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Local body

election votes

well behind

planned target

BUSY TRADE: Phillippa Boa’s deli The Lincoln Pantry is one of a number of new businesses

to have set up in Selwyn in recent times.

PHOTO: ANDREW KING.

District’s growth soars

• By Tom Doudney

IT WAS a case of right place,

right time for Phillippa Boa who

opened her deli The Lincoln

Pantry on Gerald St in May.

The Tai Tapu woman is one

of many business owners who

have grabbed the opportunity

presented by Selwyn’s soaring

growth to set up a business in

the district.

Ms Boa had been planning to

start the business for a while and

she said friends and fellow Lincoln

business owners had helped

convince her to take the plunge.

“I had been looking for a

business opportunity in the area

because I think it’s a lovely community,

you have got residential

growth – I think it was 25 per

cent last year,” she said.

“Then you have got the corporate

market around you with

Plant & Food and the university,

so it seemed like a good hub for a

shop like ours.”

Ms Boa said business was going

well so far.

The district has recorded

another year of strong growth

with the value of non-residential

building consents increasing

by 40 per cent in the 12 months

to June. This week the Selwyn

Times takes an in depth look at

the Selwyn’s booming economy

– see pages 4 and 5.

• By Tom Doudney

WITH FOUR days until

the polls close, more than a

quarter of Selwyn’s eligible

voters have already made

their choice for mayor and

district councillors.

Voting closes on Saturday

at noon and people who

are posting in their voting

papers need to do so

tomorrow at the latest.

By 4.20pm on Friday, 25.57

per cent of those eligible

to vote in Selwyn had. The

figure is slightly ahead of the

24.02 per cent who had voted

at this stage in 2013, and

also above the figures for the

same stage in 2010 and 2007

elections.

By ward, Malvern (33.85

per cent) and Ellesmere

(31.75 per cent) have had

a significantly higher

proportion of voting papers

returned to date than the

Springs (22.55 per cent) and

Selwyn Central (21.95 per

cent) wards.

Selwyn is part of Local

Government New Zealand’s

Vote2016 campaign, which

aims to lift voter turnout in

local elections to more than

50 per cent for the first time

since the 1980s.

Turn out will need to

lift significantly for that to

happen, with the best result

in the last three elections

being in 2007 when 44.78 per

cent of those eligible to vote

did so.

Last year, 43.41 per cent

voted.

After tomorrow, voters

will need to return their

voting papers to one of

the ballot boxes located

at Darfield, Lincoln and

Leeston Library and Service

Centres, and at the district

council headquarters in

Rolleston.

Anyone who is eligible to

vote but has not received

their voting papers can still

cast a special vote at any of

these locations.

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SELWYN TIMES

News....................................3-19

BY LATE afternoon, early

evening on Saturday, we are

likely to know which one of the

five mayoral candidates will be

leading the district for the next

three years.

Sarah Walters, Pat McEvedy,

Sam Broughton, Bill Woods and

Debra Hasson all appear to have

campaigned well.

Reporter Tom Doudney

reveals on page 1 that there has

not yet been a tsunami of postal

votes received, and if that continues

through this week then

the outcome is likely to be super

close.

The same can be said of the

battle for district councillor

positions, and Environment

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News

New sports facility

• By Tom Doudney

was no proper basketball court had yet to raise this idea with the

or volleyball court in the town school’s board of trustees.

THE NEED for a new indoor

and a full size gym was needed. There has been growing interest

in basketball with the high

sports facility in Darfield will be

“Having a facility like that in a

looked into as part of next year’s

community like this would be, I school going from having one

Annual Plan process.

think, a positive,” he said. team to five in the last five years.

District council staff have been

Darfield already has two small The teams had to play all their

asked to prepare an analysis

gyms at the high school, as well games in Christchurch due to

to determine whether such a

as the Darfield Primary School the lack of local facilities.

facility is needed and if so how it

hall and the Darfield Recreation Other sports which would

could be funded.

Centre – but all have limited benefit from an improved

The idea was raised by Darfield

High School head of out-

capacity.

indoor facility could include

Mr Dickens said one possibility

could be to upgrade one of volleyball.

netball, badminton and

door education Jason Dickens.

