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Trott’s garden splendour free to all 

Garden trust makes call to openitup, and founder on board 

By Mick Jensen 

It’s agarden of international 

significance,agemonour 

doorstep, and nowTrott’s Garden 

is openingits door for freeto 

enable morepeople to enjoy its 

splendour. 

The4ha garden offRacecourse 

Road wasstarted by horticulturist 

Alan Trott,who transformed abare 

paddockinto aworldrecognised 

garden. 

He sat downand drew up afull 

plan for the site in 1985and set 

aboutdeveloping his dream. 

That designhas been 

acknowledged as topnotchand 

includes avery formal herbaceous 

borderand knot garden. 

Thereisalsoared borderarea, 

woodlandarea developed around 

curvesand Englishinspiredformal 

gardens. 

Thegarden features50species of 

magnolia, 70 kinds of maples and 

varieties of dogwood,around 650 

rhododendrons,azaleas,all 

underplanted withwoodlandplants 

andground cover. 

Thereisalsoachapel,two 

elevated viewingplatformsand a 

pond. 

‘‘We wantmorepeopletocome 

along,topicnichere andtoreally 

enjoy thistrulyspecial place,’’ said 

Trott’s Gardenadministrator and 

promoter Nicola Walker. 

Shesaidthe trust thatoperated 

thegardenhad made the callto 

open it for freeand gardenfounder 

Alan Trottwas very muchonboard 

Welcome in: garden administrator and promoter Nicola Walker at Trott’s. 

with thedecision. 

Previously entry to thegarden 

was $15per person. 

Guided garden tours will 

continue to be offered, andthere 

willbeachargefor those. 

‘‘Wehavetobeable to operate 

sustainably,soweare keento 

furtherdevelopincome streams 

and keentopromoteTrott’s 

Garden as adestination. 

‘‘The garden is agreatvenuefor 

weddings,parties, meetings and 

events,soweencourage peopleto 

makeuse of it when theycan.’’ 

Mrs Walker said the garden 

would be open from 10amuntil 

4pm,every day,fromnow until 

Christmas. 

‘‘Obviously we willneed more 

volunteers to enable us to manage 

those hours,soweare keen for 

morevolunteers to getinvolved.’’ 

There is avolunteerpool of 

between 80 and90atTrott’s,with 

peopleinvolved in arangeofduties 

likegeneral gardening, lawn 

mowing, greeting visitors and 

catering forvisitors. 

‘‘Weare totally indebtedtoour 

volunteers. 

‘‘Their communityspirit enables 

us to operate thegarden,and now 

thatwill,inpart, be repaidwithfree 

community entry,’ said Mrs Walker. 

Mrs Walker is one of two paid 

staff, alongside gardener and tour 

guide Leanne Smith. 

Rhododendrons at Trott’s are 

juststarting to flower, while 

Januaryand February is thetime 

whenperennialscome intotheir 

own.The fourseason gardenis 

closedover the winter months. 

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Trust wasestablished in 2017for 

the solepurposeofretaining the 

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Four decades of support 

Many years ago Tony 

Quaid, who is Volunteering 

Mid & South 

Canterbury and the 

Hotel Ashburton Volunteer 

of the Month, was 

working full time and 

didn’t think hehad time 

to volunteer. 

At the same time he 

was helping look after 

Miss Fowke and Miss 

Duckworth’s Welsh 

Ponies and was asked by 

the ladies if he would 

help Mid Canterbury 

Riding for the Disabled 

(RDA) with their secretarial 

work. 

Tony says at the time 

there was no reason for 

him to say no, and he 

took on the role of secretary 

from the late Jack 

Thompson. 

It was the beginning of 

forty five years volunteering 

with the organisation 

as a‘‘quiet backroom 

worker’’; including 

20 years as secretary and 

20 years as treasurer. 

He filled the secretarial 

role for around 20 

years before he decided 

it was time to move on 

and he resigned. 

But that resignation 

really turned out to be a 

leave of absence because 

Volunteer of the month 

within afew months he 

was asked to be treasurer 

and again he had no 

reason to say no. Infact 

Tony admits hecan’t say 

no, and his skills which 

he says are limited were 

gleaned from his time 

‘‘doing abit of accountancy 

work for PGG 

Trust’’. 

He, alongside wife, Liz 

also avolunteer have 

worked together in each 

of their roles; Liz helps 

Tony with his RDA volunteering 

and Tony supports 

Liz in her volunteer 

Letter to the editor 

Peter McQuarters asks 

whether ‘‘Ashburton’s 

day of shame is imminent’’ 

(Ashburton Guardian 

26/10/2019), but I 

believe it has already 

passed on October 

12th, when the majority 

of voters in this community 

had the wool 

pulled over their eyes, in 

one of the most astonishing 

pieces of political 

expediency we have 

seen in along while. 

In an article heavy on 

emotion but light on 

fact, the writer falsely 

claims that ‘‘the old 

council decided it could 

dispense with an 

information centre, yet 

after public pressure, 

decided to make aspace 

for one inthe new civic 

building’’. 

The fact is the Angus 

McKayled council commissioned 

aSection 17A 

review into economic 

development and tourism, 

which recommended 

the closing of 

both of our iSites. The 

motion to receive the 

report and to ‘‘work 

with Experience Mid 

Canterbury to address 

the issues raised in the 

report’’ (Extraordinary 

Council Meeting, 14th 

April 2016), was moved 

by none other than 

Councillor Neil Brown. 

The minutes of that 

meeting also record one 

member of the public in 

attendance me. 

Iwas also in attendance, 

and almost fell off 

my chair, when both 

McKay and Brown 

made campaign promises 

to reopen the iSite. 

roles with the Ashburton 

Museum and Save the 

Children. 

Doing the books is not 

the only way Tony helps 

out at RDA. Among 

other things he is 

involved in fundraising, 

too. 

But he is quick to 

acknowledge there are 

many other people who 

also volunteer and support 

RDA, which was 

evident in the buildings 

and land funded by the 

hard work of those volunteers. 

To reinstate the iSite 

on the current site would 

require aredesign of both 

the CBD redevelopment 

plans and the Library and 

Civic Centre plans. This 

would cost the ratepayers 

of our community hundreds 

of thousands of 

dollars. Given their 

record with previous projects 

in our town, we need 

the rest of the council to 

stand firm on plans that 

have already been publicly 

consulted on. Peter 

McQuarters and the 

people of this district 

should think very carefully 

about the implications 

of what they wish 

for, and whether they’re 

really being given the full 

story. 

Selwyn Price, 

Ashburton 

He says during his 

time as treasurer the 

work has been pretty 

straight forward, but the 

introduction of charities 

reporting has increased 

the workload. 

Tony says the RDA 

team are a ‘‘good and 

happy team’’ and he 

enjoys being involved 

with them. 

He says volunteering is 

about being part of a 

team and feeling you are 

useful in the community. 

Every person who volunteers 

has skills they bring 

and the different skills 

make the organisation 

whether it’s volunteering 

to wash dishes, raise 

funds, help at working 

bees, administration 

work, picking up poo, 

cleaning saddles, working 

with the children and 

the horses, there are 

roles for a variety of 

people who want to volunteer 

with RDA. 

‘‘It’s important in the 

community that people 

volunteer, and if each 

person does something 

for someone else, even if 

it’s only small, it adds to 

the quality of life for the 

citizens of that community.’’ 

Organisations and 

groups are encouraged 

to get nominations in for 

the Volunteering Mid & 

South Canterbury &the 

Hotel Ashburton Volunteer 

of the Month. Nomination 

forms are available 

by contacting 

Volunteering Mid & 

South Canterbury, Community 

House, 44 Cass 

Street Ashburton, ph 

3081237 ext 240 or email 

volmidcant@gmail.com 

or pick up acopy at Four 

Square in Rakaia. 

Winners posted 

An estimated 700 post 

boxes were crafted at Ashburton 

Museum during the 

last school holidays in conjunction 

with the exhibition 

Ashburton Feels Like 

Home. 

The exhibition features 

displays of art and objects 

that evoke memories of 

home and was the inspiration 

for the busy holiday 

craft activity. 

Basic boxes were used to 

form the base of the post 

boxes and craft accessories, 

paint and pens used to 

‘‘dress’’ them up. 

While many post boxes 

were taken home by their 

creators, some 300 or so 

were left on display and 

judged. 

Two NZ Post staff from 

Ashburton, Mark Johnson 

and Marie Summerfield, 

were brought in to select the 

best of the best. 

Photo: Ashburton NZ 

Post staff Mark Johnson 

and Marie Summerfield 

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Prebbles celebrate 60 years of marriage 


Derek Prebble met his 

future wife Jeanette at a 

Saturday night dance at 

Ashburton’s Radiant 

Hall and love blossomed. 

Derek invited her for 

another dance and a 

romance began that has 

stood the test of time. 

Last week the couple 

celebrated their diamond 

jubilee and 60 years of 

marriage. 

Derek was born and 

raised in Mid 

Canterbury, and went to 

Mt Somers school and 

Ashburton High School 

before enjoying along 

career as afarmer. 

Jeanette, 82, came to 

Ashburton from Gore to 

train as anurse. 

The pair were married 

at St Stephen’s, 

Ashburton by Rev. 

Froude. 

Derek puts his long 

marriage down to the fact 

that the couple ‘‘got on 

well from the beginning’’ 

and kept on working well 

as apartnership in life. 

He credits his wife with 

being ahard worker, both 

on the farm and as a 

nurse. 

‘‘Jeanette volunteered 

as adistrict nurse and its 

was tough going at times, 

but she loved it.’’ 

She was involved with 

Plunket, the Red Cross 

and kids sports, and in 

the 1980s set up and ran a 

craft shop in Hinds. 

Derek is apast 

Federated Farmers 

Lowcliffe branch 

president and was acrop 

farmer at nearby 

Coldstream. 

He has enjoyed indoor 

and outdoor bowls over 

the years, returned to the 

sport of badminton, and 

is still aregular golfer. 

He’s also giving bridge a 

go. 

‘‘I joined Pakeke Lions 

Club when we shifted 

into town in 1999 and it’s 

been good to be involved 

with the club,’’ he said. 

Derek, asprightly 89, 

likes to stay active and is 

the Ashburton Courier’s 

oldest ‘‘delivery kid’’. 

Ayear ago Jeanette 

moved into Princes Court 

because of her dementia, 

but the couple maintain a 

strong relationship and 

love for each other, with 

Derek visiting afew times 

aweek. 

The couple have four 

children and nine 

grandchildren and along 

association with the 

Presbyterian church here. 

They celebrated their 

anniversary with family 

and friends and lunch 

and abig cake at the 

Lake House. 

They were treated to 

afternoon tea at Princes 

Court the following day 

by Derek’s best man and 

abridesmaid from their 

wedding six decades ago. 

Photo: Derek and 

Jeanette Prebble 

Residents oppose bid for Rakaia liquor store 


Passionate community 

opposition may not be 

enough to stopthe 

granting of an alcohol 

licence for anew bottle 

store in Rakaia. 

Rakaia Community 

Association chairman 

NeilPluck and five 

‘‘witnesses’’ fronted a 

District Licensing 

Committee (DLC) 

hearing last week to voice 

concerns. 

TownhillLtd, run by 

Michael Brown,who also 

ownsThirsty Liquor 

Darfield and Thirsty 

Liquor Waimak,is 

proposingtoopen an 

outlet at 114 Railway 

Terrace. 

Mr Pluck said he and 

thecommunity 

association opposed the 

application because 

Rakaia already hadfour 

offlicence outlets and 

‘‘didn’tneednumber 

five’’. 

Some32members of 

thecommunity had 

telephoned, or spoken to 

himtosharetheir 

concernsand the 

oppositionhearing was 

‘‘about having acrack’’at 

stoppingit. 

Mr Pluck said there 

werealready eight 

locations to drink or buy 

liquor in Rakaia, more 

thanenough forasmall 

townwith apopulation of 

around 1100. 

Hard liquor saleswould 

increase andmore booze 

advertisingwould 

influence drinkers to 

drinkmore if yetanother 

outlet opened,hesaid. 

Theproposed store was 

in the middleoftownand 

his greatest concernwas 

thatitwouldlead to an 

increase in cheap booze 

sales. 

He saidnewsofa 

proposedliquor store in 

Methven afew yearsago 

haddriven other outlets 

in the township to reduce 

prices, even beforethe 

newoutlet had opened. 

Mr Pluck was 

supportedinhis 

opposition by five Rakaia 

locals. 

The quintet were 

excludedfrom the 

hearing for thefirst two 

hoursofsubmissions 

because theapplicant’s 

counsel, Peter Egden, 

argued thattheir answers 

to cross examination 

questionswould be 

influenced by thewhatMr 

Pluck said. 

Mr Egden saidhis 

client was an experienced 

industry operator, who 

had anumber of 

successful licenced 

premises to hisname. 

He said the proposed 

Thirsty Liquor Rakaia 

outlet would be laid out 

and run along the linesof 

his client’s businesses in 

Darfield and Waimakriri, 

which hadgood systems 

in place andwere run 

well. 

The community could 

be confident thathis 

client would operate 

Rakaia ThirstyLiquor in 

a‘‘responsible andsafe 

way’’ if granted the 

licence. 

Applicant Michael 

Brown said therewas no 

current standalone bottle 

store in Rakaia andhe 

believedhis customer 

baseextended well 

beyond thetownship and 

intonearby rural areas. 

He saidthere would be 

no major advertising on 

the outside of the shop, 

instead smallposters 

would promote specials. 

Hisshop would offer a 

wider selectionof 

products than was 

currently available in 

Rakaia,including low 

alcohol beers andhigh 

quality whiskies. 

He said there would be 

cameras inside and 

outsideofthe shop and 

pull barswould likely be 

fittedaswell. 

Mr Brown said he 

would open seven daysa 

week from9am until 

9.30pm. 

No objections were 

received fromthe police, 

representative of Medical 

Officer of Health, or the 

district’slicensing 

inspector, Leo Ratten. 

Adecision on the 

application is expected in 

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THIS WEEK’SSPECIALS 


Favel farewells council afternineyearsofservice 

It can’t be easy letting go. 

But outgoingAshburton mayor 

DonnaFavel did it with grace. 

Mrs Favelasked, whenpresented 

with acertificate of serviceatthe 

inaugural meeting of this term of 

council,ifshe could say afew words. 

She used sporting analogies to 

pointupthe role of mayor, with 

plenty of comments about playing by 

the rules and trying hardfor the 

team. 

Then,she and the other 

councillors who stoodbut did not 

make it back, were given flowers in 

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recognition of their service. 

It must have been difficultfor Mrs 

Favel to keepher emotionsincheck, 

given she served two termsasa 

councillor and one as mayor. 

Muchisinvested in nine years of 

local government service andthen, 

almost withoutwarning, it is all 

gone. 

It would not haveescaped her 

notice, either, that also in the room 

was AngusMcKay, whose job she 

Local musicians looking 

to showcase their talent 

are being invited to take 

part in two Christmas 

busker nights in December. 

Held as part of Ashburton’s 

annual Christmas 

festival Nights of Lights, 

the buskers nights will be 

held onDecember 6and 

December 20 in Baring 

Square Eastand aresponsoredbyAshburton 

Courier. 

Both nights will run 

from 6.30pm until 9.30pm 

andwill feature live music 

and asausage sizzle. 

Artists who would like 

to showcase their talents 

on either, or both events 

can register their interest 

by emailing the Ashburton 

council at events@adc.govt.nz. 

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took just over threeyears ago. 

But thatisthe nature of 

democracy: one yearyou are 

topping the polls and in another you 

are not. 

There was no rancour, no fuss. 

MrBrown,who took Mrs Favel’s 

job, commented thatithad been a 

clean and respectful campaign. 

That speakswell of all candidates, 

for higher or loweroffice. 

Also of note was the high voter 

turnout 55.06 of eligible voters, 

one of the highest voter turnouts in 

New Zealand. 

There has always been ahigh 

turnout in Ashburton,and that says 

much aboutthe levelof 

engagement, the media coveragethe 

councilinAshburton gets and, 

probably, thatmost votersknow 

councillors, closely or at arm’s 

length. 

Mr Brownaskedvoters not to be 

shy to approach him or councillors 

on any matter,and they willpossibly 

at timeswhen he would 

least like an approach. 

But that is the nature of the job: of 

the people, for the people. 

Mrs Favel now, as she said, can 

watch from the sidelines,bethe 

passionate spectator she alluded to 

in her commentstocouncil. 

The public seatswere crowded for 

theswearingin ceremony and Mr 

Brown said that, now sworn, the 

work begins. 

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Players keen to see chessboard 

area cleaned up and used more 


Chess players young and old are keen to see 

the East Street chessboard spruced up to 

encourage more people to play the game in 

apublic setting. 

Moves have already been made to revamp 

and repaint the board’s original chess pieces, 

ajob completed by Ashburton Menz Shed 

handyman Jim Armstrong and others a 

number of months ago, but the chess squares 

themselves and surrounding chess imprints 

are faded and difficult to see. 

Veteran player Roy Keeling, these days a 

sprightly octogenarian and approaching his 

85th birthday, was given the honour of 

making the first official move on the board 

some 24 years ago. 

Mr Keeling was president of the flourishing 

Ashburton Chess Club at the time and 

and his knight was the first piece to move. 

He is now among those leading the call for 

aspruceup of the playing area to promote 

the game and to better use the community 

space. 

Mr Keeling’s scrapbook of chess memories 

show him moving that first giant chess 

move and other news cuttings and photographs 

show the support of Ashburton Lions 

Club, which funded the initial purchase of 

the $5000 custom made chess pieces, and 

then later drummed up sponsor support to 

share the cost. 

Mr Keeling, who worked for Ashburton 

council at the time, said the idea for the 

public chess area had come from then chief 

engineer Steve Taylor, afellow chess club 

member. 

The council had been supportive of the 

initiative and the squares had been painted. 

He said chess pieces were stored away 

nearby and brought out on request for chess 

club members and passing visitors. 

‘‘We thought the giant chess board was a 

good idea to help promote the game locally. 

‘‘And Isupport the effort of those who are 

now seeking to achieve the same thing, 

Veteran chess players Stewart Bennett, left, and Roy Keeling with Maddie and Harry 

Page at the East Street chessboard, below, Roy Keeling making the first move on 

the East Street chessboard 24 years ago. 

nearly 25 years later. 

‘‘It would be great for an old fellow like me 

to see some young people out there playing 

and enjoying the game.’’ 

Mr Keeling is supported by fellow veteran 

player Stewart Bennett, who had been 

playing the game for 65 years. 

At the other end of the age scale, siblings 

Maddie and Harry Page, 12 and eight 

respectively, have already enjoyed chess 

games on the East Street board on anumber 

of occasions, but are keen to see the area 

revamped and repainted. 

‘‘Chess is fun to play and playing with the 

giant pieces on abig board helps you see and 

understand things from adifferent perspective,’’ 

said Maddie. 

With a revitilisation of the Ashburton 

CBD on the cards, it is unclear what the 

future holds for the East Street chessboard. 

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Feedback sought 

on transport move 

Safe Communities Ashburton 

District is seeking 

community feedback on 

the need for acommunity 

transport service 

(such as a community 

van) to be established. 

