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Flight of fancy, time for takeoff<br />
Take atrip anywhere and neverleave <strong>Ashburton</strong> airport<br />
By John Keast<br />
Ready for takeoff, flight path<br />
logged.<br />
The plane is at Dunedin, bound<br />
for Christchurch.<br />
It gathers speed up the runway,<br />
lifts off.<br />
Except it doesn’t.<br />
The ‘‘plane’’ doesn’t leave<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> airport.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> airport is home to the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Museum, and<br />
the museum, thanks to computer<br />
whizz Owen Moore and software<br />
engineer, and others, has aflight<br />
simulator.<br />
Although not atraining tool, it<br />
provides arealistic flight experience <br />
and wouldbe pilots can fly anywhere<br />
in the world, and the software built in<br />
to the simulator gives arealflight<br />
experience.<br />
At the moment, the ‘‘flight’’<br />
scenery is limited to New Zealand,<br />
but more may be added to give arealworld<br />
view of the flight.<br />
On aflight, say, from Dunedin to<br />
Christchurch, the pilot and copilot<br />
see the world from above just as a<br />
pilot would including the street<br />
lights of <strong>Ashburton</strong> and even the<br />
lights at the Synlait factory near<br />
Dunsandel.<br />
The operator can also adjust the<br />
flying experience, say, to show snow<br />
in winter.<br />
The simulator uses the controls of<br />
an ATR aircraft used in provincial<br />
New Zealand and pilots, although<br />
they are in effect sitting inside agiant<br />
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Mr Moore said the simulator was<br />
built to astage in agarage in<br />
Christchurch, but completed in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
He said he and Mr Hill each<br />
probably put in 200odd hours, and<br />
others at the museum also helped.<br />
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Adonation is expected from<br />
wouldbe flyers.<br />
Flights can be sped up to shorten<br />
time at the controls.<br />
‘‘People can’t learn to fly in it, but<br />
it provides arealistic and<br />
entertaining experience,’’ Mr Moore<br />
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When the unit came from<br />
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needed to look alittle better and<br />
fitted it inside agiant water tank.<br />
It has been cut into sections so, if<br />
needed, volunteers can get access to<br />
the maze of wires behind the fascia.<br />
‘‘We have got to the point now<br />
where people can fly it,’’ Mr Moore<br />
said.<br />
Interested flyers should go the<br />
museum between 9am and 3pm on<br />
Wednesdays and Saturdays; an<br />
appointment would be needed at any<br />
other time.<br />
Mr Moore said adonation would<br />
be expected.<br />
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Getting involved by accident<br />
Volunteer of the month -John Driscoll<br />
You could say it was by<br />
accident John Driscoll,<br />
from Birthright Canterbury,<br />
got into volunteering.<br />
An accident stopped<br />
John from farming and<br />
saw him join <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Rotary which lead to his<br />
involvement with thennamed<br />
Birthright <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Rotary<br />
started Birthright in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
in 1946, to help<br />
war families with only<br />
one parent.<br />
John, who is the Volunteering<br />
Mid & South<br />
Canterbury and the Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Volunteer of<br />
the Month, went on to<br />
become the rotary representative<br />
at Birthright.<br />
He was appointed by<br />
thenpresident Dr Phil<br />
Godfrey.<br />
Sixteen years later,<br />
John is still involved, he<br />
became branch president<br />
in 2014, and thoroughly<br />
enjoying every minute of<br />
his volunteering.<br />
He says volunteering is<br />
about helping others and<br />
gives asense of achievement,<br />
it helps him be<br />
positive and he likes giving<br />
his time.<br />
His greatest achievement<br />
is securing the<br />
future of Birthright and<br />
helping it gain a new<br />
identity so it becomes an<br />
even better organisation.<br />
After two years as the<br />
Rotary representative<br />
John joined the Birthright<br />
committee. With<br />
funding an ongoing issue,<br />
John discussed, at a<br />
national meeting, about<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> and Christchurch<br />
branches joining<br />
John Driscoll<br />
together.<br />
It was especiallybeneficial<br />
for <strong>Ashburton</strong> to have<br />
help with funding. Once<br />
the amalgamation took<br />
place they formed new<br />
identity, Birthright Canterbury.<br />
In his time, John<br />
has served as atrustee of<br />
the Birthright Canterbury<br />
Charitable Trust.<br />
The amalgamation has<br />
placed Birthright Canterbury<br />
in abetter place with<br />
a committed group of<br />
localssupporting the work<br />
in <strong>Ashburton</strong>. It includes<br />
a social worker, family<br />
visitors (always inneed of<br />
more), and those, like<br />
John, who work away in<br />
the background doing<br />
whatever come up<br />
whether its practical<br />
assistance like procuring<br />
firewood, assisting atthe<br />
holiday programmes or<br />
supporting young people<br />
to attend the Birthright<br />
camps.<br />
John is passionate<br />
about his volunteering<br />
with Birthright including<br />
some of the activities<br />
they’ve done such as fishing<br />
at Clearwater Resort,<br />
boating at Lake Hoodand<br />
delivering goods to families.<br />
Others within the<br />
organisation say if they<br />
need something done they<br />
ask John, whose practical<br />
skills, strategic thinking<br />
and sense of humour is<br />
greatly valued by them.<br />
Another activity is helping<br />
to collect gifts from<br />
the Christmas Tree set up<br />
at Heartland Bank. John<br />
said the bank, and its<br />
predecessor, had generously<br />
hosted the Christmas<br />
tree allowing members<br />
of the community to<br />
leave so many wonderful<br />
gifts for Birthright families.<br />
He says the goodwill to<br />
families is unreal.<br />
“The Christmas Spirit<br />
is alive in the community<br />
who are so generous”.<br />
John’s volunteering<br />
gives him so much enjoyment<br />
helping other<br />
people and hoping to<br />
make things better for<br />
people.<br />
Organisations and<br />
groups are encouraged to<br />
get nominations in for the<br />
Volunteering Mid &<br />
South Canterbury &the<br />
Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> Volunteer<br />
of the Month. Nomination<br />
forms are available<br />
by contacting<br />
Volunteering Mid &<br />
South Canterbury, Community<br />
House, 44 Cass<br />
Street <strong>Ashburton</strong>, ph<br />
3081237 ext 240 or email<br />
volmidcant@gmail.com<br />
or pick up acopy at Four<br />
Square in Rakaia.<br />
Stories of pain, message of love<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
White Ribbon Day<br />
motorcycle riders shared<br />
storiesand spread<br />
messages of love and<br />
respectduring astopover<br />
at St Joseph’sSchool on<br />
Friday.<br />
Supportinga<br />
nationwide awareness<br />
campaign, the bikers<br />
declared they willnot<br />
condoneviolencebymen<br />
againstwomen and<br />
insteadwill stand up and<br />
speak out against it.<br />
Some 13 motorbikes<br />
have been part of a10day<br />
South Island tour<br />
spreading the messages of<br />
the White Ribbon<br />
campaign.<br />
At St Joseph’s School,<br />
motorcyclistsroared<br />
throughthe maingates<br />
and were greetedwith a<br />
rousinghaka.<br />
Youngerpupils and<br />
older pupils splitinto two<br />
groups and were<br />
addressed by the visiting<br />
bikers.<br />
Speaking to the<br />
youngergroup, ride<br />
leader Brian Mahonfrom<br />
Nelson encouraged<br />
students to be ‘‘nice to<br />
people’’ and ‘‘to look after<br />
your friends’’.<br />
He urged them to have<br />
respectfor others,totalk<br />
to their matesand to have<br />
fun in life.<br />
Anotherbiker talking<br />
to the older school group<br />
spoke candidly about his<br />
life and an abusive family<br />
history.<br />
He had grown up with<br />
an angryand violent<br />
father.<br />
He in turn had not been<br />
very nice to his own wife<br />
in the early years,but he<br />
had changed and had<br />
made better choices and<br />
had since treated her well.<br />
‘‘I was later able to talk<br />
to my father later in life<br />
and forgave him.’’<br />
The youngsters were<br />
alsotold it was OK to ask<br />
atrusted adult for helpif<br />
there were problems at<br />
home.<br />
The White Ribbon<br />
riders headednorth after<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> stop over.<br />
Family Violence<br />
remains asignificant<br />
social problem for the<br />
Canterbury community<br />
with11,308family harm<br />
episodes referred to the<br />
Christchurch Metro<br />
Police between 1July<br />
2018and 20 June <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Research suggests that<br />
only20% of family<br />
violence is reported to<br />
police.<br />
Photo: White Ribbon<br />
Day motorcycle rider<br />
Brian Mahon speakswith<br />
youngsters at St Joseph’s<br />
School.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 3<br />
ME sufferer Nikki making progress<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis)<br />
sufferer Nikki<br />
Tyrrell has made ‘‘significant’’<br />
improvement<br />
relative to where she was<br />
and is grateful to the<br />
fundraising efforts of the<br />
local and wider communities<br />
that helped her<br />
get to aclinic in Cyprus<br />
for treatment.<br />
Avariety concert and<br />
auction were held locally<br />
earlier this year and,<br />
alongside a Givealittle<br />
campaign, helped raise<br />
$40,000 towards the cost<br />
of the trip. The rest was<br />
funded by her family.<br />
Ms Tyrrell spent seven<br />
months at the clinic,<br />
instead of the anticipated<br />
three months, because of<br />
the severity of her condition.<br />
‘‘Going to Cyprus was<br />
a last resort for me<br />
because Ihad tried everything<br />
and Iwas not getting<br />
better.’’<br />
She has been seriously<br />
ill for over 20 years and<br />
spends alot of her time in<br />
bed suffering with ME<br />
and Lyme disease.<br />
She can’t tolerate most<br />
medications, and everyday<br />
things like perfume<br />
can trigger seizures, on<br />
top of usual pain and<br />
insomnia.<br />
The Cyprus clinic<br />
offered a wraparound<br />
care package and ozone<br />
therapy.<br />
The primary treatment<br />
involved taking blood, filtering<br />
it, and putting it<br />
through ozone under<br />
hyperbaric pressure and<br />
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That was done three<br />
times a week and every<br />
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treatments.<br />
‘‘From the point where<br />
Icame from, to where I<br />
am now, the treatment<br />
has made a ‘significant’<br />
impact on my health.<br />
‘‘Improvements came<br />
incrementally and<br />
enabled me to do a bit<br />
more each day.<br />
‘‘I was able to start<br />
walking without awheelchair,<br />
do some dishes,<br />
talk abit more and better<br />
tolerate stimulants<br />
around me like noise.’’<br />
Ms Tyrrell said there<br />
was still along way to go<br />
on her health recovery<br />
journey and experts had<br />
Youth advocates sought for roles<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
youth whoare<br />
passionate abouttheir<br />
community and who<br />
wanttomakea<br />
difference in the lives of<br />
local young people are<br />
being encouragedto<br />
apply forthe 2020<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth<br />
Council (AYC).<br />
Applicationsare now<br />
openfor AYCuntil<br />
December 12 andlocal<br />
youth aged 12 to 24 are<br />
eligibletoput their<br />
nameforward.<br />
AYC is adedicated<br />
committeefor young<br />
peopletoempower and<br />
engagetheir peers<br />
throughactivities,<br />
events andadvocacy,<br />
and to assist the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Neil Brown<br />
Council in<br />
understanding young<br />
peoples’perspectives<br />
andneedsinthe<br />
decisionmaking<br />
process.<br />
‘‘TheYouth Council<br />
is agreat opportunity<br />
foryoung people to<br />
develop their leadership<br />
skillsand to work on<br />
issuesimportant to<br />
them and their peers,’’<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Mayor Neil<br />
Brown says.<br />
‘‘Being amemberof<br />
theYouth Council<br />
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leadershipand<br />
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opportunitiesthat can<br />
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encourage young<br />
people who want to play<br />
an active part in local<br />
decisionmakingand to<br />
developtheir skillsto<br />
puttheir name forward<br />
forthe 2020AYC.’’<br />
Current and previous<br />
terms of AYChave<br />
madesubmissionsto<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
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coordinated events<br />
suchasBite Nite, raised<br />
funds forlocal youth<br />
charities andraised<br />
awarenessofyouth<br />
services availabletothe<br />
community.<br />
Application formsfor<br />
AYC can be found<br />
onlineatashburtondc.<br />
govt.nz.<br />
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suggested at least three<br />
to five years for her<br />
nervous system, brain<br />
and immune system to<br />
heal.<br />
She still fights<br />
occasional infections,<br />
which put back her progress,<br />
but had had no<br />
seizures since returning<br />
home.<br />
‘‘The Cyprus trip<br />
helped me ‘get going<br />
again’ and I’m so grateful<br />
and humbled by the support<br />
Ireceived for it.<br />
‘‘For a long time I<br />
hardly left the house or<br />
spoke to people, but now<br />
Iamslowly doing more,<br />
and can walk around the<br />
block, which is fantastic.’’<br />
A major setback for<br />
Ms Tyrrell was arecent<br />
electrical fire that destroyed<br />
an expensive<br />
hyperbaric chamber that<br />
she uses at home for two<br />
hours every day.<br />
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Her treatment continues<br />
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detox modalities, ozone<br />
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‘‘I am abattler and I<br />
