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4 December 2019, Vol 36, No 1795
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Karioi Sports ends after 60 years
Lines prices to drop
Power customers in Ohakune and other areas of the The Lines Company (TLC) will see reduced prices next year, after a Commerce Commission announcement recently.
TLC says they can’t yet confirm how much the reduction will be, but it’s likely to be by around 10 percent.
Like most electricity distribution companies, TLC’s revenue is set by the independent Commerce Commission, who’s job is to enforce legislation that promotes competition.
The Commerce Commission sets the revenue TLC can earn and every five years sets a new price path which TLC must adhere to. The announcement reduces the amount of revenue most electricity distributors including TLC can earn.
TLC chief executive Sean Horgan said there was still work to do before TLC’s pricing could be finalised.
“Now we know what we are working with, TLC can continue setting our prices for 2020. A number of factors come into play, including passing on the reduction of Transpower charges to customers as well,” he said.
“We need to strike a balance between affordability and earning enough to continue to invest in and maintain a reliable electricity network for our community.”
The Commerce Commission has outlined what reduction customers can expect across New Zealand but these numbers are indicative only.
“Although the numbers indicate a price drop, they are based on the assumption that TLC is already charging customers the maximum we are allowed to. But unlike other lines companies, we have not,” he said.
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Sixty years of country sports at Karioi has come to an end, with the last committee choosing to dissolve the Karioi Sports Club.
Committee stalwart Jackie Collett said the “current hard working 11 members” decided to dissolve the Club.
“There are several reasons for the decision,” she explained.
She said their president of many years, Norm Pointon, is moving to Blenhiem and she is stepping down as secretary.
“The rest of the Committee who have also been involved for many years are wanting to
call it a day.”“We have had different committee members
over the decades but they have all come and gone for various reasons, and like many clubs in our area we have struggled to find new members.
“Other issues were finding FEI judges for the day, there are other events happening in the area, lack of entries in some of the horse and pony events, people not willingly or able to be involved to help on, before, or after the day.”
“Over the years many farming families mainly from Karioi ran the Sports day, and
there where events such as sheep riding, tossing the sheaf, which would go on till well after dark, family games, bouncy castles, mini motorbikes, nail driving – even cycle racing and rolling pin competitions in the old days when the Sports Day was well attended by parents, children and grandparents.”
Since 1968 entry has been free and the only cost for families in the early years was a snack from Johnny Nations stall or, over the past 20 years, a sausage sizzle, says Jackie.
“The Committee wanted the day to remain
Rods roundup at Ruapehu
A convoy of street rods – modified cars – converged on Ohakune on the weekend, enjoying some of the local roads as well as local hospitality and a visit to the Carrot Park thrown in. See inside for details.
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White Christmas dream fulfilledP3 Who’s got the Goat? P7
Raetihi woman of woolP5
All fun & games for MaraeP11
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What’s onround
RuapehuThe Goat 7 DecemberRaetihi Christmas Carnival 14 DecemberWaimarino Pony Club 15 December Dressage and Show Jumping competitionAngel’s Christmas Dinner 25 DecemberTussock Traverse 26 January 2020Waimarino A&P Show 15-16 February 2020Wild Food Festival 15-16 February 2020Ruapehu Express 22 February 2020
Ski, Board & BikeCnr Ayr St & Goldfinch St, Ohakune06-385-8433, tcbskiandboard.co.nz
THE CYPRUS TREE79 Clyde St, Ohakune Ph: 06 385 8857Contemporary café, bar and restaurant. Come and try our new small plates menu. Enjoy quality wine, craft beer, food and friendly service in our spacious, family friendly establishment. Fireside lounge and children’s play area, cosy indoors or perfect alfresco dining with spectacular mountain views. A great place for casual get togethers or special occasions.
UToPia Café/RESTaURanT47 Clyde St, Ohakune Ph: 06 385 9120Fully licensed café open 7 days from 7am for breakfast and lunch. A memorable atmosphere with a superb range of delicious food and beverages, served by our upbeat and friendly staff. Fully renovated cafe, now with stunning decor, gas fire, comfortable seating both downstairs and upstairs, also with a brand new sunny outdoor garden area. Free WiFi with purchase.
oCR CafE & RESTaURanT2 Tyne St, Ohakune (Bottom of the Mountain Rd) Ph: 06 385 8322Come and enjoy some of Ohakune’s finest in a relaxed cosy atmosphere. Enjoy a delicious platter, wholesome food and NZ wine and craft beers. Gluten free options available. Excellent kids menu. Fully licensed.
La PiZZERia6 Thames St, Ohakune Junction Ph: 06 385 8558 Ohakune's most famous pizza restaurant. For over 30 years we have been cooking Ohakune's best pizza. Come up and see us in the "Junction" at the end of the Old Coach Road and try one of our hot, tasty, handmade pizzas. Open for dinner, takeaway or dine in BYOW and fully licensed. Check us out online at: lapizzeria.co.nz
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KinGS baR & RESTaURanT3 Rimu St, Ohakune Junction Ph: 06 385 8648Est in 1913, historic Kings offers an inviting menu by locally renown chefs, a great selection of boutique wines and is the exclusive venue to offer Ruapehu Brewing Company beers on tap. See our Facebook page for what’s on and opening times.
THE PoWDERKEGBottom of the mountain road Ph: 06 385 8888The iconic Powderkeg at the bottom of the mountain road remains Ohakune’s most popular venue for all ages. With 30 years’ commitment to fantastic food, friendly service and fun times, The Keg is the perfect place to meet friends for dinner, drinks or just all round good times. Powderkeg open from 4pm weekdays. Open from 3pm Saturday and Sunday.
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oHaKUnE CLUb71 Goldfinch St, Ohakune Ph: 06 385 8221Fully licensed country club with a fresh tasty menu at reasonable prices. Function room available. Gaming, pool, darts, snooker and TAB. Restaurant open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 6pm – 8.30pm. All members and bona fide guests welcome.
School property fund: what do Ruapehu schools get?
Third Carrot accolade Ohakune’s Carrot Adventure Park received yet another accolade last week, in the
Recreation Aotearoa Awards announced on Thursday.The Park was nominated for the Recreation Aotearoa 2019 Outstanding Park Award
for an outstanding natural environment.While the Park didn’t win the award (it was Shakespear Regional Park in Auckland)
it received a merit in the category.The award recognises excellence, innovation, community engagement and
efficiency and effectiveness along with three further key areas identified as having an increasing importance and focus for Recreation Aotearoa: increasing diversity, greater recognition of Te Ao Māori and awareness of climate change.
