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MARCH 29-31 

2017, KIRWEE 

SEE PAGES 29-35 

Relay to highlight young 

Harry’s cancer battle 

• By Tom Doudney 

A LITTLE boy who won his 

battle with cancer and his 

mother, who lost hers, will be 

celebrated when the Rolleston 

Relay for Life is held next month. 

Although he is only four, cancer 

has had a massive impact on 

Harry Boaz’s life. 

Just 24 hours after his birth, 

Harry underwent surgery to 

remove a tumour the size of 

his head. At 22-months-old his 

mother Heather Boaz died of 

breast cancer. She had neglected 

her own health to focus on her 

unborn baby, Harry, after a scan 

revealed the tumour at the base 

of his spine. 

Harry’s own cancer returned 

and after Mrs Boaz’s death he 

spent almost a year fighting the 

disease, including going through 

chemotherapy. 

A team called Harry’s Heroes 

will take part in the Relay for 

Life event at Brookside Park, 

April 1 and 2. 

The event is a Cancer Society 

fundraiser which raises awareness, 

celebrates people who have 

fought cancer and remembers 

those who have lost their lives to 

the disease. 

It is held at multiple locations 

around the country and involves 

team members walking, jogging 

or running a relay, family friendly 

activities and entertainment 

for those not on the track, and a 

candlelit closing ceremony. 

This will be the third Relay 

INSPIRATION: 

Harry Boaz 

with his beads 

of courage 

and Buzz 

Lightyear toy. 

(Inset) – Harry 

with brother 

Flynn and 

father Andrew. 

PHOTOS: 

GEOFF SLOAN 

for Life for the Harry’s Heroes 

team, with the first having 

taken part when Harry was still 

fighting the disease. 

The team began when Harry’s 

father Andrew Boaz, a teacher 

at Rolleston School, was approached 

by a parent about the 

idea and staff and pupils at the 

school also joined. 

Mr Boaz said the support had 

meant a lot, particularly when 

he had to rush Harry, who was 

struggling to cope with the 

disease and chemotherapy, to 

hospital during the first year that 

the team took part. 

“I remember driving past the 

reserve and seeing it all lit up. 

Just knowing that people were 

there showing support meant a 

lot on one of the worst nights,” 

Mr Boaz said. 

“It was raining but there were 

still people at the park.” 

Harry’s Heroes will wear 

rainbow uniforms this year, as 

that is Harry’s favourite ‘colour’, 

and will use his treasured Buzz 

Lightyear toy, from the movie 

Toy Story, as a baton. There are 

about 40 people in the team. 

Mr Boaz, Harry and his other 

son Flynn, 7, will take part. 

•To register a Relay for Life 

team go to www.relayforlife. 

org.nz. 

•Lincoln High School 

team, p7

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DESK News.................................... 3-15 

Good on the Boaz family, who 

will be among many taking part 

in this year’s Relay for Life in 

Rolleston on April 1 and 2. 

This might be a relay but in one 

sense this is a family which has 

already run a marathon. 

Not long after losing his mother 

to breast cancer, Harry Boaz 

fought and won his own year-long 

battle with cancer at the age of 

two. 

It must have been hard on his 

father Andrew and brother Flynn 

who also lost a wife and mother 

and had to support Harry. 

The family had plenty of support 

from a well-wishing community 

and it’s clear this has meant a 

lot to them. 

So good on the Boaz family, 

good on everyone else who will 

take part in the Relay for Life 

and good on everyone who helps 

support the Cancer Society with a 

donation this year. 

–Tom Doudney 

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Tuesday March 21 2017 3 

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Burglars steal remotes 

ashion 

from unlocked vehicles 


POLICE ARE frustrated that 

people are making life easy for 

thieves and burglars by leaving 

cars unlocked and garage door 

openers inside. 

Gardening 

There has been a spate of at 

least six incidents in the Lincoln 

area over recent weekends, with 

several on Caulfield Cres, with 

dirt bikes, diving gear, tools, 

cash and cards 

among the 

items taken. 

The burglars 

had entered 

otoring 

people’s garages 

using garage 

remotes stolen 

from unlocked 

vehicles. 

Alex Pickover 

These followed 

a spate of at least 15 thefts 

from cars in Rolleston over 

the weekend of March 4-5. 

Again cash, cards, tools and 

asty Bites 

other items were taken from 

the vehicles which were also 

left unlocked in their owners’ 

driveways. 

The cars involved were parked 

oney 

TOO EASY: Burlgars have accessed garages in the Lincoln 

area using garage door openers left their owners’ unlocked 

vehicles. 

at addresses on Oaktree Lane, 

Manor Drive, Hulme Lane, 

Ellington Mews, Heritage Close 

and Delamare Way. 

Sergeant Alex Pickover said 

people needed to be more 

security conscious and it was 

disappointing that people were 

making it so easy for offenders 

to enter their vehicles and 

garages. 

“There are just simple things 

that people need to do to reduce 

the potential of them being 

victims,” he said. 

“Locking cars up at night 

time, not leaving valuables 

in clear sight and not leaving 

garage door openers in the car, 

it’s common sense really.” 

In Brief 

MONEY RAISED 

A Givealittle page has raised 

more than $4000 for Early 

Valley Rd residents Ken and 

Denise McKenzie who lost 

20km of fencing in the Port 

Hills fire. While their house 

sustained only minimal 

damage, the fire destroyed the 

fencing as well as a 100-tree 

feijoa orchard, native trees 

established over 25 years and all 

the grass on their 100 acre farm. 

Only the house was insured. 

The page, http://givealittle.co.nz/ 

cause/help4ken, was created by 

the McKenzies’ friend Vaughan 

Johnson with the aim of 

covering the cost of new 

fencing, expected to cost about 

$9000. 

LIBRARIES CLOSED 

Libraries and district council 

service centres will be closed 

on March 29 while staff attend 

professional development 

training. Sessions planned for 

the day will cover library spaces, 

increasing customer access to 

collections and the delivery of 

outreach programme. Two staff 

training and meeting days are 

held a year. The district council’s 

Rolleston Headquarters will 

remain open. The mobile 

library service visits which 

would normally run on March 

29 will now occur on March 

31 with stops at Arthur’s Pass, 

Springfield and Castle Hill. See 

www.selwynlibraries.co.nz for 

more details. 

RESTRICTIONS LIFTED 

Fire restrictions have been 

lifted in the rural plains of 

Selwyn following recent rainfall. 

Principal rural fire officer 

Douglas Marshall said that 

while the fire risk had been 

reduced, people should continue 

to be cautious about lighting a 

fire in the open. 

PM AT SCHOOL 

Prime Minister Bill English was 

at Lemonwood Grove School for 

its opening ceremony on Friday. 

The school opened in January 

but decided to hold its opening 

ceremony later. 

WRITERS’ RETREAT 

A one-day writers’ retreat at 

Prebbleton Community Cottage 

could be just what’s needed for 

those who have been dreaming 

about putting pen to paper. 

Organiser and Rolleston 

resident Fiona Maddison 

said the retreat, on March 

25, would be for all writers, 

published or not. For more 

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SELWYN TIMES 

Your Local Views 

Teacher aides want pay rise 

Teacher aides 

and school 

support staff 

ews 

held paid union 

meetings in 

Prebbleton, 

Rolleston and Darfield 

on Thursday as part 

of nationwide action. 

Leeston teacher aide 

Ali Coomer argues that 

the Government should 

increase school budgets 

ashion 

so staff like her can her can 

get a much-needed pay 

rise 

A little while ago, a young 

man tapped me on the shoulder 

and said “gidday Miss G.” 

After a moment, I realised that 

this man was the little boy for 

whom I had been a teacher aide 

Gardening 

all through primary school. The 

boy who could barely recognise 

the first letter of his name when 

I met him was now a builder and 

thriving. This is why I love my 

job. 

Teacher aides and other school 

support staff are an essential and 

valuable part of our education 

otoring 

system. We work behind the 

scenes or with children who 

have varying learning needs and 

disabilities. Our efforts allow 

children to experience success. 

asty Bites 

oney 

We are highly-valued by our 

school colleagues and the children 

and their parents. But not, 

it seems, by the Government. 

Most people would be shocked 

to realise that many support 

staff earn hardly more than the 

minimum wage, even after years 

of experience, and we have little 

job security from year to year 

– sometimes even from term to 

term. Sometimes the child with 

Government funding we’ve been 

teaching moves on and we lose 

hours of work. Other times, the 

school budget is tightened and 

those who have been paid out of 

the school operations grant lose 

Ready to get your land use 

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hours or even their jobs. 

This year, the situation has 

worsened. School budgets were 

frozen in last year’s budget 

and, as our union NZEI Te Riu 

Roa negotiates a new collective 

agreement with the Ministry 

of Education, the problem has 

become clear. We deserve a pay 

rise, but if the ministry agrees to 

a rise, schools can’t afford to pay 

us any more so hours and jobs 

will be lost, and students will 

miss out. We’re stuck unless the 

Government agrees to increase 

funding to schools. 

Starting last week until March 

31, NZEI is running about 200 

meetings across the country for 

support staff to discuss the situation. 

We’re standing firm – we 

deserve a two per cent pay rise 

and the Government needs to 

pay for it, because our schools 

certainly can’t. We hope that you 

will stand with us too. 

Holly Traxler-Puddle, of 

Avonhead, reacts to an 

article in the Selwyn Times 

(March 14) about ECan 

investigating measures to 

protect the Selwyn River. In 

the article, Selwyn Waihora 

Zone Committee chairman 

Allen Lim said about 15-20 

per cent of the river’s low 

flows could be attributed to 

irrigation 

What a bunch of hooey! The 

Selwyn River is dead because 

of the irrigation in the area – 

certainly not the pittance of 15-20 

per cent as stated by Mr Allen 

Lim. Where is he getting his 

information from? 

If you are from this area, you 

have seen the decline in the river 

water since the dairy industry got 

well paid from the price of milk 

solids. 

This river needs to be saved 

now, not by 2040 – it will be long 

gone by then. 

ECan, do your work properly or 

move on from the next election 

and get someone in there with the 

guts to turn the sprinklers off and 

save our rivers. 

Selwyn Waihora Zone 

Committee chairman Allen 

Lim responds: 

The 15-20 per cent figure I 

mentioned, referring to the 

relative impact of irrigation 

compared with other factors, 

comes from the scientific 

assessment made for the Selwyn 

Waihora water plan which 

became operative last year. 

It represents the average reduction 

in Waihora spring-fed 

streams (not just Selwyn) caused 

by cumulative irrigation takes. 

Climate played a big part in 

the current situation. There are 

examples of other rivers and lakes 

that have gone dry or are at record 

lows but are not subject to irrigation 

takes, such as Lake Lyndon in 

Porters Pass. 

To deny that the lack of rainfall 

for the last three winters has anything 

to do with the river going 

dry, and Lake Lyndon at record 

lows, is like saying CO2 is not a 

greenhouse gas and there is no 

climate change. 

Interestingly enough, at the 

time of writing this, the Selwyn 

River at Coes Ford is flowing 

again at around 150 l/s after the 

50-plus millimetres of rain received 

in the weekend. 

We need to consider all factors 

and not close our mind to any. To 

this end, in our last meeting, the 

Selwyn Waihora Zone Committee 

resolved to put the near river augmentation 

project for the Selwyn 

River up for funding. We want to 

have the Selwyn swimmable long 

before 2040. 

I would like to encourage anyone 

with a bit of energy to channel 

it and help us manage the water. 

We’ll help you get started, so you can get sorted by the June deadline. 

There is a lot to figure out – Consents, Farm 

Environment Plans, Nutrient Budgets and Audits. 

For help, drop in and have a chat with 

Environment Canterbury staff about getting 

your consent to farm, or call 0800 324 636. 

Regular information sessions are held in 

Leeston and Darfield. 

“ I would thoroughly recommend other 

farmers go to these sessions. There’s 

nothing like talking to someone. At the 

very least, they will tell you what you 

have to do. I know now where I can get 

help and they can take you through all 

the information on the computer.” 

Ness, Leeston, cropping farmer. 

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News 

Police seek owners of recovered property 


POLICE ARE looking for the 

owners of more than 30 items 

including cellphones, tools, 

silverware and a snowboard, 

after coming across an 

“Aladdin’s Cave” of stolen 

property near Lincoln. 

The unexpected haul was 

found when 

Senior Constable 

Jim 

Manning 

visited a 

Tancreds Rd 

property last 

month with 

a warrant to 

arrest a Lincoln 

woman, 

27, for failing 

to appear in 

court. 

The 

woman, who 

had been 

charged with 

shop lifting, 

did not live 

at the address but was known to 

frequent it. 

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uncovered several marijuana 

plants, equipment for smoking 

methamphetamine, three stolen 

vehicles, a .22 rifle and amunition 

and numerous stolen items, 

several of which he realised were 

connected with two reported 

burglaries. 

“It was like an Aladdin’s cave,” 

he said. 

“It took about 10 police three 

hours to search the house and 

recover everything we got.” 

The woman who police had 

been seeking was not found at 

the property but police caught 

up with her later and she has 

since appeared in court. 

Senior Constable Manning 

said she and two men in their 

30s who lived at the property 

were facing a variety of charges 

related to burglary, theft of the 

vehicles and drugs. 

OWNERS SOUGHT: 

Police believe all 

these items, found 

at a Tancreds Rd 

property, are stolen. 

If you think any 

are yours, phone 

Sergeant Grant 

Stewart at the 

Rolleston police 

station on 363 5246. 

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Lincoln students in Relay for Life 

• By Daniella Judge 

INSPIRED BY last year’s 

Doing Good campaign run 

by the school council, Lincoln 

High students have formed a 

team of 27 to take part in the 

annual Relay for Life fundraiser 

at Brookside Park, Rolleston. 

The Doing Good campaign 

was set up to encourage students 

to do all they could for the 

good of others and specifically 

promote participation in events 

that fundraise for charity. It 

raised over $40,000 in the first 

year. 

Team captain and co-organiser 

Tessa English said she got 

involved after seeing what an 

amazing job the Lincoln High 

team did last year and deciding 

she wanted to continue that 

again. 

“Not only to support the 

Cancer Society but to encourage 

students to get involved in great 

causes like this too, especially 

because they play such a huge 

role in our community,” she 

said. 

Co-organiser Nicole Spriggs 

said she was involved because 

she wanted to make a 

difference. 

“Earlier this year I went to 

Camp Quality and saw how 

LAwyERS 

GOOD DEEDS: A Lincoln High School team will take part in the Relay for Life. 

cancer effected these children so 

greatly, yet they still had a smile 

on their faces and this influenced 

me,” she said. 

Relay for Life is an event 

that celebrates survivors and 

remembers loved ones that have 

been lost to cancer. 

Every year thousands of people 

around New Zealand come 

together in their communities 

to raise awareness and financial 

support for cancer victims with 

all donations going to the Cancer 

Society. 

The event takes part over 

two days and each team has at 

least one team member walking 

the track over the 18 hours to 

symbolise the constant struggles 

cancer sufferers face. 

The Lincoln High School Team 

pledge to have at least three team 

members walking the track 

during the daylight hours at 

least two team members during 

the night, and they will put on a 

school bake sale to raise money 

for the cause. 

All members of the public are 

welcome to attend the event to 

show their support. 

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Bid to change the way we travel 

A major planning 

document has laid 

bare the “significant” 

challenges faced in 

moving Canterbury 

from a car culture to a 

more public transportorientated 

city. Tom 

Doudney reports 

UNLESS PUBLIC transport 

patronage can be improved, 

there will be an extra 80,000 cars 

on the city’s roads in 2041 and 

40 per cent more congestion. 

But getting people to change 

their ways is not going to easy, a 

report suggests. 

The draft future public 

transport strategic business case 

was presented to the greater 

Christchurch public transport 

joint committee last week. 

It identifies a number of 

challenges facing authorities in 

developing and increasing patronage 

of public transport over 

the coming decades. 

The Selwyn district has grown 

significantly post-earthquake 

and the business case showed it 

has been poorly served by public 

transport, compared to car accessibility. 

JAM PACKED: Congestion is expected to worsen unless steps to increase patronage of public 

transport can be increased. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

This included poor travel time 

and reliability of public transport 

compared to private vehicles. 

Peak time congestion due to 

more people driving themselves 

ensured public transport remained 

slower than alternatives 

and further discouraged people 

from using it. 

Currently only 2.3 per cent 

of trips made in the Selwyn/ 

Waimakariri/Christchurch 

area over a year are on public 

transport, while 83 per cent are 

in private vehicles, with the rest 

walking or cycling. 

The Regional Public Transport 

Plan (2014) aims to increase that 

to three per cent by 2020 and five 

per cent by 2030. 

However, the strategic 

business case concluded 

that the challenges facing 

public transport in Selwyn/ 

Waimakariri/Christchurch were 

significant. 

“If the problems are not 

addressed it is unlikely that 

public transport targets will be 

realised,” it stated. 

“Current trends are for 

stagnant or declining ridership 

and that the status quo will not 

be enough to attract people to 

choose public transport.” 

Significant enhancements 

to public transport would 

require a large capital 

commitment and land use would 

have to be managed to support 

this. For example, by allowing 

higher density development 

along public transport corridors. 

Environment Canterbury 

deputy chairman Steve 

Lowndes, a member of the joint 

committee, said getting people 

in the car-dominated culture to 

shift to public transport was a 

challenge. 

“Cars are cheap, petrol is 

relatively cheap and while those 

things exist in the market, it 

is not going to be easy,” Mr 

Lowndes said. 

“We have to make public 

transport an attractive option.” 

Canterbury University 

transport expert Simon 

Kingham said the area was 

unusual compared to others 

around the world in that it was 

not investing in rail. 

Doing so, he said, could 

help increase public transport 

usage. 

“I would hope that ECan and 

others would be looking at rail,” 

he said. 

The next phase of planning 

for the join committee will 

involve creating a programme 

business case focusing on how 

these challenges should be 

addressed and how costs would 

be shared. 

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THAT CARS and not public 

transport have been the 

preferred method of getting 

around in Canterbury for 

decades can be illustrated with 

a single statistic. 

To find the peak year for public 

transport patronage in the 

city, you have to go all the way 

back to 1945, when 32 million 

passenger trips were recorded. 

Currently, patronage is less 

than half that, at 14 million 

trips per year, in spite of the 

population having doubled 

since then. 

Patronage began to fall away 

from the 1950s, as private vehicle 

use increased. It reached its 

lowest levels in 1992 when less 

than seven million trips were 

recorded. 

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recovering steadily in the early 

2000s, as measures were introduced 

to modernise the bus 

network. This period saw the 

introduction of the Metrocard, 

Orbiter service, real time travel 

information and the opening 

of the first central city interchange. 

By 2010, patronage was at its 

highest levels (17 million trips) 

since the early 1970s, but things 

CHALLENGES: Taking a bus is currently slower and less 

reliable than going by car. 


would change again the following 

year when the February 

2011 earthquake struck. 

The earthquake altered 

travel patterns and affected the 

operation of the bus network. 

Previously, almost all buses 

went through central Christchurch 

and the area’s closure 

post-earthquake was a big 

disruption. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

redesign of the bus network to 

the current ‘hub and spokes’ 

model, which focused on connecting 

services in the suburbs 

with less routes coming directly 

into the city, was implemented 

in December 2014. 

