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Yacht comes ashore to lure<br />
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By Toni Williams<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Sailing Clubmembers<br />
are keen to passontheir loveofthe<br />
water to the nextgeneration of<br />
yachties.<br />
Theywill be startingtheirlearntosailprogramme<br />
at Lake Hood<br />
from<strong>October</strong> 13,and tooktothe<br />
Mitre 10 Mega car parkcomplexat<br />
the weekendtopromote it.<br />
Members hadabeginner’s<br />
Optimistyachtand, the next level,<br />
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ClubmembersSelwyn Sloan,<br />
Chris Thompson,Chris Lovelock<br />
and Geoff Swancollectively have<br />
morethan80years boating<br />
experience they arekeen to shareand<br />
they’re just ahandful of the30<br />
peopleaffiliated withthe club.<br />
The programme, for people aged<br />
fromseven through to adult,runs<br />
for twohours every Sunday from<br />
11amatLake Hood.<br />
It operates during the school<br />
terms one andfour.<br />
Model boat enthusiasts,also<br />
members of thesailingclub,take<br />
their impressiveboatstothe water<br />
after the sailingprogramme. Some<br />
of these modelsare up to onemetre<br />
long.<br />
It’sjust achancetoget kids,and<br />
anyone who’s interested, on the<br />
water, says Mr Thompson.<br />
The boats and life jackets are<br />
supplied, and thefirstsession is<br />
free.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Sailing Club members Selwyn Sloan, Chris Thompson, Chris Lovelock and Geoff Swan have,<br />
collectively, more than 80 years boating experience they are keen to share.<br />
After thefirst onethere is a$5<br />
per session cost.<br />
Beginnersstartwith the solidly<br />
built, andstable,Optimistyacht (an<br />
internationallyknownmodel),<br />
before progressingtothe New<br />
Zealandclass Piccolo.<br />
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for sailing maystart in an Optimist<br />
on LakeHood,but canextend to<br />
representing NewZealandin<br />
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<strong>October</strong>13from 11am.<br />
Memorial<br />
Lake Hood<br />
bike ride<br />
for Skinner<br />
Friends of Paul Skinner, who died<br />
unexpectedly last month, are organising<br />
a Memorial Bike Ride to<br />
celebrate hislife and raise money for<br />
his son, Jacob’s, future endeavours.<br />
The ride, on November 23 from<br />
10.30am, costs $10 per rider and will<br />
take the track from <strong>Ashburton</strong> to<br />
Lake Hood.<br />
It will start at the skillspark beside<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Contracting Limited (on<br />
Dobson Street West) and follow the<br />
river track tothe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Bridge,<br />
before taking the track to Lake<br />
Hood.<br />
It will be followed by a get<br />
together and BBQ at Lake Hood.<br />
Organisers give the option to meet<br />
at the skills park for aleisurely cruise<br />
to the lake, or to meet at the south<br />
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the youngerones who want ashorter<br />
ride to join in at Boundary Road<br />
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‘‘We suggest $10 donation per<br />
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Young tackle the big issues<br />
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Youth from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College got to voice their<br />
concerns and ideas about<br />
tackling some global, and<br />
national, issues during a<br />
Champions of Change<br />
pilot programme at the<br />
school.<br />
Plastics, pollution,<br />
transport, gas emissions<br />
and toxins such as 1080<br />
were raised as causes for<br />
concern by the 15<br />
students, aged Year 9<br />
through to Year 13, who<br />
chose to attend.<br />
They considered the<br />
protection of trees, flora<br />
and fauna, water and<br />
rivers as high on the<br />
needtodobetter list.<br />
The programme, led<br />
by Kanuka Mid Canterbury<br />
Regeneration Trust<br />
community connector<br />
Angela Cushnie, got the<br />
students brainstorming<br />
over, not just environmental<br />
issues, but those<br />
involving people too.<br />
They considered the<br />
concept of change, talked<br />
about the importance of<br />
sustainability with afocus<br />
on Mid Canterbury.<br />
‘‘This is apilot project,<br />
Letters to the editor<br />
The Cancer Society are<br />
once again overwhelmed<br />
by the generosity of the<br />
Mid Canterbury community<br />
with over $20,000 donated<br />
on Daffodil Day and<br />
more than $6,000 raised<br />
thanks to the support of<br />
community groups,<br />
schools, preschools and<br />
rest homes fundraising.<br />
Thank you also to our<br />
principal sponsor ANZ for<br />
supporting the work we do<br />
year after year. We truly<br />
appreciate the support of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> staff who fundraise<br />
on our behalf and are<br />
so grateful for the $22,000<br />
raised at their annual Daffodil<br />
Day Quiz.<br />
A growing number of<br />
New Zealanders are reliant<br />
on the support services<br />
provided free by the Cancer<br />
Society.Arecent survey<br />
by the Cancer Society<br />
ahead of Daffodil Day<br />
found that well over athird<br />
of respondents, who had<br />
cancer or had supported a<br />
loved one through cancer,<br />
rely heavily on accommodation<br />
and transport<br />
services to attend treatment.<br />
A similar number<br />
also said that these and<br />
other services may have<br />
been out of reach if they<br />
had not been available for<br />
free through the Cancer<br />
afirst for the region but<br />
just the beginning in<br />
terms of inspiring youth<br />
to champion cultural,<br />
economic, social and<br />
environment sustainability,’’<br />
Mrs Cushnie said.<br />
‘‘Today was the start of<br />
Society.<br />
By donating money on<br />
Daffodil Day you are helping<br />
your local community<br />
access the support they<br />
need when faced with a<br />
cancer diagnosis. For<br />
example:<br />
Today across New Zealand,<br />
CancerSociety volunteers<br />
will drive around 2800<br />
kilometres getting people<br />
to and from theirtreatment<br />
appointments.<br />
Tonight, the Cancer<br />
Society will provide accommodation<br />
for 130 people at<br />
the five lodges itoperates<br />
close to major hospitals.<br />
Inthe past year specialist<br />
nurses have been able to<br />
answer more than 8000<br />
information line calls and<br />
spent more than 5,400<br />
hours providing information<br />
and support.<br />
Each day, the care<br />
team have met facetoface<br />
with 45 people who are<br />
dealing with acancer diagnosis;<br />
and they will call, text<br />
or email nearly 300 others.<br />
Many more Kiwis facing<br />
cancer will meet with cancer<br />
nurses, counsellors and<br />
other specialists, attend<br />
support groups and workshops,<br />
and even exercise<br />
and relaxation classes.<br />
None of this would be<br />
possible without the generous<br />
support of New Zealand<br />
donors and volunteers,<br />
particularly as the<br />
Cancer Society receives no<br />
direct Government funding.<br />
[Abridged]<br />
Mid Canterbury Centre<br />
Cancer Society of New<br />
Zealand<br />
Not democracy<br />
Aotearoa, the land of the<br />
long white cloud.Acountry<br />
of differing nationalities<br />
and cultures, striving to do<br />
their bit to help make New<br />
Zealand awonderful country<br />
to live in.<br />
It is despicable under<br />
this MMP system we have a<br />
portion of portfolios MPs<br />
who hold ministerial portfolios<br />
unelected by the<br />
population at large.<br />
This is not democracy.<br />
Up until two years ago<br />
this country, even under<br />
Helen Clark’s leadership,<br />
was anation to be proud of.<br />
What has happened now<br />
is a divided nation of<br />
hatred and distrust<br />
between town and country.<br />
A Leftwing coalition<br />
Government determined<br />
to destroy the very fabric of<br />
society as we have known it<br />
for the last 100 years.<br />
Farming contributes<br />
60% of GDP and provides<br />
a living for many people<br />
NEWSEASON OUTDOOR<br />
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aconversation about sustainability<br />
and change.<br />
We discussed what we<br />
were proud of in our<br />
region, what change we<br />
would like to see, our<br />
individual environmental<br />
footprint, litter, transportation,<br />
energy, water,<br />
biodiversity, erosion,<br />
emissions, flora and<br />
fauna, plastics, pollution,<br />
trees, predator free 2050,<br />
upcycling, and good old<br />
fashion reduce/reuse/<br />
recycle strategies.’’<br />
The Kanuka Trust,<br />
through supporting<br />
schools such as the college,<br />
hoped to build, and<br />
strengthen, the link<br />
between young people,<br />
their community and the<br />
region.<br />
The programme was<br />
sponsored by the Kanuka<br />
Trust and the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Licensing Trust.<br />
Photo: Mao Nishioka,<br />
Janelle Galos, Paulina<br />
Cuadrado and Chrissea<br />
Cheesman got to voice<br />
their thoughts on some<br />
global issues during the<br />
pilot Champions of<br />
Change programme.<br />
employed in service industries,<br />
supporting small towns<br />
up and down the country.<br />
Lange claimed farming<br />
was asunset industryinthe<br />
1980s. How wrong hewas<br />
and now we have Leftwingers<br />
trashing the<br />
industry again.<br />
The callousness oftheir<br />
actions is having farreaching<br />
effects on the<br />
morale and wellbeing of<br />
hard working farmers and<br />
their families.<br />
People who spend their<br />
livelihoods in the farming<br />
industry doit not only for<br />
the lifestyle but also to<br />
ensure their properties<br />
have been nurtured and the<br />
soil and environment is left<br />
in very good condition for<br />
future generations.<br />
The rhetoric ofpolitical<br />
overtones on climate<br />
change, attacking farmers<br />
and adeliberate intention<br />
to destroy farming as we<br />
know it defies imagination.<br />
41,000 years ago this<br />
planet went through awarming<br />
era. It is cyclical. The<br />
axis of the planet has<br />
shifted 2degrees from 22<br />
to 24.<br />
That in itself can create<br />
mayhem with the world’s<br />
weather more turbulence<br />
and unpredictable weather.<br />
There is never any mention<br />
of sunspot activity<br />
which can also have a<br />
dramatic effect on the<br />
weather.<br />
Abigger threat to this<br />
planet is overpopulation<br />
and nuclear war.<br />
[Abridged Ed]<br />
Allan Andrews,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Appreciated<br />
On behalf of the<br />
Hekeao Hinds Water<br />
Enhancement Trust, I<br />
would like to thank the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
for its ongoing support<br />
of the Managed Aquifer<br />
Recharge project, including<br />
the recent decision to<br />
provide grant funding for<br />
the ongoing MAR pilot<br />
trial.<br />
The Government’s<br />
draft Freshwater proposals<br />
have highlighted<br />
the importance of community<br />
projects such as<br />
MAR to improve water<br />
quality for the benefit of<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District.<br />
This project has<br />
enjoyed considerable support<br />
from the wider <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
community to date<br />
and Iwould hope for this<br />
to continue.<br />
Peter Lowe<br />
Hekeao/Hinds Water<br />
Enhancement Trust<br />
174 Burnett St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone 308 5269 www.redmonds.co.nz<br />
2210698
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Brewer Todd in with shout<br />
Amateur brewer Todd<br />
Grieve was among the<br />
flurry of people getting<br />
their entries in for the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P Show<br />
competitions last week.<br />
Friday was the final<br />
day for general and<br />
equestrian entries and, as<br />
usual, the showgrounds<br />
was ahive of activity as<br />
peopledropped in to sign<br />
up for the November 1<br />
and 2event.<br />
The showjumping<br />
event entries close on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 17.<br />
Todd, has been brewing<br />
for the past three<br />
years,and was reasonably<br />
confident ofawin with at<br />
least one of his drops. He<br />
has entered his ale, lager<br />
and stout homebrewed<br />
beers in the Home<br />
Industries Pavilion competitions.<br />
He has won atitle at<br />
the show in the past and<br />
was keen to win again.<br />
He says having the<br />
accolade was not only a<br />
great talking point to<br />
have in his home bar but<br />
it gave him bragging<br />
rights over his mates.<br />
A&P Show secretary<br />
Lucille Brown said, as of<br />
midFriday afternoon,<br />
entry numbers were<br />
down, especially from<br />
entries in the Highland<br />
Dancing due to another<br />
eventbeingscheduled for<br />
the same day, but she<br />
expected some last minute<br />
online entries to<br />
come through from other<br />
quarters.<br />
This year will be the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P Show’s<br />
142nd annual event and<br />
its theme is Seeds of Mid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Photo: Amateur<br />
brewer Todd Grievesigns<br />
up for the brewing competition<br />
at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
A&P Show with A&P<br />
Show secretary Lucille<br />
Brown.<br />
Gallery stalwart Anne recognised for dedication, support<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery<br />
stalwart Anne Carr has<br />
been recognised for her<br />
dedication and support<br />
for the facility with an<br />
honorary life membership.<br />
The honour was<br />
bestowed on her at the<br />
recent 35thgalleryannual<br />
general meeting.<br />
Mrs Carr joined the<br />
gallerycommittee in June<br />
1996when thegallerywas<br />
in its infancy.<br />
At that time, there was<br />
one full time staff member<br />
and the committee<br />
did much ofthe daytoday<br />
work of running the<br />
gallery.<br />
Volunteers like Mrs<br />
Carr helped hang exhibition<br />
works, painted<br />
walls, manned the front<br />
desk and did a host of<br />
other jobs needed torun<br />
apublic art gallery.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> art Gallery<br />
committee vicepresident<br />
Fleur Tompsett said Mrs<br />
Carr hadbeenverygenerous<br />
with her time, had a<br />
sense of fun and was<br />
skilled at running events.<br />
She had offered<br />
‘‘wholehearted support of<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery<br />
throughout her 23<br />
year association’’.<br />
‘‘Without people like<br />
Anne serving sotirelessly<br />
oversuch along period of<br />
time, places like the art<br />
gallery would not exist.,’’<br />
said Mrs Tompsett.<br />
In recent years Anne<br />
Carrhas been the regular<br />
face at the gallery on<br />
Fridays, welcoming visitors<br />
and supporting staff<br />
with administrative<br />
duties.<br />
She is moving to<br />
Christchurchand willend<br />
her long volunteering<br />
stint with the gallery.<br />
Mrs Carr was presented<br />
with agift of art<br />
and a certificate and<br />
received astanding ovation<br />
from gallery supporters<br />
at the announcementofher<br />
honorarylife<br />
membership.<br />
Photo: Departing gallery<br />
stalwart Anne Carr<br />
with art gallery committee<br />
vicepresident Fleur<br />
Tompsett.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> rates<br />
fourth lowest<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council rates are the fourth<br />
lowest in the country,<br />
according to the latest<br />
report from New Zealand<br />
Taxpayers’ Union.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s average<br />
residential rate for 2017/18<br />
year was $1850, compared<br />
to the national average of<br />
$2368.<br />
The districts below <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on the rates table<br />
were Grey ($1846), Mackenzie<br />
($1796) and Southland<br />
($1737).<br />
Timaru was 11th cheapest<br />
with $2062, while Auckland<br />
topped the rates table<br />
on $3387. No figures were<br />
supplied for Buller and<br />
Waikato district.<br />
The Taxpayers’ Union<br />
report shows <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District with apopulation<br />
of 34,500 and 15,241 ratepayers<br />
and covering an area<br />
of 6183 square kilometres.<br />
The total operating<br />
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Debt liabilities per<br />
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the 2017/18 period was<br />
$3847, compared to<br />
$25,402 in Christchurch<br />
City.<br />
Some 38 of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
council’s staff of 308 earned<br />
more than $100,000, with<br />
the chief executive taking<br />
home asalary of $315,000.<br />
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Trust makes bold start with medical centre<br />
A new charitable trust<br />
has been formed for<br />
Geraldine, and it<br />
deserves all the support<br />
it can get.<br />
The success of<br />
Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong> is<br />
well known.<br />
Indeed, it is a model<br />
for others to follow.<br />
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Money is given or<br />
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<strong>Courier</strong> comment<br />
The list of successes<br />
for Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
is too long to mention<br />
here, but they are many<br />
and varied.<br />
The Geraldine District<br />
Foundation, inthe process<br />
of becoming aregistered<br />
charity, has started<br />
with awinning project <br />
buying (with the help of<br />
the Geraldine Licensing<br />
trust, and the club itself)<br />
the former Town and<br />
Country Club building<br />
on the edge of town.<br />
It is abig building with<br />
plenty of parking.<br />
The foundation will<br />
work with a project<br />
manager to turn the big<br />
building into adedicated<br />
communityowned medical<br />
centre; a onestop<br />
medical shop.<br />
If it wanted aproject<br />
with which to catch the<br />
public’s attention, it<br />
need not look further.<br />
Practitioners, the<br />
foundation says, have<br />
already indicated interest.<br />
Good.<br />
Provincial New Zealand<br />
has had trouble<br />
attractingand keeping <br />
medical personnel, and<br />
Geraldine has been no<br />
exception, though it is<br />
reasonably well served at<br />
the moment.<br />
But there is a public<br />
appetite for medical centres,<br />
where you can see a<br />
doctor or, say, aphysio,<br />
in the same building.<br />
The licensing trust<br />
National award for Rosa<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Community stalwart Rosa<br />
Bennett, who is nearing<br />
90, is the humble recipient<br />
of an honorary Age<br />
ConcernNew Zealand’s<br />
DignityChampionaward,<br />
and it took her by<br />
surprise.<br />
It was recognition for<br />
all the valuable workshe<br />
does ‘‘championing the<br />
rights of older peopleby<br />
helping combat loneliness<br />
and helpbuilding strong<br />
social connections’’.<br />
The award, presented<br />
by Age Concern<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> patron<br />
Jeanette Storrier at the<br />
weekly 50 Plus meeting<br />
Rosa organises, is a<br />
national award, givento<br />
one deservingperson<br />
nationwide amonth.<br />
She was nominatedby<br />
Age Concern <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
president Trish Small and<br />
secretary/manager<br />
Dianna Leonard.<br />
Rosa has been involved<br />
with the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
branch since its inception<br />
and was amemberofa<br />
steeringcommittee set up<br />
in 1986toinvestigate<br />
forming an organisation<br />
to meetthe needs of older<br />
people in the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District. She represented<br />
community groups on the<br />
committee.<br />
Once established, first<br />
as the Mid Canterbury<br />
Aged Persons Welfare<br />
Council thenAge<br />
Concern <strong>Ashburton</strong>; two<br />
deserves credit, too, for<br />
its support of the project,and<br />
the former club,<br />
which offered favourable<br />
terms.<br />
Prominent locals<br />
(John Acland, Rosie<br />
Morten, James Wallace<br />
and Wayne O’Donnell)<br />
are the backbone of the<br />
foundation and will soon<br />
seek benefactors and<br />
funds for its first project.<br />
Given the generosity<br />
and cando attitude of<br />
Geraldine, support may<br />
be strong.<br />
John Keast<br />
Rosa Bennett was surprised by Age Concern <strong>Ashburton</strong> patron Jeanette Storrier with anational<br />
award for championing the rights of older people.<br />
popular programmes<br />
wereset up for older<br />
persons; the 206 Club, to<br />
lessen social isolation for<br />
the district’s senior<br />
populationand where<br />
Rosavolunteered as cook<br />
up to three days aweek<br />
until 2018; and the 50 Plus<br />
educational programme.<br />
It runs once aweek for six<br />
weeks in autumn and<br />
spring.<br />
Its success is due to<br />
‘‘Rosa’s enthusiasm and<br />
determination to make<br />
sureitcontinues. The<br />
numbers attendingare<br />
testament to Rosa’s<br />
passion’’.<br />
‘‘Since the beginning<br />
Rosahas been a<br />
dedicatedand loyal<br />
committee member,<br />
supporterand volunteer<br />
in manycapacities for<br />
Age Concern <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
arecording of outstanding<br />
serviceover 30 yearsand<br />
it has not cometoan<br />
end,’’ Trish and Dianna<br />
said, in their nomination.<br />
She is also a‘‘Master<br />
Chefwhen it comes to<br />
producing not only a<br />
‘plate’for afternoon tea<br />
but large quantities of<br />
foodfor cateringwhether<br />
it be scones,biscuits,<br />
finger food or hot food’’.<br />
She stillwhips up a<br />
batch of scones at home<br />
to shareateach 50 Plus<br />
meeting.<br />
And she is ‘‘always the<br />
person who could be<br />
relied upon to assist<br />
whenever necessary’’.<br />
Age Concern NZ chief<br />
executiveStephanie<br />