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and Iwill continue to<br />
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Interest sought<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> council is<br />
seeking two representatives<br />
to join the Plains<br />
Museum Trust.<br />
Expressions of interest<br />
are sought for the role<br />
Your LocalVoice<br />
I’m available to meet with<br />
constituents onMondays and<br />
Fridays, and anyday that Parliament<br />
isn’t sitting. Contact my office in<br />
Timaru or <strong>Ashburton</strong> tomake an<br />
appointment to meet orspeak with<br />
me. Ialso hold constituency clinics in<br />
other towns across the region.<br />
Andrew Falloon<br />
MP for Rangitata<br />
Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />
139 Stafford St, Timaru.<br />
Fisherman’s Friends<br />
Based on atrue story.<br />
bookings ph307 1230<br />
www.regentcinema.co.nz<br />
because of two resignations.<br />
The trust is responsible<br />
for developing the Plains<br />
Museum at Tinwald as a<br />
visitor attraction.<br />
Timaru Office <strong>Ashburton</strong> Office<br />
139Stafford Street, 81 Harrison Street,<br />
Timaru<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
03 6831386<br />
03 3087510<br />
andrewfalloonforrangitata<br />
rangitatamp@parliament. .govt.nz<br />
Reviewed byRowena Hart<br />
Hereisanother cracker of aBritish Movie.<br />
If youenjoyed‘Swimming With Men’ and‘Sunshine<br />
On Leith’you will enjoythis.<br />
It’s a gentle, sweet-natured comedy that has<br />
warmth and acertain Xfactor.<br />
Andofcourse fantastic music!<br />
We meet agroup of Cornish fishermen in Port<br />
Issac, that started singing together while they<br />
were hauling in the lobsters.Atalentscout spotted<br />
them in the nineties and recorded an album that<br />
was a huge success. Their songs are authentic<br />
sea shanties and the guys are all ages and real<br />
characters. The leader of the group is Jim agood<br />
looking guy whose family have lived and worked in<br />
this stunning little village forgenerations.<br />
Jim wasplayedbyJames Purefoywho first became<br />
famous to worldwide audiences after playing the<br />
role of Mark Antonyinthe TV series Rome.<br />
Every one of the actors played akey part inthe<br />
success of this movie.<br />
The others leaving the theatre yesterday couldn’t<br />
stop giggling and humming the tunes! Wonderful<br />
entertainment!<br />
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All hail the unwelcome weather<br />
The last thing Mid Canterbury<br />
farmers, orchardists,<br />
berry growers (and<br />
home gardeners) needed<br />
in this unruly spring was a<br />
thunderous belt of hail<br />
stripping crops.<br />
But it came nevertheless,<br />
cutting apath from<br />
Timaru up through<br />
coastal Mid Canterbury.<br />
And it damaged countless<br />
cars, justasitdid in a<br />
<strong>November</strong> nearly adecade<br />
ago when hail<br />
punched dents into cars<br />
<strong>Courier</strong> comment<br />
all over <strong>Ashburton</strong>, causing<br />
so much damage that<br />
specialist hail repairers<br />
came to town for months.<br />
Oldtime farmers cropping<br />
reckoned if you got<br />
three out of five you were<br />
doing well, but that will<br />
be cold comfort for farmers<br />
whose crops were<br />
damaged or ruined.<br />
Farming can be cruel.<br />
A home gardener, no<br />
less invested in his property,<br />
if not so financially<br />
involved, told of his<br />
heartbreak at seeing his<br />
hard work laid bare.<br />
He willsimply clean up<br />
and replant, but it is not<br />
so easy of the farm,where<br />
contracts are signed and<br />
crops are supposed to be<br />
ready at acertain point.<br />
We think, too, of the<br />
car dealers and the<br />
Songs, haka for Christmas<br />
NetherbySchool<br />
children, led in songby<br />
teacher MelOakleyand<br />
in the hakabypupil<br />
Kumai Ross, had the<br />
honour of lighting the<br />
indoor Christmas tree at<br />
the EA Networks Centre<br />
on Monday.The pupils<br />
performed several songs,<br />
includingWeWish You<br />
AMerry Christmas,and<br />
thenperformed a<br />
stirringhaka. Pupils also<br />
triedonmayor Neil<br />
Brown’s mayoral chains.<br />
Photos: Top, Kumai<br />
Rossleads the hakaand,<br />
right, Anneliese Touli<br />
triesonthe mayoral<br />
chains<br />
individual owners whose<br />
vehicles were damaged.<br />
They, at least, had the<br />
luxury of beingable to get<br />
cars under cover you<br />
can’t shirt a paddock,<br />
only hope the hail, which<br />
tends to do its damage in<br />
strips, will miss your<br />
place.<br />
Spring weather in Canterbury<br />
is nothing if not<br />
changeable, and it has<br />
always been so.<br />
<strong>November</strong>, too, isthe<br />
prime month for such<br />
storms and damage.<br />
So you plant your crops<br />
and take your chances.<br />
The weather, good or<br />
bad, does the rest.<br />
Spring is almost at an<br />
end.<br />
A kind summer, with<br />
spells of gentle rain, is<br />
sought.<br />
John Keast<br />
Column<br />
Seven<br />
The sign, before it was<br />
stuck to the rear of a<br />
container said: Caution. 9’<br />
6’’ High. But the person<br />
who put the sign on the<br />
container forgot about its<br />
steel ribs,sowhen the sign<br />
was stuck onand around<br />
the ribs, some of the<br />
letters, to a following<br />
driver, were obscured.<br />
What they saw was: Ctn.9’<br />
6’’igh. Anyway, we are<br />
sure the driver knew he<br />
was hauling something<br />
very high and to beware of<br />
any low bridges.<br />
❑❑❑<br />
It takes abit to stop a<br />
meeting of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
council in its tracks, but<br />
the hail last Wednesday<br />
did. First, retired farmer<br />
Stuart Wilson interrupted<br />
proceedings to say bad<br />
news was on the way, and<br />
produced aphoto of golf<br />
ballsized hail sent from<br />
Hinds, his old stamping<br />
ground. Then mayor Neil<br />
Brown who was facing<br />
south said he had seen<br />
the black clouds and<br />
then the hail struck with<br />
such force that it became<br />
almost impossible to hear<br />
anyone talk. Mr Brown,<br />
widely, suggested an interval<br />
until the storm passed,<br />
at which point everyone<br />
grabbed mobile phones to<br />
record the damage. Later<br />
Mr Brown said there<br />
would be damage, but he<br />
hoped it would not be too<br />
bad. Council staff were<br />
seen hurrying out to put<br />
cars under cover.<br />
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Page 8, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
New <strong>Ashburton</strong> sleigh to make its presence felt<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Santa Claus<br />
has anew sleigh and it’s<br />
the ‘‘Rolls Royce of<br />
sleighs’’.<br />
It’s been made by <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />
Sandy Johns,<br />
sponsored by Ray White<br />
Real Estate, and will<br />
make its inaugural<br />
appearance in the annual<br />
Hyundai Mid Canterbury<br />
Santa Parade in downtown<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Saturday.<br />
Santa, and his team of<br />
elves and fairies, will be<br />
joined by a variety of<br />
festive, and famous, characters<br />
as well as scores of<br />
people from within Mid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Primary school children,<br />
preschoolers,<br />
church groups, emergency<br />
service personnel<br />
and cultural groups are<br />
among those taking part<br />
alongside the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Silver Band who will be<br />
belting out festive tunes<br />
along the parade route.<br />
Paradeorganiser Carol<br />
Johns said the new sleigh<br />
was the ‘‘Rolls Royce of<br />
sleighs’’ for aparade that<br />
‘‘just keeps getting bigger<br />
and bigger’’.<br />
Many of last year’s<br />
floats are returning but<br />
there are a number of<br />
new floats including a<br />
team from Redmonds<br />
Carpet Court, volunteers<br />
from the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire<br />
Museum and businesses<br />
from <strong>Ashburton</strong> Arcade.<br />
Also to take part will<br />
be a mix of popular<br />
children’s characters<br />
such as Bananas in Pyjamas,<br />
Transformers,<br />
Smurfs, Shrek and Big<br />
Bird as wellasChristmas<br />
crackers, parcels and<br />
trees.<br />
Mrs Johns said this<br />
year clowns would hand<br />
out hundreds ofbags of<br />
lollies and mini bags of<br />
chips to children along<br />
the route.<br />
Many volunteers had<br />
already offered to dress<br />
in some of the scores of<br />
costumes available for<br />
use during the day, but<br />
there was always room<br />
for more.<br />
If anyone else wanted<br />
to dressup in one of<br />
around 50 costumes<br />
available, Mrs Johns said<br />
they were more than welcome<br />
to take part and<br />
could turn up at Mona<br />
Squareat11.30am on the<br />
day.<br />
The parade starts at<br />
Mona Square and goes<br />
via Kermode Street to<br />
East Street before heading<br />
toward the town clock<br />
in Baring Square East.<br />
It does aloop of the<br />
square before heading<br />
back down East Street<br />
and back to Mona<br />
Square.<br />
It officially starts at<br />
12.30pm but clowns will<br />
be handing out the goodies<br />
to people along the<br />
parade route from<br />
12.15pm, so get along<br />
nice and early.<br />
Photo: Carol Johns<br />
and Mel Perriton inthe<br />
new sleigh, still in its<br />
container.<br />
Zonta backs antiviolence<br />
Zonta Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
member Elizabeth Stuckey<br />
(left) and fellow<br />
members Maree O’Neill<br />
and Debbie McCaw with<br />
their ‘‘orange lady’’ in the<br />
window at Heartland<br />
Bank in downtown <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Heartland Bank and<br />
other <strong>Ashburton</strong> businesses<br />
are supporting the<br />
annual ‘‘Zonta Says No’’<br />
campaign by having<br />
orange displays set up in<br />
their windows.<br />
It’s in support of<br />
Zonta’s global antiviolence<br />
against women<br />
campaign.<br />
The campaign, which<br />
runs annually from<br />
<strong>November</strong> 25 until<br />
December 10, has seen<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> clock<br />
tower lit up with orange<br />
lights and continues with<br />
Zonta members at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council’s<br />
‘Light the Nights’<br />
event at Baring Square<br />
East tomorrow.<br />
They will have<br />
resources, and messages<br />
from survivors, to help<br />
inspire people to end violence<br />
against women and<br />
girls living in the community,<br />
and beyond.<br />
2229751
Wordsmith Isabel<br />
wins poetry prize<br />
Eleven year old Isabel<br />
Wang, of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Borough School, has won<br />
a national poetry competition,<br />
supporting animal<br />
welfare and the work<br />
of the SPCA.<br />
Isabel, already abudding<br />
singer/songwriter,<br />
can now add SPCA<br />
national poetry winner to<br />
her growing list of art<br />
accomplishments. She<br />
also plays piano/keyboard<br />
and is a good<br />
artist.<br />
Her poem was one of<br />
many created by pupils in<br />
the Year 6class but the<br />
only one to be written in<br />
shape form and written to<br />
create the letters SPCA.<br />
Isabel wrote the poem<br />
and worked it into its<br />
shape at the same time.<br />
Year 6 teacher Fiona<br />
Shaw, who has rescue dog<br />
Floyd with her in the<br />
classroom, encouraged<br />
the pupils to enter the<br />
SPCA writing competition.<br />
But creating a shape<br />
poem was done at Isobel’s<br />
own accord.<br />
She credited Isabel as a<br />
selfmotivated pupil who<br />
put the time and effort<br />
into her work, which paid<br />
dividends.<br />
Isabel’s poem has gone<br />
on to win first place in the<br />
national junior section<br />
and saw the judges praise<br />
her creativity and ability<br />
to highlight the importance<br />
of being a responsible<br />
animal guardian.<br />
While the unknown<br />
prize was yet to arrive, for<br />
Isabel it’s not about the<br />
rewards, it’s the enjoyment<br />
she gets from creating<br />
the pieces, including<br />
those she has added to<br />
music.<br />
Not only will Isabel<br />
compete in the school’s<br />
annual Todd Cup competition<br />
tonight (Nov <strong>28</strong>),<br />
with the song ‘Journey to<br />
the Past, from the movie<br />
Anastasia, but she will<br />
perform an original song,<br />
which she wrote and composed,<br />
called S.I.N.G<br />
Isabel said the popish<br />
song is about music,<br />
instruments and performing.<br />
And how anyone<br />
could perform music and<br />
use it to express themselves.<br />
It was Isabel’s passion<br />
project and created during<br />
the class Term 3unit<br />
‘how we express ourselves’.<br />
Help the SPCA<br />
by Isabel Wang,<br />
1st Place Junior Winner<br />
of the Kind Matters<br />
<strong>2019</strong> Writing Competition<br />
Ruff ruff! Adog’s life is<br />
tough.<br />
Running around and<br />
peeing on stuff!<br />
Iwill learn how to sit,<br />
jump, and stand,<br />
I can even shake your<br />
hand!<br />
Iwant to eat,<br />
Iwant some bones and a<br />
treat.<br />
I am using my puppy<br />
eyes, you can’t resist<br />
Iwant food and toys, I<br />
have awhole list!<br />
But some of us are alone<br />
Amerry little market<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event<br />
Centre will host its<br />
annual Merry Little<br />
Christmas Market on<br />
December 1.<br />
The sixth annual<br />
indoor market runs<br />
from 11.30am until 4pm<br />
and will include more<br />
than 65 stalls.<br />
Stalls will be set up in<br />
all areas of the venue<br />
and include a number<br />
with afestive theme.<br />
There are a mix of<br />
returning stallholders<br />
and new stalls lined up<br />
this year, said market<br />
and sad,<br />
So please treat us good<br />
and not bad.<br />
Meow meow, Iplay with<br />
my string,<br />
it is my everything<br />
Idon’t need you to look<br />
after me,<br />
you’re just ahuman, I’m<br />
gorgeous as can be.<br />
If you don’t care for me,<br />
then Iwill face my fear,<br />
Icould lose sight or even<br />
an ear!<br />
I love to climb trees,<br />
don’t let me fall,<br />
these trees are so high<br />
and extremely tall.<br />
We will let you even pet<br />
our fur,<br />
and we will thank you as<br />
we purr!<br />
Bla bla, Iamahuman.<br />
we can help, we all day,<br />
you can write apoem,<br />