However, numbers which 

had recovered slightly since 

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fall again, dropping three per 

cent in the 2015/2016 financial 

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country as a whole increased 

by the same percentage. In the 

2016/2017 financial year to date, 

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It’s findings like these, from a 

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The analysis of four key routes 

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outer suburbs showed car travel 

was much faster than bus travel, 

while bike travel was faster than 

bus travel on three of the routes. 

Environment Canterbury data 

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a key driver of patronage, with 

the five lines that run every 15 

minutes typically attracting more 

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longer intervals. 

Bus journey times are also 

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of transport. The strategic business 

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“considerably lower” than Wellington 

and Auckland where 

“approximately 95 per cent of 

services run on time.” 

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Christchurch secretary 

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wing parade with all four 

about the history 

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Christchurch-based units participating 

on Saturday, followed 

ahead of a series of 

by a formal dinner in the Air 

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Force Museum of New Zealand 

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THE AIR Training Corps was 

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the need to supply pre-trained 

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be two early cadets from the 

pilots and maintenance grew. 

unit. James Sewell, who is 94 

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people. And so the ATC was first 

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HISTORY RECALLED: Elgar and Shirley Dickson review a 1942. Both went on to serve long 

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ATC on February 13, 1941. Zealand has changed since its aid activities. 

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community it operates in. awards for competitions and tion at no charge. 

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of the air cadet units together The unit is celebrating its 75 th 

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‘Bug lady’ to educate kids using 

Your Local Views 

Naturalist Robinne Weiss, known as ‘the bug lady’, is 

about to launch a new education programme and has a 

children’s novel being released tomorrow. She spoke to 

Tom Doudney about her lifelong fascination with insects, 

why her home near Southbridge is called Crazy Corner 

Farm and more 

Tell me about what you were 

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doing with ‘The Bugmobile’? 

The Bugmobile has been 

closed for about two years but 

that was something I ran for 

about 10 years. I took live insects 

into schools and pre-schools 

throughout Canterbury and told 

them about the insects and a variety 

of issues relating to insects. 

What sort of insects did you 

take into schools? 

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I focused the insects they 

might see themselves in their 

backyards, in the bush on Banks 

Peninsula or anywhere here in 

the South Island. So often kids 

watch the Discovery Channel 

or whatever and they see all 

these amazing things from 

other places in the world and 

they don’t really know about 

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the amazing things here their 

own backyards. 

How did you find kids tended 

to react to the insects? 

They loved them, it was great. 

Part of my mission with the 

Bugmobile was to give kids 

positive experiences with insects 

so one of the things that the 

programme led up to was kids 

handling live insects. In 10 years 

I only had maybe 10 kids who by 

the end of the programme still 

refused to hold an insect. 

You came originally from 

Pennsylvania in the United 

States. How does the insect life 

there compare to here? Is one 

place richer than the other? 

Yes, I’m afraid Pennsylvania 

has a lot more bugs than New 

Zealand does. There are interesting 

things about each but it’s 

hard because I taught about 

insects in the US for many years 

and there are certainly things 

I could do with kids there that 

I can’t do here simply because 

we just don’t have the volume of 

insects. In Pennsylvania it was 

always guaranteed you would 

see something spectacular if you 

CREEPY CRAWLIES: ‘Bug lady’ Robinne Weiss has no qualms 

about handling large insects like this spiny stick insect. 


went out looking for bugs. But 

there is cool stuff here too – we 

have lovely stick insects and 

beautiful praying mantis. 

When was it and how was 

it that insects became really 

interesting to you? 

I think when I was born. I’m 

one of those kids who just never 

grew out of it. I think the first 

time I was called ‘the bug lady’ 

was probably at seven-yearsold 

and the neighbours used 

to ring me every time they had 

centipedes in their bathtub to 

come and retrieve them. 

What is it you find so 

fascinating about insect life? 

I think it’s because we know 

so little about them. Any 

amateur with patience and good 

observation skills and record 

keeping can discover things 

that nobody else has discovered 

before. Globally we only know a 

fraction of what’s out there. 

What brought you over to 

New Zealand? 

My husband got a job at 

Landcare Research in Lincoln. 

He is no longer at that job but we 

are still here. 

As a naturalist at Camp 

Tamarack in Canada you got to 

care for and teach with an 2.4m 

long Burmese python named 

Ka. What was that like? 

It takes some getting used 

to, they are very strong and 

muscular animals and I am a 

very small person. When you 

hold a snake you need to support 

their bodies or they feel unsafe. 

Because my body is small she 

would be wrapped two or three 

times around my torso as I was 

teaching and it always made the 

kids really nervous. 

Your place is called Crazy 

Corner Farm. Why is that? 

It’s a little acre and a half 

that used to be a council gravel 

reserve back in the late 1800s 

and it is in the middle of 500ha 

farms all around us. 

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The neighbours actually call 

it Funny Farm because there 

has been this succession of 

strange people who have lived 

here. So we work really hard 

to live up to the weirdness of 

the property and I think we do 

okay but there have been some 

really strange people here over 

the last 150 years. 

In what way were these 

previous residents strange? 

The one that everyone in the 

neighbourhood knows about is 

these two brothers who used to 

live here maybe 60 or 80 years 

ago and they both brewed 

moonshine. They each tried 

to keep the other from drinking 

their moonshine so they 

hid it all over the property, 

under buildings, in the animal 

sheds, in every little nook and 

g 

cranny. We are still finding 

bottles of their moonshine, 

although the lids have been 

rusted off them all. 

When you find one, I guess 

you just have to tip it out? 

Yeah, but we have a few of 

the bottles lined up as a display 

in the shed. 

After you finished up 

with the Bugmobile you 

started writing and the first 

novel you wrote was A Glint 

of Exoskeleton then you 

published an activity guide, 

Insects in the Classroom, 

in January this year and 

now your second novel The 

Dragon Slayer’s Son is due 

for release tomorrow. What’s 

that about? 

It’s a fantasy novel about a 

boy who discovers in one fell 

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swoop that his father is dead 

and he was killed by a dragon 

because he was a dragon 

slayer. So he is whisked off and 

has many adventures and finds 

out his father might not actually 

be dead, so he and some 

of his friends go searching 

throughout the South Island to 

find out what has happened to 

his father. The dragons are of 

course fictional but based on 

New Zealand fauna. I thought 

‘what would dragons be like 

if they were in New Zealand? 

Well, many of them would be 

flightless just like our birds 

and many of our insects, so 

what features would they have 

to live in the various habitats 

here?’ So I really thought about 

the ecology of the creatures 

that really do exist here in New 

Zealand and made sure my 

dragons fit with that ecology. 

Tell me more about this 

new education initiative, 

Bugs and Books, which 

you’re starting up where 

you combine science and 

literature to engage children. 

I was finished with the Bugmobile 

but really wanted to get 

back into the classroom a little 

bit again and for me, I really 

love that intersection between 

science and art. I think using 

facts to inspire creativity is 

cool. It adds a dimension to 

our study of the natural world 

and to art, so I thought ‘I can 

put these two together in a 

programme’. 

It engages the kids who 

are keen on bugs and science 

because we are looking at 

live insects and talking about 

the facts behind them but for 

insects the facts are often a lot 

stranger than fiction. Then we 

take these facts and say ‘create 

a character based on insects 

and make sure your character 

has factual characteristics but 

also give them some personality’. 

We talk about character 

building and then the kids 

get a chance to write a story 

based on their character. So it 

also engages the kids who are 

artistic and love to write. 

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robinneweiss.wordpress. 

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A Different Landscape 

Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm 

An exhibition of work by 

painters Heather Jonson (contemporary) 

and Carol Moffatt 

(water-colour), and potter Roger 

Chaplin. Most of Moffatt’s 

paintings and inspiration comes 

from Canterbury landscapes. 

while Jonson’s work spans landscapes, 

still life, abstract, and 

Maori symbolism. 

Selwyn Gallery, 17 South Tce, 

Darfield. Free entry 

Summer Skate Jam Rolleston 

Wednesday, 4-6pm 

Calling all skaters, come and 

enjoy the Summer Skate Jam 

series. These events encourage 

children and young people into 

skating with free gear hire and 

coaching from experienced 

skaters. There will be prizes for 

the best trick competition. 

Rolleston Skate Park 

Earth Hour: Kim Hill Discussion 

Thursday, doors open 6.30pm 

Radio personality Kim Hill 

will conduct her annual and 

normally vigorous discussion 

with panellists and the audience 

on environmental issues. 

This year’s topic will be ‘water 

– a global issue affecting New 

Zealand’. While there is a cash 

Email tom.doudney@starmedia.kiwi 

by 5pm each Wednesday 

bar, there will also be a mobile 

brewery in the foyer with free 

samples of a new beer brewed 

by The Laboratory in 

Lincoln. 

Stewart Building, Lincoln 

University. Entry by $5 koha, 

refreshments included. For 

more information, go to https:// 

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Earth Hour: Candlelit Dance 

Saturday, 7.30pm 

Dance the night away with 

music by the Southern Celtic 

Fiddle Orchestra at the Lincoln 

High School hall. Tickets will 

cost $15 at the door or discounted 

for those registering early at 

earthhourdance.eventbrite.co.nz 

or by calling Dave Fitzjohn on 

423 0445. Children under 14 are 

free with an adult. 

Lincoln High School 

Earth Hour: Sky Watching 

Saturday, 8pm 

For those who prefer to be 

outside on the night of Earth 

Hour, here is a chance to view 

the moon and stars at an observatory. 

See www.cas.org.nz for 

directions or for cancellations if 

the weather is not suitable. 

R.F. Joyce Memorial Observatory, 

Bells Rd, West Melton. Gold 

coin donation 

Bambino Encraftment Market 

Sunday, 10am-3pm 

This boutique craft and design 

market will showcase 50 stalls 

with premium products. All 

are designed and produced by 

the stallholder, with a focus on 

hand-made items for babies and 

children, including clothing, accessories, 

toys, room decor and 

more. 

Lincoln Event Centre. Free entry. 

Cash only at the stalls, ATM 

on-site. 

Music on the Green Darfield 

Sunday, 4.30-7pm 

Pack a picnic and come 

along to your local green to be 

entertained by a line-up of local 

musicians. 

Darfield Domain, North Tce 

Markets 

The local markets have a lot on 

offer from fresh produce to handmade 

crafts 

West Melton Market: Saturday, 

9am-noon. St Paul’s Church. 

Lincoln Farmers’ and Craft 

Market: Saturday, 10am-1pm. 

Gerald St, Lincoln. 

Darfield Market: Saturday, 

9am-1pm, opposite Challenge 

Darfield, South Tce. 

Edendale Car Boot Sale: Sunday, 

10am-3pm, Edendale Cafe, 

888 Sandy Knolls Rd, West 

Melton. 

Running Groups 

The running groups aim to get 

like-minded members of the community 

fit and engaged with each 

other. All running groups have a 

OLD FASHIONED: Steam 

traction engines will be 

among the highlights when 

the Ellesmere Vintage 

Fair is held at Leeston’s 

Ellesmere A&P Showgrounds 

on Saturday and Sunday, 

10am-4pm both days. More 

than 100 vintage and classic 

tractors dating from the early 

1900s to the present day 

will be on show, as well as 

veteran, vintage and classic 

cars and trucks from the local 

area and further afield. A 

variety of food and craft stalls 

will complete the vintage fair 

atmosphere. Entertainment 

for the children will include 

carnival rides, children’s 

games and a mass tug-ofwar 

with a steam engine. 

Adult admission $10, under- 

15s free. 

handicapped start to cater for different 

abilities 

Lincoln Road Runners: Tuesday 

registration from 5.30pm, 

starts at 6pm. 3km or 6km. Starts 

at Lincoln University. Gold coin 

donations. 

Malvern Road Runners: 

Tuesday registration from 

5.40pm, starts at 6pm. 3km 

or 6km. Starts from Malvern 

Netball Centre. 

Prebbleton Runners: Tuesday 

registration from 6pm. 3km or 

6km walk or run. Starts from 

Prebbleton Reserve soccer 

ground. Gold coin donations. 

Ellesmere Road Runners: 

Wednesday registration from 

5.45pm, starts at 6pm. 3km or 

6km walk or run. Starts from 

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SELWYN TIMES 

WE HAVE MOVED 

Due to upcoming EQC repairs on the building at Athelstan Street we vacated our 

premises at the end of our lease which expired on the 31st of January 2017. 

With over 100 years of combined expertise in jewellery Edwin, Craig and Jim 

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engagement, wedding and anniversary rings and remake 

service by appointment only. 

To make an appointment contact Edwin on 03 982 2982 or 

email: edwin@claritydiamonds.co.nz. Edwin wishes to thank 

all those who have supported him while in Barrington and 

he looks forward to hearing from you again to meet your 

requirements and is happy to answer any questions you 

may have. 

Clarity Diamonds was established by Edwin Edmonds to offer 

a personalised service to provide the best combination of 

style, quality and value for money. Over the last 35 years 

Edwin has specialised in engagement and wedding 

rings and carries one of the largest selections in 

Christchurch which customers can order in the 

combinations that suit them best. Free quotes 

and advice are available from Edwin’s wealth of 

knowledge over his many years of experience in 

the jewellery industry. Remaking of your jewellery 

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Before 

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Craig now offers a by appointment only service 

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T 021 844 649 or E goldsmithnz@gmail.com 

A member of the Goldsmiths Guild of New Zealand Craig 

completed his apprenticeship in Wellington attaining his 

Trade Certificate in Manufacturing Jewellery in 1978. Now 

with more than 40 years experience at the work bench, 

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1. EXPERIENCE. As we value more precious jewellery than anyone else in NZ, our 

valuation team have unrivalled expertise. We can value all types of jewellery, 

diamonds and gemstones. We value antique watches, antique jewellery, 

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Tuesday March 21 2017 21 

SPORTS 

UNDER PRESSURE: Weedons batsman Gareth Painter was judged not out in spite of a big 

appeal from Sefton players behind the stumps. 

THREATING: Sefton’s chief destroyer Ian King bowling to Brad 

Nightingale. 

Sefton add country title to silverware collection 


SEFTON ARE triple crown 

winners after they beat Weedons 

in the country cricket two-day 

final on Saturday to complete a 

perfect season. 

The North Canterbury side, a 

dominant force for more than 

two decades, have a packed 

silverware cabinet after adding 

the CRV Ambreed Canterbury 

Country two-day trophy to their 

one-day and T20 titles. 

After day one was washed out 

last weekend, the game came 

down to a first innings shoot-out 

at Mainpower Oval. 

The day started ominously 

for Weedons, with captain Josh 

Watson being bowled by the 

competition’s star strike bowler 

Ian King in the first over. 

The Ellesmere side offered 

BOWLED ‘EM: Brad Nightingale had to go after 

the ball clattered into his stumps. 

some early resistance before 

King returned for his second 

spell. 

He ripped through the 

Weedons side with five more 

wickets, reducing the challengers 

to 68/9. 

Only a useful effort of 28 

runs for the last wicket between 

Devon Nightingale and 

Fraser Austin stalled the 

misery. 

Fraser Sheat, who bowled 

without luck, and Matt Rowe 

backed up King with consistent 

pressure as Weedons were all 

over in 37 overs for 96. 

Austin dismissed Sefton 

opener Matt Laffey early but 

Lance Taylor was in no mood to 

be contained. 

When he reached an 

impressive run-a-ball century, 

his 166-run partnership with 

SNAPSHOT: 

Weedons 

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Matt Parker 

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misses. The 

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to dislodge 

the bails, 

bringing 

an end to 

Parker’s 

stay at the 

crease. 

Tim Harrison was ended as the 

players shook hands to conclude 

the match. 

Sefton recognised King as their 

player of the season, with his 45 

wickets eclipsing Canterbury 

stalwart Michael Sharpe’s record 

dating back to the 1990/91 

season. 

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SELWYN TIMES 

The Lincoln High School Senior A 

Girls Volleyball team will be attending 

the New Zealand Secondary Schools 

volleyball tournament in Palmerston 

North from the 26th of March to the 

1st of April. 

The 2017 team is a mixed group of 

experienced and young players who are 

extremely talented and committed to 

their chosen sport. The girls have been 

training consistently twice a week since 

the start of the school year and have 

made some excellent progress in both 

their ability and coming together as a 

tight team. 

The team competes in the Canterbury 

Volleyball Monday night competition 

and have recently represented Lincoln 

High School at both the South Island 

and Canterbury championships, in which 

they have shown some impressive improvement as well as 

achieving some pleasing results. 

In Palmerston North Lincoln High School will be competing 

with 128 other girls’ teams and will be looking 

to continue the schools proud history of 

performing well at New Zealand’s largest 

secondary schools sporting event. For six of 

the girls (Brooklyn Neame, Laura McGregor, 

Ruby Lynn, Elizabeth Chambers, Rachel 

Pero and Grace Long) this will be their last 

opportunity to participate at the national 

tournament and is something they have 

been building and training for over the past 5 

years. For the other three players (Mackenzie 

Pringle, Janie Watkins and Bridget Allan), this 

will be their first time representing Lincoln 

at the tournament and no doubt will be a 

chance for them to learn what it takes to 

compete with the best, whilst also striving 

to send the older girls off on a positive and 

winning note. 

The players and management are extremely 

grateful for the assistance of all sponsors 

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The Lincoln High School Senior A Boys Volleyball team will be 

attending the New Zealand Secondary Schools volleyball tournament 

in Palmerston North from the 26th of March to the 1st of April. 

This is the first time for a couple of years that Lincoln is sending a boy’s team to 

New Zealand’s largest secondary schools sporting event. The team is full of experience 

with a sprinkling of youth, which means the hopes are high for some pleasing results. 

With the help and guidance of ex-student Pesa Morrison, the boys have been training 

consistently twice a week since the start of the school year and have made some 

excellent progress in both their ability and coming together as a tight team. 

The team competes in the Canterbury Volleyball Monday night competition and have 

recently represented Lincoln High School at both the South Island (in which they 

finished a pleasing 9th) and Canterbury championships, in which they have shown 

some impressive improvement as well as achieving some pleasing results. 

In Palmerston North Lincoln High School will be competing with over 180 other teams 

and will be looking to continue the schools proud history of performing well 

at New Zealand’s largest secondary schools sporting event. For five of the boys 

(Jack Lavender, Will Wroe, Regan Kay, Riley Bruhns and Ben Bowen) this will be their 

last opportunity to participate at the national tournament and is something they have 

been building and training for over the past 5 years. For the other five players 

(Carlito Shalfoon, Robson Harker, Ryan Vincent, Mark Turner and Ben Sisson), this 

will be their first time representing Lincoln at the tournament and no doubt will be a 

chance for them to learn what it takes to compete with the best, whilst also striving 

to send the older boys off on a positive and winning note. 

The players and management are extremely grateful for the assistance of all sponsors 

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New BUSINESSES athletics records 

EIGHT students have set 13 new 

Darfield High School athletics 

records. 

The Darfield High School 

Athletics S Championships were 

held earlier this month. 

Sports co-ordinator Karen 

Armstrong said it was unusual to 

have so many records fall at the 

same time. 

“But we have some very good 

athletes coming through mainly 

as a result of the growth of the 

Selwyn Athletic Club based in 

Rolleston,” she said. 

“This is a great club which 

has meant more students than 

normal are participating in 

athletics.” 

New records set included: 

Senior girls 

Georgia Shinn – 1500m, 5min 

15.5sec (previous record 5min 

20sec, set in 2000) 

Under-12 girls 

Anna McKenzie – high jump, 

1.30m (previous record 1.29m, 

set in 2014); long Jump, 4.14m 

(previous record 4.04m, set in 

1983). 

