Selwyn Times: May 02, 2018

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Students meet the stars
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A GROUP of Ellesmere College
students have met Prime
Minister Jacinda Ardern and
some of their sporting idols
Ten year 13 students and
two teachers travelled to
the Gold Coast to watch the
Commonwealth Games for
a physical education
assessment.
They were studying sports
issues and how the Commonwealth
Games impact New
Zealand society.
The students were staying at
QT Gold Coast hotel in Surfers
Paradise, where the ANZ New
Zealand House was , and where
most New Zealand supporters
were staying.
During their stay, the New
Zealand gold, silver and bronze
medallists and Ms Ardern visited
the hotel.
Year 13 student Mel Poole said
while she didn’t get the chance
to speak to Ms Ardern, she was
“lovely” and spoke to the crowd
at the hotel well.
She said Ms Ardern spoke
about how proud she was of the
athletes and how she thinks
working in politics and being an
athlete are similar.
But Ms Ardern said one thing
that is different is everyone
thinks they can do her job but
everyone knows they can’t do
what athletes do.
While she didn’t go into
details of the pregnancy of her
first child, due in June, athlete
Valerie Adams warned her being
a mother is harder than everyone
makes out, Mel said.
A highlight for year 13 student
Sophie Allan was meeting former
Silver Ferns netballer Irene Van
Dyk.
She, along with fellow student
Claire Lambie and teachers Sam
EXCITING:
Student Mel
Poole with
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern.
Forward and Kim Thomas were
watching the NZ v England game
at their hotel when Van Dyk sat
behind them to watch the game.
“I got very excited as she has
been one of my favourite netball
players ever since I first started
watching the Silver Ferns on
television,” Sophie said.
“She was one of the nicest people
I have ever met. She was so
friendly and really interested in
what we were doing on our trip,”
Sophie said.
FONTERRA SAYS it will be
drawing significantly less water
for its Darfield site when an
advanced plant is built.
Last month the Selwyn Times
reported on concerns from
Malvern Community deputy
chairman Kerry Pauling about
the affect on the Darfield water
supply from the Fonterra site.
The article failed to mention
a response from Fonterra in
which the company said it plans
to draw about 70 per cent less
water than it is now.
“Thanks to the new plant
we’ll save the equivalent of
around 100 tanker loads of
water every day,” said Robert
Spurway, head of Fonterra’s
global operations.
Construction is under way
on an advanced plant that will
reduce the amount of groundwater
extracted for Fonterra’s
Darfield manufacturing site by
around 70 per cent.
Darfield is already a worldleading
facility and the $11
million investment in water
processing technology will
have a significant impact on its
environmental footprint, said
Mr Spurway.
“As well as reducing water
use, the new technology also
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Fonterra to reduce water
use at its Darfield plant
decreases the amount of water
the site discharges for irrigation.
It’s a win-win situation.”
The new plant uses a reverse
osmosis technique to purify the
water extracted from cows’ milk
during the manufacturing process.
Water is passed through
a membrane filtration system
which makes it drinkable and
suitable for use in a range of onsite
activities such as cooling,
heating and cleaning.
The Darfield development
aligns with Fonterra’s six water
commitments to help improve
the quality of New Zealand’s
waterways.
Said Mr Spurway: “We’re
prioritising investment to
reduce water consumption. Last
year we announced our 2020
target to reduce the amount of
water we use across our 26 New
Zealand manufacturing sites by
20 per cent.
“The new plant will go a
significant way towards helping
us achieve our target, creating a
manufacturing site that’s more
self-sufficient.”
The new plant is expected to
be up and running by October,
in time for the 2018/2019 milk
season.
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