that is away,<br />
do it for the SPCA.<br />
Caw caw, I’m abird,<br />
we need help, haven’t<br />
you heard?<br />
We fly in the sky, but not<br />
for long,<br />
something is happening,<br />
something is wrong.<br />
We are slowly dying,<br />
we’re getting extinct,<br />
our population has sinked.<br />
Photo: Eleven year old<br />
Isabel Wang, with rescue<br />
dog Floyd, and her shape<br />
poem for the SPCA.<br />
coordinator Casey Rose.<br />
The event was agreat<br />
opportunity to get avariety<br />
of Christmas presents<br />
under one roof.<br />
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donation and you will<br />
receive aglass of bubbles<br />
or juice.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
DEATHS<br />
KENNY, Graeme Reginald<br />
(Snow): On Tuesday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 19, <strong>2019</strong>, at the<br />
ICU, Christchurch Public<br />
Hospital. Dearly loved<br />
eldest son of the late Keith<br />
and Marjorie Kenny of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Much loved<br />
brother and brother-in-law<br />
of Jocelyn and Graeme<br />
Wilson, Allison and the<br />
late David Fleming, Julie<br />
and Ian Hood, Alister and<br />
Sheryl Kenny and Phil and<br />
Sue Kenny; and a loved<br />
uncle of his nephews and<br />
nieces.<br />
PERRY, Andrew: (Andy):<br />
Suddenly at home in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Thursday<br />
<strong>November</strong> 21, <strong>2019</strong>. Dearly<br />
loved son of the late Jack<br />
and Thora. Much loved<br />
brother of Jonathan and<br />
Raewyn, Daniel, Oliver,<br />
Keren and Greg Earp.<br />
Loved uncle of his niece<br />
and nephews. Andy was<br />
fun loving, good natured<br />
and a generous brother<br />
and uncle. Messages for<br />
Andrew’s family may be<br />
left onhis tribute page at<br />
www.eagars.co.nz/andrew<br />
Afuneral service for Andy<br />
has been held.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
WATERS, Noel David:<br />
On <strong>November</strong> 26, <strong>2019</strong> at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 90 years.<br />
Loved son of the late Bill<br />
and Rita Waters. Loved<br />
brother of the late George,<br />
RNZAF 31st Squadron, and<br />
the late Gwen Simpson.<br />
Much loved father and<br />
father in law ofMark and<br />
Colleen (Christchurch) and<br />
Grandad to Kristin, Bryce<br />
and Amelia. Messages to<br />
the Waters family C/- PO<br />
Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />
At Noel’s request aprivate<br />
cremation has been held.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
FamilyNotices<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
BAUGHAN, John William,<br />
“Jack”. 1929 – <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Lorraine, Jo-Anne, Tiarna,<br />
Michael, Nathan, Connor,<br />
Barry, Jan-Maree, Nicholas<br />
and Chloe along with<br />
extended families and<br />
friends wish to extend<br />
warmest thanks for<br />
the love, support and<br />
neighbourliness shown<br />
to us by so many during<br />
Jack’s illness and recent<br />
death. The phone calls,<br />
visits, cards, flowers, food;<br />
professional assistance<br />
from Barry Hayman and<br />
staff of Paterson’s Funeral<br />
Services and celebrant, Lois<br />
Ranson and many others<br />
areverymuch appreciated.<br />
And, to all who attended<br />
Jack’s funeral tocelebrate<br />
his life, our sincere thanks;<br />
so many friends and family<br />
who fellowshipped for<br />
his final journey. Special<br />
thanks go also to Patricia<br />
McLaren and family for<br />
loving care, catering and<br />
for the beautiful floral<br />
casket arrangement. Jack<br />
alwayslovedthe spring and<br />
daffodils.<br />
Special thanks are also<br />
extended to Doctor Shane<br />
Lues and the nurses and<br />
staff at Tinwald Medical<br />
Centre, Sue Prowse and<br />
management and nursing<br />
team of Rosebank Rest<br />
Home, Hospice Mid<br />
Canterbury, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
St John, Hinds Women’s<br />
Institute, Hinds church<br />
family, <strong>Ashburton</strong> Creative<br />
Fibre and many other<br />
organisations.<br />
Please accept this as a<br />
personal acknowledgement<br />
for all your help and<br />
support.<br />
MARSDEN, Brian David:<br />
Anne, Stephanie and Fiona<br />
wish to express their sincere<br />
thanks to all those who<br />
attended the celebration<br />
of Brian’s life atStDavid’s,<br />
and to acknowledge the<br />
kindness and messages of<br />
supportthey have received.<br />
Supporting the community<br />
96 Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 307 8317<br />
Family Notices<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
MORGAN,Paul Andrew<br />
Laurence<br />
18/05/1979 -29/10/<strong>2019</strong><br />
Paul’s family would like<br />
to thank all the extended<br />
family members and friends<br />
of Paul and ourselves who<br />
joined us in celebrating<br />
Paul’s short meaningful<br />
life. Thank you, too, to<br />
those who brought food,<br />
flowers andtheir time as we<br />
struggled to cope in those<br />
first few days. Thank you to<br />
those who sent cards and<br />
shared memories of Paul<br />
as well. Weare so thankful<br />
to know how much Paul<br />
meant tosomany people.<br />
Thank you toStJohn and<br />
the Police for their kind,<br />
professional assistance.<br />
Birth notices listed by<br />
parents will continue<br />
to be free in the Family<br />
Notices column.<br />
The initial death notice<br />
lodged by a funeral<br />
director will be listed<br />
without charge. There<br />
will be asmall charge<br />
of $15 for subsequent<br />
notices related to the<br />
same death, up to a<br />
maximum of 35 words<br />
and on aper-line basis<br />
after that.<br />
The same low<br />
charges apply to<br />
other family notices,<br />
such as engagements,<br />
acknowledgments, in<br />
memoriam notices and<br />
anniversaries.<br />
Inquiries phone Jann or Leonie on 308 7664<br />
or call into199 Burnett Street.<br />
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MCRE<br />
Christian school set<br />
to become secondary<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian<br />
School is set to become a<br />
fully combined primary<br />
and secondary school and<br />
expects notification in the<br />
next few weeks on when it<br />
can begin extending its<br />
education programme to<br />
students in Years 1113.<br />
The school has a<br />
capped and capacity roll<br />
of 120 and offers a<br />
Christianbased<br />
education from Year 1<br />
through to Year 10.<br />
Principal Tim Kuipers<br />
said the school would<br />
know soon when it could<br />
move forward with its<br />
plans, and the changes<br />
would start no later than<br />
2023.<br />
He said if 2023 was<br />
given the green light, it<br />
would mean current Year<br />
7pupils would be able to<br />
stay on at the school for<br />
Year 11 onwards.<br />
It was also likely that<br />
the Year 11 roll out<br />
would include Year 12 at<br />
the same time, while<br />
Year 13 would start the<br />
following year.<br />
Mr Kuipers said it was<br />
anticipated that the<br />
school roll would be<br />
capped at 250 pupils in<br />
2020 and at 345 when the<br />
extra years were<br />
introduced.<br />
He said if things<br />
happened earlier than<br />
2023, more current<br />
students could continue<br />
at the school, whereas a<br />
delay until 2023 would<br />
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There has been steady<br />
growth over the years,<br />
before numbers levelled<br />
out to 90 for three years<br />
and then jumped again to<br />
the current capped levels.<br />
Mr Kuipers said it was<br />
an exciting time ahead for<br />
the school and he was<br />
motivated by the<br />
philosophy of education<br />
the school offered.<br />
The school’s<br />
‘‘personalised learning’’<br />
programme allowed for<br />
the ‘‘rich delivery’’ of the<br />
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Acompulsory subject,<br />
with optional assessment,<br />
going forward for pupils<br />
from Year 7and above is<br />
called World Studies and<br />
will see students and staff<br />
explore and debate a<br />
range of topics suggested<br />
by both sides.<br />
Atopic already<br />
debated by older students<br />
is transgenderism. Other<br />
suggested topics include<br />
leadership, the place of<br />
pain, music, euthanasia,<br />
race, socialism and<br />
slavery.<br />
Exploration of those<br />
type of topics would<br />
inevitably branch out into<br />
NCEA subjects, where<br />
they could be explored<br />
further and in context,<br />
said Mr Kuipers.<br />
Teachers would be<br />
upskilled to deliver the<br />
World Studies<br />
component of the<br />
programme, he said.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian<br />
School has nine teachers<br />
and future school<br />
expansion will need more<br />
staff to fill roles such as<br />
head of secondary school,<br />
head of middle school<br />
and specialist roles.<br />
The school has<br />
purchased 1.3ha of<br />
adjacent land, and<br />
buildings for future Year<br />
13 pupils will be located<br />
there from next year. The<br />
extra land will also mean<br />
the expansion and<br />
reconfiguration of sports<br />
areas at the school.<br />
Photo: <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Christian School<br />
principal Tim Kuipers.<br />
Festive fare on<br />
at Tinwald Hall<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s longrunning<br />
community<br />
Christmas lunch will be<br />
held in the Tinwald<br />
Memorial Hall at<br />
12.30pm on Christmas<br />
Day.<br />
Organiser Ann Allott<br />
said longtime supporter<br />
Dan Lysaght, of All Fed<br />
Up, would lead the<br />
catering team once<br />
again.<br />
A number of volunteers<br />
from previous<br />
years and newcomers<br />
had already put their<br />
hands up to help and<br />
more volunteers were<br />
welcome.<br />
Nobody should beon<br />
their own at Christmas<br />
and anyone was welcome<br />
to attend, Mrs<br />
Allott said.<br />
The lunch usually<br />
feeds around 150 people<br />
and those attending are<br />
asked to register through<br />
Community House or<br />
Presbyterian Support.<br />
A registration form<br />
appeared in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
<strong>Courier</strong> last week<br />
(<strong>November</strong> 21) and<br />
another will appear on<br />
December 5. Transport<br />
to the free lunch is also<br />
available. Questions to<br />
Ann Allott on 308 0333.<br />
Complete<br />
Local Care<br />
Since 1982
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Health scrap, then business<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> business woman Robyn<br />
Wall has spent the past few years<br />
battling personal health issues.<br />
They have included breast cancer,<br />
resulting in adouble mastectomy,<br />
breast reconstruction and<br />
lung surgery.<br />
Rather than being stopped in her<br />
tracks, Robyn, and husband Dave,<br />
have changed their lifestyles<br />
becoming rural dwellers and business<br />
owners.<br />
They bought alifestyle block and<br />
set up their business Soul Pods,<br />
which uses heated Epsom salt bath<br />
pods.<br />
The pods, specifically made for<br />
purpose, are designed to help other<br />
people among other things relax.<br />
The lifestyle change started when<br />
Robyn found a lump in her left<br />
breast.<br />
It was cancer and lead to her<br />
having her breast removed in 2014.<br />
Six months of chemotherapy<br />
followed.<br />
It was then the couple, with<br />
children, Riley, now 12 and Isobel,<br />
11, decided to set up ‘the good life’<br />
and move from suburban <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
to the rural outskirts for a<br />
quieter lifestyle.<br />
On their lifestyle block just east<br />
of town, they have two highland<br />
cattle, aspeckled park cow, kune<br />
kune pigs, sheep and chickens, not<br />
to mention the domestic cats and<br />
dogs.<br />
“It’s alot of work! It’s awesome,<br />
Ilove it,” she says.<br />
Robyn’s cancer turned out to be<br />
the quite aggressive, triple zero<br />
negative breast cancer so she<br />
elected to have her second breast<br />
removed in 2015.<br />
The following year she had her<br />
fallopian tubes and ovaries also<br />
removed as it had metastasized<br />
(moved to another area).<br />
Then in September, just two<br />
weeks before opening the business<br />
Robyn Wall beside one of two<br />
floating pods brought to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> for the health<br />
benefits and enjoyment of<br />
others<br />
Robyn was again at the doctor, this<br />
time with alump in her throat.<br />
It turned out to be a growth<br />
larger than agolf ball which was<br />
pressing on her aorta (vein).<br />
It too had to be removed as it<br />
would only continue to grow and<br />
prove fatal by cutting off blood<br />
flow.<br />
Then six weeks ago she had lung<br />
surgery to remove alump from her<br />
lung; thankfully it was benign.<br />
When Robyn and Dave looked at<br />
setting up the business, Robyn, 42,<br />
had been using the treatment in<br />
Christchurch and, after her own<br />
research into the business side,<br />
thought it would be beneficial to<br />
others in Mid Canterbury.<br />
The pods have been in New<br />
Zealand since the early 1980s.<br />
“I just wanted to bring it to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> for the enjoyment of<br />
others,” she says.<br />
She made contact this year with<br />
German manufacturer, Andre Ruschmeyer,<br />
who only makes two or<br />
three a year, and got the ‘egg<br />
rolling’, so to speak.<br />
The pods, like giant eggshaped<br />
baths complete with a lid, are<br />
heated to between 34.7 to 35.2<br />
degrees Celsius.<br />
They use 400 litres of locally<br />
sourced wellwater and 300<br />
kilograms of foodgrade Epsom<br />
salt.<br />
The bathing, done naked to<br />
increase water to skin contact, is<br />
designed to help muscle relaxation,<br />
relieve stress and reduce insomnia.<br />
People can choose to have the lid<br />
open or closed. There are lights<br />
inside the pod.<br />
It is acommon treatment used by<br />
athletes and been aproven solution<br />
for people who have had trouble<br />
sleeping.<br />
Robyn says one client, used to<br />
waking regularly during the night,<br />
was able to sleep for a straight<br />
13hours after bathing.<br />
“But every experience is different,”<br />
she says.<br />
During the one hour long bathing<br />
session people float in the<br />
water.<br />