Kirsty McCarthy-Dempsey – 

Mainland v Southern in BEKO opening 

Mainland will take on Southern 

in the opening round of the Beko 

Netball League at the Lincoln 

Event Centre on Saturday, 1pm. 

The league, which is entering 

its second year, is an amateur 

development competition for 

up and coming players and 

shot put (2kg), 9.75m (previous 

record 8.76m, set in 2016); discus 

(750g), 22.96m (previous record 

20.65m, set in 1985). 

Junior girls 

Stefanie McKenzie – high 

jump, 1.505m (previous record 

1.5m, set in 1995) 

Zoe Spinks – long jump, 4.52m 

(previous record 4.48m, set in 

1969) 

Brianna Longdin – javelin, 

23.05m (previous record 21.5m, 

set in 1988) 

Under-12 boys 

Dylan Butler – 200m, 30.21sec 

(previous record 31sec, set in 

1980) 

Izak Derik-Westaway – 400m, 

1min 7.64sec (previous record 

1min 9.03sec, set in 1983) 

Dylan Butler – 800m, 2min 

35.94sec (previous record 2min 

38.62sec, set in 1995) 

Dylan Butler – long Jump, 

4.47m (previous record, 4.39m, 

set in 2014) 

Intermediate boys 

Brodie Wanhalla – javelin, 

48.94m (previous record 41.80m, 

set in 2005) 

the next tier down from the 

ANZ Premiership. This year’s 

Mainland squad features four 

Lincoln University players, Bella 

James, Kate Lloyd, Ellie Bird and 

Lily Fletcher. 

All four featured in last year’s 

campaign. 

SPORTS 

SPORTS 

HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS: The team of Arking Up, from left, Sam Henderson, Greg 

Salter, James Mounce and Lance Warren were the overall winners of the Lincoln Bowling 

Club’s community competition which finished this month. The last night of competition saw 

30 teams of four bowlers competing for the prize for the round as well as the overall win. 

Halswell fighting to claim two-day cricket title 

THE LAST round of the Metro 

cricket two-day season had topof-the-table 

Halswell hosting 

third placed Sumner at Halswell 

Domain. 

After being asked to bat first, 

Sumner were 60/1 after 15 overs 

and looking to put up a good 

first innings score. 

However, the Halswell bowlers 

started to slow the scoring and, 

as a result, claimed three more 

wickets to have Sumner 64/4 

after 20 overs. 

Sumner then had a good 

partnership to reach 95/4 before 

Halswell’s Dayle Eathorne took 

some wickets, bowling well to 

finish with 4-41. Sumner were 

dismissed for 160. 

In the chase, Halswell were 

24/0 before a collapse left them 

at 26/4. 

A 45-run partnership between 

Leighton Johnston and Jethan 

Jeet steadied the innings before 

Jeet was dismissed for 20 and 

Halswell were in trouble again 

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at 70/6. Johnston and Eathorne 

had a 30-run partnership, but 

after Eathorne was dismissed, 

Halswell lost two quick wickets. 

Johnston was the last man out 

for 46, and Halswell was dismissed 

for 118. 

Sumner then had 25 minutes 

to bat but Halswell took a vital 

wicket leaving Sumner 29/1 at 

stumps. Halswell will need to 

bowl well next week to win this 

game and claim the two-day 

championship. 

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Derby to send off Weedons Domain 

A COMPETITIVE match-up 

between two Weedons teams on 

Saturday was a fitting last outing 

for a soon-to-be-demolished 

tennis court. 

Weedons Blue and Weedons 

Green fought hard for third and 

fourth place in the knock-out 

round for the Malvern presidents 

competition. There were 15 

teams in this competition. 

Weedons Blue players Ange 

Wanoa and Charlz Richardson 

defeated the Weedons Green 

pair of Kirstie Hamilton and 

Nicki Burgess won in a tiebreaker 

to secure a 5-4 win for 

the Weedons Blue team in the 

final game. 

Weedons Domain will be 

getting three new courts and 

fencing for the 2017/2018 season, 

located close to where the existing 

courts are. 

The site where the existing 

courts are was established in 

1954. There have been junior 

teams playing all the way 

through and presidents teams 

have been playing for six seasons 

now. 

A social barbecue followed 

Saturday’s game to conclude a 

good season for the teams. 

Ellesmere tennis results 

LINCOLN TENNIS Club will 

be the venue for the finals of the 

Ellesmere tennis competition 

this Saturday, starting at 1pm. 

The presidents grade division 

2 held their final at Irwell on 

Saturday with Rolleston Scorpions 

having a good win over the 

home team, 6-0. The winning 

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against Ange Wanoa and Charlz Richardson in the final game 

played on Weedons Domain’s old tennis courts. 

Malcolm Penny, Andrea Davidson 

and Janine Greenwood. 

The presidents grade division 

1 final will be between Prebbleton 

Black and Killinchy Gold. 

In the semi-finals, Killinchy 

Gold beat Hornby Legends and 

Prebbleton Black beat Prebbleton 

Blue with both scores being 

6-0. 

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Also last week, the Weedons 

twilight team, led by Geoff 

Ostle, won the social section 

of the Malvern twilight tennis 

competition held on Thursday 

evenings. 

Blue Child Cancer Foundation bins are 

available all over CHRISTCHURCH 

for pink clothing bags, any used Clothing, 

Toys, Bric-a-Brac and anything useable. 

New World Northwood 

New World Rolleston 

Oderings Cashmere 

Countdown Moorhouse Ave 

Soleares Ave Shops 

Parklands Kindy, 20 Chadbury St 

SAVEMART NEW BRighTON, hAWKE ST 

Beach Rd Tyre & Auto Centre, 91 Beach Rd 

Bealey Discounter, Cnr Bealey & Champion St 

SAVEMART 472 CRANFORD ST 

Springfield Dairy, Abberley Cres 

Roll On inn Dairy, 251 Sawyers Arms Rd 

Mobil Redwood 

Challenge Service Station Blighs Rd 

New World halswell 

Westfield Riccarton 

SAVEMART 94 ShANDS RD 

National Bank Carpark, Riccarton 

New World, Peer St 

Shopping Centre, Staverley St 

SAVEMART 45 BATTERSEA ST 

Cracroft Dairy, Cashmere Rd 

Countdown Beckenham, Colombo St 

Thorrington School 

Lincoln Kindergarton, Boundary Rd 

Landsdowne Play Centre, Landsdowne Tce 

You help a lot when you drop pink clothing bags in 

one of the above bins. Any used clothing acceptable, 

other bags and cartons of clothing acceptable. 

If you can’t get to a bin or have large items, phone for 

a collector to call ph 349-5896 or 029 272-5519. 

Thank-you for helping. 

between Killinchy and Southbridge. 

In the semi-finals played 

on Saturday, Killinchy beat 

Hornby 12-4 and Southbridge 

beat Tai Tapu 11-5 

The combined competition of 

Ellesmere, Malvern and North 

Canterbury saw two Ellesmere 

teams come out on top with the 

final to be between Killinchy 

and Tai Tapu. 

• By Karolyn Boon 

LEESTON PLAYERS scooped 

the pool in the Ellesmere 

Champion of Champions Pairs 

played at the Southbridge Green 

on Sunday. 

Colin Lowery (skip) and Trevor 

Kennett (lead) won the men’s 

final, defeating Mark Ridden 

(skip) and Mark Lowry (lead) of 

Dunsandel by 23-5. 

Racing out to a 10-0 lead 

after five ends, good leading 

by Kennett was backed up by 

Lowery. The closest Dunsandel 

got to them was 14-4 after nine 

ends, but the gap widened and 

the game, which was scheduled 

for 18 ends, was conceded after 

16 ends at 23-5. 

SPORTS 

INTENT: Colin 

Lowery and 

Trevor Kennett 

won the men’s 

Ellesmere 

Champion of 

Champions 

Pairs final for 

Leeston. 

Leeston duo take 

out champions title 

Lowery dedicated his win to his 

mother Hilda, patron of Leeston 

Bowling Club, who passed away 

last week at the age of 96. 

In the women’s final, the 

Leeston pairing of Valmai Hantz 

(skip) and Jennifer Heslop (lead) 

defeated the Tai Tapu pair of 

Heather Murdoch (skip) and 

Waverney Potts (lead) by 13-10. 

This was a much closer final. A 

four on the 10th end to Leeston 

gave them a 10-5 lead and a wellconceived 

shot moved the jack 

back giving them a 12-7 lead after 

15 ends. 

Tai Tapu moved to 12-10 on the 

17th end but were unable to close 

the gap on the last end, going 

down 13-10.

26 TUESDAY MARCH 21 2017 

SELWYN TIMES 

Living waters 

project planned 

The Council recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Living Water, the Department 

of Conservation’s ten year, $20 million partnership with Fonterra. 

Through the Living Water partnership Fonterra and DOC are working with dairy farmers, iwi, 

conservation groups, councils, schools and other agencies to improve the health of five key 

catchments in significant dairying regions throughout the country. 

The Living Water vision is for a sustainable dairy industry to be part of healthy functioning 

ecosystems that together enrich the lives of all New Zealanders. The Ararira/LII catchment of Te 

Waihora /Lake Ellesmere is one of the five Living Water catchments. 

Under the MOU, Living Water is helping the Council fund a Biodiversity Officer who will be 

working to increase the abundance and variety of native wildlife in the Ararira/LII catchment 

(pictured above). They will focus on the Yarrs Lagoon/ Ta-rere-kau-tuku area of the catchment and 

will be working with the community and other agencies. 

Christchurch based DOC Operations Manager, Andy Thompson, says Yarr’s Lagoon/Ta-rere-kautuku 

is key site for native wildlife in the Ararira/LII Catchment. 

“I’m delighted the Living Water funding will enable Selwyn District Council to focus on protecting 

and enhancing Yarr’s Lagoon/Ta-rere-kau-tuku, as this is a significant biodiversity hotspot in the 

Ararira/LII Catchment.” 

“I’m very happy to see the Council play its part in efforts to support indigenous revegetation and 

increasing biodiversity in Canterbury,” says Selwyn Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall. 

Biodiversity Officer Andy Spanton joined Selwyn District Council recently and will be working 

with the Living Water team on activities and initiatives within the Ararira/LII sub- catchment of Te 

Waihora/Lake Ellesmere that support Living Water’s goals. 

Other aspects of Andy’s Biodiversity Officer role for the Council are to carry out activities to 

support native biodiversity, including the management of the Council’s Natural Environment Fund 

which assists native planting and biodiversity management on private land, and coordinating the 

identification and ecological assessment of significant native vegetation sites in the district. 

Easter Storytimes for kids! 

Selwyn District Libraries invite you to join them for special evening 

Storytime sessions. They will be celebrating Easter with stories, 

songs and fun! The sessions are aimed at 2-7 year olds but everyone 

including family and friends are welcome. Kids can also dress in their 

pyjamas if they want to. The sessions will take place at: 

· Darfield on Wednesday 5 April, 6-7pm 

· Lincoln on Thursday 6 April, 6-7pm 

· Rolleston on Monday 10 April, 6-7pm 

· Leeston on Wednesday 12 April, 6-7pm. 

Bookings are essential - please book at www.selwynlibraries.co.nz 

Temporary library closure 

On Wednesday 29 March, Selwyn District Libraries and service centres will be closed to allow library 

staff to attend professional development training. 

While the closure occurs, people can still visit the library website (www.selwynlibraries.co.nz) to access 

a range of online services including the library catalogue, eBooks, eMagazines, databases and other 

online services. Items can also be returned through the after-hours returns boxes outside libraries. The 

Council’s Rolleston Headquarters will still be open to provide Council services. You can also phone 347 

2800 or 318 8338 for assistance. 

Library staff will be attending workshops on increasing customer access to collections, the delivery of 

outreach programme and sessions on library spaces. 

Roading reconstruction helps 

create smoother journeys 

Roading reconstruction work is helping to improve our roading 

network. 

Extra funding for road reconstruction work was introduced in 

2014 from a roading targeted rate to help meet the rising costs of 

roading repair and renewal work. Vehicle traffic on Selwyn roads 

has been increasing more quickly than our population, while more 

heavy vehicles, including dairy tankers, construction vehicles and 

trucks travelling to and from Izone, are also using local roads. The 

funding has been used to accelerate road reconstruction work on 

sections of road where the road has suffered significant damage 

and the road base needs to be reconstructed, the surface levelled 

and resealed. On these sections of road, pothole and digout repairs 

cannot adequately repair road damage. 

Since July 2014, 11.6km of road reconstruction work has been 

completed on sections of these roads: 

· Deans Road 

· Gerald Street 

· Leeston and Lake Road 

· Rockwood Road 

· Goulds Road 

· Springs Road 

Bus stop areas marked 

· Leeston Dunsandel Road 

· Old Tai Tapu Road 

· Selwyn Lake Road 

· Southbridge Leeston Road 

· Telegraph Road 

· Marshs Road. 

Road reconstruction is also now starting on 0.5km of Bealey Road, 

west of Waianiwaniwa River bridge. 

Telegraph Road near Darfield (pictured) is an example of how road 

rehabilitation work is providing a smoother ride for vehicles and helping 

reduce ongoing maintenance costs. In the period from July 2013 to 

March 2015, 109 potholes were recorded on Telegraph Road between 

Darfield township and Bealey Road. The road is a busy rural road and 

is also used by many trucks. Road rehabilitation work was undertaken 

on this section of road in stages with the work completed in early 

2015. From April 2016 until March 2017, after road rehabilitation was 

completed, only 7 potholes were recorded on this section of road, a 

major reduction from the number recorded previously. 

This month, Council will be marking bus stop boxes on all its urban 

bus stops. This will make it easier for bus drivers when dropping off 

or picking up passengers. As our townships grow, it becomes more 

important for bus stops to be marked with boxes to ensure there is 

enough space for bus drivers to stop. 

On the roads this week 

Road repairs are planned on Leaches, Bealey and Minchins Road, 

with traffic controls operating. Road resurfacing is planned on 

Telegraph and McLaughlins Roads, with stop/go traffic controls 

operating. Footpath construction will occur on State Highway 75 

and School Road in Tai Tapu. 

Work is continuing on the Masefield Drive upgrade and footpath 

construction. Manse Road roading and stormwater improvement 

work continues. Temporary traffic management is in place at these 

sites. Road reconstruction is complete on Gerald Street. 

Road/Rail closures 

Curraghs Road Rail crossing will be closed from Saturday 1 

to Wednesday 5 April to allow KiwiRail to complete a crossing 

upgrade. The road will be closed between Main South Road (SH1) 

and Jones Road with detours in place. 

Stoneleigh Drive is closed until mid-April. A new roundabout is 

being installed at the intersection of Hoskyns Road and Stoneleigh 

Drive. The closure is a safety measure to reduce traffic build up on 

Hoskyns Road. Hoskyns Road will remain open with traffic controls 

operating. Dynes Road is expected to reopen mid-week following a 

closure to allow a sewer main to be installed. 

Christchurch Southern Motorway extension 

On Weedons Road there is currently no access to Main South Road 

from Levi Road with a one way system in place. 

Council Call 

Selwyn District Council 

Norman Kirk Drive Rolleston 

Ph 347 2800 or 318 8338 

Rolleston Library 

Rolleston Drive, Rolleston 

Ph 347 2880 

Darfield Library & Service Centre 

1 South Terrace, Darfield 

Ph 318 8338 or 347 2780 

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TUESDAY MARCH 21 2017 27 

Notices 

ROAD CLOSURE – GULLIVERS 

& MCLACHLANS ROADS 

McLachlans Road (from the 

intersection with Leeston Taumutu 

Road to the intersection with 

Gullivers Road), and Gullivers 

Road (from the intersection 

of McLachlans Road to the 

intersection with Leeston Taumutu 

Road) will be closed between 9am 

and 6pm on Sunday 2 April for the 

‘Taumutu Shingle Sprint.’During 

the closure, please use the nearest 

alternative route. Contact Joanne 

on 347 2887 for queries. 

PRIVATE PLAN CHANGE 49 

Public notice of a summary of 

submissions and call for further 

submissions, First Schedule Part 

I of the Resource Management 

Act, 1991. 

Private Plan Change 49 is a 

request by Z & S Croft and J K 

Williams to rezone Rural (Inner 

Plains) land to Living 3 at the 

corner of Lincoln Tai Tapu Road 

and Hauschilds Road, Tai Tapu. 

A summary of the submissions, 

along with a copy of original 

submissions, on the above 

proposed change to the Selwyn 

District Plan are now available to 

view electronically at all Council 

Service Centres, Libraries and 

at www.selwyn.govt.nz. A hard 

copy of this information is 

available to view at our Rolleston 

Headquarters. 

Further submissions may only be 

lodged by the following: 

(a) any person representing a 

relevant aspect of the public 

interest; and 

(b) any person that has an 

interest in the plan change 

greater than the interest the 

public has; and 

(c) the local authority itself. 

Futher submissions must be 

limited to matters either in 

support of or in opposition to 

an original submission made on 

Plan Change 49. This must be in 

writing and in accordance with 

Meetings 

Public Forums: Council, 

Community Board and local 

committee meetings are open 

to the public. Time is available at 

the start of meetings for people 

to speak on matters of concern. 

Please notify Bernadette Ryan 

or your local committee at least 

three days before the meeting. 

Township, Hall and Reserve 

Committees: To list or make 

changes to meeting details, email 

meeting.changes@selwyn.govt.nz 

or phone 347 2800 or 318 8338 

by 9am Wednesday the week 

before publication. 

COUNCIL & COMMUNITY 

BOARD 

District Plan Review Committee 

Wed 22 Mar 9am 

Lincoln Event Centre 

Extraordinary Council Meeting 

Wed 22 Mar 10am 

Lincoln Event Centre 

Malvern Community Board 

Mon 27 Mar 6pm 

Darfield Library/Service Centre 

Audit & Risk Subcommittee 

Wed 5 April 3pm 

Rolleston Headquarters 

LOCAL COMMITTEES & 

ASSOCIATIONS 

Coalgate Township Committee 

Form 6, which is available from 

any Council Service Centre or on 

our website. Further submissions 

must be served on Selwyn 

District Council in one of the 

following ways: 

Posted to: Planning Department, 

Selwyn District Council, PO Box 

90, Rolleston 7643 

Delivered to: A Selwyn District 

Council service centre. 

Faxed to: (03) 347 2799 (if faxed 

please post or deliver a copy to 

the address above) 

Emailed to: submissions@selwyn. 

govt.nz 

A person who makes a further 

submission must serve a copy 

of it on the person who lodged 

the original submission no later 

than 5 working days after a copy 

is provided to Selwyn District 

Council. 

The closing date for further 

submissions on Plan Change 49 

is 5pm Tuesday 4 April 2017. 

For further information regarding 

this plan change or the process 

outlined above, please contact 

Catherine Nichol on 347 2867. 

FIRE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED 

Notice is given that the previously 

advertised Restricted Fire 

Season, which extended over the 

plains area of the Selwyn district, 

is lifted as from 8am Thursday 16 

March 2017. 

Fires may now be lit in the 

open air without a fire permit. 

Restrictions may be reimposed 

at a later date if changed weather 

conditions create a potentially 

dangerous fire situation. 

All residents are requested to 

take care when lighting open 

fires and are reminded that legal 

liability for costs associated in 

fighting an uncontrolled fire lie 

with the person lighting the fire. 