Clare, via aletter readby<br />
Mrs Storrier,thanked<br />
Rosafor her special<br />
contributiontothe<br />
organisation.<br />
‘‘Your tireless<br />
dedication to the older<br />
people of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
shows through your ability<br />
to be awearer of many<br />
hats,and these hats seem<br />
to have acommon theme:<br />
food!’’<br />
‘‘Butwhat better way to<br />
provide social connection,<br />
than through food,’’ she<br />
said.<br />
‘‘Youhave provided<br />
the older peopleof<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>with such<br />
outstanding service for 30<br />
years, and it doesn’t seem<br />
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Employment exchange may be repeated<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> employment<br />
exchange organised<br />
by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> council<br />
was likely to be repeated.<br />
Council’s economic<br />
development officer,<br />
Bevan Rickerby, said the<br />
seminar was successful,<br />
and review documents<br />
would be sent out to<br />
those who attended.<br />
Asked by councillors if<br />
it would be held again,<br />
Mr Rickerby said that<br />
was likely, perhaps annually.<br />
That would be decided<br />
once the review had been<br />
done.<br />
The exchange was held<br />
at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA<br />
and involved jobseekers<br />
and employers and tips on<br />
attitude, keeping employment<br />
on track and getting<br />
afoot inthe door.<br />
It was split into programmes<br />
for workers and<br />
employers.<br />
Mr Rickerby presented<br />
areport to the finalmeeting<br />
of thisterm of council,<br />
outlining development<br />
goals.<br />
They included signalling<br />
the council was open<br />
for business, placemaking<br />
and branding, unlocking<br />
potential, assisting the<br />
agriculture and technology<br />
sectors, including<br />
advocacy for labour and<br />
immigration.<br />
The report said the<br />
council was working with<br />
watercompaniestoidentify<br />
development opportunities.<br />
One infrastructure project<br />
to be solved was the<br />
rail hub, with agreement<br />
Rodin sculpture comes to town<br />
A new exhibition showcasing<br />
New Zealand’s<br />
most significant Rodin<br />
sculpture has opened at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery.<br />
The sculpture, called<br />
Eve, was completed by<br />
the French master sculpture<br />
in 1882 and 15<br />
bronze copies were cast<br />
from it 1959.<br />
The bronze Eve is<br />
75cm tall and weighs 22kg<br />
and is usually held at Te<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Gore and<br />
Blenheim are the only<br />
South Island centres on<br />
the sculpture tour.<br />
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artists and his works<br />
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Photo: Longbeach<br />
School dancing trio Freya<br />
Jemmett, Tilly Lovell and<br />
Matilda Gallagher took to<br />
the stage.<br />
in business circles that the<br />
rail hub should be at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Business Park.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilson said if<br />
KiwiRail did allow its hub<br />
to be shifted, council had<br />
nothing in its Long Term<br />
Plan on funding. Chief<br />
executive officer Hamish<br />
Riach said any chance of<br />
KiwiRail accepting an<br />
offer not in the Long<br />
Term Plan were so slim as<br />
to be theoretical.<br />
Auguste Renoir, and a<br />
rare leather bound edition<br />
of Gustave Coquiot’s<br />
Rodin (Paris 1915) with<br />
57 handtipped photographs.<br />
A short video accompanying<br />
the exhibition<br />
tells the story of Eve and<br />
the process of casting the<br />
bronzes.<br />
‘‘We are thrilled to<br />
have the prized work of<br />
art at the gallery,’’ said<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery<br />
manager/curator Shirin<br />
Khosraviani.<br />
‘‘Viewing Eve is astirring<br />
experience for visitors,<br />
both young and old,<br />
and arare opportunity to<br />
see the work of amaster.’’<br />
Remembering Rodin<br />
runs until November 22<br />
and has been developed<br />
by the Museum of New<br />
Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<br />
Photo: The sculpture<br />
Eve cast from an original<br />
Rodin work.<br />
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Anew charitable trust, the Geraldine District<br />
Foundation (GDF) has bought the former<br />
Geraldine Town and Country Club on the<br />
cornerofTalbot andMaslin streets,Geraldine,<br />
to be refitted as amedical centre.<br />
The building was boughtwith the help of the<br />
Geraldine Licensing Trust and the club.<br />
Chairman James Wallace said the foundation<br />
could not thank the licensing trust<br />
enough for choosing to financially support the<br />
foundation’s first project, and the club had<br />
been generous inoffering favourable terms.<br />
The plan isfor the foundation to work with<br />
aspecialist project manager to do atotal refit<br />
to create a medical centre owned by the<br />
community.<br />
‘‘The building is incredibly solid, with an<br />
earthquakerating that currentlyexceeds 80 per<br />
cent, however there is much todototurn the<br />
600m2 building into a modern communitybased<br />
medical facility which wehope will be<br />
the pride of Geraldine. It is our aim to achieve<br />
the gold standard in medical facilities and<br />
servicesfor our residents,’’ saidRosie Morten,<br />
of the foundation’s trustees.<br />
Fellow trustee Wayne O’Donnell said the<br />
combination ofsize and structural soundness,<br />
plus ample parking, made it the ideal site for<br />
amedical centre.<br />
Once complete, the operation of the centre<br />
wouldbeunderamanagement model yet to be<br />
decided, but would include a range of<br />
practitioners, fromdoctors, dentists, pharmacy<br />
andphysio, right throughtoothermedical and<br />
wellness practitioners operating outreach<br />
clinics.<br />
Mr O’Donnell said it would be aonestop<br />
shop for medical care.<br />
The foundation had had expressions of<br />
interest from practitioners and was confident it<br />
would have afull range of services.<br />
The Geraldine District Foundation isthe<br />
first organisation of its kind inGeraldine, with<br />
the sole aim to initiate projects to benefit the<br />
community.<br />
‘‘There are other models around, such as<br />
Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong>, thatofferthe opportunity<br />
for local people togift orbequeath money to<br />
be used for projects for the community.<br />
Mr Wallace said: ‘‘There has long been<br />
discussion about the need to have the same<br />
sort oforganisation inGeraldine, so it is very<br />
satisfying to see it finally getting off the<br />
ground.’’<br />
The foundation’s patron is John Acland<br />
senior, formerly ofMt Peel Station.<br />
The foundation is working on becoming a<br />
registered charity and then would seek benefactors<br />
and funds for its first project the<br />
communityowned medical centre.<br />
The Town and Country building will be<br />
owned by the Geraldine District Foundation<br />
and negotiations are under way with the<br />
Geraldine Endowment Fund administered by<br />
the Timaru council tobuy the land onwhich<br />
the building sits.<br />
Mock crash educates seniors at Mount Hutt<br />
Mount Hutt College has held its<br />
first mock crash day in many<br />
years to to illustrate the dangers<br />
of drink driving and to target<br />
students who are beginning to<br />
learn to drive.<br />
Students from Years 1013<br />
gathered on school grounds last<br />
week for aclose up of the mock<br />
crash demonstration.<br />
The effects and consequences<br />
of a crash brought home a<br />
number of warnings and messages,<br />
said Mount Hutt College<br />
head girl Caitlin Smith, who has<br />
been pushing to reinstate the<br />
stark reminder of what can<br />
happen to young people on the<br />
road.<br />
She said the mock crash had<br />
featured adriver on arestricted<br />
license and with passengers.<br />
The driver was texting when<br />
her vehicle crashed into apole.<br />
Student actors had taken on<br />
roles in the postcrash scenario<br />
and the emergency services had<br />
responded to help, including<br />
caring for victims and cutting<br />
open the car, said Caitlin.<br />
She said the realistic event was<br />
held to support the campaign<br />
Students Against Dangerous<br />
Driving, which empowered<br />
young people to make safer and<br />
better choices on the road.<br />
The following day a school<br />
assembly did afollow up on the<br />
event and discussed key issues<br />
affecting young driver safety,<br />
including sober drivers, safe<br />
speeds, no distractions and<br />
avoiding risks.<br />
Photo: Seniors students at<br />
Mount Hutt College watch on as<br />
emergency services work at the<br />
scene of the mock crash.<br />
Fairton School in black to support All Blacks<br />
Fairton School pupils<br />
and staff put their support<br />
for the All Blacks<br />
world cup campaign on<br />
show with a‘Black Out’<br />
day at the school.<br />
All 39 pupils and five<br />
teaching staff wore some<br />
form of black clothing on<br />
the last day of term<br />
three.<br />
It was a nice way to<br />
end the term and show<br />
support for the world<br />
champion All Blacks,<br />
says principal Mike Hill.<br />
A similar event was<br />
also heldonthe same day<br />
at Tinwald School.<br />
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Backers flock to<br />
RDA milestone<br />
Supporters flocked on<br />
Saturday to mark 45 years<br />
of Riding For the Disabled<br />
(RDA) in Mid Canterbury.<br />
Held at the facility’s<br />
complex off Leeston<br />
Street, the celebration<br />
thanked those involved<br />
over the years and also<br />
paraded the six horses<br />
that are used to provide<br />
therapy to children with a<br />
disability or other therapeutic<br />
need.<br />
As well as building confidence,<br />
close contact<br />
with horses is also seen as<br />
helping to develop and<br />
improve muscle tone, balance,<br />
coordination, flexibility,<br />
fitness and independence.<br />
Speaking at the event,<br />
Mid Canterbury RDA<br />
president Brian Early said<br />
the RDA had started life<br />
near the scout den in<br />
Tinwald, before a move<br />
to <strong>Ashburton</strong> Racecourse.<br />
The facility had been<br />
on its eight acres of freehold<br />
land for anumber of<br />
years.<br />
Mr Early said the community<br />
and funders had<br />
been generous with support<br />
over 45 years.<br />
He said volunteers<br />
were the backbone of the<br />
operation and two of<br />
them, Tony Quaid and<br />
Sue Kent, had been with<br />
Mid Canterbury RDA<br />
from the start.<br />
Another, Maxine Hooper,<br />
was just ayear short<br />
of that and had been a<br />
volunteer for 44 years.<br />
Other speakers at the<br />
celebration praised the<br />
facility and its volunteers.<br />
Rangitata MP Andrew<br />
Falloon said horses provided<br />
proven therapy to<br />
help people with a disability.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor<br />
Donna Favel said RDA<br />
was a‘‘wonderful service’’<br />
and invaluable for the<br />
children who used it.<br />
Hampstead School<br />
principal Peter Melrose<br />
said anumber of children<br />
at his school had used the<br />
facility over the years and<br />
working with horses and<br />
volunteers had given<br />
them ‘‘energy, excitement<br />
and motivation’’.<br />
Students involved look<br />
forward to coming to the<br />
RDA and ‘‘it was something<br />
special in their<br />
lives’’, he said.<br />
More volunteers are<br />
needed to lend ahand at<br />
the RDA, which is currently<br />
used by 38 children<br />
each week.<br />
Prospective volunteers<br />
can check out the facilities<br />
on Tuesdays or<br />
Thursdays between 9am<br />
and noon.<br />
Photo: RDA volunteer<br />
Maxine Hooper, who has<br />
clocked up 44 years of<br />
service, introduced each<br />
of the facility’s six horses<br />
on Saturday.<br />
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Holiday programme<br />
The St David’s holiday<br />
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aged five to 12 runs<br />
from <strong>October</strong> 8 to 10,<br />
and from 9.30am to<br />
noon.<br />
Agold coin donation is<br />
sought and no booking<br />
needed.<br />
St Davids is on Allens<br />
Road and can be reached<br />
at 3085174.<br />
Market is back<br />
The first official <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Farmers’<br />
Market of the new<br />
season was held on Saturday,<br />
with anumber of<br />
stallholders setting up<br />
shop for the morning. The<br />
popular market isset up in<br />
the West Street car park<br />
and runs from 9am until<br />
12.30pm every Saturday<br />
until April.<br />
Wood<br />
classes<br />
Places are available for<br />
evening woodwork classes<br />
starting at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
on Tuesday, <strong>October</strong><br />
15.<br />
The classes run for eight<br />
weeks, from 7pm to 9pm.<br />
Term fees are $180.<br />
New members are welcome<br />
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Family Notices<br />
DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS<br />
ELLIS, Vernon George<br />
(Vern) (Retired JP), on<br />
September 27, <strong>2019</strong>. Passed<br />
away peacefully at Terrace<br />
View Retirement Village,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 85 years.<br />
Much loved husband of<br />
Phyl for nearly 60 years.<br />
Dearly loved father and<br />
father in law ofBrian and<br />
Megan, and Sue and Brent<br />
Gutsell. Special grandad to<br />
Matthew and Nicole,Lauren<br />
and Tim; Aaron and Amy,<br />
Jason and Nic ,and Ryan<br />
and Crystal, and great ‘VG’<br />
to Austin, Beckett, and Joe.<br />
Donations to St John would<br />
be appreciated and may be<br />
leftatthe service. Messages<br />
to the Ellis family c/- PO<br />
Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />
Aservice tocelebrate Vern’s<br />
lifewill be held at St David’s<br />
Union Church, Allens Road,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Monday<br />
<strong>October</strong> 7, commencing<br />
at 11.00am, followed bya<br />
privatefamily interment.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 7433<br />
SCARTH, Jillian (Jill): On<br />
September 28, <strong>2019</strong>. Passed<br />
away peacefully at Terrace<br />
View Retirement Village,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, with her family<br />
by herside. Much lovedwife<br />
of the late Kelvin. Dearly<br />
loved mother and mother<br />
in law ofLisa and Robert,<br />
and Shane and Amber.<br />
Special Nana to Jeremy,<br />
Candice, Ryan, Brandon,<br />
Bailey, and Evan, and great<br />
Nana to Declan, Ashlee,<br />
Riley, and Jessika. Treasured<br />
sister of Paula Lauese, and<br />
Mandy Hutton. Messages<br />
to the Scarth family c/- P<br />
O Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Donations to the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Cancer Society would be<br />
appreciatedand maybeleft<br />
at the service, Aservice to<br />
remember Jill will be held<br />
at Our Chapel, cnr East &<br />
Cox Streets, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on Thursday <strong>October</strong> 3rd,<br />
commencing at 2.00pm.<br />
Followed by private<br />
cremation at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Crematorium.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 7433<br />
SMITH, Charles Norman:<br />
(Norm): On September 30,<br />
<strong>2019</strong> at <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Aged<br />
85 Years. Loved husband of<br />
the late Helen and special<br />
friend of Betty. Loved<br />
father and father in law of<br />
Roger and Jo, Karin and<br />
Dean Rattray and special<br />
grandad to Jess, Nick,<br />
Chase and Holly, Bailey and<br />
Leah and great grandad to<br />
Jacob, James, Jack, Hunter,<br />
Braxton, Alijah-Mary, and<br />
Benjamin. Messages to<br />
the Smith family, POBox<br />
472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. At<br />
Norms request a private<br />
interment for family will be<br />
held on Thursday <strong>October</strong><br />
3, following this, friends<br />
are invited to join them for<br />
refreshments and to share<br />
memories at Paterson’s<br />
Reception Lounge, Cnr East<br />
and Cox Streets, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
commencing at 11.00 am.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 7433<br />
STEWART, Robert James:<br />
(Bob): On September<br />
24, <strong>2019</strong>. Peacefully at<br />
Rosebank Resthome,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Aged 92 years.<br />
Dearly lovedhusband of the<br />
late Pauline.Loved father of<br />
Judith Begg and the late<br />
Diane.Muchloved Grandad<br />
and mentor ofAdam and<br />
Aisha, and Kirsty. Messages<br />
to the Stewart family C/-<br />
49 Creek Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
7700. A memorial service<br />
forBob will be held at alater<br />
date.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 7433<br />
Birth notices listed by<br />
parents will continue to be<br />
free in the Family Notices<br />
column. The initial death<br />
notice lodged by afuneral<br />
director will be listed<br />
without charge. There will<br />
be asmall charge of $15<br />
for subsequent notices<br />
related tothe same death,<br />
up to amaximum of 35<br />
words and on a per-line<br />
basis afterthat.<br />
The same low charges<br />
apply to other<br />
family notices, such<br />
as engagements,<br />
acknowledgements, in<br />
memoriam notices and<br />
anniversaries.<br />
TAYLOR, Amos Christopher:<br />
5-5-1973 - 30-09-<strong>2019</strong>:<br />
Passed away peacefully<br />
surrounded by family,much<br />
loved son of Elizabeth,<br />
cherished brother of Phillip<br />
and Sheilena and dearly<br />
loved uncle of Delia, Ryan,<br />
Leon, Manuel, Bella, Kane<br />
and Magenta and the late<br />
Millicent. Will be deeply<br />
missed and forever inour<br />
hearts. At Amos’ request<br />
a private cremation will<br />
be held and a memorial<br />
service for Amos will be at<br />
alater date.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 7433<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
ALSWEILER,Tanya(Cartney):<br />
The Cartney family wish<br />
to express their thanks for<br />
the wonderful support<br />
provided by so many who<br />
attended the celebration<br />
of Tanya’s life atthe service<br />
on August 10, <strong>2019</strong>, and<br />
to those who telephoned,<br />
sent comforting messages<br />
and flowers, and visited<br />
and bought food to our<br />
house at our time of great<br />
loss. Please accept this as<br />
a personal thank you to<br />
everyone for your support<br />
and kindness to someone<br />
who wassodear to us all.<br />
MILLER, Gavin Charles:<br />
The family of Gavin would<br />
like to thank friends,<br />
relatives and neighbours for<br />
the cards,phone calls,visits,<br />
food and flowers received<br />
after Gavin’s passing. It was<br />
all very much appreciated.<br />
We would also like to thank<br />
all those who attended<br />
Gavin’s farewell, some who<br />
travelled long distances to<br />
be thereand supportus. We<br />
would like to say aspecial<br />
thank you to Linda at<br />
Paterson’s Funeral Services,<br />
Bernard Egan, Dr Guthrie,<br />
the team at “Dentistry on<br />
Parkside,” Radius Millstream<br />
and aspecial big thank you<br />
to the manager and staff at<br />
Princes Court Lifecare for<br />
their care and kindness to<br />
Gavin and his family while<br />
he was aresident there. We<br />
will miss him. Gavin is now<br />
resting peacefully.<br />
Supporting the community<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
SHAW, Ngaio Mavis<br />
4/10/33 -1/9/19: Christine,<br />
David and families wish<br />
to acknowledge the<br />
wonderful acts of kindness<br />
giventouswith the passing<br />
of Ngaio, wife ofOwen for<br />
65 years.<br />
Thank you toBernard Egan<br />
for conducting the service<br />
of celebration of Ngaio’s life<br />
and to Paterson’s Funeral<br />
Home.<br />
Thank you also to<br />
management and staff of<br />
Rosebank Rest Home for<br />
your care ofNgaio, for the<br />
lovely floral tributes, cards,<br />
and personal phone calls<br />
that have given us such<br />
comfort.<br />
Please accept this as our<br />
personal acknowledgement<br />
from the family of<br />
Ngaio.<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
HOGAN, Margaret Rose:<br />
7May 1947 -4<strong>October</strong> 2017<br />
If we could sit with you<br />
again,<br />
Evenfor aday,<br />
Maybefor amoment,<br />
Thepain would go away,<br />
We would put our arms<br />
around you,<br />
Andwhisper wordssotrue,<br />
That living life without you,<br />
Is the hardest thing we do,<br />
No matter howwespend<br />
our day,<br />
No matter what we do,<br />
No morning dawns,<br />
Or evening falls,<br />
When we don’t think of<br />
you...<br />
~Lovefromall your family<br />
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Around 35 people,<br />
including a few from<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, turned out to<br />
a meetthecandidates<br />
evening in Rakaia.<br />
The Rakaia Community<br />
Hall meeting featured<br />
the four <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
mayoral candidates<br />
(Leen Braam, Neil<br />
Brown, Donna Favel and<br />
Tony Todd) and four<br />
Eastern Ward candidates<br />
(Lynette Lovett, Mark<br />
Malcolm, Philip Rushton<br />
and Stuart Wilson).<br />
Each candidate introduced<br />
themselves with a<br />
speech of up to three<br />
minutes.<br />
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then answered three preprepared<br />
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most important things<br />
for the district over the<br />
next three years; the<br />
important things in the<br />
district over the next 10<br />
to 20 years; and thoughts<br />
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candidates were also<br />
asked three questions:<br />
their thoughts on the<br />
number of liquor outlets<br />
in smaller towns and the<br />
district; what could be<br />
done about the big pothole<br />
