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Irrigation<br />

proposal<br />

founders<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

Planstoirrigateupto9000 hectares<br />

on the south side of the Hurunui<br />

Riverare in tatters.<br />

Alack of farmer interest in ashare<br />

offerbyAmuri IrrigationCompany<br />

(AIC)for apipedscheme has put an<br />

end to the proposal.<br />

It is now investigatingthe viability<br />

of much smaller schemes.<br />

Hurunui MayorWinton Dalley<br />

says the outcome is ‘‘very<br />

disappointing’’ for the Hawarden<br />

and Waikari communities.<br />

‘‘After 20 years of planning and<br />

millionsoflocal dollarsinvested,<br />

thereisnow going to be no<br />

immediate possibilityofa<br />

substantialirrigation scheme for<br />

theirdistrict.<br />

‘‘Theoriginal intention was for<br />

irrigation to take away the stress and<br />

vagariesofavery fertile districtthat<br />

has historically been pronetolong<br />

periods of low soil moisturelevels.’’<br />

Intensive farming was neverthe<br />

driver, he said. It was about security<br />

for families and the community to<br />

continuetraditionalfarming in a<br />

district renownedfor its great<br />

livestockproduction of sustainable<br />

natural food and fibre.<br />

‘‘Over the years, this scheme has<br />

been overtaken by amassively<br />

changingworld in respectofthe<br />

widercommunities’ demands in<br />

termsofthe environmental,cultural<br />

and recreational effects of<br />

agricultureand irrigation,<br />

effectivelydeeming this scheme<br />

financiallyunviable.While the<br />

immediate futureisuncertain, the<br />

wise use and storage of water and<br />

natural sustainablefood and fibre<br />

production will be the future.’’<br />

Continued Page 2<br />

Wearable arts afeast for the eyes<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Bold offering ... Monique Anderson models her design, Image Conscious during the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Wearable Arts show.<br />

Oxford Area School moved its<br />

biennialfundraiser to Rangiora<br />

last Saturday, producing a<br />

breathtaking wearable arts<br />

extravaganza.<br />

The show, now named <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>Wearable Arts, has<br />

previously beenstaged at the<br />

school. However, organisers<br />

were motivated by the quality of<br />

entries to seekabetter venue<br />

and headed for Rangiora.<br />

‘‘TheRangiora Town<br />

Hall is asuperbly<br />

upgraded purpose­built<br />

auditorium for shows and has<br />

much superior seating than our<br />

school hall bleachers,’’<br />

organiserJane Anderson said.<br />

The event providesacreative<br />

opportunity for studentsand<br />

adults to showcasetheir work.<br />

The twosupreme award<br />

winners collected flights and<br />

tickets for two to Wellington to<br />

the World of Wearable Arts<br />

show in October.<br />

The StudentSupremeAward<br />

was won by Eponine Bain for<br />

her design Evanesce,modelled<br />

by Amy Millerick, while the<br />

AdultSupremeAward went to<br />

Amy Roberts for The Sky is the<br />

Limit,made with almost10,000<br />

jigsaw puzzlepiecesand<br />

modelled by Clara Manon.<br />

Aspecial prize went to Year 1<br />

student EvanMcSherry for<br />

beingthe youngest designer.<br />

Evan modelled his own creation,<br />

Rain,Rain,Come Again.<br />

‘‘It was afabulous day and the<br />

quality of entrieswas up with<br />

the best,’’ Janesaid.<br />

The show was produced by the<br />

Oxford Area School Parent<br />

Teacher Association<br />

More pictures, page 36<br />

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NPD agrees to meet residents<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

NPDhas agreed to meet<br />

aggrievedAmberley residents<br />

upsetaboutthe sitingofaselfservice<br />

petrol stationinthe<br />

heart of the<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

town.<br />

Tony Trewinnardand<br />

PamelaWelch,who have led<br />

theprotest overplanstosite<br />

thestation on aformer<br />

shoppingcentre site,handed<br />

over petitionsopposingthe<br />

siting to the HurunuiDistrict<br />

Council lastweek.<br />

Mr Trewinnardsaid NPD<br />

hadindicated it would meet<br />

with himand othersopposed<br />

to thesiting.The meeting is<br />

scheduled fornextweek.<br />

In response to aquestion<br />

from MayorWinton Dalley, he<br />

said thepetitioners werenot<br />

askingthe council to do<br />

anythingatthisstage until<br />

they had metwith NPD.<br />

At thatstage, if NPD chose<br />

to be ‘‘heroic and listen, and<br />

change its plan’’, thenthe<br />

council couldbeinvolved.<br />

Mr Dalleysaid thecouncil<br />

wouldbehappytohave a<br />

conversationwith the<br />

company. ‘‘Youcould take that<br />

as agiven. In themeantime,<br />

we willwait to hear back.’’<br />

Mr Trewinnardtold<br />

councillors nearlyhalfthe<br />

adult populationofAmberley,<br />

878, had signed his online<br />

petition,while apaper<br />

petition circulated by Mrs<br />

Welch had around80<br />

signatures.<br />

Siting under acloud ... An artist’s impression of the NPD service stationproposed for Amberley.<br />

He accepted some<br />

signatureswerefrom people<br />

outside of Amberley,including<br />

Australia, but allhad an<br />

interest in the township or had<br />

lived there.<br />

He hoped thedepthof<br />

publicopinion sent astrong<br />

and clearmessagetothe<br />

council.‘‘Please do not ignore<br />

us,’’ he said.<br />

The petitioners criticised<br />

the council’sdisconnectwith<br />

the district’s residents,saying<br />

the resource consent forthe<br />

stationshould havebeen<br />

publicly advertised.<br />

Mr Trewinnardsaidthe<br />

council put itscommunity<br />

centre­stage in itsprocesses<br />

and plans. However, it was<br />

Water plan shelved<br />

From Page 1<br />

The irrigation company<br />

issuedaProduct Disclosure<br />

Statement in Junefor the<br />

scheme which proposed<br />

irrigating between7000 and<br />

9000 hectares,ofwhich<br />

around 1000 to 2000<br />

hectaresare alreadyunder<br />

irrigation.<br />

It was arevised scheme,<br />

and muchsmallerthan the<br />

21,000­hectare arrangement<br />

previously proposedbythe<br />

Hurunui WaterProject<br />

(HWP), which did not<br />

proceed duetoinsufficient<br />

support.<br />

HWP was takenover by<br />

AIC in late 2018 aftera<br />

takeoveroffer was accepted<br />

by more than 90 percent of<br />

HWP shareholdersinearly<br />

March.<br />

It was proposed to take<br />

water fromanintakeonthe<br />

south bank of the Hurunui<br />

River and distribute it to<br />

farmers through 100<br />

kilometres of pipeline.<br />

AIC chairmanDavid Croft<br />

saidatthe time it was seen<br />

as an opportunity to<br />

showcase efficient<br />

irrigation and<br />

environmental<br />

responsibility.<br />

It had been the<br />

culmination of alot of hard<br />

work by its backers over<br />

many years.<br />

difficulttounderstandhow<br />

any community couldhave<br />

faith when the council had<br />

failedtosignal the<br />

development.<br />

‘‘Itshowsthe council hasno<br />

appealtowork withthe<br />

community.<br />

‘‘Thisisthe 21st century and<br />

an informed and valued<br />

community workingwiththe<br />

councilistobeexpected,’’Mr<br />

Trewinnardsaid.<br />

Amberley, he said, should be<br />

treatedasacommunityinits<br />

own right, notasaservice<br />

townasithad been in thepast.<br />

Mr Dalleysaidthe council<br />

had beenthrough two<br />

substantial processesin<br />

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We have hadachange of<br />

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‘‘Thehard reality is that<br />

staffare workingwith<br />

documents thatare in place<br />

following community<br />

consultation,’’ he said.<br />

Themanagerofregulatory<br />

services,Judith Batchelor,<br />

said allthreeAmberley<br />

councillorshad been sent the<br />

information aboutNPD’s<br />

applications,and there were<br />

regular updates,including<br />

aboutnon­notification and<br />

notificationofits application.<br />

Ms Batchelor willbe<br />

attendingnext week’s meeting<br />

with NPDand residents.<br />

Motunau book to launch<br />

Hooked on Motunau,ahardcovered<br />

album capturingthe<br />

culture and history of the<br />

beachsettlement,will be<br />

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The album has 410 silksatin,<br />

art­infused pages of<br />

photos and material from<br />

1840 to 1980, and is the work<br />

of Julie Brown.<br />

Julie, awriter and fourthgeneration<br />

bach­holder at<br />

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commissionedbya<br />

pioneering family to write<br />

and compile the album of<br />

archivedmaterial, anecdotes<br />

and verbalhistory of the<br />

settlement and its environs.<br />

She has beenhumbled by<br />

the supportfor the album,<br />

whichcontains history<br />

sourced from many<br />

pioneering families, current<br />

resident and bachowners. It<br />

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Residents air concerns over park<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Whitewaterenthusiasts<br />

proposingtodevelop aworldclassaquasports<br />

park on redzonedland<br />

in Kaiapoi faced a<br />

grilling at apublic meeting last<br />

Sunday.<br />

The meeting, at Kaiapoi’s<br />

Port And EagleBrewpub, was<br />

held to launch afundraising<br />

drivetoraise $248,000 as ‘‘prefeasibility<br />

funding’’ for the<br />

project.<br />

The enthusiasts have<br />

established the WHoW<br />

Charitable Trust to develop the<br />

project and aGivealittlepage<br />

to help raise funds for the<br />

feasibility assessment.<br />

Trustmembers say the park<br />

will be aplace wherepeople of<br />

all ages and abilities, including<br />

eliteathletes,can experience<br />

outdoor aquatic sports and<br />

festivals in asafe,controlled<br />

environment.<br />

TrustspokesmanScott<br />

Kotoul opened the meeting,<br />

saying he was proudofthe<br />

proposal which presented ‘‘an<br />

amazing opportunity’’ to<br />

showcase Kaiapoi, his former<br />

hometown.<br />

‘‘Howawesome would it be<br />

to have this in our backyard?’’<br />

However, neighbours of the<br />

proposed aquasports parksay<br />

the peace and tranquility of<br />

theirneighbourhood will be<br />

destroyed and their properties<br />

devaluedifthe project<br />

proceeds.<br />

They doubt that the redzonedland<br />

earmarked for the<br />

park is stable enough for sucha<br />

project. They also have<br />

Speaking out ... Close neighbours of the proposed aquasports park on red­zoned land in Kaiapoi,<br />

Graeme and Maree Hazeldine, left, with Michelle MacWilliam, centre, and Heather and Warren May, are<br />

opposed to the proposal.<br />

PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP<br />

concerns aboutwherethe<br />

artesian water forthe project<br />

is coming from and the<br />

possibility of floodingifthe<br />

facility was damaged in an<br />

earthquake.<br />

‘‘Our neighbourhood is<br />

totally against this,’’ Michelle<br />

MacWilliam says.‘‘Ithas along<br />

way to go, but we have to speak<br />

out aboutour concernsnow.’’<br />

The trustees previously<br />

investigatedapotential sitein<br />

the Christchurch residential<br />

red zonefor theirprojectbut<br />

werepersuaded by Enterprise<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> (ENC)to<br />

consider Kaiapoi instead.<br />

The trusteessay on their<br />

Givealittle page that the<br />

‘‘Waimakariri District Council<br />

and Enterprise <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> have indicated<br />

their support of the project<br />

concept and futurefunding,<br />

conditional on theoutcome of a<br />

pre­feasibility study.’’<br />

Waimakariri District<br />

Councillor John Meyer,who is<br />

not standingfor re­electionin<br />

October, told the meeting the<br />

council had beensupportive of<br />

the proposal, but had not<br />

contributedany moneyand<br />

would not contribute any in the<br />

future.<br />

Funding drive ... Trust spokesman Scott Kotoul addresses the public meeting held at the Port And<br />