Due to the nature of the salts,<br />
they are unable to sink.<br />
She says Epsom salt is naturally<br />
laden with magnesium, which the<br />
body needs, and during the one<br />
hour bathing session it absorbs into<br />
the body.<br />
“It’s based on the Dead Sea<br />
principle but in a controlled<br />
environment.”<br />
Robyn says there are people the<br />
treatment will not suit and the first<br />
session can be abit unnerving, but<br />
by the second session (around a<br />
month later) people know what to<br />
expect.<br />
Despite all her health concerns<br />
Robyn remains upbeat she has a<br />
supportive husband, family and<br />
friends, including Kylie and Cheri<br />
who help at Soul Pods.<br />
New minister starts<br />
in combined parish<br />
It’s been almost six years since Presbyterian<br />
churches in Hampstead and<br />
Tinwald have had afull time minister,<br />
but that has now changed.<br />
The Reverend Johanna Warren was<br />
welcomed into the role at a recent<br />
induction service.<br />
She will now take most of the<br />
services at St Paul’s in Oxford Street,<br />
Hampstead, on the first and third<br />
Sunday of the month, and also at St<br />
James in Tinwald, on the second and<br />
fourth Sunday.<br />
The two churches have now<br />
combined to form the newly named<br />
Hakatere Presbyterian Parish.<br />
Previous services at the churches<br />
were conducted by part time ministers<br />
and through pulpit supply, and overseen<br />
by an interim moderator.<br />
Rev Warren hails from Northland<br />
and replaces the last full time minister<br />
Luisa Fruean, who departed for Milton<br />
in early 2014.<br />
Rev Warren was aprimary school<br />
teacher for 11 years before deciding in<br />
her mid 30s to train for the church.<br />
After four years at the Knox Theological<br />
Hall in Dunedin, her first<br />
posting was in rural Canterbury.<br />
‘‘My family were not regular church<br />
goers when Iwas growing up, but I<br />
went to Sunday School and those days<br />
did have an impact on me.’’<br />
She said it would take time for the<br />
New Hakatere Presbyterian Parish<br />
minister Reverend Johanna<br />
Warren.<br />
new combined parish to evolve and she<br />
was relishing the new adventure.<br />
Rev Warren was at a church in<br />
Feilding before making the move south<br />
and has also been a minister in<br />
Marlborough.<br />
She took her first service at St James<br />
on Sunday.<br />
Fundraiser for toy library<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Toy Library is raising money<br />
to buy more new toys and has amovie<br />
fundraiser lined up on <strong>November</strong> 30.<br />
The movie Frozen 2will be screened<br />
at 3pm at the Regent Cinema,.<br />
Tickets are $20 each (children receive<br />
a free combo with their ticket) and<br />
children are encouraged to dress up as<br />
their favourite Frozencharacter and the<br />
best dressed will be in to win aprize.<br />
Tickets can be bought by messaging<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Toy Library on its Facebook<br />
page, by emailing to ashburtontoylibrary@gmail.com,<br />
or by visiting the toy<br />
library at 106 Victoria Street. (Thursday<br />
and Saturday 9.30am until 12.30pm).<br />
Letters to the editor<br />
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thank you<br />
On behalf of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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help and support you<br />
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Karen and property<br />
Brokers are ahuge support,<br />
and also for supplying<br />
bags, abig thank you.<br />
It is not only the cars<br />
and runners, but the after<br />
help of sorting food. 110<br />
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We apologise to any we<br />
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After 19 years of toot<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 40<br />
<strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Message From The Principal<br />
Advance<strong>Ashburton</strong>Donor’s Evening<br />
This evening it is my honour tobeone of the<br />
speakers at the Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong> Donors'<br />
Evening. They have invited me to speak about<br />
the future ofeducation and the requirements for<br />
all education systems globally to undertake major<br />
revision.<br />
In anutshell, our current model requires students<br />
to be given information and for them to then be<br />
able to process thatinformation or recall facts in an exam-type situation.<br />
Oureducation and business worlds have traditionally valued the retention<br />
of information. However, this has all changed with the sum of the world’s<br />
knowledge being freely available to all via the internet.<br />
In the future, students will be valued because of their creative problemsolving,abilitytoworkand<br />
communicate with others,and resiliency.<br />
Ourcurrent school system does not really foster these desirable attributes<br />
so, toequip our learners for the future, we need to change our system.<br />
Advance<strong>Ashburton</strong>has been very supportiveof<strong>Ashburton</strong>College and,<br />
in particular, their support ofstudents in the Kōhanga and those striving<br />
to get their learners’licences.<br />
My presenceatthis evening is asmall acknowledgementofthe valuable<br />
contribution thatthey have made to our College.<br />
Performing Arts Concert<br />
Tomorrow evening is the Performing Arts Concert, being held in the<br />
Auditorium from 7:00pm, to raise money for André van Rooyen. This<br />
charity event features many ofour famous Alumni and also some of our<br />
very talentedcurrent students. The Master of Ceremonies forthe evening<br />
is none other than our very own Ron Cresswell, who will also break into<br />
song himself. The goal forthe evening is to raise enough money to fund<br />
one month’s worth ofcancer treatment for André. We are fortunate to<br />
have Debbie on staff and we are hopeful that the whole community can<br />
supportthis venture.<br />
NCEAExams<br />
As our NCEA exams draw to aclose, on02December <strong>2019</strong>, Ithink it is<br />
important toacknowledge the good work of Nola Smitheram and her<br />
team. Nola has retired from <strong>Ashburton</strong> College but agreed to stay onas<br />
Exam Centre Manager to get us through this final, and very important,<br />
NCEA exam period. Onbehalf of the College and the students, many<br />
thanks.<br />
Phoenix RisingTop of the South Tour<br />
Next week we have our Phoenix Rising Chorus heading away forfive days,<br />
principally to Nelson. This is abiennial eventand involves our Year 9and<br />
10 choristers and their choral leaders undertaking workshops and giving<br />
performances in the Nelson region. This is ahuge logistical undertaking<br />
and certainly raises the performance levels of the students involved.<br />
My thanks gotoAngie Cresswell, Carolyn Clough and Ron Cresswell for<br />
organising and accompanying this trip. A special acknowledgement to<br />
Leen Braam who has volunteered to be the bus driver on this year’s trip.<br />
Many thanks.<br />
Ross Preece<br />
Principal<br />
Information<br />
Concertfor Andrévan Rooyen<br />
This event, to raise further funds for André’s life-extending cancer<br />
treatment, has a stellar line-up of performers ready to treat the<br />
audiencetoagreatevening’s entertainment.<br />
Performances<br />
from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College current<br />
and past students<br />
to entertain you!<br />
Information<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Basketball<br />
Submissions of Interest –Coach Positionsfor 2020<br />
•SeniorGirls’Team•JuniorBoys’Team •Junior Girls’Team<br />
Applicationsare nowopenfor submissions of interest<br />
in positionsofCoaches forthe above teams<br />
forthe 2020 Basketballseason.<br />
Guidelines of responsibility: weekly competitions playedinChristchurch<br />
(May-August) and attend respectiveSouth Island Tournaments<br />
(01-06 September2020).<br />
Forfurther details/submissionsofinterest pleasecontact:<br />
Andrew Shepherd–sd@ashcoll.school.nz<br />
Submissions of interest close Friday06December <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Reminder:<strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />
Phoenix Magazine <strong>2019</strong> –<br />
Final Orders/Paymentupto<br />
Friday13December<br />
This annual productionisawonderful record of each year at College,<br />
and becomesamoreimportantrecordofmemoriesthe longer<br />
students and staff areawayfrom<strong>Ashburton</strong> College.<br />
Remember:<br />
This will be published at the end of February<br />
2020.<br />
Payment for Magazine -$25 percopy<br />
Allfamilies have now<br />
received an updatedaccountthatwill<br />
includethe charge forthe Magazine.<br />
Secure your Order<br />
Ordershave been coming in quite well but we<br />
do remindyou that, to secure your copy of the<br />
Phoenix Magazine, payment will be required<br />
by Friday13December<br />
Obtaining your Magazine Copy<br />
These will be delivered tostudents in-College atthe end of February.<br />
Forstudents who have left–families will be notified thatthe Magazinecan<br />
be collectedfromthe CollegeOffice.<br />
Where this isn’t possible we will make arrangements to ensure you receive<br />
the copy.<br />
Order aChristmas Magazine Voucher<br />
We will also have vouchersavailable forpurchase.<br />
This would be an ideal gift forgrandparentsorother family members,<br />
whocan then have acopydelivered onceitispublished.<br />
Events<br />
To order: Please contactAnne in theCollege Office -<br />
sn@ashcoll.school.nz or 308 4193, ext881.<br />
United States MicrosoftMentors Supporting<br />
AshColl Students to CompleteDigital Project<br />
Anthony Gola, Zane Cameron, Jordan Green and Tayla Wikitera have<br />
beenselectedtocompleteaprojectwith guidancefrommentors whowork<br />
for Microsoft, and live inthe United States, headed up by Beatris Mendez<br />
from the NuevoFoundation.<br />
The Foundation offers coding workshops that provide hands-on<br />
opportunities for students to learn real-world problem-solving skills using<br />
coding,hardwareand their ownimagination.<br />
(Pictured above, left toright): Our team of Anthony Gola, Zane Cameron,<br />
Jordan Green and Tayla Wikitera in one of the Video Conference meetings<br />
thatoccur fortnightly throughout the project.<br />
This opportunity has come from our College's membership of NetNZ, in<br />
collaboration with Renea Mackie and her Wellington business, Creative<br />
Forest. College’s Anne Williams, whose role is Reading Teacher/Teacher<br />
Librarian/eDean, NetNZ/eLearning Hakatere Kahui CoL, said thatRenea has<br />
been supporting these students in aproject-based learning environment<br />
over the past year.<br />
TheCollege team is working on an improved version of the Mihi Paisystem<br />
that iscurrently used to reward our students for behaviour that supports<br />
the AshColl Values.The students have had to pitch ideas,carry out research,<br />
assign roles, create and discuss ideas and document their progress on a<br />
shared drive. They are working with arange of online tools to complete<br />
communication plans, develop marketing strategies and videos, create<br />
graphics and logos,designdatabases,create awebsiteand an app.<br />
Events<br />
Year 13 Peer SupportMentors’Morning Tea<br />
The Student Learning Support Unit students invited the Year 13 Peer<br />
Support Mentors to aspecial morning tea intheir honour, on29<br />
October, to say‘thank you’ forall thetime spentwith theminthe Unit.<br />
Teacher-in-Charge Cheryl Hardy said that these outstanding students<br />
willingly gave astudy period per week to assist the students with their<br />
learning programmes and social skills. Their contribution was invaluable<br />
and the students and staff truly appreciate all their energy and commitment.<br />
<strong>2019</strong> SLSU Peer Support Mentors have been: Jacklynn Afu,<br />
Sophie Bell, Alisha Broker, Chloe Buchanan, Shane Crawford, Sarah DuToit,<br />
Charlie Goulter,Josh Jones,Jacob Kilworth, Maisie Looij,Romina Malabuyoc,<br />
Jared Mattson, Ella McQuillan, Maigen O'Neill,Lupepe Saofai, Harriet Stock,<br />
KauriTeMoananuiGamble,WilliamWallis and Altha Zamora.<br />
(Pictured right, leftand right):<br />
DannyGlanville and Sophie Bell.<br />
Congratulations<br />
(Pictured left, lefttoright):<br />
Jacob Kilworth,<br />
SarahduToit and<br />
Hayden Miller shareajoke.<br />
Foundation Shield Cricket -College Girls’Teams<br />
Seventeams contested this competition on 30 and 31 October, played<br />
at ‘the home of cricket’, HagleyPark,Christchurch.<br />
Coaches Andrew Tindall and Jeff Shanks said the girlsplayedsome fantastic<br />
cricket and had alot of fun over the two days, with <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 2<br />
placing second and <strong>Ashburton</strong>College 1placing fourth.<br />
They also said the teams were agreat group of girls totake away, and that<br />
they arekeen to do the same twoday tournamentagain next year.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>College 2<br />
team (back row,lefttoright):<br />
wasClaudia Thomas,<br />
Amelie Robertson,<br />
Molly Jones,MaddiLowry.<br />
(Front row, lefttoright):<br />
Brooke Cornish-Madden,<br />
Gemma Taylor,TCTrusler-Clark.<br />
(Absent from photo):<br />
Caendal Harris.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>College 1<br />
team wasmade up of (back<br />
row,lefttoright): Chinatsu Hunt,<br />
Riley Tindall,Mae Patterson,<br />
SarahWilson,Anna Gray.<br />
(Front row,lefttoright):<br />
RubyGray, Molly Milmine,<br />
Ella Shanks.<br />
Play was split into two pools of four and three teams respectively. Play on<br />
Wednesday 30October saw <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 1defeat Rangi Ruru Girls’<br />
and Ellesmere Colleges; while <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 2defeated StMargaret’s<br />
College and HillmortonHighSchool.<br />
On Thursday 31October St Margaret’s College Red defeated <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College 1, while <strong>Ashburton</strong>College had abye first up.<br />
Finals opposition: Runners-Up and4th Placings<br />
Finals play for 1v2saw StMargaret’s College defeat <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 2,<br />
leaving <strong>Ashburton</strong>College 2asrunners-up.<br />
Meanwhile in the 3v4play-off <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 1was defeated by<br />
St Margaret’s College Green, to finishin4th position.<br />
(Pictured above): Jubilation at achieving an opposition playerout.
