Selwyn Times: May 16, 2017

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SELWYN RURAL LIFE
New national
body to
represent Rural
Support Trusts
Looking back
A national body to
represent all 14 Rural Support
Trusts across the country has
now been formed.
Rural Support Trusts
provide free and confidential
assistance to farmers and
growers facing challenges;
climate, financial or personal.
They point people in the right
direction for further advice
and help.
In its first meeting the
National Council elected
its Chairperson, Waikato
RST chair Neil Bateup, with
Gavan Herlihy from Otago appointed Vice
Chairperson. The Rural Support National
Council will be structured as a charitable
trust responsible to the Trusts around the
country.
The formation of the national body has
delighted Minister for Primary Industries
Nathan Guy.
“Rural Support Trusts do fantastic work
supporting our rural communities in tough
times, and this new central body will make
them more efficient and effective,” says Mr
Guy.
“It will provide single point of contact
for other national organisations and the
Government, and help the different regions
share resources and experience.
Rural Support Trusts operate
independently in their areas, staffed by local
people who know their local communities.
Trusts have trained facilitators who
can assist rural people with a range of
issues. The facilitators are all local people
who know the area and the farming or
growing industries, and much of their
work is helping sometimes isolated rural
communities keep connected and build
morale when the going is tough.
Nathan Guy
In the past two years
the Government has
provided extra funding to
Rural Support Trusts to
improve access to mental
health support in the rural
community. Coordinators
have been trained to
recognise and manage signs
of depression or extreme
stress, and are connected to
rural health professionals.
• For further information
on the Trusts visit: http://
www.rural-support.org.nz/.
• Call 0800 RURAL HELP
- for a confidential chat about you, your
business, the weather, your finances;
or a neighbour, partner, friend, family
member, or worker.
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BACK IN TIME: A new view of a road at Arthur’s Pass from a point about half a
mile above the Canterbury end of the Otira Tunnel. Before the completion of the
railway, the road was used by coaches which were the connecting link between
the rail heads. It is now traversed chiefly by motorists travelling between
Canterbury and Westland and holidaymakers who prefer the walk over Arthur’s
Pass and through the Otira Gorge as opposed to the railway journey through the
tunnel.
•Heritage photo supplied by Selwyn Libraries. If you have any information about
this photo, please contact the library via www.selwynlibrary.co.nz ​
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