Ashburton Courier: September 19, 2019

Page 4, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 19 September 2019
Water proposals get immediate attention of rural sector
You can be certain when
the Government mentions
water, and rules, it
will get the attention of
the rural sector.
The measures proposed
for Essential
Freshwater ­ yes, these
are still proposals ­drew
an almost instant
response from Federated
Farmers and other rural
bodies.
They said, and we
paraphrase, that the
measures, if implemented,
could impact on
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farming (and livelihoods)
in abig way.
They would, without
doubt.
If the new rules mean a
farming business has to
be modified, it will almost
certainly lose income.
That means you lose
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All proceeds from the
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8pm until midnight,will go
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The dance night has a
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and will feature dance
tunes from the 1970’s
onwards.
Tickets cost $15, which
covers entry, supper and a
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There are also spot prizes
and prizes for the best
costumes.
Some door sales are available,but
for catering purposes,
pre sales are preferred.
Contact Sam on 027 504
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say, converting to dairying
or more irrigation,
are made on the basis of
projected income.
Those projections, if
debt were necessary,
would be approved (or
not) by abank.
If afarmer, say, has to
reduce stocking or retire
paddocks, the bottom
line is hit.
That could have dire
consequences individually,
and for the district
and, by extrapolation, the
nation.
Federated Farmers has
called the aims unachievable.
No farmer we have met
wants pollution. No farmer
wants dirty streams.
Farmers have gone to
extraordinary lengths to
do all they can to reduce
any harm their operation
might do to the environment.
Everyone wants the
same outcome ­ clean
water and a healthy
environment.
Hundreds of farmers
went tothe first of many
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farming inside out.
They know about
water and efficiency, too.
Any rule changes have
to be realistic, the carrot
being better than the
stick.
The full measure of
feelings on this issue will
probably not be known
until all the submissions
are in and addressed ­
and six weeks was a
preposterously short consultationperiod
for avery
tough subject ­the Government
has now said
submissions will be
accepted up to two weeks
after the original October
17 deadline. That will
help, but not much.
If farmer concerns
have been addressed and
workable proposals put
forward, rural concerns
may ease.
Farmers are scrambling
to try to understand
the implications.
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Erosion, water, hot fair topics
By Greta Yeoman
Erosion, water quality
and sustainability were
hot topics at this year’s
Sanford Science and
Technology Fair, committee
member Derek Vogel
says.
More than 250 exhibits
by Year 7­9 pupils were
entered in the Aoraki
science competition,
which was held at Caroline
Bay Hall, Timaru,
last week.
Winners had received
more than $10,000 in
prizes and prize money,
he said.
Mr Vogel said there
had been more erosionrelated
projects this year,
which reflected the
ongoing issues at Patiti
Point and other areas of
South Canterbury.
‘‘A lot of the projects
have been unique to Timaru.’’
‘‘[They are topics] that
have been in the news.’’
Erosion was the topic of
choice for overall third
placegetter Madeline
Page, from Ashburton
Borough School.
The 11­year­old Year 7
pupil, whose project was
about the best native
plants toslow down erosion,
had entered the
competition for the first
time, placing third and
also getting agold award.
She was also awarded
the Irricon Resource
Solutions Junior Gold
award for the Best
Creativity and Resourcefulness
category, along
with being Highly Commended
in an Environment
Canterbury award
category.
Maddie had chosen to
focusonplants becauseit
was topic she was familiar
with.
‘‘I really like them,’’
she said of native plants.
First place winner
Daniel Poulter, from
Gleniti School, had
focused on bees and ways
to get them to land on
non­pesticide­sprayed
plants, while second
place duo Olivia Chapman
and Elle Fraser from
Geraldine High School
looked at the best design
for a bat­roosting nest
box.
Daniel Poulter’s project
had also won him an
overall Gold award, as
well as the Andrew Falloon
MP Technology Junior
Award, one of two
Barkers awards for the
Best Use of Food Material
and asilver award in
the Irricon Resource
Solutions Junior Best
Creativity and Resourcefulness
category.
The Geraldine High
School duo Olivia Chapman
and Elle Fraser’s bat
box project had also
scored them an overall
gold award, as well as the
Senior Andrew Falloon
MP Technology Award.
Mr Vogel said there
had been more entries
this year than the last,
however, this was likely
because many schools
entered on a two­yearly
basis.
Photos: Ashburton
Borough School pupils
Top: Charlotte Lennon
(left) and Rebekah
Clarke (12) looked at
crystals and their electricity
abilities for the
Sanford Science and
Technology Fair and,
above, Ashburton
Borough’s Madeline Page
(11) looked at erosion for
her entry into the science
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