Mr Dickens said students at

the high school gyms, which A meeting was held between

the high school always had to

would be available for use by the high school staff, district council

travel into town because there

wider community. However, he staff, Darfield Recreation Centre

• By Tom Doudney

DARFIELD RESIDENTS may

not need to travel to Christchurch

to watch the Crusaders square

off against southern rivals the

Highlanders next year.

An agreement for Darfield to host

a pre-season match is understood

to be almost finalised. And if the

fixture is a success, it could be held

in the town every two years.

The match would be for the Farmlands

Cup which was first contested

in Southland farmer Fred Booth’s

paddock as part of the Southern

Field Days event at Waimumu in

February. That match ended in a

19-19 draw.

It is anticipated the match will

alternate each year between Crusaders

and Highlanders country, with

the Crusaders to host their matches

in Darfield and the Highlanders to

continue hosting theirs in conjunction

with Southern Field Days.

The Darfield Township Committee

has agreed in principle to a new

permanent fence being built around

the Darfield Domain, provided by

the rugby club, which would be necessary

for the match to go ahead.

The Darfield Rugby Football

Club and the Crusaders confirmed

discussions on the matter had been

taking place but would not comment

further at this stage.

staff and district councillor Sam

Broughton, during which it was

agreed that district council staff

would look into the matter as

part of the 2017/2018 Annual

Plan process.

Cr Broughton said there were

other towns which might also

argue the need for upgraded

facilities so more analysis was

needed before it could be determined

whether the idea stacked

up.

“Facilities like these are quite

expensive,” he said.

“I think a needs assessment is

definitely a good first step.”

Crusaders pre-season game at Darfield likely

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DARFIELD BOUND: Kieran Read on the charge for the

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News

SELWYN TIMES

No stopping economic growth

Selwyn has continued to

ride an economic high

tide this year, the latest

economic data shows.

Tom Doudney reports

on the growth which just

won’t stop

SELWYN’S ECONOMY has hit

new highs thanks largely to a

commercial building boom and

the district’s strong retail sector.

Rolleston resident Sinead

McGrath said the growth

had been a big factor in deciding

to start up her hair and beauty

salon Copperhead Road, which

opened about seven weeks

ago.

“I have hair dressed in Rolleston

for a few years and built up

quite a big clientele but just with

all the new people coming into

the area and the fact that there

was only three or four other hair

salons I thought there was a lot

of potential to grow a business

out here,” she said.

“It’s going brilliantly.”

Malvern Butchery owner

Paddy McKay said business in

Darfield was booming and he

was noticing the increased trade

in his own shop.

IN DEMAND: An extension of the Lincoln New World was recently completed. Population

growth across Selwyn has driven both the expansion of existing shops and the building of new

ones.

PHOTO: ANDREW KING

“Darfield is going flat out,

things are going real good here,”

Mr McKay said.

Data compiled by economic

analysts Infometrics showed the

value of non-residential building

consents in Selwyn grew by 40

per cent for the year to June.

During this time, consents valued

at $152 million were lodged,

up from $109 million for the

previous 12 months.

District council building

manager Vanessa Beavon said

the figures reflected a number of

factors including the building of

new schools in Rolleston, consents

for new shops to be developed

in Rolleston, West Melton

and Darfield and the continuing

development of new businesses

at Izone.

Non-residential consent values

increased by 16 per cent in

Canterbury and by 15 per cent

nationally in the year to June.

Selwyn retail trade was up by

6.4 per cent, well up on national

retail activity figures of 2.8 per

cent.

Overall, Selwyn’s gross domestic

product grew by 3.8 per cent,

significantly above the Canterbury

average of 0.9 per cent, and

above the New Zealand figure of

2.7 per cent.

Selwyn’s unemployment

rate of 2 per cent was the fifth

lowest among New Zealand territorial

authorities. Canterbury’s

unemployment rate was 3.2 per

cent and New Zealand’s 5.2 per

cent.

The 2014/2015 year was an

exceptionally busy year for

Selwyn as Statistics New Zealand

estimated that the district’s

population grew by 6.5 per cent

in the year to June 2015 and

is now estimated to be about

55,000.

MOST PEOPLE would

probably recognise the growing

population along with farming

and rural industries as growth

drivers in Selwyn but not

everyone would see tourism as

part of the district’s success.