Earlier this year the Park won the Recreation Aotearoa 2019 Healthy Park Award and the Keep New Zealand Beautiful 2019 Kiwi Choice Award.
“The recognition the Park has received tributes the on-going hard work and commitment by Ohakune 2000 Inc, Ohakune Grower’s Association and the Ohakune community in creating a unique and fun public space,” says the Ruapehu District Council, which owns the land.
by approximately $18m of what we are allowed to by the Commission. So although TLC’s prices will reduce they will not reduce by the amount indicated by the Commission. Early indications look like TLC prices will decrease in the vicinity of 10% on average.”
Horgan said Transpower will confirm within the next few weeks what TLC’s transmission pricing will be. Transpower costs are passed through directly to customers and until that information is known, pricing cannot be set.
Customers will be notified of price changes in February, which will come into effect on 1 April 2020.
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Lines prices to drop
Ruapehu schools will get a combined $645,000 as part of the Government’s infra-structure package announced on Friday.
It’s the biggest capital injection for school maintenance funding in at least 25 years, says the Labour Government.
Nearly every state school will receive a capital injection next year valued at $693 per student to bring forward urgent school prop-erty improvements, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced.
School property projects the investment can be spent on include:
• Classroom upgrades, including making classrooms more flexible and modern.
• Replacing roofing and guttering.• Upgrading storm water drainage systems.• Installing energy efficient heating and
lighting.• Resurfacing outdoor courts and paved
areas.Southern Ruapehu schools will each receive:
Ohakune Primary School, $162,000 (234 pu-pils); Raetihi School, $147,000 (213 pupils); National Park School, $50,000 (44 pupils);
Orautoha School, $50,000 (31 pupils); TKKM o Ngāti Rangi, $50,000 (14 pupils); Waiouru School, $69,000 (100 pupils); Ruapehu Col-lege $116,000 (168 pupils).
Schools each receive at least $50,000.“Nearly every school and community in
New Zealand will benefit from this windfall in-vestment. I’m proud that students and teachers will be the first to benefit from our infrastruc-ture upgrade,” Jacinda Ardern said.
“The Government is taking advantage of historically low interest rates to improve school buildings and grounds and creating jobs up and down the country. It’s the biggest capi-tal injection for school maintenance funding in at least 25 years.
“This package is a real shot in the arm for our schools, giving them the opportunity to fix roofs, windows and walls to provide modern, comfortable classrooms that are great for kids to learn in.
“I’ve visited plenty of schools and I’d be hard pressed to name one that didn’t have need. You hear horror stories about kids learn-ing in damp, mouldy classrooms.
Local tradies“The investment is great for local tradespeo-
ple. We want schools to engage local builders, plumbers, carpenters, roofers, landscapers – this is an opportunity for work at a local level in every town and city in the country.
Education Minister Chris Hipkins said that in recent years many schools have had to put off building projects and make do with patched up classrooms and playgrounds.
“When we have the opportunity as we do now, we should and can do better to lift the quality of the classrooms students and teachers spend so much time in.
“This cash injection, to be administered by the Ministry of Education through existing planning processes, gives schools breathing room to catch up on deferred building work. It’s a well-deserved early Christmas present for school communities,” Chris Hipkins said.
The money is to be spent within the next 24 months
Ardern also announced the Government will extend the living wage to all non-teaching staff in schools, including cleaners, caretakers and grounds people.
a fun day and decided not to let vendors into the grounds so families didn’t have to continually put their hands in their pockets. Even entry fees for Horse and Pony events were kept low so as not to deter competitors from joining in the fun.”
She said they especially want to thank the many farmers who have donated lambs and money since the Sports began.
“Without their help the Sports Day would not have survived until now. We also want to thank all those who have helped over the years – the judges, stewards and all past and present committee members also the Karioi Domain Board for the use of their hall and paddock.
“We have enjoyed being part of this unique local family event and we are very sorry to see it go. The funds we have in the bank will be divided amongst local organisations.”
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Karioi Sports ends after 60 years
A fun, country day out, with horses has been enjoyed by generations, but it’s coming to an end at Karioi.
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Christmas snow wish comes true at Mt RuapehuChristmas came early – complete with
snow – for a Tahitian group visiting Mt Ruapehu recently – an amazing experience for them all, in particular 13-year-old Tamahere Tihata who has distal myopathy.
Tamahere, who has a debilitating muscle disease, was unable to visit Mt Ruapehu with his school class on a recent trip due to health challenges, but thanks to the fundraising efforts of family and friends (a group called Tamahere, Rossignol de l’espoir: Tamahere, Nightingale of hope) and the kindness of sponsors, Tamahere was able to realise his wish of seeing snow.
The group’s Christmas lunch was moved from the Pinnacles Restaurant at Knoll Ridge to Lorenz’s Bar and Café due to the weather conditions on the day, but that didn’t put a dampener on the trip. A short window opened in the weather allowing Tamahere and his family to ride in the Sky Waka up to Knoll Ridge to the snow.
“I’ve never seen the mountains before, it was one of my dreams. I loved the snow however it is actually freezing,” Tamahere said.
“I was so cold that when we arrived up the top I didn’t want to go out anymore, but I changed my mind because it was just so beautiful ... coming here I just couldn’t wait, I wanted to eat some snow, and I did, we all did, it just tastes ... cold.”
When Tamahere heard about the mountain’s adaptive ski programme for people with physical, sensory or cognitive impairments he said he would love to come back during winter and give it a go.
“It sounds like skiing on Santa Claus’ sledge! I would definitely give it a go!”
Whakapapa events team leader Ros Cronk was integral in making Tamahere’s wish come true.
“I contacted the group the day before their visit to explain the weather wasn’t looking good. This is when I found out Tamahere was terminally ill and one of his final wishes was to simply touch snow for the first and potentially only time.
“After this call I set about bringing snow down from the top just in case we couldn’t get up there the next day. On Thursday the gondola was closed all day, so we had to move their late lunch booking to Lorenz’s Bar and Café.”
Ros says RAL’s Steve Manunui was certain that if they had a very small weather window they would make this snow experience happen.
“We had a very small weather window, from 2pm – 4pm so got the group up there for an hour where they could bless Tamahere on snow and all experience it together.”
Ros says that at the end of the lunch before the group left, the group organiser couldn’t thank her enough, saying they had made many dreams come true, especially Tamahere’s’.