The service would 

bring residents living in 

rural areas of the district 

into Ashburton on a 

regular basis for medical 

appointments, shopping 

and other visits. 

Community transport 

schemes run on a notforprofit 

basis, often 

involving volunteers to 

manage and deliver the 

service. People using the 

service make asmall payment 

towards recovering 

operating costs (fuel, 

etc). 

‘‘We would really like 

to hear from people who 

feel restricted from going 

about their everyday 

business and activities in 

Ashburton Township by 

alack of transport. This 

feedback will help us 

decide what, if anything, 

could be required to help 

people be less isolated in 

our more rural areas of 

the district,’’ said Ashburton 

councillor Liz 

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obtained by contacting 

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the Community House 

Mid Canterbury (44 Cass 

Street, Ashburton). 

Half of drivers think they 

are above average on road 

Almost half of Canterbury 

drivers believe they 

have above average abilities 

on the road, yet 

think 87 per cent of 

other drivers are either 

average or below average, 

aroad safety report 

has found. 

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findings. 

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were only average, and 

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In addition to this finding, 

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with 96 per cent stating 

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Lions give defibrillator to Tuarangi 

The Pakeke Lions raised $3060 to buy adefibrillator for Tuarangi Home in Ashburton. It can be 

accessed by patients and visitors. Lion Bob Rodgers said the club saw the need in an area where the 

public congregate. Thanking the Lions, Michelle Genet said the defibrillator would be avaluable asset. 

Photo: Louise Greer, left, Bob Rodgers, Michelle Genet. 

Resident warns of phone scam 

Ella of Tinwald felt mesmerised. 

The caller was foreign 

and very persuasive. 

Had she been unwell, 

did she fell all right? 

‘‘She asked for my 

Visa number and Iknow 

Ishouldn’t give it, but I 

did. It was like she had 

me under her control, 

mesmerised.’’ 

Ella, whose full name 

we have agreed not to 

use, said acourier pack 

of pills she did not want 

arrived from Germany, 

then another, and suddenly 

$600 had been 

taken off her credit card. 

Ella then went to the 

bank and had it cancelled. 

She wants to warn 

anyone against what she 

callsascam and pressure 

phone tactics. 

‘‘If you don’t like the 

sound of it, just hang up 

on them.’’ 

She said she could not 

afford to lose the money 

and had felt unsettled 

since. 

Ella said she went to 

the police who said there 

Plan to send cards to the lonely 

Mid Canterbury residents 

are invited to be part of a 

campaign that sends afestive 

card and greetings to 

people who get few or no 

cards or visitors at Christmas. 

Sending Love NZ is a 

platform to raise awareness 

about the reality of loneliness. 

The idea is to create a 

card filled with love and to 

pop it into an envelope 

without closing it. 

You won’t know who it is 

going to, but the recipient 

will be happy to get it. 

This year cards will once 

again be delivered to rest 

homes and, if there are 

enough, will also be given to 

people attending Ashburton’s 

longrunning Christmas 

Day Community 

Lunch. 

Card drop offs have been 

set up at Robert Harris, 

Paper Plus and Ashburton 

Art Gallery. 

The drop boxes will stay 

open until December 13. 

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Ashburton County Lions 

was nothing they could 

do, but said scams were 

costing Kiwis millions. 

Ella has also told her 

story to Age Concern in 

the hope that others 

would not feel prey. 

The first lot of pills 

were thrown out and the 

second will be returned 

to sender, marked 

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Safer Ashburton gets 

resettlement contract 

Safer Ashburton has been appointed to 

support refugees inthe initial stages of 

resettlement in the Ashburton District 

andwillhelpensurefamilies arelinked to 

vital services. 

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smooth as possible, he said. 

The New Zealand Red Cross has been 

appointed toprovide support services in 

Blenheim, Levin and Masterton (alongside 

Connecting Communities Wairarapa), 

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Samantha’s an official 

florist for flowers week 

Ashburton’s Samantha Trott is an 

official florist for the New Zealand 

Flowers Week, which 

returns this year from 1117 

November offering weeklong 

bloomfilled bliss for flower 

lovers. 

The theme for this year’s event, 

The Power Of Flowers, will be 

celebrated by five floristry 

experts, who have been charged 

with creating a bespoke floral 

installation reflective of the 

event’s theme. 

The chosen florists represent 

the floral talent that stretches the 

country. 

The five florists are: Chikako 

Shiraki from White Tree Floral 

(Auckland), Kerri Murphy from 

The Twisted Willow (Wellington), 

Kath Parkes from Mrs 

Bottomley’s Flowers (Christchurch), 

Samantha Trott from 

Samantha Rose Flowers (Ashburton) 

and Linda McKenzie 

from Fallow and Fox (Dunedin). 

Rebecca Jones, NZ Flowers 

Week group marketing manager 

says, ‘‘We’re fortunate New Zealand 

has such a deep, diverse 

range of florists. Our homegrown 

experts are global leaders in their 

craft. It does however make 

choosing the five who represent 

the event incredibly difficult. This 

year’s florists have gone aboveandbeyond 

and we’re so grateful 

to be working with such longstanding, 

worldclass women for 

2019’s event.’’ 

To effectively portray the 

theme for NZ Flowers Week 

2019, each florist is assigned an 

Ashburton florist Samantha Trott is helping promote New 

Zealand Flowers Week. 

emotion that feeds into The 

Power of Flowers concept. 

‘‘The florists were tasked with 

creating an arrangement that 

reflects their awarded emotion 

and the overarching theme. It was 

amazing watching the selected 

florists assimilate their given 

emotion and conceptually grow 

idiosyncratic arrangements. Each 

florist has her own special narrative, 

which is beautifully transcended 

as they worked to produce 

a broad range of vibrant 

designs.’’ 

Ashburton’s Samantha spoke 

to her emotion, love: ‘‘I have 

named my concept ‘The Proposal’, 

the semicircle of flowers 

around the ottoman has an 

engagement ring on it. The 

woman is slipping into abath to 

admire her new ring. The floral 

back drop and colours have been 

selected to represent her feeling 

all the ‘love’.’’ 

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2019 has been atop year at the Mt Hutt Skifield, with 

ski numbers high and injuries and closed days low. 

Mt Hutt manager James McKenzie said 2019 was 

only second to 2018 in terms of the numbers on the 

skifield. 

The first six weeks of the season had been ‘‘lean’’ in 

terms of natural snow, but thereafter the weather gods 

had played their part and combined with efficient 

snowmaking, the season had been fantastic. 

Mr McKenzie said the skifield had topped 3000 

visitors on a number of days, including in the 

penultimate week, which was agood achievement, and 

testament to some very efficient and wellmanaged 

snow making. 

New trails this year had been very well received and 

there would continue to be investment in the skifield, 

including in lift infrastructure. 

Mt Hutt had only been closed for 10 days this 

season, compared with the usual average of 1820 days. 

Another positive was the lower injury rates 

recorded, he said. 

Injury rates were 1.7 per 1000 visits and there had 

been just nine Westpac Helicopter rescues, compared 

to 37 in 2018. 

Mr McKenzie said the skifield continued with its 

efforts to reduce emissions and to do better with 

recycling. 

Some 1200 tress had been planted near the access 

road, reusable crockery was being used and a 

successful carpooling trial would continue next season. 

Winning the coveted title of New Zealand’s Best Ski 

resort for the last four years attracted the ‘‘best of the 

bunch’’ in terms of skifield staff and led to high staff 

retention levels. 

‘‘We can rightly claim to have the longest ski season 

of any New Zealand skifield and we’re proud of that.’’ 

Mt Hutt reopens on June 5, 2020 and early bird ski 

deals are now on offer.

Book talk reveals role of 

colonial businesswomen 

Dr Catherine Bishop is on 

a mission to debunk 

misconceptions that 19th 

century colonial women 

were just domesticated 

baby makers. They were 

often businesswomen, who 

set up and adapted to 

survive in aman’s world. 

It formedthe basis of her 

booktalk at the Ashburton 

Museum last week, and is 

the topic of her second 

book‘‘Women Mean Business: 

Colonial businesswomen 

in New Zealand’’. 

She has the names of 

hundreds of women from 

the period nationwide, 

including Ashburton, who 

owned businesses; either 

thriving, failing or otherwise. 

Their stories include 

plenty of scandal, cheating 

or abusive husbands, tragic 

events involving death but 

many heartwarming 

stories of success. 

Dr Bishop, midway 

through anational tourdue 

to finish in her home town 

of Whanganui on December 

1, said if there was a 

mental image of colonial 

women, it would likely 

involve awoman incrinoline, 

surrounded by lots of 

children and living in a 

wooden hut. 

‘‘It was man’s country, 

where immigrants were 

encouraged to bring a 

youthful wife with them to 

breed and look after their 

house.’’ 

Alot of women did get 

married and have lots of 

children; typically from the 

age of 20, producing achild 

every one and ahalf to two 

years, for the next 20 to 30 

years of their lives. 

But many women ran 

businesses, which was hard 

to do without the support 

of their husbands if they 

weremarried, as those who 

married essentially disappeared 

in the eyes of the 

law. He was legally 

required to be the legal 

signer on contracts and for 

debtors and creditors. 

It was ‘‘very difficult’’ 

right up to, and even after, 

1880 when the Married 

Women’s Property Act 

came into effect. 

Dr Bishop said it was 

often a domestic picture 

painted of colonial women, 

reinforced by memorial 

statues around the country 

celebrating events of the 

time, such as one onthe 

Port Hills, in Christchurch. 

Dancers 

Tinwald Hall will host atop of the 

South Island dancecompetition 

featuring tap, jazz, song and dance, in 

solo acts through to troupes,this 

weekend.Competitors, aged from five 

through to adults, are expected in town 

from as far afield as Nelson and 

Timaru. 

National and Australasian Dance 

Champions will also be performingand 

members of the public are welcome. 

It promises to be great 

entertainment for the whole family. 

Gold coin entry with food, 

refreshments and programmes 

available for purchaseatthe hall. 

Doors open Saturday 9am to 9pm 

and Sunday 9am to 4pm. 

Ashburton Museum director Dr Tanya Robinson 

with author Dr Catherine Bishop. 

On the hill amemorial 

sits at the site where ‘‘newly 

arrived Colonials climbed 

the hill from the Lyttelton 

Port, and the womenrested 

and gazed with awe at their 

surroundings.’’ 

Of course it was the 

women who rested and 

gazed with awe, Dr Bishop 

said. 

Including one women, 

the wife ofamale baker 

who should have rested at 

the top of the Port Hills. 

He died ofastroke during 

the crossing. 

She, then awidow with 

seven children, sold his 

yeast supply to survive and 

started adrapery business, 

Glasgow House, which she 

later sold to Armstrong’s. 

It was acase of adapting 

to survive. And women did 

it very well. 

They faced a lot of 

adversity; men who ran off 

from their families could 

return and reap the financial 

benefits gained by a 

wife adapting to survive out 

of necessity, orhusband’s 

debt could be collected 

from wives left behind. 

‘‘There was no social 

welfare net, only family, 

friends and benevolent 

societies.’’ 

Dr Bishop said women 

were often portrayed as 

selfsacrificing, courageously 

doing something they 

didn’twant to do, or loyally 

following their husbands 

but it was not always the 

case. 

‘‘It’s estimated around 

20 percent of businesses in 

the middle of the 19th 

century were being run by 

women,’’ she said. 

They included dressmaking, 

travelling saleswomen, 

seamstresses, millineries, 

midwives, 

education centres, boarding 

houses, importers, 

publicans and even 

butcheries, such as the one 

run by AnnBird, in Nelson. 

Mrs Bird successfullyran 

the family butchery for 40 

yearsafter the deathofher 

husband. 

Many used initials in 

their business names, rather 

than full names, to 

mask gender. 

Dr Bishop knows of 

many stories, but is interested 

in adding to her 

database of colonial 

businesswomen and creating 

anonpaywall website 

to tell their stories. 

Anyone with stories to 

add, no matter how small 

the business, or how brief it 

survived, or wantingtohelp 

with awebsite, can contact 

her at catherine.bishop 

@mq.edu.au 

Dr Bishop, born and 

raised in Whanganui, is a 

postdoctoral fellow at 

Macquarie University in 

Sydney, Australia. Her 

book is availablefor loanat 

the Ashburton District Library. 

In 2016 she won the 2016 

Ashurst Business Literature 

Prize for her first book 

Minding Her Own Business: 

Colonial Businesswomen 

inSydney. 

She is currently working 

on a third book ‘Female 

Entrepreneurs inthe Long 

Nineteenth Century; A 

Global Perspective. 

It is due out in early 

2020. 

First meeting 

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Ashburtoncouncil’s new team gets into 

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Family Notices 

DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS 

BLAKEMORE, Margaret 

BettyMay: 

5-8-1928 -25-10-2019: 

Passed away peacefully 

in the care of Tuarangi 

Home, Ashburton. Loved 

wife of the late Russell, 

loved mother and mother 

in law of Maxine and 

Bill Hooper, Pauline and 

Lockey Higgins, Wendy 

and the late Paul Lennon, 

Neville and Tracey. Loved 

grandmother and great 

grandmother and special 

Aunty to her nieces and 

nephews. Thefamily would 

like to thank the staff and 

carers at Tuarangi Home 

for the wonderful care of 

their mum. Messages to 

Blakemore Family PO Box 

472 Ashburton 7740 At 

Margaret’s request aprivate 

servicehas been held. 

Paterson’s 


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BUNTING, Deanna May 

(Anna): Passed away 

peacefully at Christchurch 

Hospital on October 18, 

2019. Lovedwifeofthe late 

Joe and loved partner of 

Gray. A loyal, trusted and 

honest friend to all who 

knew her. Inaccordance 

with Anna’s wishes a 

private funeral service has 

been held. 

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DICK, Ivan William: 

Peacefully at Rosebank 

Hospital, Ashburton on 

Wednesday, October 23, 

2019, aged 69 years. 

Dearly loved husband and 

soul mate of Marg, loved 

father of Wendy, and Tony, 

loved step-father of Jody 

and amuch loved grandad 

and great-grandad. 

Messages to the Dick 

family, C/- POBox 6035, 

Ashburton7742. 

A Memorial Service to 

Celebrate Ivan’s life will be 

held at Feeney’s Lounge at 

the Devon Tavern, Victoria 

Street, Ashburton on 

Saturday, November 2, at 

1.00 p.m. 

0800 2MEMORY 

027 637 1229 

FERGUS, June Mabel: 

(nee Sellars): On October 

26, 2019, passed away 

peacefully in the loving care 

of Terrace View Retirement 

Village, Ashburton. Aged 

90 years. Beloved wife of 

the late Raymond Keith 

(Ray) Fergus. Loved and 

cherished mother of Robyn 

and David Neeson (Carew) 

and Mark and Raylene 

Fergus (Blenheim). Much 

loved nana of Frances 

(Glasgow) and Heather 

(London) and a loved 

aunty of all her nieces and 

nephews. Messages to 

C/- Rand DNeeson, RD5 

Ashburton 7775. Aspecial 

thank you toall the staff at 

TerraceViewfor their loving 

care ofJune. Aservice to 

celebrate June’s life will 

be held at our Chapel, 

Cnr East and Cox Streets, 

Ashburton on Friday 

November 1, commencing 

at 11.00am. Followed by 

private cremation at the 

AshburtonCrematorium. 

Paterson’s 


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GORMAN, John: On 

October 24, 2019. Aged 

82 years. Died peacefully 

at Ashburton Hospital 

after ashort illness. Dearly 

loved husband of Colleen. 

Lovedfather of Mary,Kevin 

and Niki, Danny and Julie, 

Johnny and Kate, Eddie 

and Lam, Phillip, Ben and 

Emily,Mattand Kim. Loved 

brother to the late Patrick, 

and Mick and survived by 

Andy. Loved granddad, 

brother-in-law, uncle and 

friend to many. Messages 

to 14 Morgan St, Methven 

7730. A service for John 

has been held. 

Paterson’s 


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HOOD, Murray Leslie 

Thomas: Passed peacefully 

on October 25, 2019 

at Radius Millstream, 

Ashburton, surrounded by 

his family. Aged 83 years. 

Loving husband of Helen, 

father and father in law of 

Grant and Debbie, Odette, 

Richard and Debra, and 

grandfather Pop toall his 

grandchildren and great 

grandchildren. Messages to 

the Hood family,C/- 13 Oak 

Grove, Ashburton 7700. In 

lieu of flowers, donations 

to the Cancer Society or 

Nurse Maude would be 

appreciated. Our family 

appreciatesall the careand 

support shown over the 

past few years. 

Doing as 

Murray wished (for once) 

we saw him off with a 

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celebration of life. Thank 

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LEIGHTON, Mary Eleanor: 

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of Mary’s life. 

Special thanks to the staff 

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legal highflyer 

Ashburton law firm 

Arrowsmith Law has 

taken a highflying 

approach to recruitment 

paying for flight training 

for anew lawyer. 

‘‘Finding the right 

employees to help abusiness 

grow seems to be a 

challenge across the 

South Island, but even 

more so outside of the 

big centres. I’d say it is 

the biggest headache for 

businesses in Ashburton,’’ 

director Greg Martin 

said. 

‘‘To meet the challenge 

of recruiting qualified 

lawyers to the firm, 

we have decided to 

include in the package on 

offer something that will 

help someone moving to 

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Ashburton get the most 

out of living here: a 

private pilot’s licence.’’ 

Mr Martin said Ashburton 

had a thriving 

airfield just five minutes 

from town, with grass 

runways, and a friendly 

club with aflying school 

‘‘and is surrounded by 

uncluttered open skies’’. 

‘‘From there you are in 

the Canterbury foothills 

in 15 minutes and, if the 

weather’s good, over the 

alps and on to the West 

Coast in about 40 

minutes. There is also 

great flying to be had up 

the braided rivers, or 

down the coast,’’ Mr 

Martin said. 

He said that as well as 

amatchedtomarket salary, 

Arrowsmith Law 

would pay its new lawyer 

to go through flight training 

with the Mid Canterbury 

Aero Club. 

‘‘It’s likely to take about 

two years of flying and 

fairly hard study, but it’s a 

hugely rewarding thing to 

do. Our hope is that whoever 

gets the job will stick 

around longer than that. 

But if they don’t, it will still 

have been agreat time for 

them living here. And the 

real legal work is pretty 

good, too,’’ he said. 

The firm starts its 

recruitment 

campaign 

soon and hopes a new 

lawyer.aviator will join by 

the end of the year. 

Photo: Greg Martin at 

Ashburton airfield. 

Synlait 

buys up 

Dunsandelbased Synlait 

has bought Dairyworks, 

which began in Temuka, 

for $112m, subject to 

Overseas Investment 

Office approval. 

Synlait said the acquisition 

would provide 

‘‘another meaningful move 

towards the delivery of our 

Everyday Dairy strategy 

and complements the company’s 

recent acquisition 

of cheese manufacturer 

Talbot Forest’’. 

Synlait CEO Leon 

Clement said it was an 

exciting opportunity and 

the business was a great 

strategic fit for it. 

Dairyworks was established 

in 2001 in Temuka. 

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Dangerous intersection near 

Geraldine set for upgrade 

A dangerous intersection near Geraldine 

will befixed. 