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‘‘We don’t have the money<br />

for aprojectlikethis,’’ he says.<br />

ENC’sbusiness support<br />

manager,Miles Dalton,<br />

confirmed that position. ‘‘The<br />

Waimakariri District Council<br />

has saidthat at no point will<br />

they put any money into this<br />

project.’’<br />

However, the ongoing<br />

contributionofstafftime from<br />

the counciland the $30,000in<br />

conditionalfunding fromENC<br />

reinforced the commitment<br />

already shown.<br />

WHoW Charitable Trust<br />

chairman Tony Joseph said: ‘‘It<br />

(the aquasports park) needs to<br />

be commercially viable and<br />

sustainable to provide the<br />

social outcomes giving hope to<br />

future generations.’’<br />

The trust is immediately<br />

focused on raising the $125,000<br />

needed to commission the<br />

workthat willform the prefeasibility<br />

report, and to assess<br />

whether the projectisviable to<br />

go to afull feasibility and<br />

business­casestage.<br />

It will provide details on how<br />

manyvisitors will attend,how<br />

muchthey willpay and what<br />

sizeand scale the park needed<br />

to be. This would provide an<br />

indicative cost for the facility.<br />

The trusthopesthe<br />

aquasportspark could be<br />

openedbythe summer of 2023,<br />

justbefore the Paris2024<br />

Olympic games.<br />

So far, it has raised over<br />

$9200 toward the study.<br />

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Exciting times ahead for school<br />

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NewOhoka Schoolprincipal<br />

KateMcClellandis bubbling<br />

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widening opportunities and<br />

broadening the curriculum for<br />

the 163 students in her charge.<br />

Having been acting principal<br />

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Kate was most recently<br />

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She sayssheisenjoying<br />

Ohoka and describes the<br />

school as being well­embedded<br />

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community.<br />

‘‘Our parents are 100 percent<br />

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great.<br />

‘‘When Ifirst arrived,we<br />

held astrategic planning<br />

meeting with themandcame<br />

up withalist of goals, which<br />

we’re now in the process of<br />

implementing. There are<br />

exciting timesahead.’’<br />

Amongthose changesisa<br />

drivetobringmorelocal<br />

relevance to theschool’s<br />

curriculum.<br />

‘‘Historicallyand<br />

geographically,inparticular,<br />

ourchildrencomefroma<br />

really special part of the world,<br />

so we’relooking to put more<br />

emphasis on that inside the<br />

classroom,’’ she says.<br />

She is also in the process of<br />

creating greaterdepth inthe<br />

❛There are great<br />

things on the horizon<br />

and that’s all part of<br />

the thrill of<br />

teaching.❜<br />

—Principal Kate McClelland<br />

Years 7and 8intermediate<br />

programme.<br />

‘‘We’re looking atextending<br />

ourleadership, science,arts,<br />

andsporting elements, in<br />

particular, with afocus on<br />

more self­directed learning at<br />

this age.<br />

‘‘And we wanttoestablish an<br />

Ohoka School sports academy.<br />

We have our firstteamheading<br />

to Taurangatocompete in the<br />

AIMSGames at the end of this<br />

week.<br />

‘‘To that end, I’ve just<br />

appointed asportscoordinator<br />

who will work<br />

alongsidetheteam to<br />

implement amorevariedand<br />

comprehensive sportsoffering<br />

thanwhatwe’vetraditionally<br />

hadavailable.’’<br />

Avariationinuniformto<br />

differentiate theseniors may<br />

also be on the cards.<br />

‘‘There are great things on<br />

the horizon and that’s all part<br />

of the thrillofteaching.<br />

‘‘It’s all about making a<br />

difference to the children at<br />

the end of the day and Ithink<br />

we’re well on the path now to<br />

delivering that.’’<br />

Changes ahead ... Kate McClelland intends to bring more local<br />

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Local hazards<br />

under scrutiny<br />

Plenty of interest has been shownby<br />

Waimakariri residents in relation to<br />

natural hazardsinthe district.<br />

Waimakariri District Council<br />

development planningmanager Trevor<br />

Ellissays there was good discussion at<br />

the final two workshops last weekinthe<br />

second stage of consultation into natural<br />

hazards, whilemany have also viewed<br />

the documentsonline.<br />

He says the workshopsconsidered<br />

flooding, inundation,coastalerosion,<br />

liquefaction, faultlines and tsunami risk.<br />

They will inform councillors as part of<br />

the District PlanReview.<br />

‘‘We are trying to informpeople as best<br />

we can and to hear back from them,’’ Mr<br />

Ellissays. ‘‘We talked aboutflood<br />

modelling and there’s been quite abit of<br />

work done since2015.<br />

‘‘While the flood modelling is based on<br />

assumptions, we wereable to show from<br />

the flooding in 2014what the reality<br />

couldlook like.’’<br />

Whilethe existing District Plan was<br />

signed off in 1998, the new one is<br />

expectedtohave alife of 10 years.<br />

But the plan couldnot ignore longerterm<br />

hazards such as sea level rise.<br />

‘‘With sea levelrise, the first impact<br />

will be to groundwater and then<br />

inundation over time,’’MrEllissays.<br />

The council is undertaking an assessment<br />

of likely inundation,orcoastal<br />

flooding, and how it might impactonthe<br />

district’s beachsettlementsand Kaiapoi.<br />

Once complete, the assessment will be<br />

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all findings and draft natural hazard<br />

provisions for the District Planto<br />

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Councils put focus on freedom campers<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

The brakeshave been put on parts of the<br />

Hurunui District Council’sfreedom<br />

camping bylaw.<br />

Further north,the Kaikoura District<br />

Council is astep closer to finalising its<br />

controlsonfreedom campers.<br />

WhileHurunui has deferred banning<br />

camping at Gore Bay, as wellasinthe<br />

heartofHanmer Springs and in Cheviot<br />

untilearly next year, Kaikoura has given<br />

unanimous support to its bylaw and is<br />

seeking submissions from next week.<br />

The Hurunui councilagreed lastweek<br />

to 10 sites at Glenmark Domain, six at the<br />

Scargill­Motunau Reserve and 10 at the<br />

Hanmer River Reserve. However,it<br />

decided to take another look at areas<br />

wherebans are proposed and gather<br />

information over the coming season to see<br />

if there wereany issues withthe sites.<br />

It has beengiven afinancial boost to<br />

monitorsites,put up signage, educate, and<br />

conduct enforcement at campsites. It has<br />

received $144,304through the Ministryof<br />

Business, Innovation and Employment’s<br />

Responsible Camping Fund, which will<br />

alsohelp in providingsolidwaste facilities<br />

to improve visitor experienceinthe<br />

district.<br />

The manager of regulatoryservices,<br />

Judith Batchelor, says the funding will<br />

alsoprovidefor responsible camping<br />

ambassadors.<br />

‘‘The council has agreedtouse that<br />

extra money over the summer to see how<br />

it goes and gather moreevidence.’’<br />

It received 45 submissions to its<br />

proposed bylaw.<br />

The New Zealand Motor Caravan<br />

Association national policy and planning<br />

manager James Imlach said it appeared<br />

the council was ‘‘pandering to the constant<br />

and largelyirrelevant cries of asqueaky<br />

wheel’’, and its clandestine attempt to oil<br />

the wheel through the review placed the<br />

bylaw in aprecariousposition.<br />

‘‘As aratepayer and representativeof<br />

tens of thousands of New Zealanders who<br />

will be significantly affected by this<br />

proposal, we are disappointedwith the<br />

proposal and argue the council has a<br />

statutory duty to remain impartial and<br />

undertake afairer assessment,’’ he said.<br />

Kaikoura has bannedfreedom camping<br />

in the wholetownship, the SouthBay<br />

Cornerwith State Highway 1, as wellas<br />

the cemetery, Point Kean, the Esplanade,<br />

South Bay Parade,Moa Street, car parks at<br />

5<br />

the boat harbour, Wakatu Quay, Kiwa<br />

Road,South Bay Reserve, and councilcontrolled<br />

land withinthe coastal strip<br />

from SouthBay Parade to the Kowhai<br />

River.<br />

Thereare restricted areas andafine of<br />

$200 for any offence underthe bylaw,<br />

whichincludes washing dishes using<br />

public facilities, hanging laundryout or<br />

defecating in public.<br />

It has also received afunding boostof<br />

$217,300fromthe Responsible Camping<br />

Fund for servicing campsites, bylaw<br />

enforcementand education, camping<br />

education and monitoring,and avisitor<br />

business and community survey.<br />

Submissions close on October 11.<br />

Chiefexecutive AngelaOosthuizensays<br />

the bylaw shouldbeinforce by the end of<br />

the year.<br />

Permanent display ...<br />

Rangiora and District<br />

Early Records Society<br />

president David Petrie<br />

officially opened a<br />

display honouring the<br />

late Rangiora historian<br />

Don Hawkins.<br />

PHOTO:DAVID HILL<br />

Museum honours historian<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Adisplay room dedicatedtonoted<br />

Rangiora historian Don Hawkins has been<br />

officially opened.<br />

Rangiora and Districts EarlyRecords<br />

Society president DavidPetrie says the<br />

new Hawkins room at the Rangiora<br />

Museum has beenalabouroflove for<br />

members. ‘‘I’m pleased with the work<br />

that’s been done,with turningastorage<br />

room intoadisplay area.’’<br />

The display room not onlyhonours Mr<br />

Hawkins,but also his family’s connection<br />

to the district.<br />

Mr Hawkins’ grandparents had agrocery<br />

storeinRangiora, later run by his father<br />

Lanceand UncleLaurie.<br />

Afterattending Rangiora HighSchool,<br />

he attended the University of <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

where he attained aMasterofArts in<br />

history, withhis thesis becoming the basis<br />

for his firstbook, Beyondthe Waimakariri,<br />

published in 1957.<br />

He later wrote and published Rangiora<br />

in 1983, supported by the Rangiora<br />

Borough Council.<br />

After teachinginBritain, wherehemet<br />

his wife Patricia, Mr Hawkinswas<br />

appointedtoWaimateDistrict High<br />

School, later becoming deputy principal.<br />

He retiredtoRangiora, where he<br />

becameanactivemember of the Rangiora<br />

and DistrictsEarlyRecordsSociety. He<br />

was aregular contributor to themuseum’s<br />

newsletter.<br />

His newsletter articles werelater<br />

published as RandomJottings by the<br />

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6 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

Chance to talk roads<br />

If you’reconcerned about thelackof<br />

investment in our <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>roads,<br />

Iinvite you to join me tonight for ameeting<br />

with the New Zealand Transport Agency<br />

(NZTA) at 6.30pm at theWoodend Rugby<br />

Club in Gladstone Road.<br />

As many of you know, Ipetitioned<br />

Parliament to save the Belfast to Pegasus<br />

four­lanemotorway,including the<br />

Woodend Bypass, after it was cancelled by<br />

the Government.<br />

Some haveaccused me of notgivingup<br />

on thisissue, butwhen Ihave parents<br />

telling me theyare scaredtohave their<br />

childrencrossing State Highway1at<br />

Woodend School, and thatthe elderlycan’t<br />

crossthe road to get to medical<br />

appointmentsbecause of the heavytraffic<br />

volumes following our rapid growth, then<br />

thereisreal concerninour community.<br />

FrustratedWaimakariri commuters<br />

askedmetocall tonight’s meeting, to push<br />

for aquickerresponse timefrom NZTA to<br />

deliver on its safety proposals for the<br />

motorway from Kaiapoi to AshleyBridge.<br />

The cross­representation of people<br />

attending apublicmeeting Iheld with<br />

National’s leader, Simon Bridges,<br />

including the local business community,<br />

the school and community leaders, is a<br />

good indication that traffic movements,<br />

estimated to be around 19,000 per day,<br />

have reached tipping point.<br />

Irecently visitedthe <strong>North</strong>ern Corridor<br />

project site for an update and was<br />

impressedbythe scopeofthe project.<br />

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MP forWaimakariri<br />

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Authorised by Matt Doocey, Level 1ConwayLane, 188 High Street, Rangiora.<br />

