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« Reply #50 on: August 06, 2012, 05:45:47 pm »


Plane has daredevil past

By JAMES HOLLINGS - Wairarapa Times-Age | Monday, August 06, 2012

HISTORY MAKER: Kerry Conner, left, and John Bushell in the Piper Cub BKV, the first aeroplane to fly under the Auckland Harbour Bridge. — Photo: JAMES HOLLINGS.
HISTORY MAKER: Kerry Conner, left, and John Bushell in the Piper Cub BKV, the first
aeroplane to fly under the Auckland Harbour Bridge. — Photo: JAMES HOLLINGS.


IT'S one of the smallest planes in New Zealand, but it's got one of the biggest stories to tell.

This Piper Cub, based at Masterton's Hood Aerodrome, was the first plane to fly under the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

The Cub, codenamed BKV, is owned by John Bushell, of Greytown, and leased to local pilot training company Ace Aviation.

On June 02, 1959, during the climax of the opening ceremony for the bridge, Auckland amateur daredevil Eric Barfoot flew it under the centre span three times while the bridge was packed with people and vehicles.

Barfoot told reporters he was inspired by the feats of "Mad Mac" MacGregor, a former fighter pilot who flew under the Waikato Rail Bridge.

Aviation officials were not amused and Barfoot was prosecuted for flying below 500 feet, convicted and fined £50.

The Auckland Aero Club, which owned the plane, fined him a further £50 and suspended his membership for 10 years.

Ace Aviation chief executive and chief flying instructor Kerry Conner said few people knew of the plane's unusual past, but it was a drawcard for those that did.

"It's got a name with it. There's a lot of people who come who want to fly on that particular Cub because they remember it and learnt on it."

The Cub was still used regularly for pilot training, especially "tail-dragger" training, as the art of flying rear-wheeled aircraft is known.

"That's what we specialise in [tail-dragger training]. We get a lot of people who come just for that. Most of our business is people who have never flown before. They learn how to fly. This is back-to-basics, looking-out-the-window seat-of-your-pants flying."

"For those that want to go into top-dressing, it's quite impressive to have tail-dragger experience."

She said despite being 60 years old, it was still a good training aircraft.

"It's pretty easy to fly. It's nice and slow, and pretty forgiving."

Mr Bushell said when he bought the Cub, he knew it had a history, but didn't know it had flown under the bridge.

"I do appreciate that it's a piece of aviation history in New Zealand."

He and his wife Lynn bought it mainly to lease to Mrs Conner, because they wanted to keep rear-wheel training going in the region.

"Kerry and I believe you have to learn the basics."

"It's very gentle. They are fun to fly. If you can fly straight and level on this, just by looking out the window, [then] by the time you get into instrument flying, when things go wrong you can get back to basics."

Mr Bushell is also a licensed aircraft engineer, and does all the maintenance on the Cub.

"It keeps me in practice and up to date with the day-to-day realities of it."

He said there was one piece of maintenance he was thinking of doing.

That was to record the Cub's feats in the traditional way, by painting a silhouette outline of the Auckland Harbour Bridge on the fuselage.


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« Reply #51 on: August 13, 2012, 02:03:51 pm »

Man pulls knife outside court

 Police are searching for a man who brandished a large knife outside Masterton District Court today.

The man was seen driving past the court several times at 12pm. He then stopped outside the court and argued with another man before getting out of the car with a large fishing knife.

The pair challenged each other to a fight and the man with the knife asked the other man to follow him to Queen Elizabeth Park to continue their argument.

Senior Sergeant Carolyn Watson said police were investigating and were appealing for witnesses.

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« Reply #52 on: October 17, 2012, 05:44:56 pm »

guess its not so glistening waters for these two ....

Battling brothers may lose $8m family farms

 A "nightmare" dispute over two farms worth $8 million has pitted brother against brother and threatened a Wairarapa family's legacy.

Malcolm and Alastair Jaspers have been at loggerheads since their father, Thomas Jaspers, became too ill to work the Martinborough properties in 2004.

Run as a single 400-hectare sheep-and-beef block, the farms are owned by the Jaspers Family Trust. Malcolm, 42, and Alastair, 41, are the beneficiaries.

Since 2008 the pair have lodged legal proceedings against each other, including an attempt by Malcolm to "restrain" his brother's access to the farms.

After mediation, the farms are now being put up for sale, and Alastair said both could be lost to the family.

"It's not just our father's legacy but it's also our grandfather's legacy that's at stake," he said. "I'd hoped that we would be bigger than that and that we could put it behind us, but that hasn't happened. It's been a complete nightmare really."

In April, the trust was placed in control of an appointed solicitor, John Greenwood, who was given instructions to sell the properties - known as Tawaha and The Cutting - and distribute the proceeds equally.

However, in August, Alastair applied to the trust to allow him to buy one farm, The Cutting, for an agreed price.

His brother opposed the move, stating in an affidavit that he intended to tender for both farms.

In a High Court judgment delivered last month, Justice Stephen Kos dismissed Alastair's application, meaning the farms will now be put up for sale.

Alastair said an answer to the dispute was "sitting right there in front of us".

"Our situation was the easiest we'd ever come across. There's two brothers, we're both farmers, and there were two farms.

"One gets one farm and one gets the other plus a little bit of cash.

"It's hard to understand how it actually got to this stage."

Their father died late last month aged 86, after operating the farm for 35 years.

"[Dad] said he did not want this going to court," Alastair said.

Blair Stevens, of Property Brokers, said marketing of the properties would begin next week, with an auction scheduled for early December in Greytown.

Malcolm Jaspers declined to comment, referring questions to his lawyer, who could not be contacted.