Timaru council has received New Zealand 

Transport Agency (NZTA) confirmation 

that it will provide the majority of 

funding for the proposed $2.3 million 

upgrade of the intersection of Winchester 

Geraldine, Coach and Tiplady roads. 

The project involves transforming the 

intersection into aroundabout with the aim 

of improving road safety at the junction, 

which is amajor route for both businesses, 

tourists and local residents. 

Council’s land and transport manager, 

Andrew Dixon, says that theNZTAfunding 

accounts for 75% ofthe total project. 

“Our normal rate is 51% but this road 

safety project is oneofthe only two projects 

in the Canterbury region funded by NZTA 

on the targeted enhanced financial assistance 

rate (TEFAR) basis,” hesaid. 

“The intersection has been considered as 

asafety issue for anumber of years. This is 

reflected by ahigh vehicle crash history in 

the last 10 years where there have been 

eight injurycausing crashes, with three of 

them resulting in serious injuries. 

“The Coach Tiplady Road route is 

intensively used by motorists and heavy 

vehicles travelling from Christchurch to 

Queenstown. The number of heavyvehicles 

has increased significantly from 20 to 200 

per day inthe last ten years, which in turn 

has increased the risk to motorists.” 

Anumber of measures to improve the 

safety of this intersection had previously 

Airline memorabilia display 

By John Keast 

WarrenJanett used to fly for 

Mount Cook Airlines. 

Now he is giving its memorabilia 

apermanent home. 

Mr Janettispresident of the 

Ashburton Aviation Museum,and 

the memorabilia is beingdisplayed 

in the Taieri area of its Super 

Hangar. 

He said that whenhelearned 

the airline was beingdisbanded, he 

made contact to see if the 

Ashburton museum could be given 

the material aseries of paintings, 

photographs and logos used by the 

company overits life. 

The collection includes a 

photograph Mr Janett took of a 

Mount Cook planesoaring over 

snowy peaks. 

Mr Janettworked for Mount 

Cook from 1974 to 1985, first as a 

purserand later as apilot. 

‘‘Thisisapictorial recordofthe 

Mount Cook Company,one of the 

first tourist airlines in the world,’’ 

Mr Janettsaid. 

Mr Janettwas based at Mt Cook 

and Te Anauand flewCessnas. 

‘‘ThenIhad amedical problem 

and wentback to being apurser,’’ 

he said. 

Mr Janettsaid aviation was in 

Sally Middleton cuts acake with the help of Warren Janett. 

his bloodand recalled topdressing 

planeswhen he grew up in the 

King Country. 

Aspecial dinner was heldon 

Saturday night with Sally 

Middleton, daughter of Sir Harry 

Wigley, attending. 

Mount Cook was established in 

Timaruin1920 by Rodolph 

Wigley, who drove the first cartto 

The HermitageatMtCook in 

1906. 

Wigleyboughtwarplus aircraft 

for sightseeing and in the 1930s 

formedQueenstownMtCook 

Airwaywith his son, Harry. 

Air New Zealandbought partof 

the groupinthe 1980s. 

Big field out for Lions golf tourney 

The recent Lions Club of 

Ashburton annual charity 

golf tournament had 

sunshine and acapacity 

field of 144 golfers supporting 

it. 

Held at Ashburton 

Golf Club, the stableford 

event included a separate 

section for players 

without an official handicap 

and featured nearest 

the pin and longest putt 

prizes. The 8th was the 

feature hole. 

Proceeds of $16,000 

from the event, which is 

backed by anumber of 

sponsors and included an 

auction, will go to Life 

Education Trust and 

Ashburton Cancer Support 

Group. 

Photo: Left hander 

George Brown, who 

plays off a20.8 

handicap, was the first to 

tee off hole 1atthe 

tournament. 

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“NZTA have assessed the intersection 

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Mr Dixon says. 

“Improving safety for road users is 

important to us and a key Government 

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Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 36 

31 October 2019 

Message From ThePrincipal 

Year 13 Graduation Ceremony 

Tonight it is our pleasure to showcase and 

acknowledge our successful students at our 

Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, from 7:30pm at 

the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. This evening is 

asignificant marker in the lives of our graduating 

students. 

We of course wish them well as they move out 

into the ‘real world’ (although many would argue 

that University study is like an alternate universe). This evening always 

provides asmall sense of ajob well done,for staff.Thereisaconsiderable 

degreeofsatisfaction seeing students departing at eighteen andwell on 

their waytobecoming positivemembers of society. 

2019 StudentLeaders 

This year group has been fantastic. They have been acohesive group 

and have accomplished much. Iwould like to acknowledge,inparticular, 

three groups of students: 

The first is our four Head Students and the StudentExecutive. 

The second is the number of students who have been willing to provide 

mentoring to their younger peers -whether it be words ofwisdom, as 

reading mentors,cultural groups or sports coaches.All of these have been 

greatly appreciated. 

The third group is the number of senior students who got involved in 

supportofthe dutyteachers. Being able to look out and see amixture of 

green and orange vests has helped our school become very settled. 

Acknowledgement 

On the subject ofacknowledgement there will be anumber of farewells 

for teacher Mark Gleason. Mark has recently announced that this year 

at Ashburton College will be his last. This ishis 49th year of continuous 

serviceand many people Imeetinthe communityhave spoken fondly of 

theirmemories of him as ateacher. Wewill wish him well in his retirement 

at the end of this school year. 

Red Carpet Evening 

Last Thursdaywehad our RedCarpet Evening which celebratesthe cream 

of musical performance within our College. Itisalways afantastic event 

and this year was noexception. In addition to the performers, Iwould 

also like to acknowledge our Music Tutors, MusicTeachers, and also Ron 

Cresswell and his technical crew who provide the performance support 

thatmakesthisevening so special. 

NoteworthyEvents 

Next week we have several noteworthyevents. On the evening of Monday 

04 November we have our Art Department exhibiting students’work in 

both Art and Photography. If you have achild doing these subjects you 

will understand how much work and care goes into these folio boards. 

This will be agreat evening to come along and have alookatthe standard 

of work these students areproducing. You will be impressed. This event 

will be held in the AshburtonCollege Staffroom, from 4:00pm and all are 

welcome. 

Our Year 12Prize-giving isalso on Monday 04November followed on 

Tuesday 05November by our Year 11 Prize-giving. Both events start at 

7:30pm in the College Auditorium. We invite all families to come along 

and celebratethe achievements of our students. 

Many thanks, 

Ross Preece 

Principal 

Staff Farewells 

Regretfully we farewell twostaff from College this week,and we thank 

both fortheir positiveinputs. 

Tony Robson - Tony has beenwith AshburtonCollege sincethe beginning 

of 2017, as Head of Faculty Physical Education, Health and Outdoor 

Education. During this time he has assimilated well into the culture of 

AshburtonCollege,also taking up extraportofolios. 

Very supportive of inter-cultural relationships Tony held responsibility 

for Pasifika Student Performance, being involved in promoting and coordinating 

students to various events, including sPACPAC speech and 

performance occasions at which our students gained some notable 

successes. 

Tony held anAcross-Schools’Teacher position under the auspices of the 

Kahui Ako oHakatere (Hakatere Schools’Community ofLearning position) 

and was also committed to leading curriculum change and innovation 

through the various evaluation Middle Managementforums within College, 

includingthe Innovation ProjectAshburton team. 

We aresorry to be losing Tony as aperson and his input,but do equally wish 

him well on his promotion to DeputyPrincipal at Opihi College. Tonyleaves 

us tomorrowtotake up this position. 

Teri Nichol – has been Ashburton College’s Student Careers Co-ordinator 

sinceAugust 2016. Teri came with abackground of knowledge,experience 

and expertise in this area and quickly found her feet at College. Work 

experience relationships have been maintained and built with the Mid 

Canterburycommunity, which remainsveryloyaltosupporting our students 

as they evaluate and experienceemploymentand training options. 

In her three years in the role, many students have benefitted from advice, 

opportunities, expo visits and expos co-ordinated on-site at College. 

Students will be very appreciative ofthe time Teri has given them. Teri’s 

input and support will be missed bystaff and students alike but she is 

wished well forher new ventures in Christchurch, with our appreciation for 

all thatshe hascontributed. Teri’slast dayatCollege wastoday. 

Information 

AshburtonCollege ArtExhibition –‘This Is Us’ 

AshColl is proud to present'This is Us', an ArtExhibition showcasing all 

the amazing up-and-coming talentinAshburton. 

Open Night isnext Monday 04November in the College Staffroom, 

so please dojoin us for refreshments, and of course the experience of 

enjoying arange of studentcreativityand passion thatexplodes onto 

the page. 

Head of Arts Faculty Milly Brown said the students have worked hard, and 

would love to sharetheirworkwith you. 

If youcan't makeitonMonday 04 November,then the staffroom will be 

open after school on Tuesday 05 November until 4:30pm, for awander 

through at leisure. 

We look forwardtoseeing youthere! 

AshburtonCollege Year 9AcademicScholarships 

Criteria and application forms arenow available 

from your child’s school. 

TheClosing Date forapplications is 

Thursday07November 2019, 3:30pm. 

Theacademic examinations will be held at AshburtonCollege 

on Monday18November from 9:00am–11:15am. 

Enquiries and applications to be made to Sheena Tyrrell, 

ManagementAdministrator, 

Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz 

Phone: 308 4193, extension 812; 027 247 8003. 

Please notethatthese Scholarships are 

Academic ExcellenceScholarships. 

AshburtonCollege Phoenix Magazine 2019 

This annual production is awonderful record of each year at College, 

and becomes amoreimportantrecordofmemoriesthe longer students 

and staff areawayfromAshburtonCollege. 

Remember: 

This will be published at the end of February 

2020. 

Payment for Magazine -$25 percopy 

Allfamilies have now 

received an updatedaccountthatwill 

include the charge forthe Magazine. 

To secure your copy of the Phoenix 

Magazine,paymentwill be required by 

Thursday14November. 

Obtaining your Magazine Copy 

These will be delivered to studentsin-College at the end of February. 

Forstudentswho have left –familieswill be notified thatthe Magazine can 

be collectedfromthe College Office. 

Where this isn’t possible wewill make arrangements to ensure you receive 

the copy. 

Order aChristmas Magazine Voucher 

We willalso have vouchers available forpurchase. 

This would be an ideal gift forgrandparents or other family members, 

who can then have acopydelivered onceitispublished. 

Government-funded Service: 

Hearing Servicefor Sixteen Years and Over 

How’syour Hearing? 

Even young people canlose hearing through noise exposure, 

heredityand some medical conditions. 

If youfeel youare not hearing well,haveyour hearing checked 

beforestarting tertiaryeducationorentering the work force. 

Heather Talbott,atLifeUnlimited Hearing Therapy, 

provides FREE (MinistryofHealth-funded) hearing tests 

and advicefor people sixteen years and over. 

Call 0800 008 011 foranappointmentinAshburton. 

Event 

College Tour Parties 

Over the September-October holiday break College had three tour 

parties overseas. We nowreportonthe final tour toreturn. 

German Tour 2019 

Agroup of twenty one Ashburton College students visited Germany from 

21 September-13 October. 

Thetour group landed in Düsseldorfand made their waybybus to their first 

accommodationinKöln. 

(Pictured right): View over 

Düsseldorf from the TV 

Tower. 

Staying in Köln foratotalof 

three days, visits included 

famous Dom (Cathedral), 

Innenstadt (Old City part) 

and the Lindt Chocolate 

Museum. Tom Kitchen, 

staff tour leader, said they 

also visited Phantasialand 

Resort onone of the days and enjoyed all the rides that the theme park 

had to offer! 

AfterKöln, it wasofftoGrevenbroich to staywith host families forfive days. 

Tomsaid thatthe students relished learning howmost German families live, 

and enjoyed the different cultural experiences. Homestay isagreat way to 

see how‘authentic’German people live and do their day-to-day business 

and go about their routines. Alot of students caught upwith friends who 

they had hosted in New Zealand earlier this year, and all attended school 

with their host sibling for two days. Itwas ashock for them tobeina 

classroom without devices,and seeing the teachers still using blackboards! 

Theschool in Grevenbroich (Pascal Gymnasium) is slowly moving into being 

aBYODschoolnow,which is very modernfor Germany. 

Thegroup then travelled down to NürnberginSouthGermany, staying here 

for four days. During the time here, viewed was the traditional old style of 

acastle city from the medieval times, and aday trip to Lauingen where 

the tour group’s jacket sponsors (Deutz Fahr) have afactory, inLauingen 

(pictured below). 

The group also went to Dachau and Munich to see aConcentration Camp, 

and the Oktoberfest. The students gained areal feeling of what life ina 

ConcentrationCamp waslike when they read thewell-detailed signs,and a 

sombremood wassharedbyall when we leftthere thatday. 

Next it was up the Eastern side of Germany to Leipzig, where two days were 

spent. With a market set up on the Saturday, the students could taste many 

traditional foods there. Of note was the GDR (German Democratic Republic) 

HistoryMuseum which told the storyofformer East Germany, from the end 

of the Second World Warall theway through toreunification in 1989. 

The group finished off the tour by spending five days inBerlin, where they 

could enjoylots of shopping on their free days! Asagroup they undertook 

abike tour together on aday whereitpoured with rain, but thatdidn’tstop 

them fromlearning lots and having agood time. They even got to witness 

the climate change group ‘Extinction Rebellion’during apeaceful protest 

outside the historic Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building (pictured 

below, leftand right). 

One ofthe last nights was spent in the Dlight Disco atClub Matric, where 

only students could go on that evening, asthe club closed its doors to the 

general public. 

While in Germany, students experienced and enjoyed very traditional and 

modernaspects of the culture, and all of the differentcitieswevisited.


Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 36 

31 October 2019 

Congratulations 

Whole College End-of-Year Assembly 

This importantwhole-College occasion washeld,inrathercool conditions, 

on Thursday 25October with the timing brought forward to avoid the 

southerly and rain coming through. 

Afull programme at this Assembly saw the prestigious Sports and 

CulturalColours and Blues Awards presented; the 2019 Head Boy’sand 

Head Girl’s valedictory speeches; speeches from the shortlisted 2020 

Head and Deputy Head Student candidates; and the awarding of the 

highly contested HouseTrophy. 

Principal Ross Preece welcomed all to the assembly. Ross acknowledged 

the levels of success gained by students,thankedthisyear’s studentleaders 

for their meaningful contributions to Ashburton College and commended 

aspirantleaders who were putting themselves forwardtoroles in 2020. 

(Picturedleftand 

right): Head Girl 

Mollie Gibson and 

Head Boy 

William Wallis giving 

their valedictory 

speeches to the 

school’s community 

of students and staff. 

Mollie acknowledged the valuable support from William, and the Deputy 

Head Students, Carl Cayanan and Harriet Stock, without whom their roles 

would have been moredifficult. 

Thanked also were the Student Executive members who had worked 

tirelessly to complete tasks, achieve arange of outcomes and provide 

exciting opportunities forstudents. 

Mollie acknowledged the Senior Leadership Team and staff who had 

supported them, provided opportunities and guidance. She wished the 

House Captains and Executives all the best for the HouseTrophy outcome, 

saying she knows how hard they work tobuild House participation and 

loyalty. Mollie wished all students well forthe future. 

William endorsed Mollie’s comments with his own appreciation to staff, 

Deputy Head students, Executive, House Captains and Executive and the 

Student Executive, acknowledging their dedication to the weekly 7:30am 

meetings. 

There was aclear reference toMollie having sat behind him in their Year 

9class and William claiming not to have ever heard her speak for the first 

three terms! At this stage William got averbal response from her,and then 

layclaim to ‘teaching her to speak’! 

He concluded by saying thatbeing Head Boywill alwaysstayashavingbeen 

alifetime experience, andone he would never forget. Hewished this year’s 

Head Student candidates all the best as they look to leadership roles next 

year,and assuredthemitwas ‘well worthit’. 

AshburtonCollege WinterSportsand Cultural Colours and Blues Awards 

Colours Awards 

Colours Awards are presented tostudents who are national champions 

or who have been selected for anational sports team or are amember of 

national cultural group. 

AColours Award isrecognised as the most prestigious of the Awards 

process. Students who receive aColours Award donot receive aBlues 

Award. Unlike the Blues Awardthe Colours Awards arenot confined only to 

AshburtonCollege-based activities. 

Nine Recipients 

Nine recipients gained Colours Awards, being added to Sophie Adams 

who was honoured in June at the Summer Blues Awards Ceremony, for 

Basketball Achievements. 

At this assembly the following were presentedwith their framed certificates 

and Colours Badge. 

AirPistol Shooting LauraCameron, MiaChambers,CharlotteClifford 

This was the Year 9girls’ first year as part of the AshColl Air Pistol Team. 

Earlier this month they competed inthe Air Pistol Nationals as part ofthe 

NewZealandMcMillanCup Competition. 

Not only did they win the Intermediate Gradeand the Nobes Cup, but they 

were also 6th overall from fifteen senior school teams. This was atruly 

impressiveresult from ateam to watch in thefuture. 

Equestrian BrittanyFowler 

Brittany’s year started off with a first placing, both Individually and 

Nationally, and subsequent role as Captain for the New Zealand Pony Club 

Association Dressage Team. This was followed upatthe Canterbury Area 

Pony Club Championships with afirst placing in dressage. 

In April Brittany travelled to Australia for the Inter-School Equestrian event 

where she was placed 1st in the Eventing Australia 95cm International 

Challenge. Being one of only four New Zealand competitors, and the only 

SouthIsland competitor, made this areal highlight. 

Karate 

Taylah Burrowes 

At the start ofthis year Taylah travelled to Australia to compete in the 

Australian Secondary Schools’and Australian Karate Open Competitions in 

Sydney. This eventisthe mainevent on theAustralian Karate calendar and 

has athletesattend from all over Australia, New Zealand,Fiji, New Caledonia 

and Tahiti. 

This yearTaylah’s categories had ahugenumber of competitors: 

Sixteen in the Australian Secondary Schools’ Cadets (Under 16) Kumite, in 

which she won this title. 

Nineteen in the Australian Karate Open Cadets (Under 16) Kumite where 

Taylah placed 3rd. 

From hereTaylah also went on to win the New Zealand Open Title in April, 

and the New Zealand National SecondarySchools’Title in July. 

Karate 

Kyle Cabangun 

Kyle has achieved some great results nationally and internationally this 

year.Heattended the Australian KarateOpen Competition in Aprilthisyear, 

placing firstinthe Junior Male-55kg Kumite. 

At Nationals in July this year, Kyle placed second in the 16/17 Years -55kg 

Premier Kumite and at the NewZealand National SecondarySchools’placed 

third inthe Under 16 Male Kata and second in the Under 16 -58kg Male 

Kumite. 

SmallboreRifle Shooting Shania Harrison-Lee 

In 50m outdoor shooting was selected in the Target Shooting New Zealand 

team torepresentNew Zealand atthe Oceania Games in November. 

In 25 yardindoor shooting,selectedto: 

- New Zealand Junior Team (Under 21) as Captain and top-scored for the 

team 

- New Zealand Women’s Team - New Zealand Open Team 

- New Zealand SecondarySchools’Team 

SmallboreRifle Shooting Emma Smith 

In 25 yard indoor shooting,selectedto: 

- New Zealand Junior Team (Under 21) 

- New Zealand SecondarySchools’Team 

Swimming 

BlakeFarr 

The New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships were held in 

Auckland from 01-05 October and Blake returned having won aNational 

Title in the 100m Freestyle and aBronzeMedal in the200m Freestyle.Blake 

achieved personal best times in every race hecompeted in, which is a 

fantastic achievement. 