Yet Selwyn’s tourist numbers

have been on the rise, with

94,649 guest nights recorded

in the district (covering both

international and domestic

visitors) in the year to June, up

4.4 per cent from the previous

12 months.

District council chief

executive David Ward said a

focus on tourism promotions

had been part of its strategy

since 2011.

A shortage of venues in

Christchurch due to the

earthquakes had been a factor

in Selwyn’s business tourism

growth as people had ventured

further out of the city to hold

their events.

Mr Ward said an increase

in international flights

into Christchurch Airport,

particularly from China,

and Queenstown had also

had an impact on visitor

numbers across the whole of

Canterbury.

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throughout Selwyn region

THE TWIN pillars of new

business investment and

agriculture mean Selwyn has

every reason to be confident

about its future growth, an

economic analyst says.

Infometrics senior

economist Benje Patterson

(right) said Selwyn’s

economy was “quite

interesting” compared

to many of its peers in

surrounding districts.

“Even though in some ways

it is a primary sector orientated

district in that it has a lot of

agricultural production, it is also

somewhere where we are seeing a

lot of investment and that

has come about because

of many people flocking

to residential areas that

are growing in Rolleston

and other satellite

communities,” he said.

Commercial

development in retail, logistical

facilities and industrial space

boded well for the future both

because much of the construction

was still yet to happen and this

development would enable

further economic activity.

“Those factors lead us to be

reasonably optimistic that Selwyn

is going to continue to perform

well – it may not grow at quite

the rate it has recently but even if

it was to grow at two or three per

cent that would still be very good

growth for a regional economy,”

Mr Patterson said.

The recovery in dairy

prices was also cause for

optimism.

“Dairy prices are not yet

at their historical averages

but they are up 25-30 per

cent in terms of the pay

out forecast compared with a year

earlier and that is going to see

farmers feeling more confident in

their spending patterns,” he said.

Federated Farmers North

Canterbury dairy

chairman Michael

Woodward (left) said

that, apart from some

general maintenance

which had been put off

during the downturn,

farmers were unlikely to

increase their spending much

until next season.

“There is potentially pressure

coming from banks to basically

step up repayments,” Mr

Woodward said.

“So we have got to have some

good $6 plus pay outs to get back

to where those farmers are really

happy again.”

WITH A new shopping centre

soon to open to cater for the

subdivisions which have sprung

up over the last 10 years West

Melton is a poster child for

Selwyn’s runaway growth.

While Rolleston and Lincoln

have grabbed much of the

spotlight, West Melton’s own

population growth over the last

10 years has been phenomenal.

Resident Bruce Russell, who is

deputy chairman of the Selwyn

Central Community Board, said

this was driving demand for new

facilities and businesses.

“In 2006 we had 40 houses

here – today we have got nearly

1000,” Mr Russell said.

“With the new shopping

centre going ahead West Melton

is going to be a little township on

its own.”

The shopping centre, which is

being built by James Lloyd Developments,

is expected to open

early next month.

It features a Four Square

supermarket and 12 other shops

including a restaurant and bar,

Unichem, medical centre, bakery,

real estate agent, hairdresser

and a beauty therapy salon.

James Lloyd Developments

director Tony Hickman said

there were only two shops which

COMING SOON: West Melton’s new shopping centre is

expected to open early next month.

did not have tenants arranged

yet and discussions were taking

place to fill those vacancies.

“The phone rings every day

from residents asking when it’s

going to open and what kind of

businesses are going to be there,”

he said.

“It’s what the area has needed

for a long time.”

Mr Russell is also steering

committee chairman for the

planned $6.6 million West Melton

Community and Recreation

Centre which will replace the

community’s ageing hall.

He said the new building

would be a big asset to the area.

“We are still hoping to go out

for tender probably about December

and then have the thing

built in hopefully September or

October 2017,” Mr Russell said.

“The Lincoln Event Centre is

attracting people from Christchurch,

conferences and all that

sort of thing, and we could do

the same thing here because

we are only 10 minutes from

Christchurch.”

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News

Councillors hit out

at city counterparts

• By Tom Doudney

DISTRICT councillors have hit

out at their Christchurch counterparts

over the ban on freedom

camping in the city and Banks

Peninsula.

The comments came as a

report on freedom camping was

presented at Wednesday’s district

council meeting.