problems in and<br />
around Rakaia; and their<br />
opinion on whether<br />
Townsman type service<br />
should be reinstated on<br />
smaller towns in the district?<br />
Rakaia Community<br />
Association chairman Neil<br />
pluck said all of the invited<br />
candidates had accepted<br />
the invitation to attend<br />
and each had given an<br />
insight into who they were<br />
and what they stood for.<br />
The candidates had also<br />
taken general questions<br />
from the floor and after<br />
the meeting had spoken<br />
informally with the members<br />
of the community.<br />
Shirts shout for attention<br />
Aloud shirt day at St Joseph’s School has raised $347.30 to support deaf<br />
children with cochlear implants or hearing aids. Lining up at the colourful<br />
end of term mufti day are, back row, Caitlyn Burt, Portia O’Malley, George<br />
McMillan, Kiko Ciron, Pippa O’Sullivan, Olivia Burt, front row, Maddie<br />
Brooke, Lily Bovey, Sam Rigor, Greta Rotch, Emma Jane Crawford and<br />
Hayley Stocker.<br />
Walk<br />
of hope<br />
The community is invited to<br />
take part in the Hakatere<br />
Hope Walk on <strong>October</strong> 13.<br />
The free event aims to<br />
bring people together to<br />
raise awareness of suicide<br />
prevention.<br />
A short loop walk is<br />
planned from the southern<br />
end of the West Street car<br />
park to the overbridge and<br />
back along East Street.<br />
The Hakatere Hope Walk<br />
is whanaudriven and supported<br />
by multiple local<br />
agencies.<br />
Those taking part are<br />
encouraged to wear the<br />
colour yellow. People are<br />
asked to gather to register,<br />
prior to the start of the walk<br />
at 1pm.<br />
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Methven’s linen flax mill<br />
2212194<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Ademand for linen flax from<br />
Great Britain during World<br />
War 2led to the development<br />
of 17 processing factories in the<br />
South Island, including amill in<br />
Methven.<br />
Linen flax, afine, soft plant<br />
with apale blue or white flower<br />
and a very small seed was<br />
planted, grown and harvested<br />
in the wider Methven area from<br />
1940, and then processed in a<br />
purpose built factory on Carr<br />
Street, (off Racecourse<br />
Avenue). Part of the factory<br />
exists today,<br />
Production grew rapidly in<br />
the first few years and Methven<br />
had 10 per cent of the South<br />
Island’s acreage, before<br />
demand dropped off and<br />
alternative products became<br />
available.<br />
Much of the Methven factory<br />
burnt down in September 1948<br />
and the production wrapped up<br />
the following autumn.<br />
The story ofMethven’s flax<br />
linen production is explained in<br />
a display set up at Methven<br />
Museum.<br />
Material for the exhibition<br />
has been taken from local<br />
archives and also borrowed<br />
from Geraldine Museum.<br />
The exhibition has been<br />
researched and curated by<br />
museum member Jeanette<br />
McLennan, who says it has<br />
provided her with afascinating<br />
insight into a former industry<br />
that had asizeable impact on<br />
the local economy and people<br />
for nine years.<br />
Mrs McLennan said she was<br />
grateful for the support of the<br />
Geraldine Museum, which had<br />
provided advice, information<br />
and exhibits.<br />
A similar linen flax factory<br />
had been built inGeraldine in<br />
1941 and had continued to<br />
operate until 1981.<br />
In its heyday the Methven<br />
linen flax industry employed a<br />
Part of the Methven linen flax exhibition at Methven Museum, below, Methven’s Phyllis<br />
Manning holds scutched linen flax fibre from the Methven factory in this 1946 photo.<br />
core workforce of 4060 people<br />
and up to 94 workers from<br />
aroundthe districtatbusy times,<br />
she said.<br />
Some 70 growers and 2000<br />
acres of land was used, before<br />
the decline in demand for the<br />
product.<br />
Linen flax was used for a<br />
number ofpurposes, including<br />
for flexible fire hoses, to cover<br />
the fuselage ofHurricane fighters<br />
and Wellington bombers<br />
and for linen canvas and ropes<br />
for the navy.<br />
Mrs McLennan said growing<br />
trials had been carried out in<br />
New Zealand and the contract<br />
with the British governmenthad<br />
been for 15,000 acres, although<br />
more than that was grown<br />
across the South Island.<br />
She said processing the fibre<br />
was a complicated and time<br />
consuming process.<br />
‘‘They stacked and stored it<br />
and then took it to the factoryto<br />
deseed and dry it out.<br />
‘‘A process called ‘retting’<br />
submerged the bundles of stalks<br />
in water at between 32 and 34<br />
deg. C. to help separate the<br />
fibres from the stem.’’<br />
The final process of ‘‘scutching’’<br />
removed the broken woody<br />
pieces (shives) by beating and<br />
scraping.<br />
Only the high quality, long<br />
fibres, 20 inches (51cm) in<br />
length were twisted into hanks,<br />
tied into bundles and pressed<br />
into bales for shipping overseas,<br />
said Mrs McLennan.<br />
She said processing linen flax<br />
produced alot of effluent and<br />
around 22per cent of crops had<br />
been rejected for one reason or<br />
another.<br />
New Zealand supplied 10,274<br />
tonnes of linen flax to the<br />
British between 1941 and 1948.<br />
The Methven flax linen exhibition<br />
runs until November and<br />
will be followed with adisplay<br />
about the former Methven<br />
Maternity Hospital.<br />
Methven Museum is open<br />
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until 4pm.<br />
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aboutbagging and<br />
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compost at the<br />
weekend.<br />
It was their annual<br />
fundraising drivewhich<br />
helpsthem get flying<br />
time throughout the<br />
year.<br />
And made possible<br />
with the support of<br />
Wilson Bulk Transport,<br />
Carrfields and RX<br />
Plastics who sponsored<br />
the compost, transport<br />
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Underthe direction<br />
of ATC unit<br />
commander Luke<br />
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cadets, aged from 12<br />
through to 19, bagged<br />
14tonne of the freshly<br />
sourced compost into<br />
25kg (40litre)bags,<br />
before regrouping for<br />
preorders delivery<br />
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Methven the next<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 33<br />
3<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
DeputyPrincipal’s Message<br />
Term Three<br />
Term Three has been awhirlwind of events<br />
and activities: Course Confirmation Evening<br />
and students choosing subjects for 2020; Year<br />
11, 12 and 13 students’ in-College exams;<br />
Winter Tournament Week; Open Evening and<br />
enrolment for the Year 8students attending<br />
College next year; Music Evening; Burnside,<br />
Lincoln and Rangiora High Schools’ Sports<br />
exchanges; and staff have nowwritten senior studentreports.<br />
Term Four<br />
Term Four will involve araft ofactivities, including those associated with<br />
farewells to our students who are leaving <strong>Ashburton</strong> College at the end<br />
of <strong>2019</strong>. Wewill have the Blues Assembly wherestudents arerecognised<br />
for their Sporting and Cultural achievements; the announcement ofthe<br />
winning House for <strong>2019</strong>; the Chess Match onthe Chessboard where<br />
Staff and the Student Executive vie for trophy honours via aset game of<br />
chess added to with copious supplies of waterasplayers are‘disposed’of;<br />
Year 13 Graduation Ceremony; the Year 12 Prize-giving where the Head<br />
Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl for 2020 will be<br />
announced; Year 11 Prize-giving and the Year 13 Graduation Dinner.<br />
NCEAExaminations<br />
These events then leave us hurtling into the real business partofthe year<br />
–the final NCEA examinations,which startonThursday 07 November.<br />
The accumulation of credits over the course of the year means that<br />
students know exactly whatthey need to reach the‘magic figure’required<br />
to gain each NCEA Level.<br />
An NCEA study has observedthatoncestudents know (or think) thatthey<br />
have reached that figure, the motivation to keep going and to do really<br />
well may beaffected and this may impact onhow well they prepare for<br />
and perform in the external examinations.<br />
It is not that simple! Students, especially those who are hoping to gain<br />
University Entrance from their course this year, must remember that<br />
tertiary faculties, insetting their entry criteria for courses, are looking at<br />
the quality of the credits that students are gaining –that is: how many<br />
Achieved,Merit and Excellence Grades they have gained.<br />
Listed beloware the requirements for each level:<br />
Level1 –80Credits,including 10 Numeracyand 10 LiteracyCredits.<br />
Level2 –60Credits at Level2or above;20Credits from anyother level.<br />
Level3 –60Credits at Level3orabove;and 20 at Level2.<br />
Certificate Endorsement –e.g: NCEA Level1Endorsed Excellence<br />
Certificate Endorsed Merit – 50Credits at Merit or better<br />
Certificate Endorsed Excellence – 50Credits at Excellence<br />
Course Endorsement – e.g: NCEA Level2Technology<br />
Endorsed Merit –atleast three such Credits from externally assessed<br />
standards and at least three from internally assessed standards in asingle<br />
school year.<br />
Course Endorsed Merit – 14Credits at Merit or higher<br />
Course Endorsed Excellence – 14Credits at Excellence or higher<br />
It is clear that students must aim to do their very best at whatever level<br />
they are studying. A consistently good, motivated attitude towards<br />
study,achievementinschool work,and towardsperformanceinexternal<br />
examinations, isthe kind of attitude that can play apart inastudent’s<br />
success.<br />
Iwouldlike to extend to all students my very best wishes forexamination<br />
success in this year’s NCEA examinations. A lot of hard work has been<br />
done by students and their teachers. Soon, all of thatisput to the test….<br />
good luck.<br />
Helen Shore-Taylor<br />
DeputyPrincipal<br />
Information<br />
Red Carpet Evening<br />
This evening showcases the amazing musical talent of<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College students. Welookforwardtosharinganevening of wonderful<br />
entertainment with family,friends and the <strong>Ashburton</strong>community.<br />
Tickets arenow available from the College Office.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College Music Department presents<br />
Red Carpet Evening<br />
7:00pm<br />
Thursday24<strong>October</strong><br />
Tickets -$15<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College Auditorium<br />
Events<br />
Schools Strikefor Climate Change<br />
On Monday 23September students of Class 9V were notified about the<br />
nationwide ‘Schools Strike for Climate Change’movement that was taking<br />
placeonFriday27September.<br />
Innovation Class Teacher Shelly Robson said that four girls decided to take<br />
charge and organise an event tohappen here in<strong>Ashburton</strong>. After sending<br />
an email to the College Senior Leadership Team and setting up ameeting<br />
with Principal Ross Preece, the girlshad the green lighttogoahead.<br />
They then set up permission slips and put out amessage to all students<br />
at the College. Onthe day, thirty-two students marched from the College<br />
gatesat1:00pm to the <strong>Ashburton</strong>DistrictCouncil buildings.Herethey met<br />
up with students from <strong>Ashburton</strong>Borough School.<br />
The groups protested on State Highway 1,then moved infront of the<br />
Council buildings, chanting ‘You will die of old age, wewill die of Climate<br />
Change’. They then delivered their self-made placards to the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Council Reception before returning to College for their last lesson<br />
forthe day.<br />
Shelly said that the students who attended are passionate about making a<br />
change to ensurethatthey have asustainable lifeinthe future.<br />
(Pictured right,<br />
lefttoright):<br />
Julie Mushonga,<br />
Eirinn MacLean,<br />
Emma Stagg.<br />
SADD Week at College -<br />
and Headlines We Don’t Want<br />
Poweroutage afterfatal crash in MidCanterbury.<br />
8-month-old among three killed in <strong>Ashburton</strong>crash.<br />
Young boykilledincrash in <strong>Ashburton</strong>Lakes.<br />
Toooften we are reading harrowing headlines like these. Too often New<br />
Zealanders arebecoming statistics on aspreadsheet no one wantstobeon.<br />
From the 23-27 September at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College, the Student Welfare<br />
Committee has organised SADD Week. This week involves the Head<br />
Students and House Captains coming together and promoting messages<br />
against dangerous driving.<br />
Nearly 400 lives were lost on our roads in New Zealand in 2018, making it<br />
the country’sworst annual road toll in adecade.Twentyfive of these drivers<br />
were aged between 16-19 years.Everyone deservestofeel safeonour road<br />
and this starts with education.<br />
Earlier this term Year 12 students at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College participated in<br />
the RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) Road Crash Day atthe Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>wherethey were educatedinsafedriving.<br />
This SADD Week (Students Against Destructive Decisions), students are<br />
encouraged to think about their driving. They are challenged to consider<br />
their decision-making on roads, and whether they are keeping themselves<br />
safeand making the roads asafeplacefor those around them.<br />
Black Day–Not Talking for the School Day<br />
On Friday27September the StudentExecutive, accompanied by the House<br />
Captains,woreblack and were not talking during their school day. This was<br />
to signify our forever-silent young drivers who have lost their lives on our<br />
roads.<br />
Theaim of doing this is forstudents to see the students in black,not talking,<br />
and to consider that they could be another lost life onthe roads. Always<br />
there inthe students’ minds, they can’t respond, but their presence still<br />
remains.<br />
(Pictured above): Students in black, with the crosses symbolising lives<br />
needlessly lost on the roads.<br />
Cultural Food,Fashion and Mufti Day<br />
College wasacolourful placetobeonThursday12September (pictured<br />
below) when the College’s StudentCulturalCommittee’s planning foran<br />
international food,style and mufti daycame to fruition.<br />
Committee leader<br />
Jacklynn Afu was ably<br />
supportedbymembers<br />
Jade Kruger,<br />
Romina Malabuyoc,<br />
Altha Zamora, Zoe Diedricks,<br />
Shania Harrison-Lee and<br />
Joseph Collins.<br />
The complete day was run<br />
by the Cultural Committee,<br />
including lightingand sound<br />
in the Auditorium, and organising prizes forthe winners of the fashionshow.<br />
Food Stalls<br />
Jacklynn advised that, as for 2018, there were four stalls selling food items<br />
ranging across the cultures of Tonga, Samoa, Brazil, Philippines, Germany<br />
and Japan.<br />
Awide variety of food wasonoffer for purchase,including –<br />
• fromthe Tongan Stall –Otai (Tongan fruit drink), Chop Suey with Rice,<br />
Keke Isite(round doughnut);<br />
• the Filipino Stall –Pancit Bihon and Canton (chicken, rice noodlesand<br />
vegetables), desserts and drinks of Cassava Cake, Shakoy/Lubid-Lubid<br />
(twisted doughnut), Chocolate Crinkles; Mango Floatwith Nata De Coco<br />
(cream, crackers, and fruit); Iced Tea Gulaman (sweetened milk with<br />
jelly);<br />
• the Samoan Stall –Sapasui(Chop Suey)<br />
with SalakiPakeka(Potato Salad) and<br />
Vaifala (Pineapple drink).<br />
• the Japanese, Brazilianand<br />
German Stalls –Sushi and Japanese<br />
Curry; Burritos; and Bratwurst and<br />
Rostbratwurst (sausageand bun).<br />
Sales at the stalls raised just over $350 with<br />
agreementthat40% of the profits (and<br />
in some cases donations were higher) be<br />
donatedtosupportcostumes and travels<br />
fornextyear’s Polyfest events.<br />
Jacklynn said thattherewerealot of parent<br />
and teacher helpers at the stalls, doing an<br />
‘awesome’job.<br />
Fashion andStyle Show<br />
This show was held in the Auditorium where approximately fifteen<br />
participants displayedtheir national dress,showcasing avarietyofcultures.<br />
Prizes went to two senior and two junior students, where their costumes<br />
meantthey stood out in a‘unique’way.<br />
Senior winners were –FredBelford(Samoa), William Wallis (Scotland).<br />
Junior winners were –GwenZamora(Samoa), TomikaLucido (Philippines).<br />
(Pictured left,<br />
lefttoright):<br />
Gwen Zamora<br />
(Junior Winner),<br />
with<br />
Shimee Araguas<br />
and<br />
TomikaLucido<br />
(Junior Winner).<br />
(Pictured right):<br />
William Wallis<br />
(one of the Senior<br />
Winners).<br />
(Pictured above, left to right): Fred Belford, Winonalei Tupa,<br />
Gwen Zamora, Shimee Araguas,Tomika Lucido, Sama Sooialo, Lalani Fifita,<br />
Jacqueline Teulilo,William Wallis.<br />
Mufti Day-$1<strong>03</strong>4 raisedfor Ronald McDonald House<br />
This operated alongside the food and fashion event, raising apositive<br />
amount for the nominated cause, due to the generosity offamilies and<br />
students.
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 33<br />
3<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Congratulations<br />
Annual College Music Evening<br />
Asuperb evening of entertainment was offered from College’s student<br />
musiciansonThursday19September in the CollegeAuditorium. Therewas<br />
asignificantly impressive range of talent on display which was enjoyed by<br />
the appreciative audience, including the notable support ofstudents for<br />
other students’performances.<br />
Across seven sections, twenty eight performances took place, followed<br />
by the hotly contested House Fest. Mention must bemade of the House<br />
Executive which performed most creditably and entertainingly while the<br />
judges were deliberating.<br />
Special appreciation for the evening goes to –<br />
Thethree judges who had achallenging task on their hands when it came<br />
to deciding on final placings. Itwas apleasuretowelcome back in this role<br />
former student Jesse Bruce who has studied music at Ara, and is now a<br />
performer based in Christchurch.<br />
Jesse was joined by Helen Hinson, a talented piano teacher based in<br />
Ellesmere; and Alison Wakelin who is also an <strong>Ashburton</strong> College Alumni<br />
and ahighly recognised music teacher.<br />
The Auditioning Panel of Angie Cresswell, Michael Petrus,<br />
Stephen Diedricks and Graham Bock.<br />
The Technical Crew of Ron Cresswell, with students Jayden Collett,<br />
Wilson Hiiand ClarkStewart.<br />
College Music Tutors -Angie Cresswell, Paula Green, Michael Petrus,<br />
BarbaraThomas.<br />
Comperes –Head GirlMollie Gibson, and DeputyHead BoyCarlCayanan.<br />
Results were –<br />
Junior VocalSolo<br />
1st Imogene Felton AveMaria 2nd KaseyHigson Lost Boy<br />
3rd Ngahuia Maeva Lone Wolf (original composition)<br />
Senior VocalSolo<br />
1st Ocean Waitokia At Last 2nd BarbaraNabeka OneNight Only<br />
3rd Mitchell Farr Vienna<br />
VocalDuet<br />
1st MaePatterson, Ella Pearson One<br />
2nd AmyPearson, MiaPearson Jealous<br />
3rd Oliver Livingstone,William Wallis Scarborough Fair/Canticle<br />
Instrumental Solo:Piano<br />
1st JayJung Piano Medley 2nd JayMartin Nuvole Bianchi<br />
3rd Jade Jung AWonderful Dayin<strong>October</strong><br />
Instrumental Group<br />
1st MaePatterson, Ella Pearson, Chinatsu Hunt When IWas Your Man<br />
Band<br />
1st Middle Road Fire and Smoke (original composition)<br />
Jade Kruger,Louie Pabualan,Liam Pram, Toby Woolf.<br />
2nd Empoly8 Me Down<br />
Joseph Collins, Christina Francis, Calais Hill,Spencer Ifopo,<br />
BarbaraNabeka, Scott Thomson, Ocean Waitokia.<br />
3rd SimplyPink HereComesthe Sun<br />
Rebecca Brown, Imogene Felton, Caendal Harris, FelicityJohnston,<br />
Ella Pearson, Maddy Young.<br />
Original Composition<br />
1st Middle Road Band Fire and Smoke<br />
2nd equal Jade Kruger (Senior Vocal Solo) Other Half<br />
2nd equal Liam Pram (Senior Vocal Solo) FlyMetothe Sun<br />
3rd Joseph Collins(Senior Vocal Solo) This Is My Life<br />
(Pictured clockwise<br />
from left):<br />
Imogene Felton,<br />
winnerofthe Junior<br />
Vocal Solo section.<br />
Ocean Waitokia,<br />
winnerofthe Senior<br />
Vocal Solo section.<br />
JayJung,winnerof<br />
the Instrumental<br />
Solo.<br />
House Fest Results<br />
Always hotly contested, this year was<br />
no exception, with high-level energetic<br />
performances to the fore. Special<br />
mention is to be made of House Fest<br />
Judge, Principal Ross Preece, who<br />
willingly extended his repertoire from<br />
the sports field to the cultural music<br />
stage.<br />
4th placed Orange House 3rdplaced Green House<br />
2nd placed Red House VictoriousWinners: Blue House<br />
(pictured below) with the coveted trophy.<br />
South Island SecondarySchools’Ski and<br />
SnowboardChampionships<br />
Manager forthe day, Jocelyn Johnston, said thatitwas astunning morning<br />
at Cardrona for this event where College students Mya Johnston and<br />
Cole Beeman were competing (pictured below, leftand right).<br />
Jocelyn said that, although overall numbers were down, there were a<br />
number of overseasinternational students competing,manyofwhomhad<br />
recently competed at the NewZealand WinterGames,which made forvery<br />
tough competition.<br />
MyaJohnston wasfirst up in the Ladies Giant<br />
Slalom, skiing twoclean runs to finish in avery<br />
creditable 13th place, in atime of 1:16.99.<br />
Unfortunately Cole Beeman slipped out on<br />
arough course in the Men’s Giant Slalom,<br />
but managed to complete his run to finish.<br />
However, he was able to step it up in the<br />
Men’s Slopestyle event with some slick style<br />
throughout his runs,tofinish in an impressive<br />
14th place, in atime of 52.00.<br />
Appreciation<br />
Thanks are given to Luci Beeman for<br />
transporting the team up the mountain.<br />
(Pictured above): MyaJohnston.<br />
(Pictured above): Cole Beeman.<br />
Senior Students OratorySkills’ Impress<br />
On Tuesday24September,<strong>Ashburton</strong>College senior students stood in front<br />
