North Canterbury News: September 12, 2019

Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Issue 863 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Bypassed: 

‘There’snot enough traffic to justify it’ 

On duty ... Astudent on school patrol awaits fellow pupils on the pedestrian crossing across State Highway 1near Woodend School. 

PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW 

By RACHEL MACDONALD 

Four consultations haveyet to 

yieldasingle safety improvement 

outsideWoodend School,a 

public meeting heard last week. 

Frustratedresidents packed 

the WoodendRugby Clubrooms 

to air theirgrievances around 

inactionover State Highway1. 

Woodend, Pegasus and 

Waikuku residents discussed the 

lack of movement around longtalkedabout 

safetymeasures for 

SH1 through Woodend. 

‘‘There were 17,399 vehicles a 

day going pastthe school in 2018, 

manyofwhich were heavy 

vehicles,’’ saidShonaPowell, 

chairwoman of the Woodend 

Community Board and amember 

of the Woodend Pegasus SH1 

Corridor subcommittee. 

‘‘We’ve now had four 

consultationsand not seen a 

single safetyimprovement. This 

is taking far too long.When will 

the New Zealand Transport 

Agency actually be makingsome 

decisions?’’ 

The meeting was calledby 

Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey, 

whoinvited the agencytoattend. 

It sentits South Island director 

of regional relationships, Jim 

Harland. 

Residents were vocal and 

passionateinairingtheir 

frustrations. 

Thefourth public consultation 

in the last four years had closed 

only last Friday. 

However,nothing has yet been 

implementedtomake the 

highway saferfor residents, 

especially for children trying to 

cross outsideWoodendSchool, 

Themain discussionpoint of 

the nightwas the longhopedfor 

Woodend Bypass, for which land 

has already been designatedand 

consents secured. However,Mr 

Harland made it clear that anew 

road was not on the cardsany 

time in the nearfuture. 

‘‘The Woodend Bypassdoesn’t 

profile highly enoughfor 

funding. There’s not enough 

traffic to justify it; only athirdof 

the vehicles currentlypassing 

through Woodend would use it,’’ 

he said. 

‘‘There arequite afew 

communities around the country 

where state highways go through 

small towns and funding —of 

which we don’thaveenough— 

has to go to them too. However, 

we agree, we need to do 

somethinginthe interim.’’ 

Those new measures, 

described by one attendee as a 

‘‘patchup’’, include lowering 

speed limits between Waikuku 

and Lineside Rd by Christmas, 

and possiblelongerterm plans to 

widenthe shoulders of the road 

and install median barriersto 

avoidheadoncrashes. 

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Shake-up defined mayoralty 

By DAVID HILL 

David Ayershad no idea,when 

he first considered standing 

for the Waimakariri 

mayoralty, that earthquake 

recoverywouldcometodefine 

his time in the job. 

Whenthe first quake struck 

on September4,2010,Mr 

Ayers wasacouncillor and 

mayoral candidate. 

Nextmonth he willretire 

after nineyears as mayor and 

acouncil careerthat dates 

backto1983. 

‘‘I could neverhave foreseen 

whenIput in my nomination 

thatearthquakerecovery 

would define my mayoralty 

overnine years.’’ 

He saysearthquake 

recovery, town centrerevival 

and regeneration have 

dominated thecouncil’swork. 

‘‘The redzoning of 

significantareasinKaiapoi, 

Pines Beach,Kairaki and 

Christchurch causedalot 

building to be done in our 

district and we were in a 

position,like Selwyn, of 

having landalready 

consented.’’ 

Followingthe earthquakes 

and redzoning,the 

Waimakariridistrict 

experienced 10 years of 

growth in three years. 

‘‘Weare accustomedto 

growth and it has continuedat 

ahigherlevelthan prequake.’’ 

While newsubdivisionsin 

Kaiapoi, Silverstream, 

SovereignPalmsand Beach 

Grove replacedred zone 

housinginthe town, 

significantgrowth areas have 

beendeveloped in Rangiora, 

Pegasusand Mandeville, 

while newsections are being 

created in Woodend. 

Highway concerns aired 

From Page 2 

Other ideas raised included 

clearer signage, traffic 

lights, roundabouts, speed 

cameras, pedestrian 

refuges, and an underpass 

outside the school. 

As one farmer said, if he 

can get his cattle under the 

road for $60,000 and the cost 

of abit of pipe from Hynds, 

why can’t NZTA do the same 

RE-ELECT 

SARAH 

LEWIS 

Most of thedistrict has 

experienced at least some 

levelofgrowth, thanks in part 

to residentsmoving outfrom 

Christchurch, Mr Ayerssays. 

As well as the earthquakes 

andred zoning,the 

earthquakeprone buildings 

legislation had amajor impact 

in redeveloping the Kaiapoi, 

Rangioraand Oxfordtown 

centres. 

‘‘From acouncil 

perspective, theearthquakes 

andthe earthquakeprone 

buildingassessments 

necessitated the rebuilding of 

Kaiapoi in particular,aswell 

as HighStreet in Rangiora.’’ 

TheRuataniwha Kaiapoi 

Civic Centreand theRangiora 

andOxford town halls were 

major projects. 

Several heritage and 

commercial buildingswere 

lost,had to be rebuilt or 

significantlyaltered, 

includingthe oldestpartof 

Blackwells,the former post 

office andformer Rialto 

Theatre in Kaiapoi, Rangiora 

Farmers,the former Rangiora 

convent buildingand the 

former court house. 

Thecouncilsupported 

businesses withcontainer 

shopsonthe council lawn and 

on HighStreet, as wellasa 

coupleoftemporary shopsin 

Kaiapoi. 

Therewas also ‘‘a huge 

social recoveryeffort’’in 

Kaiapoi, backedbyvoluntary 

groupsand churches,Mr 

Ayerssays.‘‘The earthquake 

recovery hub in Darnley 

Square (Kaiapoi) was 

importantasitgave peoplea 

placetogotoget information. 

‘‘Thecommunity worked 

very hardtokeep community 

groupsgoing and getting 

schools up and runningagain, 

for his children? 

At the end of the night, the 

community was no closer to 

getting any answers, 

although assurances were 

given that funding for some 

interventions should be 

close. 

‘‘We would like to be able 

to paint apicture of the 

medium to longterm 

outlook by the end of the 

year,’’ Mr Harland said. 

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David Ayers ... ‘‘I could never have foreseen when Iput in my 

nomination that earthquake recovery would define my mayoralty 

over nine years.’’ 

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and sportsclubsoperating.’’ 

The earthquakesalso ledto 

the formation of theYou Me 

We Us Kaiapoi Project, which 

has created several new 

events, includingaSpring 

Festival, the KaiapoiRiver 

Carnival and theAmazing 

Race. It revived the Kane 

Shieldswimming competition 

and hastaken over the 

runningofWaitangi Day 

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commemorations. 

The council’s recovery 

efforts received national 

recognition,including several 

awards. 

Mr Ayers says thewater 

issues, including nitrates and 

urbanstormwater, theDistrict 

Plan andplanningfor climate 

change loom as themajor 

issues for the district’s next 

mayor. 

Surprise mayoral function 

KaikouraMayor Winston 

Gray said he was hoping to 

retire quietly. 

However, someone had 

differentideas, with a 

surprise farewell function 

held in Kaikoura on 

Saturday evening for Mr 

Gray,who is steppingdown 

next monthafter nine years. 

Around 70 people 

attended, includingHurunui 

Mayor Winton Dalley and 

Waimakariri Mayor David 

Ayers, who are alsoretiring 

after three mayoral terms. 

Christchurch Deputy 

Mayor Andrew Turner also 

attended. 

Mr Gray says his last 

councilmeeting is scheduled 

for September 25.He 

understands it will conclude 

withadinner. 

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Knockout performance ... Rangiora’s Hartley School of Performing Arts students, from left, front row, Zoe McKinlayClarke, 

Casey Montgomery, Paige Columbus, Ava Hurst and Kenzie Stanger perform with the school’s Senior Glee singers during 

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Allthe worldisastagefor Ava 

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Rangiora teenagerAva Hurst 

is living the life she wants 

despite becoming ‘‘semitetraplegic’’ 

after aheadon 

car crash. 

The 14yearold was 

22monthsold when the crash 

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critically injured with a 

serious spinalinjury, bruised 

heart and abrokenclavicle. 

She spent6 1 ⁄2weeks in 

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The crash left her with what 

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Earlierthis month,Ava 

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other Hartley School of 

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students duringthe North 

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The RangioraNew Life 

School pupil is comfortable in 

the limelight, something she 

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‘‘Allthe focus has been on 

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Billboard vandalism irks retiring mayor 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Political billboards in the Weka Pass have 

been vandalised.The hoardings of two 

candidates in the upcominglocal body 

elections have bitten the dust on aprivate 

property in the pass, between Waikari 

and Waipara. 

Hurunui district mayoral candidate 

MarieBlack’s sign was cut off at ground 

level. The frame, owned by the property 

owner, is apopular place for people 

puttingupsigns in the pass to give 

motorists aheadsup aboutevents, or in 

this case amayoral candidate. 

Bill Dowle, who is standing in the North 

Canterbury constituency of Environment 

Canterbury, has also fallen victim to the 

vandals. 

Retiring Hurunui Mayor Winton Dalley 

says he is saddened by the vandalism. 

‘‘Thisisnot the sort of thing that happens 

in the district thatIknow and love. 

Some ‘‘random idiot’’ has trespassed on 

to private property andvandalised the 

signs, Mr Dalley says. 

‘‘Entering private property and 

destroyinglegitimate election signage is 

unacceptable behaviourand not in tune 

withour Hurunui cultureofintegrity and 

respectfor all. 

‘‘I am saddened that we now have 

people in our community who think this 

OK. It is not the Hurunui that we have 

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Whilethere are no new statistics 

available for North Canterbury, the Chief 

Coroner’s report on suicides was 

releasedrecently, showing suicides are 

continuing to riseacross New Zealand, 

with 45 to 54yearold males one of the 

most atrisk groups. 

The WaiLife Suicide Prevention 

Action Grouplaunched The AEIOU of 

Suicide Prevention initiativelast year. It 

aims to get people thinking aboutsuicide 

risk and equipthem to ask the difficult 

questionand provide assistance. 

‘‘We’re keen to get that message into 

community organisations and sports 

clubs,’’ Waimakariri DistrictCouncil safe 

community facilitator Nicola Trolove 

says.‘‘Webelieve men aged 45 to 54 is an 

atrisk age group in our community.’’ 

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Amberley embraces coupon book 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Afundraiser is notonly 

helpingtobuy Amberley 

Schoolkids stationery but also 

giving thebusinesscommunity 

aboost. 

Theschool has launched the 

inaugural Amberley Coupon 

Book, andthe response has 

been phenomenal, says 

principal SimonGreen. 

Board of trustees member 

Laura Cropper sowed theseed 

forthe fundraising initiative 

in herdesire to connect the 

town with theschool and 

promotelocal businesses. 

Mr Green said theresult was 

thecoupon book and if the 

schoolcan sell thenumber it 

hashad printed, it will raise 

enough to payfor the 

beginningoftheyear 

stationery forall studentsin 

2020. 

Theschool has been 

workingtostrengthen its 

relationship with Amberley 

businesses and organisations. 

‘‘We appreciatethe amazing 

support theygive us.’’ 

Mr Green says manyschools 

andcommunity groups use 

regionalentertainmenttype 

couponbooks as fundraisers. 

Last year, the school was 

offered this opportunity,but 

when the visiting promoter 

pitched theidea to agroup of 

seniorstudents,itdid notgo 

down well. 

Theirfirstcomment was, 

‘‘thereare hardly any 

Amberley businesses in here 

ourfamilies wouldn’t really 

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Amberley township. 

‘‘Organisations were 

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School FAST(Fundraising 

and SocialTeam) to be 

included in the book, andit 

was puttogether by Laura, 

who is agraphicdesigner. 

‘‘The finished product is 

impressive,’’ he says. 

The books cost$20 eachand 

containmore than$300 worth 

of savings across30Amberley 

businesses. 

The vouchers last forone 

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Mr Green says Amberley 

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school, is workinghard to find 

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Bird is the word: Vote wrybill 

Friends of the wrybill, a 

critically endangered species 

that nests on the Ashley 

Rakahura River, are hoping 

localswill unite to haveit 

crowned the nation’sBird of the 

Year. 

The wrybill/ngutuparore, with 

its unique beakcurving to the 

side,mainlywinters around the 

Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird 

Centre, on the Firth of Thames 

in Coromandel. 

Then it flies south to breed 

only on the lower South Island 

braided rivers, with the Ashley 

RakahuriRiver being the 

northernmost breeding site for 

these birds. 

With such alimitedrange, it is 

hard to get the wider public 

aroundthe country awareof, let 

alone excited,about this unique 

bird. 

Staff at the shorebird centre, 

along with conservation groups 

in the Mackenzie, Ashburton, 

Makarora and Waimakariri 

districts who each watchover 

them for summer or winter,are 

striving to get the wrybill 

crowned as Forest and Bird’s 

Bird of the Yearfor 2019. 

Sonny Whitelaw,the manager 

of BRaid, an umbrella group 

which works to protect, enhance 

and restorebraided river 

ecosystems, is determinedthat 

this unique and somewhat 

elusive darlingofCanterbury’s 

riverswill be get over the line, 

joining past winnersthat 

include the kea, bartailed 

godwitand fairytern. 

‘‘The wrybill is only found in 

braided rivers in the lower 

South Island over summer and 

in and aroundthe Coromandel 

in winter, so we’re hoping that 

all Cantabrians and 

Coromandelfolk will join forces 

and vote for our unique local 

bird,’’ Sonnysays. 

To find out more, visit 

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Conservation Week feature, 

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The proposed NewWorld 

supermarket at the 

burgeoning Ravenswood 

subdivision has hadits 

resource consent approved. 

Aspokeswomanfor 

Ravenswoodsays it is 

anticipated construction 

willbegin in thefirstfour 

months of nextyear. 

