There was lots for kids to do at the Castlepoint Races, including the running backwards races and egg races on the beach. Donald Stevenson — the new face of Mike Pero Mortgages and Insurance in Wairarapa With a background in the financial services industry, and with his own personal experience in buying and selling houses, Donald Stevenson has plenty of knowledge to draw upon when it comes to helping you with your finance and insurance needs. Donald and his wife moved to the Wairarapa last year after taking over the local Mike Pero franchise.
Donald is currently building a home just outside of Carterton, and he is enjoying getting to know people in the community. He spends his free time making the most of the many beautiful parks and walking tracks around the region. Disclosure Statement free on request or at mikepero. Our skilled advisers can find suitable loan products for all customers including those looking to purchase their first home or investment property, consolidate debt or simply looking to get a better deal. As a mobile mortgage adviser, Donald visits his clients at a time and location that suits them.
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Donald is keen to help people fulfil their dreams and take the stress out of the mortgage and insurance process. A success for me is seeing someone move into their first home, buy their first investment property, or helping someone to get on top of their debt. There is no return more certain than tree planting. Now, more than years later, we have deja vu. We have a bit more science now, but a similar outcome can occur, an effect on climate change, even though the logic and the specific outcomes are quite different.
One important way is by growing trees where there are currently none — either by planting the likes of fast-growing radiata pine or allowing land to revert to native forest. Through trees, carbon dioxide is taken out of the atmosphere and used for the photosynthesis of growing plants. In the speeches of the first Arbor Day, the local rangatira, HP Tunuiarangi, also known as Major Brown, advocated for native trees to be planted in the following Arbor Days because exotic trees were to.
The date for Arbor Day in is June 5. We would prove that the glistening water in our eyes is what we think of our home, Ko Wairarapa Tatou, We Are Wairarapa. Wairarapa A permit is required to light a fire in open air in these areas. See www. Further information about fire seasons is available in www.
Being able to give women within our community an opportunity to learn to empower themselves, families and community is very motivating. Gaining new life skills with cooking, stained glass, and crafts has empowered women to be able to share with their families. Four cooking sessions last year showed that the basic cooking skills are easily.
Community Kitchen has allowed our members to cook for families in crisis and give back to the community — it is so rewarding. In our busy lives, we forget to stop and to enjoy the small moments. Cooking in a group means you share many laughs and stories while the meals are being prepared. Peer support group offers an environment that is allowing people to feel safe and willing to participate in new ideas and new environments within our. So, doing new things within a group gives support and encouragement. Gaining new skills with stained glass and scrapbooking workshops is a great way to extend your skill base and to see the results is amazing.
This year we are making our own projects from coffins, tuku tuku, kitchen steps, craft tables to letter boxes. This term is outdoor crafts from wind chimes, bird feeders, drift wood and plaster creatures. Icing nights have been very popular with learning how to ice cupcakes and Christmas cakes.
Icing is a skill that everyone thinks is hard to do but its more funny and messy. Always check out our photos from these events on Facebook. April 17 Easter Icing — novelty cake from sponge 6. Greytown Trust Lands Trust chairman Sid Kempton was delighted that community funds were going towards such a worthy local cause. The new support vehicle will carry traffic management equipment, incident lighting and additional personnel. It will complement the two existing fire appliances used by the 22 operational firefighters and six operational support staff, who respond to around Microchipping of all dogs except working dogs has been a legal requirement in New Zealand since We are now also seeing an increasing number of other animals being microchipped for various reasons.
There is still some misunderstanding about the actual process and what information a microchip contains.
A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is implanted under the skin or into the muscle depending on what species the animal is by injection. This can usually be done in a fully conscious animal just the same as vaccinations and other injections. However, if your pet is particularly needle shy the microchip can be inserted whilst they are having sedation or an anaesthetic for other reasons — such as when being desexed.
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This number is of no use unless it has been registered on an accessible database. There is a database kept by the local councils the National Dog Database NDD — only animal control officers and council have access to this database and it is only for dogs. Most vet clinics will also have computer systems capable of storing the microchip numbers of their own patients for their own use. Microchipping of cats is becoming more popular in recent years. We strongly recommend these cats should also have their microchip registered with the National Companion Animal Register.