“I explained it was a team effort and that we were all pleased to have helped create this experience for them.”
Tamahere’s mum Leydi said she was so happy to see her boy actually in the snow.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen snow, it’s very cold. The family had a snowball fight and loved it!
“I loved the scenery on the Sky Waka. Even with limited visibility, what we could see was amazing. Passing over waterfalls, snow guns, and being over the ski trails. I wouldn’t try skiing, I’m just really happy to see it – everybody was. Thank you RAL and all the team that helped to organise the visit.”
Tamahere Tihata, from Taihiti (centre), got to taste snow at Whakapapa last week, with help from Marie Putinier, left, and Ros Cronk from the Mt Ruapehu staff.
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Positive test results show value of cancer screening programme
Five people have returned a positive test after be-ing screened as part of Whanganui’s new bowel cancer screening programme.
While the positive test may not necessarily mean the presence of cancer, the results show the value of bowel screening in detecting tiny traces of blood in a bowel mo-tion, says Whanganui District Health Board communica-tions manager Mark Dawson.
The National Bowel Screening programme was launched in the Whanganui District Health Board region on 22 October.
In the four weeks to 19 November, 489 people have been invited to take part and been sent the easy-to-use test kit.
The tests so far have picked up five positive results, while 50 have returned negative tests, 431 people have yet to mail their kits back and three tests will need to be re-done (referred to as ‘spoilt’ tests).
“Those five positives show the worth of the screening because, if detected early, bowel cancer can be success-fully treated,” said Mr Dawson.
Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in New Zealand after lung cancer, claiming 1200 Kiwi lives every year.
A positive test result does not necessarily mean cancer. The screening test detects traces of blood present in a bowel motion and small amounts of blood can be caused
by minor conditions such as polyps (growths) or haemor-rhoids (piles).
All five affected people will be scheduled for further investigation in the form of a colonoscopy within 45 working days.
The “spoilt” tests may be due to not having the correct label attached, the consent form not filled in properly, or the sample did not reach the laboratory within the re-quired seven days.
It is important that the date the sample was collected is on the consent form; the yellow barcode sticker is at-tached to the sample tube; and that the test is done soon after arrival and posted off straight away.
Bowel screening is being offered to 12,000 people in the Whanganui region (which includes the southern Rua-pehu) aged 60 to 74 years over the next two years.
People aged 60-74 will get the test kit in the post around their birthday. If they have an even number birth-date they will receive it in the first year – 22 October 2019 to 21 October 2020. If they have an odd number birthdate, it will be in the second year -- 22 October 2020 to 21 October 2021.
Those who are aged 59 will get their test kit around their 60th birthday. People who will turn 75 before they are scheduled to be invited will receive a kit prior to their 75th birthday to ensure they can participate in at least one round of screening.
Margaret thanked for 24 years of mobile meals
Margaret Horne, at right, has stepped down as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels after serving up mobile meals for 24 years. She was thanked at a morning tea last week, hosted by Lauretta Eades (left). Margaret was joined by another nine volunteers, to thank her for her years of dedication to the community. Meals on Wheels is a service that provides hot meals three times a week to people who can no longer cook for themselves but wish to continue living in their own homes. “Without volunteers like Margaret this service would not be available,” says Lauretta. Photo: Lyn McMillan.
Who’s got your Goat this year?
Anything can happen when you send off 600 people to run round Ruapehu, from Whakapapa to Tūroa, but there are five or so likely Goats to watch out for this year in the men’s and women’s event.
Seven-time winner Sjors Corporaal has to be one, along with top trail runner Sam Clark this Saturday. Sam is a Coast to Coast champion as well as the Ring of Fire 72km record holder.
Or could he be upstaged by his son Kaya, who is competing in the under 2 age group. Kaya has placed in the top ten on several occassions.
Another worthy mention is Ryno Nienaber (Taupo) who is doing his 16th consecutive Goat. He is the only person in the history of the event to have done every one. He is in the 50-59 age group.
Corrinne O’Donnell from Edgecumbe, a former winner of the Goat women could be the women’s winner again.
Rachel Cashin, top local hope in the women’s, is a former placegetter in Coast to Coast
The youngest competitor is 15 years, running with a parent (by approval from organisers).
The oldest competitor is Carol Morrison, 67, in the Goat Legends women.
The average age of competitors this year is 42 years.
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A snow run with mates was the seed for The GoatA trail run that started out after a
bunch of mates set off for a winter run on the Ohakune Mountain Road in 2004 has grown into a ‘bucket list’ event for New Zealand’s burgeoning trail run community.
Jason Cameron and some friends were staying in Ohakune in June 2004, when they decided to go for a run. They set off from the Ohakune Mountain Road on the Round the Mountain Track, run-ning through half a metre of snow, get-ting as far as Lake Surprise before turning around and heading back, finishing off in three to four hours.
“That was the seed,” says Jason.The group – Victory Promotions – had
run marathon events before the first Goat, but trail running was in its infancy in New Zealand.
One of the team was Mark Watson – their host on that mates weekend – was involved from the start and has been MC at the event since, calling out encourage-ment for almost every runner by name as they cross the finish line.
They put the event together in 2-3 months and ran the first weekend in De-cember – their first foray into events in an alpine environment and out in the elements.
They got good support from the De-partment of Conservation, with Warren Furner approving the first event. He was DOC’s concessions manager at the time.
There were 202 finishers in 2004 – “that number sticks in my mind” says Ja-son. For the first event they had a conces-sion for 300, growing to 600 soon after and staying at that number ever since.
He says the number is “a happy medi-um” – they could provide more spaces as it’s over subscribed every year.
“We’re really comfortable with the numbers in terms of the participant’s ex-perience and the health and safety provi-sions for the event – they’re the two main drivers for us.”
Jason explains that they also got good support from Ohakune from the start.
He approached Nikki Riley, from Ohakune 2000 Incorporated at the time.
“She matched me up with Paul and An-nie at the Powderhorn and a few other
people in the town and it progressed from there.”
He said she was one of the people who made the event happen.
While there was some scepticism as to why people would want to run from Whakapapa to Tūroa, Jason says there wasn’t any negativity from those early supporters.
The Big Kid run from Horopito up to Tūroa was introduced in 2014, their 10th anniversary event. It allows them to give others a chance to experience the event.
The plan is to only run it in anniversary years but couldn’t run it last year for the 15th anniversary so put it forward to this year.