The buildingwill 

incorporategreen design 

measures suchas 

recoveringheatfrom the 

refrigeration systemsfor 

hot water, and rainwater 

harvesting. Resilience 

factorswill include 

provision for onsite 

backupgenerators. 

Ravenswoodwas rezoned 

as part of aplan change 

fromruraltoresidential in 

2015tosupport growthin 

the WaimakaririDistrict. 

Overall, the Woodend 

areainwhich it is located is 

expected to seea2030 

percent increase in 

population until 2048. 

AccordingtoEnterprise 

North Canterbury(ENC), 

the population of the 

Woodend Pegasusarea has 

alreadyclimbed20percent, 

and that was just in thefive 

years afterthe 

earthquakes. 

ENC datashowsthis will 

continue to grow,especially 

as Ravenswood comes 

online. 

Pegasus, at full capacity, 

could house4500to6000 

people, depending on 

familysizes,and Woodend 

is on itsway to apredicted 

6900. 

So,with another4000or 

so residents expected to be 

living in Ravenswoodat 

completion, that bringsthe 

projected population to 

between 8740and 10,000 by 

2031,accordingtoStatistics 

NewZealand, and 

potentially to 15,000 by 

2043. 

Theinitial drivingforce 

behindthesenumbers was 

theJune 2011redzoning of 

earthquakedamaged land, 

whichsaw around 1050 

households in Waimakariri 

andatleast 5000 in eastern 

Christchurch forced to 

move. 

Such ariseinpopulation 

hasalready brought new 

businessestothe Woodend 

Pegasusarea andhas also 

drivengrowth in house 

prices,according to 

Statistics NewZealand. 

In the yearimmediately 

after theearthquakes, 

housesaleshere also shot 

up by 44 percent, compared 

to a5percent drop across 

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averagerise acrossthe 

country as awhole. 

That figuregrewto52 

percent in 2012,and was 

still up 2.3 percentin2014, 

whileresidentialsales 

figures nationwide 

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Around the electorate with 

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

Fresh vision for economy 

Goals need to be sensible 

National launched its discussion 

document on the economic sector this 

week, and Iurge North Canterbury 

business owners to give their views. 

It is an important issue because a 

strong economy matters and New 

Zealand should be booming, yet 63 

percent of business leaders think the 

Government is managing the economy 

poorly. 

The document sets out 50 

commitments or proposals that 

National wants to take to next year’s 

election and more than 30 questions on 

which we want your feedback. 

AGovernment doesn’t drive an 

economy; it’s ateam effort by all those 

who work hard and invest their time 

and money to build opportunities for 

themselves and others. 

We’re hardworking and innovative, 

and it’s discouraging when red tape 

holds us back. ANational Government 

will repeal 100 regulations in its first 

six months in Government and 

eliminate two old regulations for every 

new one we introduce, so that you can 

get on with the job. 

Much of North Canterbury relies on 

small business to drive its economy, but 

it is clear the unnecessary stress of 

getting paid on time is abig issue for 

these business owners. 

That is why National wants to find 

ways to ease the stress for small 

business owners and ensure healthier 

cashflows. 

We have announced we will establish 

a‘‘Small Business Payments 

Guarantee’’ —avoluntary initiative 

committing large New Zealand 

businesses and notforprofits to 

ensure small businesses are paid on 

time and within 30 days. 

It is also frustrating to see this 

Government slowing us down with its 

lack of infrastructure development. We 

have already committed to overhauling 

the Resource Management Act to make 

it more efficient and predictable. 

Iamkeen hear your thoughts on how 

we can develop athriving economy that 

will deliver for our electorate. Have 

your say by going to national.org.nz/ 

economy or get in contact with me at my 

Amberley office. 

It shouldn’t be asurprise that amayorofa 

mostly land and waterbased primaryproducing 

district and economy would 

have viewsonthe freshwater reforms 

discussiondocumentreleased last week. 

This document andcontent should be no 

surprise on several counts, not least as a 

Governmentresponse to the pressure of 

public opinion and impatiencewith what, 

in their view, is regulatory authorities’lack 

of progress to returnwater to aquality 

which, in many cases, is unattainable. 

Thereisno debate thateveryone wants 

the highest qualitywaterinour lakes, 

rivers, streamsand aquifers that is 

sensibly attainable.Responsestothis 

discussiondocument, and the ensuing 

debate, needtobearound sensibly 

achievingwater quality at levelswhich 

simply cannot be set the sameacross every 

catchment and water bodyinthe country. 

Isay ‘‘sensible’’ because, in Hurunui,we 

have at least two examples of water quality 

issues unrelated to urban or rural 

pollution. High E. coli counts in the 

Hurunui River, makingpopular swimming 

spotstechnically unswimmable,are 

predominantly caused by avian Ecoli — 

birds. The Waipara River has naturally 

high phosphate levels coming from 

limestone hillcountry catchments, 

causing perephyton growth. 

The Waipara catchment also suffers 

huge water loss to its summerflow through 

water extraction by willow trees—far 

greater lossthan irrigation extraction. 

Tough rules andsevere restrictions on 

urban or rural activity will not change 

those particularwater qualityand flow 

issues, but without doubt will add much 

cost and lossofproduction for little gain. 

Significant effort needs to go in to 

understandingand responding to this 

document, whichcurrentlyindicates 

severerestrictions thatwill be potentially 

devastatingtolandbased production, yet 

not meet the desired water quality 

objectives, and have the potential for 

serious unintended consequences. 

For example, grandparenting the high 

pollution contribution from both urban 

and rural activities will cause inequity and 

further divisionwithinour communities. 

Cool headsand restraint from unhelpful 

vitriolic commentaryare essential if the 

environmental results are to be achieved 

and our productive sectorand community 

wellbeing preserved. 

Surviving on the pension is tough 

Dear Editor 

Are othersuperannuitants 

finding it becoming more 

difficulttomaintaina 

standard of living? 

We havetaken some facts 

from our bank statements 

since late 2010 and find that 

the costincreases for our key 

needs have considerably 

exceeded our income 

increases. 

Our superannuationhas 

increased by 23.6percent 

from late 2010 until now. 

The Statistics Department 

advisethat inflation over the 

past 10 years has been 

19.51%. 

In thistime: 

Our WaimakaririDistrict 

Council rates have increased 

48%; 

Our house insurance 

premium has increased 

by 218%; 

Our house contents 


52.8%; 

Our medical insurance 


113%; 

Our car insurance has 

increased113.1%. 

In addition, we all know 

that petrol has increased, as 

has the cost of electricity. We 

very much doubt if 

supermarketfood pricinghas 

decreased! 

Medical items not covered 

by our medical insurance 

have increased significantly. 

Our taxation obligation 

then hurts, too. 

Little wonder making ends 

meetisbecoming an 

impossibility for 

superannuitants and no 

doubt others as well. 

The Statistics Department 

basket of itemscontributing 

to the 19.51% inflation figure 

mustvary alot from the basic 

household needs of ours! 

In our case, we will 

probably have to drop our 

medicalcover, which is 

something we reallydonot 

wanttodo. 

Are you affected thisway 

too? 

Yours, 

Perc 

Rangiora. 

LOST AND FOUND 

The following property has been 

reported to the police as lostin 

the NorthCanterbury area 

(Rangiora unless stated). Have 

you seen it? 

Asmallpouch with two pairs of 

scissors, abrownleather wallet, a 

gold bangle, agold ring with 

diamond chips across the top, a 

man’s gold wedding ring witha 

diamond on top, akey ring with 

56 keys with ayellow tag and one 

green key,arose gold iPhone 7, a 

Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus in a 

black case (Kaiapoi), glasseswith 

blue stems in ablack case 

(Amberley), diamond earrings 

(Hanmer Springs), ablack 

Samsung A8 phone in ablack 

case (Culverden),agold solitaire 

ring/goldbracelet, aSpecsavers 

glasses casewith pinkframed 

roundlense spectacles (Kaiapoi), 

ablack wallet (Hanmer). 

The following property is at the 

Rangiora Police Station (unless 

statedotherwise)looking for a 

home: 

AHonda car key, Range Rover 

and VW remote and four keys,a 

black drone (Kaiapoi), aball 

necklace, aglass bead cross, 

and two dressringsjoined 

together. 

Illegal structures scrutinised 

Illegal structures put up by 

whitebaiters to give them greater 

access and reach in rivers are 

being investigated by 

Environment Canterbury. 

Concrete plinths, wooden 

platforms and apellet jetty are 

among the dozens of illegal 

structures that have been built in 

waterways in North Canterbury. 

McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH 

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*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. 

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Wednesday18September 1.30pm 

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Hearfromsome of our residents on whyaserviced 

apartment wasrightfor them, and we will also be able 

to answer anyquestions youmight have. 

To RSVP phone Wendy or Chris on 

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NEWS 

Gail thrilled by award 


Changing hands ... Malcolm Mead, centre, hands over the reins to Tony Brand and his 

family Emma, left, Simon, Kerin, Chloe and Roger the dog. 


Brand new owners for 

long-running business 

Aftermore than 30 yearsofholdingthe 

Husqvarna dealership forRangiora, 

Malcolm Mead is hanginguphis chainsaw. 

BrandMowers &Chainsaw tookover the 

275 Flaxton Road, Rangiora, site on 

Monday, September 2, marking the end of 

an era. 

Tony and Kerin Brand have purchased 

the Husqvarna dealershipinpartnership 

with theirson Simon and daughterinlaw 

Emma. 

It is the second time Malcolm has sold a 

business to the Brands, afterhesoldMead 

EngineeringtoTonyand Kerin in 2010,but 

this time Malcolm says‘‘it’stime for 

retirement’’. 

‘‘I know the business is passinginto very 

capable hands,with Tony fully committed 

to providing atop service to allclients,’’ 

Malcolm says. 

‘‘I wish Tony, Kerin,Simon and Emma 

the very best for the future.’’ 

Malcolm started out withthe Husqvarna 

dealership, and in engineering,inthe 

1980swith aworkshop at Ashley. It was 

formerlythe New Zealand Forest Service 

workshop(which Malcolm was in charge 

of) and its headquarters. 

The Husqvarnaswere sold and serviced 

from there. 

He then opened ashop on High Street, 

Rangiora, and later at the site now 

occupied by PAK‘n’SAVE. 

Mead Mowers and Chainsaws moved to 

Flaxton Road 10 years ago. 

‘‘I wishtosincerely thank my clients and 

friends who have supported the business 

for morethan three decades,’’ Malcolm 

says. 

He nowplans to dedicate moretime to 

fishing and playing golf. 

Tony says: ‘‘We are planningtocontinue 

the samequality of service and all staff 

have been retained to offerafull range of 

outdoor powerequipment,sales, service 

and repairs, as have Malcolm and the team 

for the last 30 plus years.’’ 

Tony and Kerin startedBrand Logging 

35 years ago and tookover Brand 

Mechanical nine years ago. They are 

looking forward to the new challenge. 

Brand Mowers &Chainsaws is also the 

agent for Masportand Karchermachinery, 

including water blasters, mowers, rideons 

and chainsaws. 

Alarge workshop allows for repairs and 

servicingfor all makes and modelsof 

outdoor equipment. 

The new business alsohas anew email 

address: sales@brandmowers.co.nz. 

The Brands wish Malcolm wellinhis 

retirementand would liketothank him for 

building two greatNorth Canterbury 

businesses,employing 20 staff.Happy 

fishing Malc and hope you still call in for a 

cuppa and ayarn. 

Winning theprestigiousMusical 

Theatre NewZealandMeritAwardwas 

‘‘a bit of awow moment’’ forNorth 

Canterbury Musicalsstalwart GailFox. 

The musicalsociety’s president, 

Michelle Hampton,presentedthe 

award to Gail at itsannualmeeting in 

Rangioraearlierthismonth. 

Gailsaidwinningthe award ‘‘wasa 

complete surprise’’and she is still 

trying to believe it hashappened. 

‘‘Itissuchanhonour,’’ she said. 

The merit awardswereestablished 

in 1993 to honour people in theatrical 

societies‘‘for outstanding achievement 

and contributiontomusical theatrein 

our communities’’. 

Gail, wholivesinRangiora,began 

her association with thesociety in 1990 

and hasproved an invaluable asset, 

performing many roles on and offthe 

stage. 

‘‘Gail’sinitialassociation with the 

society startedasmost of us do,asa 

buddingcastmember,’ Michellesaid. 

She thenmoved to join the 

committee,whereshe servedfor 15 

years. Thirteen of those were as the 

secretary. 

She was also musical directorfor 

severalshowsduring the1990sand has 

beenthe musicaldirector of the 

society’ssingers group for several 

years. 

‘‘Underher guidance the group has 

organised manyconcerts and 

performances whichhas assisted 

North Canterbury Musicals with our 

fundraising effortsand also raised the 

profileofthe society within our 

surrounding community,’’ Michelle 

said. 

Gailhas alsohelped in the society’s 

costume hiredepartment and beenthe 

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Documentary 

to be screened 

Bookings open 

... The 

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District Council 

is taking 

bookings for 

berths at the 

new Kaiapoi 

Marine 

Precinct. 

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DISTRICT COUNCIL 

Bookings open for marine hub 

The Kaiapoi MarinePrecinct is open 

for bookings. 

The boutiquemarina incorporates a 

115metrefloating river pontoonand a 

new wharf area which will support a 

range of casualthrough to longerterm 

publicly available lease berths. 

Facilities include afishing 

platform, the Coastguard’s boat ramp 

which is available for public use, 

caravanand boatwastewater pump 

facilities,power servicesand 

freshwatertaps. 

The Kaiapoi Marine Precinct is 

locatedwithin the town centre and 

sits in the sectionofthe Kaiapoi River 

betweenthe Williams Street Bridge 

and the Coastguard boat ramp (next to 

the Coastguard headquarters). 

The precinct is bordered at the 

north end by the Port &Eagle 

Brewpub,where riverside terrace 

bleachers and atimberboardwalk 

connecttothe river’s edge, and at the 

south end by the Ruataniwha Kaiapoi 

Civic Centre and Library. 

For more informationabout the 

Kaiapoi MarinePrecinct and its 

facilities, visit the Waimakariri 

District Councilwebsite. 