(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Kyle Cabangun, Brittany Fowler, 

CharlotteClifford, MiaChambers. 

(Front row,lefttoright): Shania Harrison-Lee,EmmaSmith,LauraCameron. 

(Pictured below, leftand right): Taylah Burrowesand Blake Farr. 

College RugbyCaps 

In some sports, players receive recognition for service tothe team. In 

College Rugby, if players demonstrate 

acommitment tothe team, are arole 

model for other players and take the 

field in asignificantnumberofgames 

they earnthe honour of being capped. 

At this presentation assembly the 

following two girls were presented 

with their rugbycaps: 

Madison Trusler-Clark and 

Emma Rollinson (pictured right), 

receiving her cap from Team Captain 

Aidan Elvines). 

Coming Events 

November 

1 Aoraki Sports Awards,Southern Trust Events Centre,Morgans Road, 

Timaru; doors open 5:40pm, 6:00pm start. 

Postponementday –Regional Girls’Cricket Tournament, 

Hagley Park,Christchurch. 

04-05 ArtExhibition ‘This Is Us’, AshColl Staffroom. 

07- 03 Dec NCEA Exams 

12 Year 9/10 Caroline BayRelays,Timaru 

13 Aoraki Junior Volleyball Championships,Timaru 

14 Aoraki Junior Touch, Timaru 

18 Year 9(for2020) Scholarship exam 

Aoraki SecondarySchools’Junior Girls’Cricket 

2019 WinterSports and Cultural Colours,Blues Awards 

In establishing Award recipients, each sport has specific criteria that is 

used as a guide for nominators. A select committee then discusses the 

nominations and makes final decisions. 

This year eighty five students were acknowledged across Sports and 

Cultural activities. 

In acknowledging students’ successes we recognise the impressive 

accomplishments of our students, and contributions of all, within 

and outside of the College, for their time and effort given to so many 

College teams and students through cultural and sports activities. These 

contributions to the successes of College individuals and teams isgreatly 

appreciated, providingsignificantopportunities forstudents. 

Blue AwardRecipients are– 

Basketball Fotu Hala, Samuel Pearce,Quinn Ritchie. 

Cross-Country Toby Woolf 

Cycling Oliver Davidson, Isabella Roulston, Ethan Titheridge. 

Drama Joseph Collins, Imogene Felton, Calais Hill, Georgia Muir, 

Ocean Waitokia. 

E-Sport Jade Jung, JayJung. 

Equestrian Harriet Stock 

Football Ben Holland, Sapphire Kururangi, Amy Pearson, 

Bradley Phillips, Gemma Taylor,LaurenTaylor,TobyWoolf. 

Golf 

Josh Ackerley,Hiromune Kakeda. 

Gymnastics Ellie Lawn. 

Hockey Emily Armstrong, Zoe Aschen, Chloe Buchanan, 

Jacob Gray, Tegan McIntyre,William Wallis,ReeceWatson, 

Zac White. 

Kapa Haka Shante Kereopa, SoniaStephens-Tahuri, Monaro Tahapehi. 

Music Joseph Collins, Willow Diedricks, Zoe Diedricks, 

Mitchell Farr, Christina Francis, Spencer Ifopo, Jay Jung, 

Tori Kelland, Jade Kruger, Oliver Livingstone, 

Bridget McArthur, Barbara Nabeka, Liam Pram, 

Louie Pabualan, Harriet Stock, Scott Thomson, 

Ocean Waitokia,William Wallis,AlexWood,TobyWoolf. 

Netball Grace Adams, Samantha Holden, Poppy Kilworth, 

Danielle McArthur,Mia Pearson, Hayley Tallentire. 

PasifikaPerforming Arts 

Jacklynn Afu, Blanch Chute, Jaimee Chute, 

Joseph Collins, James Foaga, Amon Pongia, 

Lupepe Saofai, Sonia Stephens-Tahuri, Bobby Tomokino, 

Isileli Ula. 

Rugby Ben Donald, Aidan Elvines, Thomas Middleton, 

Christian Thompson, Madison Trusler-Clark (TC), 

Brynmor Workman. 

Skiing Cole Beeman. 

SmallboreRifle Shooting 

Jacob Kilworth, Jack McIntosh, Charlotte McKenzie, 

Samuel Smith. 

Squash 

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Isaac Bazley,Brooke Cornish-Madden. 

Marlese Schoonderbeek. 

Victorious Red House –TrophyWinners, 

forthe fifth consecutiveyear 

After afifteen year drought Red House wrestled this strongly sought-after 

trophyoffthe otherHouses back in 2015. Sincethen, they have backed this 

win up by taking the trophyeach year since, and 2019 wasnoexception. It 

looks like some hardworkmay be needed to releasetheirstrangle-hold on 

the trophynextyear! 

Ahealthy House rivalry permeates amongst students and staff during 

the year and acknowledgement isgiven to the Staff House Leaders – 

Stacey Monk (BlueHouse), Clair Bedward(GreenHouse), Hayley Wards, and 

latterly Pete Lee(Orange House) and SarahLassen (Red House) -and to the 

StudentCo-Captains of each of the four House Executives –Liam Pram 

and Meg McIntyre (Blue House); Josh Jones and, initially, Katie Polmear 

(Green House); Titus Lambert-Lane and Aidan Elvines (Orange House), 

GraceAdams and Sam Pearce (Red House). 

(Pictured right,back row,lefttoright): 

Dani McArthur,Grace Adams, 

Kaleb Finn,Sam Pearce. 

(Front row,lefttoright): 

Tegan McIntyre,Quinn Ritchie, 

Alena Patterson. 

TheFinal House Points forthe year, 

aftertwentyseven events,were- 

Red: 182.37 points 

Orange: 156.14 points 

Green: 150.78 points 

Blue: 140.71 points 

2019 End-of-Year Final Days,Prize-Givings,Events 

Parents, caregivers,family/whanau,friends and interested community 

members aremost welcome at all prize-givings. 

November 

04 Year 12 final day. Students finish at 1:20pm. 

Year 12 Prize-Giving,College Auditorium, 7:30pm. 

05 Year 11 final day. Students finish at 3:05pm. 

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It’s the end of story for this reporter 

By Toni Williams 

Reporter John Keast is 

bowing out on a newspaper 

career spanning 47 

years. 

In his career, which 

started as aschool leaver, 

he met and interviewed 

thousands of people, 

including prime ministers 

and people ontheir dead 

beds. 

From people in cities, to 

the country, in schools, 

businesses, and churches, 

reporting from accident 

sites, celebrations, and 

community events, hehas 

written the stories of 

everyday people in times 

of good, and bad. 

He has worked at many 

New Zealand newspapers 

The Press (three times), 

The Dominion Post, 

Sunday News, The Christchurch 

Star, (news editor 

and subbing), Ashburton 

Guardian (twice) the former 

Hawkes Bay Herald 

Tribune, covering hard 

print news such as death, 

murder, and accidents as 

well as community stories 

of peoplepast andpresent 

before extending his repertoire 

with video and 

online content. 

He has been the managing 

editor at Ashburton 

Courier for the past 10 

years. 

And it will be from this 

position that hewill hang 

up his hat in journalism. 

It’s not retirement, it’s a 

change of pace, achance 

to do things he wants to 

do. 

‘‘I never chose journalism, 

it, in abacktofront 

way, chose me,’’ hesaid. 

‘‘I was desperate to 

leave school and wound 

up in the front office of 

this (the nowAshburton 

Courier) building with 

John Bell, Bruce Bell’s 

father.’’ It was a former 

home to the Ashburton 

Guardian newspaper. 

‘‘I’m sure against his 

better judgement, hetook 

me on as a sort of factotum 

office junior/print 

hand/deliverer. But The 

Guardian had plans to 

start doing its own photographs, 

and I had done 

some photography at high 

school. Ithink that swung 

the deal. 

Up till then,photos had 

been supplied byAshburton 

commercial photographer 

Gordon Binsted. 

Mr Keast,63, started on 

a new electronic platemaking 

machine, a 

Klischograph. 

‘‘Someone from Australia 

was brought over to 

teach me andthe advertising 

manager, Doug Forsyth, 

how to use it but I 

think Doug was far better 

at it than me. 

‘‘The Guardian’s first 

camera was a Polaroid 

with afixed lens not the 

ideal camera for, say, 

rugby. But it served its 

purpose for pointandshoot 

shots,ifthe light was 

right. 

‘‘The paper progressed 

to afull darkroom and a 

later editor, Graeme Connell, 

taught me the basics 

of processing film and 

prints. 

‘‘From then, Iwas the 

Guardian photographer. 

It was the beginning. 

Ajunior reporter job at 

The Press inChristchurch 

followed; including court 

reporting, general reporting 

and shipping reporter. 

‘‘One of my first jobs 

was helping longtime 

court reporter Ron Vogt 

in the No.1 Magistrates 

Court. 

‘‘It was anightmare. I 

was told to take several 

notebooks and theywere 

needed asevery story had 

to be written longhand. 

Ron would doone case 

say, afine for drunk and 

disorderly, when it was an 

offence write it up, and 

then I would take notes 

and write up the next. 

‘‘We worked on along 

wooden press bench, 

heavily marked with 

names and witty sayings, 

and there was always a 

reporter from The Star, 

Radio New Zealand and, 

at times,Radio Avon.The 

Keast with former Guardian reporter Gary 

Newton and Sir Arthur Porritt 

John Keast filming for The South Today. 

Tending The Star tomato in 1988 

Star used acopyrunner as 

it (then) was an afternoon 

paper and had tight deadlines. 

‘‘The reporter was 

the late Stan Rayner, who 

did aterrific job. He knew 

the courts and its clients 

very well. Ifastory was 

urgent, he would tell the 

copy runner togostraight 

back to the office in Kilmore 

Street and not deviate 

tothe Oxford orany 

other hotel.His advice was 

rarely taken.’’ 

‘‘The Press, then, was 

heaving with staff: there 

were two farming 

reporters, three, I think, 

racing reporters, five 

sports reporters, aheap of 

general reporters, and 

reporters, too inAshburton, 

Rangiora, Nelson, 

Blenheimand, of course in 

Parliament. 

‘‘And in Greymouth 

there was Pat Taylor, 

whose career spanned 44 

years, manyofthem as the 

Greymouth reporter for 

The Press. 

Pat did not drive a 

handicap for areporter 

to gettomeetings he went 

by railcar, sohespent his 

career in Greymouth, 

aside from rare and 

celebrated trips to HQ in 

Christchurch, where he 

was feted. 

‘‘Pat even had his own 

place, Pat’s corner, inthe 

Kingsgate Hotel. Itookhis 

copy more than once, 

bashing away at an old 

Imperial while Pat dictated, 

word perfect, from 

the hotel. 

‘‘It would not happen 

today.’’ 

Mr Keast’s working life 

has been split between 

subediting and writing. 

He is still unsure which 

he prefers. 

Five years working in 

Australia saw him writing 

forabig community paper 

in Sydney, trade magazines 

in Melbourne, and 

the Warrnambool Standard 

insouthwestern Victoria, 

before returning to 

New Zealand. 

‘‘I was taught layout a 

stuttery start, I have to 

admitat the now defunct 

Hawkes Bay Herald 

Tribune in Hastings. 

From there it was to 

The Star in Christchurch 

where he started as a 

general sub and ended up 

as news editor. 

‘‘It was afine adaily as 

there was, and teeming 

with top people whose 

only goalwas to get agreat 

paper out, on time, every 

time. 

‘‘There was always a 

fight between reporters to 

get the front page, and 

that enthusiasm led to 

some great stories. 

‘‘And Isaw, first hand, 

how television began to 

get the audience for afternoon 

dailies.’’ 

The Star fought on but 

falling sales and revenue 

led toaround ofredundancies 

in which staff were 

asked to the cafeteria 

where the latest financial 

woes werepassedonand 

staff given abrown envelope. 

Some said ‘‘you have 

been made redundant’’ or 

’’you have not been made 

redundant’’. 

‘‘After thepaper ceased 

being adaily, my role, too, 

became surplus to requirements. 

‘‘I finished at The Star 

(now a thriving city tabloid)onthe 

Friday, started 

subbing at The Press on 

the Monday. 

‘‘After several years of 

subbing andcopytasting, I 

spoke one night with 

(then) chief reporter 

David Clarkson about a 

shift south. 

‘‘He said: ‘You must be 

psychic. The Timaru 

reporter has just resigned.’ 

‘‘I made the arrangements 

and shifted to 

Geraldine, covering Timaru, 

Ashburton, Waimate 

and points south from 

there. 

‘‘It was aheady mix of 

hard news plenty perhapstoo 

much death and 

destruction, feature writing, 

colour stories and 

runofthe mill council 

stuff. 

‘‘There were two big 

stories: the breach of the 

Opuha dam, and rabbit 

virus in the Mackenzie. 

‘‘The dam story started 

innocently enough. Iwas 

wellawareofthe damand 

someone told me fairly 

late one night that heavy 

rain had brought the lake 

level right up. 

‘‘I went there and was 

assured by staff all was 

OK: that it was safe. 

‘‘I filed astory tosay it 

was close to the top and 

the rivers feeding itwere 

in flood. 

‘‘Then Iwas told after 

deadline that the water 

had breached thedam and 

that achannel had been 

cut in to the topofittolet 

some of the water 

through. 

‘‘The rest ishistory: the 

force of the water gouged 

out the topofthe damand 

it breached. Badly. 

‘‘The dam, and the 

damage the water did, 

kept mebusy for weeks.’’ 

Mr Keast said he had 

met thousands of people 

over the years and ‘‘so far 

as I know, only fell out 

with one, and there is no 

need to mention his 

name’’. 

Mr Keast said community 

journalism had prospered 

because stories are 

about everyday people. 

‘‘Our city cousins might 

think it droll but it need 

not be, but it can burn as 

brightlyasany city journalism.’’ 

He finishes in early 

December.



Marae located on former school site 

Hakatere Marae on StateHighway 1at 

Fairton was originally the site of 

Fairton Primary School. 

Aschool building, officially opened 

as Newlands School in 1880, was 

moved to the Fairton site in 1901. 

Fairton School operated there until 

1968 when the school moved to its 

present site on land donated by alocal 

business. 

The old schoolbuilding deteriorated 

and its grounds rapidly became overgrown. 

In 1970 the Mid Canterbury Maori 

Committee obtained alease from the 

Government for the disused school 

building and established the Hakatere 

Marae. 

The name was given toreflect the 

name of the Ashburton River. 

The building was bought five years 

later and gazetted as aMaori Reserve. 

The first Waitangi Day celebration 

was held at an evening event in 1973 

and a‘NewZealand Day’ was held the 

following year with demonstrations of 

culture, craft and ahangi meal. 

The Maori populationofAshburton 

District has never been too big, but a 

small, transient population was drawn 

here by employment opportunities in 

the Fairfield Freezing Works and in 

shearing gangs. 

The old school house did duty as the 

wharenui (meetinghouse) for the local 

maori population until it was destroyed 

by arson in2003. 

Anew wharekai (dining area) was 

completed at acost of over $300,000 

four years later. 

In 2008 roadaccess to the maraewas 

improved and the entranceway widened. 

In 2009another wharekai was added 

and fittingly opened onWaitangi Day 

Kane Tuirirangi, Anaru Reuben, and Zshalem Raukete at ataiaha 

wananga at Hakatere Marae in 2016. 

that year. Itincludes amain conference/dining 

area, stage, kitchen, offices 

and toilet and shower block. 

The Hakatere Maori Committee 

won the Supreme Award at the 2009 

Trustpower Ashburton District Community 

Awards for the redevelopment 

and reopening of the complex. 

The maraereceived $10,000 per year 

for three years from the Ministry of 

Health, also in 2009, to develop a 

garden on half an acre of land. 

The marae garden wasseen as away 

to strengthen links to the wider 

community. 

Much of the exterior carving work 

for the wharenui was completed by 

Ashburton master carver Vince Leonard, 

who passed away earlier this year. 

Mr Leonard also constructed the 

carvings at Ashburton College. 

The marae is today administered by 

the Hakatere Maori Komiti Trust. 

Komiti chairperson Michelle Brett 

said the marae complex remained a 

place for all whanau ‘‘to come and 

belong to and a place away from 

home’’. 

It provided ongoing services and 

support and because it had full facilities, 

including the wharenui, more 

whanau and the communitywereusing 

it. 

Employing a marae coordinator 

earlier this year had further boosted 

user numbers and interest, said Mrs 

Brett. 

‘‘Hakatere Marae iscommitted to 

community focused initiatives and projects 

which support all people, but also 

to raising awareness of things maori. 

‘‘We will continue to deliver activities 

such as taiaha, kapa haka, reo, cultural 

celebrations, whanau celebrations and 

ANZAC celebrations to our community.’’ 

Fairton Primary School teacher Molly Morrison and students in 1929 

when the school was located at the current marae site. (Photo: 

Ashburton Museum). 

Hakatere Marae’s co-ordinator 

Lara Reihana, right, with 

Hakatere Marae Komiti 

chairperson Michelle Brett . 

Nerissa Ka at afemale cultural 

event held at the marae in 1994. 

(Photo: Ashburton Museum). 

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Funseekers flock to the Plains 

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Ms McMillan led the 

community board 

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Mr Brown, in his 

mayoral speech, said 

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central business 

district, the $51.6m 

civic centre and library, 

and anew pipe project 

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The council this term 

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council. 

They are audit, risk 

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policy, community 

services, environmental 

services and infrastructure 

services. 

Returning councillor 

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Leen Braam will lead 

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finance committee with 

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Angus McKay as 

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Carolyn Cameron as 

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councillor Diane Rawlinson 

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Letham as deputy, veteran 

Stuart Wilson will 

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services with Lynette 

Lovett as deputy, and 

the executive committee 

is Mr Brown, Ms 

McMillan, and councillors 

Braam, McKay and 

Wilson. 

Mr Brown acknowledged 

the work of former 

mayor Donna 

Favel and former councillors 

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taken lightly. 

He welcomed new 

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retiring councillors 

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He said the new 

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Councillors, he said, 

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Councillors, he said, 

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Mr Brown said councillors’ 

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He thanked fellow 

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Mr Brown urged 

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candidates urged to do 

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She said she got to 

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She urged councillors 

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balance right. 

She said it had been 

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Realtor Tim just loves the land 

By Toni Williams 

Eye contact, afirm handshake and 

honesty have seen Ashburtonbased 

rural realtor Tim Gallagher go from 

strength to strength. 

‘‘For me, ahandshake means 

everything. What every farmer wants is 

honesty.They want to hear the truth, 

good, bad or ugly. Most farmers very 

quickly realise when someone is telling 

them what they want to hear, instead of 

telling them the truth. 

‘‘I always keep that in the front of my 

mind when Iamdealing with anyone,’’ 

he says. 

Tim, 32, grew up in Taupo, with his 

parents, Brendan and the late Alice 

Gallagher, nee Hayman (daughter of 

Frank Hayman, who managed Inverary 

Station), and his three siblings, Erin, 

Phillip and Tim’s twinsister Charlotte. 