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« Reply #53 on: October 17, 2012, 05:49:04 pm »

Large Carterton scrub fire



 Firefighters were hampered by strong winds when a ‘‘bloody big’’ scrub fire broke out in rural Carterton, at the foot of Tararua Forest Park.

Large plumes of smoke could be seen from much of Carterton as the fire raged in the foothills off Dalefield Rd.

Four trucks from Masterton, Greytown and Carterton, plus a tanker and rural firefighters, responded to the blaze.

Carterton fire chief Wayne Robinson said the fire spread across five hectares of newly-planted pine and scrub, and ‘‘bloody big flames’’ were whipped up by high winds.

A helicopter was called but the conditions were too windy for it to assist.

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« Reply #54 on: October 17, 2012, 05:51:11 pm »


I'm several hundred kilometres from Carterton at the moment.

So I won't smell it, or see the smoke....
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« Reply #55 on: January 04, 2013, 04:25:44 pm »

swung into Masterton today to attend a funeral of a friend ......

stopped at Dads Bakery Solway for some lunch and what is on the counter.... ?

Hot Cross Buns .... $1.10 each or 6 for $5 ....

when i comment the girl behind the counter said ........ " why not "

4th January and they are available in Masterton .....

guess they think its Easter now not Jesus's Birthday a few days ago to be celebrating ......
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« Reply #56 on: January 04, 2013, 05:01:41 pm »


Some supermarkets took down their displays of Christmas products and replaced them with displays of Easter products.

Including at least one supermaket over the hill in Wellington I have been in since New Year.

It's the blatant greed of capitalism on display.

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« Reply #57 on: January 04, 2013, 07:38:26 pm »


Some supermarkets took down their displays of Christmas products and replaced them with displays of Easter products.

Including at least one supermaket over the hill in Wellington I have been in since New Year.

It's the blatant greed of capitalism on display.



oh silly me that will be something that the Nats have fostered in the business world ....

guess the earlier you start selling the more gst that is collected and that of course lines the govts pockets ...

wow win win  Shocked
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« Reply #58 on: January 20, 2013, 09:01:04 am »

...mmmm..another kiwi returning home from oz....thats great....we need skilled people to help build our economy...think he lives in the Wairarapa...should fit in really well down there and make many good friends....nothing like a happy ending Tongue


Strike one for 'risky' deporteeBy Joanne Carroll
9:30 AM Sunday Jan 20, 2013 

Ruane Baker. Photo / Michael Craig
A man considered too dangerous for Australia and deported to New Zealand is now facing serious charges over an alleged home invasion.

Ruane Baker was deported from Australia when he was 21, despite not having lived here since he was 10.

Now 34, Baker is charged with assaulting police, threatening to kill, burglary, intentional damage and resisting arrest.

It has been reported he chalked up his first conviction in Australia when he was 13. Within five years he had 55 more, including armed robbery, assaulting a police officer and car theft. Courts heard he had been living a life of drugs and crime on the streets of Perth.

A violent attempted car-jacking in 1997 - the first charge Baker faced as an adult - was the last straw for the Australian courts and he was jailed indefinitely. Baker wanted to stay in Australia but an appeal court ruled his history of attacking people in the street made him an unacceptable risk.

The deportation order was made despite expert opinion that sending him to a strange place unaccompanied by his family would very probably cause him to reoffend.


Baker was escorted to New Zealand under standard deportation procedures and became a free man upon arriving here.

Auckland police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty said two men allegedly broke an electronic gate to get on to a property in Pt Chevalier.

"Two men burst into the complainant's house and threatened to kill him," she said. "Police attended and called for back-up."

A police helicopter and police dogs attended the scene and both men were arrested, despite allegedly resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Neither the homeowner nor the police officer was injured.

Baker spent the night in a cell before being bailed the next day on a 24-hour curfew.

Baker told the Herald on Sunday the incident had been blown out of proportion.

He said he had been drinking with his family outside his sister's house as his family had returned from Australia for his grandmother's funeral.

"I hadn't seen my brother since 1999. We were having a few drinks and the neighbour stuck his head over the fence and told us to turn the music down.

"I said 'no' and he said some racist remarks so I jumped over the fence to confront him. My brother came over and grabbed me to stop me from doing anything stupid," he said.

His brother Ben Baker, 24, was also charged and has been bailed to the address next door to where the alleged invasion occurred.

Ruane said he had been trying to stay out of trouble since moving back to New Zealand.

He had gained a qualification in youth work, had a girlfriend and a baby. "It was hard coming back to New Zealand when my whole family was in Australia. But I got through it and I've just tried to stay out of trouble. I go to church every week.

"It's hard getting a job with my past but I'd like to help troubled youths. They will listen to someone who has been there and done that," he said.

When the Herald on Sunday visited the West Auckland address this week, police were unable to enter the property because of three pitbull dogs roaming the section. The next day, dog control officers took the animals away.

Baker said he had been allowed to leave the house to organise his grandmother's funeral.

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« Reply #59 on: January 21, 2013, 10:52:29 am »

bruce, could ya get this guy a job on the rail please, probably his best career option Wink
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« Reply #60 on: February 12, 2013, 10:58:49 am »


Kate Winslet drops in on Masterton

Winslet shops up a storm in Masterton Pagani

By KERRY MCBRIDE - The Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Monday, 11 February 2013

SEEING STARS: Katie and Peter Jackson accompany newlyweds Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll on their shopping spree in Masterton on Sunday. — PHIL BRAZIER PHOTOGRAPHY.
SEEING STARS: Katie and Peter Jackson accompany newlyweds Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll
on their shopping spree in Masterton on Sunday. — PHIL BRAZIER PHOTOGRAPHY.


OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS Kate Winslet dropped in on Masterton yesterday — along with Sir Peter Jackson — but sleepy locals hardly blinked at the star turn.