The report predicts increased

numbers of freedom campers in

Selwyn this summer due to the

ban, at a cost of about $30,000

to the district council in extra

cleaning, servicing and waste

removal.

District councillor Sam

Broughton said it was “quite

disappointing that Christchurch

has put its head in the sand and

decided that it doesn’t want to

have to deal with freedom camping

which has made it really

hard to come up with a regional

response to freedom campers.”

District councillor John

Morten said it was “typical of a

wishy-washy Christchurch City

Council and their inability to

make a decisive decision.”

District councillor Nigel

Barnett said if the city council

TRAVELLING LIGHT: More freedom campers are expected in

Selwyn this summer.

could “get their act together”

the impact on Selwyn would be

reduced.

Several other district councillors

expressed support for the

comments.

Christchurch mayor Lianne

Dalziel declined to respond

to the comments, when approached

by the Selwyn Times.

District councillors also suggested

that more could be done

to encourage freedom campers

to spend their money in ways

which would benefit the Selwyn.

District councillor Pat McEvedy

suggested that freedom

campers could have the opportunity

to make a donation to an

environmental protection and

enhancement fund to offset the

effects of freedom camping.

District councillor Malcolm

Lyall said he had concern for Selwyn’s

tourism hot spots but he

was also interested in what could

be done to connect the campers

with local businesses which

could benefit from their trade.

“Think of them as an opportunity,”

he said.

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Pig farm’s bid to renew

resource consent fails

• By Tom Doudney

A PIG farm near Burnham that

has frustrated its neighbours for

four years has had its application

to renew its resource consent

declined.

The 20ha farm, run by Chris

and Melanie Bates and their

son Henry since 2012, has until

October 19 to decide if it wants

to appeal the decision of an

independent hearing panel to the

Environment Court.

Neighbours were concerned

about dust and, to a lesser extent,

noise and odour from the farm.

Those who spoke to the Selwyn

Times said they were pleased

about the decision but wary over

the possibility of the Bates making

an appeal.

Neighbour Hamish Cottier

said if the panel’s decision was

upheld, he and his wife would

be able to get back to their

business of training polo horses

and taking riding lessons –

something which he said had not

been possible with the pig farm

next door.

“It’s a step in the right direction

and I would like to have my business

back,” he said.

“But the pigs have to go first.”

The farm, on the corner of

Thompsons Rd and Selwyn Rd,

has about 235 pigs not including

piglets.

The Bates had been granted a

two-year consent in May 2014

to allow them time to move the

operation to a larger site.

The Selwyn Times was unable

to reach the Bates for comment

but in their application to renew

the resource consent they stated

that they had been unable to find

a suitable alternative location in

spite of investigating about 60

potential sites.

Hearing commissioners

Graham Taylor and John Iseli

were satisfied that odour and

noise were not significant

issues. However, they were not

satisfied that dust issues could be

sufficiently mitigated.

“Our conclusion is that without

irrigation, the pig farm will be

unable to maintain ground cover

on a regular seasonal basis,” their

report stated.

“There is therefore a high

likelihood that dust nuisance

conditions will re-occur in less

than extreme events.”

Irrigation had been

investigated but discounted

by the Bates due to water

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SELWYN TIMES

In the lead up to local body elections on Saturday, the Selwyn Times has been regularly

putting a question to each of the five Selwyn mayoral candidates. The final question

relates to the 6km of new footpaths constructed by the district council during the current

financial year. The footpaths cost $500,000 in total, with $400,000 of that being met from

investment income and therefore no direct cost to the ratepayer. Lincoln and Prebbleton

are not among the 12 Selwyn communities which will benefit from this. If the district

council is using funds from investments, why shouldn’t some funds be allocated to these

two towns?

District

councillor Sam

Broughton:

The

contribution to

the general rate

from households

across the district

is an important income source

for our community and is used

to pay for public good items

including footpaths where a

targeted rate is not appropriate or

difficult to apportion.

Income from investments is

treated in the same way. The

council makes general rate

decisions based on need and

looks to be fair across the district.

There are footpaths in each of the

wards to be completed as part of

the programme.

The footpath programme is

to bring our footpaths up to the

expectations of our community.

The towns with the most work

have been lagging behind our

expected standard and it will be

good to see them upgraded over

the next couple of years.

District

councillor

Debra Hasson:

Investment

revenue is used to

support the general

rate and applied

across Selwyn in

‘swings and roundabouts’.