His parents had met on Inverary 

Station, up the Ashburton Gorge, when 

Brendan was ashepherd, and Alice a 

nursing student. In asemimirrored 

existence Brendan was also astock 

agent, although in the North Island, 

before farming (sheep and beef) and is 

now in residential/rural propertysales, 

in Taupo. 

As ayouth Tim spent alot of time in 

Mid Canterbury helping his Aunty 

Sarah and her husband, Uncle Mike 

(Morrow) when they farmed at 

Lowcliffe, near the coast in Mid 

Canterbury. 

The Morrow’s arable farm, and the 

work done by his uncle, pipped his 

interest in farming from an early age; he 

learned every aspect of arable farming 

from harvesting, to cultivation and post 

harvest work. 

‘‘He was aperfectionist, not just a 

turn the steering wheel, plant aseed and 

hope for the best type farmer... he was 

such atechnically capable farmer,’’ Tim 

says. 

And the invaluable experience 

allowed Tim to put it into practice while 

still studying BCom in Commercial Law 

and Business Management at Victoria 

University in Wellington. 

He used to fly in and out of 

Christchurch, and drive down to the 

Lowcliffe farm during the week to help 

out where ever he could. 

It’s an interest he still has today. He 

rents on arural property, but is planning 

to progress to owning his own farm. 

‘‘If Iwon Lotto, Iwould still do what 

Ido, but I’d buy afarm in Canterbury 

and drive atractor after work,’’ he said. 

Tim Gallagher 

Tim’s first job at PGG Wrightson 

came up while he was home on winter 

break from his OE, where he was the 

harvest manager on alarge arable 

operation in northern Germany, 

running ateam of five. 

It was one of the various farming and 

agricultural contracting roles he picked 

up in his time working in Canada, the 

USA and Germany. His one year OE 

turned into afive and ahalf year jaunt. 

Tim says even then, he could 

understand the German language, but 

didn’t speak it. 

‘‘When we graduated, all my friends 

at university took jobs and focused on 

career progression...I never wanted to 

rush. Iwanted my career to fall into 

place naturally, and looking at it now, 

that is how it has happened,’’ he says. 

Back from Germany to spend time 

with family in 2014, Tim was rabbit 

shooting in the South Island with some 

mates when he spotted aPGG 

Wrightson advertisement for ajunior 

livestock agent. 

Still intending to return to Europe, he 

applied for the role on impulse and was 

offered aposition. 

Working with farmers between the 

Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, he rapidly 

grew his client book. 

But with his livestock business gaining 

traction, Tim’s career then went in 

another unplanned direction after a 

suggestion from acolleague. 

‘‘Fordy (Robin Ford) is one of the 

most successful and experienced rural 

real estate salespeople in the country, 

working for PGG Wrightson. We were 

working for the same company and 

dealing with the same clients, so came to 

know and respect each other. One day 

he said to me ‘I can see in you what 

made me successful. You should do 

your real estate exams.’’’ 

So he did. 

Although Tim may have left the 

livestock role, he still keeps up to date 

with the markets and is often contacted 

for advice by some of his larger clients, 

who still value his opinion. 

‘‘I keep an eye on the livestock 

market and am able to offer my two 

cents,’’ he says. 

He began selling farms for PGG 

Wrightson Real Estate in October 2017 

and after ayear and ahalf in the role, 

was named the nationwide PGG 

Wrightson Real Estate New Zealand 

Rookie of the Year and the Real Estate 

Institute of New Zealand’s2019 Rural 

Rising Star of the Year. 

‘‘When (Fordy and I) submit together 

on properties, we emphasise that we 

offer amix of new and old, the wise 

head of the veteran, with the young 

fresh legs and heart of the rookie. 

‘‘My legal background, which makes 

me comfortable around environmental 

legislation, compliance and regulation, 

alongside Fordy’s many years’ 

experience, priceless knowledge, and 

networks,’’ says Tim. 

The chemistry has worked well, with 

Tim playing akey role in 13 rural 

property sales during the past 12 

months. 

‘‘You develop amore deeper and 

personal relationship in real estate,’’ 

Tim says. 

‘‘People are selling their largest asset, 

there is alot of emotion involved, and 

(unlike livestock sales) there is often a 

wife and wider family involved who are 

alarge part of the decision making.’’ 

‘‘They are the salt of the earth people, 

so refreshingly honest that you get what 

you see.’’ 

It can take abit of time from the 

decision to sell, to putting the property 

on the market. 

It’s aprocess, ‘‘to get them 

emotionally ready’’ especially if it’s a 

generational farm going on the market. 

‘‘A lot of time sweat and heart has 

gone into the place,’’ Tim says. 

But most of those sales are succession 

planning; selling the home farm, or 

blocks off the back of farms, to give set 

up money to children wanting to buy 

their own farms. 

Tim estimates around 70 percent of 

the farm sales are part of succession 

planning with the farm not big enough 

for two children to take over, but apart, 

or whole sale, can be used to help them.


Local news at www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 31 October 2019, Page 21 

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OUTDOOR LIVING •OUTDOOR LIVING •OUTDOOR LIVING 

An investment in every day living 

That’s what agood outdoorspace 

should provide all year round:an 

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your lifestyle. 

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With busy lifestylesand less 

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The placementofoverhead 

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entertainingand there is nothing 

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Maintain your deck, outdoor areas 

Summer is just a few 

weeks away and the temperature 

is steadily rising, 

so many Mid 

Cantabrians will be looking 

at having more and 

more barbecues and taking 

advantage of some 

warm outdoor living. 

Spring is agreat time to 

check out the decks and 

outdoor areas and do 

some maintenance to 

ensure they are ready 

when the warm weather 

finally arrives. 

Open timber decks 

constructed with durable 

treated timbers should 

be less of aconcern than 

enclosed balconies. 

However, there are still 

maintenance tasks that 

should be done regularly 

to ensure the deck is 

safe. 

If you think adeck is a 

safety hazard you should 

prevent anyone from 

using ituntil it has been 

assessed and repaired. 

Waterponding against 

the house can happen if 

there’s not enough of a 

drainage gap between 

the deck and the house. 

There should be at 

least a6mm gap between 

the decking boards and a 

bigger gap, up to 12mm, 

between the house and 

Spring is agreat time to check if the decks and outdoor areas need any 

maintenance. 

the deck structure. 

If the boards are too 

close to the house, lift 

them and reposition or 

cut them back. 

If the deck or deck 

framing is hard against 

the cladding this will be a 

much bigger job. 

Seek professional 

advice, particularly if the 

cladding is likely to be 

damaged bythe work. 

Check that flashings 

take water awayfrom the 

house and allow it to 

drain away. 

Grime, leaves and 

moss collecting in gaps 

around a timber deck 

can lead to moisture 

buildup or ponding 

which couldrot the deck. 

Clean and remove 

leaves, moss and other 

debris from the deck, 

paying particular attention 

to the gaps between 

the decking boards and 

outlets. 

Use amoss remover or 

solution of one part 

bleach to four parts 

water.Rotten timber can 

be a safety hazard and 

may support toxic 

mould, which poses 

health risks. 

Check under the deck 

and any areas where timber 

meets other timber 

(eg joists, bearers, decking) 

as these areas can 

trap moisture. 

Carefully check any 

dark patches as these 

indicate high levels of 

moisture. 

Sometimes timber 

appears fine from the 

outside even when ithas 

started to rot, so use a 

screwdriver to see if it is 

soft underneath or in the 

joint. 

Replace rotting timbers 

immediately. 

Blackish stains around 

bolt holes can indicate 

that the bolts are rusting, 

in which case they’ll 

need to be replaced. 

Also check for undersized 

washers. 

Bolted connections 

often require a 50mm 

x50mm square washer 

or a 55mm diameter 

round washer to be 

effective. 

For decks that are 

high off the ground, 

bolts and undersized 

washers should be 

replaced by a professional. 

For a low deck, you 

may be able to replace 

the bolts and washers 

yourself. 

Use stainless steel 

bolts if you are near the 

sea or in a geothermal 

area. 

Loose balustrades or 

posts are asafety hazard 

because they may fail 

when they are needed to 

prevent someone falling. 

Ensure they are 

securely connected to 

the deck structure and 

that the barrier doesn’t 

wobble. 

If in doubt, ask for 

professional advice. 

Corroding galvanised 

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Bringing the indoorsout has 

become apopulartheme in recent 

years, with landscaping trends 

focusing on adding usable living 

space through an ‘outdoor room’. 

Welldesigned outdoor lighting 

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mood. Uplighting on trees and 

other features can createfocal 

points, colour can be cleverly 

implemented...the right lighting 

can add awhole new dimension to 

yourgarden. 

Outdoor fires of various kinds 

havebecome almostmandatory, be 

it for warmth,cooking, or 

ambience. Braziers, firepits, 

chimenea, and others canall be 

usedtonegate the cooler southern 

nights. 

Attempting to achieve culinary 

perfection over an openflame isn’t 

for everyone. 

But cooking outdoorsis 

becoming more andmorepopular, 

so afullservice outdoor kitchenis 

an option if you’re planning on 

doing alot of entertainingthis 

summer. 

The outdoor loungeconcept can 

incorporate technology in other 

placesthan thekitchen. 

Entertainment canalso be 

offered, with audio, or even a 

largescreenTV. With some good 

design, your outdoors can truly 

become anextension of your 

interior. 

Water is another element at 

home in contemporary 

landscaping, withwater features 

makingawelcome return. Adding 

both peace and energy, water can 

be abeautiful addition to most 

gardens. 

Forvarious reasons,more and 

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Interiordesign ideas can be 

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Usevariations of onematerial to 

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You can enhance the character of 

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Consider your garden as an 

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This means selecting the right 

plant for the conditions and 

grouping companion plants 

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The right landscaping decisions 

will determine how much 

enjoyment your garden and 

outdoor living areas bring, and 

how much time and effort you 

need to maintain the garden. 

Good landscaping involves 

thinking about your site as a 

whole. 

Soil type, landforms and 

waterways, orientation, climate 

and other conditions will all affect 

your landscaping decisions. 

It’s worth considering: Doyou 

want to spend time gardening or 

would you prefer alow 

maintenance garden? 

What is the purpose of your 

garden? Will it be used for 

entertaining and playing or will 

you need private, sheltered spots 

for reading, growing food and 

attracting birds? 

How might your needs change 

over time? 

If you choose plants that are 

suitable for local conditions, your 

garden will be easier to look after 

and won’t need as much water. 

Consider each part of your site 

how sunny or shady it is and how 

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what to plant. 

Consider the watering 

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Consider your garden an ecosystem rather than acollection of 

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Plants can be combined with 

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Basic barbecue hygiene 

Warm and balmy days are on the way, or so 

we hope. 

It’s also the time for barbecues, outdoor 

living and fun in the sun. 

Warm spring and summer temperatures 

and cooking food outdoors provide the 

ideal situation for pathogens to multiply 

and cause foodborne illness. That means 

special care is needed when preparing, 

cooking and storing food for abarbecue. 

By following afew basic hygiene rules, 

we can keep the upset tummies at bay and 

make the most of outdoor living and 

dining. 

Wash and dry hands before preparing 

food and every time after touching raw 

meat or poultry. 

Before handling food make sure all 

barbecue tools and all surfaces on which 

you put food are clean. 

Cleaning away afterwards any residual 

crumbs and meats will help keep flies at 

bay. Precook chicken, meat patties and 

sausages before barbecuing. Half raw 

barbecued chicken is acommon source of 

bacterial problems, particularly when the 

meat actually looks cooked on the outside. 

Precooking chicken will overcome the 

problem. 

Meats should be marinated in acovered 

container in the fridge, not on the bench 

Have clean plates and cooking utensils 

Cooking outdoors make the most of 

outdoor living and dining. 

ready. 

Don’t place or prepare raw meat next to 

cooked or partially cooked meat or other 

readytoeat foods. Use one set of utensils 

for raw meat and poultry and another set 

for cooked food. 

Always wait until the existing food on the 

barbecue has been cooked through and 

taken off the barbecue before adding any 

more raw meat. Turn the food regularly so 

that it cooks evenly. 

Minced meat, meat loaf and sausages 

should be cooked until steaming hot right 

through, and pork and poultry juices 

should run clear use ameat thermometer 

to check temperatures. 

Place cooked items on aclean plate, not 

one that was used for raw meat. 

When buying meat, if your trip back 

from the supermarket is likely to take more 

than 30 minutes, pack your chilled and 

frozen purchases in achilly bin. Don’t leave 

food in ahot car perfect conditions for 

growing bacteria. 

Keep meat, poultry and other perishable 

foods cold until you are ready to cook 

them. Use an icepack and cooler bag or 

chilly bin to keep food cold outdoors. Store 

raw meat and poultry in the refrigerator 

away from other foods and below readytoeat 

foods. 

When eating outdoors, keep your food 

covered to prevent contamination from 

insects, birds and pets. 

Cover and refrigerate any leftovers as 

soon as possible after cooking. Throw out 

perishable food that you have left at room 

temperature for more than two hours. 

Being aware of basic hygiene and 

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Too many cooks did not spoil the broth they made 

it better. More than 60 cooks prepared 71 dishes 

from 19 different cuisines and shared it for all. 

Ashburton council recently ran another of its 

Round the World lunches. The idea is to celebrate 

staff diversity and to raise money for acharity. This 

time around, it was the Salvation Army. $320 was 

raised. Staff nominate to be chefs and prepare adish 

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Productive land concerns 

Ashburton council has some concerns 

abouthow achievable the threeyeartarget 

is for regional council to identify highly 

productive land. 

In its submission to the Ministry for 

Primary Industries to submit on a discussion 

document, it said council was 

awareAshburton had asignificant amount 

of highly productive land (HPL) and that 

this was of great importance tothe local 

and national economy. 

The submission said council had been 

mindful of the issue of urban growthonto 

productive land for years, with the second 

generation AshburtonDistrict Planrestricting 

expansion ofnonrural activities into 

rural zones. 

Council planned its thirdgeneration 

review of the District Plan next year. 

As shown inthe ministry’s discussion 

document, that inAshburton, most towns 

and settlements were surrounded by versatile 

soils. 

‘‘As in many other parts of the country, 

the expansionofexisting settlements where 

Lodge support for group 

Money to help: Max 

Cawte hands over a 

cheque for $208 to John 

Waugh, left, amember 

of the Prostate support 

group. With Mr Cawte is 

Ray Gudex, master of 

the Methven Masonic 

Lodge. The money was 

raised by the five 

masonic lodges in the 

Ashburton district after 

asuccessful men’s 

health night. 

there is existing infrastructure is the only 

cost effective option. Areas of less productive 

land in Ashburton district tend to 

be remote and impractical for future 

development.’’ 

Council supported a national policy 

statement as opposed tonational environmental 

standards or amendments to the 

national policy statement. 

While regional councils have responsibility 

for identifying highly productive land, 

‘‘we (the council) would expect it to be 

made clear that this process is to be carried 

out collaboratively as district councils will 

have agood understanding of local issues 

such as transport routes and the labour 

market, aswell as overall spatial planning 

for their respective districts’’. 

The Ashburton council signalled the 

difficulty facing councils having tobalance 

urban growth with highly productive land. 

‘‘While this is not adirect issue for the 

Ashburton District, we note that for our 

neighbour, Selwyn District, this will bea 

challenge.’’


Labour list MP 

Jo Luxton comments 

One of the longterm 

challenges Jacinda 

Ardern’s government is 

facing is the global economy, 

which as you’ve 

seen is faltering abit. But 

the latest set of government 

accounts shows 

New Zealand is in good 

shape and performing 

better than many similar 

countries. Together 

we’re running a great 

race, even though there’s 

aheadwind about. 

Every few months the 

Treasury gives an update 

on how the country is 

performing, which builds 

on all the other figures 

Statistics New Zealand 

puts out. The figures 

show that we have a 

10year record low 

unemployment rate and 

wages rising at the fastest 

rate in adecade. On top 

of that, the government’s 

also posted a solid surplus 

thanks to New 

Zealand’s economy 

performing better than 

predicted, and we’re paying 

down the country’s 

debt. 

We’re posting agood 

surplus and keeping the 

economy growing well. 

We’re also investing seriously 

in areas neglected 

for too long before we 

came to office. Across 

New Zealand, we’re 

building classrooms and 

schools, fixing up hospitals, 

building new roads 

and rail facilities, and 

investing in the Super 

Fund. And what does 

that mean for us here? 

Right here in Ashburton 

we’ve been able to 

invest in new classrooms 

and rebuilds for Ashburton 

College, Ashburton 

Intermediate and Allenton 

School. We’ve been 

able to start the roll out 

of mental health workers 

with investments at 

Three Rivers Health. 

New Zealand’s debt is 

19.2% of GDP, down substantially 

from the 21.8% 

we inherited. Lower debt 

means we have more 

options if acrisis or natural 

disaster hits our shores. 

Our progress isn’t coming 

at the expense of business, 

either, with corporate 

profits in New Zealand 

running ahead of 

forecasts. That’s good 

news for shareholders, 

workers, and the government 

alike. 

Our economy is strong. 

We’re growing significantly 

faster than the 

OECD average, at 2.4%. 

We’re growing faster than 

Australia, Canada, Great 

Britain, and the European 

Union. Now is no time for 

New Zealand to talk itself 

into joining the offshore 

funk. 

I’m really proud that our 

government, under 

Jacinda Ardern’s leadership, 

is getting the balance 

right. We’re investing 

where we need to invest, in 

mental health, cancer care, 

schools, housing, and 

transport. And we’re doing 

it while making sure New 

Zealand’s economy can 

run strongly, with New 

Zealand firms generating 

more jobs, higher wages, 

and higher profits across 

the country. 

Residents urged 

to boil water 

The Ashburton council is 

urging residents in the 

north east area of Ashburton 

who have private 

bore connections to boil 

their drinking water, due 

to high microbial contamination 

being found 

in their water supply. 

Residents in the affected 

area (which is 

categorised as properties 

and lifestyle blocks on 

the outskirts of Ashburton 

towards the Ashburton 

Airport) are advised 

to boil their drinking 

water and water used for 

hygiene purposes for at 

least one minute before 

consuming. 

This advisory only 

applies to residents with 

aprivate bore water connection. 

The notice does 

not apply to any councilsupplied 

water schemes. 

There is also aconcern 

about high levels of 

nitrates in the private 

bore water. Residents 

with bottlefed infants 

under the age of six 

months are advised to use 

an alternative water source 

or use bottled water to 

make up their baby formula. 

Residents who have 

consumed unboiled water 

and are showing symptoms 

of diarrhoea, vomiting or a 

fever are advised to contact 

their general practitioner 

at any time of the 

day or night. 

Babies, young children, 

elderly and people who 

have compromised 

immune systems are more 

at risk of illness. 

Residents in the affected 

area are encouraged to 

have their water bores 

sampled and tested. Companies 

that supply this 

service are Eurofins (03 

343 5227), Hills Chemistry 

(03 377 7176) and Citilabs 

(03 455 7938). 

Further testing is being 

done in the affected area 

to determine the level and 

extent of contamination. 

The advisory is in place 

until further notice. 