of their peers to deliver some extraordinary speeches.With topics ranging<br />
from twins to finance, the audience was held captive bysome ofour most<br />
talentedspeakers.<br />
Results were -<br />
Alex Wood took out first place in<br />
the Year 12 and 13 group, with an<br />
entertaining and informative speech<br />
about financing our futures, while<br />
Bridget McArthur was rewarded<br />
with second place for her speech<br />
about toxic masculinity.<br />
(Pictured right, left and right):<br />
Alex Wood and Bridget McArthur.<br />
(Pictured left, lefttoright):<br />
In the Year 11 round,<br />
Easterlin Faamausili was<br />
awarded first place forher speech<br />
about stereotypes.<br />
Lauren Taylor placed second for<br />
speaking about being atwin,and<br />
TiaMcCallum placedthird with<br />
her speech about money buying<br />
happiness.<br />
Appreciation<br />
To judges, Jac Sparks and Jeff Withington, for their time, expertise and<br />
valuable feedback to the participants.<br />
CanterburySecondarySchools’Matchplay<br />
Golf Tournament.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s Golf Team of (pictured below, left to right):<br />
Josh Ackerley,HiromuneKakeda and Wilson Hii travelled to the Coringa<br />
Golf Club at McLean’s Island, Christchurch, on Monday 23 September to<br />
competeinthistournament.<br />
With a 9:30am start against<br />
Christchurch Boys’ High<br />
School in B Grade, they<br />
teed off into ahowling nor’<br />
wester and faced greens that<br />
were fast but ‘bumpy’, due<br />
to having been cored that<br />
morning.<br />
College,asthe stronger team,<br />
was required to give away<br />
a number of strokes, which<br />
challenged their advantage, albeit they played well. Josh gave away three<br />
strokes,Wilson four and Hiromune amassiveten strokes.<br />
This was aone-off fixture against Christchurch Boys’ High School with<br />
College playing in BGrade,while the AGrade competition washeld also.<br />
Wilson Hiigained awin (1 strokeup),while Josh and Hiromune had close<br />
losses of 3and 1strokes down, respectively.<br />
Defending Champions Return to<br />
Ka ToiMāorioAorakiFLAVA Festival<br />
On Friday 20 September, the <strong>Ashburton</strong> College Kapa Haka Group travelled<br />
toTimaru to attend the annual FLAVA Festival. AshColl was one of the twentythree<br />
schools and groups from South and Mid Canterbury competing in<br />
this cultural competition showcasing visual arts, performing arts and kapa<br />
hakaatthe TheatreRoyal.<br />
Aco-ordinator of the event said that schools’engagement contributed to<br />
‘exceptional’performances at whatwas the 13th annual FLAVA Festival.<br />
College Results<br />
The College Kapa Haka Group completed an impressive set with a<br />
relatively young group, with their efforts rewarded when they placed<br />
second overall.<br />
Sonia-Leigh Stephens-Tahuri was placed first-equal as the KaeaTuākana<br />
Wahine (Most Outstanding Female Lead in the Senior Competition).<br />
Kaiwhaiki Peetitūmango was also placed first-equal, as the<br />
Kaea Tuākana Tane (Most Outstanding Male Lead in the Senior<br />
Competition).<br />
Appreciation<br />
Grateful appreciation is given toKapa Haka tutor Matua Te Huaki, and to<br />
College teaching staff members Matua Tiipene Philip and Sarah Lassen for<br />
their supportofand work with the students.<br />
Kapa HakaGroup (pictured above, back row,lefttoright):<br />
Thomas Kairau,MonaroTahapehi, Freedom-Lee Gleave,Angel Kohunui,<br />
SoniaStephens-Tahuri, Charlie Culshaw, Shante Kereopa,<br />
Rangaikore Makutu,Matua Te Huaki.<br />
(Front row,lefttoright): Tarquin Kittelty-Williams,KhalaniBrightwell,<br />
RoiMakutu, Tokoono Pori, KaiwhaikiPeetitumango.<br />
Coming Events<br />
September<br />
20-10 Oct AshCollClassics Tour (Italy and Greece)<br />
21-10 Oct AshCollGerman Tour<br />
25-11 Oct AshCollTour to Japan<br />
28-13 Oct StudentHolidayBreak<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
04-06 National Schools’Mountain Biking Championships,Dunedin<br />
08-11 New Zealand SecondarySchools’Netball Championships,<br />
College ANetball team<br />
09 SISS CyclingTrack Championships,Invercargill<br />
14 StartofTerm 4<br />
14-15 Regional Girls’Cricket Tournament, Hagley Park,Christchurch<br />
18 Staff vStudentExecutiveChess Match, lunchtime on Chessboard<br />
19-20 South Island SecondarySchools’ Rugby7s, Timaru<br />
22 Year 12 ChainsawDay 3, Chertsey<br />
23 Special Olympics Swimming,Timaru<br />
24 Whole College Assembly (Blues Awards, Head student speeches),<br />
Period 3<br />
RedCarpet Evening,7:00pm, College Auditorium<br />
28 Labour Day–Public Holiday<br />
30 BOTMeeting,Menorlue<br />
<strong>2019</strong> End-of-Year Final Days,Prize-Givings,Events<br />
Parents, caregivers,family/whanau,friends and interested community<br />
members aremost welcome at all prize-givings.<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
31 Year 13 final day. Students finish at 1:20pm.<br />
Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, <strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust EventCentre,<br />
7:30pm.<br />
November<br />
04 Year 12 final day. Students finish at 1:20pm.<br />
Year 12 Prize-Giving,College Auditorium, 7:30pm.<br />
05 Year 11 final day.<br />
Year 11 Prize-Giving,Auditorium, 7:30pm. CollegeAuditorium.<br />
December<br />
08 Leavers’Graduation Dinner,Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>, arrive at 6:30pm,<br />
seatedat7:00pm.<br />
12 Year 10 Prize-Giving,1:30pm, College Auditorium, and Final Day<br />
13 Year 9Prize-Giving,11:00am, CollegeAuditorium, and Final Day
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
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People who own a<br />
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and running alifestyle<br />
block, are still<br />
considering ways of<br />
fulfilling their dreams.<br />
One of the first<br />
questions owners should<br />
consider is whether they<br />
want to make money<br />
from the land, or is it<br />
purely for enjoyment of<br />
the lifestyle?<br />
In many cases, one or<br />
both partners in the<br />
venture work off farm.<br />
The harvesting of<br />
some food may be aby<br />
product of owning a<br />
small block but<br />
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Fewer lifestyle block sales last three months<br />
There have been fewer<br />
lifestyle block sales in the<br />
past three months, than<br />
in the three recorded<br />
prior, according to latest<br />
data from the Real Estate<br />
Institute of New Zealand<br />
(REINZ).<br />
The data shows there<br />
were 187 less lifestyle<br />
property sales (9.7<br />
percent) for the three<br />
months ended August<br />
<strong>2019</strong>, than for the three<br />
months ended July <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
The value of lifestyle<br />
properties sold was $5.56<br />
billion for the year to<br />
August <strong>2019</strong>, with a<br />
median price for all lifestyle<br />
properties sold over<br />
the same period of<br />
$700,000. It was $55,000<br />
higher compared to the<br />
three months ended<br />
August 2018 (+8.5<br />
percent).<br />
REINZ rural spokesman<br />
Brian Peacocke said<br />
sales figures for the<br />
threemonth period ending<br />
August <strong>2019</strong> showed a<br />
distinct easing in volumes<br />
from the previous period,<br />
but was not too dissimilar<br />
to the equivalent time 12<br />
months ago.<br />
‘‘Again, the stability of<br />
the median price at<br />
$700,000 still indicates a<br />
healthy market from a<br />
national perspective.<br />
‘‘It would appear most<br />
regions are experiencing<br />
asimilar tightening up of<br />
criteria from the financial<br />
sector, very much in line<br />
with that being experienced<br />
by the rural sector.’’<br />
Overall, there were<br />
1,745 lifestyle property<br />
sales in the three months<br />
ended August <strong>2019</strong>, compared<br />
to 1,700 lifestyle<br />
property sales for the<br />
three months ended<br />
August 2018 (+2.6<br />
percent), and 1,932 lifestyle<br />
property sales for<br />
the three months ended<br />
July <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Some 6,915 lifestyle<br />
properties were sold in<br />
the year to August <strong>2019</strong>,<br />
275 (3.8%) fewer than<br />
were sold in the year to<br />
August 2018.<br />
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Lifestyle e Blocks<br />
The Kiwi Dream<br />
Protection for top growing land<br />
Lifestyle blocks and new subdivisions will be<br />
far harder to develop on areas of rich soil<br />
under the new nationwide policy statement<br />
on highly productive land unveiled for<br />
submissions by the government last month.<br />
The National Policy Statement for Highly<br />
Productive Land (NPSHPL) aims to<br />
‘‘protect New Zealand’s most fertile and<br />
versatile land’’ and will be given new<br />
protection under proposals.<br />
‘‘Our land is aprecious taonga an<br />
irreplaceable treasure and asource of life<br />
and wellness for our country,’’ Minister of<br />
Agriculture Damien O’Connor said.<br />
‘‘One of the greatest challenges facing the<br />
world right now is the need to feed agrowing<br />
population. We have awellearned<br />
reputation for producing some of the best<br />
food in the world.<br />
‘‘Continuing to grow food in the volumes<br />
and quality we have come to expect depends<br />
on the availability of land and the quality of<br />
the soil. Once productive land is built on, we<br />
can’t use it for food production, which is why<br />
we need to act now.<br />
‘‘We cannot afford to lose our most highly<br />
productive land. It brings significant<br />
economic benefits including employment for<br />
nearby communities, and adds significant<br />
value to New Zealand’s primary sector,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
In incubation since the 2017 election, the<br />
draft policy was launched in amarket<br />
gardener’s warehouse in Tuakau, set on the<br />
deep, brown volcanic soils of Pukekohe<br />
where much of the country’s vegetables are<br />
grown.<br />
‘‘If we don’t protect these soils, the price<br />
Damien O’Connor<br />
of vegetables will go up,’’ said Environment<br />
Minister David Parker, who at the draft<br />
policy launch Mr O’Connor.<br />
The gardens are nestled near new housing<br />
that is spreading across the flat plains and<br />
Bombay Hills south of Auckland, where<br />
both central and local government are<br />
encouraging the city to grow in coming<br />
decades.<br />
The policy seeks to deal with fears that if<br />
too much prime horticultural soil is lost to<br />
housing, it will reduce New Zealand’s<br />
capacity to grow staple foods.<br />
The NPS seeks to control the unplanned<br />
encroachment, particularly of lifestyle<br />
blocks, which can carve up highly productive<br />
land into inefficient parcels.<br />
It will require local government to plan<br />
for suburban expansion to try and preserve<br />
socalled ‘elite soils’.<br />
Mr O’Connor said highly productive land,<br />
often found near existing towns and cities,<br />
had become taken for granted and been<br />
lost to food production in recent years.<br />
Around 14 percent of New Zealand land<br />
was considered highly productive.<br />
Mr Parker said councils had approached<br />
the issue on too much of an adhoc basis<br />
and ‘‘the pressure for urban growth has<br />
overrun the capacity to maintain our<br />
productive base.’’<br />
Asked whether it was fair to deprive the<br />
owners of market gardening land the<br />
chance to sell for subdivisions at higher<br />
prices than the land is worth for<br />
horticulture, Mr Parker said all private land<br />
is subject to zoning and other restrictions<br />
on its use.<br />
‘‘The horticulture sector wants these<br />
changes,’’ he said.<br />
Once decisions are reached, councils will<br />
have five years to identify and then organise<br />
protection for areas with elite soils. Both<br />
ministers conceded there is nothing to stop<br />
existing landowners selling for subdivision or<br />
lifestyle blocks, except to the extent that<br />
those areas were already covered by<br />
documents such as the Auckland Unitary<br />
Plan.<br />
The new process will use adecadesold<br />
land use category database, which the draft<br />
acknowledges is not detailed enough for<br />
pinpoint identification of elite soils or to<br />
undertake the detailed spatial planning that<br />
modern resource management regulation<br />
will increasingly require.<br />
Submissions on the draft NPS, due<br />
<strong>October</strong> 10, can be made at<br />
www.mpi.govt.nz<br />
Financial boost<br />
for vet graduates<br />
Thirtytwo graduate vets<br />
will receive a financial<br />
boost from the Voluntary<br />
Bonding Scheme for Veterinarians<br />
to help ease<br />
the shortage of veterinarians<br />
working with production<br />
animals in our<br />
regions, the Ministry for<br />
Primary Industries (MPI)<br />
announced this week.<br />
‘‘Our Voluntary Bonding<br />
Scheme for Veterinarians<br />
is designed to support<br />
and boost the<br />
number of graduate vets<br />
in our regions,’’ says<br />
Steve Penno, director<br />
investment programmes<br />
at MPI.<br />
‘‘It’s available for<br />
graduates who are working<br />
with production animals<br />
such as cows, sheep,<br />
and working dogs.’’<br />
This year’s successful<br />
recipients will receive<br />
funding of $55,000 over<br />
five years a total of<br />
$1.76 million.<br />
The scheme generally<br />
provides funding for 30<br />
graduate vets a year,<br />
however additional funding<br />
was available this year<br />
for an extra two. Since<br />
the programme started in<br />
February 2009 MPI has<br />
approved funding for 318<br />
graduate vets.<br />
‘‘Vets play avital role<br />
in our primary industries<br />
and rural communities,’’<br />
says Steve Penno.<br />
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Solo exhibition for Bertie<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> artist Bertie Holmes<br />
will showcase her art skills<br />
at asolo exhibition in Methven<br />
opening soon.<br />
The exhibition, she says,<br />
offers an insight into ‘‘the<br />
many views I’ve seen that have<br />
been my inspiration’’ over the<br />
years.<br />
Inspiration comes from her<br />
love of flowers and gardening,<br />
from overseas trips to europe<br />
and from the thrill and joy of<br />
painting en plein air (outdoors).<br />
The exhibition starts on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 6and will be held in<br />
the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall<br />
Art Gallery.<br />
It will feature at least 30<br />
works, some big and other<br />
smaller pieces.<br />
Most of the works are either<br />
watercolours or mixed media<br />
and feature plenty ofcolour.<br />
Bertie Holmes trained as a<br />
primary school teacher in the<br />
1960s, but has painted since<br />
she was aschoolgirl growing up<br />
in Oamaru.<br />
‘‘I’ve painted all my life. I<br />
have fond memories of a<br />
Saturday art class when Iwas<br />
10 and I’ve always loved creating<br />
pieces.’’<br />
She also had a love of<br />
gardening and that was why<br />
flowers often featured in her<br />
works.<br />
Overseas trips to Portugal,<br />
Switzerland and Italy had been<br />
inspirational, she said, and she<br />
loved painting outdoors with<br />
the subject right in frontofher.<br />
These days she tackles<br />
watercolours and mixed media<br />
works, but in the past enjoyed<br />
the challenges of oils.<br />
Bertie Holmes has been a<br />
member of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society<br />
of Arts for anumber of years<br />
and has held a number of<br />
positions, including president.<br />
Her first solo exhibition runs<br />
until November 8.<br />
Photo: Artist Bertie Holmes<br />
with some of the pieces that<br />
will feature inher solo exhibition.<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
QSM presented<br />
to conservationist<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> environmentalist Edith Smith has<br />
received the Queen’s Service Medal for services<br />
to conservation. Mrs Smith, pictured, received her<br />
award from Governor General Patsy Reddy at a<br />
ceremony in Dunedin. She has been associated<br />
with conservation projects and environmental<br />
organisations over many years and has been an<br />
active member of the Royal Forest and Bird<br />
Protection Society <strong>Ashburton</strong> Branch since 1983.<br />
Her contribution has extended to advocacy,<br />
submission writing, and organising conservation<br />
projects to protect biodiversity in Mid Canterbury.<br />
Kirdy honoured<br />
at Dunedin event<br />
2209805<br />
Tinwald Cycling Club stalwart Don Kirdy,<br />
pictured, received his Queen’s Service Medal from<br />
Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy for his<br />
services to cycling at aceremony in Dunedin on<br />
Friday. The octogenarian has mentored cyclists,<br />
looked after the velodrome, mown lawns and<br />
painted tracks at the club for over four decades.
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All the fun of the fair at Fairton<br />
There was fun aplenty<br />
and something for everyone<br />
at the Family Fun<br />
Day at Fairton School.<br />
The school, which has<br />
39 pupils and five teaching<br />
staff, put on agreat<br />
event last Saturday<br />
enjoyed by the wider<br />
school community, and<br />
many from further afield.<br />
All were on site to<br />
enjoy some school holiday<br />
fun and to support<br />
the school.<br />
There were egg and<br />
spoon races, target<br />
shooting, digger rides,<br />
vintage car rides, wagon<br />
rides pulled by Clydesdale<br />
horses, lambs to pet,<br />
raffles, bouncy castles,<br />
facepainting, heaps of<br />
product and produce<br />
stalls including car boot<br />
sellers and food sites<br />
galore.<br />
The senior students<br />
were also selling Fairton<br />
(candy) Floss to raise<br />
money for their senior<br />
camp next year to Hanmer<br />
Springs.<br />
Money raised from the<br />
rest of the day’s activities<br />
is going towards updating<br />
the school’s outdoor<br />
environment.<br />
Photos: Top, Bella<br />
Broadbent, 8, (right)<br />
narrowly wins the egg<br />
and spoon race ahead of<br />
Eloise Openshaw, 7; top<br />
right, Chloe Muckle, 3,<br />
gets asmile facepainted<br />
on her cheek; .<br />
Two year old Clay<br />
Masters shows his digger<br />
skills to dad, Corey, a<br />
professional logging<br />
crewman, and Fairton<br />
School Year 6 pupil<br />
Corbin Openshaw, 11,<br />
mans the Fairton<br />
(candy) Floss stall at the<br />
Family Fun Day, with<br />
help from senior teacher<br />
Andrea Small.<br />
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Pessimism felt in all farming sectors<br />
New Zealand rural confidence has<br />
takenasharp dive, withfarmers across<br />
all sectors increasingly pessimistic<br />
about prospects for the agricultural<br />
economy inthe year ahead, the latest<br />
quarterly RabobankRural Confidence<br />
Survey has found.<br />
Following agradual rise over the<br />
previousthree quarters, theoverall net<br />
rural confidence reading plummeted<br />
to 33 per cent in the latest survey,<br />
down from 2 per cent last quarter.<br />
The survey, completed in late<br />
August and early September, found<br />
the number of the nation’s farmers<br />
expecting theruraleconomytoworsen<br />
in the coming 12 months had risen to<br />
41 per cent (from 23 per cent last<br />
survey), while those expecting an<br />
improvement had fallen toeight per<br />
cent (down from 23 per cent). Atotal<br />
of 48 per cent were expecting similar<br />
conditions (down from 54per cent).<br />
Rabobank New Zealand CEO<br />
Todd Charteris saidfarmer confidence<br />
was now atits lowest level since the<br />
March2016 quarter, with concern over<br />
government policy identified by farmers<br />
as the key factor for their<br />
negative view.<br />
‘‘As has been for the case for the<br />
past four quarters, concern over government<br />
policy remains the chief<br />
reason for farmer pessimism, and is<br />
cited by68percent of farmers holding<br />
anegativeoutlook in thelatest survey.<br />
‘‘New Zealand rural confidence has<br />
Rabobank New Zealand CEO<br />
Todd Charteris<br />
dropped sharply from the previous<br />
quarter with farmers across all sectors<br />
nowless optimistic about the prospects<br />
for the agricultural economy in the<br />
year ahead.<br />
Government policy remains the<br />
key worry, with a host of other<br />
concerns also identified.<br />
Farmers’ expectations for their<br />
own business performance also<br />
declined across all sector groups, but<br />
remain atnet positive levels overall.<br />
Dairyfarmers recorded thebiggest<br />
drop in confidence about their own<br />
farm business performance, while horticulturalists<br />
remain the most optimistic.<br />
Investment intentions were<br />
marginally back onlast quarter<br />
‘‘Government policy relating to<br />
freshwater reform and future<br />
greenhouse gas obligations presents a<br />
major challenge for farmers and, at<br />
this time, it’s clear farmers view policy<br />
direction as the major challengetothe<br />
future prosperity of the sector.’’<br />
‘‘New Zealand food and agribusiness<br />
clients, along withtheircommunities,throughthesechallenges.Indoing<br />
so,werecognise the importanceofthis<br />
sector to New Zealand’s economic<br />
success over the coming years.’’<br />
Mr Charteris said with government<br />
policy the major source ofworry for<br />
farmers, itwas important to note the<br />
latest survey period concluded just<br />
before the Government released its<br />
freshwater policy statement on September<br />
5.<br />
‘‘Given the reaction to this policy<br />
statement from farmers and farmer<br />
advocacy groups overrecent weeks,it’s<br />
clear the contents of this document<br />
have further eroded the brittle confidence<br />
in the sector. However, we won’t<br />
get agauge on just how significant an<br />
impact this has had until our next<br />
survey isreleased in midDecember,’’<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Charteris said in addition to<br />
concern over government policy, the<br />
latest survey also highlighted aswathe<br />
of other farmer concerns.<br />