Due to the timing of this money,

post annual plan deliberations

council decided to increase the

footpath budget from $200,000

to $500,000 over 12-18 months,

bringing forward planned

expenditure. A revised list was

prepared by staff reflecting both

submissions and priorities. While

Lincoln and Prebbleton footpaths

were not included, on a ward basis,

footpaths in Tai Tapu were.

Once this $500,000 has been

spent, council plans to consult

with township committees on

council’s Walking and Cycling

Strategy so further footpaths can

be added.

Please remember, to construct

Lincoln’s Town Centre Plan, general

rate funding will apply and

some years ago Prebbleton had its

main street upgraded.

District

councillor Pat

McEvedy:

The footpaths

listed in the

2016/17 footpath

extension programme

are those

that have been requested by various

township committees over a

period of years.

The $400,000 from a Sicon

dividend has made it possible

to reduce the nine year waiting

list. Most of these footpaths are

missing links in the older parts

of these townships. The reason

that there are none in Lincoln

and Prebbleton may mean that

the connections in these two

townships are much better than

most other townships. This

reflects the quality of the recent

developments in these towns that

has provided good linkages and

connections for walking.

It’s important that we respond

to what individual communities

want and request as all of our

townships are unique and have

different requirements.

Elections 16

Deputy mayor

Sarah Walters:

An assessment

was undertaken by

staff based on three

pedestrian benefit

factors to initially

determine priority

across the district and letters were

sent to community committees

asking for further feedback.

Priority was determined on:

those within townships (ie the

benefit to more pedestrians), those

alongside the busiest road

(ie improves safety of pedestrians),

those that filled in a missing link

(ie gaps between existing footpaths

to make routes more continuous).

Since the annual budget was

put together the council has also

adopted the Lincoln Town Centre

Plan which includes improved

pedestrian facilities and requires

significant investment but has

not yet been through the budget

process.

Bill Woods:

This question

is directed to the

other candidates

as I have had no

involvement in

the decision but I

am confident that

there would have been a list of

footpaths to be constructed and

an order of priority drawn up

with the towns of Lincoln and

Prebbleton not making the grade.

What I am also not aware of is

did the councillors question the

order or just accept the list presented

to them without question?

If past actions are anything to

go by the list would have been accepted

without any questioning.

I must emphasise this is only my

assessment as I have no information

to the contrary.

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Coe’s final meeting

• By Tom Doudney

MAYOR KELVIN Coe has paid

tribute to a group of district

councillors who “play the ball and

not the man” in his last meeting

in charge.

Mr Coe will step down

following Saturday’s election after

nine years as mayor and 12 years

before that as a district councillor.

In his valedictory speech, he

said that throughout his time as

mayor councillors had shown the

ability to work together and keep

disagreements at the table from

becoming personal – something

which wasn’t always been true of

other councils.

“That’s a real strength of this

council,” he said.

He said the fact that most of the

incumbent district councillors

had been voted back in at the last

two elections showed they had

been doing a good job.

Other district councillors

thanked Mr Coe for encouraging

discussion, which allowed for

consensus decision making.

District councillor Nigel

Barnett, who is also retiring,

said he was proud of the way

the district council had gone

from lagging behind in dealing

with some issues relating to

the district’s runaway growth

JOB DONE: Mayor Kelvin Coe will step down after Saturday’s

election.

to getting on top of things

during his own nine years at the

table.

“When I look back at some

of the big decisions we took

on board, with the benefit of

hindsight, there really wasn’t any

other decision that could have

been made,” Cr Barnett said.

He acknowledged his

reputation as a joker.

“It would be a bit of a shame if I

couldn’t have some fun along the

way.”

Jeff Bland

• By Tom Doudney

MEMBERS OF the Selwyn

Central Community Board

have lamented its loss as it

enters its final days.

The board held its final

meeting last month and will be

officially disestablished following

Saturday’s local government

elections.

The district council decided

to disestablish the board after

consultation last year and the

Local Government Commission

supported the decision.

District councillors Jeff

Bland, who took over from

Diane Chesmar as chairman

at the start of the year due to

tensions between fellow board

members, said the district

council had been too quick to

Bruce Russell

Last days for

community board

get rid of the board.

