Selwyn Times: September 27, 2016

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Tuesday September 27 2016
News
SELWYN TIMES
In Brief
WOODS WILL PAY $600k
Mayoral candidate Bill Woods will
put in $600,000 of his own money
to help the Summit Rd Society buy
a privately-owned 233ha Tussock
Hill Farm in the Port Hills, which
will become a public park. Mr
Woods is the president of the
society which already manages
about 300ha of land in the Port
Hills. The farm’s owners agreed to
sell it for $1.8 million, but there was
a shortfall in the society’s funds
until Mr Woods agreed to make
up the difference. His contribution
comes with the condition that the
new park, between Mt Vernon
Park and Castle Rock Reserve, will
be named after his late wife Linda.
CLOTHING DRIVE
The Christchurch City Mission
is asking people to drop off any
second hand clothing and other
household items they can donate
at several Selwyn locations on
Saturday. Clothing, linen, curtains,
children’s wear, bric-a-brac
and other items can be dropped
off between 9am and 3pm at the
Rolleston Community Centre car
park, St Mary’s Anglican Church
in Halswell, St Stephen’s Anglican
Church in Lincoln and All Saints
Anglican Church in Prebbleton.
Pick up of furniture and larger
items can be arranged by ringing
365 0635 on a week day.
Showcase of cultures at festival
SELWYN’S FIRST ever
CultureFest will feature music,
dancing, performances, food
and crafts from 20 different
cultures.
The free event on October
15, 10am-4pm, will showcase
the district’s cultures with free
performances, activities, craft
and food stalls, along as a range
of children’s entertainment.
This year it will be part of the
Rolleston 150th anniversary
celebrations which will be held
at the same time at the same
location on the corner of Jones
Rd and Hoskyns Rd.
The CultureFest activity programme
includes performances
from Indian, Chinese, Polish,
Russian, Italian and Greek communities,
as well as a Scottish
flash mob.
There will be a range of activities
for everyone to take part in
and learn more about different
cultures including Turkish
ceramics, Oriental ink painting
and Bhangra (Indian dancing).
A wide range of stalls will have
food from different cultures
for sale. Cuisines on the menu
at CultureFest include Indian,
Iranian, Jordanian, German,
Malaysian, Polish, Russian,
Tibetan, Singaporean, South
TRADITIONS ON DISPLAY: The Polonus Polish folk dance group are one of many which will
be performing at CultureFest. ​
African, and high tea and scones
from England.
District council recreation adviser
Dave Tippett said it would
build on the success of the
former Lincoln Multi-Cultural
Festival which it has replaced.
“CultureFest will be held every
year with the venue moving
between Rolleston and Lincoln
in alternating years,” he said.
“This year we are very pleased
that so many local groups have
joined CultureFest to share their
culture with the wider community.”
The Rolleston 150th celebrations
will feature displays including
traction engines, vintage
cars, motor-cycles, tractors,
military displays, fire engines,
shearing and vehicle parades.
CultureFest is presented by
the district council with support
from the Christchurch Multicultural
Council, Canterbury
Migrants Centre, The Rotary
Club of Lincoln, Rolleston Newcomers
Network and Smokefree
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