‘‘Other reasons cited by farmers for<br />
their pessimistic outlook includedconcern<br />
over the performance of Fonterra,<br />
negative public perceptions of<br />
farming and turbulence in overseas<br />
markets,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘Despite farmgate prices for New<br />
Zealand’s’s key commodities remaining<br />
relatively strong, there isawide<br />
range ofconcerns now weighing on<br />
farmers’ shoulders, and thecumulative<br />
effect of these has seen overall<br />
confidence slide dramatically.’’<br />
Farm Business Performance<br />
In line with thedropinoverallrural<br />
confidence, the latest survey found<br />
farmers across all sectors were also<br />
significantly less optimistic about the<br />
performance of their own farm businesses<br />
in the coming 12 months, with<br />
the number expecting their business<br />
performance to improve declining to<br />
24 per cent (from 31per cent inthe<br />
previous survey). Those expecting<br />
their business performance to worsen<br />
roseto20 per cent(from 10 per cent),<br />
while 55 per cent expected nochange<br />
(down from 58 per cent).<br />
Mr Charteris said the net farm<br />
business performance reading of +4<br />
per cent this survey was well back on<br />
the +31 per cent recorded in June.<br />
‘‘While well back on last quarter,<br />
this isstill considerably more optimistic<br />
thanhow farmers are feeling about<br />
the outlook of the overall agricultural<br />
economy and it does indicate that,<br />
despite feeling they are under the<br />
pump, farmers dohave some confidence<br />
intheir operation,’’ he said.<br />
Dairy farmers recorded the biggest<br />
decline insentiment when it came to<br />
the outlook for their own farm<br />
businesses inthe year ahead. There is<br />
now an even spread of dairy farmers<br />
expectingtheirfarm business performance<br />
toimprove and to worsen (both<br />
21 percent). Similarly, sheep andbeef<br />
farmers were splitonthe prospectsfor<br />
their own businesses, with 20per cent<br />
expecting animprovement and 20 per<br />
centexpecting performance to worsen.<br />
Mr Charteris said horticulturalists<br />
continued to be the most buoyant of<br />
all sectors.<br />
Farm Investment<br />
Farmers’ investment intentions also<br />
fell from the June quarter, but<br />
remained at netpositivelevels,with 23<br />
per cent of farmers indicating they<br />
would increase investment in the next<br />
12 months and 17 per centanticipating<br />
investment to decrease.<br />
‘‘Whilewe’ve seensignificantfluctuation<br />
in overall confidence levels over<br />
recent years, investment intentions<br />
have remained relatively stable, highlighting<br />
the commitment of New<br />
Zealand farmers to continually<br />
improve theirfarming operations,’’Mr<br />
Charteris said.<br />
Conducted since 20<strong>03</strong>, the<br />
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Bovis costs top $200m<br />
The costs of Mycoplasma bovis to the agricultural<br />
sector continue to stack up.<br />
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says the<br />
eradication programme has cost more than $2<strong>03</strong>million<br />
to date excluding compensation to farmers.<br />
In that respect MPI has received atotal of 1450<br />
claims with avalue of $109.9million and has so far<br />
completed 1100 of those, cutting cheques to farmers<br />
valued at about $96.5million.<br />
According to the latest figures from MPI more than<br />
116,526 cattle and cows have been culled in just over<br />
two years since the M. bovis eradication programme<br />
was launched.<br />
That’s getting close to initial estimates that around<br />
126,000 animals would be culled during the course of<br />
amultiyear surveillance and eradication strategy, or<br />
around 1% of New Zealand’s cattle population.<br />
While the ultimate cost of dealing with the disease<br />
was high estimated at about $1billion the cull itself<br />
was not significant in the context ofanannual kill of<br />
more than four million cows, calves, steers, heifers<br />
and bulls, Meat Industry Association (MIA) chief<br />
executive Tim Ritchie said.<br />
The eradication strategy involves surveillance and<br />
depopulation ofinfected cattle herds.<br />
Last year the M. bovis eradication programme<br />
pushed the yearonyear overall cow cull during the<br />
secondquarter, traditionally the dairyindustry’s peak<br />
cull period, up from 470,000 tomore than 537,000<br />
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Mr Ritchie said the majority of stock under the<br />
MPI eradication programme were going to meat<br />
processors and were being processed as normal, with<br />
‘‘smaller batches’’ for testing purposes.<br />
‘‘MPI is dealing directly with the meat processors<br />
on acommercial basisfor the cull, though we provide<br />
an element ofhygiene, for example with transport to<br />
ensure that livestock trucks that have transported<br />
cattle from infected farms are washed and cleaned.’’<br />
Mr Ritchie said depopulation of herds where M.<br />
bovis was detected was only expected to have a<br />
nominal impact on New Zealand beef production.<br />
‘‘It also doesn’t affect the safety or quality of New<br />
Zealand meat products, either locally or for our<br />
export markets.<br />
‘‘It is present in other countries, but we are seeking<br />
eradication because of its potential impacts on farm<br />
production, animal health and also the relatively low<br />
infection rates.’’<br />
While those rates had been relatively stable, there<br />
were still 292 properties under ‘‘notice of direction’’,<br />
which restricted the movement of animals and goods<br />
off farm and 641 properties under ‘‘active surveillance’’,<br />
where actual testing for M. bovis had begun.<br />
Twentyone of the 193 properties confirmed as<br />
having had the disease still remained on the active<br />
list, of which the majority, 148, were in the South<br />
Island.<br />
‘‘Ultimately, it’s in all our interests to ensure that<br />
the disease is under control,’’ Mr Ritchie said.<br />
Synlait posts $82.2m net profit<br />
Synlait posted a10percent increased net profit of<br />
$82.2 million, in its end of year financial result.<br />
The combination of an increase in profit plus a<br />
total average milk price of $6.58 per kgMS for the<br />
2018/<strong>2019</strong> season was achieved off arevenue which<br />
exceeded $1 billion for the first time.<br />
Synlait Chair Graeme Milne said was a very<br />
pleasing result to be able to announce for Synlait.<br />
Synlait CEO Leon Clement said three points stood<br />
out in the performance.<br />
‘‘Firstly, we delivered a strong financial result,<br />
supported our customers to grow and create value,<br />
while improving our operational efficiency.<br />
‘‘Secondly, we invested in our future by bringing on<br />
new facilities and people capability that position us<br />
well for continued growth.’’<br />
‘‘Finally, we clarified and focused our direction<br />
with anew purpose, ambition and strategy, that aligns<br />
our people and stakeholders toacommon goal.’’<br />
‘‘In summary, our team delivered astrong result,<br />
invested in our future, and clarified our direction.’’<br />
The results saw revenue exceed $1 billion for the<br />
first time, which was an increase of 17% to $1,024.3<br />
million; operating cashflow increased 39 percent to<br />
$136.7 million; salesvolumes increased 21,093 MT or<br />
16 percent to 149,730 MT; consumer packaged infant<br />
formula volumes continued to grow, up 21% to<br />
42,907 MT; and average milk price of $6.58 per kgMS<br />
for the 2018/<strong>2019</strong> season, made up of abase milk<br />
price of $6.40 and an additional $0.18 inincentive<br />
payments.<br />
Synlait’s financial result was characterised by<br />
ongoing growth in infant nutrition volumes, strong<br />
efficiency gains (signalled at half year), and an<br />
expansion in lactoferrin capacity and resulting sales.<br />
These factors help contribute to an increase in total<br />
gross profit of 12 percent.<br />
Expenditure lifted in line with this growth, but<br />
importantly much of this increased investment was in<br />
areas that support future opportunities.<br />
Notably, operating cashflow increased 39 percent<br />
to $136.7 million, reflecting the strong underlying<br />
performance of the business and ability to fund our<br />
investment programme.<br />
Synlait’s financial performance was supported by<br />
their sustainability agenda as commitments made last<br />
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‘‘Water quality is very important to all<br />
New Zealanders and our communities.<br />
Dairy farmers are part of the community,<br />
like everyone else, and we want to<br />
see improvements,’’ says DairyNZ chief<br />
executive officer Dr Tim Mackle.<br />
Dr Mackle was speaking of the initial<br />
sixweek timeframe of the Essential<br />
Freshwater consultation. It has since<br />
been extended by two weeks.<br />
Farmers need to have afair chance to<br />
input into this process. They needtime to<br />
consider the proposal and weigh upthe<br />
impact on their farms, families and<br />
communities, Dr Mackle said.<br />
‘‘Essential Freshwaterwill significantly<br />
impactthe way we farm in New Zealand.<br />
If this process is to have any integrity the<br />
Minister must extend the consultation<br />
periodtoallow farmerstime to digest the<br />
proposal and engage in a meaningful<br />
way.<br />
‘‘Spring is abusy time for farmers with<br />
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is adding to it.<br />
‘‘At the end of the day, farmers are<br />
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ask them to write this number of<br />
submissionsinone seasonZero Carbon<br />
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‘‘The huge numbers of farmers showing<br />
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‘‘We are seeing public meetings where<br />
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Council lifeline for<br />
aquifer recharge trial<br />
By John Keast<br />
Mid Canterbury’s aquifer recharge<br />
trial has been given alifeline by the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> council just days after<br />
Environment Minister David Parker<br />
spoke highly of the research.<br />
The council, in its final meeting<br />
of the term, agreed on the motion<br />
of councillors Stuart Wilson and<br />
Leen Braam to grant the Hinds<br />
Water Enhancement Trust (formerly<br />
the managed aquifer<br />
recharge governance group)<br />
$125,000 from its economic<br />
development fund.<br />
But there was stiff opposition<br />
from several councillors who questioned<br />
whether the money should<br />
come from that fund.<br />
Outgoing councillor Russell Ellis<br />
who cannot stand in the coming<br />
term because his nomination was<br />
ruled invalid said the public had<br />
not had achance to have their say<br />
on whether economic development<br />
money should go to such acause.<br />
Cr Peter Reveley said it was a<br />
great project, but the money should<br />
not come from economic development.<br />
Council, he said, had already put<br />
a‘‘heck of alot of water’’ into the<br />
project.<br />
Cr Selwyn Price said he was also<br />
opposed. He had seen no business<br />
case and it was ‘‘just ludicrous and<br />
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have you been told of<br />
the results?❜<br />
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inconsistent’’.<br />
But mayoral aspirant Neil Brown<br />
said there had been abusiness case<br />
given to council just six months ago,<br />
and council needed to move forward<br />
in its support.<br />
Cr Lynette Lovett said the project<br />
toboost underground water<br />
levels and dilute nitrates would<br />
benefit the whole community.<br />
Cr Mark Malcolm said he did not<br />
support it, but retiring councillor<br />
Alastair Urquhart said the money<br />
would be as well spent there as<br />
elsewhere.<br />
There was also support from Cr<br />
Diane Rawlinson, who said the<br />
$125,000 would be matched by the<br />
regional council.<br />
Mayor Donna Favel, the council’s<br />
representative on the Hinds<br />
water trust, also supported it, and<br />
said Mr Parker was excited by the<br />
project’s possibilities.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilson said the debate<br />
was a debacle ‘‘with the same<br />
speakers going on and on’’.<br />
He said some of those in opposition<br />
were ‘‘negative’’.<br />
‘‘How many times have you been<br />
told of the results?’’<br />
He said council did not have to<br />
ask ratepayers every time it spent<br />
some money.<br />
Cr Price said noone was disputing<br />
the value of the project, but<br />
disputing how economic development<br />
money was spent.<br />
The Hinds Water Enhancement<br />
Trust is also awaiting the<br />
outcome of its application to<br />
Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth<br />
Fund for $950,000.<br />
The trust chairman, Peter<br />
Lowe, said if that money did not<br />
come through, the trustees would<br />
have tothink seriously about the<br />
future.<br />
He spoke tocouncil about the<br />
project, and said a planned<br />
recharge site would likely benefit<br />
the Hinds potable supply and an<br />
existing recharge site near Mayfield<br />
would help its supply.<br />
There, water from the RDR<br />
was fed into the Hinds river bed.<br />
The trust was looking at asite<br />
north of the original site.<br />
The original site targeted an<br />
area of high nitrates and had<br />
‘‘worked brilliantly’’.<br />
The trust’s Year 3reportwould<br />
be with council shortly.<br />
Three councillors sign off<br />
Three councillors have signed off <br />
but one, Russell Ellis,may be back.<br />
At the end of each term of<br />
council, retiring councillors are<br />
farewelled, and also speak about<br />
their time at council.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilson spoke of Cr<br />
Ellis, who wanted to stand but<br />
whose nomination was ruled out of<br />
order; Cr Selwyn Price spoke of<br />
retiring longterm councillor Peter<br />
Reveley, and Cr Diane Rawlinson<br />
spoke of retiring councillor Alastair<br />
Urquhart.<br />
Cr Wilson said Cr Ellis, since<br />
being elected in 2013, had<br />
bloomed.<br />
‘‘We will miss your wise input in<br />
abig way,’’ hesaid.<br />
‘‘I hold you in the highest<br />
esteem.’’<br />
Cr Ellis said he was hoping he<br />
could reappear.<br />
Did council get every decision<br />
right.<br />
‘‘No, but we get most of it right,’’<br />
he said.<br />
Sometimes, he said, councillors<br />
had to make tough decisions and<br />
any intending councillor needed to<br />
talk about water.<br />
Cr Ellis thanked councillors and<br />
staff for their support. Cr Price said<br />
he knew he and Cr Reveley would<br />
see eye to eye asboth were short.<br />
He said Cr Reveley was elected<br />
in 2004, had been in conflict with<br />
various mayors, and his expertise<br />
was valued and respected.<br />
He was alone in that he had<br />
stood in and been elected in every<br />
ward and was a true man of<br />
principle.<br />
Cr Reveley said he had got to an<br />
age when it was time to move on.<br />
He said he had stood his ground<br />
over astopbank and got it got<br />
offside over the Mayfield water<br />
supply and ‘‘got offside with many<br />
in here but stuck with it’’.<br />
He said climate change was a<br />
‘‘new disease and noone will ever<br />
change my mind onthat’’.<br />
He said the <strong>Ashburton</strong> museum/<br />
gallery building was one reason he<br />
‘‘bailed out’’ midterm to spend<br />
more time on the farm.<br />
Cr Rawlinson said she had<br />
known Alastair Urquhart for 25<br />
years.<br />
He farmed at Erewhon and Mt<br />
Potts and, later, Dromore and<br />
stoodin2013 and got in with ahigh<br />
vote.<br />
She said he was aman of quiet<br />
determination.<br />
Cr Urquhart said he was elected<br />
on his 40th wedding anniversary<br />
and had arocky start after being<br />
told at aworkshop he could only<br />
comment ‘‘on the information<br />
before us’’.<br />
He said council was abig learning<br />
curve and hewas accused of<br />
having a conflict of interest over<br />
the proposed second bridge and<br />
was let down by some poor advice.<br />
He said his second term was<br />
much more pleasant and ‘‘good<br />
luck with trying to mopupthe shed<br />
up the road’’.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 23<br />
Peaceful haven for rare mudfish<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Arable farmer Ian Mackenize, and<br />
his wife, Diana, opened their<br />
Eiffelton property in Mid<br />
Canterbury, to Foundation for<br />
Arable Research’s Women In Arable<br />
group, to have aclose up look at how<br />
farming and environment protection<br />
can work hand in hand.<br />
Mr Mackenzie, athird generation<br />
farmer on the Akaunui Farm site,<br />
spoke about the efforts to help<br />
protect the endangered mudfish<br />
which live in the farm’s Purakaunui<br />
Creek.<br />
The Mackenzies, even after more<br />
than 25 years dealing with mudfish<br />
on farm, were still learning about the<br />
rare breed as there were few people<br />
who knew alot about them.<br />
The waterway, which winds about<br />
1.5km through the farm ends with a<br />
series of pond sites, and is inhabited<br />
by mudfish.<br />
Over many years, the wetlands on<br />
the farm have been protected and<br />
planted to improve water quality and<br />
support ahealthy population of<br />
mudfish and other native species.<br />
It’s apeaceful haven for nature to<br />
thrive.<br />
Mr Mackenzie spoke about the<br />
mudfish on the property which were<br />
one of the biggest population of the<br />
world’s rarest freshwater fish.<br />
He had live samples for the women<br />
to view caught with aspecially<br />
crafted cage trap.<br />
Alot of money and alot of time<br />
has gone into the wetlands<br />
development which included five or<br />
six hectares and water system.<br />
‘‘If you have one of the world’s<br />
rarest fish species on your property<br />
you should look after it,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘We like it because it’s quite nice<br />
out here, it’s pretty cool.’’<br />
There were also wild eels in the<br />
creek but among the wetlands were<br />
bird life such as Grey Teal, Paradise<br />
Ducks, Kingfishers, Heron, Fantails,<br />
Pukeko and Shovelers which were all<br />
‘‘pretty spectacular and of course<br />
they’re living off the frogs,<br />
cockabillies and the mudfish that live<br />
in the creek, so everything is<br />
connected.’’<br />
The mudfish, on site, lay their eggs<br />
in late winter and when they hatched<br />
in September/ <strong>October</strong> they were<br />
clear, and like whitebait, swam<br />
openly in large shoals.<br />
As they grew, their colour got<br />
darker and they started to hide from<br />
predators such as the airborne black<br />
shag or water predators like heron,<br />
kingfishers and eel.<br />
They hid under the shade of native<br />
plants like carex and flax and fed at<br />
night.<br />
There were higher levels of<br />
mudfish in the creek where eels did<br />
not swim.<br />
The Mackenzie family farming<br />
operation is diversified, producing<br />
grain, seeds, meat and milk all<br />
under irrigation.<br />
Mr Mackenzie, who is a<br />
shareholder in alocal engineering<br />
business, also has experience in<br />
governance roles having served on<br />
the boards of several commercial<br />
businesses, charitable and<br />
community groups, government and<br />
NGO groups.<br />
He has served some years on the<br />
regional council transport committee<br />
but is better known for his<br />
involvement with water and the<br />
environment.<br />
Through his various roles with<br />
Federated Farmers, at aregional and<br />
national level, he has been involved<br />
in trying to help develop<br />
environmental policies that underpin<br />
arational strategy for water and the<br />
environment that does not destroy<br />
our social and economic wellbeing.<br />
He was an inaugural member of<br />
the Canterbury Water Management<br />
Strategy and was part of the process<br />
for developing the concept of sub<br />
regional zone committees and he<br />
served several years on the national<br />
Land and Water Forum. Mr<br />
Mackenzie encouraged farmers with<br />
land not suitable for farming to<br />
consider making their own wetland.<br />
Check out the video at<br />
ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Chiropractic<br />
Chiropractor Debra Curtin has been based in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> for the past eight years, trading as<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Chiropractic.<br />
Debra was drawn to becoming achiropractorafter<br />
experiencingher ownhealth issues.<br />
She graduated from Macquarie University in<br />
Sydney, Australia, in 20<strong>03</strong> and worked inavariety<br />
of clinics before settling in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Debra is fascinated by how well-being can be<br />
influenced by the health of the spine and the<br />
nervous system.<br />
The term chiropractic means ‘‘done by hand’’ to<br />
encourage changes to spinal joint subluxations<br />
where joints arenot movingwell. Over timethese<br />
joints can become sticky and interrupt the innate<br />
intelligence of the nervous system and nerve<br />
transmissions between the brain andthe body.<br />
It is abit likeanelectrical short circuit.<br />
When the nerve transmissions do not perform<br />
correctly, this can lead to changes in muscle<br />
behaviour, postureand ultimatelyaperson’sability<br />
to move withease.<br />
Debra’s interest in health has continued toevolve<br />
into investigating genes andhow theymay impact<br />
on our general health.<br />
Her particular interest focuses on liver gene<br />
function and how this can become disrupted by<br />
foods, environment, life decision, stress, traumas<br />
and genes themselves.<br />
&<br />
Health<br />
Wellbeing<br />
The liver plays ahuge role in the biochemical<br />
detoxification of the body which allows for the<br />
internalworkingsofthebodytofunctionoptimally.<br />
However ifthe liver becomes disrupted it can<br />
cause us to feel unwell.<br />
Debra is available for people wanting to learn<br />
more about howtheycan improve their health.<br />
Phone 3089516 to schedule an appointment time.<br />