The gains it will deliver in conjunction<br />

with the Western Belfast Bypassin<br />

streaming trafficseamlessly into<br />

Christchurch will future­proof our region’s<br />

transport needs.<br />

Our Belfast to Pegasus motorway,<br />

including the Woodend Bypass, was<br />

designed by National to be the next logical<br />

step and would have addressed residents’<br />

safetyconcerns.<br />

Thelaunch of the Mental Healthand<br />

Addictions Wellbeing Group in Parliament<br />

last week gives hopetoNew Zealanders of<br />

cross­party commitment to meetthe<br />

challenges around mental health.<br />

Last year, Iwrote to every MP and asked<br />

them to backmeasIfoughtfor acrossparty<br />

approach to deliver solutions that<br />

won’t change when the Government<br />

changes.<br />

It was important to me to negotiate this<br />

while in Opposition. As anew MP, an<br />

elderly gentleman told me not to talk about<br />

my background in mental health because<br />

‘‘we don’ttalk about mentalhealth in New<br />

Zealand’’.<br />

Ithink he talksofageneration that<br />

didn’thave avocabulary to talk about<br />

mentalhealthand faced alot of stigma<br />

aroundit. Now,we’ve got ayounger<br />

generation who have the vocabulary to talk<br />

about mentalhealth and they don’t faceas<br />

much stigma. They’redrivingpoliticiansto<br />

talk about mentalhealth and addressthe<br />

growing demand for services in New<br />

Zealand.<br />

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Voting is essential<br />

By my calculations, this is my<br />

penultimate column for the <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>.<br />

For once, Iamnot struggling for a<br />

column, becausethe billboards and<br />

signsaround the district tell us that<br />

somethingishappening in Local<br />

Government!<br />

Voting is one of thefundamental<br />

rights and responsibilities in a<br />

representative democracy such as<br />

ours.<br />

LocalGovernment provides all of<br />

us, and our communities, with a<br />

huge range of services, so who you<br />

electtoyour regional council,<br />

districtcouncil, communityboard<br />

and health board is important.<br />

Sometimespeoplesay they don’t<br />

vote because ‘‘they don’t knowthe<br />

candidates’’.<br />

The corollary of thatisthatthe<br />

candidates should knoweveryone,<br />

but how can they expect to know all<br />

of the 60,000peoplewho liveinour<br />

district?<br />

Even Idon’t know all the<br />

candidates in my ward and<br />

communityboard area —for the<br />

mayoraltyorfor the regionalcouncil<br />

—but Iwill consider all of them.<br />

So what have Ialwayslooked forin<br />

candidates?<br />

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to light S<br />

Ilook for evidence of connection<br />

with my community and atrack<br />

recordofbeinginvolvedinmy<br />

community.<br />

Ilook for people who identify the<br />

issuesIthinkare importantand for<br />

some understandingofthe strategic<br />

matters councilshave to deal with.<br />

Ialso votetotry to achieveaboard<br />

or council that will be<br />

representative of my community<br />

aroundthe table.<br />

Iavoid candidateswho make<br />

promises —I’venever made asingle<br />

election promise —because I<br />

understandthat evenmayors have<br />

only one vote.<br />

So Ilook for elected<br />

representatives, particularly the<br />

mayor,who can work withothers,<br />

both insideand outsidethe council,<br />

and can buildand maintain teams.<br />

No­oneexpectscouncillors and<br />

board members to agreeon<br />

everything.Indeed,there would be<br />

something wrongifthey did,but<br />

elected members need to agree on<br />

the general directionsand on a<br />

visionfor the future. It’snot about<br />

pot­holes!<br />

All the best when the voting<br />

papersstartarriving in lessthan<br />

three weeks.<br />

Elections achance to have asay in how the district is run<br />

From <strong>September</strong> 20 to October<br />

12, New Zealanderswill elect the<br />

peopletorepresentthem on city<br />

councils, districtcouncils,<br />

regional councils, districthealth<br />

boards, and other key local body<br />

organisations.<br />

Who willyou be votingfor?<br />

You willbevoting, won’t you?<br />

According to Statistics New<br />

Zealand, votinglevels in local<br />

authorityelections have been<br />

declining for the last 28 years.<br />

More people tick the boxes for<br />

district councils than for cityor<br />

regional councils, but voter<br />

turnout overall has beenin<br />

decline since 1989.In2016,<br />

according to the most recently<br />

available data,just43percent of<br />

Rachel Macdonald explains why she will be having her say in the upcoming local body<br />

elections. Too many Kiwis choose to cast aside their ballot papers, she writes.<br />

eligible voters bothered to pick<br />

up apen and exercise their<br />

democratic right to have asay in<br />

the make­up and directionof<br />

theircommunity.<br />

That means 57 percent of the<br />

electoratepresumablydon’t care<br />

how their rates arespent; don’t<br />

care what the futurewill look like<br />

for their city,town, or district;<br />

and don’t care who is making<br />

decisions regarding planning,<br />

infrastructure and bylaws.<br />

Surely, not participatingstrips<br />

them of any grounds to<br />

complain? Chance would be a<br />

finething.<br />

Ihave every intention of voting.<br />

Ilive in ademocracy and Iintend<br />

to take advantage of that.<br />

Ihave opinions regarding what<br />

is important to my quality of life<br />

and that of my children,and I<br />

intend to voicethose. Ivote for<br />

policies, not people, and while<br />

the end resultmight notplease<br />

me, at least Ihave bothered to<br />

stand up and be counted.<br />

There is an 18­year­old in this<br />

house too and, unlikemanyofhis<br />

age group, he takes an active<br />

interest in politicsand sees his<br />

vote as avitalexpressionofthat.<br />

‘‘To take an interest in who’s<br />

runningthe districtorthe<br />

country showsyou takean<br />

interestinwhere you live,’’he<br />

says. ‘‘It’snot about the overambitious<br />

promises of any one<br />

government or candidate,it’s<br />

about howyou thinkthings<br />

should be administered.<br />

‘‘Whether the politicians<br />

follow throughisout of our<br />

hands, but at least by voting you<br />

arepart of the processthat holds<br />

them accountable.’’<br />

There’sa17­year­old here as<br />

well, and she would be grabbing<br />

the ballot sheetwith both hands<br />

if she were afew months older.<br />

‘‘These are people making<br />

decisions that affect me —that<br />

affectall of my generation.<br />

‘‘We need to make positive<br />

changeinthe community, and to<br />

do that, we need to havean<br />

opinion on what’sold and broken<br />

and needs to go, and what’snew<br />

and forward­thinking,’’she says.<br />

‘‘It doesn’t hurt to vote.You<br />

have nothing to lose. If you want<br />

somethingchanged, take the<br />

steps to try to change it, and that<br />

means choosing the people most<br />

likelytodoso.’’<br />

It’s not rocketscience is it? So<br />

you willbevoting, right?<br />

Swell<br />

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Amberley 9:28am 2.5 3:09am 0.3 10:25am 2.4 4:06am 0.4 11:22am 2.4 5:03am 0.5<br />

5:59am 0.5 12:44am 2.2 6:54am 0.6 1:37am 2.2 7:46am 0.6 2:27am 2.2 8:36am 0.6<br />

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9:53pm 2.4 3:39pm 0.4 10:51pm 2.3 4:40pm 0.5 11:48pm 2.2 5:40pm 0.6 12:19pm 2.3 6:39pm 0.6 1:15pm 2.3 7:32pm 0.6 2:07pm 2.3 8:22pm 0.6 2:55pm 2.3 9:08pm 0.6<br />

9:37am 2.5 3:18am 0.3 10:34am 2.4 4:15am 0.4 11:31am 2.4 5:12am 0.5<br />

6:08am 0.5 12:53am 2.2 7:03am 0.6 1:46am 2.2 7:55am 0.6 2:36am 2.2 8:45am 0.6<br />

Motunau 10:02pm 2.4 3:48pm 0.4 11:00pm 2.3 4:49pm 0.5 11:57pm 2.2 5:49pm 0.6 12:28pm 2.3 6:48pm 0.6 1:24pm 2.3 7:41pm 0.6 2:16pm 2.3 8:31pm 0.6 3:04pm 2.3 9:17pm 0.6<br />

9:39am 2.5 3:20am 0.3 10:36am 2.4 4:17am 0.4 11:33am 2.4 5:14am 0.5<br />

6:10am 0.5 12:55am 2.2 7:<strong>05</strong>am 0.6 1:48am 2.2 7:57am 0.6 2:38am 2.2 8:47am 0.6<br />

Gore Bay 10:04pm 2.4 3:50pm 0.4 11:02pm 2.3 4:51pm 0.5 11:59pm 2.2 5:51pm 0.6 12:30pm 2.3 6:50pm 0.6 1:26pm 2.3 7:43pm 0.6 2:18pm 2.3 8:33pm 0.6 3:06pm 2.3 9:19pm 0.6<br />

9:35am 1.9 3:19am 0.3 10:33am 1.9 4:16am 0.3 11:31am 1.9 5:11am 0.4<br />

6:<strong>05</strong>am 0.4 12:51am 1.7 6:58am 0.5 1:41am 1.7 7:49am 0.5 2:30am 1.6 8:37am 0.5<br />

Kaikoura 10:04pm 1.8 3:51pm 0.3 11:01pm 1.8 4:51pm 0.4 11:57pm 1.7 5:50pm 0.4 12:27pm 1.8 6:46pm 0.4 1:21pm 1.8 7:39pm 0.5 2:12pm 1.8 8:28pm 0.5 2:59pm 1.8 9:13pm 0.5<br />

*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd.<br />

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NEWS<br />

8 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

Food forest<br />

sows more<br />

than seeds<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Kaiapoi’s food forest is fast<br />

becoming adestination.<br />

The Kaiapoi Food Forest<br />

Trust, one of the first<br />

regeneration projects in<br />

Kaiapoi to get under way, is set<br />

to celebrate its 2nd birthday<br />

from 1pm on Sunday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 15, with a<br />

mushroom­growing workshop,<br />

community picnic and, of<br />

course, abirthday cake.<br />

Kaiapoi Food Forest Trust<br />

chairman Brent Cairns says the<br />

food forest has attracted 2748<br />

searches via Google in the last<br />

month alone, ‘‘and then they<br />

start looking for directions’’,<br />

while the Facebook page,<br />

‘‘Kaiapoi Food Forest ­kai is in<br />

our name’’, has more than 1600<br />

followers.<br />

Groups from all round the<br />

region and from as far away as<br />

Korea have visited in the last 12<br />

months, while astudent group<br />

from Lincoln University is due<br />

to visit this week.<br />

Brent says the community has<br />

planted 1800 trees over the last<br />

two years, while Department of<br />

Corrections clients have<br />

assisted with mulching and<br />

shovelling.<br />

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River walk aims to foster wellbeing<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Waimakariri youth are<br />

preparing to lead awalk in<br />

Kaiapoi next month to promote<br />

wellbeing in their community.<br />

The Kaiapoi River Wellbeing<br />

Walk will featureinthe last<br />

weekend of The Breeze<br />

Christchurch Walking Festival.<br />

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CommunityWellbeing Monthin<br />

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Organisers hopetoraisefunds<br />

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<strong>Canterbury</strong> is proudtobe<br />

associated with this great<br />

initiativeand especially seeing<br />

our youngpeople lead the way in<br />

strengthening mental health,’’<br />

trustmanager, DeirdreRyan,<br />

says.<br />

WhileWellbeing <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> celebrated its 30th<br />

birthday lastyear, its originsdate<br />

back to the 1970swhen therewas<br />

concern over the wellbeing of<br />

Kaiapoi youth after theclosure<br />

of the town’s woollen mill.<br />

Kaiapoi High School’s then<br />

school counsellor, Kath Adams,<br />

localchurchministers and a<br />

Kaiapoi borough councillor,<br />

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to form Kaiapoi Support<br />

Services, aforerunnerof<br />

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The walk willleave fromthe<br />

Youth wellbeing ... Local youth will lead awalk in Kaiapoi next month during the Christchurch Walking<br />

Festival.<br />

PHOTO:DAVID HILL<br />

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By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

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last Saturday morning.<br />

Other volunteers, Mary<br />

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the funds have been used to buy<br />

natives, includingfivebeech trees<br />

for the riverboundary, agolden<br />

totara on the edge of the small<br />

field, and fourkowhai ‘‘plantedas<br />

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workshops and learning<br />

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in the evening at the James<br />

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She said the competition<br />

was an inter­school<br />

opportunity for teams from<br />

Years 5to13, showcasing a<br />

variety of dance styles.<br />

Kaiapoi <strong>North</strong> School<br />

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KAIAPOI<br />

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The finishing touches are<br />

being made in anticipation of<br />

the official opening of<br />

Kaiapoi High School’s new<br />

gymnasium on Friday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 13.<br />