He would rather have seen

Selwyn Central residents given

the chance to vote on whether

to retain the board as part of

local body elections.

“I’m a great believer in democracy

and I am sad myself

that the board has been dissolved,

I would have liked to

see it continue,” Cr Bland said.

Deputy chairman Bruce

Russell said that in turning

away from community boards

Selwyn was out of step with

other parts of the country.

“In Christchurch the mayor

and councillors there are saying

‘we must give more power

to our community boards

because they are the heart of

the community’.”

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Your Local Views

Health and safety concerns

at Selwyn Sawmills justified

WorkSafe

New Zealand

deputy general

manager

assessments Jo

Pugh responds

to a column

by Selwyn

Sawmills

co-owner AJ Halliday about

“restrictive and expensive

edicts from WorkSafe New

Zealand” forcing businesses

to close their doors

Health and safety is an easy

target when financial difficulties

happen.

The Health and Safety at Work

Act asks businesses to be sensible

in managing their hazards.

It doesn’t mean that every

hazard, no matter how small,

has to be eliminated at any cost.

That’s not reasonable, let alone

possible.

We know it’s possible to meet

health and safety obligations as

demonstrated by the five out six

sawmills in the region that we

have assessed. They are managing

their hazards and protecting their

workers and customers from

serious harm.

However, what was witnessed

on-site by WorkSafe inspectors at

Selwyn Sawmills left us no choice

but to seek improvements. The

site had unguarded belt drives,

open chain and sprockets, and

required workers to step over one

machine to get to the next, which

are all examples of hazards with

the potential to threaten life and

limb.

WorkSafe is not insensitive to

businesses circumstances and,

in the case of Selwyn Sawmills,

we provided the business extra

time to meet the improvement

notice. Upon news that the

directors had taken the decision

to cease trading, we helped

them work through short term

safety improvements – including

administrative controls like

earmuffs – which would allow

them to continue trading while

the business was wound up.

Health and safety is a part of

business – not an addition to be

tacked on when times are good.

Keeping workers and customers

well away from dangerous

machinery while it is in operation

is the best way to prevent

incidents. Adequate machine

guarding is not optional – it’s a

must.

A lack of money does not

reduce responsibilities under the

Health and Safety at Work Act. In

fact, when times are tight it can

be tempting for businesses to cut

corners, leaving workers exposed

to serious and potentially deadly

hazards.

In New Zealand, one person

a week is killed in workplace

accidents, and over 20,000 suffer

serious injury and 600 to 900 die

an early death from work-related

ill-health each year.

Our workplace death and injury

toll is far worse than Australia’s or

the United Kingdom’s. That is not

a record to be proud of.

Additionally, taxpayers are

forking out an estimated $3.5

billion a year on workplace

deaths, injuries and ill-health.

However, the most significant

cost is that paid by the loved ones

who pick up the pieces following

a workplace accident.

Residents respond to

business owner Lynn

Townsend’s recent

column in the Selwyn

Times which criticised

the planned removal of

car parks on Gerald St in

favour of a cycleway

Alan Wise, of Lincoln –

Does Lynn Townsend

honestly believe that people

go to the Lincoln supermarket

because it has a large car park

and how is this an argument for

the district council to provide

on-street parking? Does a

business such as Coffee Culture

think their coffee is so ordinary

that their customers will go

elsewhere if they can’t park on

Gerald St?

I thought business owners

were more astute and realised

that more business comes from

people walking past the door

than driving past.

I fully support the district

council’s plans for Gerald St.

SELWYN TIMES

Change can’t come soon

enough and I couldn’t agree

more with Don Babe’s views.

Pat Palmer, of Prebbleton

– Lynn Townsend should be

asking the district council ‘how

many cyclists will use the proposed

cycleway along Gerald

St and how much will it cost?’

And the council should have

considered this, and already

told us.

Lincoln resident Vicky

Bowden writes on the

state of the earthquakedamaged

St John’s

Anglican Church in

Hororata

I don’t live in Hororata but

do visit relatives there and so

have driven past the church at

different times.

When I was at a wedding in

Hororata three years ago we

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the bride’s mother.

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WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: Lincoln University student Zoe Harty, who won the Miss

Famous Grouse contest. She will spend the $2000 prize money on clothes and an

overseas trip.