Before lighting an open fire, 

due attention must be given to 

weather conditions, adequacy of 

firebreaks, and patrolling fires until 

completely out. It is requested that 

fires not be lit after dark. 

Tue 28 Mar 7.30pm 

Coalgate Fire Station 

Dunsandel Community Committee 

Mon 3 Apr 7.30pm 

Dunsandel Bowling Club 

Glentunnel Community 

Centre Committee 

Tue 21 Mar 7.30pm 

Glentunnel Community Centre 

Glentunnel Township Committee 

Mon 27 Mar 7.30pm 

Glentunnel Hall 

Greendale Recreation 

Reserve Committee 

Tue 21 Mar 8pm 

Greendale Pavilion 

Triennial Election 

Greenpark Memorial 

Community Centre 


Greenpark Hall 

Triennial Election 

Hororata Citizens Committee 

Tue 28 Mar 7.30pm, Hororata Hall 

Hororata Reserve 

Management Committee 

Wed 5 Apr 7.30pm, Hororata Hall 

Kimberley Reserve and 

Hall Committee 

Thurs 23 Mar 8pm, Kimberley Hall 

Lake Coleridge 

Community Committee 

Fri 31 Mar 7.30pm 

Notes: 

1. A permanent Restricted Fire 

Season remains in place for 

Selwyn’s Hill and High Country 

areas 

2. Property owners are reminded 

that for the Department of 

Conservation Estate and Fire 

Control Areas, fire control 

measures are in place all year 

and that organisation should be 

contacted for a fire permit prior 

to any burning 

3. No fires other than gas 

barbeques maybe lit in residential 

areas without a resource consent 

from Environment Canterbury. 

MOBILE LIBRARY TIMETABLE 

Wednesday 29 March 

Service postponed to 31 March 

Thursday 30 March 

Prebbleton Playcentre 

10.15-10.45am 

Giggles & Squiggles Early 

Learning Centre 11-11.30am 

Council Headquarters 

12.45-1.15pm 

Cat’s Pyjamas Rolleston 

1.30-2pm 

Friday 31 March 

Arthur’s Pass 11.30am-12.30pm 

Castle Hill 1.40-2.15pm 

Springfield 3-3.30pm 

Monday 3 April 

Dunsandel Playcentre 

10-10.30am 

Burnham Montessori 

11-11.30am 

Darfield Playcentre 12-12.30pm 

Darfield Primary School 

1-1.30pm 

Tuesday 4 April 

Kirwee 10-10.45am 

Kirwee School 10.45-11.30am 

West Melton Domain 

12.15-12.45pm 

West Melton School 

12.45-1.30pm 

West Melton Learning Centre 

1.30-1.50pm 

Cat’s Pyjamas West Melton 

1.50-2.20pm 

Lake Coleridge Hall 

Leeston Community Committee 

Mon 3 Apr 7.30pm, Leeston 

Library Community Room 

Leeston Park Association 


Leeston Park Pavilion 

Prebbleton Community 

Association Inc. 

Tue 21 Mar 7.30pm 

Prebbleton Community Cottage 

Rolleston Residents 



Rolleston Community Centre 

Southbridge Advisory Committee 


Southbridge Hall Meeting Room 

Springfield Township Committee 

Tue 4 Apr 7.30pm, Tawera Hall 

Springston Hall Committee 

Thurs 6 Apr 7.30pm 

Springston Hall 

Tai Tapu Community 


Wed 5 Apr 7.30pm, Tai Tapu Library 

Waihora Park Reserve Committee 

Tue 4 Apr 7.30pm 

Waihora Bowling Club 

Selwyn Events 

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Summer Skate Jam 

Rolleston Skate Park, 4-6pm 

With free gear hire & coaching 

from experienced skaters, prizes & 

competitions 

Water – A global issue 

affecting NZ, 6.30pm 

Lincoln University 

Join Kim Hill & panel for an Earth Hour 

debate. At the Stewart Building, entry 

by $5 koha 

Earth Hour events 

Celebrate Earth Hour with a candle 

lit dance at Lincoln High School 

Hall (7.30pm). Door entry $15 door 

or register at earthhousedance. 

eventbrite.co.nz for discounted 

tickets. Children under 14 free with 

an adult. Or enjoy sky watching at the 

RF Joyce Memorial Observatory, Bells 

Road from 8pm. Entry by gold coin 

donation. See www.cas.org.nz 

Vegetable Gardening Works 

Lincoln Envirotown Community 

Gardens, 10am-12pm 

Learn about soil preparation, 

composting & how to build beds for 

an autumn vegetable garden. Gardens 

are behind Maternity Hospital 

Bambino Market 

Lincoln Event Centre, 10am-3pm 

A boutique market with gorgeous 

items for babies & children. Clothing, 

accessories, toys, & more! Cash only, 

ATM onsite. Free entry 

Music on the Green 

Darfield Domain 4.30-7pm 

Pack a picnic & be entertained by 

outstanding local musicians. Free 

Summer Skate Jam 

Lincoln Event Centre 4-6pm 

With free gear hire & coaching 

from experienced skaters, prizes & 

competitions 

Ellesmere Highland Pipe 

Band AGM 

Leeston RSA Rooms, 8pm 

Contact Andy Bailey on 027 487 6692 

for details 

Quiz Night 

Rolleston School Hall, 7.30pm 

A fun adult night out fundraising 

for Rolleston School with two 

hilarious hosts! Coin toss, prizes, 

cash bar & supper included. $60 

per team of up to 6. Doors open 7pm. 

Contact 027 447 2719 or sarahy@ 

propertybrokers.co.nz for tickets. 

See www.rollestonschoolpta.co.nz 

For information on listing a community event visit 

www.selwyn.govt.nz/councilcall 

Leeston Library & Service Centre 

19 Messines Street, Leeston 

Ph 347 2871 

Lincoln Library & Service Centre 

Gerald Street, Lincoln 

Ph 347 2876 

(03) 347 2800 

Darfield call free 318 8338 

www.selwyn.govt.nz

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133 rd Hororata Racing Club 

Riccarton Park Raceway Sat 25th March - First Race 12noon 

SELWYN TIMES 

Race meeting to mark club’s 

133rd anniversary 

This Saturday, March 25, Selwyn 

will celebrate its thoroughbred 

racing heritage at the Riccarton Park 

Racecourse with a race meeting 

marking the 133rd year of racing 

for the Hororata Racing Club, now 

Canterbury Racing-Hororata. 

There will be nine races on the 

card, with a combined stake total 

of $265,000. The day’s feature 

event is the $80,000 Valachi Downs 

Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes 

sponsored by Kevin Hickman, 

who has a close affinity with the 

Hororata area. 

This race has been upgraded to a 

Group 3 event, making it the most 

important race in the history of 

Horarata racing and one of the most 

prestigious races in the country. 

In additon to the high standard 

of racing, there will be plenty for 

families to enjoy, including picnic 

spots and a bouncy castle. Popular 

songstress Nyree Huyser will be 

back to entertain the crowds, 

performing in the birdcage between 

races. 

Racing starts around 12 noon, 

with the last race running just 

before 5pm. 

The club’s history 

The Hororata Racing Club was 

one of the earliest provincial clubs 

to be formed, with its first meeting 

held at Hororata on January 6, 1885. 

Run under the Canterbury Jockey 

Club (C.J.C.) rules, it was an eightrace 

programme for stakes of 135 

sovereigns. The inaugural Hororata 

Cup, with a purse of 40 sovereigns, 

was won by Grand Duke owned by 

Mr T. Quill. 

After the first meeting at Hororata 

a return excursion train from 

Christchurch was put on, travelling 

to Coalgate with both horses and 

patrons, who then walked the few 

miles to and from the course. 

A ‘Ladies Bracelet’ race was run 

at the first meeting, and this was 

revived at the centennial meeting 

in 1984. Since that year, Petersens 

Jewellers of Bush Inn Centre have 

donated a gold bracelet for the race, 

which is usually for two or three 

year-olds. This year’s bracelet, the 

34th, is attached to the race for two 

year-olds. 

After the first 80 years, the course 

needed extensive improvements 

and this, plus encouragement 

from the NZ Racing Conference 

for centralisation resulted in 

the club renting the Riccarton 

Racecourse for future meetings. 

The first meeting was held there 

in 1965. 

For the next 21 years Hororata 

retained its own secretary and 

independence, paying a rental fee 

to the C.J.C. for each meeting. By 

this time there were two meetings 

each year and on one occasion 

three, one of which struck a very 

wet day resulting in a serious 

financial effect. 

When the secretary retired in 

1986, following discussion with 

the C.J.C. chairman and committee 

it was decided the Hororata Club 

would operate from the Riccarton 

headquarters with the C.J.C. as 

secretariat. 

By 2003, when the Canterbury 

Racing amalgamation between 

the C.J.C. and Amberley, North 

Canterbury and Hororata racing 

clubs and the Riccarton Turf Club 

took place, Hororata was a wellestablished 

segment of racing at 

Riccarton Park. 

Sponsor of the Valachi Downs Thoroughbreed Breeders 

Stakes, Kevin Hickman, addresses the crowds with 2012 

race winner, Papilio, being paraded behind him. 

Nyree Huyser will be entertaining between 

races on Saturday. 

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SOUTH ISLAND 

AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAYS 

Chairman’s welcome 

On behalf of the organising committee, it is 

a pleasure for me to welcome you to the 66th 

year of the South Island Agricultural Field 

Days (SIAFD), our second year at Kirwee. 

During the 2017 field days you can expect 

to enjoy our ever-growing demonstration 

displays including silage and beet harvesting, 

as well as our usual demonstrations and a new 

initiative, lifestyle exhibits the whole family 

can enjoy. 

We are thankful to the many SIAFD supporters 

and community. While too many to mention 

individually, we would like to pass on our 

thanks to our neighbour Tony Redmond who 

has been a massive help to us. 

Without the Voluntary Committee of the 

SIAFD none of this would be possible and it 

is with heartfelt thanks to them that we can 

continue to produce the SIAFD. 

Rodney Hadfield 

MARCH 29-31 


Come and see us at the 

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Scene set for a great show 

The 2017 South Island Agricultural Field Days 

(SIAFD) will take place March 29-31, and for 

the second time at the new site near Kirwee. 

The largest agricultural event in the South 

Island, it is held on alternate years between 

Otago and Canterbury, and with more than 600 

exhibitors taking part this year it promises to 

have something for everyone. 

The volunteers, who plan and run the event, are 

proud of its status as New Zealand’s premier 

demonstration Field Days and this year will be 

no different, chairman 

of the SIAFD organising committee Rodney 

Hadfield says. 

“While the SIAFD have grown, evolved and moved 

with the time, we have stayed true to the aims we 

began with, in 1951 – to promote ingenuity and 

innovation and to provide farmers with an opportunity 

to view comparative demonstrations so 

they can make informed choices before purchasing 

machinery and equipment,” Mr Hadfield says. 

SIAFD media spokesperson Daniel Schat says the 

volunteers and community groups that run the 

field days are well-prepared and the scene is set for 

a great show. 

“Machinery demonstrations 

are a big part of South Island 

Field Days, and because we 

are just 20 minutes from 

Christchurch airport, we 

offer farmers and contractors 

throughout New Zealand an 

inexpensive way to check out 

and compare the latest gear,” 

Mr Schat says. 

“This year we have good 

crops of maize, fodder beat, 

pasture and oats ready for the 

harvest machinery. Cultivation 

and seeding machinery 

will also be in action. 

“Field Days are a time when 

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at agricultural field days 

and distributors release new products 

and there are always some great deals to 

be had, so it should be of real interest to 

anyone who is serious about agricultural 

machinery.” 

SIAFD organising committee member 

Tony Redmond leases the SIAFD site 

when the Field Days are not on, and Mr 

Schat says he has done an excellent job 

making sure the crops are ready and wellwatered. 

Irrigation is applied with a pivot 

irrigator tdonatned by local 

company Think Water 

Leeson. 

A new section for 2017 is 

the lifestyle section with 

exhibits the whole family 

can enjoy. 

“The lifestyle section adds 

something new to the Field 

Days,” Mr Schat says. 

“We have 50 exhibitors 

lined up to display products 

ranging from model 

trains and spa pools to dog 

control systems and solar 

water and power units.” 

Other special events at 

SIAFD include Farm 

Trader magazine’s Top 

Tractor Shootout 2017. This 

will compare variable transmission tractors 

made by the world’s leading brands, 

with judges testing the tractors on a range 

of criteria including performance and 

affordability. 

Two fencing competitions will also be 

held during the Field Days, while another 

popular event is the Agri-Innovation 

awards. These recognise New Zealandmade 

innovations or inventions, which 

can include implements, attachments or 

tools used in agriculture or other types of 

primary production, with entrants demonstrating 

their inventions. 

SIAFD is a non-profit organisation made 

up of farmers and others in the agricultural 

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Mr Hadfield says the Field Days would 

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volunteers and community groups and 

Friends of the Field Days, who donate 

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and services. 

He says the event is a good community 

fundraising opportunity for local schools 

and Young Farmers, who help with parking, 

running the tills and the entrance, 

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A Kiwi Success 

Armstrong Motor Group began in 

Christchurch in 1993 and has grown 

steadily since its early days. 

Today it is one of the most successful 

automotive retail businesses in the 

country, representing 18 of the world’s 

most prestigious automotive brands and 

employing over 450 people. 

“We’ve built a reputation 

for hiring the best people, 

then delivering exceptional 

customer service and 

customer care programs at 

every touchpoint,” 

says Armstrong founder 

and Managing Director 

Rick Armstrong. 

ARMSTRONG PRESTIGE CHRISTCHURCH 

Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Chrysler 

With established dealerships in 

Christchurch (including the mostawarded 

Mercedes-Benz dealership in 

New Zealand), Dunedin, Wellington 

and Lower Hutt, the most recent phase 

of the company’s expansion has been an 

investment into the Auckland market, 

opening one European and three Toyota 

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Story 

Founded in 1993, Armstrong Motor Group is now one of 

the largest automotive retail businesses in New Zealand. 

favourite car, and in the biggest-selling 

vehicle market in the country, it was 

the perfect opportunity.” The move has 

been a positive one, as the Armstrongowned 

Auckland City Toyota dealerships 

are now the number-one-selling Toyota 

dealerships in New Zealand. 

The next successful chapter in the 

company’s legacy is about to unfold with 

the opening of a brand new state-of-theart 

facility in Botany, East Auckland. One 

half of the site will house the luxury brand 

Mercedes-Benz, and will be the biggest 

facility of its kind in New Zealand. 

SINCE 1993 

ARMSTRONG MOTOR GROUP - CHRISTCHURCH 

Subaru, Peugeot, Citroen, DS 

dealerships. This has been a significant 

step in the company’s growth. “We had 

our eye on the Auckland market for 

some time. Toyota is New Zealand’s 

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SINCE 1993 

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Young Farmers 

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Kuhn Origin Agroup, 

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MALVERN A&P SHOW 

A truly traditional 

A&P Show 

Sheffield 

Express 

Pickup 

Point 

Public Parking 

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Roecombe Road 

Public Parking 

Group C 

Ponies 

Group B 

Ponies 

Coloured 

Horse 

Alpacas 

Fleece 

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Alpaca 

ring 

Vintage 

Vehicles 

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Group B 

Hacks 

Group D 

Ponies 

Group A 

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Hacks 

Back No.s 

Trade 

Space 

H2O 

Emergency 

Assembly 

Point 

St Johns & Vet 

Stall Sites 

Stall Sites 

Unity 

Side Shows 

Led Horses 

Cobs & 

Harness 

Led Rein 

Riding 

Horse 

Shingle Road 

Donkeys & Mules 

Shetlands 

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SELWYN TIMES 

The famous and very popular Malvern 

A & P Show is on again this Saturday and as 

always will offer a true country agricultural 

and farming experience. 

This year’s show features sheep, wool, 

poultry and pigeons, horses and show 

jumping as well as the President’s favourite, 

the Cattle section in which the show’s 

convenor has over ninety entries. 

There will be something special in the 

Produce Shed where Margaret Johnston’s 

knitted cast of Downton Abbey as seventeen 

individual mice creations, ‘Mouseton Abbey’ 

will be on display, along with garden and 

home produce, cookery, flowers, needlework 

and handcrafts. 

Check out the art and photography in the 

back shed where you will find the creations 

of some exceptional budding artists from 

seven local schools. 

Performing on stage will be some 

brilliantly talented local artists and groups 

such as Emma Sparey, Ashy Batchelor, Holly 

Kimber, Minaia Davis and the Ellesmere 

Pipe Band with the wonderful D J Singh as 

compere. Sheffield Primary School’s Kapa 

Haka Group will also debut this year, with a 

performance at 11.45am. 

The children are sure to be entertained in 

the fun zone truck entertainment area too 

and in finding Scavenger Hunt items listed 

on an attachment to a flyer handed out at 

the entry gate. This will have the children 

hunting all over the grounds in the hope of 

completing their entry to earn a prize. 

Always a winner is one of the last events of 

the day, the Speed Shearers who will kick off 

with a relay against the Woodchoppers. 

With so much to see, be sure to head to 

the 2017 Malvern A & P Show this Saturday, 

25 March at the Sheffield Showgrounds on 

the West Coast Road in Sheffield. It will 

run from 8.30am until 4.00 pm. 

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Show Timetable 

8.30am 

1.30pm 

Horse judging begins 

Dog High Jump 

9.30am 

1.45pm 

Cattle and Sheep judging begins 

Dog Race 

10.00am 

2.00pm 

Produce judging begins 

Lolly Scramble 

10.00am 

2.15pm 

Fun Zone entertainment begins 

Speeches 

12.00noon 

2.30pm 

Horse Jumping Competition and Stock Grand Parade 

judging begins 

3.00pm 

12.30pm 

Speed Shearing & Wood Choppers’ relay 

Kiwi Classic games at Fun Zone 

4.00pm 

1.15pm 

Entries may be removed from Produce 

Malvern X Games (held in the Main Ring) shed 

Malvern a&P Show 

Saturday 25th March 2017 

Sheffield Showgrounds 

• horse events • Displays • Photography 

• lolly scramble • Scavenger hunt 

• wood chopping • Side shows 

• Food stalls • Craft markets and Trade sites 

• Dog racing • Barrel racing 

• Cattle and Sheep 

• Farmyard animals 

• Dog high jump • Speed Shearing 

Malvern Agricultural & Pastoral Association 

admission: 

adult $10 

Children under 16 free 

Free carparking 

Start time 8.30am 

Grand Parade 2.30pm



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Cooking outdoors 

Barbecuing and eating outdoors is 

particularly enjoyable whether a pizza 

cooked on a wood fired oven, ham falling 

off the bone of a rotisserie or black 

charcoaled sausages straight off a charcoal 

barbecue. 

Outdoor cooking has progressed from 

the homemade or small round charcoal 

barbecues once common in New Zealand. 

While still great with the true charcoal 

flavour they add to steak and sausages, 

there are bigger, shinier and some might 

say better alternatives now available. 

Gas fired barbecues have become very 

affordable and fantastic when cooking 

up a feed for the regular troops or a large 

crowd. Those with a hot plate, side burner 

and rotisserie, cover all the bases, taking 

the mess out of the kitchen and into the 

yard where a few fat splatters are less of a 

concern. 

