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6 Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Your Local Views<br />

SELWYN TIMES<br />

Hororata has a lot to offer<br />

Hororata<br />

Community<br />

Trust<br />

executive<br />

officer Cindy<br />

Driscoll writes<br />

about the<br />

exciting<br />

line-up of<br />

events planned in Hororata<br />

this year<br />

COMMUNITY spirit is core<br />

to New Zealand’s rural culture<br />

and I’m proud to say it is alive<br />

and well in Hororata and its<br />

surrounding communities.<br />

As Hororata Community<br />

Trust executive officer, I’m<br />

continually overwhelmed by the<br />

generosity and support that I see<br />

in our community.<br />

It is through the dedication<br />

and hard work of so many<br />

volunteers who are passionate<br />

about seeing our communities<br />

continue to grow and flourish,<br />

that the trust can achieve so<br />

much.<br />

Last year was a big one for the<br />

trust. Events started with a free<br />

Scottish concert in the Hororata<br />

Hall and then the Heritage<br />

Open Day.<br />

We attended the South ​Island ​<br />

Agricultural ​Field ​Days and<br />

The Star Home and Leisure<br />

STAMINA: The Hororata Highland Games will return in<br />

November complete with the popular Tug O’ War competition.<br />

PHOTO: MURRAY IRWIN<br />

Show to promote all that our<br />

district has to offer.<br />

The ceilidh event saw the<br />

Hororata Hall once again in full<br />

swing to an array of Scottish<br />

tunes.<br />

Among all of this, Go<br />

Hororata was formed. The<br />

trust is excited to be part of this<br />

driven and motivated group.<br />

In August, the trust funded a<br />

feasibility study on the<br />

concept of a new community<br />

centre.<br />

This saw Go Hororata present<br />

a proposal to the district council<br />

for a new community centre on<br />

the Hororata Domain.<br />

Then of course in November,<br />

the Hororata Highland Games<br />

was again a huge success with<br />

11,000 enjoying this amazing<br />

event.<br />

And <strong>2018</strong> is looking just as<br />

exciting. On March 11, the trust<br />

will host the ‘heritage of a rural<br />

water scheme’ bus tour.<br />

On this tour, people will learn<br />

about the transition from open<br />

water races to the efficiency<br />

of piped water. Tickets are<br />

available now for this event.<br />

Then on April 28, the<br />

Hororata Night Glow will take<br />

place in the wonderful Hororata<br />

Domain.<br />

This will be a spectacular<br />

event with hot air balloons<br />

firing up the night sky and<br />

‘glowing’ in unison to music.<br />

Surrounding the Night Glow<br />

will be an autumn festival which<br />

promotes local businesses and<br />

community groups.<br />

The trust will continue to<br />

work as part of the Go Hororata<br />

group on the new community<br />

centre and other projects.<br />

To find out more, make<br />

sure you visit www.hororata.<br />

org.nz and follow the trust on<br />

Facebook. I am looking forward<br />

to seeing what we can all achieve<br />

together in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

A reader responds to an<br />

article about the potential<br />

chlorination of water<br />

supplies across the district<br />

Rebecca Henderson – This<br />

topic makes me so angry. I could<br />

go on and on how chlorine is<br />

so dangerous for our health. I<br />

have lived in Springfield for 12<br />

years where the water is heavily<br />

chlorinated. I fought black and<br />

blue with the district council to<br />

sort out a filtration system for the<br />

water when my son was a baby<br />

(10 years ago) as he was suffering<br />

from severe eczema and putting<br />

him in a bath of chlorinated water<br />

was like walking on broken glass<br />

for him. The neighbours would<br />

hear his screams three blocks<br />

away.<br />

I spend $20 per week on bottled<br />

water on a solo parent. Why<br />

would you put chemicals in your<br />

body when it is not necessary and<br />

filtration systems can be put in<br />

place?<br />

CheCk out theSe<br />

“GrouSe”<br />

Come and check<br />

out our new cafe<br />

at the side door<br />

red Bird espresso,<br />

open from 7am<br />

Whether you’re stopping in for a quick cuppa or indulging in our<br />

fantastic breakfast menu, we will be open from 7am every day.<br />

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tuesday<br />

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thursday<br />

Steak nights $15<br />

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