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon comments 

Politics never featured 

highly for measacareer 

goal. If you’d asked me 

15 or 20 years ago about 

my ambitions they 

extended about as far as 

Company Road, now 

the site ofthe Industrial 

Estate, but previously 

the pig farm I worked 

on. 

It was hardbut honest 

work, and I’d happily 

still be there today. 

What changed was a 

realisation that on the 

really big stuff, for our 

district and for our 

country rather than just 

afew people Imightone 

day employ, that change 

has to happen at Government 

level. 

Like many of you Igot 

increasingly fed up with 

the nearconstant focus 

on Auckland. Where 

problems with housing 

becomes aNew Zealand 

problem. Where lack of 

investment by successive 

Auckland councils in 

wastewater means we’re 

now talking about ataxpayer 

funded bailout. 

And where the major 

media outlets go into 

meltdown if our largest 

city should lose power 

or gas for afew hours. 

Auckland is important, 

but ultimately it’s 

districts like Ashburton 

that drive our economic 

growth, and it’s critical 

that Government supports 

that growth. 

The rollout of ultrafast 

broadband by the 

previous National Government 

was a gamechanger, 

but in too 

many areas coverage is 

still poor. 

The rise of Netflix 

and other streaming 

technologies (yep, that 

includes Spark Sport) 

means we need tocontinue 

to invest or we’ll 

be left behind. 

The present Government’s 

decision to cut 

more than $5 billion 

from the state highway 

network will make our 

roads less safe. 

The fact itwas diverted 

into rail and cycle 

projects in Auckland 

just rubs salt in the 

wound. Ashburton to 

Christchurch, already 

thesecond most dangerousstretch 

of highway in 

the country for fatalities 

and serious accidents is 

in serious need of an 

upgrade, and delays on 

our roads are becoming 

a serious handbrake to 

growth. 

All ofthat requires a 

local MP prepared to 

stand up and be astrong 

voice for ourregion, makingthe 

case in Wellington 

as to why districts like 

ours matter, and unafraid 

of confronting the powerful 

Auckland lobby. 

Recently I confirmed 

I’ll again beacandidate 

at the General Election 

next year, seeking your 

support to continue tobe 

that strong local voice. 

Over the next couple of 

days I’ll be at the A&P 

Show. This year the 

theme is Seeds of Mid 

Canterbury, so at my tent 

we’ll be giving out aseed 

blend designed for our 

friend the honeybee. 

Drop by for apack, some 

balloons for the kids, ora 

chat about anything from 

politics topig farming. 

• Johnson’s Panel & Paint • Simply Eco • 128 Victoria • Robbie’s Undercar Specialist 

• Carpet Court & Curtain Studio • Crafty Cow • Netherby Four Square • First National 

• Annies Country Quilt Store • Samantha Rose Flowers • Plains Power • The Bald Barber 

• Robilliards Showcase Jeweller • Lushingtons • Stepping Out • Liquorland Tinwald •Ton’s Thai •F45 

• The Mower Shop • Somerset Grocer • Begbie Plumbing &Gasfitting •Fusion Gallery•Laser Electrical 

• Hurst Automotive • Unquie Boutique •Pool &Pump World•RoscoAutoDismantlers •AutoSparks 

•MyBoutique •Wilson Windscreens •AshfordCraft Shop •The Tool Shed •Stihl Shop 

•Tanglez Hair Studio •Rockgas MidCanterbury•Nosh Cafe •HarveyNorman 

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Mural takes shape 

at Hampstead pool 

An impressive mural is 

taking shape at the Hampstead 

School swimming 

pool. 

The outline, featuring 

beachvibe symbols like 

surf boards, towels and 

palm trees, has been 

painted in freehand by 

local artist Carmen Lye 

and three students from 

each of the six senior 

classes at Hampstead will 

lend ahand to add in the 

colour. 

The school board of 

trustees prepared the 

blank canvas by waterblasting 

the concrete top 

corner of the complex. 

The project is part of a 

nationwide mural competition 

run by paint 

company Resene, and 

the paint has been supplied 

at half its normal 

cost. 

Hampstead School 

had supplied ideas on 

what they wanted in the 

mural and students 

would add colour in 

blocks from a master 

design, said Carmen Lye, 

who is volunteering on 

the project and has two 

children previously attend 

Hampstead. 

The entire project is 

expected to take around a 

week to complete and 

could be expanded to 

cover other areas of the 

otherwise bland coloured 

pool complex. 

Photo: Ready to start 

adding colour to the mural 

are Hampstead School 

pupils Kymani Pupuke, 

Kalotia Ula, Chanelle Ula, 

Molly Blackburn, teacher 

Hannah Gray, artist Carmen 

Lye, front, JJ Tupa 

and Harry Tabener. 

Nature Matters with Mary Ralston 

Council elections were 

held recently, and soon 

you have the chance to 

vote again. But not for 

councillors for New 

Zealand’s Bird of the 

Year! And in this election, 

everyone can vote 

not just the adults. 

Every year the conservation 

organisation 

Forest & Bird runs the 

Bird of the Year competition 

to raise awareness of 

our birds and the precarious 

life many of them 

lead. Many native birds 

are in danger of extinction, 

mostly because of 

the threats they face from 

predators such as rats, 

stoats, cats and hedgehogs. 

Habitat loss is another 

big factor in declining 

bird populations. 

Migratory birds such as 

the godwits rely on 

estuaries and mudflats in 

Asia as well as New 

Zealand. Every year big 

areas of these habitats are 

encroached upon by 

industry and housing and 

valuable feeding areas 

are lost. Climate change 

adds to the problem by 

triggering storms and 

unseasonal weather patterns 

which the birds 

sometimes don’t survive 

on their migratory 

journey. 

At home in New Zealand, 

we are lucky that 

this year many braided 

rivers are relatively clear 

of weeds after last year’s 

big floods ripped out 

many lupins that choked 

the shingle. Hopefully 

that might mean agood 

breeding year for the rare 

blackbilled gull which 

nests locally. 

So what can you do 

about it? Voting in the 

Bird of the Year competition 

does not seem much, 

but it sends a message 

that we care about native 

birds and New Zealand’s 

precious biodiversity. It 

raises awareness and an 

Hughey elected chair of ECan 

Christchurch NorthEast 

regional councillor Jenny 

Hughey has been elected 

chair of Environment 

Canterbury (ECan) at the 

inaugural meeting of the 

new term. 

South 

Canterbury 

councillor Peter Scott, 

deputy chair during the 

last triennium, was reelected 

to the role after a 

vote tied 77 saw his name 

drawn ahead of North 

Canterbury councillor 

Claire McKay, who had 


initial interest hopefully 

leads to action such as 

trapping rats in our backyards 

and keeping cats 

indoors. 

Have athink about the 

native birds you see 

around our district is 

your favourite the blackbilled 

gull that nests on 

the Ashburton riverbed? 

Or the South Island pied 

oystercatcher? Many 

people love the waxeyes 

they see in their gardens. 

Perhaps the kiwi or one 

of the parrots the kaka, 

kakapo or kea. Go to 

www.birdoftheyear.org.nz 

and vote for 

your five favourite 

species. The competition 

opens at 9amonMonday 

28 October and closes at 

midnight on Sunday 10 

November. 

Photo: A blackbilled 

gull soars above the Ashburton 

River. Is this your 

Bird of the Year? (photo 

Val Clemens) 

also been nominated. 

Cr Hughey was the 

only nomination for 

chair. Cr Scott is a 

mixedcrop farmer and 

also had portfolio 

responsibilities for air 

quality, regional transport 

and freshwater during 

the last triennium. 

The ECan council 

includes Mid Canterbury 

farmer Ian MacKenzie, 

who has akeen interest 

in water and along history 

of advocacy.


Rural&Lifestyle 

Worldfirst to reduce emissions 

The Government and farming 

sector leaders have agreed to a 

worldfirst partnership to reduce 

primary sectoremissions in one of 

the most significant developments 

on climate actioninNew 

Zealand’s history. 

Farming leaders and the 

Government announced aplan to 

join forces to develop practical 

and costeffective waystomeasure 

and price emissionsatthe farm 

levelby2025, so that100 per cent 

of New Zealand’s emissions will be 

on the path downwards. 

The fiveyearjoint actionplan 

includes: 

Improvedtools for estimating 

and benchmarking emissions on 

farms 

Integrated farm plans that 

include aclimate module 

Investment in research, 

developmentand 

commercialisation 

Increased farmadvisory 

capacity and capability 

Incentives for early adopters 

Recognition of onfarm 

mitigation such as small plantings, 

riparian areas and natural cover 

The Government recognises 

partnering with Maori willbe 

criticaltothe success of this joint 

action plan. 

In addition, Cabinet has also 

agreed that in 2022the 

independent Climate Change 

Commission will check in on the 

progress madeand if commitments 

aren’tbeing met, the Government 

can bring the sector intothe ETS 

at processorlevel before2025. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 

was proudtobeinvolved in a 

worldfirst agreement to tackle the 

longterm challenge of climate 

change. 

She saiditwas a‘‘historic 

consensus with our primarysector.’’ 

‘‘For too longpoliticianshave 

passed the buck and caused 

uncertainty for everyone while the 

need for climate action was clear. 

Farm Environment Plans 

mooted as way forward 

All farms will need farm environment 

plans by 2025 to help them manage 

their emission reduction levels. 

It was one of astring of suggestions 

under the farming industry proposal 

‘He waka eke noa’. 

The proposal has been picked up by 

government in an attempt to build an 

enduring farmlevel emission 

reduction framework. It will mean a 

partnership approach between the sector 

and government. 

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim 

Mackle welcomed the news. 

‘‘The Government initially wanted to 

implement abroadbased tax on farmers 

but it would have piled on more 

cost with no environmental benefit.’’ 

He was pleased the Government had 

listened to the strong advocacy from 

the sector and would work with 

agricultural groups, including 

DairyNZ, on a plan to drive real 

behaviour change on farm, rather than 

introduce anew tax. 

‘‘A new tax, in the form of a 

processor levy in the Emissions Trading 

Scheme, would have taken money 

out of farmers’ pockets at atime when 

it would be better invested onfarm to 

prepare for and start the process of 

reducing emissions. 

‘‘We are not alone in our thinking, 

with the Government’s Interim Climate 

Change Committee noting that 

ultimately the ETS is not the right 

mechanism to achieve the best outcomes 

at afarmlevel in the longterm. 

‘‘DairyNZ strongly believes that 

working in partnership is the right 

approach to deliver real change and to 

achieve the best outcome for all New 

Zealanders. 

‘‘Farmers are committed to playing 

their part and want to take action to 

reduce agricultural emissions, but the 

mechanism to incentivise action needs 

to be right. 

‘‘He waka eke noa is credible fiveyear 

work plan, developed in partnership 

with other sector groups, that 

includes clear and measurable actions, 

outcomes and timeframes that will 

facilitate and support action across a 

number of environmental improvements 

such as climate change, water 

quality and biodiversity. 

‘‘This includes rolling out Farm 

Environment Plans for all farms by 

2025 to ensure every farmer knows 

their emissions footprint, where those 

emissions are coming from, and what 

they can do to manage them. 

‘‘Having reliable data is important so 

that afarmer can make decisions and 

tradeoffs factoring in all the business 

decisions that need to be weighed up. 

‘‘While it is disappointing that the 

Government has reserved the right to 

bring agriculture into the ETS in 2025, 

or earlier if recommended by the 

Independent Climate Change Commission, 

this is not something that we 

have supported. 

‘‘We will be working constructively 

on behalf of dairy farmers to ensure a 

fair and effective farmlevel pricing 

mechanism is designed through the 

Commission. 

‘‘Our pasturebased dairy sector is 

one of the most emissions efficient, 

high quality and sustainable in the 

world. We are also incredibly 

innovative and adaptive. 

‘‘He waka eke noa is about ensuring 

we remain world leaders in acompetitive 

global market.’’ 

Dr Mackle said ‘‘our future is now in 

our own hands as we work in partnership 

with the Government to deliver 

against our commitments’’. 

RURAL DIARY 

Thu 

Damien O’Connor 

‘‘This planprovides the primary 

sector withcertainty and puts us 

shouldertoshoulder on apath to 

reduce emissions, with ongoing 

support to help with the plan suchas 

the $229 millionSustainable Land 

Use investment. 

‘‘This will reduceemissionsby 

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Brought to you by your 

local insurance brokers 

givingfarmers the autonomy to plan 

to do so and reward those who do," 

she said. 

DeputyPrime Minister Winston 

Peterssaid the decision for asectorled 

plan to reduce emissions at the 

farm gate ‘‘shows we’ve listened to 

farmers’’. 

‘‘We welcome the cooperation of 

our primary sector organisations 

who have beenadvocating for a 

smoothtransition towards 

meaningful emission reductions,’’ 

he said. 

Major reforms to the ETS have 

also been announced to make it fit 

for purpose,with acap on industrial 

energyand transport emissions, and 

forester incentivessimplified. 

Minister for Climate Change 

James Shaw said it will help keep 

the planet safe for future 

generations. 

‘‘Withthe world changing at 

breakneckspeed, these changes 

will drive us towardsalow emissions 

country. Changes also align the 

Plan Change 7online 

The Ashburton River Irrigators 

Association (ARIA), agroup of 65 

members who hold water take 

resource consents connected to the 

Ashburton River, are among the 

more than 556 submissions 

received on Environment 

Canterbury’s (ECan) Plan Change 

7. 

In their submission they state 

they generally support the direction 

of Plan Change 7but ‘‘believes the 

regime developed by ECan and 

included in PC7 is fundamentally 

flawed’’ with anumber of failures 

around growing operations listed 

including its failure to take into 

consideration the principles of the 

National Policy Statement for 

Highly Productive Soil and failure 

to consider the social benefits of 

vegetable growing operations 

through the supply of costeffective 

fresh food for the domestic market. 

Their submission states ‘‘as a 

consequence of the above, the 

proposed PC7 rules framework will 

increase barriers for vegetable 

growers to expand their operation 

in response to population 

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• Temuka 

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• Temuka 

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• The NZ Agricultural Show 

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growth and switches to plantbased 

diets in response to climate 

change. 

‘‘These barriers will limit production 

and increase prices for 

fresh vegetables on the domestic 

market as demand increases.’’ 

ECan has published all the submissions 

on the proposed Plan 

Change 7tothe Land and Water 

Regional Plan, as well as Plan 

Change 2. 

They are publicly available for 

viewing on their website. 

ECan planning manager Andrew 

Parrish said 556 submissions were 

received (plus 28 for the related 

Plan Change 2tothe Waimakariri 

River Regional Plan). 

It was ‘‘well ahead of any previous 

Canterbury plan change, as well 

as the original Land and Water 

Regional Plan’’. 

‘‘This shows how much interest 

there is in important freshwater 

provisions for the region,’’ he said. 

‘‘It is now up to the independent 

hearing panel to work through the 

submissions and hear evidence 

from those who wish tobeheard.’’ 

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purpose of the ETS withthe Zero 

Carbon Act and the Paris 

Agreement, so that New Zealand 

doing its bit to limitglobal warming 

to 1.5C,’’hesaid. 

MinisterofAgriculture Damien 

O’Connor saidfarmers understood 

thatachanging climate affected 

themand manywere already 

making changes onfarm to meet 

thatchallenge. 

Theyalso wanted to enhance New 

Zealand’s reputation for safeand 

sustainable food productionwhile 

maintaining our competitiveness in 

international markets. 

‘‘The agreement with sector 

leaders shows the value of 

collaboration and provides certainty 

for farmers, but the hard work 

begins now to develop the tools and 

systems to accountfor onfarm 

emissions in 2025. 

‘‘The Government will back that 

withinvestment in research, 

extension services and advice for 

farmers,’’ Mr O’Connor said. 

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Awards 

Changes tocriteria for the 2020 

New Zealand Dairy Industry 

Awards (NZDIA) has seen an 

increase in the number of people 

from different nationalities entering. 

NZDIA general manager 

Robin Congdon said the visa 

criteria for the dairy trainee and 

dairy manager categories were 

changed last year, meaning 

people were eligible toenter as 

long as they held a valid New 

Zealand work visa at time of 

entry,ateach stageofjudgingand 

had been employed fulltime for 

two years on aNew Zealand dairy 

farm at the time when entries 

open. 

‘‘The qualifications clause in 

the dairy traineecategory was also 

removed, acknowledging the 

awards programme as alearning 

platform where people can learn 

and grow, both personally and 

professionally.’’ 

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Club news, more page 31 

Ashburton U3A 

‘‘Security and Diplomacy inthe 21st 

Century’’ was the title of an address 

given to the Ashburton U3A by 

Professor Rouben Azizian on 22nd 

October. Professor Azizian is currently 

Director of Defence and Security 

Studies at Massey University, Honorary 

Professor of New Zealand Defence 

Force Commandand Staff College and 

Editor in Chief of the NationalSecurity 

Journal. 

He was born in Armenia and before 

becoming afull time academic he had 

an extensive career inthe Soviet, later 

Russian Foreign Service which took 

him to Nepal 19721978, Sri Lanka 

198085 and New Zealand as Deputy 

Chief of Mission 19911994. Between 

leaving the Russian Foreign Service 

and accepting his position at Massey 

Professor Azizian taught at the Asia 

Pacific Centre for Security Studies at 

Honolulu and the Dept. of Political 

Studies at the University ofAuckland. 

He has written several books and many 

journal articles on AsiaPacific security 

issues. 

His speech was dealt with in three 

parts: 

1, National Security after March 

15th; 

2. New international security and the 

role of diplomacy. 

3. New Zealand and China and the 

diplomatic challenge. 

Before March 15th the NZ security 

system lacked urgency. We were relatively 

isolated from areas of unrest and 

the general feeling was that we were a 

‘‘safe’’ country. The massacre altered 

that perception. NZ now had to look at 

the effectiveness of the intelligence 

services; inter agency coordination; 

issues of religious and cultural tolerance 

and integration; the challenges of 

cross party government. Externally 

aspects of social media, our relationships 

with Muslim nations and the role 

of allies and friends in our decision 

making, all required attention. Our 

security now had to be taken seriously 

to cope with and understand the 

complex security environment worldwide. 

New Zealand is part of the Asia 

Pacific region as is China. Is China a 

friend or foe? Professor Azizian stressed 

retaining a balanced attitude 

toward China. It is our greatest trading 

partner, and Chinese tourists and 

students contribute much to our economy. 

If NZ wished to be taken seriously 

when expressing concerns to another 

leader about what was possibly happening 

within that country, he stressed the 

importance of using diplomatic language. 

Diplomacy was likely to gain a 

respectful response and some consideration 

of our views. An impulsive 

twitter would not win friends or 

influence people! 

The Professor was shortly off to 

China to attend a workshop on the 

Pacific region. His relaxed delivery, 

subtle humour and depth of knowledge 

of the area made for astimulating and 

enlightening morning. 

Altrusa International of Ashburton 

This month Altrusa members celebrated 

the Altrusa life of two of our 

Charter members, Annette Lane and 

Joyce Campbell, loyal members supporting 

the Ashburton community for 

the last 46 years. Agroup of around 20 

Ashburton women held an Inaugural 

Dinner in June 1973, and continued 

holding meetings prior tothe Altrusa 

International of Ashburton being 

officially chartered onApril 4th 1974. 