The English actress was seen walking along Queen Street with her new husband Ned Rocknroll, the nephew of Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, Jackson and his daughter Katie.

It isn't clear if the British couple were visiting for business or pleasure after tying the knot in a private ceremony in New York in December.

While the ladies shopped, the blokes went to a nearby cafe all the while remaining largely inconspicuous.

The 37-year-old Titanic star was seen carrying a shopping bag from women's clothing store Pagani and was dressed casually in a white sundress and jandals.

Pagani saleswoman India Kawana took a second glance at Winslet when she walked in, but then said to herself "no way, it can't be — this is Masterton".

Winslet tried on a few things and was perfectly friendly to staff before settling on a couple of dresses, two short-sleeved blazers, some jewellery and a pair of sunglasses, spending more than $300.

"She didn't even try the sunglasses on," Ms Kawana said.

"I wish I'd realised it was her, I so should have got her autograph."

Winslet was photographed wearing her wedding ring, which she debuted in public for the first time last week while out grocery shopping in Hampshire, England where she shares a home with Rocknroll.

She made her film debut in Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures as a 19-year-old, and made her name in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic, before starring in a string of arthouse and low budget films.

Masterton photographer Phil Brazier, who spotted the stars, said Jackson and Rocknroll went into cafe Iberia for "what looked like a coffee and a chat".

"Initially I only saw Peter and Ned, but the ladies — Kate and Peter's daughter — joined them. They then all walked down the street to a car together."

While a couple of people stopped Jackson in the cafe for photos, nobody seemed to pick up on the movie star in their midst, Brazier said.

"It was pretty quiet ... She wasn't obvious, dressed pretty casually."

"I think Peter and his bare feet were noticed a bit more."

Iberia owner Wayne Dellabarca said he did not see Winslet take a seat inside the cafe, but said Jackson ordered a green tea.

Despite Jackson owning a multi-million-dollar mansion in Masterton, complete with a 100-seat cinema, castle, lake and railway, he was not a regular at the shops, Mr Dellabarca said.

"I've been running cafes in Masterton for quite a while and have never seen Peter Jackson around before. He doesn't really wander around town too often."

Winslet has recently appeared in this year's headline-attracting Movie 43, a black comedy which has been panned by critics worldwide, including being described as one of the worst films ever made.

She's been tipped to appear in action sci-fi film Divergent, which is due to begin filming in Chicago in March.

A mother of two, Winslet's marriage to Rocknroll is her third, following a three-year marriage to director Jim Threapleton and a seven-year marriage to director Sam Mendes.

Jackson's spokesman did not return calls.

She has worn a sleek Alexander McQueen suit to Buckingham Palace, regularly steps out in figure-hugging Stella McCartney gowns and dazzles in sequinned dresses designed by Kate Middleton's favourite, Jenny Packham.

So why did Kate Winslet spend up large in Pagani during her weekend shopping trip to Masterton, asks Lucy Corry.

Winslet bought a couple of dresses, two short-sleeved blazers, some jewellery and a pair of sunglasses, spending more than $300.

Perhaps it was the company she was keeping — Sir Peter Jackson is hardly a model of sartorial elegance and Pagani is perhaps more suited to his daughter Katie — or perhaps she was just keeping it real (remember, this is the woman who fed guests bangers and mash at her first wedding).

In any case, it's a red letter day for Pagani, a New Zealand-owned chain of 40 stores selling clothes designed here and made overseas.

National retail manager Julia Forbes said the stores were for special occasion shopping, which put them in a class of their own.

"We're more specified to occasional shopping — it's more about glamour than necessity," she said. "We see ourselves more of a niche brand."

It's certainly a good place to shop if you're on a budget — in the online store jewellery starts at $12.99 for a diamante ring with a whopping 1.3-centimetre diamante stone, rising to $89.99 for a pressed-pleat polyester maxi dress with thin gold belt.

For the most part, Pagani is about party clothes for street princesses who have stars in their eyes and coins in their pockets.

That's hardly Kate Winslet, who at 37 has appeared in nearly 30 films and was awarded a CBE for services to drama in 2012.

While Masterton doesn't have the high-end boutiques of nearby Greytown or Martinborough, Helen Tickner, member services manager at Destination Wairarapa, said it remained a good place to shop.

"People come from out of town to shop at Saunders' Shoes and Milady, and we've got Farmers, Just Jeans, Postie Plus, Cotton On ... " she said.

Fashion stylist Angela Stone said she was surprised at Winslet's choice. "You don't have to spend a lot of money to look good, but there's a big difference in the quality of fabric and how those fast fashion clothes wash and wear. Maybe she was looking for a throwaway wardrobe."

Stone also suggested Winslet was shopping to fit in. "That happens a lot when people go on holiday, it's why you go to Hawaii and come home with a Hawaiian-style dress," she said.

"People look at what the locals are wearing, it's about fitting in."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8285383/Kate-Winslet-drops-in-on-Masterton



Peter Jackson may walk around in bare feet, but he drives around Masterton in one of THESE (I've seen him driving it along Lincoln Road heading towards his house twice now in the past few weeks).
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True colours brighten up majestic lighthouse

Wairarapa News | 2:21PM - Wednesday, 20 February 2013

COLOURFUL: It was a light show like no other having Castlepoint Lighthouse lit up an array of colours to mark its centenary. — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.
COLOURFUL: It was a light show like no other
having Castlepoint Lighthouse lit up an array
of colours to mark its centenary.
 — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.


IT WAS a light show like no other at Castlepoint Beach last weekend.

Celebrating 100 years, the landmark lighthouse was lit in vibrant hues on Friday and Saturday nights.


LIGHT SHOW: Photographer Pete Nikolaison captured the Castlepoint light house in an array of colours. — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.
LIGHT SHOW: Photographer Pete Nikolaison captured the Castlepoint light house in an array of colours. — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.