A30minute documentary, Fools& 

Dreamers: Regenerating aNativeForest, 

will be screened in Amberley on 

Thursday,September 19. 

The documentary is about Hinewai 

Nature Reserve on Canterbury’s Banks 

Peninsula, and its manager of 30 years, 

renowned botanist Hugh Wilson, 

Hugh,his team of volunteers and the 

reserve’sbackers, the Maurice White 

Native Forest Trust, have regenerated 

marginal,hilly farmland usingaminimal 

interference method. 

Theireffortshave brought backtolife 

more than1500 hectares of nativeforest 

and waterways. 

This strategy includes leavinggorse as 

anurse canopy that dies back once selfseeding 

nativeplants grow through it. 

Thereare many howto restoration 

lessons built intothe story, revealing 

multiplegains for humansand nature. 

But at heart it is ahumanstory.Hugh’s 

passion for the workhas inspiredmany. 

It will be afree eventinthe Amberley 

School Hall at 7.15pm. It is cohostedby 

the TimeBank HurunuiLearning 

Exchange and the HurunuiBiodiversity 

Group. The groups say the success of 

Hugh’s vision has contributed to the 

dynamism of the Banks Peninsula 

Conservation Trust. 

It also raisesthe question of whether it 

is possibletoadopt aHinewaitype 

approach to parts of North Canterbury. 

Thoseattendingare invited to get 

involved in adiscussion afterwards, with 

the opportunity to questionthe trust’s 

BruceHansenabout Hinewai. 

The screening will be followed by 

supper. Agold coin donation forsupper 

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Sewing bee ... Hartley School of Performing Arts director Dale HartleyBrown has been 

holding sewing bees and working bees in preparation for the school’s junior production on 

September 28. 


Recycling is second 

nature in productions 

By DAVID HILL 

Finding anew life or purpose for old 

costumes andsets is allpart of preparing 

for aproduction, saysDale HartleyBrown. 

The Hartley School of PerformingArts 

has been reusing and recycling costumes, 

sets and props, visiting secondhandshops 

and retrievingscraps aheadofthis year’s 

junior production. 

‘‘We could lookonlineand findthat 

whatever we buy isn’t going to be quite 

right, so it’sbettertomake it ourselves.’’ 

She saysinthe leadup to any 

production, visitsare made to local 

secondhand shops,CreativeJunk in 

Christchurch and the Southbrook 

Resource Recovery Park, as well as going 

through old costumes and sets to come up 

with new ideas. 

‘‘It’s alot of fun to lookatthings and 

thinkabout what else we can make out of 

it. It’s the fun thing about aproduction; we 

create anew world out of whatever we can 

find.’’ 

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In preparation for the school’s junior 

production, The HappyPrince,cup cakes 

have been made out of foam fromthe 

insides of old cushions, while golden 

leaves, river reeds and costumes for 

swallow birds, Egyptian townsfolkand 

‘‘frost dancers’’ arebeing created. 

Asewing bee was held recently at 

Rangiora craft shopHandzon, which is 

ownedbyaparent whosechild attends the 

school. 

‘‘It was alovelynight sitting around 

creating things,’’ Dalesays. 

The Happy Prince is being directed by 

Elliott Andrews, who is directing ashow by 

himself for the first time. 

It features acast of 100 children aged 

from 4to11, with several youngsters 

appearing in theirfirst show. 

The Happy Prince will be performed at 

the RangioraTown Hall on Saturday, 

September28, with shows at 11amand 

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There is alwayssomething new 

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Fiddler’s Green Vineyard &Bistro is serving lunch &dinner 

Wednesday through Sunday 11 am to 10pm.Weare serving 

delicious European inspiredfarewithKiwi favourites &comforting 

pub style dishes. All ingredients arelocallysourced. 

Seating indoors&outdoorsprovideascenic viewoverlooking the 

vineyardwith largeoutdooramphitheaterfor music,film &theatre 

eventsplanned forsummer. 

The Vineyard &Bistro are available for private functions, special 

events&weddings. 

The Bistro featuresthe winesofWaiparaValley,aswell as theirown 

wine, with afull bar, 6Local Craft beers ontap (including Brew 

Moon,3Boys&Cassels)and provide fillery services for craft beers, 

and takeaway winebottles. 

The Wine tasting room alsofeatures local wines of WaiparaValley 

that do not have acellardoor of theirown, along with the winesof 

Fiddler’s Green Vineyard&Bistro. 

Lt. Commander Sydney John Hales R.N. settled & named 

Fiddler’s Green in 1981. Barry &Jennie Johns established the 

renownedvineyard15yearslater winningmultiple international 

awards. After aworldwide search at sea for two years, the Rath 

family sailed into New Zealand in2016 to find &restore the 

property as an organic vineyard. The vineyard has five grape 

varieties:, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay 

and Gewürztraminer. 

Fiddler’s Green lore states” asailor can find the paradisiacal 

land by walking inland with anoar over his shoulder until he 

finds aplace where people ask him what he’s carrying”. “The 

place where there isperpetual mirth, afiddle that never stops 

playing, and dancerswho never tire.”(Old SaltBlog) 

Fiddler’s Green Vineyard &Bistro iswhere the Rath family has 

found theirheavenonearthtoproducefine wines&diningfor 

sailors and land lovers alike. 

Upcoming Events 

FridayAfternoon Club meets every FridayatSunset when the bonfire is lit and 

chickenwings areHalf Price.Come relax by the fireoutside or inside and enjoy 

refreshment and great food 

Fresh French Pastries areavailable every Saturday &Sundaywithfreshly brewed 

coffee.French sourdough bread is availabledaily. 

Nightsofthe Round Table ,22nd September 

Full moon dinner on the green on redwood round table outside ,7pm 

Chef Vivwill provide afive course degustation paired with local wines. 

$100 for Dinner $50 for wine pairing. Reservations required. 

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Tuahiwi School principalMelanie Taite 

Pitama saysshe is thrilled with the 

support for last week’sNorthCanterbury 

KapaHaka Festival. 

She foundedthe festival 15 years ago 

and has watched it grow. 

Thisyear’s event, held on Thursday and 

Friday, was no exception, with arecord 35 

school groups performing across five 

sessions. 

Thursday evening’s mainevent was a 

sellout, while therewere good audiences 

across the fourdaytimesessions, she says. 

Lastweek’s rain was the only blemish on 

an otherwise successful event. 

‘‘I’vehad so many peoplecome and tell 

me what ahappy occasion it was for the 

community.’’ 

For the firsttime, some of the schools 

performed Pacificisland items,mixed in 

with their kapahaka performances. ‘‘We 

loved it,’’ Melaniesays. 

‘‘Theyhave asimilar culture,but very 

different too, and the crowd really loved 

it.’’ 

Melanie paid tribute to her personal 

assistant, Berniece Ratahi, for her 

support, as well as ‘‘a smallgroup of 

mums’’from Tuahiwi School who visited 

local businessestoseek sponsorship, and 

two dadswho were outdirecting parking 

in the rain on Thursday evening. 

Having aball 

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The Canterbury Recreational Aircraft 

Club will hold an open day at Rangiora 

AirfieldonSaturday, November2. 

The club wasestablishedinJuly 1982 

and now has more than 270 members, 

who own about 120 aircraft. 

‘‘We are the largest and most active 

recreational aircraft club in NewZealand 

with the most modern fleetofaircraft,’’ 

club president GlennMartin says. 

‘‘We are having an open day as an 

opportunity for the local community to 

come and see what the club is all about, 

why we are here, and how the club is part 

of the larger aviation community. 

‘‘In manyways we arenodifferent from 

any other recreational club, whether it is 

hockey or netball. We are peoplewho 

love aviationand spend our recreational 

time being involved in its many aspects.’’ 

Many of the club members are either 

Air New Zealandpilots or air traffic 

controllers. 

‘‘If you fly commercially in New 

Zealand there is ahigh chance that your 

pilot and/or air traffic controller has done 

some training flightsinto and around 

Rangiora.’’ 

The clubalso supportsthe community 

with activeinvolvement in theNew 

ZealandAir Training Corps based at 

Rangiora and also helps out in otherways 

when required. 

‘‘For instance,club members were 

active after the Kaikoura earthquake, 

flying into farms and delivering goods 

and picking up people,’’Glenn said. 

More than 600 aviationenthusiasts use 

the Rangiora Airfield facilities, including 

three other clubs, with most members 

living in Waimakariri. The openday will 

begin at 10am and finish at 3pm. 

‘‘The weather willneed to be terrible 

for us to postpone,’’Glennsaid. However, 

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Theclub has abig range of activities 

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children.

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Musicians to return to Chamber Gallery for concert 

Anna Maksymova 

Pianist AnnaMaksymova and cellist 

Tomas Hurnikwill return to Rangiora’s 

Chamber Gallery for afree performance 

thisSunday. 

Annaperformed in the Chamber Gallery 

twice last year, as aduo with her father, 

violinist Valeriy Maksymova, and also as a 

guest with the TresCordes Piano Quartet. 

Tomas is also amember of the Tres 

Cordes Piano Quartet and the Tres Cordes 

String Trio,soboth are familiar withthe 

gallery and are audience favourites. 

The concert begins at 2pm. It is the 

Waimakariri Community ArtsCouncil’s 

final free Sunday concertfor the season 

thisyear. 

Annabegan her formal musical 

education as a6yearoldinthe Ukraine. 

In New Zealandshe learnedfrom Peter 

Nagy, JudithClarkand Gao Ping, and 

completed aBachelor of Musicwith firstclass 

honours studying with Professor 

MichaelEndresatthe Universityof 

Canterbury. She recentlyreturnedfrom 

Germany, where she completedaMaster 

of MusicinPiano Performance at the 

Frankfurt University of Music and 

Performing Arts. 

She is now based in Christchurch where 

she works as aperforming pianist anda 

teacher 

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Kaikoura’sclouds 

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The sun came out for Kaikoura 

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Organiser Michelle Ormsby said, 

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run or walk, with shorter 

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‘‘The day was great and we were so 

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CONSERVATIONWEEK 14-22SEP 

Events and activities across Aotearoa 

conservationweek.org.nz 

Nature is calling: 

We need to listen 

Nature needs us is this year’s message 

for Conservation Week. 

It embraces any and every little thing 

we can do to help nature. It can start at 

home by being water, waste and energy 

wise, planting natives in your garden, 

and being aresponsible pet owner, 

through to supporting native areas and 

public spaces where you can volunteer 

to trap pests and predators, clean up 

waterways and beaches, clear wilding 

pines and other weeds, and undertake 

native regeneration programmes. 

This year, in recognition of the 

Predatorfree 2050 vision, the week is 

focusing on the seldomseen unsung 

heroes out there in all weathers, often 

tramping long distances with traps and 

baits only to be rewarded by removing 

dead festering rats and stoats and 

rebaiting them again for the next trip. 

Trappingnetwork 

There are more than 25 groups, 

individuals and organisations in North 

Canterbury helping to make Predatorfree 

2050 areality. 

These groups, some new and some 

WORKSHOP PLANNED 

Afree predatorfree trapping and 

monitoring workshop is planned for the 

Mt PleasantCommunity Centre, 

Christchurch,onSaturday, September 

14, from2pm to 4pm. 

Learnabout monitoring techniques 

—make sure you are trapping the right 

thing and making adifference. 

Learnhow to use DOC 200s, 

Trapinators, Victor traps and Good 

Nature A12sand A24s. 

Learnabout why the workis 

necessary. 

It will be afamily friendly event, with 

activitiesand talksfor the children. 

Refreshments will be provided. 

Register at: eventfinda.co.nz/ 

2019/trappingandmonitoringextravaganza/christchurch 

well established, have all adopted an 

area where they manage trapping lines 

for possums, stoats, rats, ferrets, 

weasels, hedgehogs and feral cats. 

The Department of Conservation in 

Rangiora, with support from the 

umbrella group BRaid, has been 

working to set up atrapping network for 

these groups. Its aim is to share 

information using the latest technology 

and specialist speakers and, above all, 

recognise and thank them. 

The first trapping workshop was 

hosted by the Hanmer Springs 

Conservation Trust in early July, with 

more than 50 people from 15 of these 

groups attending to learn from the wideranging 

programme. 

They learned about the IT programme 

Walk the Line,where groups can enter 

their trap locations and data on to a 

mapping programme. 

Biodiversity senior ranger Sandy 

Yong is keen for everyone in North 

Canterbury to use this free publicly 

available database as this will spatially 

show how all the different trapping 

groups connect together, whether 

trapping on pubic conservation lands, 

riverbanks, local parks and reserves, or 

even on privately owned land. 

‘‘Predators simply do not respect landownership 

boundaries, so we all need to 

work together if we want to control, and 

maybe even eradicate, them from North 

Canterbury in the future. 

‘‘You might think what you’re doing is 

small, but when you see the map of all 

the traps (including DOC traps), you 

realise that you’re part of amuch bigger 

predator control network working 

toward Predatorfree 2050,’’ she says. 

Anyone who would like to become part 

of this network can contact the DOC 

Rangiora Office on (03) 313 0837 or email 

waimakariri@doc.govt.nz. 

The next trapping network workshop 

is planned for October or November at 

the DOC Rangiora Office. Afurther 

workshop is planned in the new year at 

Craigieburn/Arthur’s Pass, with the aim 

of running three ayear in the Hurunui, 

Waimakariri and Selwyn districts. 

Tuhaitara Coastal Park 

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Join the 

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tkot.enquiries@farmside.co.nz 

or 313 1768 

Pest initiative ... Department of Conservationtrapping sites alongthe AshleyRakahuri River. 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is proud to 

support Conservation Week and working with 

DOC to protect our native forests from fire. 

Check it’s alright before you light. 

Fire season is coming! 

We’ve made some improvements 

in Fire Permitting, which will be live 

after 23 September. 

Check your machinery for birds’ nests 

and spark hazards, and if doing any 

spring burning, ensure aclear safe 

zone around your burn, awater supply 

is to hand and you aren’t going to 

smoke out roads or neighbours. 