They’ve only had to use their contin-gency course twice in 15 years. Also have a reserve day but have never had to use it.
Jason makes special mention of the Powderhorn Chateau – the longest stand-ing sponsor of The Goat.
There have been many other commer-cial supporters, including Station Lodge and Ohakune New World.
Goat gives backThe Goat runs on a two-way track, with lots of support from local community groups
having become a big part of the event.One of the main groups has been Project Tongariro, formerly known as the Tongariro
Natural History Society.The group has been helping out for many years and in return raises funds for their
conservation activities around the Tongariro National Park.“Project Tongariro values greatly its association with Jason and the ‘Goat’ team,”
says trustee Paul Green. “Our members enjoy both marshalling and helping with the barbecue and the funds
raised are invaluable for us achieving our mahi.”On an individual level, Raetihi resident Charlotte von Pein makes all the Goat
volunteer lunches on the weekend to raise money for her daughter’s international skiing campaigns.
Other regular groups have been Ruapehu Alpine Rescue Organisation (RARO), and the local Land Search and Rescue group.
Who’s the Goat’s GOAT?Who’s The Goat’s greatest of all time (GOAT)?That would be Sjors Corporaal, the Murupara possum
hunter who has won the event seven times.His first win in 2007 was three years in the making;
after a debut 24th in the 2005 event, stepping up to third in 2006 with a time of 2:13:09.
In his first win he outclassed a quality field to take the open men’s title – three minutes ahead of pre-race favourite and Coast to Coast champion Gordon Walker from Auckland, clocking a time of 2:02.01.
His seventh win was in 2017 in a time of 01:59:48.
The record for the course is 1:48:25, set by James Coubrough in 2011.
The first-ever Goat winner, in 2004, was local runner Callum Harland in 2:03:35.
Internationally-renown mountain runner Melissa Moon was the first woman home in 2:23:39 in the first Goat in 2004.
After her 2004 win she said she found the run the most physically and mentally demanding she had done (that’s a good thing) while also being “spectacular and enjoyable”.
Kiwi mountain runner Melissa Moon in the first Goat.
Goat organiser Jason Cameron had a crack himself in 2016.
Fastest Goat, James Coubrough in 2011.
Most Goat wins is by Sjors Corporaal. First Goat winner was Callum Harland, 2004.
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Parapara ‘will be fixed’ – NZTA
Raetihi is
open for
businessGood things will come from a bad situation, if
Raetihi businesses can work together to counter the
negative effects of the closure of the Parapara Highway
this month (see separate story).
Local resident Jenny Dekker said at the public
meeting on the closure in Raetihi on Thursday that
she was glad to hear the “positivity and energy” at the
meeting, rather than doom and gloom.
Ruapehu mayor Don Cameron said that the Council
is working with Visit Ruapehu on plans to promote
Raetihi.He said Visit Ruapehu would be working on
packages and itineraries for tourists and invited anyone
with ideas to contact them.
Raetihi Promotions Charitable Trust chairman and
Angel Louise Café operator Gary Griffin-Chappel told
the Whanganui Chronicle that it’s “not going to be a
quick fix and it’s not something we can make a change
on”.He said he’s been doing extra promotion on social
media to let travellers know Whanganui River Road is
a suitable detour.
“I think if we can get a really good marketing plan
together with Visit Ruapehu, because at the moment
Raetihi is quite small on their website, there’ll be
something positive to come out of this.
“They’ve agreed to come in and do photos and spiels
about local business and create another website for
Raetihi.The slip couldn’t have happened at a worse time for
Dinosaur House owner Ian Moore, who had only been
in business for a week when the road was taken out.
“We’d had a lot of interest on social media from
people in Whanganui wanting to come up for the school
holidays, and we did get some people coming up but
nowhere near as many as we were expecting,” Moore
The Parapara Highway will be repaired.
That was the promise from New Zealand
Transport Agency regional systems man-
ager Mark Owen to concerned locals at
The Centre in Raetihi on Thursday.
He outlined NZTA’s process for dealing
with the massive slip that closed the road
on 2 October.
There had been concerns in the com-
munity that because of the scale of the
slip, along with other problems on the
road, NZTA may abandon the road.
“We want to reassure you that we’re
doing all we can to get State Highway
Four open,” said Mr Owen.
He said the response is three-phase,
with the first phase being setting up an
incident response team, assessing the site,
setting up signage and securing the area
to make it safe for workers and the public.
“We’re very quickly going to move
into what we call Phase Two … (which
is) how quickly can we get one lane in and
open to the public,” he told the meeting.
He said that work has already started,
to open a single lane suitable for all road
users – trucks, cars, motorcycles, cyclists.
He said this will need to be safe and be
resilient.Mr Owen said people may not have
seen much “physically happening on the
ground” yet but that a lot has been done to
plan for the response.
NZTA is bringing in one of their man-
agers from the Kaikoura earthquake re-
sponse to be in charge of the team to get
this open, using his expertise from that
FULL HOUSE: NZTA manager Mark Owen, above and left, explains the
three-phase response to the Parapara slip.
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30 October 2019,
Vol 36, No 1790
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Golf course
sections plan
up for voteSections along one of the fairways of the Waimarino Golf Course could be up for
sale soon, if a plan to subdivide an area of their land gains Club approval.
A proposal for the subdivision was presented to members on 18 October, as a
way to boost the sustainability of the club.
The proposal involves the sale of six lots, while retaining the 18-hole golf course.
The committee outlined why they believe this proposal is the best option of
creating revenue to benefit the club and members long term.
Club president Brent Ingles gave a brief summary of income and expenditure
over the past nine years, which highlighted the club’s financial struggle to survive
and how it would continue to do so unless the club’s income “is significantly
raised”.He said this situation is not dissimilar to many other sporting clubs throughout
New Zealand.
Past and present committee members have looked into a variety of options to
assist in keeping the club viable including raising membership fees, increasing
membership by introducing a variety of payment methods and trying to improve
the profile of the club outside of the area by approaching Ruapehu Alpine Lifts and
the Ruapehu District Council and providing women’s and junior golf programmes.
The members were told that these initiatives have not been successful in
generating a reliable long-term income for the club.
Vice president Wally Hayes, who has previous experience in subdivision
development, has worked closely with Grant Pope from Plateau Surveyors, both
donating their time and expertise to get the proposal to a point for the members’
consideration.
The residential lots would be within the course grounds “without majorly
impacting the playability of our beautiful local asset”.
