Selwyn Times: May 01, 2019

10 Wednesday May 1 2019
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FASHION QUARTERLY MAY 2019
May is for Mothers Day, with jewellery,
handbags and scarves to select from
you will have your Mothers Day gift
sorted, or there is always a Gift Card.
Gift Cards can be purchased and
used in store or online.
If you haven’t been in store lately or
missed our Facebook posts you won’t
know about the gorgeous footwear
that has been arriving.
My absolute favourite is Jeremy from
Top End, Black leather ankle boot
with a touch of animal and ohhh the
heel 1 inch imitation wood and 1 inch
clear resin, these are a real head
turner.
Not only do we want your clothes
to look amazing but we want your
feet to be just as gorgeous, from
Django & Juliette we have Arya
blue/green multi with a short
wooden heel, Dimple is the
perfect footwear for work
super comfy, Heeney are a
silver leather casual shoe with
eye catching detail and then
there is Hayley a knee high
boot made of micro suede
that just hugs your leg in a very
flattering way.
Rollies in store Derby Pin Punch
Rose Gold and Chelsea Black Pony,
if you have owned Rollies before
you don’t need me to tell you how
comfortable they are
Also available are Minx, Hey Monday
and Betty Basics, don’t forget
www.vivalamoda.co.nz
to check the sale
footwear out some
super bargins there.
Charlo Autumn has
arrived in store with
the signature style
dresses that Charlo
is know for Ash Dash
Dress, Dylan Dress and
Melody Dress, all these
are perfect for the
casual outing match
them with some ankle
boots and a denim or
bomber jacket.
Speaking of Denim
Jackets we have a
selection on styles and
colours in store and we
have bomber jackets
covered also, Pictured
is the Vassalli
Bomber Jacket.
100% merino
mesh looped
scarves from Toorallie are
perfect for keeping the chill
from your neck available in
charcoal, Wildberry and Pink
sand, pictured is wildberry.
New arrivals of jeans in store
plenty to chose from LTB, Mavi,
Honey Denim New London and
Vassalli.
We thank all our customers who shop
with us and we hope you love your
purchases.
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we have
Partpay so you
can spread
the payments
over six weeks.
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TERRIFYING: Bruce Sayer saw the Port Hills fire from a rooftop in Hororata
before he was called in to fight the blaze at night.
Port Hills fire ‘a little
bit like Armageddon’
•From page 9
You went to the Port
Hills fire of 2017, would
that rank as the biggest
fire you’ve been called to?
Definitely. Just the scope
of it, you know, we could
see it burn from out our
way [in Hororata] and we
were called that night. So
we went in at night and
it probably looks more
terrifying at night because
everything is glowing,
everything is on fire, you’re
in unfamiliar places where
you don’t know where the
road goes to and you don’t
know which way the wind
is going.
What was it like on the
ground at the Port Hills?
It was quite surreal. You
don’t expect that, your
training is what you sort of
base all your assumptions
and ideas on. But when it
comes to something like
that burning so great and
fast and fires everywhere,
it’s a little bit like
Armageddon. There was
just so much going on.
Did you ever think your
life could be in serious
danger during the Port
Hills fire?
There were times like
that when appliances
were down a one-way
road and it’s dark and
you don’t know where the
fire is coming from. You
just wonder if the fire did
come, how would you
turn everything around?
Or would you be able to
out run it? But the officer
in charge in the zone we
were located in was really
good. Everyone was wellinformed
and I don’t think
there was ever from this
station’s point of view a
time that we were put in
extreme danger.
What are the challenges
of being a volunteer?
I think with the
changeover from the
volunteer service to FENZ,
a lot of the challenges and
constraints we were under
before have been sort of
alleviated. We’ve got the
opportunity now where
we can bring in people
to the brigade to assist us
with on-station activities,
whether it’s an office-type
job or secretary within the
brigade or other tasks. So
it’s relieved the pressure on
brigades and the officers
themselves by having
people in it for operational
support. Before the officer
in charge basically had to
do all the paperwork, and
as a volunteer brigade, you
don’t get much time to do
that. Whereas if you’re a
paid staff member you’re
on station. At the moment,
the way it’s going with
FENZ is positive. With
FENZ now, we as a brigade
have been able to bring
on an operational support
person to do all our risk
reduction work. So they’ll
go out and do all the smoke
alarm and fire safety talks.
We’ve also started a cadets
course so we’ve got six
cadets on the course now,
so there’s a lot of changes –
which is good.
You must have seen
some silly incidents over
the years and wondered
how it happened?
There’s always things
like that when people light
fires with a total fire ban on
because it rained the night
before. And you just can’t
understand how someone
can think because it rained
they can burn.
Outside of volunteer
firefighting, what’s your
day job?
I’m a farm manager in
a mixed dairy grazing
and cropping farm. That’s
what I’ve always done in
New Zealand. I’ve had a
bit of a mixed career, I did
sugar cane and crocodile
and ostrich farming in
Zimbabwe. It’s definitely
something not seen in New
Zealand.
When did you move to
New Zealand?
We immigrated in 2002.
Any particular reason
why you chose this part of
the world?
I had family here already.
For me, it was important
as we had two small kids
and I wanted them to them
in a country where they
had scope and they were
able to achieve their goals
and not have to emigrate
themselves in the future.
Did you consider any
other part of New Zealand
to live in?
When we came, we
stayed with my sister in
Christchurch while I was
looking for work. And
I got the opportunity to
join a company out here
and we moved out here [to
Hororata] and never left.
It’s a good community, a
really good brigade with a
lot of good crews and I’ve
loved every minute.
Do you have your family
still with you in Hororata?
I’ve got two kids, my
daughter lives in Rolleston
now and my son is at the
moment overseas on a
two-year OE. He comes
back in a two months and
he’s part of the brigade. Just
me and my wife here at the
moment.