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The countdown to Christmas has started, apparently there are decorations going up in certain places and my twelve year old has already bought and wrapped all the presents ready for the big day. I, however, have not done a single thing and it will stay that way until the 1st of December when the children’s Christmas books will come out of hiding.
The Summer Reading Programme planning is underway. Janet has kindly agreed to run the programme again this year and will be working on that full time from 21st November through until late January. There will be lots of fun to be had on our pseudo South Sea Island paradise boat which will be temporarily moored on the Village Café garden deck outside (thanks Bruce!). The theme for this year is Sail into Reading so I have promptly gone and got some palm trees and we will pretend we are on the beautiful island of Tokelau.
Speaking of which, as I write this we are slap bang in the middle of Tokelauan language week (the last week of October) and have a beautiful tropical display up. We have several Tokelauan people in our population and World Heritage categorise Tokelauan as one of the most endangered indigenous languages in the world. … Continue Reading
Congratulations to all the Martinborough Golf Club Champions for 2016. A number of the matches went the full distance and all were played in very good spirits. It was great to see the largest number of entries in the Women’s divisions in a number of years. Special mention must go to Pip Kirk, who tried to defend her title in the final of the Women’s Silver Championship against multi-time champion Sherry Weatherstone the day before her first baby was due. Baby Hunter didn’t arrive until a week later, but it certainly made for an exciting finals day! 
Friday 29 September, Hauriki Marae
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