To find your Rural Fire Season Status and apply for aFire Permit go to: 

www.checkitsalright.nz 

Phone: 0800 658 628 2197123 

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Track volunteers lead the way 

Take acoupleofinspired locals, mix well 

with the local community,bind with our 

youngfolks’ future vision, generously 

sprinklewith support fromlocal 

businesses and we havethe stunning 

Ashley GorgeLoop Track. 

Ashley Gorgelocals Dave Sheltonand 

John Burton, along withcountless 

volunteers,aswell as school and 

communitygroups, have been developing 

tracks in the Mt ThomasConservation 

Area,next to the AshleyGorge Recreation 

Reserve, overthe last threeyears. 

The first stage is a1.5km loop track.Now 

they are working on atrack to awaterfall, 

followed by aroute to the top of ahill. 

But it doesn’t stopthere. Daveand some 

keen students are runninganextensive 

trapping programme to reducepossum, 

rat and stoatnumbers to give the native 

floraand fauna achance to flourish. 

People can learn more about the work 

the group has undertakenbycomingtothe 

Ashley GorgeConservationWeek event on 

Sunday, September 22, from 11amto3pm. 

Therewill be somethingfor the whole 

family, including the dog, with guidedor 

selfdirected walks, atreasurehunt for 

children, displays on the track 

development and traps,and activities for 

childrensuch as makingabirdfeeder. Or 

peoplecan simply relax and picnic by the 

river. 

There will also be specialguest 

appearancesbyconservationdogs Cody 

and Macca,showingtheir amazingpest 

detectionskills. 

Kiwi guardians 

ToyotaKiwi Guardiansites are coming 

On track ... John Burton, left, and Dave Shelton are trackbuilding warriors. 

to Ashley Gorgeand WoodedGully. 

Toyota Kiwi Guardians connect Kiwi 

kidstonature and encouragesthem to 

become guardians of our land and sea. 

The idea allowschildren to have 

ownership over conservationland —to 

feelpart of it and encourage them to care 

for it into the future. The programme 

focuses on children but willconnect the 

whole family to natureand to 

conservation. 

Kiwikids becomeKiwi Guardians by 

downloading amap of one of the 108 Kiwi 

Guardian sites (50 in the South Island) 

fromkiwiguardians.co.nz. 

Explore with the map to find the unique 

specialcode word for the site and enterit 

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onlinetoreceive amedal in the post. 

Youngsters cancollectasmany medals as 

they want. 

Currently,thereare eight Kiwi 

Guardian sitesaround Christchurch and 

Banks Peninsula and one at Arthurs Pass 

National Park. 

The AshleyGorge and Wooded Gully 

sites at the Mt Thomas ConservationArea 

will be up andrunning beforethe end of 

the year. 

As aspecialintroduction to Toyota Kiwi 

Guardians for Conservation Week, all 

children who complete the treasure hunt 

at Ashley Gorge on Sunday, September 22, 

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Opportunity to view rare birds 

Achance to view rare birds on the Ashley 

Rakahuri River is coming nextmonth. 

The AshleyRakahuri Rivercare Group 

will run guided Twilight Riverbird 

Discovery walks from 6pm to 8pm on 

October8and 10 as part of the Breeze 

WalkingFestival. 

It will be afairly easy walk along the 

riverbank for about 12 km, but expect 

wet feet and rough ground. 

It is suitable for families but please 

leavethe dog behind. It is limited to 25 

people per trip. Bookings areessential. 

Visit ccc.govt.nz/walkingfestival. 

Helping hand ... The rare birds of the AshleyRakahuri River feature on Karikaas’ awardwinning 

vintage cheeses. 

Karikaas sales help birds 

Want to find out more about the rare 

birds nesting on the AshleyRakahuri 

River? Try some tasty vintage cheeses. 

Loburn cheesemaker Karikaas is 

supporting these birds by branding their 

five premium awardwinning cheeses to 

promote BRaid and the four most 

threatened birds nesting on the river. 

BRaid is aconservation organisation 

dedicated to protecting these birds and 

the unique braidedriver environment 

crucial to their longterm survival. 

Each cheese features information 

about BRaid and one of the critically 

threatened birds. 

Some cheese packs also have a 

surprise fridge magnet. 

Karikaas owner and manager Diana 

Hawkins decided to feature the wrybill 

on the company’s two topselling 

cheeses, given their significance to 

Rangiora. 

‘‘Rangiora is the wrybills’ closest 

nesting site to atown, with bird watchers 

coming from overseas to view the only 

bird in the world with asideways bent 

beak, evolved to find their food under 

stones in the shallows of braided rivers. 

‘‘This is so special for the local 

community, so by putting information 

about the wrybill on our topselling 

cheeses we’re getting this information 

out throughout the country and 

overseas,’’ Diana says. 

The company also gives athird of all 

profits from the sales of these top five 

cheeses to the AshleyRakahuri 

Rivercare Group. 

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Wilding conifersare aserious national 

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Theygrowand spreadrapidly, 

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Theycurrentlycover1.8 million 

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Even with control to date, the 

infestation growsapproximately 

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Ready to go ... Lynn Andrews with some of the predator traps. 

Village to the rescue 

Lynn Andrews, aresidentofRyman’s 

Charles Upham Retirement Village, 

recently contacted the Department of 

Conservation’s Rangiora Officewith a 

proposal for the villagemen’s shedto 

make predator traps. 

DOC leaptatthe opportunity, with the 

trapsbound for an areainserious need of 

pest control—the Medbury Scientific 

Reserve in Hurunui. 

Rather than justmakingtraps,Lynn is 

also organising residentstomanage the 

trapping programme at the reserve. 

Lynn has trapped in the past so knows 

what’s involved. The reserve is mostlyflat 

and clear,making it easyfor the more 

active volunteers to lookafter the site. 

None of this would have been possible 

without the support and enthusiasm of the 

Ryman Healthcare managementteam. 

Village manager Dee Kennedy has 

offered to cover the trapmaking and 

ongoing trapping programmecosts, along 

with the village’s vantotransport trappers 

to and fromMedbury Reserve. 

Supporting localcommunity 

programmesisanintegralpart of Ryman 

Healthcare’sphilosophy and it is keen to 

explore expandingthistype of programme 

to the other 36 Ryman villages throughout 

the country. 

The men’s shed plans to continue 

makingtraps forDOC and other 

community trapping programmes in the 

district. To make this possible, Lynnhas 

also gained support from localmerchants 

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*Displays on trapping and wasp control 

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It’sbeen abusy time on the tools 

By DAVID HILL 

McIver’sOxford Men’s Shed 

members havehad abusy 

few months working on their 

various projects. 

Shed chairman Raymon 

Charles says membershave 

been busy helping the 

communitywith repairsto 

items, as well as making 

objects for their own use. 

‘‘Onemember has spenta 

huge amount of time and 

effort building aflight 

simulatorwhichisnow set 

up in his garage. 

‘‘He decideditcould be 

better, so he has set about 

doingarebuildwhichwill 

turn it from astatic position 

moving screen to amoving 

platform and screen. 

‘‘It will makeitso realistic 

it willbejust like being in a 

real aircraft.’’ 

This yearthe shed 

committeehas optedtonot 

have the ‘‘Spring Into 

Oxford’’ fun day this year, Mr 

Charles says. 

‘‘It has been cancelled due 

to the numberofother 

similar eventsbeing run on 

the same day. 

‘‘It is hoped that the shed 

will have astall at some of 

the regular marketsheld in 

the area so the publicwill 

have achance to purchase 

some of the greatwoodwork 

itemswemake and sell as 

Christmas gifts,sokeep an 

eye out for the stallatyour 

localmarket.’’ 

Mr Charles says shed 

On the job ... Members of the 

community can pop in and work 

on projects in the McIver’s 

Oxford Community Men’s 

Shed. 


membersare alsomaking a 

rideonelectricpowered 

model of ajeep. 

It willberaffledtohelp 

with the operating costs of 

the shed. 

Projects on the go ... Men work on projects in the McIver’s Oxford 

Community Men’s Shed. 

Waste Free 

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Thisworkshop is suitablefor all 

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You’ll receive some great “waste free” items in the 

goodie bag, which is valued at $60. 

Job done ... Agroup of Oxford Area School Year 6to10pupils took part in atreeplanting 

and education day at Eyrewell Forest last week. 

PHOTOS:OXFORD AREA SCHOOL 

Students dig deep 

Agroup of keen young 

conservationists took partinatreeplanting 

and educationday recently 

as part of theEyrewell Forest 

Restoration Project. 

The outing wasachance forOxford 

AreaSchoolYear 6to10pupils to 

learn aboutbeingresponsible for 

their local environment by helping 

withthe restoration projectin 

conjunctionwith Conservation 

Volunteers New Zealand. 

Naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste, 

known as The Bugman, was on hand 

to share hisknowledge of bugsand 

whatyoung people can do to 

encouragenativespeciesback into 

backyards. 

Planting ... Oxford Area School pupils at 

work during atreeplanting education day 

at Eyrewell Forest.

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Principal lines up 

for aclose shave 

Mike Hart admitsto beinga 

littleapprehensive abouthis next 

haircut. 

TheOxford Area Schoolprincipal 

hasbeenvolunteered by teacher 

Justin Thompsontojointhe Shave 

for aCure fundraiser at the school 

at 1.20pmonFriday,September 27. 

Thepair aimtoraise $2000. 

Donationscan be madedirectly to 

Mr Thompson,whohas ajar in his 

classroom,orbring a$1coin to 

school andgointo the drawto 

nominate MrThompson’s nexthair 

style. 

Special prize ... Elisha Ricketts, aged 10, 

as Little Red Riding Hood, impressed with 

her basket of freshly baked muffins. 

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Colourful end to book week 

By DAVID HILL 

Plenty of colour and fanfare from Oxford 

Area School staff and pupils marked the 

end of book week, with acostume 

parade on Friday morning. 

The school’s library crew of Rachel 

Hunt and Rose Parnee said the library 

was transformed into an enchanted 

forest for the week as pupils were 

Youth champion Ellie honoured with award 

Oxford’s Ellie Tizzardhas been 

recognised forher efforts to 

advancethe concerns of local 

youth. 

The OxfordArea School 

Year13pupil was one of five 

studentsfrom around the 

country to receiveaStudent 

Excellence Award at the New 

Zealand Area Schools 

Association conference in 

Wellington lastmonth. 

PrincipalMike Hart said he 

was thrilled to be able to 

accept theaward on Ellie’s 

behalf. 

Ellie, who is ahead student 

of OxfordArea Schoolthis 

year, is amember of the 

Waimakariri YouthCouncil 

and served as Waimakariri 

Youth MP at this year’s Youth 

Parliament. Her YouthMP 

projectwas on youth 

employment, which stemmed 

fromher involvement in 

developingthe Waimakariri 

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Wearable art ... Some of the recycled 

creations from the North Canterbury 

Wearable Arts Show were paraded. 

encouraged to read books. 

‘‘It gets books into homes, which Ifeel 

is avery important part of book week.’’ 

She said the week featured arange of 

activities and culminated in the costume 

parade. 

Principal Mike Hart, who was dressed 

as afairy, said choosing awinner was no 

easy task. 

‘‘We are so impressed by the number 

She completedasurvey,with 

more than 100 responses from 

14 to 18yearolds, who founda 

lack of experience to be a 

major barrier in finding 

employment. 

She proposed ayouth jobs 

pathway initiative for high 

schoolstudents, where they 

gain workexperiencefroma 

local employer for afew hours 

aweek overseveral weeks and 

the employer signs it off. 

This led to Ellie puttinga 

supplementary question to 

Education Minister Chris 

Hipkins during the Youth 

Parliamentmock debate, 

calling for life skills, suchas 

learning to writeCVs, 

interviewing skills, student 

loans,budgeting and how to 

buy ahouse to be included in 

the New Zealand education 

curriculum. 

Mr Hart says he supports 

Ellie’s initiative.Schoolsoffer 

some opportunitiesfor pupils 

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Recognition ... Ellie Tizzard with Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey. 

to learn thoseskills, but could 

do withmore resourcing. 

‘‘When they go intoYear 11 

to 13, they’re more likelytoget 

it through the Gateway 

Programme, but that’s not 

really available to those who 

are looking at goingonto 

university. 

Moon explorer ... Acostume to mark the 

Apollo Moon Landing, from the North 

Canterbury Wearable Arts Show. 

of students who have come dressed up 

today and it’s incredibly hard to pick a 

winner, so Ithink you are all bestdressed.’’ 

Winners were chosen from different 

year levels and from among the staff. 

Special mention went to 10yearold 

Elisha Ricketts, as Little Red Riding 

Hood, who was carrying abasket of 

freshly baked muffins. 

‘‘It’s aquestion of balance 

and fitting it into what is 

alreadyquite afull curriculum. 

It’s pretty full as it is.’’ 

Mr Hart says it mightbe 

more practical for pupils to 

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Show asmash hit 

Tidy Kiwis do their bit 

Popular ... Troy Vandergoes, left, 

Kieran Milton and Carrisse Utai during a 

performance of Smashed at Rangiora 

High School. 


An internationallyacclaimed theatrebased 

education programme, aimedat 

equipping Year 9students with the 

skills to counter peerpressure to drink 

alcohol, was deliveredinNorth 

Canterbury lastweek. Smashed, 

establishedinBritain in 2005, will be 

deliveredin21countries thisyear and 

has been brought to NewZealandas 

partofaresponsible drinking initiative, 

The Tomorrow Project. It is being 

deliveredbythe Life Education Trust. 

Two performances wereheld at 

Rangiora High School,featuring aplay 

about agroupofyoungfriends who 

found themselves in trouble as aresult 

of drinking alcohol.Eachperformance 

is followed by an interactiveworkshop 

where pupils areinvited to probe the 

castonissuesbroughtupduring the 

playand discuss theconsequences of 

underage drinking. 

Tomorrow Project spokesman Matt 

Claridge saysestablishingthe Smashed 

programmeinNew Zealandisan 

exciting opportunity to address the 

issue of underagedrinking, as well as 

encourage aresponsible approach to 

alcoholasadults. 