Mr Kearney describes the<br />

opening as ‘‘the final piece in<br />

the puzzle’’ in the school’s<br />

redevelopment, which was<br />

delayed by the 2010 and 2011<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> earthquakes.<br />

The school has been rebuilt<br />

for acapacity of 1100<br />

students.<br />

‘‘We are really excited that<br />

we have come to this time. It<br />

took abit longer than we<br />

expected, but that always<br />

happens with these things<br />

these days.<br />

‘‘The community is going to<br />

be overwhelmed by this<br />

gymnasium. It will be such a<br />

fantastic facility.’’<br />

Mr Kearney will be one of<br />

the first to try out the new<br />

sports court, as he plans to<br />

suit up for astaff versus<br />

students volleyball game<br />

during the opening.<br />

There will also be a<br />

performance from the<br />

school’s kapa haka group,<br />

while Mayor David Ayers will<br />

officially open the gym.<br />

Waimakariri District<br />

Council chief executive Jim<br />

Palmer and senior manager<br />

Craig Sargison will also be<br />

attending to acknowledge the<br />

council’s $1 million put<br />

towards the project.<br />

‘‘This is amajor project for<br />

them and we are very<br />

thankful for the council’s<br />

support,’’ Mr Kearney says.<br />

‘‘It has allowed us to have<br />

big run­off areas and new<br />

Excitement builds ... Kaiapoi High School principal Bruce Kearney, right, and Brosnan Construction<br />

site manager Keith O’Donohue look forward to unveiling the school’s new gymnasium. PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />

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The sports court has a<br />

wooden floor, which is ‘‘very<br />

unusual these days, but it’s<br />

thanks to the council’’, he<br />

says.<br />

The court is marked out for<br />

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netball, volley ball and<br />

badminton. There is<br />

spectator seating and a<br />

weights room upstairs.<br />

It will be open for bookings<br />

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Carpet tiling will be put<br />

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during events such as<br />

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Mr Kearney says remaining<br />

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the school’s Year 12 building<br />

class and replacing the<br />

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Kaiapoi High School’s roll<br />

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Mandy makes Kaikoura home<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Kaikoura SuburbanSchool<br />

has anew principal.<br />

Mandy Woods moved with<br />

her familytoKaikoura from<br />

Piripiri,west of Waitomo in<br />

the KingCountry, in July.<br />

‘‘Wewerevery excitedtosee<br />

the position of principal<br />

becomeavailableinKaikoura<br />

as it is oneofour favourite<br />

places in New Zealand,and, in<br />

fact, the world.<br />

‘‘The majorityofmy<br />

teaching career in New<br />

Zealandhas beeninsmall,<br />

rural schoolsand Ilovethe<br />

whanaufeelingassociated<br />

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Mandy’s teaching and<br />

leadership experiencesspan<br />

all levels of theNew Zealand<br />

curriculum andinclude<br />

overseas postings.<br />

‘‘I havededicated my career<br />

to being alife­long learner and<br />

areflective practitioner.’’<br />

Mandy worked in Abu Dhabi<br />

in theUnited Arab Emirates<br />

for three years andthen<br />

Brunei for seven years,firstly<br />

as an educationadviser for<br />

Cognition,aNew Zealand<br />

educationconsultancy,and<br />

thenasaneducationproject<br />

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professional learning,<br />

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ZealandinJuly 2017,taking up<br />

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HusbandAaronisastay­athomedad<br />

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‘‘I’ve verymuchenjoyed<br />

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‘‘My skill set and personality<br />

lend themselvespositively to<br />

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continuingthe progress<br />

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school, while contributing<br />

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‘‘Ihave apositive and highly<br />

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Meals on Wheels co­ordinator<br />

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provides ahot main meal and<br />

dessert, and alsogives the<br />

group’s volunteers the<br />

opportunity to regularly check<br />

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community.<br />

‘‘Our service enables many<br />

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The group is now part of the<br />

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‘‘It’sbecoming more important<br />

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peopleare influencedby<br />

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television, on social media and<br />

on the internet.’’<br />

Greater Christchurch councils<br />

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Mr Ayers led aWaimakariri<br />

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Powhiri ... Rangiora High School pupils offer ahongi to visitors from Wuhan, China.<br />

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‘‘Cultural exchanges are<br />

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understandings.’’<br />

The council has since formed<br />

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New Zealand to learn about<br />

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education styles’’.<br />

‘‘They are very excited to<br />

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very friendly and they have<br />

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Yvonnehopesher art will take<br />

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spice trade,but perhaps less known for<br />

the flowerspecimens that were<br />

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back to their homes.<br />

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grow wild thereand that we grow as<br />

common gardenplants in our own<br />

backyards hereinthe Waimakariri<br />

district.<br />

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extraordinarybeauty thatcan come<br />

from extreme struggleoraharsh<br />

environment. It is also aboutcontrasts,<br />

interdependency and<br />

interconnectedness.<br />

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ROCK’N’WHEELS<br />

29<br />

The perfect day to make all that automotive chrome glisten<br />

Making his mark ... Len Holmes, of Kaiapoi, with his 1960 cobalt blue Ford Zephyr Mark 2convertible.<br />

PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP<br />

‘‘Drag racing granny’’ ... Katy Tolhurst, of Christchurch, behind the wheel in her ‘‘slow ride’’ —a1923 TChev V8.<br />

Family fun ... Wade<br />

Golding, of Fernside,<br />

enjoys aday out with<br />

his family in FAB 50S,<br />

the 1955 Ford Mark 1<br />

Zephyr convertible<br />

owned by his father,<br />

Murray Golding.<br />

Best pals ... John Crowe, from Fernside, the current caregiver for his pride and joy, Gerty, a1959 Humber 80 purchased<br />

new by his paternal grandmother, Vera Crowe.<br />

Gerty to remain afamily<br />

treasure<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Amuch­loved 1959Humber80in<br />

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ownerJohn Crowe says.<br />

Ownership of Gertywas recently<br />

passed to Johnfrom his father,<br />

Derek.<br />

Thecar wasbought newby John’s<br />

paternalgrandmother,Vera<br />

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Shewas afastidious owner,<br />

fussingoverher pride and joy and<br />

❛‘‘It’s in everyone’s wills<br />

that she has to stay in the<br />

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—JohnCrowe<br />

even putting ablanketover<br />

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when parked in the garagetokeep<br />

herpaintworkgleaming.<br />

DerekandJohnhavecontinued<br />

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He evenhas her originalset of<br />

tyres,too worn nowtouse<br />

but kept<br />

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also been been saved, withVera’s<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

31<br />

The art of creating achicken-friendly garden<br />

For the sake of your chickens and your kitchen, consider<br />

creating aforaging garden, writes Wendy Megget.<br />

If there is one thing chickens are<br />

good at, it’sstealingthe greens<br />

from your vegetable garden.<br />

So, I’m switching things<br />

around. I’m goingtogrow greens<br />

specificallyfor the chickens, and<br />

then,when we needour own for<br />

the dinner plate, we can steal<br />

some fromthem.<br />

This planmeans my chickens<br />

not onlyget moregreens,but<br />

they’ll be able to indulge in their<br />

naturalforaging behaviour­they<br />

love to digand scratcharound for<br />

bugs,seeds,greensand more.<br />

This provides them with valuable<br />

minerals and vitamins,aswell as<br />

extraroughageand protein.<br />

Thereare severalways to<br />

approach growinggreens for<br />

chickens,depending on the<br />

nature of the gardenyou have<br />

available and the restrictionson<br />

your chickens’ space.<br />

If you havealarge space, a<br />

greatidea is to create several<br />

separate foraging areasoff your<br />

chookhouse.Whileyour<br />

chickens are grazing on one<br />

space, the otherareas can be<br />

recovering and growing new<br />

greens forwhen it’s theirturn.<br />

If space is limited, youmight<br />

want to strategically place greens<br />

on the other sideofamesh fence,<br />

just within the reach of the<br />

chickens.They can pop their<br />

headsthrough and pick bits off,<br />

without getting the opportunity to<br />

completely stripthe plant.<br />

Speaking fromexperience,<br />

please test therequired distance<br />

with some handheld greens. It is<br />

gob­smacklinglyamazinghow far<br />

they can reach!<br />

You can also try growing<br />

greens in aseparatearea (or<br />

containers), and then pick them<br />

as needed. Alternatively,<br />

container greens can be popped<br />

into the chicken run and<br />

removed again beforethey are<br />

depleted. If youchoosethe right<br />

plants, they should growback<br />

quickly to be eaten another day.<br />

If you wanttokeep things<br />

simple,consider growing<br />

wheatgrass on the windowsill.<br />

You can just snip someoff and<br />

add it to your breakfast.<br />

You are not limited to just<br />

growing greens. We have<br />

eliminated codlingmoth in our<br />

apples since we’ve had chickens<br />

to feast on the larvae in thesoil.<br />

Some chickens will eat fallen<br />

fruit, but I’vefound that differs<br />

from chicken to chicken. It can<br />

help if you cut the fruit in half so<br />

that they can peck outinnards.<br />

Feijoas areagood example.<br />

Our first chooks left them alone<br />

unless we cut the fruit open for<br />

them.Our current girls won’t eat<br />

them at all.<br />

Ahandy hint: Pop asquareof<br />

old carpet over the rootarea<br />

undersmall treesifyou have<br />

foraging chickens. It willstop<br />

them digging aroundthe roots.<br />

Alternatively, consider<br />

growing fruit or vegetable vines<br />

on the mesh of your chicken run.<br />

This not only provides funfor<br />

Caring and sharing... Why not share your greens with your chickens? PHOTO:NZGARDENER<br />

your chickens, whowill haveto<br />

jump for hanging produce, but it<br />

can alsoprovide valuable shade<br />

in summer. Some suitable plants<br />

wouldbepeas, beans or banana<br />

passion fruit.<br />

If you wanttogrow fruit for<br />

your chickens, check they likeit<br />

first. Ithought our eatinggrapes<br />

wouldbeafavourite, but ourgirls<br />

won’tgonear them. At least the<br />

blackbirds enjoy them.<br />

When choosinggreens for<br />

chickens,provide avariety but<br />

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weeds, suchaschickweed,<br />

dandelions and puha. If you are<br />

picking them regularly and don’t<br />

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up with them all through your<br />

flower beds.<br />

Often, thegreenschickens<br />

enjoy are the sameones we eat ­<br />

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kale, celery leaves, watercress<br />

and spinach.Inaddition,<br />

plantain and chicory are tasty<br />

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Usually, chickens prefer green<br />

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the silverbeet stalks and dice<br />

themupinthe blendersothat the<br />

pieces are smaller. While it’snot<br />

their favourite, it stillseemsto<br />

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Unless you particularly wantto<br />

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32 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

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Essentially, <strong>September</strong> is all about<br />

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For vegetable growers, this means<br />

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manure and mature compost.<br />

Work this in by forking the layers into<br />

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Herbs<br />

Sow seeds of coriander, dill, chervil,<br />

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Hold off on sowing basil, unless you<br />

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Trim back woody herbs such as thyme,<br />

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Aside­dressing of fertiliser will give<br />

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Pansies<br />

With painted faces that light up the<br />

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plant out in clusters about 15cm apart<br />

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Deadhead if you have the time,<br />

otherwise just leave them to it.<br />

Pestcontrol<br />

With spring planting comes the risk of<br />

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Roses<br />

One of the best times to plant roses is<br />

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While roses are forgiving plants, a<br />

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This month is also your last chance to<br />

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Vege patch<br />

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piles of leafy greens and brassicas can<br />

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potatoes can be planted out in warmer<br />

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Now is the ultimate seed­sowing time,<br />

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Fill containers with seed­raising mix,<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