It is a small additional cost and will make these cats instantly identifiable if they are ever lost or injured and taken to a shelter or vet clinic. The Christchurch earthquake was an excellent example of how microchipping increased the chance of an animal being reunited with an owner after a large scale disaster.
Contact the Centre for details or information. Phone 06 Want to talk to a Nurse about Cancer? Phone Julius Yego, of Kenya, became the world javelin champion in I saw an absolutely inspirational Instagram post recently. The post under hashtag running showed yearold Julia Hawkins sharing her daily running routine.
This involves her just running each day, not for distance or time, just for the sake of running. The habit loop is a cycle in which the things we do fall into the three steps: a cue or trigger, leading to a routine that we do, which is followed by the reward or outcome from the action we took. In the case of positive habits this is a good thing. However, the same habit loop could be negative, for example, the cue of having unhealthy food in the house, leading to the routine of eating it, with the reward being the shortterm taste hit.
In this case the answer is simple The book covered a wide range of areas, from values, to goals, to mindset. Vision is the driving force that is aligned with our goals, values, actions, and dreams. Essentially it is the target for our roadmap for the future. The United Kingdom has recently appointed a Minister of Loneliness as a government post.
This can only be because of the lack of connection that many people have in their lives. Mental health issues are on the rise with the demands that are placed upon people, often leading to time with those important to us being put aside and not prioritised. A solution to this is to actively look to build connections, this could be through any number.
I attended a presentation by educationist and author Welby Ings. One message that resonated with me in the presentation was the importance of establishing a culture of trust to enhance creativity. Julius Yego became the world javelin champion in This was despite coming from a poor family and being from a country with no history of javelin success, this being Kenya. However, what Julius did have was a powerful drive, a willingness to learn and work hard, and access to the internet.
Julius would spend hours in internet cafes, learning technique by watching YouTube videos. He would then go and practice what he had learned using javelins he had made himself out of trees and sticks. Often, we hear that things need to be perfect for us to achieve success or our dreams. I remember an election when a political party was looking to introduce a new policy that could potentially have had a long-term positive impact on the country. However, because of the feelings that a large percentage of the population had towards the party leader, there was no buy-in and the idea was ignored.
In these cases, it is important to separate the person from the idea, looking at things objectively before making decisions. The suburban footpath outside Masterton Primary School was abuzz with scooters, skateboards, bikes and feet in the morning as students arrived at school last week. Bruce Pauling, road safety manager of Wairarapa Road Safety.
Council WRSC , is a big fan of the walking pou. According to Wairarapa Road Safety Council school travel planner Holly Hullena, often, in order for children to learn and practice new habits, parents need to lead by example. All students have to do, with help from parents, is share their active travel photos, either to or from school, or recreationally, on their school Facebook page with waimovinmarch to be in to win.
All terms and conditions are on the Wairarapa Facebook event page. We offer a non-judgmental, respectful, caring space where we help people through their process of change. P: 06 E: ang changeability. Come and browse dozens of lovingly handcrafted homewares, toys and personal accessories from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. Sale starts 16th March and ends 31st March Stock varies between stores.
While stocks last. There are bottles of award-winning Juno olive oil presented in corrugated stand-up boxes. Petite three-packs — perfect for dipping, drizzling and slow roasting. It is especially suitable for hard to reach places as it has a very small width and tracks that are adjustable to get into even tighter corners, for instance between buildings and boundary fences. The excavator pictured is quite light at 1. Located in The Hub in the centre of Greytown, it is a modern dental practice with three dentists and a hygienist. Over the past month, lovely new-season European lingerie has been arriving at Shalari.
There are plenty of fresh colours such as electric blue, pastel blue and multi-coloured designs. Autumn and winter are seasons where women in the Wairarapa can really enjoy colour, owner Tina Dunlop says. My first priority is to help women select quality lingerie that is the best fit for their shape.
Adding to the depth of experience of the Main Street store is the return of Mike Turley who has taken on the responsibility for its business accounts. Like Jim, Mike has many years of experience to draw on, when helping his customers.
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Make a booking with a modern and established dental practice with great patient satisfaction today! The Hub, 78 Main Street, Greytown Jim has worked in the building supplies retail industry for 25 years, all of that time spent in the Wairarapa. It has a full TAB facility, two full sized snooker tables and three pool tables, and 10 dart boards.