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<strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Congratulations<br />
ExcellentWin to CollegeCricketers over<br />
Willows’Cricket Club XI<br />
TheWillows Cricket Club near Loburn was founded in 1994, based on<br />
the principle thatschoolfirst XI cricket teamsshould playagainst more<br />
experienced cricketers,hence the Club’s Objectives being:<br />
• Toencourage players in secondary<br />
school first elevens to play with and<br />
against experienced players, many<br />
of whom are present orpast firstclass<br />
cricketers.<br />
• To offer quality cricket to cricket<br />
lovers in the fine country<br />
atmospheregrounds,wherefamilies<br />
maycome to watch and picnic (pictured right).<br />
On Sunday 10<strong>November</strong> the Mid CanterburyYouth XI (<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
and Mt Hutt College combined) team travelled north forthe annual fixture<br />
against the <strong>2019</strong> Willows Cricket Club XI.<br />
Wintothe CombinedTeam<br />
Gaining awin over the more experienced players is always achallenge,<br />
although it can be achieved, asthis year’s team proved with their seven<br />
wicket win, 213/4 –101.<br />
Being the side’s first win of the summer season, it was areal confidence<br />
boost entering into this summer’s round of competition matches.<br />
It was reported that the Youth XI team looked in control from the start,<br />
fielding first. The<strong>Ashburton</strong>bowlersstartedstrongly,with TomMiddleton<br />
taking early wickets,and finishing with three to his name by the endofthe<br />
innings. Two younger Year 10 bowlers, Liam Fuller and WilJemmett, also<br />
performed well,auguring well forthe future.<br />
Youth XI Team members on the day were all from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College: Isaac Bazley, Devon Flannery, Liam Fuller, Angus Jemmett,<br />
Lachie Jemmett, Wil Jemmett, Ben Middleton, Tom Middleton (Captain),<br />
Millar Newlands,Jonty Small,LiamSullivan.<br />
Mt Hutt College players: The two Saturday team members, Will Copland<br />
and Angus Spittal,werenot playing in this fixture.<br />
Team Coach is Dean Harrison, although Dean wasn’t presentatthisfixture.<br />
TheWillows team wasdismissed forjust 72 runs,atarget the Youth XI team<br />
reached with just three wickets down, in little more than thirteen overs,<br />
with DevonFlannerytop run-scoring with 42 not out.<br />
Theday’s experiencewas enhanced by a<br />
visitand talk,inthe morning,fromJohn<br />
Wright and Richard Hadlee, two New<br />
Zealandcricketing legends.<br />
(Pictured right): <strong>Ashburton</strong>College’s<br />
TomMiddleton receives the trophyfor<br />
successfully beating the Willows team<br />
on Sunday.<br />
Photo supplied<br />
Presentation of AirPistolNobes Cupfrom<br />
NZ McMillan Tournament<br />
In June of this year four College students –SierraChambers,LauraCameron,<br />
Mia Chambers and Charlotte Clifford –joined the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pistol Club as<br />
junior shooters.<br />
Their purpose was tolearn how to shoot air pistols in order to compete in<br />
the annual inter-school nation-wide competition forthe McMillan Cup. The<br />
McMillan Cup competition operates specifically for junior shooters from<br />
secondaryschools throughout New Zealand.<br />
The four students had from June until late September to develop the<br />
necessary skills to forward ascore to enter into both the Senior (Sierra<br />
Chambers) and Intermediate competitions as individuals and, asinthe<br />
case of the three Intermediate shooters,teams of three whose scores would<br />
countfor both the Intermediate as well as the overall competition results.<br />
OutstandingResults –Intermediate Team<br />
Laura Cameron, Mia Chambers and Charlotte Clifford formed the<br />
Intermediate team of three.<br />
The combinedscores from the threeteammembers earnedthem -<br />
• 1st placeinthe Intermediate competition, winning them the Nobes Cup.<br />
• 6th placeinthe overall competition, from fifteen competing teams.<br />
In the eleven years of competing in this competition <strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
teams have onlywon the McMillan Trophyontwo other occasions,and both<br />
via their senior team.<br />
To make this win more epic, this is the first time an Intermediate team has<br />
won this section, as novices, and the first time it has come to the South<br />
Isalnd.<br />
This is an exceptional effort bythe team members who all scored personal<br />
best scores in the qualifying shoot.<br />
All four students have performed extremely well, without exception, to<br />
attain the level of skill they have achieved in such ashorttime.<br />
(Pictured left, lefttoright):<br />
Coach Trevor Ward,<br />
CharlotteClifford,<br />
LauraCameron,<br />
MiaChambers and<br />
DerekBarrett Coach; afterbeing<br />
presentedwith the trophyon<br />
Monday18<strong>November</strong>.<br />
National Netball DevelopmentCamp Selectionfor MiaPearson<br />
Netball New Zealand has advised that their Emerging Talent selectors<br />
will be out inforce at next year’s National Development Camp as they<br />
continue to profile the country’snextgeneration of netballers.<br />
Fifty athletes from across each of the five<br />
Netball Zones have been invited to attend the<br />
development camp in Auckland from 16-19<br />
January, where they will gain guidance from five<br />
former Silver Ferns.<br />
Selection into the camp was based on<br />
identification, observation and tracking from the<br />
selectors through various national and regional<br />
age-group tournaments, along with feedback<br />
from Zone Performancestaff.<br />
MiaPearson’s defensiveplaywas an integralpart<br />
of the very successful, Kaye Kennedy-coached<br />
College A Netball team which qualified this<br />
year for the prestigious New Zealand Secondary<br />
Schools’Championships. Wewish her well forthe<br />
opportunities and growth this camp can provide.<br />
College Volleyball -1st and 2nd Placings<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College had four teams, Boys’ and Girls’ Aand B, at the<br />
Aoraki Secondary Schools’JuniorVolleyball Championships held atThe<br />
Southern Trusts EventCentreinTimaru on Wednesday 13 <strong>November</strong>. A<br />
total of six boys’and twelvegirls’teams contested the event.<br />
Results –all College Teamsplaced 1st or 2nd<br />
•1st placings –gainedbyboth theCollege Boys’Aand Girls’Ateams.<br />
•2nd placings –gainedbyboth the CollegeBoys’BandGirls’Bteams.<br />
Teacher-in-Charge Hiromi Horsleysaidthe players showedgoodteamwork<br />
and supportedeachother well. With all players playing well,some notable<br />
playalsocame from MistyMafiti, Denise Jerao, and RonSildo servedwell<br />
to gain manypoints; while Iolama Iolama, Boaz Drye and Tiffany Agacer<br />
scored highly from anumberofstrong spikes.<br />
Coaches<br />
Senior students Ninah Teves, Samantha Jerao, Zoila Suyat,<br />
Sinifoni Hala, Sam Rakthong, Otto Mareko coached the teams, with<br />
supportfromTeachers Dave Christensenand Hiromi Horsley.<br />
Hiromi said the student coaches came toCollege at lunchtime every day,<br />
and after school on some occasions, to help prepare the students, whose<br />
skills were greatlyimproved duetotheir hardworkand that of thecoaches.<br />
Hiromi noted thatthe prize-giving was‘forAshColl students!!’<br />
Team Members were -<br />
JuniorBoys’ ATeam<br />
(Pictured above, left toright): Boaz Drye, Ricky Fuluasou, Brand Sione,<br />
Sinifoni Hala (Coach), Ian Pabualan, Luke Pasion,Semisi Balenaisa,Tasi Paese.<br />
Coming Events<br />
<strong>November</strong><br />
07- 03 Dec NCEA Exams<br />
<strong>28</strong> Year 10 Dancetrip, Tinwald School<br />
Year 9/Year 10 (mixed team) Renegade Hockey and Quick Rip<br />
Competition, Nunweek Park,Christchurch<br />
<strong>28</strong>-29 Year 10 GLE AkoCamp,WaikukuBeach<br />
29 Year 9CommunityServicesDay<br />
Year 10 Outdoor Education Mountain Bike 2Trip,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Mountain Bike Track<br />
<strong>2019</strong> End-of-YearFinal Days,Prize-Givings,Events<br />
Parents, caregivers,family/whanau,friends and interested community<br />
members aremost welcome at all prize-givings.<br />
December<br />
08 Leavers’Graduation Dinner,Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>, arrive at 6:30pm,<br />
seated at 7:00pm.<br />
12 Year 10 Prize-giving,1:30pm, College Auditorium, and FinalDay<br />
13 Year 9Prize-giving,11:00am, College Auditorium, and FinalDay<br />
Live-streaming of these prize-givings will be available for visitors,<br />
in the eventthe Auditorium seating reaches capacity.<br />
Mia isone of nine players selected from the Netball Mainland Zone,<br />
and the only Mid Canterbury player. The remaining eight from this zone<br />
include six from Christchurch, and one each from Rangiora and Nelson.<br />
This is an exciting opportunityfor emerging players and,atthe camp,the<br />
group of athletes will be split into fiveteamstobecoached by Pathwayto-Podium<br />
well-known coaches and formers players Irene van Dyk, Jo<br />
Morrison, TemeparaBailey,SandraEdge and Anna Galvan.<br />
The head coaches will also be joined by five apprentice coaches in the<br />
Performance Coach Qualification pathway while umpires and umpire<br />
coaches have also been invited to attend the four-day camp.<br />
Netball New Zealand Head of High PerformanceKeir Hansen has said the<br />
National DevelopmentCamp would give the athletes an insightintothe<br />
Netball New Zealand pathway. He noted that‘for many, this is their first<br />
step into thatelite environmentand an opportunityfor us to inspire our<br />
developing players building towards their future’.<br />
At the camp the athletes will undergo aseries of movementcompetency<br />
screenings to assesstheir readiness forperformance, and will be observed<br />
on their performance under pressure with ahighly competitive short<br />
tournamentstructuretobeemployedduring the camp.<br />
Junior Girls’ ATeam<br />
(Pictured above, back row, left to right): Irish David, Tiffany Agacer,<br />
Anjali Savaiinaea, Sivailoa Teomatavui, Ninah Teves(Coach).<br />
(Front row, left to right): Denise Jerao, Jaimee Chute, Margret Eli,<br />
Tokoono Pori.<br />
Junior Boys’BTeam<br />
(Pictured above, left toright): Kian Teves, Taeauga Pevelise, Pedro Collins,<br />
Salatielu Iakopo,Ron Sildo,Eli Orena, Iolama Iolama, SamRakthong (Coach).<br />
Junior Girls’ BTeam<br />
(Pictured above, left to right): Edelma Kelsall, Luvepa Falealili,<br />
Misty Mafiti, Zoila Suyat (Coach), Jesca Descargar, Sefilinga Maamaloa,<br />
NauparaStrickland.<br />
December<br />
05-10 Phoenix Rising,Top of the South Tour<br />
06-08 NZSS Athletics Track,Field and Road Championships,Wellington<br />
11 Finalday SLSU Senior students: Prize-giving and shared lunch<br />
12 Finalday SLSU Year 10 students<br />
Some Key2020StartofYear Dates<br />
Monday27, Tuesday<strong>28</strong>, Wednesday29January<br />
Course Confirmation days (for selectedstudents,who will be<br />
contacted by the College).<br />
Wednesday 29January New International StudentEnrolments/<br />
Orientation<br />
Thursday 30January New InternationalStudentEnrolments/<br />
Orientation<br />
Monday 03 February First dayfor Year 9and Year 13 students<br />
Tuesday 04 February First dayfor Year 10 students<br />
Wednesday 05February First dayfor Year 11 andYear 12 students
Page 14, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Car for the mayor but not all happy<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil<br />
Brown will get amayoral<br />
car, but new councillor<br />
John Falloon is not<br />
happy.<br />
Cr Falloon asked that<br />
his vote against the<br />
motion be recorded.<br />
Under a new council<br />
policy, the mayor can<br />
choose apetrol or diesel<br />
vehicle worth up to<br />
$55,000, or $65,000 for a<br />
hybrid or electric vehicle.<br />
The vehicle option was<br />
included in a policy on<br />
members’ allowances Neil Brown<br />
John Falloon<br />
and reinbursements.<br />
Cr Falloon wanted to know who would choose the car the mayor and<br />
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said he was opposed.<br />
He said the cost of<br />
running a $50,000 car<br />
would be about $12,500,<br />
including fringe benefit<br />
tax, depreciation and the<br />
lost opportunity of having<br />
that money tied up.<br />
He could not see the<br />
economic justification.<br />
Cr Carolyn Cameron<br />
said she supported that,<br />
but deputy mayor Liz<br />
McMillan said she supported<br />
having amayoral<br />
car, as did Cr Lynette<br />
Lovett.<br />
The car has not yet<br />
been chosen.<br />
Salary sacrifice for mayoral car<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil<br />
Brown will be provided<br />
with a mayoral vehicle<br />
but will lose some salary<br />
and hewill have to meet<br />
conditions.<br />
He will not be able to<br />
claim for mileage if a<br />
vehicle is provided; the<br />
mayor must use the<br />
vehicle for travel toand<br />
from council business;<br />
the mayor may suggest a<br />
vehicle to buy but it must<br />
fit with council purchasing<br />
rules.<br />
The maximum price<br />
for apetrol or diesel car<br />
would be $55,000 and<br />
$65,000 for a hybrid or<br />
electric car.<br />
He will be provided<br />
with afuel card and must<br />
act prudently. If he opts<br />
for anelectric vehicle, a<br />
monitorwillbebought to<br />
record exact electricity<br />
usage at themayor’s house.<br />
An electric charging station<br />
will beprovided at the<br />
new civic building,yet to be<br />
built.<br />
Thevehicle mustalso be<br />
securely parked.<br />
There are rules, also, if<br />
he opts for full private use.<br />
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Cars are provided for<br />
mayors in the Far North,<br />
in Hawkes Bay, Taupo,<br />
Tasman, Timaru and<br />
Waimate.<br />
Meanwhile, pay for<br />
councillors has been<br />
signed off but must go to<br />
the Remuneration Authority<br />
for approval.<br />
Under the new, smaller<br />
council (nine instead<br />
of 12), deputy mayor Liz<br />
McMillan will get<br />
$57,502, the chairs of<br />
standing committees<br />
(Leen Braam, John Falloon,<br />
Angus McKay,<br />
Diane Rawlinson and<br />
Stuart Wilson) will get<br />
$43,000 and other councillors<br />
$35,118.<br />
Mayor Neil Brown gets<br />
$121,500.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilson<br />
wanted to know who provided<br />
the figures, and<br />
chief executive officer<br />
Hamish Riach said the<br />
figures were suggested by<br />
staff to ‘‘frame the<br />
debate’’.<br />
He said the pay pool of<br />
$377,856, the minimum<br />
to be paid to councillors<br />
was $25,047, and the pool<br />
had to be allocated.<br />
The pool money does<br />
not apply to the mayor or<br />
the Methven Community<br />
Board $5396 for chairman<br />
Dan McLaughlin and<br />
$2698 for members.<br />
The annual pay for the<br />
mayor also includes the<br />
annual valuation of the<br />
mayoral vehicle, meaning<br />
he will lose some pay for<br />
having avehicle.<br />
The council also signed<br />
off on child care allowances<br />
for qualifying councillors<br />
to the value of $15<br />
an hour, capped at $6000 a<br />
year per child and available<br />
for amaximum of two<br />
children.<br />
How the money is<br />
allocated, split up<br />
An independent body,<br />
the Remuneration Authority,<br />
sets the pay for<br />
elected members (councillors),<br />
and the cost of<br />
the salaries is borne by<br />
ratepayers.<br />
The authority has completed<br />
areview toset the<br />
pay levels and released<br />
its determination in<br />
June.<br />
The remuneration<br />
pool for the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
council until June 30,<br />
2020 is $377,856,with the<br />
minimum pay for acouncillor<br />
$25,047.<br />
All nine <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
councillors have been<br />
paid the minimum since<br />
taking office on October<br />
18.<br />
The pay pool does not<br />
apply to the mayor, Neil<br />
Brown, or members of<br />
the Methven Community<br />
Board.<br />
Postelection, the<br />
mayor’s salary increased<br />
to $121,500, and his<br />
annual remuneration<br />
includes the valuation of<br />
his vehicle.<br />
Pay for community<br />
board members is set<br />
from July 1, <strong>2019</strong> and the<br />
Remuneration Authority<br />
will continue to set those<br />
separately.<br />
There are four<br />
requirements for allocating<br />
the governance pool:<br />
The entire pool must<br />
be allocated;<br />
A base remuneration<br />
will need to be decided<br />
for councillors who have<br />
no additional responsibilities;<br />
For any role that<br />
attracts additional pay,<br />
council is required to<br />
have aformal vote.<br />
With apool of $377,856,<br />
which must be used, the<br />
pay has been allocated<br />
thus <br />
Deputy mayor $57,502<br />
Five standing committee<br />