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OUR FOCUS<br />
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Hours- Sun: 10am to 4pm;<br />
Mon &Tue: 8am to 6pm; Wed: 8am to 4pm<br />
Thu, Fri, Sat: Closed.<br />
*Wetakeaerhours by appointment<br />
David Atkinson, Optometrist<br />
Debra Curtin<br />
BSC, MChiro, NZCA<br />
65 Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone: 307 8988<br />
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MADE IN MID CANTERBURY<br />
‘All YouCan Eat’ –Authentic Filipino and Asian food<br />
Dandin’s Buffet restaurant<br />
owners Sonia and<br />
Patricio Dandin have<br />
spent years making<br />
tantalising authentic<br />
Filipino and Asian dishes<br />
for others to enjoy.<br />
Their restaurant, in the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Triangle<br />
complexonVictoriaStreet,<br />
opened just over a year<br />
ago and follows on from<br />
the success of their former Carinderia Buffet<br />
restaurantwhich wasinBurnett Street.<br />
They use ingredients sourced locally tomake<br />
their tastydishes.<br />
Now conveniently located right next door to<br />
their Filipino Dairybusiness,Sonia and Patricio<br />
spend time between the businesses offering<br />
an authentic Filipino foods in the dairy, as well<br />
as cooked along side Asian dishes.<br />
Their ‘all you can eat buffet’, which costs $20,<br />
has dishes such as chicken pastel, lechon<br />
kawali, pansit bihon, chop suey, pork adobo,<br />
spring rolls and rice.<br />
It is available every day with dine-in or<br />
takeawayoptions.<br />
They are open from<br />
11.30am until 2.30pm,<br />
then reopen again<br />
for dinner between<br />
5.30pm to 9pm.<br />
Sonia, who was featured<br />
on Filipino television<br />
beamed to 2.4million<br />
viewers, is often visited<br />
by touring Filipino<br />
and Asian groups.<br />
They also offer catering options for any large<br />
event or small gathering. Their premises<br />
can accommodate up to 50 diners in-house,<br />
but off-site they have catered for up to 250<br />
people in the past and will set up food and<br />
decorations as required.<br />
Sonia says the popular ‘all you can eat buffet’<br />
has adifferent menu every day, which is all<br />
freshly cooked and hot.<br />
Choices includes dishes of meat, seafood,<br />
vegetables, drinks and desserts are also<br />
available.<br />
Call in and check out the food selection<br />
available in their popular buffet.<br />
Fill your tummytoyour heart’scontent<br />
or shop your Asian groceryitems<br />
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Unique jewellery<br />
Unique Jewellery isaptly named. Asthe only<br />
manufacturing jeweller in Mid Canterbury,<br />
the skills offered provide the opportunity for<br />
clients to have a special piece of jewellery<br />
designed and made especially forthem.<br />
Unique Jewellery takes pride in only ever<br />
making one version of anything hence<br />
‘unique’.<br />
Consultation is extremely important with the<br />
jewellerworkingcloselywithclientstointerpret<br />
their ideas and vision, as well as offering<br />
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have been understood.<br />
Whether it is the creation of anew piece, the<br />
remodelling of an existing one, orthe use of<br />
stones from aring,brooch or necklaceinanew<br />
setting,the client is included in everystep.<br />
Achoice ofstones can be made available for<br />
clients to choose from.<br />
Owner and jeweller, Adrian Waddell spent 15<br />
years overseas working with jewellers and<br />
pearl producers in Australia and England,<br />
gaining knowledge of the latest techniques<br />
and designs. Unique Jewellery opened in<br />
Unique<br />
creations<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s only on-site jewellery<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> inlate 2004, when hedecided to<br />
returntoNew Zealand.<br />
As well as manufacturing and remaking<br />
jewellery, Adrian is an expertinrepairs. Broken<br />
clasps, lost jewels and much more can be<br />
fixed in<strong>Ashburton</strong>. All repairs are done on<br />
site, ensuring the jewellery never leaves the<br />
premises.<br />
Foranythingfromasimplerepairtothecreation<br />
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Custom made just foryou<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> is thehome of<br />
MacrocraftFurniture, the<br />
furnituremanufacturer<br />
which specialises in<br />
custom made pieces.<br />
Some clients know<br />
exactly whattheywantin<br />
design, timber,colour,and<br />
fittings. Some arrive with a<br />
photograph, while others<br />
have avision which needs<br />
to be interpreted.<br />
Whichever it is, staff<br />
work closely with clients<br />
to ensure the finished product iswhat the<br />
customerwants.<br />
Avariety ofsolid timber is available including<br />
macrocarpa, pine, New Zealand oregon and<br />
American oak.<br />
An extensive range of furniture can also be<br />
found on the shop floor but with sales from<br />
Auckland to Stewart Island, many customers<br />
make their choicefromthe company’s website.<br />
Deliverycan be arranged nationwide.<br />
The range of furniture is large. There is<br />
everything from small pieces such as trays,<br />
and magazine and wineracks through to large<br />
dining tables or bedroom suites, There are<br />
hall and coffee tables, bookcases and desks,<br />
entertainment units and chests through to<br />
outside benches,tables and bar leaners.<br />
Owners Carol Greer and Dayle Prichard place<br />
strong emphasis on high-quality service and<br />
products,along withcustomer satisfaction.<br />
Designs continue to change asthe company<br />
strives to keep up with moderntrends.<br />
Macrocraft Furniture also imports wooden<br />
furnituredirect from China and Vietnam giving<br />
the customer wholesale prices.<br />
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163 TANCRED STREET,<br />
ASHBURTON<br />
PHONE 307 6663<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 25<br />
MADE IN MID CANTERBURY<br />
Tempting treats to tantalise the tastebuds<br />
Tharina Nel, of The Cakelady <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
can make any food lover’s dream come<br />
true from delectable cakes, cupcakes and<br />
muffins dripping with chocolate or icing, to<br />
confectionery nougat treats, through to her<br />
sweet and savoury range of pies and quiches.<br />
Tharina has been creating mouthwatering<br />
delights for family, friends, café’s<br />
and restaurants for the past decade.<br />
She started baking as something to do<br />
when her children were young and enjoyed<br />
it so much it’s become a labour of love.<br />
She opened her <strong>Ashburton</strong>-based<br />
business in early 2017, and her impressive<br />
creations have taken on their own<br />
popularity and are enjoyed far and wide.<br />
Tiered wedding cakes, novelty birthday cakes,<br />
food forspecial occasions or anyevent in need<br />
of sweet treats or some savoury selections,<br />
The Cakelady <strong>Ashburton</strong> can make them all.<br />
Tharina has her own favourite recipes,<br />
which are ‘tried and tested’ and in many<br />
flavours, but will make cakes from supplied<br />
recipes to match any special requests.<br />
She can also make cakes for Gluten Free,<br />
Keto, Dairy Free, Egg Free and Vegan diets.<br />
Tharina likes to know exactly what is<br />
in her cakes so makes everything from<br />
scratch, including jam fillings and curds.<br />
She can hand-craft her cake decorations<br />
to replicate photographs or objects and<br />
in the past has crafted many treasured<br />
animals, or sports and hobby themed<br />
such as golf bags and vehicle cakes.<br />
She likes people to seeand tasteher products<br />
andisoftensetupatmarketsaroundthedistrict.<br />
She will be at the Leeston Spring Fling (<strong>October</strong><br />
6) and MethvenHighCountryFete(November)<br />
and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospice Christmas Tour<br />
and Market in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Arcade on<br />
December 1but can be contactedany time via<br />
TheCakelady <strong>Ashburton</strong> Facebook page.<br />
2211405<br />
Bespoke FurnitureCraftsman<br />
Craftsman Chris Thompson, of Thompson<br />
Woodworking, makes timeless furniture<br />
pieces, handcrafted tothe finest detail and<br />
custom made to fit anyspace, large or small.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> based designer/maker is<br />
also an experienced boat builder, who<br />
began his professional woodworking<br />
career more than 40 years ago as a<br />
boat builder in the United Kingdom.<br />
He grew up in Christchurch and has decades<br />
of experience making unique, high quality<br />
furniture.<br />
His hand-crafted pieces include stylish pieces<br />
to complement any bedroom, dining room or<br />
living space such as dressers, cabinets, chests,<br />
dining tables,chairsand entertainmentunits.<br />
Chris can craft<br />
uniquely designed<br />
chests of drawers to<br />
fit any space, blanket<br />
boxes, coffee tables,<br />
display cabinets<br />
and make-up tables.<br />
As well as conventional<br />
furniture, the designer<br />
in Chris has come<br />
up with a specialty<br />
floating display<br />
cabinet.<br />
``You can draw<br />
plans on apiece<br />
of paper, but it<br />
is not until you<br />
make it in full<br />
size, anditcomes<br />
to life thatyou can tell if yougot it rightornot.<br />
He says,“Youcan be the judge of that- it’s my<br />
homage to the men who have been agreat<br />
influenceonmywork.’’<br />
Chrisspentthe 1980’smaking furniturebefore<br />
working with ajoinery firm specialising in the<br />
interior of super yachts and launches,and then<br />
restoring old wooden boats.<br />
He has also fitted out caravans,<br />
motorhomes and tiny spaces drawing<br />
on his unique skills and experience.<br />
Working with a variety of wood materials<br />
including Matai timber,Rimu and Elm,<br />
Chris can transform any piece ofwood and<br />
bring it to lifewith bespoke furnituretosuit.<br />
To see some of Chris’ work, ortocontact him<br />
about securing your own unique piece, visit<br />
www.thompsonwoodworking.nz<br />
If you can dream it,<br />
Ican bake it!<br />
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2211494<br />
We have your trailers covered!<br />
Staff at Helmack Engineering know athing or<br />
two about trailers –after all, the company has<br />
beenbuilding them for43years.<br />
While the components are similar to those used<br />
in the early days, acouple of design changes<br />
during the years has meant the trailers are now<br />
much stronger.<br />
The extensive range of trailers, from standard<br />
designs to custom built to suit individual client’s<br />
needs, arefinished using hot dippedgalvanised.<br />
Helmack Engineering has just completed a<br />
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qualityproduct.<br />
Staff know what works and can offer expert<br />
advice on the best model to suit a client’s<br />
requriements.<br />
The emphasis of the business remains on<br />
motor body building, with everything from<br />
linehaul to town delivery trucks, from tippers to<br />
curtainsiders and flatdecks.<br />
TheSupreme range of horse floats,manufactured<br />
by the company in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, remain a<br />
significantpartofthe business,with afull range<br />
of sizes and types offered.<br />
The10staff in the engineering departmenthave<br />
manyyearsofservicebetween them, much of it<br />
at HelmackEngineering.This longevityofservice<br />
means experience inall types of engineering<br />
work and significantknowledge and skill.<br />
The company stands behind its products and<br />
offers service and repair to vehicles it builds.<br />
Replacement wheel bearings, brakes, and<br />
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MADE IN MID CANTERBURY<br />
Exceptionalworkmanship<br />
Mainland Coachwork Limited isasuccessful<br />
and creative manufacturer of horse trucks/<br />
coaches and horse floats.<br />
They arebased at JBCullen Drivein<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and their products are delivered throughout<br />
New Zealand.<br />
Owners Rodney Greaney and Paul Chapman<br />
have more than 30years' experience inthe<br />
coach building trade.<br />
Their passionate, high calibre team provide<br />
exceptional workmanship, building on time<br />
and on budget.<br />
They enjoy forming strong connections with<br />
their clients to better understand their needs<br />
fortheir horses.<br />
Paul has worked for more than 15years for<br />
alocal bus and motorhome repair business<br />
and Rodney is a qualified coach builder,<br />
manufacturing replica D-type and E-type<br />
Jaguar racing cars in the early years, then<br />
busesand nowhorse coaches and horse floats.<br />
They can create a simple horse float or<br />
a luxurious horse palace built to your<br />
specifications in arange of sizes from entry<br />
level to executivemodels.<br />
Their horse floats are manufactured to order<br />
and can also include entry level, tandem and<br />
wide track models.<br />
“When you deal with Mainland Coachwork<br />
your new horse coach or horse float will be<br />
built to suit your individual needs (no run of<br />
the mill here) and will be built to the highest<br />
quality.''<br />
“Our close knit team is fully qualified and<br />
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If you are looking for acustom built horse<br />
coach or float give the team at Mainland<br />
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Page Engineering ...old into new<br />
Page Engineering, in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Riverside<br />
Industrial Park, isafamily<br />
owned and operated<br />
engineering company<br />
meeting the needs of the<br />
district’s agricultural and<br />
transportsector.<br />
The business specialises in<br />
truck to trailer conversions,<br />
turning old trucks into new<br />
and usable farm trailers.<br />
They have afully equipped<br />
mobile work truck for onfarmrepairs.<br />
All the staff are highly<br />
experienced and come<br />
from either an agricultural<br />
background or are trade<br />
qualified.<br />
No job toobig or small.<br />
Page Engineering are<br />
suppliers and installers of<br />
PowerTarps retractable<br />
truck covers.<br />
From simple horse floats to luxurious horse coaches<br />
Horse Coaches:<br />
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www.mainlandcoachwork.co.nz<br />
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• Removable or fold down sides<br />
• Hydraulic braking options<br />
• Grain bins<br />
• Grain bin extensions<br />
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25 Robinson Street,<br />
Riverside Industrial Estate,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Loader FillingBins<br />
• Hydraulic opening<br />
• Eurohook attachment<br />
• Holds 1T bag of fertiliser<br />
Natural pet food range to suit pets nationwide<br />
Simply Pet Foods is alocally<br />
owned and operated<br />
business making their own<br />
pet food range to meet the<br />
needs of pets throughout<br />
the country.<br />
New owners Carrie and<br />
Sam Collett still offer a<br />
range of specialty fresh and<br />
frozen pet foods, sourced<br />
from the rich pastures<br />
of Mid Canterbury and<br />
beyond, but also have bird seed and a<br />
new range of pet accessories including<br />
collars, pet beds and grooming tools.<br />
SamworkedforsevenyearswithSimplyPet<br />
Foods beforetaking over in July this year.<br />
Andit’sanopportunitythe couple,along<br />
with the older of their four children aged<br />
3to14, areenjoying.<br />
“Our variety ofraw and chewy meats<br />
ideally suit the digestive systems of our<br />
cats and dogs who, like their ancestors<br />
in the wild, struggle to<br />
process anything else.<br />
“We also have our own<br />
mobile abattoir offering<br />
services through Mid<br />
Canterbury and linking the<br />
natural animal food chain.<br />
And offer Nutrience dried<br />
food range forkittens to cats<br />
and puppies to large dogs.’’<br />
“Wealso ship nationwide.’’<br />
Simply Pet Foods creates<br />
high quality, all natural foods for<br />
your beloved animals, whether<br />
they’re pets or working farm animals.<br />
Located at 99 Archibald Street, in<br />
Tinwald, <strong>Ashburton</strong> between the<br />
Green Grocer and Tinwald Tavern<br />
there is plenty of off-street parking.<br />
The retail shop is open Monday to<br />
Thursday from 9am to 5pm, late night<br />
Friday until 6pm, and Saturdays from<br />
9am to 4pm.<br />
Wind Art–apiece forevery garden<br />
Artist Charlie Jaine specialises in<br />
custom-made steel artworks which<br />
come in all shapesand sizes,and add<br />
aunique focal point toany space.<br />
Charlie, is a born and bred<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>ian. He spent his<br />
younger years engineering<br />
farm equipment from scratch<br />
and farming before recognising<br />
his true talent five years ago.<br />
He enjoys creating artworks<br />
which is a complete change from<br />
being a fourth generation farmer.<br />
He says unlike farming from<br />
one season to another, his work<br />
right now will last in people’s<br />
gardens for generations to come.<br />
His favourite creations to make<br />
are the large garden sculptures<br />
which move fluidly, and<br />
quietly in the wind without fail<br />
He says there isapiece for every<br />
garden and he is open to doing<br />
commission pieces. All of Charlie’s<br />
sort-afterworks have ahigh standard<br />
of finish and craftmanship.<br />
Charlie has a workshop in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> and promotes his<br />
artworks at shows, fairs and fete’s<br />
around the country including<br />
Geraldine Summer Fete, the<br />
Wanaka A&P Show and by word<br />
of mouth, as his creations can<br />
be found in homes and gardens<br />
nationwide.<br />
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There isalso adedicated Charlies<br />
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Facebook page for anyone<br />
wanting to view some of his<br />
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Charlie is working on some pieces<br />
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and will have be acouple of his<br />
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Aclimate for change 60march in to town<br />
Around 60 students and<br />
teachers from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Borough School marched<br />
and gathered at Baring<br />
Square West on Friday to<br />
voice their concerns about<br />
the environment and the<br />
affects of climate change.<br />
Marching as part of the<br />
third nationwide School<br />
Strike 4Climate day, some<br />
students displayed banners<br />
with bleak messages saying<br />
‘We can do better’, ‘There<br />
is no planet B’, ‘Stop climate<br />
change before it stops<br />
us’, ‘Learn to change, or<br />
learn to swim’, ‘Cut down<br />
on CO2 emissions’ and<br />
‘You’ll die of old age, we’ll<br />
die of climate change’.<br />
Other students belted<br />
out catchy warning slogans<br />
to get their messages and<br />
feelings across.<br />
A number of passing<br />
motorists on nearby State<br />
Highway 1 honked their<br />
horns to acknowledge the<br />
awareness efforts of the<br />
young marchers, who are<br />
backing the declaration of a<br />
climate emergency.<br />
Marchers then moved<br />
across to the main entrance<br />
of <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council’s offices to further<br />
share their concerns.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> marchers<br />
joined thousands of others<br />
from around the country to<br />
take part in climate change<br />
marches. The marches have<br />
been inspired by an international<br />
movement sparked<br />
by Swedish teenager<br />
Greta Thunberg.<br />
Canterbury drivers overestimate their own ability<br />
New research into road<br />
safety and driver attitudes<br />
has found many<br />
drivers in Canterbury<br />
overestimate their ability<br />
and blame others for<br />
roadsafety problems.<br />
The research was done<br />
by Research First for the<br />
Hurunui, Kaikoura, Waimakariri,<br />
Selwyn, <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
Waitaki, Timaru,<br />
McKenzie and Waimate<br />
district councils, Environment<br />
Canterbury and the<br />
New Zealand Transport<br />
Agency to determine<br />
regionspecific attitudes<br />
and perceptions towards<br />
road safety. Councils<br />
across Canterbury work<br />
together to address driver<br />
problems, saysWaimakariri<br />
District Mayor and<br />
Canterbury Regional<br />
Road Safety Working<br />
Group chairman David<br />
Ayers.<br />
‘‘Infrastructure and<br />
vehicle safety improvements,<br />
speed management<br />
and enforcement<br />
only go so far in keeping<br />
road users safe,’’ he says.<br />
‘‘We still need to<br />
ensure we have road<br />
users who take responsibility,<br />
are skilled, competent,<br />
alert and unimpaired.’’<br />
Waimakariri District<br />
Council road safety coordinator<br />
Kathy Graham<br />
says all drivers need to do<br />
an honest appraisal of<br />
their driving. ‘‘Manyofus<br />
feel other drivers are the<br />
ones who need to drive<br />
better, or we believe it is<br />
reckless drivers, or that<br />
the people who crash are<br />
taking risks.<br />
‘‘Howeverweare regularlyseeing<br />
crashesinour<br />
district involving people<br />
who drive the same route<br />
every day. They know the<br />
areawell, yet they still fail<br />
to fully stop at an intersection<br />
and don’t see<br />
another car approaching,<br />
or theyare distracted and<br />
end up running off the<br />
road, sometimes with<br />
serious consequences,<br />
particularly on our higher<br />
speed roads.’’<br />
Forty percent of those<br />
surveyed rated their own<br />
driving ability as above<br />
average, while the same<br />
group considered 70% to<br />
be only average drivers.<br />
Nearly half rated aggressive<br />
and impatient drivers,<br />
and those using cellphones,<br />
as serious risks.<br />
Distracted drivers and<br />
speeding drivers were<br />
also abig concern.<br />
Collisions at intersections<br />
and high traffic volumes<br />
were considered<br />
the most serious risks.