With Isabel Linton of Christchurch 

Altrusa, these three ladies are the 

longest serving Altrusans in New Zealand. 

At our Membership Programme 

meeting we enjoyed a pictorial presentation 

of sparkling moments inthe 

life of the Club, in which Joyce and 

Annette took active part. They were 

each presented with a‘‘Your Life in 

Altrusa’’ photo book, and roses. 

For our annual ‘‘Make aDifference 

Day’’ we have again distributedour sets 

of Alphabet Letters to all Ashburton 

babies born in October. Our sixweekly 

Foot Clinic has been appreciated. 

Twice monthly we deliver ‘‘Books on 

Wheels’’ supplied by the Ashburton 

Library to people no longer able to visit 

the library personally. Our club was 

pleased tohave adisplay at the recent 

Ashburton 50Plus Connection Showcase. 

Several members recently travelled 

to Christchurch to present our 

donation cheque tothe Bone Marrow 

Cancer Trust for furnishings for the 

new extension at Ranui House. 

Lions Club of Ashburton 

First and foremost, our club welcomes 

two new members. Chrissy 

Milne, introduced by Lois Sparrow, 

and Craig Hadley, introduced by 

Michael McAnulty, are welcome addtions 

to our ranks. We wish them all the 

best . 

Our November meeting onWednesday 

6November, is ameeting with a 

difference. We are visiting Canterbury 

Dried Foods at Wakanui. The bus 

leaves from Hotel Ashburton at 6pm, 

then we return to the Hotel Ashburton 

for ashort meeting and meal. 

Our Golf Tournament on 17 October, 

was agreat success with arecord 

145 players participating. The beneficiaries 

of our Tournament, Cancer 

Support and Life Education, will share 

the proceeds from the day. This 

amounted to $16,000. Bruce Ferriman, 

Terry Molloy and the organising committee, 

are congratulated on their 

work. One footnote, the Ashburton 

Lions Team won the Manny Sim 

Trophyfor the first time ever, defeating 

Ellesmere and Mayfield. 

The race night event at Addington 

Raceway was attended by asmall but 

enthusiastic group and a good night 

was had by all. 

Sunday 10 November isthe eagerly 

awaited Simon O’Neill/ Woolston 

Brass Band concert and the visit to 

Dot’s Castle in OamaruisonSunday 24 

November. Our Christmas meeting will 

take the form of apartners night with 

aChristmas theme and meal. Entertainment 

will be provided by our local 

Variety Theatre songsters. 

The South Island Motorhome Show 

under the direction of Brendan Quinn, 

will be held on Saturday 29 February 

and Sunday 1March 2020. New and 

improved signage for State Highway 

One and smaller signage for River 

Terrace and East St are being made. 

Any inquiries to Brendan Quinn. The 

interest to date has been very encouraging 

with a number of trade sites 

already booked. 

Ashburton Woodworkers 

Nineteen members were welcomed 

by Bruce Ferriman, for our October 

meeting then introduced our guest, 

luthier, artisan Mac McElwain, guitar 

maker. 

Show and Tell: 

Dave Busby: two candle sticks, a 

mairie bowl. 

Frank Luxton: some gold leaf sheets, 

asmall box to hold adiamond. 

Roger Scammell: set of six identical 

skittles. 

Dave Ford: tow yew items. 

Chris Thompson: sandwich board 

with the club’s logo. 

Clarrie Brake: swamp kauri vase. 

Les Mattingley: two Christmas 

theme cut outs. 

Kevin Challis: rewarewa bowl. Interesting 

grain pattern. 

Bruce then introduced Mac McElwain, 

from Methven,aluthier, aperson 

who, generally makes or repairs 

stringed instruments. Trades under the 

name Blackford Guitars. He 

mentioned how he got involved into his 

hobby, while at acourse he was asked 

if he had any dreams he had, apparently 

without too much thought, mention 

that he wanted to build amusical 

instrument, aguitar. So acommitment 

and a challenge set, he went about 

devouring Google, You Tube and 

otherwebsites on how to build aguitar. 

After some trials, failures he finally 

achieved success. Making a oneoff 

guitar involves much precision and 

challenging difficulties asthe body of 

the guitar is 2mm thick and not a 

straight line. The body also has to be 

strongenoughtohold the neck with the 

tension of six strings which can be 

about 68kilos, therefore much bracing 

is required inside the body. He introduced 

three complete guitars constructed 

from well grained indigenous 

timbers. The rimu came from his 

home’s barge board, kauri from abuilt 

in wardrobe and an electric guitar. This 

shows how demolition wood can be 

givenasecond life instead of becoming 

firewood. The two guitars certainly had 

rich, mellow terrific sounds when he 

played afew tunes. Some members felt 

the need to try strumming, dreaming 

some day of becoming amaybe rock 

singer, I believe they have left that 

dream too late. Thanks Mac for your 

interesting talk into the world of 

musical instrument maker, afascinating 

evening. 

Ashburton Herb Society 

The Ashburton Herb Society, which 

marked its 40th birthday with agathering 

in September, has elected to fold. 

The society was formed in September 

1979 and its first president was 

Grace Ackerley 

It is with inevitability and sadness 

that the society had made the decision, 

said its last president Wendy Hurst. 

She said everyone involved had 

special memories of past and present 

members and wonderful recollections 

of trips, conferences, venues, activities 

and displays over the years. 

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 31 October 2019, Page 31 

Club news 

Save the Children 

The Ashburton 

branch of Save the 

Children NZ has this 

year celebrated the 

100th anniversary of 

the founding of Save 

the Children in England 

and the 60th anniversary 

of our own 

existence in Ashburton; 

together with holding a 

“Pop Up” shop; an Easter 

raffle; and a stall 

and raffle connected 

with Boulevard Day. 

The organisation was 

founded by Eglantyne 

Jebb on the 19th May 

1919. 

It is recorded that 

“Eglantyne Jebb has 

been described as one 

of the world’s most 

charismatic, fiercely 

intelligent and influential 

champions of 

human rights. She was a 

pioneer who changed 

the way children were 

treated. 

She challenged convention, 

changed perspectives 

and forged a 

new future for the 

world’s most deprived 

children. 

Her achievements of 

putting children’s welfare 

on the world’s 

agenda rank as one of 

the great triumphs of 

humanity.” 

Our own branch was 

founded on the 26th 

August 1959. This followed 

ameeting on the 

13th August 1959, 

sponsored by the Ashburton 

Branch of the 

National Council of 

Women and presided 

over by the Mayor of 

Ashburton (Mr A.A. 

McDonald) heard from 

the guest speaker, the 

strong and determined, 

tough and invincible 

Minnie Havelaar (who 

founded Save the Children 

in New Zealand). 

The meeting resolved 

to establish abranch of 

the fund in Ashburton, 

the 10th in New Zealand, 

with Mrs J.A. 

Reid as chairman. 

Today, our New Zealand 

programme focuses 

on advocating to 

Government to 

improve policies to 

make life better for all 

New Zealand children. 

It is believed this 

approach enables 

SCNZ to have an 

impact for a greater 

number of children, 

compared to the programmes 

we ran in the 

past for small groups of 

individuals. We have 

numerous overseas 

programmes as well, 

many based in the Pacific. 

It is with deep sadness 

and regret that we 

have to conclude this 

report with the news 

that Save the Children 

NZ in Ashburton will 

be winding up. The 

rules and regulations 

contained in the Child 

Safeguarding Policy 

and Article 19 of the 

UN Convention on the 

Rights of the Child 

(1989) make it impossible 

for us to continue. 

We would like to take 

this opportunity to 

thank all our volunteers 

over the past 60 years, 

and there have been 

many, for their friendship 

and time and commitment 

to the cause. 

Also to the many spouses, 

family and friends 

who have been coopted 

to give assistance 

over the years. While 

we are sad and disappointed, 

we consider 

that SCNZ remains one 

of the best children’s 

welfare charities and 

worthy of support. 

Thank you Ashburton 

for your support. 

Photo – Volunteers 

90+ cut the cake at the 

60th anniversary 

luncheon: From left, 

Joyce McFaull, Dot 

Font, Bill Corbett and 

Fay Hunt. 

Business administration skills needed in every sector 

Up and down the country and in almost every sector 

of business, employment opportunities exist for people 

with skills in business administration. 

Celine Husband recognised the extent of those 

opportunities and decided to quit her hospitality job to 

study business administration and technology. “It’s an 

area with such abroad range of jobs available,” she 

says. 

She chose a17-week certificate course at Ara Institute 

of Canterbury in Timaru. It gave her ataste of all 

aspects of business and equipped her with awide range 

of skills. 

Celine says much of her learning was done through 

projects and role playing in realistic business 

environments. As part of the programme, she also 

undertook awork placement with Rooney Earthmoving 

in Timaru. “It was great. Igot to put everything I’d 

learned into practice.” 

Sandra Black, senior business tutor at Ara, says the 

New Zealand Certificate in Business Administration & 

Technology is agreat entry level course that can lead 

to job opportunities in abroad spectrum of industries. 

“It gives you areally solid foundation of skills and 

knowledge that can be applied in all sorts of sectors. 

Youdon’t need to have any prior experience, and as 

well as gaining plenty of useful skills, the course will 

really build your confidence too.” 

Sandra adds that Ara’s extensive industry connections 

means students get great work placement opportunities. 

Having completed the Level 3programme in business 

administration and technology, Celine has decided to 

continue her studies with the Level 4programme. 

The next New Zealand Certificate in Business 

Administration starts in February 2020 at Ara’sTimaru 

and Ashburton campuses. For details visit ara.ac.nz. 

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Zonta organises 

pamper session 

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ENTERTAINMENT 


Zonta Ashburton members 

have coordinated 

and supported an 

empowerment and pamper 

day for clients of 

Women’s Refuge. 

Based at the Rosebank 

Community Lounge, the 

day was held for 14 

women who have completed 

an outreach programme 

run by Mid 

South Island’s Women’s 

Refuge and Family 

Safety Services. 

It was held to improve 

self worth, upskill the 

women in self defence, 

strengthen relationships 

with others and to give 

the women time to enjoy 

themselves. 

The morning session 

featured ademonstration 

and lessons in selfdefence 

techniques from 

Ashburton martial artists 

led by Paul Breakwell. 

After alunch provided 

by Zonta members, the 

Women’s Refuge clients 

were treated to hair, 

beauty and relaxation 

treatments. 

All services on the day 

were provided free of 

charge by local businesses 

and the women all 

went away with goodie 

bags. 

Zonta Ashburton 

spokesperson Ann Wise 

said asimilar day had been 

supported earlier in the 

year and had been very 

well received. 

She said it was aprivilege 

for Zonta to be 

involved. 

Photo: Tae Kwon Do 

instructor and 8th Dan 

Black Belt Paul Breakwell 

demonstrated selfdefence 

techniques with students 

at the recent event. 

Dorie Ag Day big success 

CROSSWORD 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8541 

ACROSS 

1. Shrub (8) 

6. Sort (4) 

8. Difficult (4) 

9. Miserable (8) 

10. Jolly (5) 

11. Missive (6) 

13. Beach (6) 

15. Spice (6) 

17. Scanty (6) 

19. Decree (5) 

22. Title (8) 

23. Above (4) 

24. Lazy(4) 

25. Garment (8) 

DOWN 

2. Rent (5) 

3. Country (7) 

4. Depressed (4) 

5. White wine (8) 

6. Unspoken (5) 

7. Go before (7) 

12. Supporter (8) 

14. Fever (7) 

16. Boring (7) 

18. Scope (5) 

20. Applaud (5) 

21. Capital city (4) 

CRYPTIC PUZZLENO. 8541 

ACROSS 

1. Spent chasing cats? And the odd tiger, possibly (3-5). 

6. Lose in the building (4). 8. She can multiply 1001 by 

two (4). 9. The rest are forced to wait outside and stretch 

their legs (8). 10. For the man, ahard bed (5). 11.Tearoff 

round about half time to dress (6). 13. Hide the sieve (6). 

15. Figure bid for the chest (6). 17. All ten streaked by 

one again (6). 19. Such atemper as your old flame had? 

(5). 22. “The bottom line” in aforeign language (8). 23. 

The figure spoken of is an unknown quantity (4). 24. A 

small label saying “ruminant” (4). 25. Getting in atizzy 

about competing against (6,2). 

DOWN 

2. She comes round -not dead (5). 3.In the amended list 

it’s defined as an emblem (7). 4. There’s friction with a 

young lady (4). 5. Aletter saying “Kill” (8). 6. Support as 

away to overcome depression (5). 7. Sign at last, sore 

pressed (7). 12. It is of concern to financiers (8). 14. Bundled 

up in bed, can’t communicate with (7). 16. Quickly 

supplies the ordered file on vice (7). 18. Chilling messages 

may be spelled out on it (5). 20.Acapital Oin“lover” 

(5). 21. See the pronounced crest (4). 

SUDOKU 

MEDIUM No. 5193 

7 1 

3 2 1 

4 8 6 

3 9 2 

5 2 3 7 

4 7 9 

4 8 2 

2 9 3 

6 1 

Solution to previous Sudoku 

Howto 

solve 

Sudoku! 

Fill the grid 

so thatevery 

rowand every 

3x3 square 

containsthe 

digitals 1to9 

4 7 2 9 8 1 6 3 5 

6 9 8 2 5 3 4 7 1 

1 3 5 6 4 7 8 2 9 

2 8 6 3 9 5 7 1 4 

3 4 1 7 2 8 5 9 6 

7 5 9 1 6 4 2 8 3 

9 6 4 8 1 2 3 5 7 

8 1 3 5 7 6 9 4 2 

5 2 7 4 3 9 1 6 8 

Solution to previous crossword 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8540 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Teem. 7, Capacious. 8, Aunt. 9, Glut. 10, Loll. 

11, Grim. 14, Impeccable. 16, Pugnacious. 19, Oust. 22, 

Stop. 24, Nape. 25, Edit. 26, Encompass. 27, Free. 

Down -1,Twang. 2, Ennui. 3, Gallop. 4, Baltic. 5, Sill. 6, 

Guiltless. 12, Reluctant. 13, Mien. 15, Also. 17, Canopy. 

18, Oppose. 20, Under.21, Title. 23, Plot. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8540 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Dash. 7, Leave over. 8,Slug. 9, Stun (rev.). 

10, Puff. 11, Days (daze). 14, T-hree-score. 16, Per-missive. 

19, Wa-r-s. 22, Mind. 24, H-A-te. 25, Ring. 26, Testament. 

27, Mess. 

Down -1,D-osed. 2, Saucy.3,Better.4,E-Vince. 5, Coop. 

6, Per-former. 12, Ap-pet-is-er. 13, Stem. 15, Crew. 

17, S-ch-eme. 18, In-tent. 20, Al-IV-e. 21, Sighs (size). 

23, Date. 

ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

2207837 

BOOK 

NOW 

For more information 

www.ateventcentre.co.nz 

Dorie School’s recent 

inaugural Ag Day event 

has been abig success. 

With visiting Chertsey 

School along to enjoy the 

fun, the Ag Day event 

replaced Pet Day and was 

more hands on for 

students. 

It featured traditional 

sand saucer making, 

flower arranging and 

scarecrow making, as well 

as agricultural activities 

such as seed identification, 

fencing and lassoing. 

There was also asheep 

shearing demonstration, 

display of big farming 

machinery, barbecue 

lunch and acake auction. 

Photos: Dorie School 

pupils Sasha Williams, 

Sam Kingsbury and Thomas 

Easton team up for 

some sack race fun, and 

Dorie School’s TJ Fifita 

dressed as apirate at the 

Ag Day. 

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StAC Attack2019StAndrews Pipe Band 

Sun 3rd November 4pm 

Celebrate the Pipe Bands Centenary 1919 to 

2019 and it is with pride that they bring you an 

action-packed show with bagpipes, drums and 

highland dancing supported by Julie Hawke 

School of Dance. St Andrew’s College Pipe 

Band are the current NZ Champion Band in 

Juvenile for 13 years in arow. 

Adult $39.99* /Senior orStudent $24.99* / 

Child up to 16 years $19.99* /Family of x2 

Adults and x2 Children $99.00* 

SimonO’Neillwith Woolston Brass 

Sun 10th November 2pm 

Superstar Tenor Simon O’Neill joins 

Christchurch’s Iconic Woolston Brass Band to 

perform Grand Opera Show Favourites and 

Tenor Classic’s. The unique sound of Simon’s 

voice and the brass sounds will be atreat for 

your ears. 

Adult $60.00* /Concession $50.00* /Student$20.00* 

Twelfth Night–BigLittle TheatreCompanyInc 

November 22nd and 23rd 7pm and 24th 2pm 

Did not make it to the Pop-Up Globe this 

year? –fear not! Fresh from the other side 

of the world we bring our gift to you in the 

shape of the charming comedy that is “Twelfth 

Night”. Come be shipwrecked with us in an 

enchanted, song and dance filled land of Celtic 

charm. 

Adults $27* /Seated child $18* / 

Groundling (Standing) $10* 

Cabarnet 

Fri 6th &Sat 7th December 7:30pm 

Full Bodied. Well Rounded and that is just the 

lads. Afun filled night to raise funds for Variety 

Theatre Ashburton featuring the talented Tainui 

Kuru, Chris Woods, Heath Walters, Tony Kelly, 

Daniel Wilson and Luke Glendining perform 

songs from the Bee Gees, Coldplay, Queen 

and many, many more. 

Tables of 6$60* each 

(includes aplatter and drinks) /Theatre Seating $30* 

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EDITOR –AshburtonCourier 

Allied Press Ltdisseeking an experienced journalist ready 

to takethe nextcareer step in their career, 

as Editor forThe AshburtonCourier. 

TheAshburtonCourier is aweekly 

communitynewspaper delivered to more 

than 16,000 homes across MidCanterbury 

and the surrounding rural areas. 

TheAshburtonCourier is the largest 

circulating and best read newspaper within 

the MidCanterburyarea. 

This is an exciting opportunityand provides 

the successful applicant the abilitytohelp 

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Thesuccessful applicant will be selfmotivated,tenacious 

and have apassion for 

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Abilitytofind local stories,juggle tasks,meet 

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ASHBURTON COLLEGE 

‘Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive 

Learning Environment’ 

First XV Boys’(UC Championship Team) & 

Girls’ RugbyAssistants 

Expressions of Interest Sought 

Ashburton College, in association with the Mid 

Canterbury Rugby Union, is seeking to further 

enhance the sport ofRugby inthe College and 

invites expressions of interest in key voluntary roles 

in the Ashburton College Rugby Programme. The 

persons appointedare required to maintain positive 

relationships and links with the College and ensure 

student management is consistent with College 

Policies and Procedures. 

The successful applicants will be prepared to assist 

with thepreparation of the 1st XV in assistantroles. 

It is acknowledged that possible applicants may 

have limited availability therefore weare happy to 

consider multiple assistants to address the various 

components of team preparation. 

Expressions of interest are sought for the following 

voluntary assistant roles for 1st XV Boys &Girls and 

U15: 

•AssistantCoaches •On-fieldRunners 

•Team Managers •Strappers 

•Fitness Trainers •College RugbyCommittee 

Applications close noon, Friday8November 2019 

Expressions of interest or enquiries about 

commitments canbemade via email to Ross 

Preece, Principal,atprincipal@ashcoll.school.nz. 