Masterton photographer Pete Nikolaison captured the two-minute display which continued both nights until 11pm. The lighthouse centennial celebrations, which included numerous fun activities and displays, were part of the two-week-long Shear Fest culminating in the world's premier shearing and woolhandling championships next week, and also Castlepoint Beach Horse Races on Saturday, March 2nd.

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« Reply #62 on: February 23, 2013, 12:23:07 pm »


Total madness on Wairarapa roads over the past several days....



Girl in coma after region's third crash

By SEAMUS BOYER and BLAIR ENSOR - The Dominion Post | 10:55PM - Thursday, 21 February 2013

CRASH SCENE: Emergency services attend a crash on State Highway 2 north of Masterton.
CRASH SCENE: Emergency services attend a crash on State Highway 2 north of Masterton.

A 16-YEAR-OLD UCOL STUDENT is in an induced coma after being thrown from a car in the third such accident in Wairarapa in just over a week.

The young woman, from Carterton, was a passenger in the car, which crashed on State Highway 2 north of Masterton about 3.15pm yesterday.

She suffered critical head and spinal injuries after being thrown from the vehicle, and was flown to Wellington Hospital. Police said it appeared she was not wearing a seatbelt.

The driver, a 19-year-old woman also from Carterton, was treated for minor injuries at Masterton Hospital and was discharged later.

SH2 was closed for more than four hours while the crash was investigated.

The crash comes after Grace Diedrichs, 15, of Carterton, died when the ute she was in collided with a passenger train in Wiltons Road at 8.10am on Sunday.

The St Matthew's Collegiate pupil's funeral is at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Masterton at 2.30pm on Friday.

Last Tuesday, Glen Hutchings, 38, suffered serious head and leg injuries when he was thrown from his four-wheel-drive as it crashed through a farm fence near his Carterton home. His life support was turned off on Sunday morning.


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Balloon festival ready for take-off

Wairarapa News | 11:18AM - Wednesday, 13 March 2013

DROPPING IN: Action from the Splash 'n' Dash at Henley Lake in Masterton.
DROPPING IN: Action from the Splash 'n' Dash
at Henley Lake in Masterton.


THE SKIES over Wairarapa are set to be filled with a mass kaleidoscope of colour as one of the region's highlight events, the Trust House Balloons Over Wairarapa, prepares for lift-off.

In the annual balloon extravaganza, now celebrating its 15th year, balloons and their pilots will take part in competitions and displays over four days.

Weather playing its part, the balloons will take off each day at dawn when the breeze is gentle and drift with the wind over Wairarapa towns, farms and vineyards.

The event starts in Carterton next Thursday, March 21st, when all balloons lift off from Carrington Park in the traditional "mass ascension".

Balloon Meister Martyn Stacey from Christchurch will direct the events. Mr Stacey said many pilots returned year after year, drawn by the near-perfect flying "venues".

"The pilots love flying in Wairarapa — it is a brilliant place to fly a balloon," he said.

"The variations of what can be done here allow us to be flexible on the day of any event to suit the conditions."

Wairarapa Balloon Society chairman Jonathan Hooker said the focus remained firmly on a fun, friendly community event which could be enjoyed by pilots, residents and visitors to Wairarapa.

The festival consistently attracted thousands of visitors to the region.

"The commitment from pilots to return each year and the support of the local community had enabled the event to continue year after year, even through difficult times.

"An enormous amount of goodwill makes this an event which everyone can enjoy."

Entry to all events is free, except for the Night Glow where adults are $7, children $4. Family passes are $15, and under-5s are free.


EVENTS:

  • Thursday, March 21st — Mass ascension at Carrington Park, 7am; crew and balloons visit schools throughout the region; Burner Parade down Carterton town centre, from 8pm.

  • Friday, March 22 — Balloon Meister's Challenge at Wairarapa College, 7am; meet the pilots at Hood Aerodrome, 4pm.

  • Saturday, March 23 — Splash 'n dash over Henley Lake, 7am; Night Glow at Solway Showgrounds, Masterton, 6.30 till 8.45pm.

  • Sunday, March 24 — Flights over Carterton, meet at Carterton Events Centre 7am.

  • Note: All those keen to see the balloons at their best are advised to rise and shine early because all the action begins about 7am. Ballooning is dependent on weather so decisions about each flight or event will be made in the early morning or late afternoon. Regular updates will be posted on NZBalloons.co.nz, Twitter: BalloonsoverWai, Facebook: Balloons Over Wairarapa and broadcast on Wairarapa's 89.5/105.5 MoreFM.

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Missing boy 'did the right thing'

 A 10-year-old boy sparked a six-hour search after following a top-dresser plane across fields and getting stranded in darkness.

But police are praising the actions of the Wairarapa boy, who realised he was lost so got into a digger to stay warm and turned its hazard lights on to help rescuers find him.

Senior Sergeant Carolyn Watson said the boy was last seen playing with a puppy in the backyard of a Hinakura property at 5pm yesterday.

He was watching a top dressing plane and ended up following it 1.5 kilometres over paddocks and through forestry to an airstrip.

However, once there the night ''plunged into darkness really, really quickly''.

The boy got into a nearby digger to keep warm and turned on the hazard lights.

''He did the right thing. When it got dark he realised he did not know the way.''

Police and specialised land search and rescue teams, including a police dog, spent hours searching farms and forestry areas in the dark until they located him at about 11.15pm.

When searchers found him, still in the digger, he was tired but pleased to have been found, Ms Watson said.

His grandparents, who were caring for him, had been ''beside themselves''.