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Inner Wheel hands over $500<br />
At the recent annual changeover at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Inner Wheel, outgoing president Judy Kingsbury<br />
presented Olive Anstiss, representing the Westpac Helicopter Service, with acheque for $500. The<br />
money was raised by the club during the 2018/19 year. (Photo supplied)<br />
Trust approves funding of $124,089 in September round<br />
The Community Trust<br />
of Mid &South Canterbury<br />
has approved<br />
$124,089 to 24 organisations<br />
in its September<br />
funding round.<br />
Locally, Mid Canterbury<br />
Riding for the<br />
Disabled received<br />
$5,000, Tinwald Pony<br />
Club was given $1,500<br />
for replacement uniforms<br />
and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Swim Team $3,300 for<br />
radios.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Baptist<br />
Church was given a<br />
$10,000 operating<br />
grant to run a debt<br />
centre that supports<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> families<br />
recovering from debt<br />
crisis and helps them<br />
find pathways tofinancially<br />
sustainable<br />
futures.<br />
Funding to other<br />
health, community and<br />
recreational groups<br />
included the South<br />
Canterbury Multiple<br />
Sclerosis Society<br />
($10,000), Parkinson’s<br />
New Zealand<br />
($10,000), The Stroke<br />
Foundation of New<br />
Zealand ($3,000), CCS<br />
Disability Action South<br />
Canterbury Inc<br />
($10,000), the RNZ<br />
Foundation of the<br />
Blind Inc ($2,000 digital<br />
audio books), Life<br />
Education Trust Mid<br />
and South Canterbury<br />
($8,500) and Squash<br />
Midlands ($5,000 in<br />
wage funding for a<br />
newly established management/administration<br />
position).<br />
The trust also contributed<br />
$10,000 to the<br />
Gloriavale Leavers’<br />
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Methven Community Board briefs<br />
Playground equipment<br />
has been installed at<br />
Camrose Estate after a<br />
number of delays. Edging<br />
work and the supply<br />
and installation of surface<br />
material, such as<br />
mulch and matting, still<br />
needs tobecompleted.<br />
Some disputes relating<br />
to the playground are<br />
still unresolved.<br />
There are noyoung<br />
people from Methven<br />
on the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Youth<br />
Council (AYC). Thelast<br />
recruitment drive<br />
visited <strong>Ashburton</strong> College,<br />
but not Mount<br />
Hutt College. The next<br />
recruitment drive will<br />
visit Mount Hutt and<br />
AYC members also<br />
intend sitting in on a<br />
Methven Community<br />
Board in the future and<br />
may bringthe Skate Jam<br />
to Methven as well.<br />
Safe Communities<br />
coordinator Lesley<br />
Symington will meet<br />
with MCB early next<br />
year to present on the<br />
Safe Communities project.<br />
She will work with<br />
MCB to create asimilar,<br />
but smaller project for<br />
Methven.<br />
A group of third<br />
year Otago School of<br />
Medicine students<br />
visited Methven inJuly<br />
as part of a long running,<br />
annual community<br />
contact programme. The<br />
glimpse into rural health<br />
included trips to the<br />
medical centre, Search<br />
and Rescue and Methven<br />
Primary school. MCB will<br />
pass on a donation of<br />
$500 from the university<br />
to Methven St John.<br />
A byelection is on<br />
the cards in Methven<br />
after just four candidates<br />
put in their hands to fill<br />
five places on Methven<br />
Community Board. The<br />
process is likely to start in<br />
early November and will<br />
come at acost to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
council. If more than<br />
one candidate application<br />
is received, voting will<br />
need totake place.<br />
Pizza may be on the menu<br />
A pizza oven is being<br />
considered as a possible<br />
additional income source<br />
at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event<br />
Centre (ATEC).<br />
The oven idea comes<br />
from Christchurch’s<br />
Court Theatre, which<br />
does a roaring trade in<br />
pizzas before shows.<br />
ATEC manager Roger<br />
Farr said abusiness case<br />
was being prepared for<br />
the oven, which if it went<br />
ahead, would better utilise<br />
existing space in the<br />
centre’s kitchen.<br />
Any purchase would<br />
need to be selffunded.<br />
The logistics were still<br />
being worked out.<br />
Fund, which offers targeted<br />
support to individuals<br />
and families leaving<br />
Gloriavale.<br />
The Community Trust<br />
of Mid &South Canterbury<br />
uses returns from<br />
investments to fund its<br />
philanthropy.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 29<br />
Last picture, end of term<br />
You will not see this<br />
group together again,<br />
unless there is areunion.<br />
This is the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Council as it was<br />
on Thursday, September<br />
26, the last meeting of<br />
this term of council.<br />
Voting papers are out<br />
now and preliminary<br />
results will be released<br />
some time on <strong>October</strong> 12.<br />
So there will be<br />
changes, not least<br />
because three councillors<br />
are not standing, and<br />
others may not be reelected.<br />
Retiring are Peter<br />
Reveley, second from<br />
left, who says he is getting<br />
too old.<br />
Also retiring is Alastair<br />
Urquhart, rear, partly<br />
obscured.<br />
To his right is Russell<br />
Ellis, who wanted to<br />
stand but whose<br />
nomination form, on a<br />
technicality, was ruled<br />
out.<br />
He has indicated he<br />
may be back in three<br />
years.<br />
At the front, left, is<br />
mayoral candidate Neil<br />
Brown, seated, next to<br />
incumbent Donna Favel.<br />
She, too, is seeking reelection.<br />
Both have opted only<br />
for the mayoralty so it is<br />
possible neither will be<br />
back, or just one.<br />
Tallest, at the rear, is<br />
Leen Braam, who is<br />
Wellbeing now<br />
factor in<br />
buying policy<br />
Community wellbeing will<br />
be considered when <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
council buys<br />
goods, works or services.<br />
It has adopted its<br />
amended procurement<br />
policy.<br />
Government Procurement<br />
Rules (fourth edition)<br />
came into force on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 1and bring some<br />
change for local government.<br />
A report to council<br />
said: ‘‘In line with the<br />
current government’s<br />
ideology, the amended<br />
rules aim to create leverage<br />
through procurement<br />
to improve the current<br />
and future wellbeing of<br />
New Zealand communities’’.<br />
The traditional<br />
approach had been to<br />
design and scope works,<br />
put together specifications<br />
and drawings and go<br />
to market.<br />
The new rules state<br />
Realtors add<br />
comfy touch<br />
‘‘procurement planning<br />
should consider community<br />
wellbeing, environmental<br />
sustainability, and<br />
economic and social outcomes<br />
not just the engineering<br />
aspects’’.<br />
Under the rules, only<br />
one plan and manage for<br />
better results ismandatory.<br />
It states five principles<br />
must be followed befair<br />
to all suppliers, get the<br />
right supplier, get the best<br />
deal for everyone, play by<br />
the rules.<br />
Areport said focus on<br />
wellbeing was top of the<br />
agenda for this government.<br />
Under the Government<br />
Procurement Charter,<br />
agencies (councils) should<br />
‘‘actively attract an<br />
increasingly diverse and<br />
localised supplier mix to<br />
meet their tendering processes.<br />
This means that if<br />
a local business creates<br />
social, economic, environmental<br />
or cultural benefits<br />
for the district, council<br />
can (and should) value<br />
that contribution within<br />
the tendering process.<br />
trying for the mayoralty<br />
and for aseat around<br />
council.<br />
If he is elected mayor,<br />
he will not be around the<br />
table.<br />
The remainder want to<br />
get back in.<br />
They are, back row,<br />
from left, Stuart Wilson,<br />
Mr Braam, Mr Urquhart,<br />
Mr Ellis, Thelma Bell<br />
and Diane Rawlinson.<br />
In the next row are<br />
Mark Malcolm, Peter<br />
Reveley, Lynette Lovett,<br />
Selwyn Price and Liz<br />
McMillan and, front, Mr<br />
Brown and Mrs Favel.<br />
There are 13 people in<br />
this picture.<br />
There will be fewer<br />
when aphotograph is<br />
taken of the new council,<br />
as it will have three<br />
fewer nine councillors<br />
and amayor.<br />
The council, after<br />
consultation, decided to<br />
shrink itself.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> realtors have put visitors to The Stork<br />
Network in Allenton, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, in acomfortable<br />
position -byproviding money for some comfy<br />
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Join Martin as he outlines the benefits ofadopting aninvestment<br />
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Learn how to trap<br />
The tools and techniques<br />
of trapping will<br />
be explained at two free<br />
workshops run by the<br />
Department of Conservation<br />
(DOC) on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 7.<br />
Workshops will be<br />
held at 2pm and again at<br />
6.30pm at Staveley<br />
Camp and are open to<br />
everyone, including<br />
landowners, trapping<br />
groups, community<br />
groups and urban<br />
people.<br />
The workshops are<br />
being organised by the<br />
Kanuka Mid Canterbury<br />
Regeneration Trust and<br />
Stay fit &earn $$$<br />
at the same time<br />
Spend a couple of hours<br />
every Thursday delivering the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong> and Realty in<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> urban area.<br />
Enjoy the fresh air, stay fit and<br />
reap the health benefits!<br />
Phone Leonie todayon308 7664<br />
to get startedoremail<br />
leonie.marsden@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
will introduce novices to<br />
the basics of safe trapping<br />
and provide information<br />
on the various types of<br />
traps, trap placement,<br />
baits and lures available.<br />
Register with Angela<br />
Cushnie by email (kanukatrust@outlook.com)<br />
or<br />
phone (0276 <strong>03</strong>3 457).<br />
Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon comments<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
In praise of science study<br />
During a brief blast of<br />
polar weather recently I<br />
was going through some<br />
old papers and came<br />
across something Imust<br />
have written when Iwas a<br />
7or8year old student at<br />
Allenton School.<br />
At the top it asked<br />
what my dream job was,<br />
and underneath my list of<br />
three occupations: fireman,<br />
policeman, doctor.<br />
Gender specific<br />
pronouns aside, it’s alist<br />
that could be replicated<br />
tens of thousands of<br />
times over at primary<br />
schools around New Zealand.<br />
It made me think, what<br />
changes?<br />
Why when we are<br />
young do we favour such<br />
worthy and rewarding<br />
career paths, but by the<br />
time we leave school in<br />
many cases we’ve<br />
discounted them in our<br />
minds.<br />
The same is true in<br />
science and technology.<br />
Like many people I<br />
studied science until well<br />
into high school as a<br />
compulsory subject. I<br />
wasn’t entirely bad at it,<br />
and one year taking part<br />
in the Science Fair at<br />
Intermediate I even<br />
made it into the finals<br />
down in Timaru.<br />
I was back there<br />
recently handing out<br />
some awards I sponsor,<br />
and around the room I<br />
saw hundreds of young<br />
people so enthused and<br />
excited about science and<br />
technology. Creating<br />
wonderful projects looking<br />
at arange of the very<br />
issues that we as anation<br />
grapple with.<br />
The survival of bees.<br />
Plastics in our oceans.<br />
Health of our soils and<br />
waterways. Our plague of<br />
pests.<br />
But talking to students<br />
afterwards about their<br />
future intentions was<br />
almost alarming. In the<br />
same way our sports<br />
clubs lose so many talented<br />
people when they<br />
leave school, so too are<br />
we losing them from<br />
important areas like<br />
science and technology.<br />
It makes me question<br />
whether we have the settings<br />
right for encouraging<br />
young people into<br />
tertiary education.<br />
Over many years we’ve<br />
made tertiary study more<br />
affordable, including the<br />
current Government’s<br />
policy of making the first<br />
year of university free.<br />
But that support isn’t<br />
targeted. It offers the<br />
same amount to astudent<br />
wanting to take acourse<br />
in gender studies as it<br />
does engineering. The<br />
same for accounting as it<br />
does agricultural science.<br />
It’s my view that we<br />
should be offering more<br />
support to those studying<br />
the areas in which our<br />
country and our economy<br />
needs more skilled graduates.<br />
Gaining the skills and<br />
knowledge we’ll need to<br />
combat the many significant<br />
challenges our<br />
country and our world will<br />
face in future decades.<br />
In the meantime, I’m<br />
sponsoring a$1500 STEM<br />
scholarship to a local<br />
student to study science,<br />
technology, engineering or<br />
mathematics at a tertiary<br />
level. If you know anyone<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sNight of<br />
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to Christmas festivities.<br />
Thefun kicks off on<br />
November 29 with the<br />
annual lightingofthe<br />
Christmas treeat‘‘Light<br />
of the Night’’ followed<br />
by two buskers’ nights,<br />
on Friday 6and Friday<br />
December 20, and the<br />
screening of Elf at a<br />
movie night on Friday<br />
December 13.<br />
The festivewalk along<br />
East Streetisalso back<br />
to deliver amagical<br />
experience between<br />
Friday November 29<br />
and Sunday, January 5.<br />
Light of theNight will<br />
includeperformances<br />
and Christmas carols<br />
before the giant<br />
Christmas tree is put up<br />
and turnedonin Baring<br />
Square.<br />
Activities on November<br />
29 includeaKidzone.<br />
Santa and the elvesand<br />
musician Tyrone<br />
Schwalger.<br />
Meanwhile, between 65<br />
and85people turned out<br />
forthe recentBite Night<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Woodworkers<br />
Fifteen members were<br />
welcomed byBruce Ferriman,<br />
who introduced<br />
our demonstrator Peter<br />
Clemett, fromthe Christchurch<br />
Club, who is also<br />
the South Island liaison<br />
officer for the National<br />
Association of<br />
Woodworkers or known<br />
as NAW. Peter urged<br />
club members to join<br />
NAW and the advantages<br />
of belonging, even<br />
standing for committee.<br />
Show and Tell:<br />
Dave Busby: ash platter,<br />
walnut bowl, two<br />
lidded boxes with magnetic<br />
catches.<br />
Frank Luxton: cherry<br />
bowl.<br />
John Smart: totara<br />
plate, walnut bowl, an off<br />
centre bowl.<br />
Ron Donaldson: large<br />
ash platter.<br />
Geoff Brown: two decorated<br />
bowls.<br />
Roger Scammell: intricate<br />
3Dtrinket box lid,<br />
wonderfully made.<br />
Wim Melchers: oak<br />
block decorated on both<br />
sides, macrocarpa ring<br />
pin, cherry bowl on a<br />
burr stand.<br />
Peter then demonstrated<br />
how to create an<br />
accurate replica turning<br />
of two more items,<br />
almost like production<br />
turning but without a<br />
copylathe. He sketched a<br />
candlestick design on<br />
graph paper toadesired<br />
size, then transferred the<br />
various sizes on to a<br />
template marking<br />
notches to where the<br />
various shape, curves,<br />
change.<br />
Withthe block secured<br />
between two centres and<br />
using aroughing gouge a<br />
cylindrical form shaped,<br />
withaspigot at one end it<br />
was ready to place into<br />
the chuck.<br />
That done, using a<br />
forstner bit a hole was<br />
bored from the tail stock<br />
end to fit a candle. A<br />
note of caution the candle<br />
must never be placed<br />
directly into the wood, as<br />
the candle burns down<br />
and not put out in time<br />
chances are the wood will<br />
ignite, therefore ametal<br />
or glass insert is essential.<br />
With the block secured<br />
between centres, again,<br />
for support, as the overhang<br />
somewhat long,<br />
using the notched template<br />
he marked the<br />
cylinder in various<br />
places. Using bowl and<br />
spindle gouges Peter<br />
created a replica of a<br />
previous turned candlestick<br />
then challenged<br />
club members to spotany<br />
differences.<br />
Useful to observe the<br />
finer points of repletion<br />
spindle turning.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Dahlia Circle<br />
Anew season for the<br />
Dahlia Circle opened on<br />
Tuesday 17th September.<br />
President Brian Glassey<br />
chaired the meeting,<br />
with alowernumber present<br />
than usual, so business<br />
was brisk and then<br />
on to enjoy our evening<br />
of flowers.<br />
This was adaffodil &<br />
mini flower show. With<br />
so many great daffodils<br />
as the season has been so<br />
kind to the blooms. A<br />
total of74entries made<br />
for alovely display.<br />
Brian Glassey 71sts, 6<br />
2nds, 23rds.<br />
Heather McEvoy 4, 3,<br />
2,<br />
Pat Tarbotton 3, 2, 3<br />
Alison Donald 2, 2, 2,<br />
Joyce Read 3 2nds 3<br />
3rds<br />
Sheena Clark 1 1st 2<br />
2nds<br />
The champion Daffodil<br />
was won by Pat &<br />
Rex Tarbotton, adaffodil<br />
named Ballard.<br />
Other Flowers exhibited<br />
were pansies, camellias,<br />
rhododendrons, tulips,<br />
Bulb spikes and clusters.<br />
Hopefully we have a<br />
large attendance at the<br />
next meeting to be held in<br />
the Tinwald Hall on Tuesday<br />
15th <strong>October</strong>. One not<br />
to be missed as everyone<br />
will go home with anew<br />
dahlia in anight full of fun<br />
in asecret dahlia, (pass the<br />
parcel ). This is back by<br />
popular demand. Remember<br />
our sales table too.<br />
Roll on Summer, planting<br />
is in full swing now, and<br />
the dahlias will begin to<br />
bloom from early January<br />
to end April<br />
Labour Weekend Tuber<br />
and Plant Stall will again<br />
be at the Farmers Market<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Plants Dahlias and produce<br />
donations welcomed.<br />
New members are very<br />
welcome to join the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Dahlia Circle any<br />
time, meetings are held in<br />
the evening on 3rd Tuesday<br />
of the month usually,<br />
in the Tinwald Hall .<br />
Contact Joyce 3083294 <br />
02102458001, alternatively<br />
inquire at the tuber stall on<br />
the 25th Oct.
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 33<br />
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for awhile (6). 5. Obviously fancied the dog ‘Day Off’<br />
that was in front (5). 7. Peeved at not getting tick? (5). 13.<br />
Snort “Just aKid!” (3). 14. Lead one to go back to the pithead<br />
(7). 15. Craft that doesn’t make an attractive sound<br />
(5). 17. Ifigure ahome environment to be the most pleasant<br />
(6). 18. Fly from Athens (6). 19. Like the lunatic who<br />
thinks he’sapropeller (6). 21. Stays up, one sees (5).<br />
8 6 9<br />
4 6 7<br />
7 2 1 4<br />
4 6 9<br />
2 9<br />
3 4 5<br />
7 8 6 4<br />
2 3 5<br />
5 2 7<br />
Solution to previous Sudoku<br />
Howto<br />
solve<br />
Sudoku!<br />
Fill the grid<br />
so thatevery<br />
rowand every<br />
3x3 square<br />
containsthe<br />
digitals 1to9<br />
9 1 7 3 8 4 6 2 5<br />
8 6 2 1 5 7 4 3 9<br />
3 5 4 9 6 2 1 8 7<br />
1 3 8 4 2 9 7 5 6<br />
7 9 5 8 1 6 2 4 3<br />
2 4 6 7 3 5 9 1 8<br />
4 8 1 6 7 3 5 9 2<br />
5 7 9 2 4 8 3 6 1<br />
6 2 3 5 9 1 8 7 4<br />
Solution to previous crossword<br />
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8536 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Good afternoon. 8, Right. 9, Captain. 10, Sinner.11,<br />
Desist. 12, Cross. 14, Think. 18, Reside. 20, Sparse.<br />
23, Cutless. 24, Flair.25, Sooner or later.<br />
Down -1,Garish. 2, Organ. 3, Artless. 4, Tick. 5, Rupee.<br />
6, Oration. 7, Ninety. 13, Risotto. 15, Hopeful. 16, Crocus.<br />
17, Terror.19, Drake. 21, Roast. 22, Oslo.<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8536 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Costly failure. 8, Plain. 9, Dresser.10, Eleven<br />
(11). 11, Strain. 12, A-side. 14, Spats. 18, A-bound. 20,<br />
Gather.23, Fin-anc-e. 24, Tried. 25, Empty promises.<br />
Down -1,Copper. 2,Spare. 3,Lin-see-d. 4, F-I’d-o(re).<br />
5, In-ept. 6, Up-start. 7, ‘Erring. 13, Shown up. 15, Phantom<br />
.16, Baffle. 17, Grades (anag.). 19, N-inn-Y.21, Hail-s.<br />
22, Pear (pare).<br />
ContactJann Thompson <strong>03</strong> 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
ChittyChittyBang BangJr.<br />
<strong>October</strong> 4th 7pm, 5th 5pm and 6th<br />
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With acar that flies through the air<br />
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Children’s theatre will take you on<br />
afantastic musical adventure. With<br />
unforgettable songs along with an<br />
amazing set.<br />
All tickets are $22.50*<br />
NathanWallis –Change Your Brain –<br />
ChangeyourLife<br />
Thu 10th <strong>October</strong> 7.30pm<br />
The Rotary Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong> brings<br />
you this Opportunity to hear Nathan<br />
Wallis speak. Nathan will guide<br />
you through brain development that<br />
happens across childhood which is a<br />
lot longer than you think.<br />
Tickets $39*<br />
BOOK<br />
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Open Hat<br />
Night<br />
For more information<br />
www.ateventcentre.co.nz<br />
TheKeysAre In TheMargarine<br />
Wed 9th <strong>October</strong> 6pm<br />
Dementia and Alzheimer’s affects<br />
many New Zealanders and it’s a<br />
condition none of us can ignore.<br />
This play is created from interviews<br />
with people with direct experience of<br />
Dementia and Alzheimers.<br />
Tina –SimplyThe Best<br />
Sun 22nd March 2020 7pm<br />
Get the electrifying concert experience<br />
of Tina Turner with this full stage<br />
production with Tina hits form the<br />
60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. The powerful<br />
raspy vocals of Caroline Borole<br />
complete with band, brass section,<br />
backing vocalists and dancers.<br />
Adults $71.50* /Child 12 and under $31.50*<br />
Group 6+ $66* each<br />
<strong>03</strong> 307 2010 211A Wills Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz *Service fees apply<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 37<br />
WIN ENTERTAINMENT<br />
acakefor your<br />
special person with<br />
Main South Rd, Tinwald. Phone 308 5774<br />
Birthdays this week<br />
Dallas Richardson, 4th <strong>October</strong><br />
Sophia Kingan, 6th <strong>October</strong>,aged 9<br />
Finn Talbot,6th <strong>October</strong>,aged 7<br />
Liberty Morgan, 7th <strong>October</strong>,aged 8<br />
Congratulations to last weeks winner!<br />
Benjamin Holland<br />
If youhave aspecial friend who youwouldlike like to see<br />
win acake,put their name in the BirthdayBooks at Sims<br />
Bakery, Tinwald or <strong>Ashburton</strong>’sThe <strong>Courier</strong>,199 Burnett St.<br />
N.B: Names forbirthdays next week<br />
must be with us by 10.00am TUESDAY<br />
ONLYONE ENTRYWILL BE SUBMITTED<br />
INTOTHE DRAW PER NOMINEE<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
LIVESTOCK<br />
GRAZING suitable for<br />
horses, available very near<br />
town boundary. Phone 308<br />
1614 before 9.00am or<br />
after 8.00pm.<br />
HIRE<br />
SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />
4WD and slab lifts available<br />
for daily or weekly hire.<br />
Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />
North End Engineering 308<br />
8155 for abooking.<br />
GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />
GARDENERS: Sheep<br />
manure $5 bag. Medsquare<br />
linseed straw $35<br />
bale. Contact Alan 027 496<br />
7139 with your order. A<br />
Hinds Lions Project.<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
RADIAL arm saw, bench<br />
saw, household items, lots<br />
of linen, 1992 Mitsubishi<br />
Lancer (great order), Pullan<br />
line trimmer, go-cart, Avery<br />
5cwt scales, lawnmower,<br />
tools &lots of other bits &<br />
pieces. 34A Wakanui<br />
Road, Saturday, not before<br />
8.00am.<br />
Every Home<br />
EveryWeek -that’s<br />
Phone 308 7664<br />
199 Burnett Street<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
2172889<br />
ARE you struggling to make<br />