chairs $43,000, made up<br />
of abase salary of $35,118<br />
plus $7882 additional<br />
remuneration, equalling<br />
$215,000.<br />
Three councillors with<br />
no additional responsibility<br />
base rate of $35,118,<br />
equalling $105,354.<br />
The council now sends<br />
its proposals to the<br />
Remuneration Authority<br />
for approval, and the<br />
council has noted that the<br />
proposed allocation of the<br />
pool is subject to adetermination<br />
by the authority,<br />
with additional payments<br />
(above the base rate) backdated<br />
once the determination<br />
is issued.<br />
Farmers can hit the surf<br />
Mid Canterbury farmers<br />
looking to give surfing a<br />
go are invited to sign up<br />
for Surfing for Farmers.<br />
The initiative was<br />
launched in Gisborne last<br />
year to give farmers and<br />
their staff an opportunity<br />
to take some time offfarm<br />
once a week to<br />
learn anew skill and have<br />
some fun in the waves.<br />
Beef + LambNZ are<br />
advertising a similar<br />
opportunity for Canterbury<br />
farmers with Surfing<br />
for Farmers in Canterbury,<br />
using the beaches<br />
of Gore Bay and/or Sumner<br />
Beach this summer.<br />
However, an indication<br />
on the number of people<br />
who may be interested is<br />
required.<br />
Contact Sandra Taylor<br />
at sandra.taylornz@gmail.<br />
com or 021 151 8685.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 15<br />
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Choir scholarships given<br />
Mid Canterbury Choir has presented<br />
annual scholarships to two<br />
local, talented musicians.<br />
Zoe Diedricks and Victoria<br />
WilliamsFreeman each received<br />
$100 and acertificate atarecent<br />
prize giving ceremony.<br />
Both girls are just finishing their<br />
high school education at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College and Mount Hutt<br />
College respectively.<br />
The music scholarship acknowledges<br />
strong contributions made<br />
to their respective school choirs.<br />
Victoria WilliamsFreeman is a<br />
soprano, whileZoe Diedricks plays<br />
the cello in the college orchestra<br />
and is the choral leader in the<br />
school choir, Phoenix Chorus.<br />
Zoe Diedricks<br />
Victoria Williams-Freeman<br />
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SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER <strong>2019</strong><br />
Adult &Youth Ministocks,Stockcards,<br />
Streetstocks,Side Chairs,CGrade,<br />
Saloons,Productions &Derby Cars!<br />
Racing starts 12:30pm<br />
Gate prices<br />
Adult -$15; Senior with gold cars -$10<br />
Children 14yrs &under -Freewith paying adult<br />
LocatedonSeafield Road,nexttothe <strong>Ashburton</strong>Airport<br />
www.auricelectrical.co.nz<br />
• Domestic electrical services<br />
• New house wiring<br />
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New Zealand’s best ski resortfor<br />
the fifth year in arow at theWorld<br />
Ski Awards in Austria.<br />
Mt Hutt generalmanager<br />
operationsJames Urquhart wasat<br />
the World Ski Awards galadinner<br />
in Kitzbuhel, Austriatoreceive<br />
the award on behalf of the<br />
mountain team.<br />
‘‘It’saneat moment to be<br />
standingamongthe bestofthebestinthe<br />
ski industryand<br />
accepting this award on behalf of<br />
the Mt Hutt team. Iknowweare<br />
all extremelyproudofthe<br />
recognition.’’<br />
Mt Hutt skiareamanager<br />
James McKenzie is humbled with<br />
the award winand saidreceiving<br />
thisawardfor thefifthyearina<br />
row was an incredible<br />
achievement andtestamentto<br />
how hardhis teamworked.<br />
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Mr McKenziebelieved thetitle<br />
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publicsupportedMtHutttotake<br />
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The past<strong>2019</strong>season sawtwo<br />
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kilometers of newtrails opened<br />
and substantial investment in<br />
sustainabilityinitiatives acrossthe<br />
mountain includingeliminating<br />
all singleuse cups and cutlery in<br />
the foodand beverageoutlets and<br />
installing anew food waste<br />
system.<br />
‘‘For the2020 season we are<br />
investing in more snowguns, a<br />
new groomerand doubling the<br />
supply rate of watertoour<br />
snowmaking system to ensurewe<br />
continue to enjoyone of the<br />
longest seasons in NewZealand.<br />
‘‘We’ll alsobeadding another<br />
44seater bus to our transport<br />
fleet to transfer guests fromlower<br />
carparksmore efficiently along<br />
withfurtherupgrades to our<br />
accessroadand carparks.’’<br />
The World Ski Awards is the<br />
onlyglobal initiativetorecognise,<br />
reward and celebrateexcellence<br />
in skitourism.<br />
Netballer Mia set<br />
for talent camp<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College netballer<br />
Mia Pearson (pictured)<br />
will attend aNetball<br />
New Zealand<br />
emerging talent squad<br />
camp in Auckland early<br />
next year.<br />
The talented athlete<br />
has been named in the<br />
squad of 50 and will learn<br />
and be guided by five<br />
former Silver Ferns.<br />
The Emerging Talent<br />
Squad camp runs from<br />
January 1619 and has<br />
identified players from<br />
the five netball zones who<br />
have shown talent and<br />
potential for higher honours.<br />
The group of athletes<br />
will be split into five teams<br />
to be coached by Pathway<br />
to Podium coaches Irene<br />
van Dyk, Jo Morrison,<br />
Temepara Bailey, Sandra<br />
Edge and Anna Galvan.<br />
The programme helps<br />
provide players with the<br />
tools to take the next step<br />
into becoming an elite<br />
netballer.<br />
Mia Pearson, who is a<br />
defender on the netball<br />
court, will be aYear 13<br />
student next year.<br />
Fete, garage sale<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Parents Centre<br />
is hosting aChristmas fete<br />
andgarage sale on December<br />
7.<br />
To be held atthe centre’s<br />
roomsatthe Netherby<br />
Shopping Centre, the<br />
eventrunsfrom10amuntil<br />
noon.<br />
It will include festive<br />
refreshments,crafts, games<br />
and avisit from santa.<br />
There is a gold coin<br />
entry per family and a<br />
small cost for some activities.<br />
A garage sale of<br />
children’s items will present<br />
an opportunity for<br />
some early Christmas<br />
shopping.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 17<br />
Getintothe festivespirit<br />
with the<br />
Christmas<br />
Busker Nights<br />
presented by the <strong>Ashburton</strong><strong>Courier</strong><br />
at Baring SquareEast, in downtown<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Friday6December &<br />
Friday20December<br />
From 6.30pm to 9.30pm<br />
Those toperform will include soloists<br />
LiamPram and Sofia Marilla; and the Jingle<br />
Belles choral singers, as well as:<br />
Some of MidCanterbury’smusical talentwill be showcased<br />
during the twoChristmas Busker Nights events,<br />
presentedbythe <strong>Ashburton</strong><strong>Courier</strong>,nextmonth.<br />
Theeveningsare achancefor the public to get into the<br />
festivespirit with livemusic and asausage sizzle,<br />
courtesy of Bunnings <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Ocean<br />
Talented <strong>Ashburton</strong> youth Ocean Waitokia will be<br />
taking to the stage forboth Busker Nighteventsnext<br />
month; on December 6and December 20<br />
Ocean has been singing from an early age.She plays<br />
guitar and is asinger,songwriter.<br />
Her ability toyodel has gained her national and<br />
international recognition and she has woncountless<br />
awards in country music competitions including the<br />
<strong>2019</strong> New Zealand Gold Guitars Intermediate Overall<br />
Winner at Gore. She will represent <strong>Ashburton</strong> at<br />
Tamworth Country Music Festival in Australia next<br />
year.<br />
She has awide repertoire ofsongs to her credit<br />
including jazz, blues and songs of yesteryear. And<br />
loves toshare her musical talent for the enjoyment<br />
of others.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Blues Brothers<br />
AlcoholHarmReductionBand<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Blues Brothers Alcohol Harm<br />
Reduction Band is aband on amission, performing<br />
one nightonlyatthe Busker NightonDecember 6.<br />
Featuring local actors, singers and dancers the band<br />
will perform afun musical production with aserious<br />
message -loosely based on ascene from the Blues<br />
Brothers movie.<br />
“We have giveaways and prizes for the audience, a<br />
poster competition will be running on the night, and<br />
we areoffering complimentarybottled water.’’<br />
DanceWorxs <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Dance Worxs <strong>Ashburton</strong> students will take to the stage<br />
both nights of the Busker Nights. Dancers range in age<br />
from preschool to senior students and learn avariety<br />
of disciplines ranging from classical ballet to jazz dance<br />
which includes HipHop and contemporarylessons.<br />
Dance Worxs has teaching students for more than 45<br />
years,training dancers to the highest degreeoftechnical<br />
ability while at the same time encouraging their self<br />
confidence, commitment, friendship,self respectand fun.<br />
“We work hard toensure that all who participate enjoy<br />
the experience oflearning dance inasafe and positive<br />
environment.’’<br />
SouthTwo ChainBand<br />
South Two Chain Band are anall-Filipino dairy worker<br />
band from within the Rakaia and <strong>Ashburton</strong>districts. The<br />
talented Earl (vocals), Christian (keyboard), Noel (lead<br />
guitar), Boboy (bass) and Reinier (drums) will take to the<br />
stage on December 20.<br />
1over99<br />
1over 99are representing CFC-Youth for Christ. The band<br />
of seven areyouth from <strong>Ashburton</strong>and Christchurch. Their<br />
passion for music, and ashared faith, has brought them<br />
together on manyoccasions.<br />
Many of the band have been playing, and creating, music<br />
together forthe past fewyears.<br />
“We don’t only share the same love for music but most<br />
importantly,wesharethe same faith and hope.’’<br />
ProgrammeSchedule<br />
Friday 6December<br />
6.00pm Jingle Belles<br />
6.50pm<br />
7.10pm<br />
8.10pm<br />
8.30pm<br />
8.50pm<br />
DanceWorx<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Ocean Waitokia<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>Blues Brothers<br />
Alcohol HarmReduction Band<br />
SarahTempleton<br />
Liam Pram<br />
Friday 20 December<br />
6.30pm<br />
6.50pm<br />
7.10pm<br />
7.50pm<br />
8.10pm<br />
8.30pm<br />
8.50pm<br />
Jingle Belles<br />
DanceWorx<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Ocean Waitokia<br />
Sofia Marilla<br />
South TwoChain Band<br />
LifeDanceAcademy<br />
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They caterfor toddlers through to adultdance students encouraging beginner<br />
dancers,and helping dancers take their talentand skilltothe next level.<br />
Annuallythey hold twoperformances; one in term twoand the other in term<br />
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“Wefeel it is importantfor parents to be able to enjoywhattheir children are<br />
learning and forthe children to have plenty of opportunitytoperform.’’<br />
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Schools get food plants<br />
Mitre 10 Mega <strong>Ashburton</strong> garden consultant April Breading with a<br />
group of Tinwald School children and their food plants. Mitre 10 has a<br />
new programme running with <strong>Ashburton</strong> district schools, where<br />
children pot up food plants donated by Mitre 10 to take home and grow.<br />
Classes from Longbeach, Allenton, Hampstead, Carew, Borough and<br />
Tinwald have been taking part.<br />
New digital skills help Wanda return to work<br />
Keen to re-enter the workforce after<br />
raising afamily, Wanda Price realised<br />
she needed to brush up on her computer<br />
skills first.<br />
“I had large gaps in my computer<br />
knowledge, so Iknew that Ineeded to<br />
fix this before Icould confidently apply<br />
for jobs,” she says.<br />
And fix it she is. Wanda is currently<br />
studying the New Zealand Certificate in<br />
Computing at Ara Connect in Timaru.<br />
Run by Ara Institute of Canterbury,Ara<br />
Connect offers free computing courses<br />
for anyone wanting to gain skills and<br />
confidence using digital technology.<br />
“I chose Ara Connect because it had the<br />
course Iwanted, it was free and it was<br />
easy to get to. And the ‘pick and mix’<br />
timetable really suits me with afamily.<br />
The course is self-paced, so you’re only<br />
focusing on what you’re doing.”<br />
Wanda says she’s enjoying the course,<br />
and likes her tutor’s teaching style.<br />
“She has the ability to point you in the<br />
right direction so you can then solve the<br />
problem yourself. And approaching a<br />
tutor at any time is never aproblem –<br />
they’re only too happy to help.”<br />
Wanda encourages others to become<br />
adigital upskiller like her. “Definitely<br />
give it ago! You’ll be amazed at all that<br />
you learn and you’ll enjoy doing it.”<br />
When she completes her certificate,<br />
she’sgoing to weigh up whether to apply<br />
for jobs or do further study.<br />
Learn more about Ara Connect courses<br />
at ara.ac.nz or by calling 0800 24 24 76.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Topp exhibition on soon<br />
There will be dress ups, information panels, original<br />
clothing, audio visual displays and activities lined up<br />
when the new Topp Twins exhibition opens at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum this Saturday.<br />
Four areas of the museum, including the Murney<br />
Family Room and research room, will be used for the<br />
large visiting exhibition, which runs until February 9.<br />
Museum director Tanya Robinson said the exhibition<br />
had arrived in a13m container and would take<br />
two weeks to fully install.<br />
‘‘It is the largest exhibition we have ever hosted here<br />
and we are all super excited to have it.<br />
‘‘It’s going to be fun and quirky.’’<br />
Ms Robinson said the Topp Twins had along and<br />
colourful history in New Zealand, that included<br />
political activism, but they remained true kiwi icons<br />
and were wellloved.<br />
Akid’s trail would direct ayounger crowd around<br />
the exhibition and would help introduce another<br />
generation to the comedy and singing duo, she said.<br />
The public is also invited to dress up in five sets of<br />
replica clothing that portray the well known Topp<br />
Twins personas of Prue and Dilly, Ken and Ken, The<br />
Gingham Sisters, Raelene and Brenda, and Camp<br />
Mother and Camp Leader.<br />
Original Topp Twins costumes will also be displayed<br />
and activity stations set up.<br />
Information panels will tell the pair’s story and a<br />
performance career that spans 40 years.<br />
Activism work ‘empowering’<br />
By John Keast<br />
Morgan Trowland reckons he<br />
could not live with himself if he did<br />
not do all he could to save the<br />
planet.<br />
As such, the former <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
lad, a civil engineer, is working<br />
parttime with Extinction Rebellion<br />
in London.<br />
He believes it is important work,<br />
and something has to change ‘‘as<br />
we are on track to make life forms<br />
extinct’’.<br />
Mr Trowland, who went to<br />
Borough, Intermediate and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College, did not think<br />
when he lived in Mid Canterbury<br />
that he would become an activist.<br />
He said Extinction Rebellion,<br />
which has asked councils in New<br />
Zealand to declare climate emergencies,<br />
has apowerful logistical<br />
plan and the organisation was<br />
teeming with capable people.<br />
Morgan Trowland in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain.<br />
He had worked with doctors<br />
and lawyers and scientists, and<br />
climate change deniers should talk<br />
to scientists if they wanted proof of<br />
the damage being done.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum director Tanya Robinson and<br />
senior curator Maryann Cowan try on some of the<br />
dress-up items during the installation of the Topp<br />
Twins exhibition.<br />
Mr Trowland said one of his<br />
most exciting roles had been<br />
organising asite and stage for a<br />
rally last year.<br />
He was also involved in his local<br />
branch in afundraising role.<br />
He said for many involved the<br />
penny had dropped that something<br />
had to be done.<br />
Mr Trowland said he was still<br />
working as an engineer part time <br />
‘‘you have to earn aliving’’ but<br />
working with Extinction Rebellion<br />
was ‘‘really empowering’’.<br />
In his engineering role, he has<br />
designed bridges in Canada and<br />
India.<br />
He was glad water issues were<br />
top of the agenda now in New<br />
