North Canterbury News: November 14, 2019

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24 The North Canterbury News, November 14, 2019
Applicants
sought
The Waimakariri District Council
is seeking applicants for its
drainage and waterrace advisory
groups.
MayorDan Gordonsays the
boards playanimportant role in
advising the council on the needs
of residents in their local areas.
‘‘These are important bodies
whichprovide us withalot of
viewsfor our drainage and water
supplies, and it’s good to have
localpeople advising us on how
we should be runningthese
schemes. Ihave been on afew
boards and Ihave appreciated the
feedback, and Ihave certainly
takenonboard that feedback
when voting and making
decisions.’’
The groupsmeet three timesa
year and give advice on the
maintenance and development of
theseschemes, make recommendations
on budgets, and on
the monitoring of maintenance.
Nominations are sought for the
Clarkville, Central,Coastal, Ohoka
and Oxfordrural drainage
advisory groupsand the Waimakariri
WaterRace AdvisoryGroup.
The groupstypically cover rural
areas, wheredrainage rates are
collected formaintenance and
capital projects. For more
information, contactDan Lewisat
the council.Application forms can
be downloaded from the council’s
website or collected from any of
the council’s service centres.
Applications closeonJanuary8.
Ruins explored on trip
By ROBYN BRISTOW
The Amberley Mountain
Goats Walking Group
scaled tracks and
explored historical relics
during arecent visit to
the West Coast.
Six men and 12 women,
with an average age of 70,
spent two nights in
Reefton and two in
Westport.
They visited the
historic gold­mining area
of Waiuta, traversed the
Murray Creek Track past
the Inglewood and Ajax
mine sites, and
negotiated the steep
machine track back to
the car park.
The following day they
walked through beech
forest, an easier walk
with more relics of
historic mining
significance, before
heading north to visit
Britannia Battery, awell
preserved piece of goldmining
history.
On the journey home to
North Canterbury, the
group enjoyed ashort
walk around atarn at the
start of the St James
Walkway.
The group meets at the
Westpac Car Park each
Monday at 9.15am for
two­ to four­hour walks.
Anyone is welcome to
join.
Across the divide ... Members of the Amberley Mountain
Goats Walking Group explore on the West Coast. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Craft show
asuccess
By RACHEL MACDONALD
Cust Craft Group’s fundraiser last
weekend was successful,member
RickiSullivan says.
More than140 people—that’s
not includingfriends and family —
visited the St James’ Church and
hall for achancetowin the prizes,
and enjoy club members’ artwork.
Overall, the group raised nearly
$1900for Riding for the Disabled
and Rachel’s House,atrustwhich
supports young parents.‘‘We were
hoping for$1200atthe most, so we
were thrilled,’’ shesays.
‘‘People werestill cominginto
see what we had on display right up
untilpack­uptime. Last time,we
had the Oxford Fete on,onthe
same day,sowedefinitely drew
some numbers from passersby, but
that wasn’tthe case this year,and
the peoplestill came.’’
The overall message from visitors
was that every craftyperson starts
with one stitch, and the creativity
takesoff fromthere. On thattheme,
the club gained four newmembers
on the day. ‘‘The thing is, we’re
pretty much agroup of women.
We’regrowing and encompass all
ages,which is great,’’ Ricki says.
‘‘That said, loads of husbands
came in to look at our workson
Sunday,and we certainlycouldn’t
mountthis kind of event without
our own help, from our husbands.’’
The group meets on thefirstand
thirdTuesdays each month, from
10am to 3pm, at the Cust
Community Centre.
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