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‘Screams’ as blaze rips through home

By KELLI HOOKS - Wairarapa Times-Age | 6:58AM - Thursday, 16 May 2013

CONCERNED: Residents watch as firefighters work on the house in Masterton. — LYNDA FERINGA/Wairarapa Times-Age.
CONCERNED: Residents watch as firefighters work on the house in Masterton. — LYNDA FERINGA/Wairarapa Times-Age.

NEIGHBOURS heard "screams" coming from a French Street house on Tuesday night as fire tore through the front of the home, gutting it.

The screams turned out to be the sounds from two large labradors who were rescued by firefighters and given oxygen at the scene.

Masterton Fire Service station officer Garry Nielsen said the dogs were taken to the SPCA to be treated by a vet.

"They were pretty sick, they probably had been exposed to smoke prior to our arrival for up to 10 minutes," Mr Nielsen said.

It took three fire trucks and 12 firefighters about 20 minutes to get the blaze under control but firefighters waited at the house until about 10pm to make sure the fire did not reignite.

The house was badly damaged and Mr Nielsen said it would be "touch and go" whether it was rebuildable.

"The front half was severely damaged by fire ... the rest of the house is damaged by heat and smoke damage."

Mr Nielsen said the house had not been equipped with smoke alarms.

Fire-safety officers have yet to determine the cause of the fire, but it is not believed to be suspicious.

The owners were out at the time.

Neighbour Heather Bannister and her daughter were the first to notice the fire and alert fire services after seeing flames coming from the roof.

"(I) ran out to check the number of the house and called up the fire department and by that time there were a lot more flames; by the time they got there it was blowing out the window."

"Everything sort of moved so fast, like fires do, I think if we'd noticed it any later the dogs wouldn't have survived," Mrs Bannister said.

"I'm just amazed they were still alive after all the smoke and the flames, it's pretty much a miracle that they were still alive."

She spoke to the house owners and offered them a place to stay.

"I just imagine that they've lost everything they have, so that's quite sad, and it's their own home. Friends all come together at times like this, you feel for them."

Mrs Bannister was relieved no one was hurt.

"They were out shopping ... They might have been killed if they had been there but if they'd been there they also might have been able to see what was happening and stop it," she said.

Wairarapa SPCA dog compound manager Ross Nixon said the labradors were quite drowsy when SPCA personnel arrived.

"If the fire brigade had not been there to resuscitate them they would have died, so it was really quite traumatic for the dogs," Mr Nixon said.

The SPCA would hold the animals for the family.

"Until they have a chance to sort themselves out, they're going through quite a trauma at the moment," Mr Nixon said.

The dogs were treated by a vet for smoke inhalation and were looking fit and healthy yesterday.


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« Reply #66 on: May 31, 2013, 01:21:06 pm »


Masterton on map with pou

By WALT DICKSON - Wairarapa News | 11:01AM - Wednesday, 29 May 2013

LANDMARKS: Proposed new attractions at the entrance to Masterton.
LANDMARKS: Proposed new attractions at the entrance to Masterton.

THE tired-looking entrances to Masterton are in for a dramatic overhaul if a proposal going before council today (Wednesday) is adopted.

Under the proposal the Golden Shears symbolism that greets motorists at both the northern and southern entrances to Masterton will be replaced by eight-metre timber poles, or pou, with steel icons.

The icons will be designed to celebrate key features of Masterton, with symbols representing the sky, people and the earth.

The project will begin with six poles, three at each end of town, and expanded to other parts of Masterton.

It is hoped that the first pole will be up by December.

Masterton District Council's communication strategy task group have been working on the concept for the past 18 months and employed Craig Turvey of 3D Creative to come up with some ideas.

The group wants the concept to become a community project and will be asking residents for assistance in identifying meaningful symbols for the poles. This would be explored through schools, holiday programmes and community workshops.

Artists would be engaged to adapt and refine the proposed symbols so that there is a consistent artistic representation on each pole or group of poles.

Group chair Jane Terpstra says the project is designed to make Masterton more memorable.

"We are drawing on a wide range of attractions and strengths of the town to project a vibrant image of Masterton to our residents and visitors."

Key to the project being a success is Masterton people becoming involved, Mr Turvey says.

"For a piece of signage to work, you really want the community to own it," he says.

Each pou would cost about $1000 and could be externally funded with sponsorship and community ownership.

Mr Turvey has identified 13 different key sites in and around Masterton, where there are opportunities to catch locals' and visitors' attention.

The idea of installing a series of pou at key places in the town came about from the desire to highlight Wairarapa's "big sky". The poles draw eyes to the sky and encourage viewers to appreciate the vista. There is also a desire to put Masterton on the map by creating something people want to have their picture taken with and later want to tag online.


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A beacon for tourists

By WALT DICKSON - Wairarapa News | 9:56AM - Wednesday, 12 June 2013

MUST SEE: Cape Palliser Lighthouse is among the world's ten “flashiest” lighthouses, according to Lonely Planet. — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.
MUST SEE: Cape Palliser Lighthouse is among the world's
ten “flashiest” lighthouses, according to Lonely Planet.
 — Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON.


EVER MADE the effort to get down to Cape Palliser? Maybe it is time you should, with global travel authority Lonely Planet calling the lighthouse one of the world's must-see sights.

New Zealand has 15 of the world's 1000 Ultimate Sights, of which the Cape Palliser Lighthouse comes in at No.9 on the Flashiest Lighthouses top 10 list. Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Plymouth, England, was judged the best ahead of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, United States.

Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Sights features 100 Top 10 lists exploring the world's most breathtaking man-made marvels and natural wonders.

Destination Wairarapa marketing manager David Hancock says any attraction that makes a list in Lonely Planet has got to have a positive impact.

"It is popular already and this is only going to fuel that popularity."

The lighthouse is one of the biggest things tourists ask about at the Martinborough i-SITE, Mr Hancock says.