Some of us commented on

the fact that even though there

is obviously not any repair

work happening it would be

good if they were continuing

to do some basic maintenance

of the church to keep it in a

good state.

Earlier this year I was there

again for an internment and

noticed that there are weeds

in the gutters and other things

that will not be helping with

the overall condition of the

church and one would think

could be looked after – unless

it is a safety issue.

Lincoln resident Todd

Nicholls writes about the

Selwyn Times’ coverage

of the Miss Famous

Grouse competition on its

front page last week

I am a long-term Lincoln

resident. I have been a

journalist and a lawyer for

over 20 years. I am also the

father of two young daughters.

I was horrified by your front

page story Beauty and Brains

(September 27, 2016).

For just a moment I thought

that we had gone back to the

dark ages. Bad enough that the

Lincoln Hotel had to advertise

this sexist rubbish (posing as

entertainment) for weeks beforehand

outside its premise.

For your otherwise excellent

newspaper to highlight this

backward event on its front

page is an insult to not only

the progress that we have

made as a community but the

role of women in our society.

Your readers, and my two

young daughters, deserved

so much better.

Rolleston resident

Jonathan Scott writes

about the Pest Control

Research factory in

Rolleston planning to

manufacture 1080 bait

Myself and other Rolleston

residents wish to express our

concerns that PCR keep their

external roller door open

during operation.

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Although the district

council have advised that PCR

cannot manufacture 1080

bait yet, we believe PCR are

demonstrating their lack of

concern for the community by

engaging in poor manufacturing

practices, which, if occurring

during active poison bait

manufacture, would put the

community at risk and be in

breach of their consent.

As the spokesman for the

1080 Free Rolleston Facebook

page, we would like to see PCR

take these concerns into consideration,

rather than simply

responding with ‘we are not

making bait yet.’

I suggest PCR is leaving

the external door up in

order to counteract the

effect of solar heating or

manufacturing temperatures

occurring during the day.

We want to understand if

this is PCR’s only method of

cooling their building during

pre-feed manufacture, how

is PCR prepared to react if

they proceed to active bait

manufacturing.

Some residents are also concerned

that leaving the factory

door open is a security risk

that PCR should address in

order to safeguard their stock

of poison.

If PCR were willing to make

a gesture to allay the community’s

concerns, I would be

prepared to meet with PCR

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The Lincoln Envirotown Trust

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A meeting about the network

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CORRECTION

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Times made reference to Joan

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anniversary celebrations for

Lincoln Primary School. The

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Able Diver Craig Smith has

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of unexploded World War 2

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“It’s been fantastic to help

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News

Plans to rebuild historic cottage

• By Tom Doudney

A FORMER Rolleston cottage,

which may have been built as

early as 147 years ago, could be

rebuilt following the excavation

of the site where it once stood.

The Dynes Rd site was excavated

18 months ago, with an old

land deed revealing that it was

almost as old as the town itself.

Rolleston will celebrate its 150th

anniversary in 11 days time.

Records showed that the

crown sold the land to K. Kelly

in 1869. A Witter Archaeology

report concluded that, while

that did not necessarily date the

building, “such a structure might

be expected to follow soon after.”

The site’s owner, former district

councillor Annette Foster,

said she and her family were

in the process of having plans

drawn up to rebuild the cottage

based on a photograph sourced

from the Canterbury Museum.

The photograph, taken in 1928,

had appeared in a 2007 book

by George Singleton about the

former Ellesmere county.

Mrs Foster and her late husband,

David, had deliberately retained

ownership of the cottage

site on Dynes Rd when they sold

the surrounding 121ha for the

Faringdon subdivision, Foster

Park and Rolleston College.

“We thought it was really important

for Rolleston to actually

have something which related

to its history, because Rolleston

PIECES OF

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Annette Foster

with late 19th

century Rhine

pattern china

found in the

excavation of

a site on her

property where

a cottage

was built 147

years ago.

PHOTO: TOM

DOUDNEY

wasn’t really a place where people

settled, it was a transient area

and a lot of the land was owned

by people in Leeston, Springston

and Lincoln and was used as

their dry land run-off,” she said.

AS IT WAS: This photograph of the former cottage was taken

in 1928 and later appeared in a 2007 book about the former

Ellesmere county. Mrs Foster and her family plan to rebuild it.