Gas pizza ovens can also be purchased 

as free standing models or for fitting into 

a hand crafted fireplace. Complete gas 

ovens range in price from as little as $200 

up to the $10,000 mark. Powder coated 

and stainless steel options are available, 

some with ceramic stones for producing 

a crisp based pizza. Many are like a gas 

barbecue in that they can be wheeled to a 

position so can be stored under shelter in 

inclement weather. 

Building pizza ovens in the backyard 

has grown in popularity. These give a true 

wood fired pizza taste and do a pretty 

tasty roast, which takes around an hour 

and a half while the fire burns at the back 

of the oven. Initially, the fire is built in 

the centre of the oven to heat the walls, 

floor and roof, then pushed to the back 

before placing the food in the centre. For 

roasting, the fire needs turning from time 

to time to maintain the heat while the 

roasting pan should also be rotated. 

Wood fired pizza oven kits, to fit into 

a structure that is bricked or plastered 

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purchased with some fire safe at any time 

of the year – something that those living 

in Canterbury need to be mindful of. 

Another trend is towards fire pits that 

are finding their way into backyards. 

These are available readymade, some 

coming with a safety mesh cover so safe 

to use when there are fire restrictions. 

They generally burn charcoal or gas and 

some may be incorporated into a table as 

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Japanese Hibachi style of barbecuing (not 

to be confused with Teppanyaki, which is 

cooked on a flat solid griddle surface). 

Fire pits are great for throwing out heat 

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out the warm potato with a spoon, to eat 

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Gas fires are also popular features 

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Outdoor cooking has progressed from 

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More awareness on home heating has 

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keeping a home warm and are great when 

the garage is used as a work area or gym. 

Local company, Custom Made Garage 

Doors have noted an increase in demand 

for new insulated garage doors and for 

insulating existing garage doors. 

“Most sectional doors can be insulated 

with the Phoenix and Idaho leaders in 

flat panel doors nationwide,” advises Mal 

Hurrell, founder of Custom Made Garage 

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garage doors. 

Popular styles in the company’s lineup 

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Timber garage doors have also been 

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Their expertise and experience in 

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Autumn is garden 

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Garden renovations are 

seasonal with now a good time 

for this kind of work, to avoid 

it being carried out in the mud 

and wet of winter. 

Autumn is a good time for working in 

the garden whether starting from scratch 

or changing one that is established. 

If planning to shift trees or shrubs to 

a new spot, start wrenching these for 

moving. This involves digging around and 

gradually cutting the roots so the plant 

will develop feeder roots that will help it 

re-establish and minimise the shock for 

the plant when moved in June or July. 

How easily plants can be moved 

depends on their size and species. Some 

curl up their toes if shifted so seeking the 

assistance of a landscape professional can 

be helpful when changing or laying out a 

garden. 

With different tree and shrub species 

reaching varying widths and height, 

selecting the right place for each plant 

ensures maximum effect is gained and 

that mature species are not lost. 

“Having that touch of maturity in your 

garden gives it the ‘wow’ factor,” advises 

landscape designer, Sharon Crofts who 

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“Larger and taller vegetation add to the 

aesthetics of a landscape design. When 

coupled with new construction work, 

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Sharon is a professional who has over 

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draw up a new landscape plan for an 

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Sharon also works with landscape 

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Garden renovations are seasonal with 

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to avoid it being carried out in the mud 

and wet of winter. With the consistent 

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Sharon also says that with more 

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With the hotter months now over, there 

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Freshwater Management, a joint centre 

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Canterbury Water 

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Fonterra has picked up a top innovation 

award at the Gulfood Innovation Awards 

for its trade stand at the world’s largest food 

show in Dubai earlier this month. 

The Gulfood Innovation Awards 

acknowledge new and improved 

innovations and technologies being 

adopted by the 5000 international food, 

beverage and hospitality exhibitors at 

the event. Fonterra’s stand was shared 

by NZMP, Fonterra’s dairy ingredients 

business and Anchor Food Professionals, 

Fonterra’s foodservice brand. 

Fonterra general manager Middle East 

for NZMP, Santiago Aon said: “We have 

developed some inventive ways of bringing 

the Fonterra experience alive for visitors 

to the stand, such as our Fonterra virtual 

reality experience. 

“By slipping on a headset, delegates 

can immerse themselves in a 360° virtual 

Fonterra world, following the journey of 

New Zealand dairy from its origin on the 

farm through to the shipping of NZMP 

ingredients to overseas markets.” 

NZMP has developed the virtual reality 

film to offer its customers a unique way 

to experience the production of dairy 

ingredients without actually being there. 

Mr Aon said that NZMP has been quick 

to use the cutting-edge technology, which 

is only just entering the mainstream as a 

communications tool, to bring the Fonterra 

dairy story to life. 

“We are always keen to use new 

technology to expand the way we connect 

with our customers and enable them to 

see for themselves how NZMP transforms 

farmers’ milk into world-class dairy 

products for customers around the globe. 

“The NZMP virtual reality experience 

offers customers deeper insights into the 

origins of the products they buy from us 

and helps to bring our customers closer to 

our farmers.” 

This inventive approach is also reflected 

in NZMP’s Virtual Store where customers 

can create a virtual product to meet 

their specifications by selecting certain 

ingredients, packaging styles and label 

images. 

Anchor Food Professionals also made 

its debut at Gulfood 2017 where the 

foodservice brand showcased its latest 

product innovations 

to delegates, 

highlighting the 

creativity and 

expertise of its team. 

Fonterra general 

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Alastair Bruce said: 

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and preferences, 

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our customers and 

partners to develop 

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the business of food.” 

Mr Aon said 

Fonterra was 

delighted to receive the Gulfood award 

for its new stand, noting that it was a great 

accomplishment to win a top award the first 

time that Fonterra has had a standalone 

presence at the event, after 40 years’ 

partnering with Middle East and African 

food and beverage manufacturers. 

“Gulfood offers us a springboard for 

increasing trade opportunities in the region 

by showcasing Fonterra’s ‘New Zealand 

advantage’ – our market-leading, grass-fed 

dairy expertise and commitment to food 

safety and quality.” 

New Zealand’s Minister for Primary 

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2017, along with a number of other 

New Zealand companies, signalling the 

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Some 5000 exhibitors from 120 countries 

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If you are not planting 

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garden so they are not 

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over winter. 

When autumn rains 

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of existing lawns or the 

laying of new lawns can 

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your site for a new lawn, 

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slight slope to allow water 

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Rachel Vogan says bright-faced gerberas offer 

more than ever before, with new breeds no longer 

restricted to indoor living only 

YEARS AGO, gerberas were 

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Mazda MX-5 offers 

thrilling drive 

• By Ross Kiddie 

WHEN MAZDA first 

produced its MX-5 

convertible, the concept 

was loosely based around 

the high performance 

Lotus Elan of the 60s. 

There’s no denying the 

success Mazda has had 

with the MX-5, every 

generation has been true 

to the original, and I don’t 

know anyone who isn’t 

smitten with the affordable 

sports car. 

That being the case, I was 

a little surprised to find 

that the latest generation 

model was designed in 

collaboration with the 

Fiat/Chrysler group. We 

are unlikely to see the Fiat 

equivalent here in New 

Zealand, it’s rumoured 

to be a left-hand-drive 

model only; but we will 

see Abarth versions here 

in right-hand-drive, and 

it will arrive with a 1.4- 

litre turbocharged engine. 

Incidentally, Abarth is the 

performance arm of Fiat 

in Italy. 

I’m not here to praise 

the Abarth, I doubt that 

I’ll ever get a drive of 

that vehicle, but what I 

do know is that Mazda is 

determined not to lose grip 

on the popularity of MX-5, 

nor its market share, and 

have launched it here in 

four variations to cater for 

all driving tastes. In simple 

terms, there is a 1.5-litre 

manual model, a 2-litre 

manual or automatic, and a 

2-litre convertible hardtop. 

I’ve driven all but the 

hardtop, and have come 

to appreciate what Mazda 

have done with the MX-5, 

it is still the fun, beautifully 

balanced sports car 

which has a chassis and 

suspension that can only be 

described as delightful. 

This evaluation focuses 

on the 2-litre manual, 

and it sits in the market 

at $46,995. $40,995 will 

get you into the 1.5- 

litre manual, automatic 

transmission on the 2-litre 

adds $1500. 

Effectively, the engine is 

the same, but for bore and 

stroke differences which 

determine cubic capacity. 

The 2-litre model pumps 

out 118kW and 200Nm 

against 96kW and 150Nm, 

and if you add in its weight 

of just over 1000kg the 

power-to-weight balance 

is definitely biased towards 

performance. 

When you fire up the 

Mazda MX-5 you know 

you are in for a thrilling 

ride; the engine is raspy 

MAZDA MX-5: Designed with the Fiat/Chrysler group. 

and a little raw, not so 

that it’s overbearing, but 

it does have sound which 

lets you know that there is 

something just a little bit 

different about the car. It 

has always been that way, 

it’s just part of the ethos 

that harks back to my 

introduction, the Lotus 

Elan was also vibrant from 

under the bonnet. 

• Price – Mazda MX-5 

Ltd, $46,995 

• Dimensions – Length, 

3915mm; width, 

1735mm; height, 

1230mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

rear-wheeldrive,1998cc, 

118kW, 

200Nm, six-speed 

manual. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 6.6sec 

• Fuel usage – 

6.9l/100km 

Where Mazda has 

excelled with the MX-5 is 

in its driving dynamics, 

you feel so very much a 

part of the car, everything 

from the short-shifting 

gear lever through to the 

feel from the suspension 

and the way you as a driver 

are connected to the rearwheel-drive 

feel, the MX-5 

involves the driver and 

drags him/her tightly to the 

elements which make it the 

sports machine it is. 

In terms of performance, 

the MX-5 in 2-litre form 

will haul to 100km/h from 

a standstill in 6.6sec, and 

will make an overtaking 

manoeuvre in 4.9sec (80- 

120km/h). And at the 

same time it will also sip 

fuel frugally, Mazda claim 

a 6.9l/100km (41mpg) 

combined cycle average. 

The twin-camshaft, fourcylinder 

unit is one from 

the new range of SkyActive 

engines which have found 

their way into most of 

Mazda’s current product, it 

has character and likes to 

be heard; at highway speed 

it settles down, but if you 

use the power on tap it 

is there to entertain 

audibly. 

The MX-5 is all about 

character, and it has a 

chassis that delivers one 

of the finest handling 

sensations you are ever 

likely to experience. The 

steering is pin-sharp, and 

by sitting almost over 

the rear axles you get a 

lot of feel as to what the 

suspension is doing in 

relation to the road surface. 

Short-wheelbase, rearwheel-drive 

cars can be 

twitchy at the rear under 

power, and the MX-5 is no 

exception, but grip through 

the 205/45 x 17in sport 

specification Bridgestone 

Potenza rubber is high and 

you really have to work 

hard to lose traction. Of 

course, that is immediately 

arrested through the 

traction control electronics, 

but the point is the MX-5 

can be playful and, as a 

buyer, you wouldn’t want 

anything less. 

I took the test car inland 

from Windwhistle almost 

all of the way to Lake 

Coleridge Village, my 

favourite high country 

road, and thoroughly 

enjoyed the way the MX-5 

attacked the corners yet 

drives in a fashion which 

allows the driver to use its 

qualities to full potential. 

The driving environment 

is one of massive appeal, 

everything about the MX-5 

is beautifully engineered, 

from the cockpit to 

lowering the roof down 

with one hand in one 

easy movement, there is 

nothing to criticise, and 

the newcomer is true to 

the concept which has 

made it so successful and 

appealing. 

Of course, it is a selfish 

car, any buyer will only be 

able to have one passenger 

at a time as it has two seats 

only, and that in itself 

suggests that everything 

about the MX-5 is a little 

different. 

Farm life has 

plenty to offer 

young people 

From city girl to sharemilker to equity 

farmer, North Canterbury’s Wendy Croft has 

come a long way in a sector that allows young 

people to work hard and prosper. 

“I was working in a bank before I got into 

farming. I had never milked a cow, but we got 

into sharemilking to save money, and it was 

easier for me to manage it than to get someone 

else to do it.” 

Three years ago Wendy 

enrolled in Ara Institute 

of Canterbury’s NZ 

Diploma in Agribusiness 

Management; a practical 

qualification for working 

farmers that is delivered 

online with face to face 

tutorials in Culverden. 

The programme is 

run with the Primary 

ITO and was rated as 

“excellent” by the New 

Zealand Qualifications 

Authority (NZQA) in a 

recent report. 

With two young 

children and a business 

to run, Wendy balanced her studies with her 

family and work commitments. 

““I think my husband and I worked together 

every day for three years! It was hard, and it’s 

not for everyone. It’s challenging but it’s really 

rewarding.” 

Does she miss her city lifestyle? “Yes, 

sometimes I miss the city, but I love the lifestyle 

here – I have good neighbours and good staff.”

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Your guide to Show Homes & New Sections 

in the Selwyn District 

Residential 

Investment 

Properties 

Renting out a home or investment 

property has become more complex with 

more legislative and insurer requirements 

and the potential for issues that were once 

never a factor. 

Insurance companies have certain 

requirements for rental properties so from 

the outset, inform your insurer that the 

property will be rented. Take out landlord’s 

house and chattels cover then read 

your policy and contact your insurance 

company if you have a concern, to avoid 

the potential for a claim not to be paid out. 

Insurers often want to be informed when 

a house is vacant for a period of time and 

require landlords to carry out regular 

inspections to ensure the property is being 

looked after. Record inspections showing 

dates and any problems, along with how 

these were addressed. 

Landlords have responsibilities in 

relation to the law as well. The Residential 

Tenancy Act requires tenanted properties 

to have operable smoke alarms and 

insulation will be compulsory in all rentals 

from 1 July 2019. 

Smoke alarms must be in place and 

operational. If a new house or it has never 

had smoke alarms, long-life photoelectric 

alarms with a battery life of at least eight 

years or 

hardwired in 

smoke alarms 

must be fitted. 

Batteries must 

be replaced in 

existing alarms 

as per the 

manufacturer’s 

A long-life 

photoelectric alarm. 

dates, and 

when the 

alarm expires 

or stops working, it must be replaced with 

a photoelectric or hardwired alarm. There 

are also stipulations in relation to the 

number of smoke alarms for a rental and 

the positioning of these. 

Tenants also have a responsibility not 

to remove or disarm a smoke alarm and 

to replace batteries in older systems when 

needed or inform their landlord/property 

manager that a smoke alarm is not 

working in other cases. Failing to comply 

with the law, could lead to a fine of up to 

$4,000 for landlords and up to $3,000 for 

tenants. 

Another concern for landlords that has 

been raised in the media in recent times is 

drug use and in particular the effects of ‘P’ 

on a property. Many buyers of properties 

previously rented, are now requesting that 

a drug test is undertaken before the sale 

is confirmed. It is therefore a good idea to 

include a clause in the Tenancy Agreement 

to allow for the property to be drug tested 

from time to time. 

Not all ma and pa investors who manage 

their own rentals find it easy. They may not 

carry out quarterly property checks or find 

it embarrassing inspecting the house when 

tenants are living there. They may avoid 

bringing up issues which could adversely 

affect the property and its ultimate value, 

or forget to check that rent payments are 

made on time. 

For those who want an investment 

property but not the hassle a professional 

property manager would be contracted. 

They will find tenants, carry out property 

checks to ensure the property is being 

looked after, and monitor rent payments, 

issuing notice to tenants if needed and 

overseeing repairs and maintenance of the 

property when required. 

Insurers require regular property inspections. 

Insurers often want to be informed when a house is vacant for a period of time. 

Many buyers of properties previously rented request a drug test is carried out. 

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None of the properties that we have 

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sPrInGston 

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PtA 

NOTICE OF AGM 

Monday 10th April 

2017 at 7pm 

at Springston School, 

16-20 Leeston Road, 

Springston. 

All welcome. 

InquIrIes to: 

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Tours 

RATEPAYER MEETINGS 

A meeting for ratepayers of the Selwyn River 

Rating District will be held to discuss works 

and finances, and also to elect a Liaison 

Committee for the district. 

Wednesday 22nd March 2017, 7.30pm at the 

Springston South Soldiers Memorial Hall, 433 

Days Road. 

All River District Ratepayers are welcome. 

(your rates notice will tell you whether you are a 

ratepayer of these Districts) 

Verity Kirstein 

Area Engineer 

Fluvax 

CliniC 

@ TempleTon 

mediCal 

5 KIRK ROAD 

Fluvax only 

Sat 25th march 

8.30am-10.30am 

No appointment 

necessary, open to anyone. 

Further details visit 

www.tempmed.co.nz 

MILITARY EXERCISE 

27 - 31 MARCH 2017 

The general public is to be advised that a NZ 

Army Exercise will be conducted in the Oxford 

Forest area north of Trig Road over the period 

27 - 31 March 2017. 

The exercise will involve personnel of 2/1 RNZIR 

from, Burnham Military Camp. The exercise will 

involve up to 40 personnel. 

Training will involve soldiers conducting close 

country training and carrying weapons in and 

around the Oxford Forest area north of Trig 

Road from 8am until 1am. 

The exercise will also involve the movement of 

troops and vehicles by day and night. 

For more information please call 

03 363 0099 

Hokianga and Far North 

Departs 27th August 2017 

8 days $1950.00 per person 

Cairns Winter Break 

Departs 1st June 2017 

12 nights 

$4,695 per person 

All tours include flights 

Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886 

www.reidtours.com 

Situations Vacant 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, 

Freshpork’s feedmill near Burnham are 

re-advertising their position for a truck 

driver with a Class 5 license, to deliver 

animal feed with a truck & trailer. 

Hours typically commence at 

5.00 a.m. with 40-45 hrs/wk. 

Weekends are rarely involved. 

Interested applicants should contact 

Jason on 027 535 2236 

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A Trophy Lifestyle 

This well balanced superbly sheltered property 

is located 20 minutes south of Christchurch and 

lends itself to a variety of uses. These include 

vineyard, olives, hazel nut production and 

livestock especially horses or goats because of 

the soil type. 

This is complemented by a valuable irrigation 

consent (2035). 

There are excellent sheds which include an 

office and workshop - brilliant for a contractor 

working from home. There is also a near new, 

modern cottage with two car garaging and 

separate entrance off Burnham Road. The 

substantially re-modelled homestead with four 

living spaces includes a gentleman’s club with 

billiards table, wine cellar and private courtyard. 

Light and bright, this home has a warm 

welcoming feel for fun, family or farming. 

$1,800,000 plus GST (if any) 

Address: 423 Burnham School Road, Burnham 

www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz 

Property ID LN1490 

Ron Ferguson 

Contact: 

Phone: 027 498 6256 

John Davison 

Contact: 

Phone: 027 436 4464 

First home. Next home. 

Investment or Commercial property. 

Give me a call and lets talk. 

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Mortgage Adviser 

M 021 0212 0555 | T 03 343 2335 

E nathan.miglani@loanmarket.co.nz 

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and trust, I can negotiate you the best deal. 