First lit in 1897, Cape Palliser Lighthouse was staffed until 1986, when it was automated.

Other New Zealand sights on Lonely Planet's Ultimate Sights include: Auckland's Sky Tower (breathtaking viewing platforms) and the Municipal Theatre in Napier (most classic art deco buildings).

New Zealand's extraordinary natural wonders include White Island and Waimangu Volcanic Valley near Rotorua, Franz Josef Glacier, Sutherland Falls in Fiordland, the spookily spherical Moeraki Boulders and the world's biggest kauri tree Tane Mahuta — all rated as global sights worth travelling for.

The giant weta is rated among "most oversized animals".


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« Reply #68 on: July 05, 2013, 05:19:40 pm »


Wairarapa discovers its heart

By PIERS FULLER - Wairarapa News | 12:22PM - Wednesday, 03 July 2013

HEARTENING: Ron Mark and Sean Crawford show off the Heart of the Wairarapa.
HEARTENING: Ron Mark and Sean Crawford show off
the Heart of the Wairarapa.


CARTERTON is revelling in its position in the heart of the Wairarapa — so much so that it has adopted the slogan as part of its brand.

New welcome signs have recently been erected at both the northern and southern entrances to the town, which are a departure from the daffodil motif that the central Wairarapa town has been running with for decades.

Carterton mayor Ron Mark says the "heart of the Wairarapa" statement fits the district in more ways than one.

He says the heart reflects their friendliness and the fact the town has become an artistic centre.

Well-known Carterton artist Sean Crawford came up with the design of the signs after the council decided to set some funds aside to pay for them.

The forward panels are made of corten steel plates, which develops a rich rust finish.

The words heart of the Wairarapa are cut out of the metal face and are backlit at night.

Carterton is written in raised letters at the top made from stainless steel.


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Australian tourists drawn to Wairarapa

Region cashing in on trans-Tasman tourism

By CALEB HARRIS - The Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Saturday, 06 July 2013

BURNT TOAST: Toast Martinborough is just one of many annual wine and food events which draw tourists across the Rimutaka Ranges to Wairarapa.
BURNT TOAST: Toast Martinborough is just one of many
annual wine and food events which draw tourists across
the Rimutaka Ranges to Wairarapa.


THEY LOVE SPORT, beaches, beer, sheep jokes and Kiwi-baiting. But Australian tourists are increasingly keen on wine, olives, bruschetta and fashion — and Wairarapa is cashing in.

The region's international guest nights hit a 10-year high for the month ending April 2013, according to Statistics New Zealand's commercial accommodation monitor and Destination Wairarapa, the region's tourism operator.

Destination Wairarapa general manager David Hancock put the increase down to the recent influx of epicurean Australians, as a result of a successful joint marketing campaign with Positively Wellington Tourism.

"It's a genuinely hot visitor experience which ... makes sense to young metropolitan Australian couples. If you live in Australia, you get the idea of going to Sydney and then the Hunter Valley, or Adelaide and then the Barossa."

Australians weren't only after Wairarapa's food and wine. "They come over for the gardens, the coast, the mountains, the bike rides, the designer shops."

University of Queensland student Sam Leigh was in Martinborough this week to do a vineyard bike tour. He had enjoyed Wellington's "culture and sophistication", as well as its proximity to its rural neighbour.

"[Wairarapa] is reminiscent of Europe but without the expensive price tag and the long-haul flight," he said.

Destination Wairarapa will spend about $50,000 in the coming financial year on international marketing, on top of money spent on e-marketing, trade shows such as an annual event in Sydney, and hosting media.

April's visitor figures showed a rise of 982 guests, or 45 per cent, on the same month last year, and was the sixth consecutive month of between 3,000 and 4,000 international guest nights in the region.

It was the first time in 10 years that Wairarapa has seen such consistency of volume.

Mr Hancock said the Australian boom was balancing a drop-off in visitors from long-haul destinations such as Europe and the United States, caused by the global economic downturn.

Toby James, manager of Martinborough's Tirohana Estate, said the winery got a "wealth" of Australian visitors. "Most weekends there's a good handful from Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland.

"We've definitely seen a higher volume of Australians than in the past."

Wairarapa offered a change from larger-scale Australian winemaking. "It's more hands-on and personal — the whole experience is about hand-crafted wine and food and boutique accommodation. That's what they're looking for."

Positively Wellington Tourism chief executive David Perks said the Australian campaign to market the region as a whole began about 2009. Since then the number of Australians arriving at Wellington Airport had risen 36 per cent. "Four to five years ago the awareness of Wellington and its region as a holiday destination was pretty low [in Australia]," he said. The package of a "cool city" with a neighbouring wine region was one Australians relished.

"It's so close to Wellington and so contrasting in some ways, but it fits in well with the food and wine story — the story carries on over the hill."

In the past year, the marketing partnership has spent $1.38m selling the region in Australia.


WINE AND WALLABIES

How a Wairarapa-Wellington weekend could look for an Aussie tourist coming over for the Bledisloe Cup test on August 24th.

SATURDAY:

9am-6.30pm: Wellington city tour including Te Papa, Warhol exhibition and dinner in Cuba Street.

7.30pm: New Zealand v Australia, Westpac Stadium, $35-$135.

9.30pm-late: Paint Wellington red (or Australian gold). Drown sorrows.

SUNDAY:

9am: Drive over the Rimutaka Range. Watch for hobbits.

10.30am: Spend an hour in Greytown Main Street designer shops, with a reviving stop at The French Baker. Sleeveless merino tunic from Hall, $220. Latte and pain au chocolat, $8.70.