PHOTO: CANTERBURY MUSEUM

“I think you would struggle to

find anything in Rolleston that is

older than this site.”

Excavations unearthed artefacts

dating to the 1880s, including

Rhine pattern china, glass,

wire, metal items and the remnants

of household furniture.

Mrs Foster said her intention

was to hold occasional open days

once the cottage was restored so

people could view it.

The cottage had been originally

built as a sod cottage, but

then was built on to with cob,

which was unusual.

It was thought to have

belonged to the Kelly family

who owned the property at the

time.

Before his death more than a

year ago, Mr Foster, whose family

had owned the property for

75 years, had been able to recall

as a child seeing a mound of sod

with remnants of a chimney

where the house stood.

Although the excavations

were carried out 18 months ago,

the report into the site was only

completed about three months

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Tuesday October 4 2016

SELWYN TIMES

A community event - Friday

14 th to Sunday 16 th October

Turning 150 years

old is a marvellous

occasion, so

Rolleston is

preparing to

celebrate its birthday

in style!

Throughout history,

locals have contributed

time, effort and

money to make Rolleston a

better place with the 150th

celebrations, an example.

“A twenty strong committee

of volunteers have been

working hard to organise a

great weekend for the community

with something for

everyone,” says organising

committee chairman, Jeff

Bland.

From the time that Mrs

Robinson (owner of the Rolly

Inn in the 1940s) built a tennis

court and playground for

the children of Rolleston, to

the part residents have played

in developing and running

the town’s infrastructure,

sports events, fire brigade

150th Committee members from left to right: Amanda Smith,

Jeff Bland, Sarah Croucher, Dave Tippett and Graham Lawn.

and community activities,

locals have made Rolleston

a better place. It will also be

locals who make Rolleston’s

150th something special.

If you can help in some

way during the celebration

weekend, or your community

group would like to fundraise,

email: rolleston150@

gmail.com or call Jeff Bland

on 027 399 9206.

Opening night

mix & mingle

Friday, 14th October 2016

Rolleston’s 150th will start

at 7pm at the community

centre where MP Amy Adams

will officially open the weekend

celebrations and long-time

Rolleston resident, Lex Cockburn

will cut the cake.

There will be exhibitions by local

children and Maori, photos of

Rolleston throughout its 150 years

and a bar for drink purchases

with free nibbles.

“This free event is for everyone.

Come along in period costume

or just pop in. The Flying Dixies

Jazz Band will be playing and

there’ll be a movie for children

in a neighbouring room,” says

Councillor Jeff Bland, chairman

of organising committee.

This event is generously sponsored

by Sicon.

The Flying Dixie Band will be playing at the opening night.

The Rolleston Show &

Culturefest Festival

Saturday, 15th October 2016 10am-4pm –

FREE ENTRY

There have been good

registrations for the

Rolleston Show with

cars, motorbikes, trucks,

ex-military vehicles and

traction engines, from vintage

to classic and modern day

entered. This includes a 1901

Locomobile steam car, Model

Model traction engine.

T Fords from 1911, 1916 ambulance,

1926 Morris Oxford

and rare 2007 Audi RS4.

Over fifty agricultural

machines, equipment and

implements will be on display,

including a number of tractors

along with a Tractor Pull event,

shearing, chaff cutter demonstrations,

and active and static

New Zealand Army displays.

Traction engines there range

from a model engine through

to two Burrell engines with

demonstrations of a Foden

steam truck’s three-way tipping

deck and traction engines

driving a threshing mill, chaff

cutter and sawmill.

Over by the railway station,

accessed from Jones Road, will

be two Mainline Steam locomotives,

KA942 and JA1240,

which will also be on view on

the Sunday. The latter regularly

travelled through Rolleston

when on the South Island rail

network. People will have the

opportunity to look inside

the cabs and view Kiwirail

Burrell traction engines and

Foden steam truck.

memorabilia reflecting New

Zealand’s rail history.

Anyone with a vehicle or

machinery of interest and

relevant to Rolleston’s history,

is invited to contact the organisers

with a view to exhibiting

at the show by emailing: Rolleston150@gmail.com.

Mainline Steam’s KA942

locomotive will be at Rolleston

Railway Station.

The Rolleston Show has

been generously sponsored by

Intelligro and Fulton Hogan

have generously prepared and

Selwyn Times: October 04, 2016

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