35<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

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Farm’sperformance praised<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Lastseason has been hailed asuccessfor<br />

the LincolnUniversity Dairy Farm.<br />

FarmconsultantJeremySavage has<br />

praised the workoffarm manager Peter<br />

Hancox, afterthe Lincoln farmexceeded<br />

its targetsfor the2018/19 season.<br />

‘‘Tobeabletoproduce 500 kilogramsof<br />

milksolids per cow on agrass­based<br />

systemwithout using palmkernel,with a<br />

low cost structure,low nitrogen inputs<br />

and lowsupplements, is afantastic effort.<br />

‘‘Peterdoes avery goodjob.’’<br />

Lastseason the farmproduced<br />

277,293kgMS, milking552 cowsatpeakor<br />

502kgMS percow,whichworked out at<br />

1733kgMSper hectare across160<br />

hectares.<br />

Around232kg of drymatter per cowof<br />

Academic to speak on state of environment<br />

Lincoln University looks forward to<br />

hosting Dr Marilyn Waringasthis year’s<br />

presenter of the annual State of the<br />

Nation’s EnvironmentAddress.<br />

The event is free to the public and all<br />

are welcome.<br />

Dr Waring is an author, academic,and<br />

activist who became New Zealand’s<br />

youngest parliamentarian at the time, at<br />

23, when electedasaNational PartyMP<br />

in 1975.<br />

For the past 13 years, she has been a<br />

professor of public policy at the<br />

Auckland University of Technology,<br />

focusing on governance,the political<br />

economy, gender analysis and human<br />

rights.<br />

Her work has had asignificant<br />

silage was fedout and operating costs<br />

worked outat$3.86 per kgMS.<br />

With Fonterra’sfarmgate milkpriceat<br />

$6.45/kgMS, this gave the farmanincome<br />

of $1,788,524or$12,191per hectare andan<br />

operating profit of $815,648.<br />

Despite the success,MrSavage said the<br />

farm had set the sametargetsfor thenew<br />

seasonofmilking 560 cowsatpeak, of<br />

producing490kgMS/cow, and keeping<br />

costs below $4/kgMS.<br />

‘‘By settingatarget of 490kgMS/cow we<br />

allowfor any hiccups and in casewefall<br />

offthe pace, but you can be surePeterwill<br />

be going for 500kgMS/cow.<br />

‘‘This season we are lookingatour<br />

management of breedingand<br />

reproduction, as we madeafew mistakes,<br />

so we areplanningfor those going<br />

forward.<br />

influence on other academics, United<br />

Nationspolicies and government<br />

accountinginseveral countries.<br />

For her presentation, Dr Waringwill<br />

discuss the current Government’s<br />

wellbeingbudgetand its likely impact on<br />

the wellbeing of the environment.<br />

The university is celebrating the 20th<br />

anniversary of its annual event, which<br />

focuses on an aspect of the current<br />

condition of the environment in New<br />

Zealand.<br />

Sinceits inception in 1999,the address<br />

has attracted severalnotableNew<br />

Zealand speakers, including former<br />

primeministerHelen Clark,former<br />

Nationalminister NickSmith, and Ngai<br />

Tahu Maori leader Mark Solomon.<br />

‘‘Weare also focusingongood pasture<br />

monitoring and management.It’san<br />

ongoingskillthatpeople can keep<br />

honing.’’<br />

Mr Savagesaidthe option of increasing<br />

cow numberswas considered, ‘‘but the<br />

conclusion we cametoisthat what we are<br />

doing at themoment is pretty uniqueand<br />

it’sprofitable’’.<br />

While thefarm hashosted winter<br />

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42 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

School’srural programme is expanding<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Rangiora High School’s land­based<br />

studies programme is expanding.<br />

The schoolisone of few in the South<br />

Island to have its own farm on campus,<br />

giving students from anon­farming<br />

backgroundataste of agriculture and<br />

offering awide rangeofrural­based<br />

subjects.<br />

Gareth West has beenhead of landbasedstudiesfor<br />

sevenyears and saysthe<br />

farm is like an outdoor classroom.<br />

‘‘We operate a50­acre stretch of land<br />

whichisassociated to the school, so we are<br />

able to bring the students here on a<br />

regular basis.<br />

‘‘In alot of ways it’s like our second<br />

classroom.<br />

‘‘We do alot of work out here that brings<br />

the practical work backinto the classroom<br />

and vice versa,soitgivesthe studentsa<br />

really good contextofexactly how things<br />

operate. Sure, you can learn things in text<br />

books, but until you’re out there practising<br />

it, sometimesit’s quitehard forthe<br />

students to understand,sohaving this<br />

facility is just fantastic.’’Hesays the farm<br />

meansstudents with no rural background<br />

can get ataste of farming.<br />

‘‘There’s apercentage of our families<br />

who comefrom Rangiora and other small<br />

townsand don’thavealot of landaround<br />

them,but this programme enables them to<br />

get hands­on and get afeel for whatit<br />

mightbelike to work in the agriculture<br />

industry which Ithinkisabig eyeopener.’’<br />

Mr Westsays one of the challenges is<br />

overcoming perceptions.<br />

‘‘There is aparent perception of<br />

agriculture as ‘a working man’s job’, but<br />

we tie in wellwithLincoln and Massey<br />

(universities) and there’s lots of<br />

opportunities for top science and maths<br />

students. Going through the age groups,<br />

there’s an equal amountofboys and girls<br />

in the programme and Iguessthat’s<br />

indicative of the way things are operating<br />

on­farm thesedays.<br />

‘‘You don’t have to be massively big and<br />

strong to operate in afarmsituation.’’<br />

The farm offers arange of subjects from<br />

agri­business, agriculturaland<br />

horticultural science as apathway for<br />

those lookingahead to studying at Lincoln<br />

or Massey Universities, to the more<br />

practical rural andequine studies and a<br />

Primary ITO academy. Rural Studies<br />

pupils gain work experienceonlarger<br />

local, best­practice farms fromYear 12.<br />

PrincipalKaren Stewart said agribusiness<br />

was introduced this year as a<br />

Year13subject after community<br />

consultation andwill be offered in Year 12<br />

fromnext year. Thereare plans to develop<br />

the horticulturalscience programme<br />

further to meetthe industry demands.<br />

The farm runs 150 ewes and is busy with<br />

new­born lambsand somebobby calves<br />

havejust beenbrought in for fattening.<br />

‘‘Wetie in the lambing to happen within<br />

school time, so the students can see what<br />

goeson,’’ the school’s business manager,<br />

David Lowe,says.<br />

The school has aTeenAg (young<br />

farmers) club, which helps farm manager<br />

Bruce Ayres with feeding the animals<br />

during lunchtimes, and acattleshow team,<br />

which has had stock­judging success.<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

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Simmental overtake Angus<br />

South<strong>Canterbury</strong>farmersDavid<br />

and Jayne Timperleyhave long<br />

knownthe eatingqualityof<br />

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Simmental, abreedtraditionally<br />

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Mental health services difficult<br />

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By DAVID HILL<br />

Accessing mental healthservices<br />

remains amajor barrier for many<br />

rural communities.<br />

FederatedFarmers chief<br />

executive Terry Copeland says<br />

accessinghealthcare services is<br />

‘‘getting harderand harder’’ for<br />

many rural people, withsome having<br />

to travel long distances or simply<br />

missing out.<br />

The challenge is not helped by a<br />

nationwideshortageofGPs, he says.<br />

‘‘The average age of GPs is quite<br />

old, so who is replacingthem when<br />

they retire? Getting GPs into rural<br />

areas is hard.’’<br />

The Chief Coroners’ provisional<br />

suicide statistics released last month<br />

show the number of suicides to the<br />

year ended June 30 were the highest<br />

on recordat685,and at arate of 13.93<br />

deathsper 100,000 people.<br />

Young males aged between15and<br />

29 years are the mostatrisk,<br />

followed by middle­aged men aged 45<br />

to 54 years.<br />

While the rural suicide rate is yet<br />

to be released, it has consistently<br />

been higher thanurbanrates, with 20<br />

farmers takingtheir livesinthe year<br />

to June30last year.<br />

But the suicide rate is only the tip<br />

of the iceberg, as it does not include<br />

attemptedsuicides or those who<br />

struggle everyday with mental health<br />

and related issues.<br />

‘‘A statistic Iheard recentlywas<br />

that somethinglike one­third of all<br />

medical issues are mental health<br />

Taboo subject? ... Terry Copeland says<br />

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based, but it doesn’t reflect what our<br />

health systemoffers,’’ Mr Copeland<br />

says.<br />

‘‘Andwhen you consider our<br />

suicide rate is nearly twice the road<br />

toll,weneed to be putting more<br />

attentioninto mentalhealth.’’<br />

The national roadtollfor the year<br />

endedMarch 31 was 382,whichwas<br />

lamented as beingthe worst in a<br />

decade. Mr Copeland saysmental<br />

health remains ‘‘a taboosubject’’ in<br />

many rural communities. But it<br />

doesn’t need to be that way.<br />

‘‘It’s hard enough getting rural<br />

men to go to the doctor, let alone talk<br />

aboutmental health, whichisstill a<br />

taboosubject. Mental health is no<br />

differentfrom spraining an ankleor<br />

getting the flu.’’<br />

But he is hopeful Parliament is<br />

starting to get the messagewith the<br />

launch of across­party Mental<br />

Health and AddictionsWellbeing<br />

Grouplast month, with formerAll<br />

Blackand mental healthadvocate<br />

John Kirwan.<br />

‘‘I met up withJohnKirwan after<br />

he had spokeninParliament and he<br />

was buoyedbythe willingness of the<br />

governmenttocome on board.’’<br />

Organisations like the Rural<br />

Support Trusts and initiatives like<br />

Farmstrong, apartnership between<br />

the Mental Health Foundation, FMG<br />

and ACC, are actively encouraging<br />

farmers to ‘‘look after themselves’’<br />

and ensurethey get enough sleep,<br />

eat well and have somerecreation.<br />

‘‘We actively support the Farmstrong<br />

programmeand otherprofessional<br />

bodies and organisations like Rural<br />

Women and New Zealand Young<br />

Farmers to makesure we are<br />

presenting consistent messages.<br />

‘‘The more we can normalise<br />

discussions the betteritwill be.’’<br />

RURAL LIFE<br />

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45<br />

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support<br />

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Environment<strong>Canterbury</strong> recently to hear<br />

that theyhad jointly donated over17,300<br />

hours of time.<br />

Community Vehicle Trusts fulfilan<br />

important role withinthe small rural towns<br />

of the region, providing transport solutions<br />

in areas outside of the urban public<br />

transportnetwork.<br />

Over the last year, nearly 35,000<br />

passengers havebeen transportedaround<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>byCommunityVehicleTrusts,<br />

and collectivelybeen driven morethan<br />

623,000 kilometres.The networking<br />

initiative gave volunteersthe opportunity<br />

to meetand share ideas.<br />

Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong> supports<br />

vehicle trusts with funding grants.<br />

Communitytransport adviser Isabelle<br />

Bromham says that she is pleased withthe<br />

volunteer­driven success of the vehicle<br />

trusts.<br />

‘‘There’s so much good work being done<br />

to provideatransportsolution to rural<br />

areas.Having adignified and affordable<br />

means of transport is so crucial in allowing<br />

peopletoremaintheir own homesand to<br />

maintain their community links,soweare<br />

pleased to offer our continued support to<br />

community vehicle trusts” she says.<br />

Duringthe event, community vehicle<br />

trust volunteers heard from the <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

District Health Board about the benefits<br />

that vehicle trustsprovidefor their<br />

community. RaeganKitto,clinical manager<br />

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ChristchurchCampus, described the<br />

volunteersas‘incredible’. Thereare 15<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