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SECTIONS FROM $ 169,000 AND 

NEWMAN PARK GENEROUS TERMS AVAILABLE 

Newman Park is the closest 

subdivision to the brand new 

Rolleston West Primary School 

• All stages now have title 

• Sections sized from 639m² to 1006m² 

• Sections priced from $169,000 to $210,000 

• Covenants to protect your investment 

• No minimum house size on designated lots 

• All services at boundary including fibre 

M-A 

MATSON & ALLAN 

REAL ESTATE LIMITED 

‘The Experts’ 


Stephan Knowler 

M: 027 229 9522 

W: 03 347 9949 

E: stephan@marealestate.co.nz 

Residential 

Lifestyle 

Rural Property 

Licensed REAA2008 

ROLLESTON PH: 03 347 9949 LEESTON PH: 03 324 3704 DARFIELD PH: 03 318 8204 www.marealestate.co.nz 

REAL ESTATE SPECIALISTS 

46 Beachvale Drive, Kaiapoi 

auCTION 23RD MaRCh 6pM ON SITe (uNLeSS SOLD pRIOR) 

Stylish and Sophisticated in Sovereign Lakes! 

Constructed to a standard of excellence and 

showcasing the very best in contemporary style is 

this brand new four-bedroom home that will appeal 

to those who have an eye for absolute quality.From 

its elegant linear, cedar and schist exterior through 

to the attractive finishes and light-filled interior, this 

home is a true standout. 

Situated in Sovereign Lakes with a lake view from 

the living, dining & kitchen areas, buyers that are 

seeking a polished home in which to raise their 

family will be drawn to this exceptional property 

which will undoubtedly attract a large amount of 

interest. Contact Mike for more information. 

34 Durrell Way, Rolleston 

OFFeRS OveR $519,000 

Taunton Gardens 

MaSSIve pRICe ReDuCTION 

eNquIRIeS OveR $1,495,000 

a Spacious Setting for 

Superb Family Living! 

Families who crave space will be drawn to this 

warm and inviting three-bedroom + study home 

which occupies a sizeable 820m2 section near the 

flourishing heart of Rolleston. 

With a well proportioned open plan living area 

that opens out to a lovely deck, summertime 

entertaining is a breeze. Fully fenced and spacious 

throughout this property is conveniently positioned 

near shops and amenities. 

Your earliest viewing is recommended. Contact 

Mike for more information. 

Massive Reduction, 

urgent Sale 

Due to a raft of personal and health reasons, 

this property is now offered to the market at a 

dramatically reduced sale expectation for a very 

limited time, due to the need of an urgent sale 

outcome. All offers are to be presented by 5pm 

on the 11th April 2017 (if not Sold prior) Make no 

mistake, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity 

to secure a Historic and Iconic property nestled 

on the north facing slopes above Governors Bay. 

Their loss could be your gain and your immediate 

and urgent action is recommended! Contact Mike 

today for more details. 

Mike Goatley 

027 249 5561 

Chris Finnerty 


Trevor McIvor 

027 444 2814 

Nicola Curtis 

Administrator 

Julz Sibbe 

Administrator 

68 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston 

0800 645 346 

www.oneagencyres.co.nz 

Real Estate Specialists Ltd Licenced REAA (2008)

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MATSON & ALLAN 

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‘The 


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Residential 

Lifestyle 

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ROLLESTON - 23D Jozecom Place 

STUNNING & SUBSTANTIAL NEW HOME 

• Fabulous and substantial 260sqm home 

• Triple car garage 

• Two large living areas, dining area 

• Sleek and modern centrally located kitchen with 

granite benchtops, quality appliances and walk in 

pantry 

• Living area opens out to private outdoor entertaining 

• Four double bedrooms 

• Beautifully specified tiled bathrooms and a large 

walk in wardrobe add to the luxurious feeling of this 

home. 

• Separate laundry 

• Log burner 

ROLLESTON - 3 Highworth Crescent 

DELIGHTFUL IN EVERY WAY! 

• Situated in Faringdon subdivision in quiet cul-de-sac 

• 2 living areas 

• Open plan kitchen/dining 

• 4 double bedrooms & study 

• Master has ensuite & large walk-in robe 

• Family bathroom, separate toilet & separate laundry 

• Large 7x6m internal access garage 

• Doors off the living areas open onto Alfresco dining 

• Aggregate courtyard with outdoor fire 

• Mature north facing garden 

WEST MELTON - 249 Curraghs Road 

THE BEST IN LIFESTYLE LIVING 

• 325m 2 4 bedroom plus office near new home 

• Large kitchen living area - entertainer’s kitchen with 

granite benchtops, Butler’s pantry, & F&P appliances 

• Large separate lounge with logburner 

• Undercover outdoor area 

• 4 double bedrooms 

• High quality curtains & fittings 

• Master with fully tiled ensuite & large walk in robe 

• Main bathroom includes bath & fully tiled shower 

• Large mudroom/backdoor area with toilet & shower 

• 3 car internal access garaging 

• Irrigated lawn & gardens 

• Well subdivided & troughed 4 hectares 

• 4-bay shed (1 bay lockable plus power) 

Open Home Sun 3.30pm - 4pm 

Price: $715,000 

View: www.marealestate.co.nz/140 

Jackie Derrick Mb 027 636 3576 

jackie@marealestate.co.nz 

Open Home: Sun 2pm - 2.30pm 

Price: Neg Over $585,000 




Price: Neg Over $1,200,000 


Andrew Taylor Mb 027 435 5930 

andrew@marealestate.co.nz 

NEW LISTING 

OPEN HOME 

OPEN HOME 

ROLLESTON - 257 Lowes Road 

ONE OF ROLLESTON’S FINEST 

• Established & private 1705sqm section 

• Tiled entrance, open & expansive living areas 

• Cathedral ceilings & large windows 

• Modern kitchen with oversized breakfast bar 

• Quality appliances & large dining area 

• 4 double bedrooms with quality soft furnishings & 

double wardrobes 

• Oversize master bedroom, tiled ensuite with 

underfloor heating, WIR & private courtyard 

• Main bathroom: large corner spa bath, oversized tiled 

shower with glass panels & underfloor heating 

• Large rear section with access beside garage 

• Log burner, double glazing, insulation & heat pumps 

ROLLESTON - 20 Colebrook Drive 

PRICE REDUCED - TOP QUALITY 226M 2 

NEW BUILD 

• Located in Devon Park subdivision 

• Superior 4 double bedrooms 

• 2 living rooms 

• 900mm oven with gas hobb & walk in pantry 

• Large separate laundry & tiled bathrooms 

• Superior fittings & fixtures throughout 

• Fully fenced 631m 2 section 

• Comes complete with a First Home Build Warranty 

ROLLESTON - 12A Emerson Lane 

FABULOUS LOCATION - 

FABULOUS HOME 

• A well designed low maintenance home 

• Kitchen is sleek & modern with plenty of storage 

space & quality appliances 

• Spacious open plan living opening to private 

north facing courtyard area, perfect for outdoor 

entertaining 

• All 4 bedrooms are generous in proportion 

• Master offers a WIR & stylish ensuite 

• Other features include: quality drapes, alarm, 

irrigation system & drive thru garage 

• Secure & landscaped 879m 2 section 

Price: Neg over $745,000 








Open Home Sun 2.45pm - 3.15pm 


View: www.marealestate.co.nz/121 



NEW LISTING 

OPEN HOME 

ROLLESTON - Branthwaite 

BRANTHWAITE SUBDIVISION 

• New subdivision 

• Sections ranging from 600m 2 to 800m 2 

• Internal fencing included 

• Stage One Titles expected April/May 2017 

• Offers peace of mind and choice to build your 

family's future in Rolleston 

• Just 20 minutes from Christchurch CBD and within 

walking distance from new High School 

• These affordable sections are available NOW 

KIRWEE - 4B St Andrews Lane 

ELEGANCE IN KIRWEE 

• 4 double bedroom contemporary home 

• Open plan living & dining 

• Highly appointed Kitchen with spacious walk in 

pantry 

• Entertainers delight 

• Large separate lounge with Log fire 

• Covered deck & outdoor living area 

• Master Bedroom with walk-in wardrobe & ensuite 

• Office is also located off the main entrance 

• Ample storage 

• Solar panels along with hardwiring of cabling for 

entertainment inside & out 

• Book an appointment to view today 

Price: From $179,000 - $186,000 

View: www.marealestate.co.nz 



Price: Neg over $635,000 


Sue Robinson Mb 021 409 050 

sue@marealestate.co.nz 

ROLLESTON - 81 Hungerford Drive 

TICKS ALL THE BOXES 

• 241sqm, Hebel with timber features 

• 4 double bedrooms • 2 bedrooms with ensuites 

• Master suite has walk in robe & ensuite 

• German inspired kitchen with quality appliances & 

large high spec butler’s pantry complete with sink. 

• 3 living areas with high ceilings 

• Great indoor outdoor flow 

• 120 sqms of deck perfect for outdoor entertaining 

• 725sqm Fully fenced landscaped section 

• Spacious internal access garaging 

• Solar power, alarm system with smoke detectors 

• 2 heat pumps • Plenty of storage 

• Quality drapes and blinds 

• Situated in the prestigious Faringdon subdivision 

DARFIELD - 10 Whitcombe Place 

DARFIELD LANDSBOROUGH 

LIFESTYLE AWAITS 

• 2 year old four bedroom home 

• 2 luxurious bathrooms 

• Formal lounge, an informal living & dining 

• Designer Kitchen with New York influences 

• Positioned for view of the mountains 

• Great indoor outdoor flow 

• Oversized 3 bay shed with three phase power 

• Over-sized door opening perfect for storing a 

caravan, boat or motorhome 

• Perfect lock & leave property 

• 25 minutes to airport & 20 minutes to Rolleston 

• Excellent Primary & High School 

Price: By Negotiation 




Price: Offers Over $799,000 




ROLLESTON PH: 03 347 9949 LEESTON PH: 03 324 3704 DARFIELD PH: 03 318 8204 www.marealestate.co.nz 

Chris Flanagan 

027 433 4657 

Andrew Taylor 

027 435 5930 

Jackie Derrick 

027 636 3576 

Stephan Knowler 

027 229 9522 

Cameron McRae 

027 769 6696 

Paul Robinson 


Sue Robinson 


Juliet 

Flanagan 

Connie 

van der Klei

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For Sale 

OPEN HOME 

Leeston 

5 Chervier Street 

995m 2 

Price 

All Offers Considered 

Burnham 

Burnham School Road 

10 Hectares 

Price 

$1,800,000 plus GST (if any) 

Contact 

Penny Dadson-Clausen 

027 895 5943 

Contact 

Ron Ferguson 027 498 6256 

John Davison 027 436 4464 

Open Home Sunday 2.00 to 2.30pm. Tired of trawling the net? Look at this for a catch! Spacious, 

two storey, four bedroom home. Open-plan kitchen/dining, adjoining lounge, great indoor/outdoor flow 

to covered verandah area. Established gardens, growing house all within a fully fenced, 995m 2 section. 

This property overlooks Leeston Park, is just down the road from the local pool and is handy to local 

shops and schools. For a look and to hook - contact me today! | Property ID LE1589 

A Trophy Lifestyle. An outstanding property located 20 minutes south of Christchurch with many 

options for business or pleasure. Commercial buildings with private entrance, two large paddocks, 

established shelter, 1,000 olive trees plus hazel nut and fruit trees. Substantially remodelled homestead 

with four living spaces, including gentleman’s club with billiards table, wine cellar and private courtyard. 

Cute cottage with separate entrance. | Property ID LN1490 

Springfield 

Rilco Lane 

1,084m 2 - 1,232m 2 

Price 

From $148,000 

Contact 

Grant McIlroy 027 345 9262 

Lincoln 

6 Caulfield Crescent 

618m 2 

Price 

Offers Over $839,000 

Contact 

Tracy Stevenson 

027 543 9029 

Torlesse View Subdivision. Only four sections, ranging in size from 1,084m 2 – 1,232m 2 remain. All 

have LED street lighting, underground power, telecommunication and town water connections. The 

Southern Alps are the backdrop to Springfield Village offering a great country retreat or a place to call 

home. House plans available. | Property ID DA1659 

Stunning Atrchitecturally-Designed Home. Three bedrooms - master with tiled en suite and walk-in 

wardrobe. Quality Cedar and Metalcraft E-span home comprising two wings. Study, open-plan living, 

eye-catching kitchen featuring granite bench tops and Italian appliances, opening onto the expansive, 

north-facing deck housing the amazing outdoor kitchen. Ample storage throughout and well appointed, 

internal-access double garage. Just stunning! | Property ID LN1487 

Sold 

Sold 

Sold 

Sold 

Southbridge | 832m 2 

Penny Dadson-Clausen 027 895 5943 

Hororata | 68 Hectares 

Grant McIlroy 027 345 9262 

Lincoln | 734m 2 

Tracy Stevenson 027 543 9029 

Springston | 10 Hectares 

Ron Ferguson 027 498 6256 

Sold 

Sold 

Sold 

Sold 

Burnham | 2.9 Hectares 

Noel Lowery 027 432 8859 

Sheffield | 223 Hectares 

Matt Collier 027 205 6626 

Darfield | 907m 2 

Kerin Pitkethley 027 698 7453 

Weedons | 8 Hectares 

John Davison 027 436 4464 

Properties Wanted 

Due to recent sales success, we require new listings to market. 

Make Farmlands Real Estate your team of choice! 

Call us today – look at what we can offer you: 

Free, no-obligation, written market appraisals 

Negotiable commission rate 

Local salespeople with local property knowledge 

Licensed under REAA 2008

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NEW LISTING - The Hard Work Is Done... 

WEST MELTON 

2/820 West Coast Road 

This quality 4.37ha lifestyle block with family home has 

been extensively renovated over the last 12 months, is 

beautifully positioned amongst established trees and 

gardens, and topped off with a quality additional 

dwelling. The brand new modern kitchen is the centre of 

the home and the open plan living/dining area flows 

around the kitchen. The living areas are all north facing, 

with excellent flow to the outside deck area, providing 

further options for living or entertaining. The additional 

dwelling is 100m2 and complete with 2 bedrooms and a 

separate living area - perfect for generational living or 

for teenagers looking for some independence! It is 

Have You Got The Vision? 

currently being used as holiday home type 

accommodation, thus the options here are endless. The 

remaining land is fenced into 4 horse safe paddocks 

with a full water reticulation system. The hard work here 

really is done – this property is ready for you to move in 

and simply enjoy what is great about lifestyle living. 

OPEN HOME 

VIEW Sunday 26 Mar 12.30 - 1.30pm 

WEB ID ROL54088 

DEADLINE SALE closes Thursday 6th April, 2017 at 

4.00pm, (unless sold prior) 

Chris Moore 

Mobile 027 288 0563 

Office 03 929 0306 

chris.moore@propertybrokers.co.nz 

DEADLINE SALE 

5 

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WEST MELTON 

137 Neave Road 

If you are looking for a beautifully set up 10 acres of 

land and a modern home, surrounded by established 

grounds, in a highly popular West Melton location, but 

where you still have a genuine opportunity to add value, 

then here it is. The land has been wonderfully developed 

to cater for equine pursuits, & is fenced into 11 horse 

safe paddocks. A quality large 4 bay implement shed 

offers numerous options. The home is very unique and is 

where a real opportunity presents itself. With a 270m2 

concrete floor and roof plan, this is currently a multi use 

building, with 140m2 having been built as a modern 2 

bedroom home, whilst the remaining 130m2 is currently 

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set up as stabling and equine facilities. This home 

presents the opportunity to either continue using it as it 

currently is or develop this into a stunning 270m2 home 

under the existing roof - the options here are truly 

endless. Quite simply something incredibly special could 

be created here. 

OPEN HOME 



DEADLINE SALE closes Monday 27th March, 2017 at 

4.00pm, (unless sold prior) 

Chris Moore 

Mobile 027 288 0563 

Office 03 929 0306 

chris.moore@propertybrokers.co.nz 

DEADLINE SALE 

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Lifestyle + Landbank 

This Is The One! 

OPEN HOME 


ROLLESTON 

2/652 Springston Rolleston Road 

Nestled in the heart of Rolleston township is this superb 

rural hideaway, set on 1.26 hectares of prime residential 

zoned land. Featuring a substantial 5 bedroom home set 

in established grounds, with open plan kitchen, two 

north facing living areas that open to private patio, 

providing excellent outdoor living. Modern family 

bathroom plus ensuite. Internal access garage and 3 bay 

shed. The property enjoys mature shelter around all 

boundaries providing a private and peaceful 

environment. 

A Place To Call Home 

TENDER 


TENDER closes Friday 31st March, 2017 at 3.00pm, (unless 

sold prior) 

Gareth Cox 

Mobile 021 250 9714 

Office 03 929 0306 

gareth@propertybrokers.co.nz 

5 

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WEB ID ROU54424 

ROLLESTON 

29 Stanford Way 

View By Appointment 

Gloriously positioned for optimal sun this near new 

home on an easy-care section comes with its very own 

picture-perfect reserve outlook. Featuring: 

- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living, study nook and 

spacious kitchen 

- Extra-large master bedroom with ensuite, WIR 

- Carpeted double garage 

- Multiple outdoor living spaces 

- 14 panel solar panel system 

Sarah Yeates 

Value-packed and easy-living - let the sun pay your bills 

Mobile 027 447 2719 

and the council tend your view. Act now! 

Office 03 929 0306 

sarahy@propertybrokers.co.nz 

BUYERS $595,000+ 

The Golden Mile BUYERS $899,000+ 


DARFIELD 

1/546 McLaughlins Road 

4.5ha lifestyle property, set down a private lane in 

park-like grounds offering the ultimate country lifestyle. 

Featuring a spacious family home with separate formal 

lounge, a brand new kitchen/living and external access 

to north facing patios providing excellent indoor/outdoor 

flow. 4 double bedrooms, office, large family bathroom 

plus ensuite off master bedroom. Internal access double 

garage. Outbuildings include a large 5 bay implement 

shed/workshop plus separate 3 bay garden shed with 

enclosed games rooms. If you’re looking for the ultimate 

lifestyle property with, then look no further! 

VIEW By Appointment 

4 

2 

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OPEN HOME 

WEB ID ROU54458 

KIRWEE 

8 Walter Place 


Located in heart of Kirwee is this well appointed new 

home just waiting for you to call it home. 

This well designed property presents a contemporary 

open plan kitchen/dining with access through large 

sliders onto sunny north facing patio. Complemented by 

a large formal lounge with logburner. 

The master bedroom enjoys a WIR and ensuite, 

complemented by 3 additional bedrooms that are well 

serviced by the centrally located family bathroom. 

Gareth Cox 

Internal access double garage with laundry featuring 


excellent storage options. 

Office 03 929 0306 


$549,000 

4 

2 

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Gareth Cox 


Office 03 929 0306 


Executive Living BUYERS $499,000+ 

WEB ID ROU54215 

LEESTON 

31 Carston Street 

STOP AND LOOK HERE! Only a few short weeks away 

from completion this gorgeous, brand-new home could 

be yours sooner than you think. 

Featuring a trendy new kitchen with huge butler's 

pantry, two living areas with outdoor flow via stacker 

doors, large covered patio and special design touches 

throughout. 

Why buy existing when for only a fraction more you 

could have this stunning brand-new home with all its 

modern comforts. This home, is located in a quiet and 

peaceful cul-de-sac, close to the Leeston township and 

will ideally suit retirees, professional couples or small 

families. 

VIEW By Appointment 

Sarah Yeates 

Mobile 027 447 2719 

Office 03 929 0306 

sarahy@propertybrokers.co.nz 

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NEW LISTING - Your Imagination Is Your Limit! 

LEESTON 

398 The Lake Road 

Presenting a peaceful sheltered setting with numerous 

options, only limited by your imagination. This block has 

great soils with irrigation consent providing income 

potential, or just live the lifestyle the peaceful setting 

provides. 