‘‘Weknow from ourown research that 

the younger peopleare when theybegin 

drinking alcohol, the more likelythey 

are to developpoor drinking 

behaviours laterinlife, andthisisa 

pattern thatweare looking to change. 

‘‘The unique theatrebasedapproach 

to educationisproving incredibly 

successfulgloballyasstudents are 

engaged in an interactive way. 

‘‘The United Kingdom, where more 

than380,000 pupilshaveparticipated in 

the programme, hasseenasignificant 

dropinthe number of young people 

drinking alcohol, from45% of 815yearoldsin2003to14% 

today.’’ 

Smashed willreach more than 21,000 

Year9students thisyearacross 120 

New Zealand schools, with funding 

being securedtorollitouttoall 60,000 

year9studentsin2020. 

LifeEducation Trust chief executive 

JohnO’Connell says Smashed 

represents the organisation’s firstforay 

intosecondary schools. 

‘‘We’re delighted we havethe 

opportunity to work withyouth and 

support them with aprogramme that 

has aproven track record 

internationally.’’ 

Mr O’Connell saysthe uptake from 

schools booking Smashed hasbeen 

significant. 

‘‘We’ve hadahuge response from 

schools whichindicatesit’sanissue 

theysee realvalue in supportingtheir 

students,’’ he says. 

Spruceup ... Waikuku Beach and its parks and reserves are looking spick and span 

after volunteers took part in acleanup on Sunday afternoon. The community beach 

cleanup was organised by the Rangiora Lions and Rangiora High School Leos as part 

of Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s Clean Up Week, which began last Monday. It was a 

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ArtsShowcase Hurunui 

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Shirley Smith:AnExamined Life,bySarah Gaitanos 

Shirley Smith was one 

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It wasthe shotheardaround the world. But what 

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RuralLife 

Genetics can be used in tackling 

nitrogen leaching from farms 

Farmers have been challengedto 

reduce the amount of nitrogenleaving 

theirproperty throughsub soils and 

waterways. 

This has seen the adoption of more 

responsiblefertiliser and effluent 

management, and, more recently,work 

on more efficient nitrogenuptake in 

plants and animals. 

One of the harder sourcestomitigate 

is nitrogen leaching from cows’ urine. 

The concentrationofnitrogen in the 

urinepatchissohigh that asignificant 

proportion cannot be usedbyplantsor 

retained in the soil root zone. 

While reducingurinarynitrogen 

ideally involves measuring it, that is 

impractical to do in large numbersof 

cowsdirectly —and that is wheremilk 

urea concentration (MU)comes in. 

Manyinternational studies have shown 

adirectrelationshipbetween MU and 

the amount of urinarynitrogen per cow 

per day. 

It makes sensetoreduce urinary 

nitrogen fromafarmingperspective 

and to monitor urinary nitrogenfrom a 

regulatory perspective. 

One strategytoreduce urinary 

nitrogen is through goodfeeding 

practices and to monitortheseby 

keeping an eye on milk urea 

concentration, 

And asecondstrategy is where CRV 

Ambreed’s genetics comesin. 

CRV Ambreed’s LowN Sires 

programme is based on breeding dairy 

cows withlowerlevelsofMU, whichis 

expected to reduceurinary nitrogen. 

‘‘Milk urea tells us alot. We knowwe 

can reducemilk urea through feeding, 

but also through genetics,’’ CRV 

Ambreed headgeneticist Phil Beatson 

says. 

Each day farmers get aMUvalue 

measuredintheirbulk milk. It makes 

sensefor farmers and regulators to use 

this milk ureaconcentrationtomonitor 

nitrogen loading from urine. Total 

The nation’s primary industries want practical solutions to incoming 

restrictions on nitrate use. Tim Fulton explores one of the possibilities, 

developed by genetics firm CRV Ambreed. 

urinary nitrogenper herdper day can 

be calculatedbased on the weighted 

MU and numberofcows. The weighting 

factor to convert MU to gramsofurinary 

nitrogen percow per day is around 

seven. 

‘‘We’re suggesting MUsshouldbe 

used by farmers and by the likes of the 

environmentcouncils to calculate 

nitrogen depositionquite accurately. 

Thisislikely to be abetter monitoring 

tool than usingpredictivemodelsthat 

are subject to manipulation,’’ Beatson 

says. 

Adairy cow eatsabout 180kg of 

nitrogen ayear as plant protein. About 

30kg ends up as milk and alittle bit to 

body maintenance and growth. Of the 

remainder, about 75 to 80kg is excreted 

as urinary nitrogen and the rest is 

excreted as faeces. 

On average,around 20% (16kg) of this 

urinary nitrogenends up being leached 

into groundwater. 

Importantly,asmall amount of the 

nitrogen in urine isconverted to 

nitrous oxide alonglasting 

greenhousegas. Reducing urinary 

nitrogen is critical to reducingboth 

leaching and greenhouse gas 

emissions. 

‘‘If we feed diets thatcontainsurplus 

protein we increase nitrogen intake 

beyond whatthe cow requiresand this 

is reflectedinthe milk urea values for 

the herds.’’ 

The average herdwas around30units 

for bulkmilk urea.However,some 

herdswere consistently around40 

whileothers were around20. The 

average cow in the herdwith milk urea 

of 40 is peeingout around 280 grams of 

nitrogen percow per day (40 x7), while 

those in the herd with milk urea of 20 is 

peeingout around 140 grams of 

nitrogen per day (7 x20). 

The CRV Ambreed genetics 

programme involved measuring MUin 

amillion milksamples from 200,000 

cowsthrough CRV Ambreed’s herdtesting 

service. These recordswere 

analysed to estimate the geneticmerit 

of the siresofthe cows.The best of 

these siresare marketed as LowN, and 

CRV Ambreed is already providing 

farmers with semenfrom bulls under 

its LowNSiresbrand. 

The LowN Sires bulls were desirable 

for traditional traitsaswell as being 

genetically superiorinreducingMUin 

their daughters. 

Cowsbred for lower levelsofMUare 

expected to excreteless nitrogen in 

their urine which would, in turn, 

reducethe amountofnitrogen leached. 

CRV Ambreed expected LowNSires 

wouldreduce nitrogenleachinginNew 

Zealand by 14 million kilograms ayear, 

based on the national herd number of 5 

million dairycows. 

The beauty of agenetics solution to 

nitrogen leachingisthat farmers 

simply needtouse semenfrom the 

LowN bulls rather than other bulls. 

Theycan maintain all existing 

management practicessothere is 

minimaladditional costfor them. 

However, the combinationofgood 

feeding plus LowNsiresgivesfarmers a 

twopronged attack to reduce MU and 

nitrogen leaching. 

Reducingthe national average MU 

value from 30 to, say, 24, wouldreduce 

urinary nitrogendeposition by 20% and 

haveaneven greater impact on 

nitrogen leached. 

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Jacobawinner 

You don’t havetocome from afarm to be a 

‘‘future farmer’’. 

JacobPaulin,who is theson of builder, 

won the recent annual OxfordArea School 

‘‘future farmer’’ competition. 

‘‘If you’reinterested in agriculture I 

wouldrecommend doing it. It really tests 

your skills and whatyou know,but you 

don’thave to be from afarm.’’ 

Jacob, who is in Year 11, was runnerup 

last yearand says he has akeen interestin 

agriculture. 

‘‘I wanttogointo engineeringand maybe 

laterbeafarmer, butIwant to get 

something under my belt first.’’ He works 

on adairy farm after schooland in the 

weekends,doingfencing, tractor and stock 

work,and helpingwith baling. Next year he 

planstodoabuildingprogramme through 

the Ara Institute of Canterbury,while also 

gaining experience through Oxford Area 

School’s gateway programme. 

The eight finalists weretestedonstock 

judging, driving atractor,testingsoil 

moisture content,first aid, abeehive 

module, setting up awater tankand seed 

identification. 

The school willhold arural day on 

Friday, October 25, with the Boys’ and 

Girls’ Agricultural Club pet day. Calves will 

be back, along with strict protocols to 

esnure there is no risk of spreading 

Mycoplasmabovis.

RURAL LIFE 


35 

Call for an end to scaremongering 

By DAVID HILL 

Incessant scaremongering over the 

threat to the livestock industries from 

plantbased food has to end, the chief 

executive of the Foundation for Arable 

Research says. 

Dr Alison Stewart says while the 

attention on plantbased proteins could 

be seen as awin for the arable sector, 

the debate should not be seen as an 

‘‘either/or’’ scenario. 

‘‘New Zealand has to stop endlessly 

talking about what its future could look 

like and just go out and make things 

happen, and it has to stop the incessant 

scaremongering around the threat to the 

livestock industries from plantbased 

food. 

‘‘It should not be an either/or situation 

but awinwin where New Zealand is 

seen as aleader in both animal and 

plant production systems.’’ 

Dr Stewart says there is alot of 

ignorance in some sectors of society 

around landuse change. 

‘‘You can’t just say ‘you are going to 

have to transition from dairy to arable’. 

It’s all very well from an environmental 

point of view, but if you’re carrying a 

large amount of debt your options are 

limited, so we need to be clever about 

the way we manage it. 

‘‘New Zealand tends to point the 

finger at dairy farmers, but really New 

Zealand got itself into this situation. 

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government all bought into the 

intensification of dairying and the 

general public has benefited from a 

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New Zealand,’’ she says. 

The problem cannot be ignored and 

‘‘strongminded’’ people such as 

environmentalists force others to ‘‘sit up 

and think’’, she says. 

She sees opportunities for dairy 

farmers to become more resilient and 

improve their environmental footprint 

by converting some of their farms into 

crops. 

But it needs to be carefully planned 

and research is needed to ensure there 

is amarket for any new crops or an 

appetite for expanding existing markets. 

She says the arable sector is an 

example of what it means to be 

sustainable and diverse. It shows how 

diversity provides more resilience in the 

face of climate change and changing 

markets. 

‘‘Our growers are not just arable 

growers; they grow vegetable crops and 

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components. 

‘‘If you look back 20 years, and even 

further back, this country was mixed 

farming. It’s only in recent times that 

significant numbers of farmers have 

moved into dairy. 

‘‘The arable sector is the most diverse 

and agile, which gives them more 

resilience.’’ 

She says arable growers not only 

rotate their crops over two to threeyear 

rotation cycles, but are constantly 

adapting to achanging environment and 

to meet market demand. 

Dr Stewart says one of the things 

holding New Zealand’s primary sector 

back is looking for the ‘‘next big thing’’. 

‘‘I feel New Zealand has been talking 

about the future of food for the last 20 

years, looking for the next big thing, and 

the rest of the world has gone on and 

done it. 

‘‘You can never predict the success of 

something new like kiwifruit or the 

dairy industry. It was just innovative 

farmers who tried it and were in the 

right place at the right time. 

‘‘As long as we’ve got amultitude of 

small industries exploring new 

opportunities, and we have learned the 

lessons of past mistakes, one of them 

will be in the right place at the right 

time.’’ 

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RURAL LIFE 


Former NZ rugby boss turns to politics, with 

emissions trading firmly in his sights 

By TIM FULTON 

RuralCanterburyblockholderDavid 

Moffett has turned from giving advice on 

farm succession to the future of farming 

itself, launching apolitical party to help 

New Zealand farmersstruggling with 

climate taxes. 

The country’s heavy reliance on 

International Emissions Trading 

Scheme (ETS) creditsmakes New 

Zealand dangerously exposed to one of 

the world’s mostvolatile markets, Mr 

Moffett says. 

He has aglobal viewofthe world and 

an affinity with rural life. 

Mr Moffett, the son of an air traffic 

controller, lived in Kenyaand 

Tanganyika from the age of 3to16, living 

through the lastyears of colonial Africa. 

By 7, he was spending part of his 

holidays on large coffee and tea 

plantations with friends from boarding 

school in Nairobi. 

He moved to Australia with his family 

as ateenager and,inhis workinglife, 

went on to headseveral major sporting 

organisations, including the New 

Zealand Rugby Union. 

Todayhehas 10 hectares across 

properties at Ashley and Broomfield in 

NorthCanterbury, runningsheepand 

horses. 

As founder of the New NZ Party, he 

wantsNew Zealand to withdraw from the 

ParisAgreement,which binds the 

country to arange of targets for reducing 

greenhouse gas emissions. 

He sayshehas researched the 

agreementand has concluded ‘‘Paris 

makesitcompulsory for us to contribute 

tax paymentstoother economies, many 

Political agenda ... David Moffett launches apolitical party. 

of them of dubioushonesty and 

accountability and rife with corruption’’. 

The cost to Kiwis of the Emissions 

TradingScheme and ParisAgreement 

were considerable, he said. 

The Government’s own estimates put 

the cost at between$14 billion and $36b 

from 2021 to 2030, and that is likely to be 

only afraction, depending on supply and 

demand for carbon credits. 

To put that into context, ACC raised 

$5.9b in 201819, with operatingcosts of 

$726m. 


‘‘With over 2000employees ACC at 

leastcontributestothe New Zealand 

economy.’’ 

The agricultural sector longfavoured 

managingits own emissions schemebut 

had succumbed to governmentpressure, 

Mr Moffett said. 

The Government recently announced 

that the agricultural sectorwouldonly be 

slugged with 5percent of its actual 

obligations under the New Zealand ETS. 

Mr Moffett said the New NZ Party did 

not haveanissuewith the agricultural 

sector or other sectors paying this low 

rate, but believed business was being 

lulled into afalse sense of security. 

‘‘Unfortunately, everyone in every 

sector will stillpay for the fullcost of the 

Paris Agreement. This is likelytoexceed 

$4b per annum over 10 years, and that’s 

just for starters.’’ 

The only way to pay for this would be 

throughnew taxes or areductionin 

services, he said. 

As an example, we pay 6.2 cents per 

litre of petrol and 7.2 centsper litre of 

diesel as an ETS levy. 

‘‘Incredibly, we also pay GST on the 

total fuel excise,which means payingan 

11centsperlitre tax on taxes.Together, 

that represents 17c and 18c per litre of 

hidden taxes. That is what we pay now, 

and every farming family is saddled with 

that burden, whichisoften madeworse 

becauseofreliance on fuel to not only 

run their agricultural enterprises but 

also to cover largedistancestoget kids to 

school and do important thingslike 

shopping and doctors’ visitsand the 

like.’’ 