Discussion urged on genetic technology<br />

The steady progress AgResearchis<br />

making on field trials of environmentfriendly<br />

GM ryegrassinthe United States<br />

serves as ahurry­up for New Zealand to<br />

get on withamature national<br />

conversation aboutgenetic modification,<br />

Federated Farmers says.<br />

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our international commitments on<br />

greenhouse gas reductions presentbig<br />

challenges to oureconomyandway of<br />

lifebut we’re currently sidelining a<br />

potentialmajor tool thatcould help<br />

farmers tackle ruminant methane and<br />

excreted nitrogen, Federated Farmers<br />

president Katie Milne says.<br />

‘‘It’s borderingonridiculous that our<br />

current laws on GM have forced<br />

AgResearch to go to theUnited States to<br />

simulate the sort of growing conditions<br />

foundinNew Zealand as they trialthe<br />

properties of genetically modified High<br />

Metabolisable Energy (HME) ryegrass.’’<br />

As AgResearch has reported, its<br />

experiments in the United States are<br />

aboutshowing whether this new<br />

potentially environmentally sustainable<br />

grass—thatstrikesabalancebetween<br />

reductions in methane emissionsfrom<br />

animalsthat eat it, greater tolerance to<br />

drought andfarm productivity—will<br />

perform in the fieldinasimilarway to<br />

howitperforms in controlled<br />

environmental studies.<br />

Initial resultsare encouraging.<br />

Earlier in August, apanel of experts<br />

convened by New Zealand’s Royal<br />

Society pointedout in aseriesof<br />

compelling reports someofthe<br />

considerable benefits genetic<br />

technologies could bring, and alsothe<br />

need to debate potential downsides.<br />

‘‘This is just the latest call from<br />

scientists andexperts for an overhaul of<br />

ouroutdated regulations in this space,<br />

Govt should work with farmers<br />

DairyNZ chiefexecutiveDrTim Mackle<br />

is urging the Governmenttowork with<br />

agricultural groups to drive real<br />

behaviourchange on farm insteadof<br />

imposing abroad­based tax.<br />

Sector organisationshave put<br />

forward an alternative Primary Sector<br />

Climate Change Commitment –He<br />

Waka EkeNoa –to buildanenduring<br />

farm­level emission reduction<br />

framework tohelp the rural sector<br />

reduce its footprint.<br />

‘‘We wanttoplay ourpart and take<br />

action.<br />

‘‘That’s why we have put forward a<br />

credible five­year work plan with clear<br />

and measurable actions, outcomes and<br />

timeframes,’’ says Dr Mackle.<br />

‘‘Our proposed plan is acollective<br />

initiative across multiple agricultural<br />

sectors,and includes rolling out Farm<br />

Environment Plans for all farms by 2025<br />

to ensure every farmer knows their<br />

emissionsfootprint, where on farm<br />

those emissions are coming from,and<br />

what they can do to manage them.’’<br />

Having reliable data is important so<br />

that afarmer can makedecisions and<br />

trade­offs factoring in resilience,<br />

profitability,and all the business<br />

decisionsthat need to be weighedup.<br />

‘‘Weare asking the Government to<br />

partner withthe agricultural sector to<br />

develop and delivertargeted<br />

programmes of action andco­ordinate<br />

efforts to reduce emissions. We strongly<br />

believe that workinginpartnershipis<br />

the best approach to deliverreal<br />

change,’’DrMackle says.<br />

‘‘DairyNZ does notsupport alevy on<br />

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because it won’t drive the behaviour<br />

changetoreduce emissions.<br />

‘‘It will take moneyout of farmers<br />

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‘‘Farmers care about the<br />

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Bird’s eye view ... An artist’s impression giving abird’s eye view of the proposed indoor sports stadium for<br />

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Tender awardedforsportshub<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

LeighsConstruction has won the<br />

tenderfor the new multi­use<br />

sportsfacilityinColdstream<br />

Road, Rangiora.<br />

The new Waimakariri District<br />

Council facility willcost around<br />

$28 million. It willbeabout 6000<br />

squaremetresand house four<br />

indoorcourtsconfigured for<br />

futsall, handball, korfball,<br />

volleyball, netball,badminton<br />

and basketball.<br />

It will also houseacentral<br />

fitness facility, changing rooms,<br />

coaching and meeting spaces, and<br />

seat around 500 spectators.<br />

The facilitywill be sited near<br />

othersporting groundssuch as<br />

the MainPowerOval for cricket,<br />

the WaimakaririHockey Turf and<br />

the MariaAndrews Parkfootball<br />

grounds.<br />

It is alsobeside the land<br />

earmarked for aproposedtennis<br />

club.<br />

WaimakaririDistrict Council<br />

MayorDavid Ayerssays<br />

construction is expected to be<br />

finished around May 2021.<br />

‘‘We see the multi­use sports<br />

facilitybeing agreatcentre for<br />

our growing community to come<br />

together. The opportunities a<br />

facility of thisnaturewill open to<br />

the wider community will be<br />

fantasticand this will potentially<br />

benefit all members of<br />

Waimakariri.’’<br />

The building,designedby<br />

Warren and Mahoneyarchitects,<br />

aims to becomeafocalpoint for<br />

sportinthe district.Ithas been<br />

designed to be efficient, costeffective<br />

and functional as well as<br />

beingattractive,given it will be<br />

visible from all sides.<br />

Once complete, it will be<br />

operatedbythe <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

Sportand Recreation Trust.<br />

Football challenge<br />

Keen on agame of football?<br />

Have you got apair of boots<br />

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gathering dust?<br />

Now’syour chance to brush<br />

them off and come out to<br />

represent your area in the<br />

soon­to­be­annual Hurunui<br />

West vs Hurunui East football<br />

challenge.<br />

This match, with ashield<br />

for the winning team, is open<br />

to all Hurunui residents<br />

between the ages of 15 and 65.<br />

The game will take place at<br />

the Amberley Domain at<br />

1.30pm this Sunday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 8.<br />

It promises to be afun day<br />

out, withopportunities for<br />

less fit players to sub on and<br />

off in the 90­minutegame.<br />

Therewill be asausage<br />

sizzle during the game for<br />

spectators, and awarding of<br />

the shield afterwards,<br />

accompanied by afew<br />

refreshing beverages.<br />

Anyone interested in<br />

playing should contact the<br />

team managers: Tim Kelly on<br />

(027) 556 2785 if you live west<br />

of the Weka Pass, or Chris<br />

Dickson (027) 5575 5090 if you<br />

live east of the Pass.<br />

Both sides have abase of<br />

players from the Hurunui<br />

Rangers division 4senior<br />

men’s team.<br />

Aveterinarian will be<br />

available in case anyone from<br />

Hurunui East gets injured.<br />

Show-jumping trip<br />

It promises to be abusy couple<br />

of weeks for Darfield High<br />

School showjumper Georgia<br />

Allison.<br />

The 18­year­old will fly out to<br />

Moroccoatthe end of the week<br />

for the GlobalAmateur Tour<br />

where she will ride local horses<br />

in a1.2m jumping contest.<br />

Georgia will then represent<br />

New Zealand at the Marcus<br />

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championships at the<br />

Sydney International<br />

Equestrian Centre from<br />

<strong>September</strong> 29 to October 2.<br />

Georgia, who lives in Oxford,<br />

will be part of an eight­strong<br />

all women’s team to compete in<br />

the dressage and showjumping.<br />

However, she will<br />

compete solelyinthe showjumping.<br />

‘‘I’ve been riding<br />

since Iwas born, it feels like. I<br />

did my first competition when I<br />

was two.<br />

‘‘International opportunities<br />

are what I’ve been working<br />

towards for awhile and I’ve<br />

been short­listed for things but<br />

to get these opportunities is<br />

exciting.<br />

“It will be good to test myself<br />

against international<br />

competitors.’’<br />

Allison is aself­described<br />

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“In Sydneywe’ll only be<br />

jumping 1.<strong>05</strong>m,which will be<br />

differentfrom Morocco, but if I<br />

can be consistentthen I’ll be<br />

happy.”<br />

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Kane Shield hotly contested<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Braggingrights were on thelineat<br />

Kaiapoi’s Kane Shield swim meet<br />

lastweek.<br />

Organiser Helen Clarke said 22<br />

teams were entered in what<br />

proved to be akeenly contested<br />

competition at the Kaiapoi Aquatic<br />

Centre.<br />

‘‘Itwas avery good night out and<br />

avery competitive competition. We<br />

had alot of sports teams, afew<br />

families and more industry teams<br />

thanusual.<br />

‘‘But we wouldalways liketosee<br />

more school teams.’’<br />

The Kane Shield was first held<br />

71 years ago and has growninto a<br />

popularannual swimming<br />

competition for all ages.<br />

But there was afour­year period<br />

afterthe earthquakes when the<br />

eventwas not held, until the You<br />

Me We Us Kaiapoi Project revived<br />

it.<br />

Helenhas been involved with<br />

the event since the 1970s, being incharge<br />

of the handicapping system<br />

to make it fair forall ages.<br />

Results:Kane Shield: ‘‘I Don’t<br />

KnowHow To Pronounce It’’.<br />

Westpac Trophy,runner­up: ‘‘Da<br />

Boyz’’.<br />

Harry Bates RoseBowl, fastest<br />

time: ‘‘Squidskin Bandits’’, 53<br />

seconds.<br />

Industries Shield: ‘‘School<br />

Patrol’’.<br />

BurgessFamily Sports Trophy:<br />

‘‘I Don’t Know How To Pronounce<br />

It’’.<br />

BellFamilyTrophy ­family<br />

team: ‘‘Robb Peedos’’.<br />

You Me We Us SchoolTrophy:<br />

‘‘StPaddy’s Paddlers’’.<br />

Making asplash ... Swimmers dive into the pool during last week’s Kane<br />

Shield swim meet at the Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre.<br />

PHOTOS: BRENTCAIRNS<br />

Winning team ... The winning team, ‘‘I Don’t Know How To Pronounce<br />

It’’, were thrilled to win the Kane Shield.<br />

SPORT<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

49<br />

NC sports results<br />

Rangiora Bridge Club<br />

Pocock Pairs: <strong>North</strong>/South:<br />

Heather Waldron/Colleen<br />

Adam1,HelenDunn/Sue<br />

Solomons 2, Pam<br />

McAllister/BrianStewart 3.<br />

East/West: Caroline<br />

Caseley/SamGurney 1,<br />

MargaretPickering/Janice<br />

Pickering 2, Beverley<br />

Brain/Joyce Gray 3.<br />

August 26,Individual: N/S:<br />

David McRae/Fern McRae<br />

1, DavePutt/Shirley Symns<br />

2, Judy Bruerton/Linda<br />

Hanham 3. E/W: Bruce<br />

Whiteman/Noel Bain1,<br />

Geoff Norriss/Marion<br />

Lomax 2, Sue Solomons/<br />

Dawn Simpson 3.<br />

August 28 Plate Pairs: N/S;<br />

Diane Findlay/Darcy<br />

Preston1,Sue Solomons/<br />

Derek Wilson 2, Jeanette<br />

Joyce/Carole Anderson 3.<br />

E/W: Linda Joyce/Jenny<br />

Shore1,Heather Waldron/<br />

Beverley Brain 2, Nikki<br />

Luisetti/Margaret Luisetti<br />

3.<br />

Rangiora Golf Club<br />

Nine holes ­Stroke: Ladies:<br />

Lyn Leech 36,1;Rita Moore<br />

37, 2; Pat Berry38, 3.<br />

Men:Mike Henry 35, 1;<br />

Mark Webb 35, 2; Nelson<br />

Moffat 36, 3.<br />

Ladies Bisque par: Div 1:<br />

Liz Sinnott +6, 1; Div2:<br />

JaneMoratti+9, 1; Carole<br />

Forster+8, 2. Div 3: Lynley<br />

Earl +8,1.<br />

LGU/Putting: Div 1: Biddy<br />

Bowring 68,1;Liz Sinnott<br />

71, 2. Putting Biddy<br />

Bowring27. Div 2: Rhonda<br />

Warwick 71, 1; Barbara<br />

Cornwall 73, 2. Putting:<br />

Barbara Cornwall 30. Div3:<br />

Barbara Miller­Davies 70,<br />

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Nan Wright 26.<br />

Midweekmen, stableford:<br />

Steve Jones 40, 1; Neil<br />

Hewitt 39, 2; Jim Cook 39<br />

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Weekend men­stroke:<br />

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Giles 73 (c/b), 3. Div 2:<br />

Russel Thompson 67, 1; Jeff<br />

Wilson 68,2;Gary Clark71<br />

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Waimakariri Women’s Golf<br />

18 holes: Third round<br />

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Weavers 84, BThompson<br />

93. Intermediate: W<br />

Mehtrtens 96, LSteele97, L<br />

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PROPERTY<br />

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This expansive 289m², four-bedroom two-bathroom home, offers space for agrowing family. Comprising<br />

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and sheltered barbecue area, it should be on your to-see list.<br />

The home features astylish new designer kitchen, including butler’s pantry. The large open plan area is<br />

complemented by asecond living area, which would be ideal for teenagers, or could be used as alarge<br />

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been recently refurbished.<br />