The capital generated by the proposed subdivision would be invested to create
a continuous income stream. It is intended that the proceeds from the sale of the
subdivision would be controlled by a separate entity and placed into a trust account
so that they are protected from being used for the day-to-day running expenses of
the club.The subdivision plan will be re-presented and voted on by members at the Club’s
AGM on Friday 22 November.
This will decide whether to proceed with the subdivision and, if successful, the
first step in the process would be an application for resource consent from the
Ruapehu District Council.
Whaia back on the snow
Turoa snow safety staff Phil Couch and Morgan Couch out on the snow with avalanche rescue
dog Whaia on Sunday. Whaia has been on the snow again this ski season after recovering
from being hit by a vehicle last year, which led to a series of operations, partly funded from
donations to a Givealittle campaign that amounted to over $8000 last year. Whaia – which
means “to be searched for” – is a popular sight on Turoa when he’s out running on the snow
with Phil. He also loves the attention from people who he meets.
Early Turoa finish ‘due to low numbers’?
Tūroa is set to close early in 2020 – ending the
ski season on 18 October – which has many people
asking why.“This decision has been made due to low
visitation numbers of this time, making it
unfeasible to run,” stated Ruapehu Alpine Lifts on
their Facebook page earlier.
In light of the huge numbers who visited the
ski area over Labour Weekend, the Bulletin asked
RAL if they would reconsider this decision. We’ll
let you know when we receive a response.
The Tūroa season ended with some excellent
skiing on the upper field with a base still well over
two metres and ski runs to the base still open.
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First-ever Miami
kiwi named
Kei te whakahoki mai a
Ngāti Rangi i te moko
(Ngāti Rangi is bringing back the moko)
The first-ever kiwi to hatch in the state
of Florida was named at a special
ceremony at Zoo Miami on Monday,
witnessed by Rosemary Banks, New Zealand
Ambassador to the United States, along with a
delegation that included Uenuku’s Chris Mc-
Kenzie and Paora ‘Baldy’ Haitana, as well as
Nancy Gilbert, New Zealand Honorary Consul
to the State of Florida.
The kiwi is being named “Paora,” in honour
of the iwi leader who has dedicated himself to
wildlife conservation in New Zealand.
The kiwi hatched on 9 April from a fertilized
egg that was received on 15 March from the
Smithsonian National Zoological Park where
it was laid on 29 January. The egg was sent
to Zoo Miami as part of a special loan agree-
ment between the Smithsonian National Zoo
in conjunction with the Government of New
Zealand.Kiwis are considered a national treasure
in New Zealand and every kiwi that is found
outside of the country remains the property of
New Zealand and the indigenous Maori peo-
ple, advised the Zoo. They are listed as vulner-
able by the International Union for the Conser-
vation of Nature.
The ceremony took place in the Florida
Room located adjacent to the Flamingo exhibit
in the Front Entry Plaza of Zoo Miami.
In addition to the New Zealand delegation,
Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez
as well as officials from Miami-Dade County
and the Miccosukee Indians of Florida also
attended.
Paora ‘Baldy’ Haitana and his name-
sake kiwi, hatched in Florida, pictured
at the ceremony. Photos supplied.
Ngāti Rangi uri are bringing back their age-
old tradition of moko – facial tattoos – with
the third of a series of ‘Moko Ahurea’ on the
weekend.Five Ngāti Rangi uri (descendants) re-
ceived traditional facial moko, including lo-
cals Korty Wilson and Whakataumatatanga
(Bernard) Mareikura at Maungārongo Marae
in Ohakune on Saturday, supported by dozens
of family and friends.
The event was the third of a series of
four Moko Ahurea (traditional tattooing
gatherings).“Moko Ahurea is the expression of our-
selves as Ngāti Rangi and, while we do it to
mark the signing of our settlement, we do it
more importantly to reclaim the taonga (treas-
ures) of our ancestors,” said Che Wilson,
Ngāti Rangi chairman.
“Twenty two Ngāti Rangi uri have received
moko so far, and we hope for that number to
rise when this series of four wānanga con-
cludes at Tirorangi Marae in Karioi next
year,” said Mr Wilson.
Any Ngāti Rangi uri who are interested in
receiving facial moko are invited to make con-
tact with the Ngāti Rangi office by email of-
[email protected] or call 0800 N RANGI.
Waimarino locals Korty Wilson (left) and Whakataumatatanga (Bernard) Mareikura were
among the five who took part in the Moko Ahurea on Saturday. Photos supplied.
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Irirangi goes back to Ngāti Rangi
Call for
50km/h
limit through
Waiouru A petition calling for a reduced speed limit on the
main street through Waiouru was presented to the
Waiouru Waimarino Community Board on Thursday in
Ohakune.The petition was presented by Ruapehu District
councillor Ben Goddard on behalf of the organiser
Emilio Dal Vecchio from Café Express in Waiouru
(whose apology for not being able to attend was passed
on by Mr Goddard).
“Waiouru Main Street (SH1) handles a massive
amount of traffic both day and night,” stated Mr Dal
Vecchio via his petition.
He said there is a considerable number of pedestrians
and passenger buses seeking refreshments from the
eight food outlets – four on each side of the road – “with
no safe way of crossing the street safely whatsoever”.
“The speed limit of 70km/h for a distance of 900
metres is excessive, absurd and dangerous,” stated Mr
Dal Vecchio.
He pointed out that the main street of Taihape, also
on State Highway One, has a 50km/h speed limit and
the town also has three pedestrian crossings.
The RDC’s roads manager told the Board that New
Zealand Transport Authority was reviewing the rules
around setting speed limits and was confident that they
would be happy to meet with the Board and/or Council
to discuss the issue and answer questions (via video
conference).Ruapehu mayor Don Cameron said it was “quite a
process” to get a State Highway speed limit changed.
The roads manager said RDC can “definitely suggest
a 50km/h limit to them”.
A campaign in 2004 to have the speed limit lowered
failed.At the time, Transit New Zealand (now NZTA) said it
is unlikely that the speed limit would be lowered.
“Checks were carried out as recently as January of
this year (2004) and these confirmed that the speed
limit through Waiouru is appropriate at 70km/h. It
is not possible to change that as this would send an
inconsistent message to the motorist,” stated a Transit
representative in an email to the Waiouru group of 2004.
Land used by the New Zealand Defence
Force (NZDF) to provide valuable support to
ships during the Second World War has been
vested back to local iwi Ngāti Rangi.