Noon-3pm: Pirinoa Station Woolshed Lunch, South Wairarapa. The final Wairarapa event in the Wellington on a Plate festival involves a three-course fine-dining lunch in a working woolshed on this historic 1600-hectare station, presented by "Chef of the Capital" winner Marc Soper. It includes a sheep-shearing demonstration, but you'll be too busy with the award-winning lamb and Wairarapa wines to bother with sheep jokes. $110.

3.30pm: Hire a tandem to visit a couple of the boutique wineries on Martinborough's Golden Mile. Bike: $40 for two hours, from Christina Estate. Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2011: $65. Te Kairanga Sauvignon Blanc 2011: $18.00.

6pm-9pm: Fresh seafood dinner overlooking Cook Strait and Lake Onoke at the southernmost hotel in the North Island, the Lake Ferry Hotel. Fish and chips: $21.50. Double room with balcony: $75.


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Unusual cloud formations over Masterton

Bubble-like clouds inspire awe in Masterton

By CALEB HARRIS - The Dominion Post | 12:56PM - Friday, 20 September 2013

UNUSUAL SIGHT: Japhy and Enzo Fuller look at the strange clouds over Masterton. — PIERS FULLER/Fairfax NZ.
UNUSUAL SIGHT: Japhy and Enzo Fuller look at the strange clouds over Masterton.
 — PIERS FULLER/Fairfax NZ.


"FREAKY" CLOUDS in Wairarapa yesterday evening were caused by warm air "ski-jumping" off the Tararua Range into a rainy front, according to Metservice.

Wairarapa News journalist Piers Fuller was on the lawn outside his home east of Masterton at about 6pm last night, videoing an impromptu rugby game between his sons Japhy, 6, Enzo, 5 and daughter Juno, 2, when he noticed the sky looked "weird".

"I stopped and said, hey, look at these freaky clouds."

Commenters on the Wairarapa News Facebook page thought the clouds were Mammatus clouds, also known as "mammary clouds".

Metservice meteorologist Daniel Corbett agreed, saying Mammatus normally form as a result of sinking air, hence their downward udder-like appearance, and often occur in the base of the anvil of a cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm, cloud.

However in this particular case the explanation was a warm north-west wind lifting up over the Tararua Range then falling into the leading edge of a rainy front creeping over the lower North Island last night, he said.

"When [the north-wester] comes over the Tararuas it's almost like a ski slope, it lifts the clouds then pushes them down... that downward motion can help create that type of formation."


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from The Dominion Post....

Wairarapa's weekend merry-go-round

By CALEB HARRIS | 5:00AM - Wednesday, 04 March 2015

FUN OF THE FAIR: Martinborough will kick off the party this weekend with 25,000 people expected at the fair. The highlight of the weekend for many will be the Castlepoint races followed by the Golden Shears in Masterton. — Photo: SEAMUS BOYER.
FUN OF THE FAIR: Martinborough will kick off the party this weekend with 25,000 people expected
at the fair. The highlight of the weekend for many will be the Castlepoint races followed by the
Golden Shears in Masterton. — Photo: SEAMUS BOYER.


THOUSANDS of visitors will throng Wairarapa this weekend to enjoy wine, races and flying fleeces as the region kicks off autumn with a bang.

The events calendar is unusually packed, with the Martinborough Fair, Gladstone's Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival, Masterton's Golden Shears, the Castlepoint beach horse races and the Super Sedan Challenge at Masterton's new drag strip.

The region's accommodation is close to full, with thousands of visitors expected to provide a big economic boost, said David Hancock, general manager of tourism promoter Destination Wairarapa.

“Every town, the coast and rural outlook will be heaving.”

Martinborough gets the party started on Saturday morning with the second of two annual fairs. The wine village's picturesque square and streets are expected to fill with about 25,000 visitors sampling around 450 stallholders' offerings of arts, crafts, food, wine and entertainment, from 8am to 4pm.

The action then shifts north for the Harvest Festival at “The Cliffs” riverside reserve at the end of Dakins Road, 10 minutes east of Carterton.

The celebration of the autumn grape harvest in a sheltered, natural amphitheatre provides a peaceful setting to sample the wares of 16 Wairarapa wineries and nine restaurants. Irish band the Shenanigans would head a strong musical lineup, festival director Liz Pollock said.

The highlight of the weekend for many will be Castlepoint beach's traditional horse races, held on and off on the scenic strand since the township's first European settler, Thomas Guthrie, came ashore in 1848. His descendent Charles White, who will race as well as being clerk of the course, said a special moment would be his 11-year-old daughter Laura's debut in the seldom-held pony race.

“She'll be the seventh generation that has raced. We're trying to get her to race in her great-grandmother's racing silks — it's quite a special thing.”

White said the race's appeal was timeless. “This beach, the horses love running on it and you've got the lighthouse, the sea, it's quite unique and it's been going so long.”

The first of eight races is set for 11.30am. Many racegoers will then head to Masterton's War Memorial Stadium for the finals of the 55th “Wimbledon of Shearing”, the Golden Shears, from 6.30pm.

The man who has won an unprecedented 16 times, Te Kuiti's David Fagan, will strive for international competitive shearing's most coveted title, roared on by a packed house in what will be his last Golden Shears.

The new Masterton Motorplex drag-racing strip is also expected to host about 5,000 visitors over the weekend with a new “tyre-burning, chassis-twisting, wheel-standing” competition, the Super Sedan Challenge.

The forecast is not ideal, with scattered showers possible.


Martinborough Fair website.

Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival website.

The Golden Shears website.

Castlepoint Racing Club Inc @ Facebook.

Masterton Motorplex Drag Racing website.

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from the Wairarapa Times-Age....

Getting closer to Golden Shears action

By VOMLE SPRINGFORD | 6:32AM - Wednesday, March 04, 2015

BUSY BEES: Toby Mills (left) setting up the live video streaming and Kieran McAnulty. — Photo: LYNDA FERINGA.
BUSY BEES: Toby Mills (left) setting up the live video streaming and Kieran McAnulty.
 — Photo: LYNDA FERINGA.