• 3 Bedrooms, beautiful bathroom plus the added bonus 

of a rumpus room 

• Stunning kitchen, featuring granite bench and large 

pantry 

• Spacious living area featuring high exposed ceiling, and 

logburner 

• Peaceful setting enhanced by sheltered surroundings, 

perfect for outdoor living/entertaining 

• 22.5 ha of land, including approximately 15 ha of 

irrigated paddocks, and approximately 2 hectares of 

wood lots 

• Great range of shedding 

• Two car garaging 

Located near Lake Ellesmere and Coes Ford, central to 

nearby Villages, Towns, and the City, this property will 

appeal to anyone looking for a quiet lifestyle or wanting 

to up the ante by exploring income opportunities. 

View By Appointment 


Michael Robb 

Mobile 027 436 7106 

michael.robb@propertybrokers.co.nz 

BY NEGOTIATION 

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Open Home 

Open Home 

Rolleston 48 Overbury Crescent 

Move more with Garaging Galore! 

Set on an established & fully fenced 785sqm section, this 4 

bedroom home has an internal access double garage, with 

the added benefit of a drive-through, to the additional 

standalone single garage to the rear of the property. If you’re 

wanting to do your bit for the environment or save on your 

power bill, there’s a solar panel, skylights to allow in natural 

light, a pellet fire & HRV system. Keep all the heat in with 

double glazing too. The separate lounge opens out to a 

fabulous deck area with built in BBQ and shade sail - you’ll 

simply love your outdoor entertaining here! With extra features 

like an ensuite and WIR off the master, dishwasher and alarm, 

this property meets all the requirements of a busy household. 

For Sale 

4 A 2 C 2 F 3 I 

Offers over $569,000 

View Sunday 12.00pm - 12.30pm 

www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22790 

Brendan ’Big Red’ Shefford 

027 224 4733 

brendan.shefford@raywhite.com 

Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 

sarah.booth@raywhite.com 

Rolleston Office 03 347 9988 

Town & Lifestyle Real Estate Ltd 

LICENSED (REAA 2008) 

Rolleston 21 Bronte Way 

Brilliant Location on Bronte Way! 

Raise your family in this comfortable 4 bedroom home, 

situated just a short stroll to the central hub of Rolleston. The 

home features a fabulous new kitchen with induction cook 

top, & open plan dining, with seamless flow to the generous 

separate lounge. In the winter months, you can cosy up in 

front of the wood burner, or for summer entertaining you´ll 

love the alfresco dining option. For those who long for a 

private back yard, the established setting will become your 

peaceful oasis. When it comes to practicality, the double 

garage is carpeted for the car enthusiast or handyman, 

there’s plenty of off street parking, and a garden shed for all 

those extras. Call now to view! 

For Sale 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 





027 224 4733 


Kathy Wilson 


kathy.wilson@raywhite.com 




Open Home 

Rolleston 22 Strauss Drive 

• Trendy, young 3 bedroom Mike Greer family home. 

• Sunny open plan kitchen/dining/living area. 

• Spacious separate lounge provides flexibility for entertaining. 

• The home has the benefit of under tile heating in the kitchen 

& bathrooms, heat pump, gas fire & study nook. 

• Situated in Levi Park, this beautiful home shouts "buy me"! 

3 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 

For Sale Offers over $575,000 

View by appointment 


Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 

Brendan Shefford 

027 224 4733 


Town & Lifestyle Real Estate Ltd LICENSED (REAA 2008) 

Open Home 

Rolleston 1053 Goulds Road 

4 A 2 C 2 F 3 I 

Still searching for the elusive, spacious home & big section to 

suit your needs? Then this large 293m2 home on 1350m2 

could be the answer! The home itself comprises 4 bedrooms 

& 2 bathrooms, along with a large, sunny living area that is 

flooded with natural light & has a great outlook to the mature 

yard & a separate formal lounge. Fabulous indoor/outdoor 

flow to covered patios & established blossom tree that will 

bloom all spring. An oversized triple car garage along with 

gated access to the rear of the section give plenty of space 

for extra vehicles, the boat or caravan. A log burner that will 

certainly be nice & cosy throughout the colder months, whilst 

the internal vacuum system will make cleaning a breeze! With 

vacant possession - don’t delay in viewing - call now! 

For Sale 

$649,000 



Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 



027 224 4733 





Rolleston 794 East Maddisons Road 

Brand new & ready for you! Expanding across 227sqm, this 

beautiful new home offers spacious living areas, a fabulous 

backyard, well proportioned bedrooms, separate laundry, walk 

in pantry & loads of storage, + a fully fenced & secure 738sqm 

section. This home is ready & waiting for its first residents, so 

will it be you? Come & take a look today! 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 




Leesa Booth 

027 947 1200 

Brendan "Big Red" Shefford 

027 224 4733 



rwrolleston.co.nz

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Open Home 

Open Home 

Cottage 

House 

House 

Rolleston 10 Loeb Place 

• Beautiful 4 bedroom family home + 3 car garaging. 

• Flexible options provided by the interconnecting lounge, living 

& the sun drenched outdoor spaces. 

• Carefully planned kitchen, with tri-stone benchtops, quality 

appliances & plumbed double fridge space. 

• Don’t delay in viewing this stunning home - call now! 

4 A 3 E 2 F 3 I 


View Sunday 2.00pm -2.30pm 



027 224 4733 

Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 



Rolleston 740 East Maddisons Road 

• 4 bedroom + study home & a fully self-contained 1 bedroom 

cottage, jointly situated on a 1292m2 mature section. 

• The house has a generous open plan kitchen, living & dining 

area with newly installed log burner & heat transfer, separate 

lounge, fantastic indoor-outdoor flow 

• A rare opportunity for easy extended-family living, call now! 

4+1 A 3 C 1 D 3 F 2 I 





027 224 4733 

Leesa Booth 

027 947 1200 



Open Home 

Rolleston 12 Delamare Way 

• This beautiful 316m2 home and cottage will not fail to 

impress with the main family home offering 3 car garaging, 5 

bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, study & separate laundry. 

• The privately situated, sunny, 80m2 cottage offers a fabulous 

layout with separate laundry, 2 bedrooms & 1 bathroom. 

• Perfect for extended families, teens and parents - call now! 

7 A 1 D 4 F 3 I 




Leisa Webster 

027 722 5537 

leisa.webster@raywhite.com 



West Melton 394 Halkett Road 

• 5.1 hectares 

• 4 bedrooms + office/5th bedroom 

• 2 bathrooms & 3 toilets 

• large loft above over-size double garage 

• Extra 3 car garaging/lock-up sheds with 3 phase power 

• Extensive irrigation system 

4 A 2 F 5 I 

For Sale By Negotiation 



Melanie Elliott 

027 635 2643 


027 224 4733 



Open Home 

West Melton 26 Elizabeth Allen Drive 

It's on the market to sell! 

Our vendors are serious about selling & want a sold board up on or before auction day. With a commanding street 

presence to tempt you in, you will be further impressed by the lovely tiled entrance, with its high stud ceilings that 

enhance the sense of space & light. Neutral decor throughout provides the perfect blank canvas, to which you can add 

your own personal touches. Spanning over 300m2, the home comprises a sleek, trendy kitchen with side by side 

double ovens, a double fridge space & quality bench top, large open plan living, a formal lounge, 4 double bedrooms & 

a separate laundry. Features to love, to name a few, are the double sided gas fire, luxurious ensuite, corner ranch 

sliders in the living room that bring the garden into the home, fabulous storage & the 1318m2 section with great O/S 

parking. Situated in the sought after Preston Downs subdivision, this home offers the best in location & lifestyle. We 

could go on & on, but instead we recommend you view it & put yourself in a position to make it yours! 

Auction 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 

12.00pm, Friday 24 March Russley Golf Course 

(unless sold prior) 




027 224 4733 


Nyressa Vincent 

027 515 7045 

nyressa.vincent@raywhite.com 




rwrolleston.co.nz

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Open Home 

Open Home 

West Melton 8 Rotherham Drive 

4 A 3 F 4 I 

Tai Tapu 716 Christchurch Akaroa Road 

3 A 2 C 1 F 2 I 

• 4 generous bedrooms 

• 3 bathrooms, 4 toilets 

• Designer kitchen & purpose built home theatre 

• In-ground heated swimming pool 

• 4 car garaging 

• 4001m2 fully fenced grounds 

Auction 12.00pm, Friday 24 March 2017 

Russley Golf Club (unless sold prior) 



Melanie Elliott 027 635 2643 

melanie.elliott@raywhite.com 


• Superb 3 bedroom family home in a desirable location. 

• Sunny open plan living/dining area. 

• Spacious separate lounge. 

• Large games room or could be a 4th bedroom. 

• Heatpump, underfloor heating & night store. 

• This home offers a unique opportunity - call now! 

For Sale $568,000 



Emma George 

027 555 0568 

emma.george@raywhite.com 




Open Home 

New Listing 

Rolleston 11 Lloyds Close 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 

Prebbleton 16B Crown Close 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 

• 4 bedrooms - master with ensuite & WIR. 

• 2 living areas. 

• Feature wood fire. 

• Separate laundry. 

• 846m2 landscaped section. 

• Double internal access garage. 




Emma George 

027 555 0568 

emma.george@raywhite.com 


• Stunning, modern 4 bedroom family home. 

• Open plan living/dining area. 

• Separate formal lounge. 

• Large tiled patio runs the length of the house. 

• Landscaped, pristine, easy care lawns. 

• Call now to view this stylish, contemporary home! 

For Sale $697,000 



Emma George 

027 555 0568 

Dwayne Bloomfield 





Reduced 

Open Home 

Prebbleton 4 Florin Place 

4 A 2 C 2 F 2 I 

• Superior, executive 4 double bedroom family home with 

impeccable detailing, top quality finishes and fixtures. 

• Designer kitchen includes a walk in pantry and stone tops. 

• Cosy formal lounge features a central gas fire. 

• Gorgeous courtyard and outdoor entertainment area. 

• This quality home is a must see - call now to view! 

For Sale $790,000 



Emma George 

027 555 0568 

Dwayne Bloomfield 




Open Home 

Templeton 44 Bailey Street 

3 A 1 F 1 I 

Lincoln 10 Perthshire Crescent 

• Fabulous 4 bedroom + study family home. 

• Sunny open plan kitchen/dining area. 

• Spacious formal separate lounge with gas fire. 

• Extras include double internal garage with drive through, 

garden shed, 2 heat pumps, both bathrooms & kitchen have 

under-tile heating, spa bath & double glazing. 

4 A 2 C 1 D 2 F 2 I 




Angela Hunt 


angela.hunt@raywhite.com 



Make your home ownership dreams a reality with this great 

starter property. This 1970’s Summerhill Stone home offers a 

great opportunity for you to come in, redecorate and really 

make your own. Consisting of three good sized bedrooms, 

updated bathroom, open plan kitchen, dining and living - 

warmed by a log burner and heat pump, perfect for the 

upcoming cooler months. The park next door offers a nice 

outlook from the kitchen and also allows plenty of room for 

the kids to play, ride their bikes and scooters. On top of all 

this you also have good off street parking and a separate 

double garage. Walking distance to sought after primary 

school, transport and shops. Act quickly to avoid missing 

your opportunity - call now to view! 

For Sale 


View Sunday 11.00am - 11.30am 


Melissa Warrington 

027 279 4362 

melissa.warrington@raywhite.com 


027 224 4733 





rwrolleston.co.nz

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Open Home 

Open Home 

Rolleston 9 Kingsley Place 

This family home set on 1184m2, has plenty of space on the 

large asphalt area for extra parking, outside the sought after 

triple car garaging. The impressive entrance way features a 

mono-pitch ceiling, with separate lounge to the side. The 

open plan living area and modern kitchen are right in the 

heart of the home, featuring a 90cm oven with gas hobs & 

walk-in pantry. The convenient study nook with bi-fold doors 

is ideal for hiding the messy paperwork if guests arrive. 

Featuring 4 bedrooms, with master having an ensuite & WIR 

and its own outdoor courtyard space. Be spoilt with the extra 

bells & whistles, like the HRV system, built in ceiling speakers 

for ultimate surround sound, & pop up irrigation in the 

expansive lawn & garden area. Call now to view! 

For Sale 

4 A 2 C 2 F 3 I 

$675,000 




027 224 4733 


Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 





Rolleston 95 Rolleston Drive 

A hop, skip & jump to Rolleston Town Square 

When you arrive home, you’ll pull up at your impressive 

driveway, which has oodles of secure off-street parking. As 

you enter, you’ll feel a sense of grandeur in the feature foyer 

which leads around the corner to the sunny open plan dining 

& kitchen area. The chef in the home will love the stainless 

steel benchtops & generous walk-in pantry. Keep an easy 

eye on the rest of the family, who are chilling in the adjacent 

separate lounge. 4 good sized bedrooms all have their own 

heat pumps. You’ll appreciate having 2 family bathrooms, 

one with the bath & one with the shower! There’s great 

storage in the hallway & in the large walk through laundry that 

leads to the double garage. This one will surprise you! 

For Sale 

4 A 2 F 2 I 





027 224 4733 


Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 





Open Home 

Rolleston 41 Durrell Way 

Realising the need to upsize.... 

....if so, then there’s ample room for all the family in this large 2 storey home. With the downstairs offering an additional 

bedroom, a study (or small bedroom) & laundry with shower & toilet, this home’s layout could be the ideal solution for 

extended or dual family living. The rest of the ground floor comprises a large open plan kitchen, dining & living space 

with heat pump plus a separate lounge with its log burner to keep you toasty in the Winter months. Heading upstairs, 

the family will be spoilt for choice, with another 5 bedrooms to choose from. In addition to the ensuite, there’s also a 

beautiful family bathroom centrally located on the upper floor. If this already sounds like your perfect place, then you’ll 

be pleased to know there’s also a lovely mature garden, fabulous off-street parking & a workshop at the rear of the 

double garage for the home handyman. Situated next door to a peaceful reserve & within easy walking distance to the 

heart of Rolleston, this ’upsized’ property is sure to fulfill all your accommodation needs & more. Call to view now! 

For Sale 

$649,000 



rwrolleston.co.nzRLL22724 


027 224 4733 


Sarah Booth 

027 527 8258 


Rolleston 03 347 9988 



6 A 3 F 2 I 

rwrolleston.co.nz

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RURAL | LIFESTYLE | RESIDENTIAL 

Licenced under REAA 2008 

NEW LISTING 

AUCTION 

‘Magpie Lodge´ 

Dunsandel 

’As Is Where Is’ Dream Lifestyle 

Tai Tapu 

• 10ha lifestyle block with American barn-style 

home plus log-style cabin 

• Spacious open-plan kitchen/dining area, large 

lounge and high ceilings 

• Two double bedrooms, office space, family 

bathroom, log burner with wetback 

• Sunny patio area, easy care lawn and garden 

• Three-bay shed plus lockup and extra storage 

• 25 acres (approx.) of sheep fenced paddocks, 

yards, central lane and a tree plantation 

www.pggwre.co.nz ID: LEE25543 

ENQUIRIES OVER $720,000 

Plus GST (if any) 

John Hughes 

M 021 455 488 

Peter McCorkindale 

M 027 594 5190 

• Located only 5km from Tai Tapu, 5.5km to Lincoln 

and on school bus routes 

• Sunny three-bedroom home, studio with its own 

bathroom and a tidy 59m² cottage 

• 4ha of land, excellent standard of fencing, 

established shelter belts, attractive landscaping 

• Double garaging for both house and cottage 

• Good quality three-bay barn, set of yards, chicken 

coop, own well and septic system 

• The owners have settled with their insurer and 

the home is deemed as repairable, with detailed 

reports available 

www.pggwre.co.nz ID: LEE25598 

AUCTION 

(Unless Sold Prior) 

1.00pm, Thursday, 6 April 2017 

411 Blenheim Road, Christchurch 

OPEN HOME Sunday 12.00-1.00pm 

233 Hudsons Road 

Wilton Atkins 

B 03 341 4301 

M 027 606 0660 

OPEN DAY 

Future-Proofed Dairy Farm 

• 174.7985 hectares in total area (subject to final subdivision) 

• 99.9183ha (subject to survey) dairy platform plus three run-offs - several purchasing options 

• Westfalia-designed, 32-cup, herringbone dairy shed 

• Near new, well-equipped cow barn with consent for 465 cows 

• Good housing and shedding with impressive, modern effluent storage 

• This unique opportunity is offered by our retiring vendors 

www.pggwre.co.nz ID: CHR25400 

Lincoln 

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY 

Plus GST (if any) 

(Unless Sold Prior) 

Closes 4.00pm, Friday, 7 April 2017 

OPEN DAY 11.00am, Wed, 22 March 

Assemble in dairy shed yard, 563 Hudsons Rd. Prior 

registration essential. 

Sam Davidson 

B 03 341 4301 

M 027 488 8269 

Peter Crean 

B 03 341 4315 

M 027 434 4002 

Athol Earl 

Sales Manager/Auctioneer 

M 027 437 6298 

Min Cookson 

M 027 249 5417 

Sam Davidson 

M 027 488 8269 

Karen Hennessy 

M 027 967 0186 

Wilton Atkins 

M 027 606 0660 

Peter McCorkindale 

M 027 594 5190 

John Hughes 


Licensed REAA 2008

13 

CURRENT 

LISTING 

IMMACULATE LIFESTYLE LIVING 

260 Ellesmere Road 

Situated amongst mature trees and beautiful landscaped 

gardens, this property is set on 4.0005ha of land in 

desirable Ladbrooks. The location perfectly balances 

country living with city conveniences - approx ten minutes 

away. Guaranteed to appeal to a wide range of buyers, 

this 280m² (approx) four bedroom, one office and two 

bathroom home boasts all you need and more. The open 

plan kitchen-dining-living space is flooded with natural sun 

and light - a perfect spot in which to soak in the beautiful 

garden. A log burner adds warmth and ambience in the 

cooler months. Double doors open the space up to an 

adjoining separate living room. Working as an extension of 

the living areas the French doors open out to a deck, an 

exposed aggregate concrete patio and BBQ area. Fenced 

into four paddocks with a four bay shed, this immaculate 

lifestyle property is sure to please. 

Whalan and Partners Ltd, Bayleys, Licensed under the REA Act 2008 

Ladbrooks 

Auction 

From 12pm Fri 7 Apr 2017 

(unless sold prior) 

3 Deans Ave, Riccarton, 

Christchurch 

View Thurs/Sun 2.30-3pm 

www.bayleys.co.nz/554273 

Mick Sidey 

M 027 229 8888 

B 03 375 4715 

mick.sidey@bayleys.co.nz 

Sally Hargreaves 


B 03 375 4824 

sally.hargreaves@bayleys.co.nz 

THINKING 

OF SELLING? 

Exclusive marketing 

upgrades available * 

CALL US 

TODAY 

Ray White are offering exclusive marketing upgrades.* 

Ray White are offering exclusive marketing upgrades.* 

Our marketing packages are designed to maximise the exposure of your property 

Our to let marketing more buyers packages know are your designed property to maximise is for sale. the exposure of your property 

to let more buyers know your property is for sale. 

Make sure your property is all wrapped up with a Ray White marketing campaign. 

Make sure your property is all wrapped up with a Ray White marketing campaign. 

