Selwyn Times: March 06, 2019

10 Wednesday March 6 2019
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Shakespeare
pieces from
Lincoln students
LINCOLN HIGH School senior
drama students are shaking up
Shakespeare with an evening
of five minute pieces from his
various plays.
The students were challenged to
make Shakespeare understandable,
relatable and entertaining.
They have been researching
the food of the time to create a
scrumptious sit-down supper
while you are entertained with
acting, dance and music.
The event will be on March 21
at 7pm in the school hall.
Dressing up for the evening in
Shakespearean fashion is encouraged
but not compulsory.
Students involved are looking
forward to the evening.
Said year 13 student Kendra
Fleming: “I’m really excited
about the whole evening,
especially the musical number.
There’ll be good food produced
with the help of a chef and
entertaining pieces outside of
what you normally think of as
boring Shakespeare.”
•Tickets range from $5 to $15.
They are available from the
Lincoln High School office
(these must be purchased
by March 11 for catering
purposes).
Stolen firearms sold to gangs
• By Anan Zaki
UNSECURED firearms
are falling into the hands of
methamphetamine dealing
gangs.
Burglars are frequently targeting
rural homes right across the
district in the hope of finding
firearms, then selling them on
the black market, police said.
Constable
Blair Croucher
said the most
commonly stolen
firearms are
shotguns and
.22 rifles – which
could fetch up
Blair
Croucher
to $3000 on the
black market.
“Unfortunately,
they are also the firearms types
most favoured by criminals
because they are so easily
converted to a pistol length,” he
said.
“Rural locations are targeted
such as farms or lifestyle blocks
as they usually have firearms
either for farming purposes or
for recreational hunting.”
The most recent incident was
in Rolleston, but police refused
to provide the date of the
burglary, as they did not want
to “potentially disclose the
victim.”
Police said the burglaries have
been ongoing over the past six
months, but could not provide
figures.
“If the firearms are not taken
in the initial burglary, offenders
have been known to return to
the address at a later date to
target the gun safe in order to
steal the firearms,” Constable
Croucher said.
“There is a ready market for
stolen firearms in this country,
and police believe many of these
stolen weapons will end up in
the hands of organised crime
gangs dealing in methamphetamine.”
Constable Croucher said police
are becoming “frustrated”
at people not keeping their
firearms unsecured.
“In some recent cases
where firearms have been
stolen, gun safes have not
been locked or keys to gun
safes have been left near the safe
or on easily visible key hooks,”
he said.
“Security is a condition of the
Local
News
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SELWYN TIMES
Fire rages, homes at risk
TARGET: Police
say commonly
used firearms
such as shotguns
are being stolen
and falling into
the hands of drug
dealing gangs.
[firearms] licence and failure to
comply will result in the loss
or theft of firearms, and
. . . the licence holder’s fitness to
retain his or her licence [will] be
reviewed.”
A secured, purpose-built
metal gun safe anchored to a
building is the safest way to store
firearms, Constable Croucher
said.
“No gun owner would want to
live with the fact that a firearm
they failed to properly secure
was used in the commission of a
crime.”
PEAK MEAT
Have we reached it?
A gAME cHAngEr for food ProducTion,
THE EnvironMEnT And HEAlTH?
This is an issue of importance to the world.
Intensive production of meat and milk is a
major source of greenhouse gasses, water
pollution and soil degradation. Many people
are turning to a vegetarian or vegan diet. Food
production is vital to New Zealand’s economy
and to ensuring the world has enough to
eat. Non-meat production, while requiring
less land, is often more damaging to local
environments than meat production.
How will changes in demand, modern
technology and an awareness of ethical,
environmental and health issues affect our
agricultural production? Is artificial meat going
to take off? Should we planning for this? How
will it affect our Farmers?
Join well known broadcaster Kim Hill and
panellists for the Hot Topic 2019 of Peak
Meat to be held on Thursday 28 March at
Lincoln University where Kim will chair a
stimulating discussion with panellists: Ronan
Phelan, Vegan and Environmentalist; Nick
Pyke, Director Ag Innovate; Jocelyn Eason,
Plant and Food Research; Kevin Marshall,
Chairman, Riddet Institute Board.
This discussion is again certain to be
stimulating, and entertaining, with the
audience invited to put questions to the
panellists.
The 2019 Kim Hill Hot Topic will be the
ninth coordinated by Lincoln Envirotown.
Each year, well known broadcaster Kim Hill
chairs a panel discussion on a subject of
national and global environmental significance.
For those wishing to hear and be part of
this important discussion – it takes place in
the Stewart Building of Lincoln University
on 28th March. Doors open at 6.30pm with
refreshments and nibbles provided. Please
be seated by 7.20pm. A koha of at least $5 is
requested and there is a cash bar along with
the now traditional craft beer tasting supplied
by The Laboratory .
For more information and to register
your interest in attending go to: the Events
Section of Lincoln Envirotown’s Website:
lincolnenvirotown.org.nz/events/
Dr Sue Jarvis, Lincoln Envirotown Trust and
chair of the Kim Hill Hot Topic planning committee.