The New NZ Partyfundamentally 

believed that declaring aclimate 

emergency based on our emissions was 

the heightofirresponsibility. 

New Zealand’s carbon dioxide 

emissions stemming from human activity 

stand at 0.17 percent of the total global 

agricultural emissions (AE). Our 

contribution, he says, is meagre by 

comparison with many of our 

competitors in the agricultural sector. 

Expressed as apercentage of the total 

carbon dioxide fraction,which included 

agricultural emissions, the resultwas 

0.00006percent, Mr Moffett said. 

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Safety initiative in doubt 

By DAVID HILL 

The future of asuccessful 

Waimakariri schools rural safety 

programme is in doubt as a 

funding shortfall looms. 

The Ministry of Healthfunded 

‘‘Down the Back Paddock’’ 

programme has been run by the 

Waimakariri District Council for 

about 20 years, but the funding 

has stopped. 

The council’s rural safety coordinator, 

Kerry Miles, says 

there is enough funding to keep 

the programme, which is unique 

to North Canterbury, going for 

another 12 months, but he is keen 

to hear from potential sponsors. 

With the district’s strong rural 

heritage, Mr Miles says rural 

safety is akey area of focus for 

the council. 

Children living in urban areas 

also visited rural properties and 

many were being injured through 

unsafe practices or lack of 

knowledge about rural risks. 

‘‘Down the Back Paddock is a 

rural education programme 

aimed at increasing children’s 

and teachers’ awareness of the 

risks associated with arural 

environment,’’ Mr Miles says. 

‘‘The purpose is to better 

educate children and, through 

them, adults to help create a 

better safety culture on farms 

and lifestyle blocks in the 

future.’’ 

Experts were invited to deliver 

safety messages on avariety of 

subjects and 11 sessions of 20 

minutes were offered to pupils at 

Fernside School, near Rangiora, 

over four days last week. 

Topics included water safety, 

Safe with dogs ... Waimakariri District Council community development 

facilitator Nicola Trolove shows Fernside School pupils avideo to get them 

talking about being safe around dogs. 

PHOTO: DAVIDHILL 

dog safety, poisonous plants, 

road safety, fire safety, bird and 

river safety, large animals, Civil 

Defence, poisons, quad bikes and 

electricity. 

Mr Miles says the programme 

aims to visit at least one school in 

the district each term and he 

already has interest for next 

year. 

Fernside School deputy 

principal Andrew Spencer says 

his staff and pupils enjoyed 

having the Down the Back 

Paddock programme at their 

school. 

‘‘We are arural school and we 

like to maintain our rural 

flavour, so having people with 

specific areas of interest to help 

with our teaching is really 

invaluable.’’ 

He says his school will hold its 

own mini A&P show next month, 

as well as supporting the 

Rangiora Show. 

Fire and Emergency New 

Zealand North Canterbury 

deputy principal rural fire 

officer Dale Wilhelm says it is 

important to target the younger 

age group with afire safety 

message. 

‘‘I worked that out when my 

daughter came home and said, 

‘Dad, what’s our escape plan’?’’ 

RURAL LIFE 


37 

Fun the right tonic 

By DAVID HILL 

Havingfun offfarm is proving 

to be therighttonic for 

Waimakariri young farmersto 

improvetheir wellbeing. 

Waimakariri Young 

Farmers Clubchairman 

Jeremy Madeleysays mental 

health is aserious issuefor 

young farmers, butconnecting 

with othersand checkingupon 

mates makes adifference. 

Hisclub starting organising 

monthly ‘‘funtivities’’nearly 

twoyearsago to help address 

wellbeing concernsand to give 

members some‘‘value fortheir 

membership’’. 

‘‘One of ourmembers came 

up withthe phrase ‘funtivities’ 

forfun activities and we pretty 

much justflickeditback to the 

members and said ‘whatdo 

youguyswanttodo’? 

‘‘Now we’re getting through 

thelist, so we probablyneed to 

go back anddoitagain.’’ 

Theclubholds monthly 

meetingsonthe first 

Wednesday of themonthand 

‘‘funtivities’’onthe thirdweek. 

‘‘Whetherit’s aweekend 

activity or an evening, we make 

sure we do something every 

month,’’hesays. 

Activitiessofar have 

included clay targetshooting, 

movies,10pin bowling, 

paintball, an escaperoom 

activity andgokarting. 

This month theyplantodo 

canvaspaintinginapaddock 

andpaint alandscape or a 

modeland have abarbecue. 

Mr Madeley,who has worked 

as adairyfarm manager,says 

theclub has33membersand 

most ‘‘funtivities’’ attract 20 to 

25 or moremembers,though 

he hasnoticed adropoff in the 

last two months. 

‘‘Since calvingthe last two 

month’s attendances have 

dropped right back to 10 to 15 

people, so it showsthat when 

thepressure comesonpeople 

pull backand stay on farm. 

‘‘When the pressurecomes 

on and peoplestart to feelthe 

pain we need to keep an eyeon 

them andmake surethey’re 

gettingenough sleep and 

eatingright.’’ 

Through organisingthe 

‘‘funtivities’’ Mr Madeley says 

he has beenable to build a 

rapport with members,soheis 

able to call them forachat 

when they missameeting to 

make sure everythingisOK. 

‘‘Iliketothinkofmental 

health as beinglike abank 

account. 

‘‘If you lose sleep or you’rein 

astressful jobit’s like a 

withdrawal, so youdon’twant 

to be in overdraft. 

‘‘Whereas a‘funtivity’ is a 

waytomake adeposit.’’ 

Mr Madeley saysheand his 

partner Kaitlyn Corpe have 

offeredsupport to some 

friendsgoing through difficult 

times. 

‘‘It can be quite taxing on the 

personunderpressureand for 

thepeople helpingthemas 

well. 

‘‘Everything can seemsoout 

of kilter and outofcontrol, but 

it’s abouttryingtohelpthem 

gettheir lifeback on alevel 

playing field.’’ 

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Rangiora HS teams enjoy success 

By DAVID HILL 

Rangiora High School’s senior netball 

and basketball teams have enjoyed a 

successful season. 

The school’s senior Anetball and 

basketball teams competed in the South 

Island Secondary Schools tournament 

in Nelson last week,with the 

basketballers qualifying for the 

nationals. 

The netballers returned home to win 

the North Canterbury Premier Grade 

final on Saturday by beating Kaiapoi 

4038. 

It was arepeatofthe 2018 final, with 

Rangiora defeating Kaiapoi in the final 

for the second yearinsuccessionafter a 

40year drought, withRangiora having 

previously liftedthe trophy in 1978. The 

final marked the last gamefor five Year 

13 pupils. 

Rangiora had asuccessful South 

Island tournament, playing eight 

games, while Year 13 pupilSara Cottam 

and Georgia Gold, of Year11, were 

named amongthe talented Agrade 

netballplayers at the tournament. 

Meanwhile, Rangiora’s seniorAgirls 

basketball team finished sixthatthe 

South Island tournament to secure a 

spotatthe nationalsecondaryschools 

tournament in Palmerston Northinthe 

first weekofthe school holidays, which 

begins at the end of this month. 

Stella Porter, from the girls’senior A 

basketball team, and Lachie 

Macfarlaneand Noa Price, from the 

senior Aboys’ team were selected for 

the 2019 All Stars teams from the South 

Island tournament. 

The All Stars teams are having agame 

arrangedonSaturday, October 19. The 

senior Abasketball teams are saying 

farewelltoseven Year 13 boys and four 

Year13girls at season’s end. 

Winning team ... Rangiora High School’s senior Anetball team is all smiles after beating 

Kaiapoi in the North Canterbury Premier Grade final on Saturday. 


Qualifiers ... Rangiora High School’s senior Agirls basketball team qualified for the 

national secondary schools basketball competition after placing sixth in the South Island 

Secondary Schools tournament in Nelson last week. 

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NC sports 

results 

Rangiora Golf Club 

Nine holes Stableford: Ladies: 

Diane Sinclair 22, 1; Pam Holland 

21, 2; Jan Moffatt 21, 3. 

Men: RossMcQueen 24, 1, Howard 

Thomas 21, 2; Bruce Buckner 18 

(c/b), 3. 

Ladies, division 1gross: Karen 

Craigie 85. Nett: Joanne Kent 72, 1; 

Biddy Bowring 73, 2. 

Division 2gross: Gaye Edwards 96 

c/b, 1. Nett: Barbara Cornwall 68, 1; 

Debra Ambler 73, 2. 

Division 3gross: Vivienne Taylor 

103 c/b. Nett: Sandy Hood 69. 2: 

Helen Taylor 70. 

Weekend menstroke: Div 1: Chris 

Peters nett 70, 1; Maurice McNally 

70, 2; Ken McFarlane 71, 3. Div 2: 

Derek Dunn69, 1; Gary Forster69, 2; 

Kieran McGoverin 69, 3. 

Rangiora bridge 

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Lang/Des Steere 3. East/West: 

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Diane Watson/Rose Fahey 2, David 

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Jill Amer2,Fern McRae/Carole 

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Helen Dunn/Sue Solomons 3. E/W: 

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Rangiora hockey celebrates astrong season 

HOCKEY 

Rangiora Hockey Clubcelebratedthe end 

of another great season on Saturday with 

its annualprizegiving at the Rangiora 

RSA. 

While the senior teams did not secure 

any silverware this season, the club won 

several trophies in the junior grades, 

including the Platinum BGirls team and 

Kwik Sticks Boys team trophies. 

Grant Batchelor received alife 

membership for serving30years on the 

club committee, in which time he has 

coached more than 40 teams and had a 

role in developing many of the upandcomingcoaches 

in the club. 

Jan McDonald wasawarded the Sharon 

BatchelorTrophyfor ClubPerson of the 

Year forher work coaching andcocoachingnumerous 

teams forclub,school 

and Canterbury Hockey, as wellas 

mentoringcoaches. 

Abi Hannah and Kaylee McDonald 

sharedthe Junior Umpireofthe Year 

Award,while Sarah Hinchley and Dylan 

Ball wereawardedthe Senior and Junior 

Goalkeeper awardsrespectively. 

EmmaCook was awarded the Joan 

Roberts Secondary School Girls Fairplay 

Award for her umpiring leadership 

through the season. 

Tofinish the 2019 season, Rangiora 

Hockeyjunior players are joining players 

from HinemoaKaiapoi and Hurunuito 

take partinthe second annualSelwyn/ 

North Canterbury Festival of Hockey this 

Saturday at MainPowerHockey Turf. 

This development tournament will see 

six agegroup teams from North 

Canterbury take on teamsfrom Selwyn 

district,with the format extended this year 

to Year9and 10 players and with each 

team playing twice in theday. 

For many of the youngerplayers,itwill 

Service recognised ... Grant Batchelor, left, receives his Certificate of Life Membership 

from club president Paul Robertson. 


be their firsttime playing 11aside hockey 

on afullsize turf,and alongsideplayers 

fromotherclubs. 

The North Canterburyteamsare 

coached by seven youngupandcoming 

coaches from Rangiora and Hinemoa 

Kaiapoi, and games will be umpired by 

junior umpiresfrom both regions, 

ensuringthe tournament is adevelopment 

opportunity for all aspectsofhockey. 

Eleven games are scheduled,starting at 

9am on Saturday and finishing justafter 

6pm. 

RangioraHockeyClub Award Winners 2019 (MVP: 

Most Valuable Player. MIP:MostImprovedPlayer) 

Mini SticksGirls 

Rangiora Rabbits MVP: Catherine McKellow (the 

PulleyMcKellow FamilyTrophy).MIP:Samara 

McCartney.Coach: JanelleMcKellow. 

Rangiora Rockstars MVP:ZaraCartwright. MIP: 

Ruby Tootell. Coach: PiperWilson. 

Mini SticksBoys 

Rangiora Roadsters MVP:JackLee. MIP: Daniel 

de Lima.Coach: Luke Waldrin&Theovan Dorp. 

Kiwi SticksGirls 

Rangiora RainbowsMVP: Ruby Taylor.MIP: 

PoppyMattheou. Coach: ScottTaylor. 

Rangiora Road Runners MVP: Peyton 

Mackintosh. MIP: Jessica Bowler.Coach:Ali Lunn 

&Craig Pascoe. 

Rangiora RaidersMVP: Imogen Abernethy. MIP: 

LauraBlackadder. Coach: Kylie Rayner. 

Rangiora Rebels MVP: Olivia Lander.MIP: 

Mikayla Molloy. Coach:Amelia Plimmer. 

Rangiora Rockets MVP: FeliciteAntoniuk 

Newall.MIP: EmmaSchaffer. Coach: Shontay 

Simpson. 

Kiwi Sticks Boys 

RangioraRoguesMVP: Joel Pulley. MIP:Jamie 

Ryan.Coach: Di Te Awa. 

RangioraRamsMVP: Matt Corey. MIP: Michael 

Lewis. Coach:Marty Woods. 

Rangiora Raptors MVP: Rubin Carter(the Grant 

BatchelorJunior PlayerAward). MIP:Blake van 

der Werf. Coach: Giles Witt.RangioraRangers 

MVP: Joshua Pascoe.MIP:FynnDalton&Noah 

Miller. Coach: CraigPascoe. 

Kwik Sticks 11aside Girls 

Rangiora Rubys MVP: RosieMonesCazon. MIP: 

Lily Yardley.Coach:Albert Couperus. 

Rangiora RhinosMVP:Lily Cook. MIP: Brooke 

Neutze (theHazelCottamTrophy). Coach:Craig 

George. 

Rangiora Rascals MVP: TillyDoddand Emily 

Leech. MIP:Sophie Bell. Coach: Jan McDonald. 

Kwik Sticks11aside Boys 

Rangiora Renegades MVP:Shaun Cooper (the 

Green Family Trophy). MIP: DylanBall.Coach: 

GrantBatchelor. 