Ray White Rolleston 

Ray www.rwrolleston.co.nz 

White 

 

347 

Licensed 

9988 

(REAA 2008) 

*Conditions apply 

Town & Lifestyle 

Real rw.co.nz 

Estate Ltd 

Licensed (REAA *Conditions 2008) apply 

CURRENT 

LISTING 

LOW MAINTENANCE LIFESTYLE 

42 Stott Drive 

All the work’s been done in our feature property, an expansive family home which offers an amazing lifestyle without the 

prohibitive price tag! Located in a popular area within walking distance of the local primary and secondary schools, this 

immaculately presented home boasts five bedrooms (four doubles and one single), including a master accompanied by 

a well-appointed ensuite. The open plan kitchen/dining/living space is complemented by a separate formal lounge, with 

two heat pumps and a new log burner ensuring the entire area is warm and inviting 12-months of the year. Excellent 

indoor/outdoor flow promotes easy access to the fully-fenced grounds; a thoughtfully landscaped space that will delight 

those who love to entertain. Double internal access garaging plus a separate double garage and additional off-street 

parking complete the appeal. This is a home that loves a crowd; a warm and inviting property that was built to show and 

share! Great buying is assured, but immediate action is required – call me now for more information. 

Darfield 

For Sale 

Enquiries over $599,000 

View Phone for viewing times 

www.bayleys.co.nz/551691 

Jo McIntosh 

M 027 384 4279 

B 03 975 4559 

jo.mcintosh@bayleys.co.nz 

Whalan and Partners Ltd, Bayleys, 

Licensed under the REA Act 2008 

Sharlene Simon 

M 027 555 0654 

sharlene.simon@bayleys.co.nz 

Whalan and Partners Ltd, Bayleys, 

Licensed under the REA Act 2008 

All companies within this composite are Members of Bayleys Realty Group 

www.bayleys.co.nz

14 

New Stage Now Open 

Home sites from 480m 2 - 705m 2 

Priced from $175,000 

First National Real Estate 

Sue Mullins Barry O’Neill 

021 244 1325 021 364 422 

Visit Us Onsite Cnr Birches Rd & Craig Thompson Dr, Lincoln, 7 days Noon - 4pm 

Progressive 

www.flemington.co.nz

15 

This Week’s 

Rolleston 

ThuRs 

23 MaR 

saT 

WEST MELTON 3 Dalton Way 

Thurs 23rd Mar, 12.45pm -1.30pm, 4+ bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 

2025m2 section, Deadline sale, all offers presented 5pm 28 March (USP) 

www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1625, Harcourts Rolleston Richard (Taitie) 

027 777 8080 

HUNTSBURY 31a Huntsbury Avenue 

Sat 25th Mar, 2.15pm - 2.45pm, 3 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 1 living, 2 car gge 

$709,000 www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1597 

Harcourts Rolleston Richard (Taitie) 027 777 8080 

KAIAPOI 53 Sterling Crescent 

Sat 25th Mar, 2.30pm - 3.15pm, 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 778m2 

section, Auction 10.30, 13th April (USP) www.harcourts.co.nzID#RL1636 

Harcourts Rolleston – Kaye 027 686 6941 

saTuRday 

ILAM 15 Powell Crescent 

Sat 25th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 5 bed + study,2 bthrms, 2 car on 637m2 section 

Auction, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22701 

PARKLANDS 31 Forest Drive 

Sat 25th Mar 11.45am - 12.30pm, 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 702m2 

section, Price by negotiation www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1635 

Harcourts Rolleston – Shona 027 229 3657 

RAKAIA 29 Cridland Street 

Sat 25th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms 2 car on 586m2 section 

Offers over $439,000, Ray White Rolleston, 


RICCARTON 90c Mandeville Street 

Sat 25th Mar, 1pm -1.30pm,3 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 1 living, 2 car gge, 208m2 section 

$529,000, www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1616, 

Harcourts Rolleston – Richard (Taitie) 027 777 8080 

ROLLESTON 42 Park Lane 

Sat 25th Mar, 12.30pm – 1.30pm, 3 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 803m2 section, 

$539,000, www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL3767, 

Harcourts Rolleston – Caine 027 330 1002 

SPRINGSTON 107 East Maddisons Road 

Sat 25thMar, 2pm -2.45pm, 4 bdrm, 1 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 7407m2 section, 

Auction, 10.30 am 30th March (USP) www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1627, Harcourts 

Rolleston – Fergus 027 608 4768 

Check out The Selwyn Times Property Directory every Tuesday for the Best of property in the Selwyn District. 

sunday 

COALGATE 26 King Street 

Sun26th Mar, 3.30pm – 4pm, 3 bed, 1 bthrms on 1117m2 section, Offers over $329,000, 

Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22698 

DARFIELD 42 Stott Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 5 bdrms, open plan, low maintenance landscaped grounds 

Price by negotiation, ph Jo McIntosh 027 384 4279, Whalan and Partners Ltd, 

Bayleys Darfield , Licensed Under The REA Act 2008. 

DARFIELD 1 Oakden Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 3 dble bdrm, 2 garage on lovely corner site. 

$445,000 phSue Robinson 021 409050 & Paul Robinson 021 2772690 

Matson and Allan www.marealestate.co.nz/117 

DARFIELD 10 Whitcombe Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm to 2.30pm, 4 bdrm, 2 living, 2 bath, 3 garage & huge shed on 

5140m2. Neg Over $799,000 ph Sue Robinson 021 409 050 & 

Paul Robinson 021 277 2690 


DARFIELD 13 Kimberley Road 

Sat 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, 3 bed, 1 bthrm, 1 car on 1012m2 section, $367,000, 


HALSWELL 45A Ernest Gray Place 

Sun 26h Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, 3 toilets, 2 car on 525m2 section, Offers 

over $556,000 Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22759 

HEI HEI 9 Zenith Place 

Sat 26th Mar, 3.15pm – 3.45pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms 2 car on 623m2 section 

Offers over $479,000, Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22706 

HUNTSBURY 31a Huntsbury Avenue 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, 3 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 1 living, 2 car gge, $709,000, 

www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1597, Harcourts Rolleston Richard (Taitie) 027 777 8080 

ILAM 15 Powell Crescent 

Sun 26th Mar, 11.30am – 12pm, 6 bed, 1 bthrms 2 car on 637m2 section, Auction, 

Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22701 

KAIAPOI 53 Sterling Crescent 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm - 3.15pm, 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 778m2 section, 

Auction 10.30, 13th April (USP) www.harcourts.co.nzID#RL1636 

Harcourts Rolleston – Kaye 027 686 6941 

LEESTON 38 Spring Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, Large 4 bedroom, 3 living room home in quiet street. 

$529,000, ph Stephan Knowler 027 229 9522, stephan@marealestate.co.nz 

Matson & Allan, www.marealestate.co.nz/130 

LEESTON 13 Palladio Avenue 

Sun 26th Mar, 1.45pm – 2.15pm, Stylish 5 bed in Monticello. $555,000, 

Stephan Knowler 027 229 9522 stephan@marealestate.co.nz, 


LEESTON 28 High Street 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, Beautiful character home on 1382m2 with 3 car garaging, 

$529,000 Stephan Knowler 027 229 9522 stephan@marealestate.co.nz 


LEESTON 416B Drain Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms 2 car, 899m2 section, Offers over 

$439,000, Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22733 

LEESTON 19 Mountain View Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 3pm – 3.30pm 4/5 bedroom home with WOW factor on 1021m2. 

$535,000 ph Stephan Knowler 027 229 9522 stephan@marealestate.co.nz 


LINCOLN 10 Perthshire Crescent 

Sun 26th Mar, 1.15pm – 1.45pm, 4 bed + study, 2 bthrms, 2 car, on 665m2 section, 

Offers over $639,000 Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22799 

PARKLANDS 31 Forest Drive 

Sun 26th Mar 11.45am - 12.30pm, 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 702m2 section, 

Price by negotiation www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1635, Harcourts Rolleston – 

Shona 027 229 3657 

PHILLIPSON 1/10 Percy Street 

Sun 26thMar, 11.30am – 12pm ,3 bed, 1 bthrms, O/S Parking car, large courtyard, Offers 

over $289,000, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22758 

PREBBLETON 4 Florin Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 12.30pm – 1pm, 4 Bed, 2 Bthrms, 3 toilets, 2 Car, 700m2 Section, 

$790,000, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22757 

PREBBLETON 16B Crown Close 

Sun 26th Mar, 12.45pm – 1.15pm, 4 bed ,study nook, 2 bthrms, 2 car on 552m2 section, 

$697,000 Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22801 

ROLLESTON 16 Lloyds Close 

Sun 26th Mar, 11am – 11.30am, 4 bed + study, 2 bthrms, 2 car, 707 m2 section, Offers 

over $539,000, Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22816 

ROLLESTON 6 Bethany Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm - 12.30pm, New 4 bdrm, 1 living, 2 bath, 2 gge on 595m2. 

$539,000 Stephan Knowler 027 2299522 stephan@marealestate.co.nz 


ROLLESTON 1053 Goulds Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm – 12.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, 3 car on 293m2 on 1350m2 section 

$649,000. Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22805 

ROLLESTON 95 Rolleston Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm – 12.30pm, 4 Bed, 2 Bthrms, 2 Car, sep laundry, 764m2 Section, 

Offers over $569, 000 Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22804 

ROLLESTON 48 Overbury Crescent 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm – 12.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, sep laundry, 3 car on 785m2 section, 


ROLLESTON 64 Quartz Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm – 12.30pm, 3 bed, 2 bthrms, 2 car, 400m2 reserve outlook 

Offers over $509,000. Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22713 

ROLLESTON 51 Bradbury Avenue 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm – 12.30pm, 4 bed , 2 bthrms, Sep Laundry,2 car on 613m2 section, 

Offers over $599,000, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22756 

ROLLESTON 740 East Maddisons Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 12.15pm – 12.45pm, 4 bed + 1 bed cottage, 3 bthrm, 2 car, on 1292m2, 


ROLLESTON 42 Park Lane 

Sun 26th Mar, 12.30pm – 1.30pm, 3 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 803m2 section, 

$539,000, www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL3767, Harcourts Rolleston – 

Caine 027 330 1002 

ROLLESTON 81 Hungerford Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 12.30pm – 1.00pm, Unique 4 bedroom home in Faringdon with views of 

farmland. PBN, ph Sue Robinson 021 409 050 & Paul Robinson 021 277 2690 


ROLLESTON 21 Bronte Way 

Sun 26thMar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 4 bed, bthrm, modern kitchen, 2 car on 770m2 section 

Offers over $529,000 Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22794 

ROLLESTON 152 Lowes Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, 2 car, sep laundry 750m2 section, Offers 


ROLLESTON 2 Heaphy Court 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrm, sep laundry, 3 car, 2015m2 section, Offers 


ROLLESTON 41 Durrell Way 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 6 bed, study, 3 bthrms, 2 car, 1004m2 section, $649,000, 


ROLLESTON 68 Shillingford Boulevard 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.30pm, 3 bed, 2 bthrms, 2 car, 407m2 section, Offers over 


ROLLESTON 794 East Maddisons Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 1.15pm – 1.45pm, new 4 bd, 2 bthrm, 2 car, 227m2 on 738m2, Offers over 

$599,000, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22665 

ROLLESTON 3 Bavaria Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 1.45pm – 2.15pm, 5 bed, 2 bthrms sep laundry, 2 car, 947m2 section, By 

Negotation, Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22738 

ROLLESTON 10 Loeb Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm, - 2.30pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, 3 toilet, 3 car, 600m2 section, Offers 


ROLLESTON 3 Highworth Crescent 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 4 bdrm & study, 2 living, 7x6m garage in Faringdon, Neg 

Over $585,000, Jackie Derrick 027 6363576 jackie@marealestate.co.nz 


ROLLESTON 50 Stonebrook Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm to 2:30pm, 4bed, 2 bthrm, sep laundry 3car, 1257m2 section, Offers 


ROLLESTON 22A Sheridan Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 4 bed,2 bthrms, 2 car on 1457m2 section, Offers over 


ROLLESTON 9 Kingsley Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm, 4 bed 2 bthrms, 3 car sep laundry on 1184m2 section, 


ROLLESTON 40 Burnham School Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm – 2.30pm. new 4 bed, 2 bthrms, 2 car 708m12 section, Offers over 


ROLLESTON 11 Lloyds Close 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, 4 bed,2 bthrms, 2 car sep laundry on 846m2, Offers over 

$549,000 Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22774 

ROLLESTON 199 Brookside Road 

Sun 26thMar, 2pm to 2:30pm, Brand new 4bedroom, 2 bthrm, dble garage, vendor 

wants sold, Offers over $550,000, Ph Cheryl Hunt 0274 303-906, 

Mike Pero Real Estate 

ROLLESTON 12A Emerson Lane 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.45pm – 3.15pm, 4 bdrm, drive thru garage on 879m2. Neg Over 

$544,000, Jackie Derrick 027 6363576 jackie@marealestate.co.nz 

Matson & Allan, www.marealestate.co.nz/121 

ROLLESTON 6 Rossall Crescent, Faringdon 

Sun 26th Mar, 3pm to 3:30pm, 4 bedroom, 2 bthrm, dbl garage, 2 living, Prices to sell at 

enquiry over $559,000, Ph Cheryl Hunt 0274 303-906, Mike Pero Real Estate 

ROLLESTON 23D Jozecom Place 

Sun 26th Mar, 3.30pm – 4pm Outstanding family home with triple car garaging. 

$715,000, Jackie Derrick 027 6363576 jackie@marealestate.co.nz 

Matson & Allan, www.marealestate.co.nz 

SPRINGSTON 107 East Maddisons Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 2pm -2.45pm, 4 bdrm, 1 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 7407m2 section, 

Auction, 10.30am 30th March (USP) www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1627 

Harcourts Rolleston – Fergus 027 608 4768 

TAI TAPU – 233 Hudsons Road 

Sun 26th Mar12pm – 1pm As Is Where Is Lifestyle Dream, 4ha,5 bed,3 bthrms, 

barn, yards, chicken coop, own well & septic system, Auction (Unless Sold Prior) 

1pm,Thursday, 6 April 2017, 411 Blenheim Rd, Christchurch, LEE25598, 

PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Ph Wilton Atkins 027 606 0660 

TAI TAPU 716 Christchurch Akaroa Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 1.30pm – 2pm, 4 bed,2 bthrms, 2 car on 809m2, Offers over $568,000, 

Ray White Rolleston, www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22777 

TAI TAPU 40 Michaels Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 2.30pm – 3pm, updated 4 bed, 2 bthrms, sep laundry 3 car on 825m2, 


TAI TAPU 15 Riverside Lane 

Sun 26TH Mar, 3.30pm – 4pm, 5 bed,2bthrms, sep laundry 2 car on 701m2, $830,000, 


TEMPLETON 44 Bailey Street 

Sun 26th Mar, 11am – 11.30am, 3 bed, updated bthrm, 1 car, 632m2 section 


WEST MELTON 3 Dalton Way 

Sun 26th Mar, 12pm -1.30pm, 4+ bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 2 car gge, 2025m2 section 

Deadline sale, all offers presented 5pm 28 March (USP) www.harcourts.co.nz 

ID#RL1625, Harcourts Rolleston Richard (Taitie) 027 777 8080 

WEST MELTON 28 Rotherham Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm -1.30pm, 4 bdrm, 2 bthrm, 2 living, 4 car gge, 1321m2 section 

Deadline sale, all offers presented 28 March (USP) www.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1631 

Harcourts Rolleston – Fergus 027 608 4768 

WEST MELTON 1046 Railway Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 1pm – 1.45pm, 4 bed 1 bthrm, 6 car on 16550m2 section 


WEST MELTON 26 Elizabeth Allen Drive 

Sun 26th Mar, 3.15pm – 3.45pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms, sep laundry, 2car on 1318m2 

Auction, Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22683 

WEST MELTON 36 Shepherd Ave 

Sun 26th Mar, 3.15pm – 3.45pm, 4 bed, 2 bthrms 3 car, 332m2 on 4235m2 


WEST MELTON 394 Halkett Road 

Sun 26th Mar, 3.15pm – 4pm, 5.1ha, 4 bed + office, 2 bthrms 5 car, 60m Well, 

By Negotiation, Ray White Rolleston www.rwrolleston.co.nz/RLL22789 

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So we designed their home around 

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AUCTION 

Four Seasons Realty Rolleston 

Licensed Agent REAA 2008 

Rolleston 17 Goldrush Lane 

To Be Sold Below RV 

Set amongst other quality homes down a private lane in the highly sought after Levi Park. 

This high spec, architecturally designed 246m2 home makes full use of the private landscaped 1019m2 

section. 

For Sale: $699,000 

View at: fourseasons.harcourts.co.nz ID#RL1630 

Shona Robb Ph 027 229 3657 

Springston – 107 East Maddisons Road 

Rare Lifestyle Opportunity 

Set on just under 2 acres, close to Lincoln and Rolleston, this immaculately presented property offers 

all day sun, four bedrooms, two living areas, a spa, double garage, sleep out; all surrounded by wellkept 

gardens, paddocks for a pony and three bay farm shed. 

Auction: Thursday 30th March 2017 (unless sold prior) 


Fergus Spain Ph 027 608 4768 

West Melton – 52 Finlays Road 

Live the Dream 

Exciting new listing in an established setting so close to West Melton Township. Offering everything for 

the larger family: 

• 4-5 Bedrooms with multiple living spaces 

• Triple car garaging, stables, and a variety of shedding options 

• Established idyllic private garden setting 

Deadline Sale: All offers presented 3pm on 31st March 2017 (unless sold prior) 


Katie Harrison Ph 021 135 0887 

West Melton – 28 Rotherham Drive 

Four Car Garaging in West Melton 

This executive home features designer kitchen with walk in pantry, 4 bedrooms, 2 living, 2 bathrooms, 

all set on a 1321 m2 section in prestigious Gainsborough. 

The attached 2 car garage and separate 2 car garage ensure plenty of storage for all the toys. 

Deadline Sale: All offers presented 2pm on 28th March 2017 (unless sold prior) 


Fergus Spain Ph 027 608 4768 

Rolleston – 42 Park Lane 

Motivated to Move! 

This stunning 3 bedroom + study home is situated in the new area of Park Lane. Fully fenced 803m2 

section providing plenty of room. 

Money has been well spent in every area, open plan living, gas water heating, walk-in pantry, the list 

goes on! You must view to appreciate. 

For Sale: $539,000 


Caine Hopcroft Ph 027 330 1002 

Rolleston – 41 Tiny Hill Drive 

Priced to Sell – Best Value – Brand New – Triple Garage Home 

Do not delay your inspection as this home simply won’t last! 

Full of features and upgrades you would expect from a high quality builder, like the striking brick that 

contrasts beautifully with both feature cedar garage doors as well as the main entrance, a home with 

street appeal to envy! 

For Sale: $649,000 


Natalie McLean Ph 027 943 6413 

Ross Mitchell 

027 222 9495 

Richard Tait 

027 777 8080 

Fergus Spain 

027 608 4768 

Mary Westwood 


Shona Robb 

027 229 3657 

Natalie McLean 

027 943 6413 

Eddie McLean 

027 600 4007 

Katie Harrison 


Caine Hopcroft 

027 330 1002 

Yolanda Smith 

027 321 0569 

Kaye Isaacs 

027 686 6941 

ROLLESTON OFFICE Shop 13, Rolleston Square • 03 347 4711 

www.fourseasons.harcourts.co.nz

Selwyn Times: March 21, 2017

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