Zealand that some might question<br />
whether Mid Canterbury needed<br />
to be covered in grass.<br />
Mr Trowland is in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
briefly to visit family.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 19<br />
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Open day draws big garden crowd<br />
Organisers of acommunity<br />
open day event at<br />
Trotts Garden on Sunday<br />
have given it abig tick,<br />
with just over 1000 visitors<br />
through the gates.<br />
The garden, categorised<br />
as being of international<br />
significance, was<br />
formerly owned and<br />
developed by nurseryman<br />
Alan Trott, and is<br />
now owned by atrust.<br />
Sunday’s visitors<br />
included a mix of first<br />
time and repeat visitors,<br />
both local and from out<br />
of town.<br />
Anumber of families<br />
brought picnics and<br />
enjoyed time playing petanque,<br />
or chess and jenga<br />
with giant pieces.<br />
There were also Devonshire<br />
teas on offer, live<br />
mellow jazz played and<br />
local art displayed.<br />
Trotts Garden administrator<br />
and promoter<br />
Nicola Walker said the<br />
open day was an ‘‘overwhelming<br />
success’’.<br />
Young and old had<br />
enjoyed the splendor of<br />
the gardens and some<br />
people had spent anumber<br />
of hours in the<br />
relaxed setting.<br />
The event had been<br />
ideal to showcase the<br />
gardens for weddings,<br />
functions and tours.<br />
‘‘We really hope to<br />
make Trotts selfsustainable<br />
going forward<br />
and to do that we need to<br />
maintain and build on our<br />
big pool of volunteers and<br />
also create more income<br />
streams through more<br />
events.’’<br />
Trotts will remain open<br />
and free to visitors until<br />
the end of the year, before<br />
the policy is reassessed.<br />
Photos: There was abig<br />
turnout at the Trotts Garden<br />
open day on Sunday.<br />
Looking back with<br />
rosetinted glasses<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon comments<br />
It’s easy to look back at<br />
history and one’s own<br />
experiences with rose<br />
tinted glasses. Of remembering<br />
things the way<br />
they used to be in a<br />
slightly more positive<br />
way than they actually<br />
were.<br />
I’m as guilty of it as<br />
anyone. In my maiden<br />
speech to Parliament I<br />
talked of how parents<br />
(mine included) wouldn’t<br />
think twice of letting us<br />
kids kick a ball around<br />
Argyle Park all day until<br />
the sun went down. Of<br />
regularly leaving the<br />
house unlocked while<br />
you popped into town, or<br />
the keys in the car when<br />
grabbing aloaf of bread<br />
from the shops.<br />
It’s true the crime rate<br />
has gone up, but it’s also<br />
true we’ve always had<br />
crime. Theft wasn’t rare<br />
in the eighties. I recall<br />
our garage being robbed<br />
at least acouple of times,<br />
and the same would have<br />
been true for many<br />
people in town and<br />
around the district.<br />
It was in response to<br />
rising concerns with<br />
crime that more than 25<br />
years ago <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Town Watch began.<br />
Today they’re acommon<br />
sight on our streets, as<br />
are Community Patrols<br />
across the country, but it<br />
wasn’t always this way.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Town<br />
Watch was one of the<br />
first of its kind in New<br />
Zealand, well before the<br />
Community Patrols NZ<br />
structure was formalised.<br />
In <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />
around the country they<br />
utilise the skills and<br />
knowledge of people in<br />
our community to be the<br />
eyes and ears that are<br />
needed in places Police<br />
can’t always be.<br />
Of not intervening, but<br />
being out and about, ever<br />
watchful and ready to<br />
radio Police to an incident<br />
at a moment’s<br />
notice. Of recording suspicious<br />
behaviour, in<br />
many cases giving Police<br />
the information they need<br />
that allows them to add to<br />
the data they have, giving<br />
afull picture that leads to<br />
an arrest.<br />
I had the pleasure of<br />
being part of this wonderful<br />
organisation for five<br />
years when I worked in<br />
Wellington. In ajob that<br />
didn’t allow for the usual<br />
evening meetings or pitching<br />
in every Saturday or<br />
Sunday, signing up for<br />
community patrol was the<br />
perfect way to volunteer<br />
late at night or in the early<br />
hours of the morning.<br />
More recently I’ve been<br />
out with our local Town<br />
Watch here in <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
and their counterparts<br />
down in Timaru. They do<br />
an outstanding job, but<br />
with more recruits they<br />
could do even more. To<br />
have a chat to see if it<br />
would suit you, contact<br />
them on 308 1635 or email<br />
ashburton.cpnz@gmail.<br />
com
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 29<br />
Authors share<br />
work with kids<br />
Published authors shared<br />
their writing journeys with<br />
pupils at three Mid Canterbury<br />
schools last week.<br />
Organised through<br />
Storylines, a charitable<br />
trust set up to promote<br />
awareness of the importance<br />
of reading and<br />
books, the district tour<br />
featured poet Paula<br />
Green with Year 9/10<br />
students at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College, writer Philippa<br />
Werry and illustrator<br />
Vasanti Unka at Netherby<br />
School and writer Eileen<br />
Merriman at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Christian School.<br />
Author Philippa Werry,<br />
who has well over 60<br />
books to her name, took<br />
senior students at Netherby<br />
School through a<br />
book of stories she<br />
created during her primary<br />
school years.<br />
She said her love of<br />
reading and writing had<br />
started young.<br />
She had earned points,<br />
merits and stars for her<br />
writing and each one had<br />
spurred her on to write<br />
more.<br />
Some of her early<br />
efforts had won prizes and<br />
also appeared in her local<br />
newspaper.<br />
‘‘Writing has taught me<br />
alot, including the need<br />
for persistence, resilience<br />
and also the excitement<br />
that comes from being a<br />
writer,’’ she said.<br />
She said a writer was<br />
the ‘‘best job in the<br />
Eye on waste<br />
world’’and seeing your<br />
name on apublished book<br />
was ‘‘the best thing ever’’.<br />
Mrs Werry asked<br />
students to consider both<br />
the good and bad aspects<br />
of being awriter.<br />
The good points highlighted<br />
included having<br />
others read and enjoy<br />
your writing, and the<br />
opportunity to use your<br />
imagination fully.<br />
The bad points<br />
included the time it took<br />
to produce a book, and<br />
poor feedback from<br />
readers.<br />
Storylines and the Story<br />
Tour also visited schools,<br />
early childhood centres<br />
and libraries around other<br />
areas of Canterbury last<br />
week, with books donated<br />
at each location.<br />
Photo: Author Philippa<br />
Werry went through the<br />
stories she wrote and kept<br />
from her childhood.<br />
Astudy is under way to<br />
see if Canterbury’s<br />
discarded plastic and<br />
paper could be sorted,<br />
processed and recycled in<br />
the South Island.<br />
The study has been<br />
launched by EcoCentral<br />
(ECL), which manages<br />
the recycling and processing<br />
of refuse collections<br />
in the region, to identify<br />
innovative recycling solutions<br />
that meet evolving<br />
global standards.<br />
Alarge percentage of<br />
New Zealand’s recyclable<br />
waste is sent offshore<br />
to be sorted, processed<br />
and recycled. Plastics and<br />
paper are separated first<br />
but must undergo amuch<br />
more rigorous sorting and<br />
cleaning process before<br />
being recycled to Asian<br />
markets.<br />
The study will build on a<br />
commitment ‘‘to doing the<br />
right thing’’ with recyclable<br />
waste and investigate<br />
whether more can be done<br />
in New Zealand, said ECL<br />
chief executive Craig<br />
Downie.<br />
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Thanks to all our wonderful<br />
volunteers who are<br />
involved in our many<br />
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helps change lives<br />
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Celebrating volunteers<br />
International Volunteer Dayiscelebrated<br />
globally every year on December 5asa<br />
day to celebrate thework volunteers do in<br />
their communities.<br />
The theme thisyear is ‘Volunteerfor an<br />
InclusiveFuture Ewhai wahi ai te katoa,<br />
kia tuao te tu’.<br />
It truly is aday to champion the impact<br />
volunteers have helping those communities,<br />
nationally and globally, provide vital<br />
services to function.<br />
Volunteers are used in many organisations<br />
includingwithinemergency services,<br />
agedhealthcare, education, social services<br />
and organisations.<br />
The campaign theme focuses around<br />
United Nation sustainable development<br />
goal 10 and the pursuit of equality <br />
including inclusion through volunteerism.<br />
It’sanopportunityfor us alltopromote<br />
volunteerism and to encourage decision<br />
makers tosupport volunteer efforts and<br />
recognise volunteer contributions tothe<br />
achievement ofaninclusive future.<br />
It’s also an opportunity to recognise<br />
volunteer contributions to the achievement<br />
of the sustainable development<br />
goals at alocal, national andinternational<br />
level.<br />
The theme for International Volunteer<br />
Day <strong>2019</strong> will specifically focus on:<br />
Volunteerism empowering people to<br />
participate intheir own communities and<br />
fostering inclusion<br />
Volunteering promoting inclusion,<br />
diversity, nondiscrimination<br />
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Volunteerism as a mechanism to<br />
reduce inequalities in society.<br />
United Nations’ sustainable<br />
development goals<br />
Inequality continues tobeasignificant<br />
concern despite progress to narrow<br />
disparities of opportunity, income and<br />
power.<br />
In many parts of the world income<br />
inequality continues to rise even as the<br />
bottom 40 percent of the population in<br />
many countries has experienced positive<br />
growth rates.<br />
Greater emphasis is needed on reducinginequalitiesinincome<br />
as well as those<br />
based onother factors.<br />
Additional efforts are also needed to<br />
increase zerotariff access for exports<br />
from least developedcountries and developing<br />
countries, and assistance toleast<br />
developed countries and small island<br />
developing states.<br />
In more than half ofthe 92 countries<br />
with comparable data during the period<br />
2011 to 2016, thebottom 40 percent of the<br />
populationexperienced agrowthrate that<br />
was higher than the overall national<br />
average. However, those people received<br />
less than 25 percent of the overall income<br />
or consumption.<br />
In many places, the increasing share of<br />
income going to the top one percent of<br />
earners is of significant concern.<br />
~Asnapshot from the report ofthe<br />
United Nations secretarygeneral, special<br />
edition: progress towards sustainable<br />
development goals.<br />
Youth council recruiting<br />
Youth who are passionate<br />
about the Mid Canterbury<br />
community and want<br />
to make a difference to<br />
the lives of young people<br />
are encouraged to apply<br />
for the 2020 <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Youth Council (AYC).<br />
It’s avoluntary role for<br />
local youth aged 12 to 24.<br />
Applications are open<br />
until December 12.<br />
AYC is a dedicated<br />
committee for young<br />
people to empower and<br />
engage their peers<br />
through activities, events<br />
and advocacy, and to assist<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council in understanding<br />
young peoples’ perspectives<br />
and needs in the<br />
decisionmaking process.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil<br />
Brown said the youth<br />
council was a great<br />
chance for young people<br />
to develop their leadership<br />
skills and work on<br />
issues important to them<br />
and their peers.<br />
‘‘Being a member of<br />
the Youth Council opens<br />
up mentorship, leadership<br />
and governance<br />
opportunities that can<br />
help set you up for future<br />
endeavours. I encourage<br />
young people who want to<br />
play an active part in local<br />
decisionmaking and to<br />
develop their skills to put<br />
their name forward for<br />
the 2020 AYC.’’<br />
Current and previous<br />
terms of AYC have made<br />
submissions to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Council consultations,<br />
coordinated events<br />
such as Bite Nite, raised<br />
funds for local youth<br />
charities and raised<br />
awareness of youth<br />
services available to the<br />
community.<br />
Application forms for<br />
AYC can be found online<br />
at ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />
Photo: The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Youth Council have coordinated<br />
events such as<br />
the popular Bite Nite<br />
(pictured) in downtown<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
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Locals in spotlight<br />
Waitaha Primary Health takesthis opportunity<br />
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supportthe weekly Mother for Mother Breast<br />
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We value your time and ongoing commitmentto<br />
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Phone 308 1237<br />
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In Mid Canterbury volunteers<br />
from Volunteering<br />
Mid and South Canterbury<br />
are being recognised next<br />
weekonInternational Volunteers<br />
Day (December 5)<br />
with amorning tea and an<br />
early evening function at<br />
the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
It is for financial members<br />
of the organisation.<br />
Volunteering Mid and<br />
South Canterbury coordinator<br />
Dellwyn Moylan<br />
said both events were<br />
themed ‘Thanks for Beeing<br />
a Honey and Volunteering’.<br />
‘‘We are buzzing about<br />
celebrating the day.’’<br />
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Rural&Lifestyle<br />
Hail deluge hits community hard<br />
By ToniWilliams<br />
The hail which cut acrossMid Canterbury<br />
last week left damage likely to<br />
have lasting effects.<br />
There has been widespread reports<br />
of damaged tocrops, vehicles, homes<br />
and buildings around the district.<br />
Anything exposed to the brief, but<br />
violent, deluge of hailstones some as<br />
large as golf balls was at risk.<br />
United Wheatgrowers Insurance<br />
Scheme (UWIS) chairman Brian<br />
Leadley said, two days after the event<br />
30odd claims had been received<br />
ranging from South Canterbury<br />
through to the western side ofChristchurch,<br />
especially Kirwee and Darfield.<br />
However there was a high likelihood<br />
many more were affected asthe<br />
wheatspecific insurance, alevyorder<br />
deducted off sold wheat, does not<br />
include other crops.<br />
Mr Leadley said the scheme is run<br />
by UWIS butunderwritten by Farmers<br />
Mutual Insurance.<br />
“There’sgoing to be alot of farmers<br />
that might’vehad barley only or fodder<br />
beet crops on dairy support farms,<br />
there will be vegetables and vegetable<br />
seed crops damaged, well over and<br />
above all the wheat which isasmall<br />
proportion.’’<br />
Hail hitting downtown <strong>Ashburton</strong> last week caused wide-spread<br />
damage.<br />
He said itwill also include damage<br />
to pea crops,brassicas,forage brassica<br />
seed crops such asrape and kale as<br />
well asspring planted and high value<br />
vegetable seed crops.<br />
“If they’ve got insurance they will<br />
have their own private insurance<br />
company…but alot of crop isuninsured.<br />
“It tends to be avery low risk of this<br />
happening. So for most of us this<br />
would be the first time with the<br />
severity in their career.<br />
“It’s not that it doesn’t happen but<br />
its often avery defined little patch,<br />
which goes inbelts and those farmers<br />
that are in the belts probably know<br />
who they are and usually do carry<br />
someinsurance. “It’s about economics<br />
Isuppose, it’s hardtoinsure, it’scostly<br />
and so we can recognise itfrom an<br />
insurance company point ofview as<br />
well. It’svery hard to planfor so that’s<br />
why its reasonably hard for them to<br />
provide this cover.’’<br />
Mr Leadley said high value crops<br />
would likely have cover.<br />
But farmers werelikelytocoverjust<br />
the main, highest value crop that was<br />
costly togrow, not some oftheir more<br />
commoditytype crops.<br />