For the engineer or car enthusiast there is asteel framed American Style Barn, with aroller door. The 3.7<br />

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Just ashort distance from new shopping area at Mandeville, where you will have access to everything from<br />

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Deadline Sale<br />

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18 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2019</strong> (unless sold prior)<br />

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3-bay lock up Total Span Shed with concrete floor and workshop.<br />

Own well, fenced into two paddocks. | Property ID RX1827383<br />

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Sunday 1.00 to 2.00pm<br />

Contact<br />

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Farmlands Real Estate offer the following property for sale by<br />

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Deadline Sale<br />

Closing 4pm, Wednesday<br />

11 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

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Supporting children with anxiety<br />

Afree presentationbyAnna Mowat<br />

and Dean Sutherland of All Right?and<br />

Real Parents,will be heldon<br />

Thursday, <strong>September</strong> 12, 7pm to<br />

8.30pm, at the Amberley Arahura<br />

School Hall. Supperprovided.<br />

Guinea pig show<br />

Spring will be celebrated at aGuinea<br />

Pig Show at 38 Rangiora­Woodend<br />

Road,onSunday,<strong>September</strong>29. Doors<br />

open from 10am to 2pm, withpublic<br />

pet entries taken at 10.30am. Entrants<br />

are encouraged to dress up their<br />

guinea pigswith aspring theme.There<br />

will be animal sales.Look for the<br />

greenand blue flags. Enquiries, ring<br />

Jennyon(021) 145 7245.<br />

Clarkville School luncheon<br />

All former pupils and friends are<br />

welcomeatthe ClarkvilleSchool<br />

annual luncheononSunday,October<br />

6, at the Rangiora ShowGrounds<br />

Restaurant, AshleyStreet,at11.30am.<br />

Come along, meet old class mates, and<br />

reminisceabout old times. Residents<br />

who had childrenattending school are<br />

welcome. Contact Janette Dyer on (03)<br />

313 8691.<br />

Beachclean­up<br />

As partofKeep NZ Beautiful Week,<br />

Rangiora Leos and Lions are holding a<br />

beachclean­up on Sunday,<strong>September</strong><br />

18, from 1pm to 3pmatWaikuku Beach.<br />

Meet by the beachplaygroundto<br />

register. Bringgloves,water bottles<br />

and sunscreen. There willbealucky<br />

prizedraw at 3pm. For more<br />

information, call Kirstyn Barnetton<br />

(021)312 230.<br />

Rangiora CroquetClub<br />

Everyone is welcometohave agoat<br />

croquet during the Rangiora Croquet<br />

Club’s openingday on Saturday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 7. The day beginsat<br />

12.30pm at its RiverRoad base.For<br />

more information, contact Carolon<br />

310 6259.<br />

Book fair<br />

Abook fair willbeheld on Friday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 27, and Saturday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 28, at St Bart’sChurch<br />

Hall,23Cass St, Kaiapoi, from 10am to<br />

2pm. Books willbe$2each or six for<br />

$10. Tea and coffee willbeavailable.<br />

Donationsofgood qualitybooks, CDs,<br />

DVDs and jigsawsare welcome.No<br />

tapes. Donated goods can be left at the<br />

church hall. ContactNormanClarkon<br />

327 5552 or Ray Maw on 327 6404. This<br />

is an Anglican Parish of Kaiapoi<br />

fundraiser towardsthe maintenance<br />

of St Bartholomew’sChurchand Hall.<br />

Lavender bath bombs<br />

Giveyourself, or someone special, a<br />

relaxing treat. Learn how to make<br />

foamy bathbombs scented with<br />

lavender essentialoil. Charlotte<br />

Brown grows and processeslavender<br />

on her property. At thishands­on<br />

workshop, she will guide us through<br />

the process of craftingasmall bath<br />

bomb, which participantswill gift<br />

wraptotake home.She will also<br />

demonstrate how to make alarge<br />

bomb, and talk about ingredientsand<br />

recipes you can use. All moulds and<br />

materialswill be provided. It will be<br />

heldinAmberley on Wednesday,<br />

<strong>September</strong> 18, from10am to 12pm.<br />

Cost: Two TimeBank Hurunui credits<br />

or $15,plus ingredients cost to be<br />

confired.Registration:(03) 314 3406 or<br />

email<br />

tbhlearningexchange@gmail.com.<br />

Garage Sale<br />

Agarage sale willbeheld this<br />

Saturdayfrom 8am to 2pm at 21a<br />

KingsburyAvenue, Rangiora,with the<br />

proceedsgoingtosupport alocal<br />

bowling club.<br />

Rural Ramble<br />

The fourth annual <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

Rural Ramble will be heldonSunday,<br />

October 6. Its opentoall vintage,<br />

classic, rareorunusual vehicles, with<br />

modern day classics also accepted.<br />

Only$15 per vehicle. Departs Hurunui<br />

District Council car park State<br />

HighwayOne in Amberley.<br />

Registrationsaccepted from 9am until<br />

10.45am.Itincludes avisit to aback<br />

country historic farmtoview aprivate<br />

collection from days­gone­bye.<br />

Sunday Market<br />

The Rangiora Sunday Market,inthe<br />

Blake Street car park, from 9amto<br />

2pm.Lots of great bargains from<br />

plants, clothing, household items,<br />

garden tools, healthproducts,bikes,<br />

books, giftcards, handyman tools,<br />

jewellery, toys, garden sculptures,<br />

woodcraft etc. For young children,<br />

Thomas and Friends willbeavailable<br />

to operate in the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

Model Railway Club’s rooms.<br />

Relaxed Coastal Style, by Sally Denning<br />

The first part of the book offers up Sally’s unique takeon<br />

coastal style, celebratingthe colours and textures of the<br />

seaside:bare wooden boards, uncurtained windows, and<br />

furnishingscovered in robust linen or cotton that will<br />

endure salt water and the sun’s rays. The second half of<br />

the book visits aselection of glorious coastal houses,<br />

cottages and hideaways that are guaranteed to enchant<br />

and inspire.<br />

Born Lippy, by Jo Brand<br />

Born Lippy is agathering of<br />

all the things Jo Brand wishes<br />

she’dknown, all the things<br />

she’slearnt, andall the things<br />

she hopesfor the future.A<br />

century after women got the<br />

vote (albeitmarriedwomen<br />

overthe age of 28) it’s time to take stock of exactly what it<br />

means to be female today. And if there’s one thingwomen<br />

are entitledto, it’s having abloody goodmoan about things<br />

big and small ­sohere goes ...<br />

Encyclopedia of Garden Design, by ChrisYoung<br />

Whateverthe sizeofyour space,and whether starting with<br />

ablank canvas or renewinganexisting garden,this indepth<br />

manual offers fresh, achievable ideas —grasp the<br />

fundamentals of garden design, discover astyle that’s<br />

right for you, and create the structuresand planting schemes to bring yourideas to life.<br />

Thesetitles are available in both Waimakaririand Hurunui libraries. Find out more<br />

about recentadditionstothe library collection by goingtothe library catalogue at<br />

waimakariri.kotui.org.nz or hurunui.kotui.org.nz or contactyour locallibrary.<br />

Historic day<br />

Councillorshailed anotable moment<br />

whenaccepting thefinalearthquake<br />

infrastructure recoveryreport on<br />

Tuesday, on theeve of the 9thanniversary<br />

of the<strong>September</strong>2010 earthquake.<br />

The report, writtenbyWaimakariri<br />

DistrictCouncil seniorengineering<br />

adviser Gary Boot, advised 56 of the 58<br />

recovery projects havenow been<br />

completed and in linewiththe $38.7<br />

million budget.<br />

MayorDavid Ayers described it as an<br />

‘‘important milestonehistoricallyfor the<br />

council’’.<br />

‘‘This is thebiggestprojectwhichhas<br />

beenundertakeninthe 160­year history of<br />

this district andtocompleteitinline with<br />

thebudget is areflection onthe quality of<br />

work byour staff.’’<br />

Speaking on Mr Boot’s behalf, three<br />

waters manager Kalley Simpson said the<br />

tworemaining projects would be<br />

completed as partofongoingregeneration<br />

work.<br />

Thoseprojects includetheFeldwick<br />

catchment reticulation, which willbe<br />

completed over thenextfew months, and<br />

theFeldwickstormwatermanagement<br />

area,tobecompleted during the2020/21<br />

financialyear.<br />

Councillors approvedadditional<br />

funding forthe Johns Road stormwater<br />

project in Rangiora, with $298,000 to be<br />

broughtforward fromthe 2022/23 financial<br />

year andanadditional $332,000fromthe<br />

presentfinancial year towards thedesign<br />

andconstructionofthepipeline.<br />

MrSimpson saidthe extrafunding<br />

would allow staff to speedupthe project<br />

andminimisedisruptiontoresidents, but<br />

would notcreateany additionalcost to the<br />

councillong term.<br />

Councillors approved asubmission<br />

supporting the proposed plan change 7to<br />

the<strong>Canterbury</strong> Land andWaterRegional<br />

Plan andtheproposed planchange 2tothe<br />

WaimakaririRiver Regional Plan.But<br />

concernswereraised around farmer<br />

wellbeing,theinclusion ofsmall<br />

blockholders, thedelay to 2029 in raising<br />

water levels in CamRiver and<br />

Silverstream, and the need to consider the<br />

whole Waimakariri catchment.<br />

Asustainability strategy was adopted,<br />

outliningaction points for improving<br />

sustainability.Senior policyanalystMike<br />

O’Connell said there wasconsiderable<br />

input from staff, council committees and<br />

through theannualplan consultation,with<br />

theWaimakaririYouthCouncil<br />

particularly ‘‘keen to see things done’’.<br />

To Let<br />

AMBERLEY townhouse<br />

for rent. Close to shops and<br />

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day, 2 bedroom. Internal<br />

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WOODEND BEACH<br />

furnished 1 bdrm cottage<br />

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Situations Vacant<br />

Farm Vacancies<br />

COWMAN/Handyman/<br />

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someone who is handy &<br />

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SITUATION VACANT<br />

Accounting Technician required for aproductive Chartered<br />

Accountancy and Business Advisory firm operating from<br />

modern offices in Rangiora. These vacancies result from<br />

growth. The perfect fit for this role will be someone with who<br />

can demonstrate knowledge and experience in aChartered<br />

Accountants office.<br />

So, if you:<br />

• Are looking for aprogressive forward thinking firm;<br />

• Are competent in the preparation of GST/PAYE/Income Tax<br />

returns or financial statements<br />

• have experience with accounting software –Xero or MYOB<br />

• Are ateam player<br />

Please forward your written response,<br />

together with your CV to:<br />

Collins &Co–Chartered Accountants<br />

Ltd, POBox 51, Rangiora,<br />

Email: team@rbc.co.nz<br />

All applications treated in strict confidence. Applications<br />

close 20/09/<strong>2019</strong>.<br />

2200744<br />

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

SERVICE MANAGER<br />

53<br />

Connect Hurunui Inc. is anot-for-profit charity providing<br />

community support via their Community Connectors,<br />

Learning Exchange and TimeBank programmes to the<br />

communities of the Hurunui district. We are looking to<br />

appoint afully competent Service Manager to provide full<br />

financial and operational management of our service. This<br />

is anew paid role and it requires the followingexpertise:<br />

•20hours per week, building to 25 hours per<br />

week from July 2020<br />

•Staff management (seven part-time contractors<br />

on team)<br />

•Financial management (formal accountancy<br />

skills preferred)<br />

•New business development<br />

•Experience with not-for-profitorganisations<br />

•Experience with the social services and<br />

community development sector<br />

•Highly motivated and able to work autonomously<br />

•Reports to Chair of the Governance Team<br />

Applications close 5pm Friday 20 <strong>September</strong><br />

For more information please contact:<br />

Nicki Carter<br />

CHI EstablishmentManager<br />

manager.connecthurunui@gmail.com<br />

2200793<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

Retail 2IC Opportunity<br />

We are looking for adynamic retailer who can lead and<br />

manage ateam.<br />

We are preparing to take the business to new heights<br />

and need aretail champion to help.<br />

The retail business here is growing and we need to<br />

get akey retailer to help the team progress and grow<br />

with it. We expect that you will have astrong proven<br />

retail background, leading large teams and making a<br />

difference.<br />

This is anew role at our Mega store in Rangiora. We are<br />

searching for aRetail manager who can help the team<br />

and the business grow and develop.<br />

Youreport to our very capable and experienced retail<br />

manager.<br />

Are you ready for the next challenge in your career?<br />

Are you able and prepared to step up?<br />

We are looking for ateam player who can live and<br />

breathe excellence in customer service.<br />

Can you take charge when required and lead the team<br />

to achieve goals?<br />

We are looking for adynamic performer with retail<br />

experience, prepared to lead from the front.<br />

Don’t hesitate, apply now.<br />

McAlpines have an active drug &alcohol policy in<br />

place, apre-employment drug test and medical will be<br />

required.<br />

Send your application and CV to: Retail 2IC Position,<br />

McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega, Private Bag 1003, Rangiora<br />