The move to gift back the land at Irirangi,
77 hectares of land five kilometres south of
Waiouru, is part of the NZDF’s Treaty of Wait-
angi Settlement commitments, under the Ngāti
Rangi Claims Settlement Act 2019, and within
seven days Ngāti Rangi will gift the land back
to the NZDF as a gift to the people of New
Zealand.Royal New Zealand Navy Chief of Navy
Rear Admiral David Proctor, speaking during
the blessing and unveiling of a toka (an argil-
lite boulder collected from Whangaehu River)
and plaque at Irirangi, acknowledged the sig-
nificant sacrifice Ngāti Rangi had made to al-
low continued use of the land by the NZDF
to provide security and protection to all New
Zealanders.“The NZDF has enjoyed a longstanding re-
lationship with Ngāti Rangi and looks forward
to strengthening this through working collabo-
ratively and co-operatively to identify future
opportunities,” Rear Admiral Proctor said.
Ngāti Rangi chairman and lead negotiator
Che Wilson said it was a day of reflection and
commemoration for the people of Ngāti Rangi.
“It is a time to reflect on the sacrifices of
those who have gone before us, as we look
towards the promise of tomorrow for our peo-
ple,” Mr Wilson said.
“One of our guiding principles for Treaty
settlement has been kia mau ki te wairua o Te
Tiriti o Waitangi (hold fast to the spirit of Te
Tiriti o Waitangi), and this day acknowledges
our commitment to that kaupapa.”
The vesting and gifting back is part of a
redress framework agreed by the NZDF and
Ngāti Rangi.
Irirangi, meaning “frequencies that float
among the heavens”, was established in 1942
and was commissioned as HMNZS Irirangi
in1951.The site provided valuable support to ships
at sea for the remainder of the Second World
War. At its wartime peak the station had about
150 officers and ratings, 80 of whom were
women, who did most of the operating.
Today the facility is operated remotely by
the Naval Communications Station at Devon-
port Naval Base and a small number of staff
remain to maintain the site.
Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor shares a moment with Raana ‘Biddy’ Mareikura. The New Zealand Defence Force
gifted back 77 hectares of land five kilometres south of Waiouru to the Ngāti Rangi iwi at a ceremony at Irirangi on Saturday.
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became Australia’s only World wool handling champion is back in the shirt of her adopted na-tion for two test matches against New Zealand next year.
As a result of her selec-tion, as runner-up in Sat-urday’s Australian cham-pionship final in Dubbo, NSW, Aroha Garvin will be making a sentimental trip back for a trans-Tas-man test in March at the Golden Shears in Master-ton, where she won the Golden Shears Open wool handling title in 1988, 1990 and 1991, while based mainly in South Otago working for con-tractor Ron Davis.
By the end of 1995 she was settled in West Aus-tralia but still feels the al-lure of the ‘Goldies’.
“I was going to come anyway, because it’s the
60th anniversary Golden Shears, and it’s the first one without Koro (the stadium and live-streaming com-mentator who died unex-pectedly in September).”
From Raetihi in the Central North Island, Garvin won her World title in South Africa in 2000, having taken a five-year stand-down before switching the competition allegiances.
She competed in six trans Tasman wool handling tests from 1999 to 2012, amazingly including five of Australia’s 10 wins in a series otherwise dominated by New Zealand, which had its 33rd win in Dubbo on Friday.
Her single trans Tasman defeat was at the Golden Shears in Masterton in 2003, but she was in a winning Australian team in her only other test in New
Zealand, at the Canterbury Show in Christchurch in 2011.
She was back in Masterton for the 2012 World championships, in which she was third behind New Zealanders Joel Henare and Joanne Kumeroa in the individual final, and runner-up
to New Zealand in the teams event in which she partnered with New South Wales wool handler Racheal Hutchison, her teammate again for next year’s tests in Masterton and Bendigo, Vic.
At 55, mother of two sons and a daughter, with “about” eight
grandchildren, she and partner Greg McAtamney, from Ranfurly in Central Otago, live in York, about 95km east of Perth. The couple run Progress Shearing, currently shearing about
100,000 sheep a year and employing over 60 staff at the peak.in the spring.
It was a big weekend in Dubbo for Garvin and her West Australia teammates, scoring a clean sweep of the three teams titles,
Garvin being joined by brother Joe to take the wool handling title and the pair being joined by shearers Damien Boyle and Jeff banks to win the combined shearing and wool handling title.
Wool champion Aroha Garvin and her team mate brother Joe.
SH43 Tunnel Hill slip site work startsPhysical work to get State Highway 43 temporarily
reinstated to one lane at Tunnel Hill, Aukopae, is well underway.
The road has been closed to all through traffic since 15 October due to a large under-slip.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency transport system manager Mark Owen says after investigating the site, the Transport Agency considered a number of options to get the road up and running as quickly as possible.
“We decided to build a minor retreat into the hillside to allow one lane of traffic through the site until permanent repairs can be made.
“This involves digging out a small amount of the hill adjacent to the road and stabilising it with large rocks so that we can widen the road away from the slip edge. This will create enough space for vehicles to safely travel through the area, away from the slip edge.
“Work is progressing well so far, and we hope to be able to have one lane up and running before Christmas. However, our ability to meet this timeframe is heavily dependent on the stability of the hill and on the weather
remaining fine.“Land in this area is extremely unstable, so we need
to work very carefully to avoid causing further slips and to ensure the safety of our workers and to provide a safe robust roadway,” says Mr Owen.
The road will remain closed to all through traffic while work is completed. Options for permanently repairing the road are still being investigated.
The Transport Agency thanks residents and motorists for their patience while it works to get the road back up and running.
“We understand the road closure has an impact on local businesses, especially over the summer season, so we want to assure everyone we are working as quickly as we can to get the road reinstated,” says Mr Owen.
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CLASSIFIEDS Deadline 5pm Friday.FORSALE buSInESS nOTICES PubLIC nOTICES
buSInESS nOTICES
Ross Hardey – OptometristFor an appointment when next in Ohakune
or Taihape, phone: 0800 4 EYESIGHT, (0800 4 39374)
SHIFT FITTERFOR TANGIWAI SAWMILLContract or wages.Days: 5am – 3.30am Monday – Thursday5am – 2pm FridayNights: 2pm – 12.30pm Mondays – Thursday only
Applicants must have own transport and comprehensive tool kit
Send CV to:[email protected] or phone Brett Newton 021-02959968
SITuATIOnS vACAnT
DOG BOARDING KENNELS
MITREDALE, OHAKUNE
Book now for the Christmas and
summer holidaysYour dog’s home
away from homeVaccination Certificate
Essential
Ph 027-453-1916
CHILD’S POWER CHIEF QUAD BIKES for sale in working order, $450. Helmets available. Can be seen in Raurimu. Phone Helen 0211 739 519.