Kwik Sticks 7aside Boys 

Rangiora RampageMVP: Michael Hayes. MIP: 

MaxDaisley(theOliver Trophy for Primary 

Player). Coach:Max Buckley. 

Platinum 

Girls AMVP:Jessica Cooper.MIP: AmyHarrison 

(the WhatarauTrophy).Coach:PaulRobertson. 

GirlsBMVP:Keira Sewell &Derrin Smith (the 

Hurley Family Trophy). MIP: Anna Withers (the 

Hurley Family Award). Coach:NicolaLennon & 

ShaunRix. 

Boys AMVP:RhysSeverinsen (the Batchelor 

Trophy). MIP:Logan Benson (theJohnWhitham 

Memorial Cup).Coach: MattSmith. 

Boys BMVP:JacksonHill. MIP:Hugh Smith. 

Coach: DamianAllerby. 

Mid Week Competition 

Women:RangioraHurunui MIP:AnnaPonder. 

Manager:Lou MonesCazon. Men: Rangiora 

Allsorts MVP:Joe Taylor. Manager: Tony Kean. 

Division 2/3 

Women: MVP:SarahHinchley. MIP: Sharlene 

Bush.Coach: AngeCook. Men:MVP: Matt Johnson 

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Women:MVP:Hayley McKellow.Coach: Craig 

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Adam Hird(theHannah &McBrideFamily 

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North CanterburyNews 

PROPERTY 

AQuintessential Kiwiana Bach 

24 Park Terrace, Waikuku Beach 

Having a37yeartenure of fun and family holidays at this very popular North Canterbury beachit’stimetosay 

farewell to the fond memories and allow another chapter of what this wee cutie can offer the next new home 

owner. 

Over the years there has beensome modernisation,howeverany amount of future investment is sure toreward 

the new purchaser.Beingsold fully furnished, right down to the plates, cups, cutlery and bowls, all you’ll need 

to bring on your holidays are your togs, towels and something for the barbie! 

Agalley kitchen, three bedrooms, shower,vanity, separate toilet and asunny lounge with amodern log burner 

to keep you warm on those winter weekendretreats. Separatesinglegarage andamultipurpose shed. 

There is no turning back, thiswee bach willbeSOLD! Could you be the new owner? 

Auction 

Wednesday 25th September 

@4.00 pmonsite (unless sold prior) 

3 1 1 1 

Open home times: Thursday 4.00 -4.30pm 

and Sunday 1.00 -1.30pm 

Agent: 

Lisa Tippen 

027 454 5416 

0800 TO GET SOLD 0800 864 387 

lisa.tippen@harcourts.co.nz 

View online 

@harcourtsfourseasons.co.nz 

ID# RG8916 

Four Seasons Realty 2017 Ltd 

Licensed Agent REAA 2008 

Four SeasonsRealty 

2197142

Four SeasonsRealty 

Areyou lookingfor a 

rural lifestyle property? 

Spring Edition 2019 

The latest edition is out now! 

Foryour FREE copy phone 0800 789 1011 or view 

our facebook page Harcourts Rural Lifestyle. 

Rural |Lifestyle 

Your Country Partner 

0800 789 1011 fourseasons@harcourts.co.nz 

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Four Seasons Realty 2017 LtdLicensed Agent REAA 2008 

Your home forlocal property.

For Sale 

FINAL REMINDER 

Mandeville | 370 No 10 Road 

1.5 Hectares 

SpaceInMandeville. Expansive289m², four-bedroom two bathroom 

home with two generous living areasand designer kitchen with walk-in 

pantry, as well as excellentindoor/outdoorflow to the paved and 

sheltered barbecuearea. Master bedroom with walk-inwardrobe and en 

suite. Forthe engineer orcar enthusiast thereisasteel framedAmerican 

StyleBarn, with aroller door. The 3.7 acres of land comprises three 

paddocks of free draining,Darnley Shallow Silty Loam soil, which would 

be ideal for apony.Waterrace through theproperty in additiontothe 

2000litres/dayfromthe council scheme. | PropertyIDRX2025658 

Deadline Sale 

Closing 4pm, Wednesday 

18 September 2019 

(Unless sold prior) 

Inspection 

By appointment 

Contact 

Maurice Newell 027 240 1718 

HamishAnderson 027 678 8888 

Amberley | Courage Road 

1,893 m 2 –1,967m 2 

Commercial Sections. Don’t delay, act now –Selling Stage One 

Now –Titles available. For the lots awaiting title, the vendor will 

adjust section sizes to suit purchasers requirements. Stage 2and 

3tofollow –1,000m 2 to 3,000m 2 .15sections in total in aprime 

business location to service afast growing Amberley Township 

and alarge North Canterbury agricultural region. Adjacent to SH1, 

reticulated Council water, Council sewerage, three phase electricity 

and fibre-optic. Suit agri-business, retail storage, light industry, 

professional offices, medical facilities etc. | Property ID RX1689328 

Price 

By negotiation 

Inspection 

By appointment 

Contact 

Malcolm Garvan 027 231 4425 

Swannanoa 

1067 TwoChain Road 

4.01 Hectares 

Price 

$900,000 

Contact 

Hamish Anderson 027 678 8888 


Storage Options and Accommodation. Over 500m² of lockable sheds with concrete floors and 

166m² three room, insulated studio. Two4-bay barns, reliable well and good shelter. The Summerhill 

stone home has had quite amakeover, with double glazing, anew kitchen, renovated bathroom and 

extensive painting as well as new carpet. There isamodern log-burner, heat transfer system and 9m x 

9m attached garage. | Property ID RX1957774 

Sefton 

107 Harleston Road 

4.7 Hectares 

Price 

Offers over $1,200,000 

Contact 

HamishAnderson 027 6788888 


Extended Family Or Homestay. Energy efficient rammed earth home with seven bedrooms, in three 

separate living areas. The west wing has aWarmington open fire aswell as aRayburn with awetback 

and piping for under floor heating. The east wing has awood-burner, which also has awetback, with 

underfloor heating. Three bedroom flat with kitchenette above the four car garaging. Total-span shed, 

with toilet and shower. Separate 3-bay barn and cattle yards. | Property ID RX1710477 

Thinking of selling? 

We can help. 

Licensed under REAA 2008 

James Murray 

027 436 8103 

Jenny Rouse 

027 314 6119 

Hamish Anderson 

027 678 8888 

MalcolmGarvan 

027 231 4425 

Maurice Newell 

027 240 1718 

Alan Eastwick 

027 447 0007 

Russell Clifford 

027 434 3122 

Carol Thompson 

027 914 2341 

Katy Biggs 

022 068 7415 

Licensed under REAA 2008

We’re for 

local 

sport 

From Kaikoura, 

to Christchurch, 

to Ashburton, 

we have it 

covered

Situations Vacant 

CLASSIFIEDS 


Public Notices 

45 

CAFÉ AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 

POSITION 

Kaiapoi’s Rivertown Community Café and 

Rivertown OPtions shop is looking for amanager 

The successfulperson willbeable to: 

•Work 30 hours/week (flexible) 

•Beverycommunity minded 

•Embrace the Christianvalues of theP2P 

Trust and Cafe 

•Maintaingreat relationships with suppliers 

•Lead ateam of dynamic staff 

•Lead by experienceinall aspects of human 

resources 

•Lead by experienceinbusiness 

management 

•Have acurrent drivers licence 

Ifthis position interests youplease email: 

manager@p2pkaiapoi.org.nz foryour 

2204100-U applicationform. 

Pets 

DOGGY DAY CARE 

$15 per day 

Special conditions apply 

Snuggle Inn Boarding Kennels 

459 Fernside Road, Ph 03 313 1774 

BICHON HOMESTAY 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

Musical Instruments 

GUITAR and Ukulele 

tuition, Rangiora based, 

experienced tuition in folk, 

blues, rock, instrument 

setup and basic repairs. — 

Ph. Tim 0274895957. 

TOOLS, garden, garage, 

saw benches, lathes. Cash 

buyer. Phone 03 355 2045. 

DOWNSIZING? 

sale? Cash for estate china. 

Please telephone 313 1878 

or 027 350 3963 

CASH PAID for all types 

of scrap, farm machinery, 

old vehicles etc. Phone 

Wayne 027 749 9736, 03 

323 6610, Licenced Dealer. 

SERVICE MANAGER 

Connect Hurunui Inc. is anot-for-profit charity providing 

community support via their Community Connectors, 

Learning Exchange and TimeBank programmes to the 

communities of the Hurunui district. We are looking to 

appoint afully competent Service Manager to provide full 

financial and operational management of our service. This 

is anew paid role and it requires the followingexpertise: 

•20hours per week, building to 25 hours per 

week from July 2020 

•Staff management (seven part-time contractors 

on team) 

•Financial management (formal accountancy 

skills preferred) 

•New business development 

•Experience with not-for-profitorganisations 

•Experience with the social services and 

community development sector 

•Highly motivated and able to work autonomously 

•Reports to Chair of the Governance Team 

Applications close 5pm Friday 20 September 

Formore information please contact: 

Nicki Carter 

CHI Establishment Manager 

manager.connecthurunui@gmail.com 

2200793 

Wanted To Buy 

Personal 

Alone Is No Fun… 

Joinourmembersseeking 

companionship/love! 

Meet viaPersonal phone callsnot 

computer matchups 

25+years of matchmaking experience. 

City/Rural members of all ages (seniors 

welcome!) 

Call 0800 315 311 

to seewho is waiting to meet you! 

www.newbeginningsnetwork.co.nz 

Old wooden wool press 

wanted, any condition. 

Ph 027 297 7563. 

To Let 

AMBERLEY townhouse 

Garage 

for rent. Close to shops and 

Medical Centre. Sunny all 

day, 2 bedroom. Internal 

access double garage. As 

this is a standalone with 

four other units, best suited 

to someone semiretired. 

No animals or smoking. Ph 

027 957 8030. 

2202068 

CAR GROOMER 

YARD HAND 

Full time position 

Required for busy 

dealership. Must be 

reliable, hard working 

and conscientious. 

Afull clean drivers 

licence and agood sport 

mentality is essential. 

To apply send your CV to 

craig@stadiumcars.co.nz 

609 Lineside Rd, Rangiora 

Farm Vacancies 

COWMAN/Handyman/ 

Gardener. We require 

someone who is handy & 

interested in casual farm 

work, lawns, painting and 

general maintenance. We 

are on a coastal farm in 

Amberley. Good 4 bedroom 

house available. 

Would suit a semiretired 

couple/person. Please contact 

Stu &Jan Moir 03 314 

9665. 

Garage Sales 

RANGIORA 14 Martyn 

Street, Saturday 14th September, 

8.30am, household 

goods, old tools, Howard 

Rotary hoe. 

Gardening 

POLYTUNNEL portable 

18x5m will sell shorter 

length of 14m or 10m. For 

details ph 021 062 3835. 

GARDEN hedges cut to 

perfection. Tree & arbor 

work. Also spraying. Free 

quotes. Ph 03 312 0668 or 

021 111 4322. 

TIDY TREES and gardens. 

All tree pruning, 

felling, hedge trimming and 

general gardening. Telephone 

Daniel 027 373 7001 

tidytreesandgarden@gmail.com. 

LAWNMOWING, 

gardening, hedge trimming, 

section tidies, green waste 

removal. Call or text 

Megan 021 337 489. Pensioner 

quotes available. 

FRUIT TREE 

PRUNING 

Ph Michael 

022 321 2468 

or 03 313 2468 

For Sale 

TRACTOR BLADE, rear 

mountable, very good condition, 

$750. Phone 021 

129 4305. 

HONEY 4kg bucket 

cooking honey, $30 special. 

Available at Gracebrook, 

Amberley. Telephone 03 

314 7076. 

RECYCLED Designer 

Clothes Evening. Rangiora 

Baptist Church, 111 East 

Belt, Rangiora, Friday 20th 

September, 6pm 9pm. 

Prices from $5, cash only. 

Cars Wanted 

1913651 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CASH / CASH for any 

unwanted vehicles. Ph 03 

347 9354 or 027 476 2404. 


North CanterburyPoultry& 

Pigeon Club Incorporated 

AGM 

Monday 16 th September 

Secretary’s office, 

NorthernA&PGrounds 

Ashley Street, Rangiora 

8pm 

All welcome 

2204460 

PRIVATE PLAN CHANGE 3–MORFORD ESTATE 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 

Aprivate plan change request has been accepted to rezone approximately 12.97 ha of Rural zoned land at 88 

Argelins Road to Residential 1H and extend the Hanmer Springs Settlement boundary in the Hurunui District Plan, 

to include the site. 

The plan change request includes: 

THE ROTARY 

BOOK FAIR 

FRIDAY 4TH & 

SATURDAY 5TH 

OCTOBER 2019 

IF YOU HAVE BOOKS 

ETC TO DONATE WE CAN 

COLLECT THEM. 

PHONE 

RANGIORA BOROUGH 

SCHOOL HALL 

HELP US TO DO THIS AGAIN BY 

DONATING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, 

DVDS, CDS, PUZZLES, RECORDS. 

027 472 4439 

DROP BOXES ARE AVAILABLE 

AT: CALTEX RANGIORA 

RANGIORA NEW WORLD. 

Rangiora Charitable Trust 

• Up to 90 residential lots comprising of mostly 500 m 2 average lot sizes, with average 1000 m 2 lot sizes 

along the western boundary of the site. 

• Apreschool for up to 100 children. 

• Aretirement village with up to 8townhouses, 22 villas, 20serviced apartments and 20 care beds. 

• An open space area in the fault avoidance zone. 

An Outline Development Plan (extract shown below) will guide future development. 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

“The Key ofKnowledge ..“(Luke 11:52) 

THEREISNO 

SUPERNATURAL DEVIL 

What does the Bible teach about the devil, and 

how we can find joy in this world knowing that 

God triumphs over evil? 

All welcome to hear this talk on amisunderstood 

teaching. 

DVD presentation -Sunday 15th September,7.00pm 

Kaiapoi Community Centre, 

24 Sewell Street 

Forinformation ph. 03 352 5453 

www.bibletruthandprophecy.org 

Budgeting Services North Canterbury Inc. 