7440 or email michellef@mcalpines.co.nz<br />

2202267<br />

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SECURITY GUARDS<br />

required for casual event RANGIORA<br />

work over the summer<br />

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Complete clearance.<br />

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CLASSIFIEDS, TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES<br />

54 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

THE ROTARY<br />

BOOK FAIR<br />

FRIDAY 4TH &<br />

SATURDAY 5TH<br />

OCTOBER <strong>2019</strong><br />

PHONE<br />

RANGIORA BOROUGH<br />

SCHOOL HALL<br />

HELP US TO DO THIS AGAIN BY<br />

DONATING BOOKS, MAGAZINES,<br />

DVDS, CDS, PUZZLES, RECORDS.<br />

IF YOU HAVE BOOKS<br />

ETC TO DONATE WE CAN<br />

COLLECT THEM.<br />

027 472 4439<br />

DROP BOXES ARE AVAILABLE<br />

AT: CALTEX RANGIORA<br />

RANGIORA NEW WORLD.<br />

Rangiora Charitable Trust<br />

Health Shuttle<br />

Volunteers Needed<br />

Do you have time to help your community? St John<br />

providesacommunity Health Shuttle service in the<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>area.<br />

For just one day per fortnight you can become a<br />

volunteer Health Shuttle driver –can you help?<br />

Our community HealthShuttle provides people with<br />

aservice which allows <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> residents<br />

greater access to attend their health related<br />

appointments in Christchurch.<br />

All Health Shuttle volunteers are trained in first aid,<br />

and attend aStJohn driving course. All you need is<br />

acurrent standard car driver’slicense.<br />

If you are interested in becoming aHealth Shuttle<br />

volunteer driverplease contact:<br />

Lavinia Amuketi<br />

0800 785 646 ext 3201<br />

lavinia.amuketi@stjohn.org.nz<br />

2201736<br />

RotaryClub of Rangiora<br />

Charitable Trust<br />

ALEXMURRAY<br />

EDUCATION AWARD <strong>2019</strong><br />

The Rotary Club ofRangiora awards agrant each<br />

year inmemory of aformer member, Alex Murray,<br />

to assist ayoung person about to leave school to<br />

undertake further training at an education centre,<br />

polytechnic or university.<br />

The grant, to avalue of$5000, will be awarded to a<br />

youngpersonlivingineithertheWaimakaririorHurunui<br />

Districts. Thegrantistoassist withcourse costs and/<br />

or study materials (excluding accommodation costs)<br />

over the first two years oftertiary study. Uptohalf of<br />

the grant wouldbeavailablefor the first year of study.<br />

We are calling for applications for this grant for study<br />

to be commencedin2020.<br />

The application form may be obtained by emailing<br />

ayers.david@xtra.co.nz.<br />

Applications will close on Thursday 3 rd October<br />

<strong>2019</strong>.<br />

2201818<br />

2198721<br />

2200803<br />

Let's connect<br />

Waiau's Community<br />

Resilience Planning<br />

Come together at the Waiau Hall forsome delicious locally<br />

made soup andbread. Agreat opportunity to connect with<br />

your local community and sector post team.<br />

Why?<br />

To bring the greater Waiau community together and identify thenatural<br />

hazards around us, our homes andbusinesses. Howasacommunity can<br />

we be more Ready,whatwill we need to Respond,and what can bedone<br />

to Reduce thenegative effects on us.<br />

When: 12th <strong>September</strong> 6:30pm –8pm<br />

Where: Waiau Community Hall<br />

Any questionspleaseemail: Why? To bringthe greater Cath Ferguson Waiau community cathspriggs@gmail.com<br />

together and identify the<br />

natural hazardsthat can effect us, our homesand businesses. What we as<br />

KAIAPOI CHRISTADELPHIANS<br />

“The Key of Knowledge ..“(Luke 11:52)<br />

“GOOD NEWS”<br />

Jesus Christ is coming back!!<br />

“...this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into<br />

heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have<br />

seen Him go into heaven. Then returned they unto<br />

Jerusalem from the Mt of Olives. Acts 1:11-12<br />

“And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mt of<br />

Olives which is before Jerusalem. Zechariah 14:4.<br />

Connect Hurunui Inc<br />

AGM<br />

Amberley Library, RSA Room<br />

8th October <strong>2019</strong>, 7.30pm<br />

RSVP by 3rd October to:<br />

manager.connecthurunui@gmail.com<br />

MENZ Shed of Kaiapoi<br />

Trust. Notice of Annual<br />

General Meeting to be held<br />

at the Kaiapoi Club, 113<br />

Raven Quay, Kaiapoi, on<br />

Tuesday 10th <strong>September</strong><br />

<strong>2019</strong> starting at 7pm sharp.<br />

To be followed by the<br />

monthly ordinary meeting.<br />

All welcome. William<br />

Titulaer, Secretary.<br />

For Sale<br />

POLYCARBONATE<br />

roofing. Prices start at $27<br />

for 2.4m sheet in clear or<br />

bronze. We also stock<br />

accessories. Pick up in<br />

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313 2325 or 027 3409330<br />

or www.sunnyside.co.nz.<br />

TRACTOR BLADE, rear<br />

mountable, $750. Phone<br />

021 129 43<strong>05</strong>.<br />

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CASH PAID for all types<br />

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old vehicles etc. Phone<br />

Wayne 027 749 9736, 03<br />

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TOOLS, garden, garage,<br />

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Please telephone 313 1878<br />

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WINE BARRELS<br />

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2198762<br />

Public Notices<br />

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2201109<br />

2164822<br />

Gardening<br />

GARDEN hedges cut to<br />

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Daniel 027 373 7001<br />

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FRUIT TREE<br />

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Ph Michael<br />

022 321 2468<br />

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Builder<br />

Recovering the Past<br />

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or 03 312 8880 (AH)<br />

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2002 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF<br />

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Automotive<br />

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03 313 7216<br />

CASH / CASH for any<br />

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347 9354 or 027 476 2404.<br />

Pets<br />

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0800 661 244.<br />

BRIAN’S Tree Services.<br />

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branch chipping.<br />

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327 55<strong>05</strong> or 021 124 4894.<br />

BRICK &Blocklayer. All<br />

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New, EQC, repairs, LBP.<br />

Phone Hamish 313 5678 or<br />

027 238 6003.<br />

CARPENTER / Painter<br />

specialising in alterations &<br />

renovations, repairs &<br />

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313 5013 or 027 431 1864.<br />

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We’re locals providing atrusted,<br />

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PAINTER & Decorator.<br />

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314 4045 or 027 477 1930.<br />

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blocks. Over 30 years<br />

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027 315 6916.<br />

TRUCK AND DIGGER,<br />

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ROOFER. All roof repairs,<br />

roof painting, waterblasting,<br />

moss treatment,<br />

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snow straps. And more.<br />

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0275 166 609.<br />

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Sheetmetal Fabrication,<br />

Wrought Iron,<br />

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General Metalwork. No job<br />

too big or too small. Ph 021<br />

265 5428 or 03 314 6908.<br />

Find us on facebook/<br />

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glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com.<br />

NORTH CANTERBURY<br />

Tree Care. Qualified<br />

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shelter planting, land clearing,<br />

stump grinding, branch<br />

chipping, fully insured, free<br />

quotes. Ph 0800 873 336.<br />

PAINTER & Decorator.<br />

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jobs. Ph Peter 03 312 7945<br />

or 027 693 8360.<br />

PROPERTY maintenance,<br />

lawns, hedges, chainsaw<br />

work, pruning, painting &<br />

minor home alterations.<br />

Town &Country. Ph Mike<br />

03 313 0261.<br />

Builder<br />

LOCAL<br />

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Ring Mark<br />

027 229 7310<br />

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www.longsilver<br />

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•Licensed Building<br />

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•Registered<br />

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1233373<br />

Trade &Services<br />

PLASTIC WELDING<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> specialist.<br />

All plastic &fibreglass<br />

HOMESTAY<br />

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021 180 5103.<br />

BICHON<br />

for smaller dogs. We look<br />

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"No kennels". Phone today<br />

03 314 6110.<br />

AFFORDABLE concrete<br />

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No job too small. Ph 027<br />

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6<strong>05</strong>2<br />

or A/H 03 359 46<strong>05</strong>.<br />

general<br />

1913651<br />

RANGIORA Rubbish<br />

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Wheelie bins any frequency<br />

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phone call 313 6957 or for<br />

skips 021 313 255.<br />

SCREEN PRINTING.<br />

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polos, Overalls, Caps etc.<br />

Please phone Heather 03<br />

313 0261 or email<br />

heather.norstar@gmail.com.<br />

Paving<br />

Patio &Pathways<br />

-New or Existing<br />

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Blair Gibson<br />

027 699 5815 03 313 7933<br />

SUMMERFIELD<br />

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your design &planning.<br />

Ph office03312 4747<br />

2091848<br />

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Ph 03 314 9371<br />

0275 379-694<br />

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on<br />

03 313 2840<br />

2130820<br />

2152265<br />

Pride &Quality Painting<br />

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6187 or 021 128 9867<br />

Roof Painting<br />

Moss Spraying<br />

Ph Peter<br />

313 0022<br />

allroofs.co.nz<br />

2202007<br />

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Lifestyle Services. Shearing,<br />

crutching, drenching,<br />

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health check. Trailer, generator<br />

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312 1214 or 021 267 4025.<br />

SHOE REPAIRS, key cutting,<br />

engraving, giftware.<br />

10 years experience.<br />

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Road, Belfast. Telephone<br />

027 311 3423.<br />

VALUATION ­<br />

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Contact Geoff at<br />

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03 310 8541 or email<br />

geoff@maxval.co.nz.


Appliance Repairs<br />

•REGISTERED TECHNICIAN<br />

•AUTHORISED LOCAL SERVICE<br />

F&P,Bosch, Smeg,<br />

ASKO, Ariston, LG,Classique,<br />

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NORTHCANTERBURYAPPLIANCESERVICES<br />

Rangiora: 03 313 4420 Kaiapoi: 03 327 3810<br />

1913020<br />

Builder<br />

TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />

Building<br />

ATTENTION:<br />

DIY &TRADIES<br />

For all your Steel, Stainless, DuraGal<br />

&Aluminium Requirements<br />

Small &large orders |Delivery orpick up<br />

Phone 027 245 3883<br />

E: rangiorasteel@ceec.co.nz<br />

2197247<br />

Butchery<br />

Oxford Butchery<br />

Shane and Leanne Frahm<br />

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A/H 312 4709<br />

Chiropractic Services<br />

Dr Carissa McGregor Chiropractor<br />

Injury, accidents and maintenance<br />

ACC Registered and Accredited<br />

Monday-Thursday | 03 313 0350<br />

Libi McKinnon Physiotherapy<br />

privatephysio@xtra.co.nz<br />

03 0278 686 2574<br />

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51 Ashley Street, Rangiora<br />

2103107<br />

Concrete<br />

ALL CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK<br />

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• All window treatments<br />

• Agents for Ikon<br />

appliances<br />

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2193537<br />

Denture Clinic<br />

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1843944<br />

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Relines<br />

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Ph (03)327-0077<br />

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123 WILLIAMS STREET<br />

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Gardening &Tree Care<br />

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FREE<br />

QUOTES<br />

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Email: jm-drainage@outlook.com<br />

2158403<br />

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Hedge Trimming •Irrigation<br />

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1831495<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> wide<br />

1783878<br />

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