F O R E S T R y S E E D L I N G S , Management Services. Grow your Carbon Now. Local Expertise available. Waimarino Tree Resource. Ian 027 444 3441
FIREWOOD, 5 ton log loads and mixed split wood early summer special, $70 per cube green, dry $100 per cube. Call Keith 027 575 8377 or Kenny 022 155 3498.
TOPSOIL. Clean, machine processed topsoil. Any quantity available, Ohakune. Plenty in stock. Delivery available. Phone 027 586 1015.
TANK SPECIALISTS, water or septic. Delivered price quoted. Buy direct. Ph 0800-487-633.
LAWNMOWING AND SECTION maintenance – Phone Alpine Property Services 0800-896-689 or 027-289-6689 email: [email protected].
RUAPEHU LAWMark McGhie has an office at
Raetihi ChambersSeddon Street
Fridays 9am – 1pm
Phone for appointment 021 2444 291FIREWOOD, www.d e a d m a n f i r e w o o d merchants.co.nz or call Mike 027 477 1992.
FIREWOOD, Douglas fir & bluegum. $360 for 4 cubic meters, $700 for 8 cubic metres. Phone 020 4056 3099.
Hey kids!Need extra pocket
money?The Ruapehu Bulletin requires Wednesday deliverers in
Ohakune. Phone Robert on 06-385 8532.
GARAGE SALE. Sunday 10am Arawa St, Ohakune. Big household clean out. Furniture, books, toys, ornaments, clothes, shoes, overalls, camping gear, tools, ski gear and lots more.
Meeting Cancellation There has been a change to the Ruapehu District Council December meeting dates which were published on 22 November 2019 (Taumarunui Bulletin) and 27 November 2019 (Ruapehu Bulletin).
The Ruapehu District Council (Water Upgrades Hearing) meeting scheduled for 11 December 2019 in Taumarunui has been cancelled.
RDC apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.
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NGATI RANGI COMMUNITy HEALTH
CENTREDecember Clinics
By appointment/Drop InPersonal Health Nurse - Friday 6, 13 7 20 (9 -11.30) - free cervical screeningSERVICES AVAILABLEKaupapa Maori Mental Health and Addictions (Clem)Supporting/ addressing needs of Tangata WhaioraDrug & Alcohol InterventionTe Putanga Pukenga ProgramA/H Emergencies – Mental Health Assessment & Treatment Team 0800 653 358Whanau Ora (Tina, Darnella, Margaret)Wrap around services for those with High Health NeedsMaternity Support, advice & advocacySupport for GP Practice Smoking CessationTamariki Ora (Tina, Margaret) Well Child Checks for pepe 0-5 yearsKaiawhina Additional Support
Breast Screen Coast to Coast The Breast Screen Coast to Coast Mobile Unit is currently onsite until 13 December. Saturday clinic available on 7 December. Free Cervical Screening on 6 and 12 December at NRCHC with Donna Marshel, Personal Health Nurse.
Christmas Closure we will be closed from midday on Monday 23 December and re open again 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2020. Personal Health Clinic dates in January 2020 are 10th, 24th and 31 January 2020
Appointments/More Information Contact Admin Mon-Fri- 8.30am-5pm 06 3859 580 /0 or email [email protected]
We have an AED Defibrillator available on site.
RUAPEHU COLLEGE
JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING 2019
Friday 06 December, at 11amRefreshments to follow
Do come and celebrate the achievements of our junior students.
All community and whanau welcomeNAU MAI HAERE MAI
Book now for Angel’s 15th Free Christmas community dinner
25th December 12.30pmat the Centre Raetihi Baptist Church.
Bookings are essential.Phone 06 3854215 or 0274316327.
Arcadian Singers @
St Joseph’s Church
Arawa St, OhakuneSunday 8 December
2pm
CHuRCH nOTICES
for everything Ohakune, go to
ohakune
Getting Ready for Christmas
A service with the Waimarino Junior Band
playing Christmas songsSunday 8 December, 10am at
St Mary’s Church, 130 Seddon St, Raetihi
Followed by morning teaALL WELCOME
Wish all your customers a safe and happy holiday season here – ads running in issue of 18 December.Contact Jude 06 385 8532
Ruapehu golfThe Waimarino Golf Club has had a great start to
the twilight season, with good weather, good golfing and good numbers as well as great sponsorship from Ohakune New World.
Divisions are senior, intermediate and juniors, with a ‘closest to the pin on 9’ competition. There’s also now a ladies division starting this Thursday.
Results for 21 November: Snr 1st Goldie Edmonds; 2nd Adam Hinana; 3rd Scott Irwin. Inter 1st John Eades; 2nd Mike Hoeta; 3rd James Renata. Jnr 1st Steve Foster; 2nd Tiaan Beukes; 3rd Pat Pikari. Closest to pin on 9 Adam Hinana.
Results for 28 November: Snr 1st Adam Hinana; 2nd Rob Edmonds; 3rd Andy Entwistle. Inter 1st Mike Hoeta; 2nd Alan Murdie; 3rd James Renata. Jnr 1st Tiaan Beukes; 2nd Tom Spry; 3rd Steve Foster .Closet to the pin on 9 Mike Hoeta.
For information contact Rob Edmonds 027-370-5486.Due to most members away on Sunday to support
Taihape Golf Club’s Christmas cheer there was no club day haggle. Sunday haggle will commence this Sunday 8 December followed by the end of the year prize-giving.
All members new and old are urged to be there, with a plate. This will start with the Sunday haggle prize-giving at the end of the day around 4pm.
Also, 15 December is the club’s Christmas cheer, tee off between 11am-12, $35 per person. Men and women divisions and novelty prizes. Affiliated members only at this stage.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Monday 9 December 2019 at 6.00pm
Ohakune Squash Club, Tainui St, Ohakune
SITuATIOnS vACAnT
Conservation boards call
Nominations for places on New Zealand conservation boards are open and can be made up until 28 January.
Two boards cover areas that are partly in the Ruapehu District – Tongariro-Taupo and Taranaki-Whanganui.