Notice of AGM 2019 

Tuesday 24th September at 7pm 

War Memorial Hall 

1Albert Street, Rangiora 

Please RSVP for catering purposes 

03 313 3505 

servicemanager@bsnc.org.nz 

2197306 

The proposed plan change documents including the full application and submission form are available at hurunui. 

govt.nz/report/consultations, the Hanmer Springs Community Library &Service Centre and the Council office in 

Amberley. 

Anyone is welcome to make asubmission on the proposal and submissions can be made by: 

• Submitting on the Hurunui District Plan ePlan –dp.hurunui.govt.nz/eplan/# 

• Submitting using the online form at hurunui.govt.nz/report/consultations 

• Emailing submission forms to submissions@hurunui.govt.nz 

• Posting submission forms to Hurunui District Council, PO Box 13, Amberley 7441 

Submissions close 5pm Monday 14th October 2019. 

After the submissions closing date, all submissions will be summarised. ASummary of Submissions will then be 

published and afurther submission process will then take place which allows submitters to support or oppose 

submissions made by other parties. All submissions and further submissions will be considered and ahearing will 

be held for anyone wishing to speak in support of their submission. The Hearings Panel will give adecision on the 

proposal and any submitter has aright to appeal the decision tothe Environment Court. 

For further information, contact Kelsey Ashworth on 03 314 0048 or kelsey.ashworth@hurunui.govt.nz 

2203756

CLASSIFIEDS, TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 


2164822 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ONE COMMUNITY TRUSTEE 

FOR THE KATE VALLEY LANDFILL COMMUNITY TRUST 

The Kate Valley Landfill Community Trust is seeking nominations for one community 

trusteefrom the Waipara Community Area. 

The principal task of this charitable Trust is to distribute funds provided byTranswaste 

Canterburyfor purposesthat are beneficial to people whoseprincipal place of residence 

is within the contributing area to the Waipara School (the Community Area). This 

includes funding community activities or facilities in any location that are capable of 

conferring such benefit. 

In the event of more than one nomination being received, apublic meeting will be held 

in the Waipara Memorial Hall on Monday, 18 November 2019. Voting willbeopen from 

6:30pm-7:30pm. Avote will take place to elect one trustee who will be appointed for 

aterm ofthree years. It will be arequirement of those wishing to vote to be present on 

the night of this election meeting and to sign aregisterstating their nameand address in 

order that eligibility to vote can be assessed.Noproxy/absentee votes will be accepted. 

The KateValleyLandfill CommunityTrust is made up of three Communitytrustees,one 

Amberley trustee and two Settlor’s trustees. 

Who Can Be Nominated? 

Any personover the age of 18 whose principalplace of residenceiswithin the Waipara 

Community Area identified on the plan in the Trust Deed. 

Who Can MakeaNomination? 

Any person over the age of 18 whoprincipalplace of residence is within the Community 

Area and whose name and address appears on the applicable current electoral roll. 

How Can aNominationBeMade? 

Writtennotice in the formof aletter of nomination is required. This must: 

•Contain the full nameand residential address of the personmakingthe nomination, 

and that person’s dateofbirth and signature. 

•Contain asigned statement of willingness to serve as atrustee from the person 

nominated, together with his/her fullname, dateofbirth and residentialaddress. 

•Be complete in all respects and be receivedby The Secretary,Kate Valley Landfill 

CommunityTrust, POBox 96, Amberley 7441 on or before the closingdate of 

Friday, 25October 2019. 

More Information 

Enquiries can be directed to SecretaryKVLCT@gmail.com 

Official complaints must be madetothe Secretarynolaterthan 5days after the election 

resultsannounced. 

Acopy of the Kate Valley Landfill CommunityTrust Deed can be requested by phoning 

0800 TRANSWASTE(872 679). 

2198184 

AmberleyLions would like to thank 

the following fortheir support in 

ourrecent Rock nWheelsmeet: 

North CanterburyNews 

Arthur BurkeLtd 

AmberleyFruit &Veg 

CompassFM 

Railway Hotel Pool team 

Repco 

KevinDouglas 

and everyone whohelped 

contributetoaverysuccessful day. 

Builder 

Recovering the Past 

Discovering the Future 

Give Malcolm acall, you’ll be glad 

you did 

Ph. 021 809 108 

or 03 312 8880 (AH) 

Specialists in 

Earthquake 

damage assessing 

&full repairs 

Residential 

Construction 

Taking the stress out of any project 

We’re locals providing atrusted, 

quality service to North Canterbury 

2204275-12/9-b 

2070788 


Trade&Services 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

AFFORDABLE concrete 

cutting with quality and 

removal work. Free quotes. 

No job too small. Ph 027 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 

or A/H 03 359 4605. 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BRICK &Blocklayer. All 

types of work undertaken. 

New, EQC, repairs, LBP. 

Phone Hamish 313 5678 or 

027 238 6003. 

Automotive &Recovery 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

Eftpos available Mon –Fri 8am –5pm, Sat 9am –1pm 

Butchery 

Oxford Butchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill &processyourstock 

Four Generations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

1680439 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

RotaryClub of Rangiora 

Charitable Trust 

ALEXMURRAY 

EDUCATION AWARD 2019 

The Rotary Club ofRangiora awards agrant each 

year inmemory of aformer member, Alex Murray, 

to assist ayoung person about to leave school to 

undertake further training at an education centre, 

polytechnic or university. 

The grant, to avalue of$5000, will be awarded to a 

youngpersonlivingineithertheWaimakaririorHurunui 

Districts. Thegrant is to assistwithcourse costs and/ 

or study materials (excluding accommodation costs) 

over the first two years oftertiary study. Uptohalf of 

the grant wouldbeavailablefor the first year of study. 

We are calling for applications for this grant for study 

to be commencedin2020. 

The application form may be obtained by emailing 

ayers.david@xtra.co.nz. 

Applications will close on Thursday 3 rd October 

2019. 

CARPENTER / Painter 

specialising in alterations & 

renovations, repairs & 

maintenance, 35 plus years, 

experienced licenced 

builder. Telephone Trevor 

313 5013 or 027 431 1864. 

DRESSMAKING Bev’s 

Sew Good Services, still 

open for all your alterations, 

repairs, dressmaking, 

curtains. Phone 

327 5535. (Formerly from 

Tamara’s). 

CHIMNEY 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation of soot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured & 

guranteed. From $70 single 

story. 0800SWEEPME or 

021 0277 1927. 

SHEEP SHEARING 

mobile. Fast, friendly, professional 

service. 25 years 

exp. Shearing, drenching, 

hoof trimming etc. Call 

Shaun 021 204 1274. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote. Please ph Steve 03 

314 4045 or 027 477 1930. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 30 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 31A Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

Poultry 

BANTAMS rare breed silver 

Sebright, breeding trio 

$100. Ph 021 062 3835. 

Trade &Services 

2201818 

SHEARER Mobile sheep 

shearer available for lifestyle 

blocks. Over 30 years 

experience. Phone Stuart 

027 315 6916. 

ROOFER. All roof repairs, 

roof painting, waterblasting, 

moss treatment, 

repointing, gutter cleans & 

snow straps. And more. 

Free quotes. Ph Nathan 

0275 166 609. 

LAWNMOWING Phone 

SWEEPS! 

Stu 027 315 6916. 

PLASTIC WELDING 

North Canterbury specialist. 

All plastic &fibreglass 

repairs. Telephone James 

021 180 5103. 

BUILDER / Joiner, 

licensed. Available for all 

your repairs, maintenance 

& additions. For a free 

quote. Please phone Keith 

021 127 7202. 

AFFORDABLE house 

painting, exterior /interior. 

Free quotes. Phone Mike 

027 444 8577. 

YOU 

COULD 

BE 

HERE 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

NORTH CANTERBURY 

Tree Care. Qualified 

Arborist specialising in big 

trees in small places, long 

term tree plans, Riparian & 

shelter planting, land clearing, 

stump grinding, branch 

chipping, fully insured, free 

quotes. Ph 0800 873 336. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

Semi retired painter. Small 

jobs. Ph Peter 03 312 7945 

or 027 693 8360. 

PROPERTY maintenance, 

lawns, hedges, chainsaw 

work, pruning, painting & 

minor home alterations. 

Town &Country. Ph Mike 

03 313 0261. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

Removal and RRR skips. 

Wheelie bins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

9cube. Skips and wheelie 

bins for any use, rubbish, 

greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

skips 021 313 255. 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

For all your printing 

requirements. Tshirts, 

Hoodies, HiVis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email 

heather.norstar@gmail.com. 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. Trailer, generator 

&mobile handpiece 

available. Experienced, 

reliable and honest. Ph 03 

312 1214 or 021 267 4025. 

SHOE REPAIRS, key cutting, 

engraving, giftware. 

10 years experience. 

BESK, 683 Main North 

Road, Belfast. Telephone 

027 311 3423. 

VALUATION 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

Builder 

LOCAL 

BUILDERS 

Ring Mark 

027 229 7310 

for afree quote 

www.longsilver 

construction.com 

•Licensed Building 

Practitioner 

•Registered 

Master 

Builder 

1233373 

Trade &Services 

North Canterbury Based 

All your Brickwork/ k/Blockwork Needs 

• New Build • Alterations • EQC Repairs 

• Garden Walls • Pillars • Letter Boxes 

• Paving • LBP Registered • Free Quotes 

Call Peter 027 306 1612 

labrickworkltd7@gmail.com 2193867 

PAINTERS 

Reg Tradesman 

Interior,exterior. 

North Canterbury Painters 

specialising in decorating for 

over 65 at adiscount rate. 

Free quotes. 

Covering Nth Canty,Oxford, 

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley. 

Robin Driver 03 327 7899 

or 027 432 3520 1859949 

LANDSCAPES 

Paving 

Patio &Pathways 

-New or Existing 

Free Quotes 

–Competitive Pricing 

Blair Gibson 

027 699 5815 03 313 7933 

Roof Painting 

Moss Spraying 

Ph Peter 

313 0022 

allroofs.co.nz 

2202007 

Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

Builder 

Cleaning 

M.L.CDomestic 

Cleaning &Handyman 

Got no time for house work and 

the odd jobs? Let us help you out! 

FREE 

QUOTE 

2130820 

SUMMERFIELD 

FENCING 

IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

2091848 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

Under New Management 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

Contact: Martin or Leah 

PH 021 0221 1790 

2152265 

Delta Electrical 

Working and Living in 


Commercial |Residential 

Alarms |Home Theatre 

General Maintenance 

Ph 03 322 9931 

deltaelectricalnz@gmail.com 

2203241 

Lilybrook Decorators 

Paint &Wallpapering 

Free Quotes. 

Ph Gordon 313 3309 

or 027 430 2938 

2172996 

2202488

TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 


47 

DENTURE CLINIC 

RANGIORA 

DENTURE CLINIC 

Garry WMechen 

Registered Clinical Dental Techncian 

Phone (03) 313-9192 

Computer Repairs 

CompuCare 

Bruce Evans 

131 OhokaRoad 

Kaiapoi 

p. 03 3273111 

m. 021293 6331 

COMPUTER 

REPAIRS 

Repairs &Upgrades 

Virus &Malware Removal 

Checkup to IncreaseSpeed 

Home&Business Onsite Visits 

Prompt Professional Service 

“If it’sbroke, let’s fixit” 

ncn1233407aa 

Concrete 

ALL CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK 

•Driveways, patios &paths •Bridges and Culverts 

•Retaining walls &landscaping 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds •Swimming pools &ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

Daryl Power 027 230 9401 

email concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

2047298 

Curtains 

SERVICING NORTH CANTERBURY 

• All window treatments 

• Agents for Ikon appliances 

• Free measure &quote 

•Ziptrak ® outdoor blind 

system 

LynneHastie • 158MtFyffe Rd, Kaikoura 

P: 03 319 6769 or 027 777 5430 

Locally owned &operated 

2203969 

38a Ashley Street, Rangiora 

NEW N W DENTURES D ES 

*RELINE* *REPAIRS 

* I S 

HOURS 

8.30am -12noon 

- Monday to Friday 

FREE E 

CONSULTATION O 

AND ADVICE 

A V C 

For a/h repairs 

phone (03) 310-3044 

Electrician 

Carpet Binding 

CARPET 

BINDING 

Carpet 

squares & 

rugs at 

factoryprices 

Drainlayer 

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FOR MAYOR 

We need an enthusiastic leader who knows our district. I’m committed to 

Waimakariri and have 15 years of Council experience. Ipossess an indepth 

understanding of current issues, along with strong Council working 

relationships which ensures asmooth transition to anew mayor. 

Waimakariri’s population could reach 

75,000 within 10 years. An estimated 

25 percent population increase 

requires experienced leadership. 

We must plan for growth, hold costs 

and minimise rate rises. 

In addition to my Council role, Ienjoy working with communities including 

Rangiora Promotions, patron North Canterbury Musical Society, Chair 

Friends of Rangiora Town Hall and Chair Kaiapoi Art Expo. 

Iwant to create closer connections between community and Council, 

and if elected mayor, I’ll hold regular drop-in sessions for residents 

to share their views. 

My experience, energy, approachable nature and 

commitment to community organisations, combined 

with long-term Council experience, makes me 

“the best choice for mayor”. 

Authorised by: Dan Gordon, 578 Carrs Road, Loburn 

03 3103156 / 021906 437 dan@dangordon.co.nz DanGordon.co.nz

Out and about in Waimakariri 

Laying awreath onAnzac Day with fellow 

councillors in Kaiapoi. 

Tackling Waimakariri’s traffic congestion. 

Supporting the campaign for after-hours 

healthcare services. 

I’m proud ofworking with the community torestore the West Eyreton 

War Memorial Arch. 

At Oxford Art Gallery with co-founder Brent Firkin. 

Responsive to residents’ concerns. 

Authorised by: Dan Gordon, 578 Carrs Road, Loburn 

Opening the new Rangiora Eye Care Building. 

At the opening the Kaiapoi Art Expo as chair 

of the event. 

03 3103156 / 021906 437 dan@dangordon.co.nz DanGordon.co.nz

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Today weare amulti-award winning build team 

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