Please provide abrief rugbyCVand referees. 

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If this sounds likeanexciting opportunity 

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Our well respectedlocal title is owned 

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services, tyresand more. 

We have avacancy available in our team for a 

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Thekey job of this role will be to carryout Warrant 

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Phone: 308 7664 

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2172786 

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ASHBURTON COLLEGE 

‘Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive 

Learning Environment’ 

First XV Boys’ (UCChampionship Team) 

&Girls’ RugbyCoaches 

Expressions of Interest Sought 

Ashburton College, in association with the Mid 

Canterbury Rugby Union, is seeking to further 

enhance the sport of Rugby in the College and 

invites expressions of interest in key voluntary 

roles in the Ashburton College Rugby Programme. 

The persons appointed are required to maintain 

positive relationships and links with the College 

and ensure student management is consistent with 

College Policies and Procedures. The coaches once 

appointedwill have the abilitytoappointtheir own 

managers. 

The successful applicants will be responsible for 

leading the preparation and coaching, on and off the 

field, ofthe 1st XVtoastandard ofexcellence that 

is required of teams participating in this prestigious 

competition, while embracing the Values of the 

Collegeand the MCRU. 

Keyattributessought in the appointees include: 

• Strong technicalknowledge of the modern game, 

combined with sound coaching and analytical 

skills. 

• Experience in coaching sport at teenage 

representativelevel or higher. 

• Special interest in College sport, balancing the 

objectives of success inthe short-term, with the 

development of individual athletes in a team 

environment. 

• An ability towork with and challenge agroup of 

aspiring rugbyplayers. 

Applications close noon, Friday8November 2019 

Expressions of interest or enquiries about 

commitments canbemade via email to 

Ross Preece 

Principal, at principal@ashcoll.school.nz. 

Please provide abrief rugbyCVand referees. 

Phone Leonie on 

308 7664 or email 


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Immediate Start 

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Allenquiries confidential. 

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2172548 

HOME SERVICES 

ROOF COATINGS: All roof 

types, specializing in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not a problem. — 

Spraymaster 027-433-7780. 

GARAGE SALES 

TOOL AUCTION / 

GARAGESALE 

Model makers lathe +tooling 

Drill mill, plasma cutter, 

pedestal drill,compressor,wood 

lathe, oxy-acet welding plant, 

1.5kw generator, arc welder, 

8hp Johnson outboard, quad 

bikespray tank andwand,hand 

tools, measuring equipment, 

single axle trailer, 2012 v240 

Great Wall ute 54,000 approx 

km. 

PLUS MORE ... 

Saturday9th November 

2019 

Inspection 10am –12noon 

Auction starts 12noon 

FairtonHall 

Fairfield Road 

Paymentcash and 

pick-up on the day. 

Phone Stan 0272243356 

(not Sunday) 

2221857 

HIRE 

SCISSORLIFTS for hire. 

4WD and slab lifts available 

for daily or weekly hire. 

Pickup or delivery. Phone 

North End Engineering 308 

8155 for abooking. 

FRUIT &PRODUCE 

POTATOES: Nadine; 5kg 

bags $5, 10kg bags $7.50. 

Nadine seed potatoes 

$2.50 per kilo. 81 Elizabeth 

Street, phone 027 531 

9103 or 03 308 3195. 

WANTED TO BUY 

METAL, heavy etc. Free 

light-grade metal in-yard 

dumping 9am-5pm weekdays 

&9.30-11.30am Saturdays. 

Ashburton Scrap 

Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford 

Forest Road (behind 

Placemakers). Phone 03 

308 8033 or 027 249 6625. 

SECOND hand goods, 

wanted to buy. Records, 

books, any goods considered. 

Phone Rodney on 03 

324 2999 and leave message. 

InsuranceWork 

ALTERATIONS, mending 

and trouser hemming, curtain 

alterations and curtain 

making. Call Michelle on 

027 352 7248. 

BUILDING and property 

solutions. For your complete 

alteration or renovation. 

We project manage 

the whole process. Home 

and small commercial. 

Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308 

4798, 027 207 1478 or 

Cawte 027 418 7955. 

CARPET cleaning -Powerful 

equipment & fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

at Supersucker, 027 435 

1042 or 308 1677. 

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning, 

servicing Ashburton and 

surrounding districts, $60 

per chimney. Phone 

Rodney on 03 324 2999 

and leave amessage. 

COMPUTER problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

TRADE &SERVICES 

Specialising in 

PANEL BEATING 

SPRAY PAINTING& 

of 

Cars,Trucks,Buses,HorseFloats&Motorhomes, 

Caravans,Trailers,Farm Machinery, Jet Boats, 

LightEngineering and Aluminium Welding 

17 Range Street (Industrial Estate) 


Phone 307 0378 l 0274 274 007 

Email: busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz 

CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning 

Service -same day service 

and repairs. Charlie can 

supply new blinds and 

tracks, will hang drapes. 

Phone 03 307 1936 or 020 

4169 0342. 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, setup -wireless - 

networks, spyware cleanup. 

On-site day or evening. 

LOW FEES. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

you - Best prices, many 

sizes, textures and colours 

- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

Street, Industrial Estate. 

CONCRETE Services - 

Driveways, paths, patios, 

mowing edging. Decorative 

Concrete specialist 30 

years servicing Canterbury. 

Free quotes. No job too big 

or small. Phone Paul 021 

152 1966. 

DENTURES; Dr Peter 

Rumping repairs existing 

dentures and also provides 

new dentures. Phone 027 

220 9997. 

ENGRAVERS - Local Ashburton 

business for all your 

engraving and new trophy 

requirements. Fast, friendly 

and professional service. 

Call/text Trudy at 311 

Engravers, 022 600 7144, 

Facebook. 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all domestic 

and industrial pest control 

needs phone AJ Kerr at 

Ashburton Pest Control on 

03 308 8147 or 027 432 

5447. 

FURNITURE removals -For 

all your household removal 

needs call Nudges Furniture 

Removals, phone 027 

224 0609. 

HYDRAULICS; Martin 

Bennett -Onsite hydraulic 

hose repair service 24/7. 

Stockists of Aero Quip 

hoses &fittings, Commercial 

hydraulics, Dynacool, 

Spool valves etc., MP Filtri, 

Walvoil. Call Justin on 308 

9778. 

LEGAL work -Phone Peter 

Ragg (Ashburton Law) for 

house sales, purchases 

and refinances. Will call at 

home evenings for wills, 

enduring powers of 

attorney. Phone 308 0327. 

2210267 

LIFESTYLE farmers need 

your sheep shorn for the 

summer? Pets and small 

mobs. Prompt service. 

Phone Jarrod 027 259 

4644. 

PAINTER for all your painting 

needs. No job too small, 

inside or outside. Professional 

friendly service. 

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or 

027 200 1619. 

PLASTERING 

&COATINGS 

Rockcote. Waterproofing. 

Texture/Specialist 

Coatings. 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2131556 

PLUMBER: Repair or 

replace. Taps, shower 

mixers, hot water cylinders, 

basins, tubs, toilets, vanity 

units, leaking pipes. Call 

Pete Young, experienced 

plumber 027 280 0889 / 

307 7582. 

PLUMBING, drainlaying, 

blocked drains. Phone 

Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing 

on 027 555 5575 or 308 

1248 (Master Plumbers & 

Drainlayers). 

ROOF Painting - Spring 

special - Free quote - 

Phone Chris on 0800 677 

246 - Registered Master 

Painters. 

SEWING alterations - anything 

considered, reasonable 

rates. Smoke and pet 

free home. Retired wedding 

seamstress. Phone Judith 

308 3084, Allenton. 

SPIDER and fly treatment. 

Weed spraying and lawn 

treatment. Plus insects. 

Call Allan from AA Performance 

Services on 027 209 

5026. I’ll take care of them. 

ROOF COATINGS All roof 

types, specialising in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not aproblem. Member 

Master Painters & 

Roofing Association NZ 

Spraymaster 0274337780 

SUN Control Window Tinting: 

Privacy, UV, glare, heat 

control for homes -offices - 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, member 

of Master Tinters NZ. 

TILING - For all your tiling 

requirements including kitchen 

splash backs, flooring 

etc. (full water proofing), 

call Kevin on 027 496 8314. 

TV Reception Specialists for 

all your digital freeview 

installations and repairs, 

TV wall mounting, Smart 

TV set-up, home theatre 

installation. Call John at 

Ashburton TV &Audio Ltd 

03 308 7332 or 027 277 

1062. 

FORALL YOUR 

•LawnMowing 

•Pruning 

•Garden Maintenance 

•Gutter Cleaning 

•Rubbish Removal 

Call us TODAY 

foraFREE quote 

Ph 08004546 546 

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WINDSCREENS and house 

glass. Qualified flat glass 

glazier now in-house. Anything 

glass, give us acall. 

Your place or ours. Wilson 

Windscreens, 152 Wills 

Street, Ashburton. Phone 

03 308 8485. 

WHAT better place for a 

PAINTING wallpapering, public notice than Ashburton’s 

The Courier! Simply 

plastering - No job too 

small. Interior, exterior. clip the form for a run-on 

Professional, prompt, competitive 

service. Phone us on 308 7664 if you 

advert like this or telephone 

Tony Sivier at Paint It Ashburton 

on 021 878 794 or ment. 

require adisplay advertise- 

307 7289. 

WE value the service we 

provide - The Courier for 

advice on how you can 

reach potential customers. 

Call us today on 308 7664. 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, 

www.tintawindow.co.nz 

MEETINGS 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

MEETINGS 

Southern 

RugbyClub 

AGM 

Wednesday 

20 November 2019 

Hinds Clubrooms 

startingat7:30pm 

Allwelcome 

Anyenquiries to 

Phil Cushnie 

027 439 9555 

AWA-AWARATA 

RESERVE SOCIETY(Inc) 

AGM2019 

Thursday28Nov,11am 

at the 

Rhododendron Reserve 

McLennans Bush Rd, 

Mt Hu 

(meengheld wetorfine) 

Please bring your 

picnic lunch 

Jane Helmore 

(Hon. Secretary) 

TINWALD RUGBYCLUB 

AGM 

7.30pm 

Tuesday, 12 November 

Tinwald RugbyClubrooms 

(Cnr Maronan Rd &Shearman Street) 

All welcome 

Anyapologies to Ken Aitken 027 366 8603 

or email kenandseyad@yahoo.co.nz 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall othermedical assistanceoutside of normal 

hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7, 

to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou 

free healthadvice on whattodoorwheretogoifyou 

need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregulargeneral practice, call any 

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID. 

TheAshburtonDutyPracticefor 

Saturday2nd November is Tinwald Medical Centre, 

33 Archibald Street. 

They will hold surgeries from 10.00am until 12.00pm 

and from 6.00pm until 7.00pm. 

No appointmentnecessary. Surgeryphone 308 6565. 

Sunday3rd November is MooreStreetMedical Centre, 

MooreStreet. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentplease phone 308 3066. 

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the 

weekend and public holidays please telephone 

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105 

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002. 

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on 

the answer phone. 

PHARMACIES 

Wises Pharmacy, CountdownComplex, 

East Street will be open on 

Saturdaymorning from 9.00am until 1.00pm 

Sundaymorning from 10.00am until1.00pm 

and from 5.00pm until 7.00pm evenings. 

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open 

normal trading hours during the week and on Saturday 

morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. 

Closed Public Holidays 

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice 

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116 

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CountdownComplex,EastStreet,Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

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EDUCATIONAL 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

Forkliftand Dangerous GoodsCourses 

NZTA Approved CourseProvider,MITO&Competenz Assessor 

Classes 2&4,endorsements F&DG 

ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested 

Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings 

CommunityHouse or your worksite 

Forfurther information 

Phone Christine027 245 2563 

DRIVETECH LTD 

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FORKLIFT ENDORSEMENT 

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CARS WANTED 

CARS 

CARS 

WANTED! 

WANTED! 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

DEADOR 

ALIVE! 

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Damaged, Mechanical, Deregistered, 

Crashed, NoWOF – NO PROBLEM 

Minimum of $100for most cars, 

$500 formostvans,utes, trucks,4WDs* 

*Conditionsapply. 

Call 0800 225508 or text 027540 9813 

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES 

PANELBEATING and spray 

painting of cars, trucks, 

buses, horse floats & 

motorhomes, caravans, 

trailers, farm machinery, jet 

boats. Light engineering 

and aluminium welding. 

Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17 

Range Street, Ashburton. 

Phone 307 0378. 

CARAVANS &TRAILERS 

CLASSIC Diplomat 4 caravan 

for sale. Hard to fault, 

many extras. Phone 308 

4415. 

LOOKING to earn extra 

money, even while you’re 

out walking? Delivery 

people required. Phone 

The Courier 308 7664. 

RELIGIOUS NOTICES 

Aplace of 

Worship,Friendship 

&Caring 

Aplacewhere 

YOU belong 

Sundays @10am 

CnrCass & 

CameronStreets. 

Open at other times. 

Phone 308 7610. 

Must see exhibition 

Bertie Holmes 

Art Exhibition 

Stunning Art 

Methven MemorialHall 

Weekdays: 9:00am -5:00pm & 

Weekends: 10:30am -2:30pm 

Exhibition runs until November 7th 2222242 

HakaterePresbyterian Parish 

Gospel Service 

Sunday 3rdNovember,7pm 

Senior Centre,206 CameronStreet 

Gospel style music and guest speaker 

All welcome 

2217880 

2143641 

2222231 

2204413 

Peter Blacklow 

SEE YOUATTHE A&P SHOW... ONLYWHILE STOCKSLAST! 

PETE’S PICK 

O F T H E W E E K 

Blacklows TradeZone Ashburton your locally 

owned &operated family business for 66 years 

Full range of engineering supplies and accessories forall your repairs 

&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuum cleaners. 

Esseti welders &accessories. Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment. 

ASHBURTON 

South Street, Ashburton PHONE (03) 308-3147 

Email office@blacklows.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522 

The AshburtonCivic Music Council 

proudly hosts 

Sunday3November 

AshburtonDomain 

Long Lawn (WestStreet) 2pm 

Collection forparticipating bands will be taken. 

Featuring the AshburtonSilverBand,MtHutt College 

Band and Brass Quintet, MSA Orchestra, Ashburton 

DistrictPipe Band and the AshburtonElectronic 

Organ &KeyboardClub. 

Bring along your chair,hat and sunblock 

and enjoyanafternoonoflocal music. 

“SupportedbyRotary Club of AshburtonCharitable Trust” 

COME ALONG AND ENJOYANEVENING 

OF ENTERTAINMENT 

Livemusic with 

‘KOPY KATS’ 

•FOOD•DRINK 

&DISPLAYS 

Rakaia Lions 

Fireworks Night 

at Rakaia Domain 

Rakaia Barrhill MethvenRoad 

November 2nd 2019 

Gatesopen at 5:30pm 

Gold donation at the gates 

Please support 

your local Lions 

MidCanterburyHockeyAssociation 

Annual General Meeting 

Tuesday 26th November2019, 7:30pm 

at the Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue 

AllWelcome 

ExecutiveCommittee &Award Nominations 

closeSunday10th November 2019 

Forfurther information visit 

www.mchockey.co.nz 

or email admin@mchockey.co.nz 

2219085 

2221844 

2221520 

HONDA POWERED 

WATERBLASTER 

2700psi. 11.3 litre. 

6.5HpHonda engine. 

BAR2565C-H 

$1550+GST 

(formerly SPCA) 

Ginger adult cat 

ready fora 

new home. 

Very smoochyand 

lovescompany. 

Kitten season coming ... 

food donations welcome. 

Kindly sponsored by 

Adrienne Patterson 

Ph308 4432 

ASHBURTON 

SOCIETY OF ARTS 

ShortStreet Studio 

180216 

2221247 

“SPRING INTOCHRISTMAS” 

EXHIBITION 

Guest Artist: VickiKnudsen 

Opening Sunday3rd November 2019 

11am–4pm 

Continuing for3weeks. 

OPEN 

Weekends 11am –4pm 

Mondaysand Wednesdays when the signisout. 

Enquiries Call Ngaio 3084533or 

Lynda 0273135178 

Allfamilies of prospectiveNew Entrants to 

Tinwald School from 

December 2019 to June 2020 areinvited to an 

Information Meeting 

on Thursday7th November at 9:30 am 

in the Tinwald School hall. 

Allwelcome! 

Forcatering purposes please RSVP 

by phone on 308 4555 

HospiceMid Canterbury 

Dealing with alifelimiting illness? 

We can supportyou and 

your family to make 

everyday count. 

Allservices arefree. 

Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387 email manager@hospicemc.nz 

www.hospicemc.nz facebook hospicemidcanterbury 

2221947 

2222232 

2209051 

Thur 31st &Fri 1st 

10.00 Ride Like aGirl 

10.00 Jojo Rabbit 

11.50 DowntonAbbey 

12.00 TerminatorDarkFate 


2.30 Maleficent2 

4.20 PawPatrolReadyRaceRescue 

4.40 ZombielandDoubletap 

5.30 Joker 




PG 

M 

PG 

R13 

R13 

PG 

G 

R13 

R16 

PG 

R13 

M 

Sat2nd 

10.00 Abominable G 

10.00 PawPatrolReady Race Rescue G 

11.00 AngryBirds 2 PG 

11.45 Maleficent2 PG 

12.45 Ride Like aGirl PG 

1.50 Dora and theLost City of Gold PG 

2.30 DowntonAbbey PG 

3.40 TerminatorDarkFate R13 

4.40 ZombielandDoubletap R13 

6.00 Joker 

R16 




M 

Sun 3rd 

10.00 Abominable G 

10.00 PawPatrolReady Race Rescue G 

11.00 Maleficent2 

11.45 AngryBirds 2 

PG 

PG 


1.30 Dora and theLost City of Gold PG 



5.00 Joker 

R16 



M 

Mon4th,Tues 5th 

&Wed 6th 



M 

PG 



2.30 Maleficent2 PG 

3.00 

4.40 

TerminatorDarkFate R13 

Zombieland Doubletap R13 

5.30 

6.30 

Joker 

Ride Like aGirl 

R16 

PG 



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NO COMPS 

Jojo Rabbit, 

Ride Like aGirl, 

TerminatorDarkFate 

It’s not about me, 

it’s about the service 

youdeserve 

Helena Ratten 

Mobile 0274 577998 

helena@fnash.co.nz 

We put you first 

SBW DevelopmentsLtd 

Licensed AgentREAA 2008 

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BERTIE Holmes Art Exhibition, 

Methven Heritage 

Events Centre, on now! 

Weekdays 9am - 5pm, 

weekends 10.30am - 

2.30pm. Exhibition closes 

8th November. 

DINING - Got a special 

occasion coming up? Let 

the Hotel Ashburton take 

care of you. Phone 03 307 

8887 and talk to our experienced 

team. 

IMMIGRATION consultation, 

visa applications. Phone 

Maria Jimenez, Licenced 

Immigration Advisor 027 532 5575. 

Mariajimenez.lia@gmail.com 

lammsmariajimenez.wixsite.com/nzlia 

ARE you struggling to make 

ends meet? Need extra 

money? Why not sell your 

unwanted items in The 

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Warranties AA Appraised 

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Ashburton Courier: October 31, 2019

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