Nominees need: a passion for conservation; enough time and energy to perform the role; and to be a good fit for the region’s conservation board.
Boards have up to 12 members each and terms are for three years.
Conservation boards are independent and represent the public interest in the Department of Conservation’s work, and conservation in general, within their region focus on planning and strategic direction (rather than DOC’s day-to-day operations) advise DOC and the New Zealand Conservation Authority.
Board work to: oversee the Conservation Management Strategy for its region; develop and review national park and other management plans for DOC-administered lands; consider the impact of concessions for tourism and other activities on conservation land; assess the range of recreational opportunities in the region; advise on proposals to change the protective status or classification of areas of national or international importance.
More information is at DOC’s website (search for conservation boards).
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Paraweka Marae wins games again
Paraweka Marae were once again the winners of the Kāhui Maunga Games on Friday and Saturday.
The 6th bi-annual Kāhui Maunga Games was held at Ruapehu College – a sporting event that brings together all marae from the mountains to the sea.
It brought over 700 people from around the country and as far as Australia to the event. Codes included euchre, indoor bowls, table tennis, squash, netball, volleyball, basketball, touch, rippa rugby and e-sports – a recent addition.
Run by the Ngāti Rangi office, the games have been a regular fixture at Ruapehu College bi-anually since their inception in 2007. General manager of Ngāti Rangi organisation Ngā Waihua o Paerangi, Erena Mikaere said the games get bigger and bigger each year.
“It’s great to see so many of our whānau here to celebrate our uniqueness from the mountains to the sea. The competition is getting harder and harder each year and congratulations to Paraweka who again took out the overall award of Paretetaitonga”.
Paraweka Marae is at Pipiriki.“The games are a fun way for us as an organisation to connect with our people from
around the country. Equally it allows our people to connect with each other as Ngāti Rangi uri.
“The games are underpinned by values of kotahitanga (unity) and hauora (wellbeing) and whanaungatanga (connectedness) and when everyone comes together under those pou it really makes for a special day for us all to enjoy”.
Rippa Rugby fun for the mokopuna.
Competition was fierce in the mixed netball.
Indoor bowls had some serious study moments.
There was action aplenty in basketball (above) and netball (below).
Skills on show at the indoor bowls. Photos: Ngati Rangi.
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PODCASTING WORKSHOP DROP INSDrop in times:Tuesday 10th Dec 3.30pm-5.30pmThursday 12th Dec 3.30pm-5.30pm
FREE
If you attend one of the sessions and book the podcasting studio for one session, you will go into the draw to win an iRig Mic Cast for a portable podcasting studio. Drawn on 1st Feb
2020. The more bookings you have in the studio the more entries into the draw.WIN!
No need to register just come on in to 43A Ruapehu Rd
behind the College
Monday 16th Dec 3.30pm-5.30pmThursday 19th Dec 12pm-1.30pm
Endurance riders cross the Tasman to ride Waiouru farms
After a 3am start, Pip Mutch (left) and Sian Reid were returning to base on the Waiouru airstrip before sunrise. Pip won the 120km event in a time of 8:46hrs.
A convoy of street rods – modified cars – converged on Ohakune on the weekend, enjoying some of the local roads as well as local hospitality
Around 13 cars from the Oceanside Street Rods Club, based in Tauranga, were part of the rally.
Craig Houston, one of the members, said the members are from around New Zealand who prefer to own pre-1949 vehicles of American origin, which can be stock or ‘hot rodded’.
Each year in December they choose somewhere to gather for a Christmas weekend retreat.
“This year we chose Ohakune, which we really enjoyed and will no doubt be returning to at some stage in the future,” said Craig.
One of the most eye-catching cars, ‘CopA’, is a 1930 Model A Tudor sedan and is a top of the line example of what is termed a street rod or hot rod.
“Some of these cars can cost upwards of $200-300,000 to have built. The body is stock standard but the chassis is modified to accept a fuel injected 350 Chevrolet V8 with an automatic transmission,” explains Craig.
The car rides on a custom built independent front suspension and an XJ6 Jaguar independent rear suspension. It has an all-leather custom interior with all the modern accessories of a late model car.
Craig’s car is a 1938 Ford Standard Coupe.
“This car is what could be termed a retro rod because it is fairly standard in that it has an original side valve V8 motor and running gear that Henry Ford designed and built,” says Craig.
“The only difference between completely stock standard and what it is now would be that it is a bit lower than original and it has a hotted up engine, wide wire wheels and a different paint job than it would have been back in the day.”
Both of the car bodies were found as ‘rusted relics’ and it has taken a few years to restore and build them to what they are now.
“In my case we are sure it was an old stock car in the deep south so you can imagine what I had to start with.”
All hot rods and modified vehicles built in New Zealand go through a very stringent certification process before they can be registered and warranted.
The rally was based at the Top 10 Holiday Park, where the members stayed to socialise on Friday, ready for the next morning.
Saturday was a run to Horopito for the lads (and some of the ladies) while the majority of the ladies went shopping and generally wandering around town.
They then lunched at The Powderkeg, which they highly recommend – “lovely food and service”.
A photo shoot at the Carrot Park followed, where a cheeky reporter asked them if anyone had an electric vehicle – (but only to get a reaction for the photo).
They then drove up the Ohakune Mountain Road but retreated back to the camp when heavy rain set in.
On Sunday morning quite a few did some walks around some of the trails and tracks before breakfast at the camp and then they charged their cars up “with real fossil fuel” and headed for home.
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A team of Australian equestrian endurance riders showed their mettle at Waiouru on the weekend when they mounted borrowed horses at 3am on Sunday morning and rode into the darkness across hilly farmland.
They were totally unfamiliar with the terrain to compete against New Zealand on 80 and 120km rides over the Frew, Alexander, Proude, Cousins and Peters farms between Tangiwai and Hihitahi.
The Trans Tasman Endurance Challenge is a biennial event, last held at Stirling’s Crossing in Queensland.
The horses are checked by a team of vets before and
after each 40km lap to ensure they still have a normal pulse and are not lame or dehydrated, so riders had to keep at a steady pace and stop at water troughs, as well as for gates.
“There’s dozens of them,” exclaimed one Aussie rider, who was used to riding in more open country.
The visiting riders were also used to drier, flatter land and said they loved the soft green turf and the diversity of scenery on the Volcanic Plateau.
More photos of the riders are at archerpix.com/transtasman.
Rods round up at Ruapehu
Hot rods at the Carrot Park.