IT'S been busy behind the scenes for the Golden Shears championship with thousands of sheep being trucked in and hundreds of volunteers getting ready for the three-day event.

Noise Productions director Toby Mills, who is setting up a high-definition, online live stream of the event, has been “fine-tuning” the system in time for the start of the event tomorrow.

He said he'd been busy since last Wednesday putting all the cameras up. There are two automatic cameras on the roof which can be controlled remotely to get viewers closer to the action.

“We'll be able to get a lot closer to the shearers this year. Last year we only had fixed shots where we could have three shearers in the picture.”

Another new feature of the live stream is displaying the scores for each shearer on the screen and viewers' comments from the Golden Shears Facebook page.

“It will come up on the streaming video so they can support their favourite shearer.”

Mr Mills said since last year, there had been 40,000 views, surpassing their expectations. “It's huge, it's been getting bigger and bigger.”

Golden Shears MC Kieran McAnulty said they anticipated even more viewers, as it was the last time 16-times winner David Fagan would compete before retiring.

He says this year, as well as the commentators on the floor, online viewers will get their own commentators to make sure they have relevant comment.

A camera will also broadcast the commentators' room, much like a broadcast of a coach's box at a cricket or rugby game. People can also vote on who they think is going to win and crowd favourites will be displayed.

Mr McAnulty said Pongaroa shearer David Buick could be the first local in a long time to win because John Kirkpatrick, a multiple winner, was out because of injury and world champion Rowland Smith was taking a break.


David Buick, of Pongaroa.
David Buick, of Pongaroa.

He said the competition is huge operation with the trucking, shedding, penning and sorting of the 3,500 sheep brought in.

“They have to source them from all over the country.”

He said plenty of manpower was also needed and the 240 volunteers made it all happen. “We wouldn't be able to do it if it wasn't for them.”

The live stream is the only way people not present can see it as it isn't shown on TV. Mr McAnulty said their ambition was to show the TV networks it was worthy of broadcasting live but, in the meantime, they were using the technology available. “They can't ignore it much longer, it's the ultimate shearing competition.”

More than 300 shearers and woolhandlers have entered, from as far afield as Scotland and Chile.


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from the Wairarapa Times-Age....

Getting set for a big day at the races

By DON FARMER | 6:53AM - Thursday, March 05, 2015

IT'S ON: Castlepoint promises to produce beach racing at its best again on Saturday.
IT'S ON: Castlepoint promises to produce beach racing at its best again on Saturday.

THE stage is set for a day of highly competitive beach racing at Castlepoint on Saturday, especially if the weather gods decide to postpone expected — albeit much-needed rain — for another day.

Castlepoint Beach Racing Club president Andy Pottinger has predicted the racing surface should be spot-on, as damaging winds which can strip the beach of sand have thankfully stayed away.

The latest weather forecast for the wider Wairarapa area is for the hot, sunny weather to disperse somewhat and for temperatures to drop from the high 20s to 19°C.

But coastal Wairarapa is famous for thumbing its nose at weather forecasts and if it chooses to do so again then a good early autumn day is on the cards.

Horse owners, including several from the professional training ranks, have come to the party, ensuring big fields for the equalisator meeting.

Top trainer Kevin Myers is bringing a team of 30 to the meeting and John Wheeler's stable will be represented by eight runners.

As usual, racing will take place on the strip of beach in front of Castlepoint Store, with admission being $5 a head or $20 a car.

Investments will be in $2 lots, with each purchase giving the investor a card with a printed letter on it.

Just before each race there will be a draw and the letter on a ticket will be matched up with the name of a runner.

Dividends, of course, are paid on a winning ticket.

The day is not restricted to horse racing, as there will be organised games for children, a fun fashion parade and entertainment.

The first event will be a hack race and the last will be a fun event for the six stewards.

Major fields for equalisator betting are:

Race 2 Tinui Handicap: Prestigeosa , McCulley, Seeking the Silver, Gagarin, Billy Elliot, It's a Wonder, Tobouggie Nights, Bay Rum, China Cat, Dann Doonayr, End of the Line, Kings Kite, Sharmal, Simon, Sir Percy, Tandarra Gold, The Oysterman.

Race 3 Lighthouse Handicap: Spring Cheer, Crusier, Get Flash, Steelfix, Zentangle, Riveria Star, Roodyvoo, Take Off, Fair Script, Fred Flintstone, Cho Suet, Jenny, Jimmy Cat, Our Spice, Waikikiriki.

Race 4 Castlepoint Cup: Intransigent, Mac O'Reilly, Sea Eagle, Sea King, Duchessofcambridge, Seeking the Silver, Houndscry, Lanzara, Stormin Norman, Wai Not, In for Fun, Waikikiriki, Zed Em.

Race 5 Trial Stakes: Banteneighty, Converted, Dame Wynnie, Danroad, Flying Cossack, Kings Kite, Lautaro, Post Romance, Sally, Waikikiriki, Wendy, Zartan.

Race 6 Whakataki Handicap: Mac O'Reilly, McCulley, Biding Time, Derby Dan, Fair Script, Final Hit, Fred Flintstone, Tobouggie Nights, Dann Doonayr, End of the Line, Patapan, Sir Manawa, Venerate.

Race 7 Scofield Handicap: Overtheriver, Sea Eagle, Caramac, McCulley, Get Flash, Houndscry, Stormin Norman, Gagarin, Wai Not, Double Chance, Final Hit, Riveria Star, Trickjah, Our Delight, All Ginga, Banteneighty, Countdown, Dame Wynnie, Tandarra Gold, Waikikiriki.


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