ends meet? Need extra<br />
money? Why not sell your<br />
unwanted items in The<br />
<strong>Courier</strong>! Everything helps.<br />
TRUCK DRIVERS AND<br />
PEA HARVESTER DRIVERS<br />
Some people are just born todrive!<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
Driving isn’t for everyone, but for some people, they’re right at home behindthe<br />
wheel.Well,hereisanopportunity to driveall around the beautiful mid-Canterbury<br />
region, and to drivefor aname that standsfor quality, reliability and goodness.<br />
Talley’s is abig name in New Zealand, and as one of the largest privately owned<br />
companies inthe South Island, we employ close to 1000 full-time staff and an<br />
additional 600 staff across the seasons atnine different locations.<br />
Right now we’re on the lookout for seasonal Truck Drivers and also seasonal<br />
Harvester &Tractor Drivers. It’s the chance to do something you enjoy, while<br />
getting all the benefits ofworking for one of New Zealand’s biggest food<br />
production and supply groups.<br />
You may be astudent, perhaps you’re looking for achange, oritcould bethat<br />
you’re semi-retired -whatever your circumstances, this is agreat opportunity to<br />
drive your career further.<br />
Truck Drivers<br />
Ideally you’ll have aclass 2or4licence to operate our company-owned late<br />
model pea trucks toand from our factory located in Fairton, but if not, we’d<br />
happily train you upsothat you can obtain the licence.<br />
Pea Harvester Drivers<br />
Aclass 2and heavy wheels endorsement on your licence would be preferable, but<br />
full training will be offered to the right person.<br />
Driving for Talley’s means driving inmodern trucks, working consistent hours,<br />
earning good wages and having the opportunity for overtime.<br />
At Talley’s, wecare about the safety and wellbeing of all our people, which iswhy<br />
we operate a100% drug-free environment. You’ll be required to undergo preemployment<br />
and random drug screening. Only applicants with the right to work in<br />
NZ need apply.<br />
SELL<br />
LPG REFILLS<br />
9kg cylinders<br />
$27.50<br />
Askabout our<br />
deliveryservice<br />
Anysizecylinder filled<br />
17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone 307 2707<br />
2180822<br />
MY Boutique, with MY<br />
Menswear. Triangle shopping<br />
centre. Clearance<br />
clothing store. All CCC<br />
garments $20.00<br />
trackpants, hoodies, tees.<br />
Limited stock.<br />
LPG<br />
REFILLS<br />
Small LPG cylinders<br />
Off Street Parking<br />
Available<br />
Arthur Cates Ltd<br />
26 McNally Street<br />
Ph 308 5397<br />
Riverside Industrial Estate<br />
2210093<br />
FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />
POTATOES; Nadine &Agria<br />
5kg bags $5. This weekend<br />
only, ’special’ 10kg Nadine<br />
& Agria $7.50 per bag.<br />
Nadine seed potatoes<br />
$2.50kg. 81 Elizabeth<br />
Street, phone 027 531<br />
91<strong>03</strong> or <strong>03</strong> 308 3195.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
FOR SALE<br />
COLDSTORE SUPERVISOR<br />
Email your CV and references to:<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.Hr@talleys.co.nz or completeanapplication form onsite at our<br />
Guardhouse:125 FairfieldRoad, Fairton. Please specify the role youare applying for.<br />
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We have arare opening for aColdStore Supervisor toassist our Manager inthe<br />
day-to-day running of our ColdStores, Container Yard and Dispatch teams, at<br />
our Fairton site 10minutes from <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
2069759<br />
Ph: 308 7664<br />
199 Burnett St, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
2172890<br />
We are seeking an individual who thrives oneveryday being different from the one<br />
previous.<br />
Health and safety, and product quality are two big factors within this role, and so<br />
is leading adiverse team.<br />
Youwill have:<br />
• 2+years’ experience (preferred) in asimilar role within the food industry<br />
• strong understanding of cold chain logistics and operations<br />
• the ability tofollow through with instructions, but also be able togive them out<br />
in return<br />
• experience with inventory management and DIFOTIS<br />
• success leadingteams, including management of their performance<br />
Applicants must beeligible towork in New Zealand.<br />
Youwill need to be highly organised, ensuring the products arereceived and dispatched<br />
within correct time frames, as well as being involved in companystrategies.<br />
Talleys operate adrug free environment. All candidates will berequired toundergo<br />
pre-employment and random drug screening.<br />
CV and references should beemailed to:<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.HR@talleys.co.nz or apply in person at our Guardhouse -<br />
125 Fairfield Road, RD2 <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
MID CANTERBURY<br />
Realty<br />
Look out for<br />
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2172784<br />
Medical Receptionist<br />
We are apatient-centred and innovative general<br />
practiceinthe township of <strong>Ashburton</strong>looking fora<br />
receptionist to join our friendly professional team.<br />
As the first pointofcontactfor our patients youwill<br />
need to have the following attributes:<br />
• professionalism and discretion<br />
• highstandardofpresentation<br />
• excellentcommunication skills<br />
• abilitytocope well under pressure<br />
• abilitytomulti-task<br />
• good sense of humour<br />
Youwill also be proficientwith acomputer and have<br />
good knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes.<br />
Training on our practice management system,<br />
MedTech 32, will be provided.<br />
The position is part-time and will also involve<br />
being included on aroster forweekend and public<br />
holidayclinics.<br />
Please email your CV andcovering letter by Monday<br />
14 <strong>October</strong> to Kaye Kennedy,<br />
PracticeManager: kaye@sealyst.co.nz<br />
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SPORTING FIXTURES<br />
ARE CALLING FOR APPLICATIONS TO FILL THE<br />
FOLLOWING COACHING &<br />
MANAGEMENT POSITIONS<br />
FOR THE 2020 SEASON:<br />
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SENIOR B<br />
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PLAYER ENQUIRIES ALSO WELCOME<br />
We have agood core group of players in each grade<br />
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accommodation if required.<br />
ContactClub Captain<br />
DarrylOldham027 202 5896<br />
Email southernrfc@gmail.com<br />
Agreat waytomeet newpeople at your local,<br />
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2172792<br />
2212850
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PROPERTIES FOR SALE<br />
TRAVEL<br />
NELSON, Picton; November<br />
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Sound mail boat, Omaka<br />
Aviation collection. For<br />
details, John & Kathleen<br />
Lawler, Rakaia, <strong>03</strong> 302<br />
7328.<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> | 94 Thews Road<br />
8.8 Hectares<br />
Anthos Gardens. Twostorey, four-five bedroom family home .After nurturing this property for the last 30 years the Vendors are sadly<br />
on the move. Along with ahandy to town location they have lovingly established abusiness growing flowers to supply direct into the<br />
Christchurch wholesale auction market for florists. Purchasers do not have to take up this option, but it has been agreat additional<br />
income earner, allowing aflexible lifestyle and family home that could be yours now. Purchasing now you will be able to reap the<br />
benefits of the <strong>2019</strong>/2020 flower season. $880,000 includes Land, Buildings, Flowers, Stock, Plant, Business and Goodwill. GST (if<br />
any) may be applicable on these items.| Property ID RX1835927<br />
Price $880,000<br />
Contact Rob Harnett 027 432 3562<br />
Licensed under REAA 2008<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
RENT ME!<br />
Ideal as an extra<br />
bedroomoroffice.<br />
Fully insulatedand<br />
double glazed forwarmth.<br />
Threeconvenientsizes:<br />
Standard3.6m x2.4m,<br />
Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />
Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m.<br />
Visit our displaycabin<br />
418WestStreet or call fora<br />
free brochure.<br />
www.justcabins.co.nz<br />
2186028<br />
0800 58 78 22<br />
SECURE waterproof storage<br />
available. Capacity from<br />
8m 3 to 65m 3 . Prices from<br />
$25 per week. Inspection<br />
invited. <strong>Ashburton</strong> Safe<br />
Storage <strong>03</strong> 308 3086.<br />
STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Self storage, variety<br />
of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />
Storage <strong>03</strong> 307 0401.<br />
STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />
units available long or<br />
short term at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Storage Facilities. Contact<br />
us on 0274 36 26 36 or<br />
www.ashburtonstoragefacilities.co.nz<br />
TO LET<br />
FARM cottage to rent 10<br />
minutes from <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Tidy, two bedroom, log fire,<br />
large section. No smokers,<br />
no dogs, refererences<br />
required. Phone 027 440<br />
1388.<br />
WANTED TO RENT<br />
WANTED cottage to rent<br />
between Rangitata and<br />
Rakaia rivers, west of <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Willing to care for<br />
animals on property, dogs<br />
and chooks etc. Ring 021<br />
224 4434 anytime.<br />
Advertising<br />
that works!<br />
Talk to Jann, Roselle<br />
or Karentodayabout<br />
ways youcan reach<br />
potential customers<br />
or advertising with<br />
thatspecial difference<br />
-professional service<br />
with asmile.<br />
Phone: 308 7664<br />
199 Burnett St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
2172883<br />
BOATS &ACCESSORIES<br />
BOAT FOR SALE<br />
Stejcraft18ft, 350 Chev V8 motor,Tandem Trailer.<br />
Phone R. Donaldson 308 4953<br />
HOME SERVICES<br />
ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />
types, specializing in<br />
Decramastic and Long Run<br />
Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />
roofs not a problem. —<br />
Spraymaster 027-433-7780.<br />
2212114<br />
CARAVANS &TRAILERS<br />
CARAVANS: Family sellout.<br />
NZ Oxford 21’ tandem,<br />
2 doors. 18’ tandem. 15’<br />
trailer home. Trailer. Ford/<br />
Holden mags/tyres. Caravan<br />
electric leads. <strong>03</strong> 308<br />
5193, 027 204 9709.<br />
EDUCATIONAL<br />
2020 Health Studies Bursary<br />
Altrusa International of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Inc.<br />
invites applications for this bursary<br />
valued $1,000.<br />
For full criteria and an<br />
application form please email<br />
president.ashburton@altrusa.org.nz<br />
Applications close 25-11-19<br />
Forklift and Dangerous GoodsCourses<br />
NZTA Approved CourseProvider,MITO&Competenz Assessor<br />
Classes 2&4,endorsements F&DG<br />
ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested<br />
Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings<br />
CommunityHouse or your worksite<br />
Forfurther information<br />
Phone Christine027 245 2563<br />
DRIVETECH LTD<br />
“TRAININGTOMORROW’S DRIVERS TODAY”<br />
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(F &OSH)<br />
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Heavy Traffic Classes 2, 3, 4&5<br />
LICENCE ENDORSEMENTS<br />
For Wheels, Tracks &Rollers,Dangerous Goods,<br />
Vehicle Recovery & Passenger Training<br />
FREEPHONE0508237 483<br />
or <strong>03</strong> 348 8481, 027 510 0684<br />
info@drivetech.co.nz |www.drivetech.co.nz<br />
2207393<br />
2211335<br />
2204413<br />
SPACE available for next<br />
weeks <strong>Courier</strong> -bequick!<br />
Talk to us about your advertising<br />
requirements. Phone<br />
308 7664 or call into our<br />
office at 199 Burnett Street,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
CARS WANTED<br />
CARS<br />
CARS<br />
WANTED!<br />
WANTED!<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
Forall othermedical assistanceoutside of normal<br />
hours pleasephoneyourgeneralpracticeteam, 24/7,<br />
to speak withahealthprofessionalwho will giveyou<br />
free healthadviceonwhattodoorwheretogoifyou<br />
need urgentcare.<br />
If youdon’t have aregulargeneral practice, call any<br />
GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />
New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPracticefor<br />
Saturday5th <strong>October</strong> is ThreeRivers Health,<br />
7-11 Allens Road.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 9139.<br />
Sunday6th <strong>October</strong> is ThreeRivers Health,<br />
7-11 Allens Road.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 9139.<br />
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />
weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />
MethvenMedical Centre on <strong>03</strong> 302 8105<br />
or Rakaia Medical Centre on <strong>03</strong> 3<strong>03</strong> 5002.<br />
Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on<br />
the answer phone.<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy, CountdownComplex,<br />
East Street will be open on<br />
Saturdaymorning from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />
Sundaymorning from 10.00am until1.00pm<br />
and from 5.00pm until 7.00pm evenings.<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
normal trading hours during the week and on Saturday<br />
morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />
Closed Public Holidays<br />
Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />
Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
Broughttoyouby<br />
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />
PANELBEATING and spray<br />
painting of cars, trucks,<br />
buses, horse floats &<br />
motorhomes, caravans,<br />
trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />
boats. Light engineering<br />
and aluminium welding.<br />
Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />
Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 <strong>03</strong>78.<br />
WINDSCREENS -N.Z. Auto<br />
Glass, any car, anytime,<br />
anywhere. 24 hour emergency<br />
service. Phone Wilson’s<br />
Windscreens <strong>03</strong> 308<br />
8485 (24 hours), 152 Wills<br />
Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
WANTED TO BUY<br />
METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />
light-grade metal in-yard<br />
dumping 9am-5pm weekdays<br />
&9.30-11.30am Saturdays.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Scrap<br />
Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford<br />
Forest Road (behind<br />
Placemakers). Phone <strong>03</strong><br />
308 8<strong>03</strong>3 or 027 249 6625.<br />
DEADOR<br />
ALIVE!<br />
getcash now!<br />
getcashnow!<br />
Damaged, Mechanical, Deregistered,<br />
Crashed, NoWOF – NO PROBLEM<br />
Minimum of $100for most cars,<br />
$500 formost vans, utes, trucks,4WDs*<br />
*Conditionsapply.<br />
Call 0800 225508 or text 027540 9813<br />
Countdown Complex, EastStreet, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone: <strong>03</strong> 308 6733 Fax: <strong>03</strong> 308 6755<br />
HospiceMid Canterbury<br />
We can supportyou and<br />
your family to make<br />
everyday count.<br />
Allservices arefree.<br />
RAFFLE RESULTS<br />
ASHBURTON County Lions<br />
Camp Quality raffle. 1st:<br />
Gleasons; 2nd: Alison.<br />
Winners have been notified.<br />
ASHBURTON Embroiderers<br />
Guild Xmas tree raffle. 1st:<br />
Jenny Jenkins; 2nd: T&H<br />
Eccleston. Thank you for<br />
your support.<br />
HINDS Lions Boulevard day<br />
wood raffle results. Winners<br />
were GFB and Carmen<br />
Christie. Wood has<br />
been delivered.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fanciers<br />
Society<br />
POULTRY AUCTION<br />
Sunday <strong>October</strong> 13,<br />
Sports Hall<br />
Tancred Street West<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Viewing 11am<br />
Start 12.30pm<br />
Poultry, Bantams,<br />
Ducks,Cavies<br />
2197618<br />
Dealing with alifelimitingillness?<br />
Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387 email manager@hospicemc.nz<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> AnglicanParish<br />
PETBLESSING<br />
SERVICE<br />
Invitation to join in our All AgePet Blessing Service<br />
At St Stephen’s Church, Park St.<br />
Sunday 6th<strong>October</strong><strong>2019</strong> at 10am<br />
Children &adultsdocome and join us<br />
and bring your pets<br />
(nothing larger than adog and suitably restrained)<br />
Enquiries to the Parish Office 308 5438<br />
2209051<br />
2212482<br />
Bertie Holmes<br />
ArtExhibition Methven HeritageEvents Centre<br />
Opening Sunday6th <strong>October</strong><br />
1pm<br />
Drinks and FingerFood<br />
All welcome<br />
Exhibition runs 6th <strong>October</strong> to 8th November<br />
Weekdays: 9:00am -5:00pm &Weekends: 10:30am -2:30pm<br />
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St David’s Fair &GarageSale<br />
9-11am Saturday12th <strong>October</strong><strong>2019</strong><br />
48 Allens Road,Allenton.<br />
•Children’s Games •FacePainting<br />
•BouncyCastle •Baking (includes gluten free)<br />
•Preserves•Jams •Walnuts •Plants<br />
•Cards •BBQ •Morning Tea<br />
•WhiteElephantStall<br />
•Garage Sale and aSilentAuction<br />
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Fertile eggs for hatching.<br />
Day old chicks, unsexed.<br />
Selected purebreeds<br />
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ASHBURTON High School<br />
Old Pupils annual lunch in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Friday 11th<br />
<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>. For details<br />
phone Margaret 308 1996.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 3 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 39<br />
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Ready foranew home<br />
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or 027 332 9286<br />
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MID-CANTERBURY 2210597<br />
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT1991<br />
Peter Blacklow<br />
Environment Canterbury hasreceivedthe followingapplicationsfor resource consent<br />
from Mr GRandMrs RCWilsontodivert anddischarge waterand undertake worksin<br />
and aroundthe bed and banks of unnamed watercourselocatedat21Swamp Road,<br />
Hinds, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, withalegal description of Part Lot7DP1479.<br />
Applicant: Mr GRand MrsRCWilson<br />
Addressfor service: Adam Environmental Ltd,73a Cliff Road,Torbay, Auckland 0630<br />
Attn:David Hendrikz.Email: farm.drain.hinds@gmail.com<br />
CRC193934: WaterPermit to permanentlydivertsurface waterfrom an unnamed<br />
watercoursetoflow into anew channel andpond. Thediversion is locatedatmap<br />
referenceNZTM2000:1485416mE.5128931mN.Aconsent duration of 35 yearsissought.<br />
CRC193935: Discharge Permit to dischargesurface watertoapond locatedatmap<br />
referenceNZTM2000:1485306 mE.5128595mN as aresultofthe diversionofan<br />
unnamedwatercourse. Aconsentduration of 35 yearsissought.<br />
CRC195104: Land Use consent to modify and disturbthe bed of an unnamed<br />
watercourseassociated withworkstomaintainthe banksand bed of an unnamed<br />
watercourse, maintain thepond and maintenance worksrelatedtothe diversion<br />
structure. Themaintenance worksare locatedbetween mapreference<br />
NZTM 2000:1485416mE.5128931mN and NZTM 2000:1485306mE.5128595mN as aresult<br />
of theconstruction of anew channel.Aconsent duration of 35 yearsissought.<br />
SUBMISSIONS<br />
Full detailsofthe applicationand to make asubmissionvisit theEnvironment<br />
Canterbury website: https://ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/<br />
notifications-and-submissions/notified-consents/.and/orviewed at Environment<br />
Canterbury officesat200 Tuam Street, Christchurch;and 75 ChurchStreet, Timaru.<br />
Anypersonmay make awritten submission on anyofthe above applications.<br />
Allsubmissions should be sent to EnvironmentCanterbury,POBox 345 Christchurch<br />
8140;oremailed to hearings@ecan.govt.nz;or made onlineattheabove link.Acopy<br />
of thesubmission must also be sent to theApplicantatthe address forservice stated<br />
above.<br />
Foradvice on theEnvironmentCanterbury applications please phone <strong>03</strong> 3539007or<br />
0800ECINFO(080<strong>03</strong>24 636).<br />
Submissions must be receivedbyEnvironmentCanterbury no laterthan 5p.m.onFriday<br />
25 <strong>October</strong><strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Bill Bayfield<br />
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ow...<br />
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3.10 Abominable<br />
3.45 Dora and the Lost City of Gold<br />
4.55 Good Boys<br />
5.45 Danger Close<br />
6.40 Rambo: Last Blood<br />
8.00 Joker<br />
8.20 ScaryStoriestoTell in the Dark<br />
G<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
R13<br />
R13<br />
R18<br />
R16<br />
R16<br />
Sat5th &Sun 6th<br />
10.00 Abominable<br />
10.00 Ugly Dolls<br />
G<br />
G<br />
11.40 AngryBirds 2 PG<br />
11.50 Dora and the Lost City of Gold PG<br />
1.30 Ugly Dolls<br />
G<br />
1.45<br />
3.15<br />
DowntonAbbey<br />
Good Boys<br />
PG<br />
R13<br />
4.00 ScaryStoriestoTell in the Dark R16<br />
5.15<br />
6.10<br />
8.00<br />
8.15<br />
IT Chapter Two<br />
Rambo: Last Blood<br />
Joker<br />
Danger Close<br />
R16<br />
R18<br />
R16<br />
R13<br />
Mon7th, Tues 8th<br />
&Wed 9th<br />
10.00 Ugly Dolls<br />
10.00 Abominable<br />
11.40 AngryBirds 2<br />
11.45 Ugly Dolls<br />
1.20 AngryBirds 2<br />
1.30 DowntonAbbey<br />
3.10 Abominable<br />
3.45 Dora and the Lost City of Gold<br />
4.55 ScaryStoriestoTell in the Dark<br />
5.45 Danger Close<br />
6.50 Good Boys<br />
8.00 Joker<br />
8.30 Rambo: Last Blood<br />
G<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
R16<br />
R13<br />
R13<br />
R16<br />
R18<br />
NO COMPS<br />
Abominable,Angry Birds 2,<br />
Dora and the Lost City of Gold,<br />
Good Boys,Joker,<br />
ScaryStories to Tell in the Dark,<br />
Ugly Dolls<br />
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Please contact<br />
EnvironmentCanterbury<br />
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080<strong>03</strong>24 636<br />
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2010 TOYOTA RACTIS GL, 1500cc,auto, ABS, twin air bags, 44,000kms,<br />
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2010 MITSUBISHI GALANT SPORT, 1800cc,auto.......................................................... $9,995<br />
20<strong>03</strong> FORDFOCUS, 5door, 5speed, 1600cc.......................................................................SOLD<br />
2006 TOYOTAAURIS, 5door, 1800cc,auto, silver........................................................... $9,995<br />
2013 TOYOTAPRIUSHYBRID, 1800cc, loadedwith extras.......................................$16,995<br />
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2000 TOYOTA PLATZ1500cc, 4door,auto, twin air bags,ABS,cheaprunner.....$3,990<br />
2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER, NZ new,2000cc,auto......................................................$15,995<br />
2002 FORD FAIRLANE GHIA, white, auto.......................................................................... $7,990<br />
2012 VW PASSATCC, auto, 3000cc, loaded....................................................................$17,995<br />
1998 HONDAACCORD, 4door, auto, tidy ......................................................................... $2,995<br />
2000 TOYOTACAMRY, highkms but tidy,auto............................................................... $3,995<br />
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2015 NISSAN NAVARA STXLTD, 450 manual,1owner,2.5L intercooledturbo,<br />
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2001 TOYOTA HARRIER, SUV,4X4, petrol.......................................................................... $4,990<br />
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2002 TOYOTA RAV4, 2400cc,SUV,4X4,silver ....................................................................$7995<br />
1999 DAIHATSU TERIOS, 5door,4X4, 5speed................................................................ $3,995<br />
1998 NISSAN TERRANO, RDM,diesel,2700cc,auto...................................................... $9,995<br />
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1994 FORDCOURIER, 2WD,flatdeck................................................................................... $6,990<br />
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1996 HYUNDAILANTRACL, station wagon,5speed, tidy......................................... $2,495<br />
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2005 PEUGEOT 407, stationwagon,diesel,auto........................................................... $6,495<br />
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