Farewell Bob

I had noticed that Bob Petelin’s house was for sale. Seeing him later I asked where he was going . “to heaven I hope” he replied. Bob has a terminal illness. In the meantime he is ‘going home’, in his case to Trieste, Italy. 

Bob came to Martinborough in the second wave of vineyard developers establishing a vineyard on Huangarua Road which he called The Rooster Vineyard. The vineyard produced both red and white wines with his flagship being a very good red labelled ‘Rooster’s Blood’ . The vineyard is now Shubert’s Wines.

A printer by trade, Bob also set up a printing press in his garage where he did a lot of printing for local companies and organisations: labels, dockets,  advertising etc. He also printed several books including the book on the Fire Brigade’s history published to mark it’s centenary and the book recalling Wharekaka’s history.  … Continue Reading

Cooking corner

Spiced pan fried Terakihi

Ingredients

500gr Terakihi fillets 

150 gr quinoa 

100gr pumpkin cut to 2cm cubes

1 aubergine cut into 2 cm slices

1 tsp ground cumin 

Small pinch chilli flakes … Continue Reading

Councillor comments

Over the last several months councillors and staff have been busy completing the annual plan. As a councillor I was stoked to have the amount of submissions from residents and rate payers to the annual plan. This reinforces to me that we have a community that cares about their district. As you will be aware there is a rate increase. While we have tried to keep the increase as low as possible there are some major issues that we cannot ignore. Safe drinking water is at the top of the list and one that will have a big impact on the finances. 

The spatial plan has kicked off and I urge you to get involved in the creation of this plan. After all it will form the future of our district and towns. There will be plenty of opportunity for you to have your say. We will advertise through every means possible about upcoming consultation meetings. Please get involved early.  … Continue Reading