Selwyn Times: October 02, 2019

18 Wednesday October 2 2019
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LANDMARK: The Dunsandel Hotel on Railway Tce around
1900.
Improved roading led to
demise of railway services
•From page 17
The railway also played a
part in the education of local
children.
Free railway passes were
provided to rural children to
allow them to attend secondary
school.
Although a primary school
had been established in
Dunsandel as early as 1879,
prior to the 1920s few children
went on to secondary school
and those few who did from
the township daily had to travel
on the train to Ashburton, and
later to Christchurch.
It was not until the 1950s
that a school bus system was
provided so that the children
could then attend Lincoln High
School.
Improved roading and the
affordability of private cars
led to the demise of local
passenger rail services to
Dunsandel in the late 20thcentury.
This led to the closure of the
railway station in 1973 and its
demolition several years later.
In spite of this, Dunsandel’s
future remains secure in still
providing much-needed local
services for the agricultural
sector.
Fruit trees project a success
FOR FIVE years the Lincoln
Envirotown Trust and local
businessman Alan Peacock have
planted 10 fruit trees each year in
every school in the district.
The trees into schools programme
first began in 2015 and is
now coming to an end.
Mr Peacock, who owns Independent
Signs, first voiced the
idea during a visit with a responsible
business co-ordinator from
the trust.
He then got together a group
of businesses that were willing to
sponsor the initiative.
Envirotown trust project
manager Dave Fitzjohn said he is
pleased with how the programme
has gone.
“It was Alan’s dream to bring in
the fruit for school kids in Selwyn
and it was great for us to be
involved because it was a project
that was sustainable and benefited
the community,” he said.
Around 200 trees were planted
each year since the start of the
programme.
“There’s around 1000 fruit trees
in the grounds of schools that
weren’t there five years ago so we
think that’s pretty awesome.”
Recently Weedons School pupil
Sharria Rangihuna revisited the
tree she helped to plant that first
kicked off the trees into schools
programme.
Mr Fitzjohn said an important
SUCCESS: Weedons School pupil Sharria Rangihuna at the
planting of the first tree with former Deputy Mayor Sarah
Walters and Alan Peacock. (Below) – Sharria and Mr Peacock
with that tree five years later. ​
partner in the project was Aaron
Bartlett whose company The Outdoor
Space undertook to deliver
the trees and advise the students
on their planting.
“The students also got to play
a significant role in determining
the placing, planting and use of
the fruit in years to come.
“Most of the primary schools
in the district have benefited
from the initiative including new
schools that came into existence
after it all started.”
Lincoln Envirotown would
like to thank the businesses that
helped make the programme
possible, Mr Fitzjohn said.
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