15. Least clear, most imprecise (7) 16. Hindu festival of lights (6) 19. Undoes (clothing) (6) 20. Take hold of suddenly and forcibly (5) 21. Earlier form of the name Abraham (5) 23. Flying toy (4) APRIL Crossword Clues Across 8 & 12. Greytown Easter Event (5, 4) 9. Solemn (funereal) procession (7) 10. Zeroes (7) 11. Ten (Te Reo) (5) 12. See 8 Across 13. Twelve (5) 17. Bring to premature end (5) 18. Bird, winged creature (Te Reo) (4) 22. Red (Te Reo) (5) 23. Israeli communal settlement (7) 24. Most slothful (7) 25. Greek fabulist and storyteller (5) Down 1. Person habitually high on drugs (slang) (6) 2. Repayments of money (7) 3. US state well known for its potato production (5) 4. Fifth Book of the Bible’s New Testament (4) 5. Once referred to as “House of ill repute” (7) 6. Vexatious, annoying (5) 7. Very fertile (6) 14. Lower part of vertebrate torso (7) 15. Least clear, most imprecise (7) 16. Hindu festival of lights (6) 19. Undoes (clothing) (6) 20. Take hold of suddenly and forcibly (5) 21. Earlier form of the name Abraham (5) 23. Flying toy (4) Crossword kindly supplied by Ruth O’Brien Crossword 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 APRIL CROSSWORD 30 The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024

Wairarapa Model Railway Club Wairarapa Model Railway Club, meetings first and third Thursday of the month, 7:15-9:30 pm, contact Peter Murray 027 630 1780. The Greytown Grapevine has its own email address! Send ALL correspondence to [email protected] You can read all about it on Facebook facebook.com/lambpeters Are you aged 55+? Relocated? Changed lifestyles? Retired? or looking for a new interest? Then, come along to the SWWMC on the first Friday of the month, starting 10am. Interested? Please phone 027 466 7524 You’re invited to join the Tauherenikau Friendship Club Do you enjoy: • making new friends • hearing great speakers • convivial morning teas? We have various group activities, including: • antiques • dining • luncheon • garden Noticeboard If you are interested in playing social golf croquet why not come along and enjoy the picnic atmosphere at this friendly Club. Beginners especially welcome, equipment supplied. Play commences at 3.30pm every Sunday from mid-October. fie court is located behind the swimming pool in Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown Ring Ron Walton 027 829 3971 for details. Greytown Croquet Club New Members Welcome Pet-sitting & House-sitting Services Call/text or email for availability and a free quote P 021 231 6975 E [email protected] • Experienced local pet-sitter • Short-term or longer-term services available • Pop-out and feed or stay-over options • Can provide local references • Very reasonable rates Greytown RSA Social Gathering Members, partners, friends Gathering 3rd Friday of every month 17.30 – 19.00 South Wairarapa Working Men’s Club South-east corner, main bar Come and meet your mates and enjoy the Club’s amenities ALL WELCOME. www.rsa.org.nz Annual Quiz Night The Greytown Lions and Greytown Red Robins are holding their Annual Quiz Night at the South Wairarapa Workingman’s Club lounge, Main Street, Greytown, on Friday evening, 17 May 2024. Teams with a maximum of four persons are invited to attend a night of fun-filled brain teasing. Quizmaster Rodney Fraser, of Te Trivia Quizzes, will be your host. Supper and snacks will be provided, and the bar will be open for service. All proceeds from the Quiz will assist our local Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade to upgrade their storage amenities for rescue equipment and training. Please register teams via our Lion’s Club Secretary, Les, email [email protected] or contact Gary on 020 4079 3717. Greytown Trails Trust 2024 AGM Greytown Town Hall Tuesday 14 May 2024 at 7.30pm Guest Speaker: Greg Lang, talking about his cycling adventures. The Greytown Grapevine – April 2024 31

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