“In arable rotation, the spread of<br />
crops helps reduce risk, becausehail is<br />
just one risk that you can insure for,<br />
fire isanother one and floods, things<br />
like that, sohaving some earlier crops<br />
and later crops can reduce the risk.”<br />
He said white clover and red clover<br />
crops on his own farm had suffered<br />
bruising but would likely fully recover<br />
as they were not yet at the productive<br />
stage.<br />
His early wheat had been smashed<br />
around, and the sweet corn ‘‘given a<br />
hard time’’.<br />
Mr Leadley said anassessor would<br />
visit each property and work out the<br />
percentages of potential yield loss.<br />
“It’s extremely complex.”<br />
Final settlement was unlikely to<br />
happen until after harvest to have all<br />
the data.<br />
He said for many farmers it was<br />
worth inspecting the crops and working<br />
with their agronomist how best to<br />
moveforward withthe crop to prevent<br />
further damage such asdisease pressure.<br />
“It’s pretty tough decisions for<br />
farmers who, if you’re looking at a<br />
reduced yield therefore reduced earnings,<br />
but asked actually to maybe<br />
spend alittle bit more onthe crop to<br />
protect what’s there aswell, it’s not<br />
easy decisions.”<br />
South of <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Charees<br />
Vineyard owner Charlie Hill, only last<br />
week voicing concern any future<br />
thunderstorm might have towipe out<br />
his vineyard, said Wednesday’s deluge<br />
was “bad, but not total.’’<br />
Mr Hill said the vines, already<br />
thinned in preparation for growth, was<br />
hit by the hail whipping off their tops<br />
“like it was hit by ahedge hammer.”<br />
‘‘We’re flat out spraying it with<br />
some sulphur and copper and liquid<br />
seaweed,” hesaid.<br />
It was started first thing Thursday,<br />
in an attempttodosome vine recovery<br />
work.<br />
“We aregoingtoget aloss there but<br />
we are going to feed it extra feed to<br />
make itsowehave actually got some<br />
cane totie down next year so it keeps<br />
growing.<br />
“It’s abit early to know how much<br />
damage has been done.”<br />
“It’s awee bit of amessbut we’llsee<br />
what happens,” he said.“We should<br />
know (how bad it is) by Christmas<br />
time, hopefully.”<br />
Hanrahan elected to board<br />
Mid Canterbury arable farmer Randal<br />
Hanrahan, pictured, has been<br />
elected to the Irrigation New Zealand<br />
board of directors.<br />
He will join North Otago<br />
Federated Farmers vicepresident<br />
Jared Ross, also elected.<br />
The result was announced at the<br />
annual general meeting in Christchurch<br />
last week.<br />
Mr Hanrahan, who farms at Fairton<br />
along State Highway One, stood<br />
for the board of directors believing<br />
there needed to be more irrigator<br />
representation on the board.<br />
He has 307 hectares under irrigation<br />
and along with his arable crops<br />
runs abeef finishing operation..<br />
‘‘I believe that it is of fundamental<br />
importance that there is a strong<br />
representative presence on the board<br />
from irrigators, and in particular from<br />
the Canterbury region, being the<br />
largest area of irrigators contributing<br />
to Irrigation NZ,’’ he said, running for<br />
election.<br />
‘‘On our property I have had<br />
involvement in the evolution from<br />
some dry land to border dyke, wide<br />
borders and the transformation to<br />
overhead irrigation, which now<br />
encompasses our entire effective<br />
area.<br />
‘‘We have been early adopters of<br />
soil moisture monitoring, VRI and<br />
fertigation technologies that are now<br />
foremost in our farming operation.’’<br />
Mr Hanrahan said current strategic<br />
priorities were taking Irrigation NZ in<br />
the right direction, but ‘‘in my view<br />
focusing on advocacy, innovation and<br />
communication are critical as we<br />
move forward in the current challenging<br />
environment of proposed changes<br />
that have the potential to severely<br />
impact all of our businesses.’’<br />
He said the wider public needed to<br />
know about the positive work and<br />
the significant changes that had<br />
already taken place with in the<br />
industry.<br />
Mr Hanrahan, along with Louise,<br />
have afamily of four children. Along<br />
with the farm, they operate an<br />
agricultural contracting business and<br />
own an established preschool in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Mr Hanrahan has extensive board<br />
experience and sits on the board of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd<br />
(ALIL), is board oftrustee at<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Borough School as well as on a<br />
number of other agricultural based<br />
companies.<br />
He was also amember ofRangitata<br />
Diversion Race Management Ltd’s<br />
audited self management (ASM) committee<br />
that was integral inestablishing<br />
and implementing the Farm Environment<br />
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SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER<br />
23 Kitchener Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 9:45-10:15am 2 1 1 AHB22576<br />
18 Oak Grove,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 1 AHB22215<br />
39 Cox Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 1 AHB22621<br />
6/259 Cameron Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 2 1 1 AHB22602<br />
11 Charlesworth Dve, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 4 3 3 AHB22611<br />
32 Albert Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 4 1 4 AHB22618<br />
1/130 Victoria Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:45-11:15am 2 1 1 AHB22619<br />
1Bennett Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:45-11:15am 4 2 2 AHB22605<br />
131 Grove Street,Tinwald 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22369<br />
44 Wilkin Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:15-11:45am 4 1 2 AHB22624<br />
101 Elizabeth Street, Rakaia 11:30-12:00pm 3 1 1 AHB22520<br />
119a Racecourse Rd,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:30-12:00pm 3 2 2 AHB22588<br />
13 Parkdale Close, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22395<br />
150 Milton Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 4 2 2 AHB22579<br />
6Graham Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22577<br />
23 Cross Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:15-12:45pm 4 2 2 AHB22579<br />
19 Wilkin Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:30-1:00pm 3 2 2 AHB22606<br />
7Orr Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:30-1:00pm 3 2 2 AHB22359<br />
26 Allens Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:45-1:15pm 4 2 2 AHB22565<br />
4LudlowDrive, Lake Hood 1:00-1:30pm 3 2 2 AHB22554<br />
360 Burnett Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:00-1:30pm 4 2 2 AHB22565<br />
10E Primrose Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:15-1:45pm 4 2 2 AHB22461<br />
117 Grove Street, Tinwald 1:15-1:45pm 3 2 2 AHB22460<br />
34 Magnolia Drive, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:45-2:15pm 3 2 2 AHB22583<br />
15 Orchard Grove,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:45-2:15pm 3 2 2 AHB22369<br />
78A Peter Streeet, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 2:00-2:30pm 3 1 1 AHB22603<br />
36 Church Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 2:45-3:15pm 2 1 1 AHB22614<br />
138 Rolleston Street, Rakaia 3:00-3:30pm 4 2 2 AHB22582<br />
SUNDAY1ST DECEMBER<br />
36 Church Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:15-10:45am 2 1 1 AHB22614<br />
78a Peter Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB22603<br />
2Trent Place, Lake Hood 11:15-11:45am 3 2 2 AHB22585<br />
92 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 1 AHB22587<br />
8Elmwood Grove,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:00-1:30pm 5 2 2 AHB22617<br />
3/260 Moore Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:00-1:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22578<br />
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What agreat waytostart the year in your own home.<br />
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2115388<br />
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2224051<br />
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Services include but not limited to:<br />
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Phone 03 307 4200 l 027 936 2452<br />
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P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058<br />
robinbj@xtra.co.nz<br />
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ALL THINGS CANVAS &PVC<br />
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PHONE TRAVIS HOWDEN027 9224544<br />
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•Possum merino •Everast •New season’scolours<br />
606 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 6243<br />
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NEAT GARDENS<br />
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ACCESSORIES are the perfect<br />
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BEAUTIFUL pot plants of all<br />
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BIKES! Layby now for Christmas.<br />
New kids bikes<br />
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store. Great for gifts.<br />
Wheelhaus, 211 Burnett<br />
Street. Phone 307 6443.<br />
BRACELETS, bangles, earrings,<br />
pendants, necklaces,<br />
watches, rings. Selection<br />
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Burton collections. Fabulous<br />
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Diamonds, Tancred Street.<br />
BRIARWOOD bags and<br />
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CHECK out the amazing<br />
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ideas at Health 2000 in The<br />
Arcade. Something for the<br />
whole family. Burnett<br />
Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />
308 1815.<br />
CHRISTMAS trees to tag or<br />
cut down. Open Saturday’s<br />
and after 4pm weekdays.<br />
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only. Anthos Gardens, 94<br />
Thews Road. 308 8386.<br />
DRUMMOND & Etheridge<br />
have ahuge range of John<br />
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Robilliards Showcase<br />
Jewellers, The Arcade,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
GOLDFISH pond complete<br />
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Approximately 50 fish (all<br />
sizes) sell separately or<br />
complete lot. Phone 308<br />
2235.<br />
GOLFING gifts? Check out<br />
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range finders, gloves,<br />
shoes, clothing and<br />
vouchers. Sega Golf, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Golf Club.<br />
HARVEY’S Bakehouse for<br />
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tarts, Christmas cakes and<br />
croissants. Don’t miss out,<br />
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phone 308 3398.<br />
HUNTING & Fishing have<br />
great gifts for all the family.<br />
Camping/tramping gear,<br />
mens, womens, kids clothing,<br />
accessories, books<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308<br />
5117.<br />
JEWELLERY for that special<br />
person? Check out the<br />
extensive selection of gift<br />
ideas from <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />
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Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 6663.<br />
MY Boutique shop and warehouse<br />
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Style Footwear, 177<br />
Burnett Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 308 7620. Ruralco<br />
suppliers.<br />
LPG REFILLS<br />
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$27.50<br />
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17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone 307 2707<br />
LPG<br />
REFILLS<br />
Small LPG cylinders<br />
Off Street Parking<br />
Available<br />
Arthur Cates Ltd<br />
26 McNally Street<br />
Ph 308 5397<br />
Riverside Industrial Estate<br />
14 Gerald Street, Lincoln 0800 367 5263<br />
2180822<br />
2223676<br />
OUTDOOR wicker dining<br />
table 2.2m x 1.0m. Brand<br />
new, still in box, cost $600<br />
sell $300. Spinning wheel<br />
excellent condition, many<br />
attachments. Phone 022<br />
644 6019.<br />
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apply). Call/text Trudy 022<br />
600 7144, Facebook, email<br />
trudydalton@icloud.com<br />
FLY control and spider<br />
proofing. For all domestic<br />
and industrial pest control<br />
needs phone AJ Kerr at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest Control on<br />
03 308 8147 or 027 432<br />
5447.<br />
FURNITURE removals -For<br />
all your household removal<br />
needs call Nudges Furniture<br />
Removals, phone 027<br />
224 0609.<br />
HYDRAULICS; Martin<br />
Bennett -Onsite hydraulic<br />
hose repair service 24/7.<br />
Stockists of Aero Quip<br />
hoses &fittings, Commercial<br />
hydraulics, Dynacool,<br />
Spool valves etc., MP Filtri,<br />
Walvoil. Call Justin on 308<br />
9778.<br />
LEGAL work -Phone Peter<br />
Ragg (<strong>Ashburton</strong> Law) for<br />
house sales, purchases<br />
and refinances. Will call at<br />
home evenings for wills,<br />
enduring powers of<br />
attorney. Phone 308 0327.<br />
PAINTER for all your painting<br />
needs. No job too small,<br />
inside or outside. Professional<br />
friendly service.<br />
Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />
027 200 1619.<br />
PAINTING wallpapering,<br />
plastering - No job too<br />
small. Interior, exterior.<br />
Professional, prompt, competitive<br />
service. Phone<br />
Tony Sivier at Paint It <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on 021 878 794 or<br />
307 7<strong>28</strong>9.<br />
PLUMBER: Repair or<br />
replace. Taps, shower<br />
mixers, hot water cylinders,<br />
basins, tubs, toilets, vanity<br />
units, leaking pipes. Call<br />
Pete Young, experienced<br />
plumber 027 <strong>28</strong>0 0889 /<br />
307 7582.<br />
2224011<br />
FORALL YOUR<br />
•LawnMowing<br />
•Pruning<br />
•Garden Maintenance<br />
•Gutter Cleaning<br />
•Rubbish Removal<br />
Call us TODAY<br />
foraFREE quote<br />
2223657<br />
Ph 08004546 546<br />
(0800 4jimjim)<br />
ELECTRICIAN: Alterations, PLUMBING, drainlaying,<br />
additions, sheds, garages, extra blocked drains. Phone<br />
plugs, lights etc; small and Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing<br />
on 027 555 5575 or 308<br />
medium jobs aspecialty; experienced<br />
qualified professional;<br />
reasonable rates. — Call Simon<br />
1248 (Master Plumbers &<br />
021-576-044.<br />
Drainlayers).<br />
SEWING alterations - anything<br />
considered, reasonable<br />
rates. Smoke and pet<br />
free home. Retired wedding<br />
seamstress. Phone Judith<br />
308 3084, Allenton.<br />
SPIDER and fly treatment.<br />
Weed spraying and lawn<br />
treatment. Plus insects.<br />
Call Allan from AA Performance<br />
Services on 027 209<br />
5026. I’ll take care of them.<br />
ROOF COATINGS All roof<br />
types, specialising in<br />
Decramastic and Long Run<br />
Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />
roofs not aproblem. Member<br />
Master Painters &<br />
Roofing Association NZ<br />
Spraymaster 0274337780<br />
SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />
Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />
control for homes -offices -<br />
and cars. Phone Craig<br />
Rogers 307 6347, member<br />
of Master Tinters NZ.<br />
TILING - For all your tiling<br />
requirements including kitchen<br />
splash backs, flooring<br />
etc. (full water proofing),<br />
call Kevin on 027 496 8314.<br />
TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />
block, glare, heat control,<br />
safety, security, privacy,<br />
frosting films, solar protective<br />
window films. Free<br />
quotes, 20 years local service.<br />
Phone 0800 368 468<br />
now, Bill Breukelaar,<br />
www.tintawindow.co.nz<br />
TV Reception Specialists for<br />
all your digital freeview<br />
installations and repairs,<br />
TV wall mounting, Smart<br />
TV set-up, home theatre<br />
installation. Call John at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> TV &Audio Ltd<br />
03 308 7332 or 027 277<br />
1062.<br />
WINDSCREENS and house<br />
glass. Qualified flat glass<br />
glazier now in-house. Anything<br />
glass, give us acall.<br />
Your place or ours. Wilson<br />
Windscreens, 152 Wills<br />
Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />
03 308 8485.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>28</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 39<br />
HIRE<br />
SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />
4WD and slab lifts available<br />
for daily or weekly hire.<br />
Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />
North End Engineering 308<br />
8155 for abooking.<br />
FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />
NEW potatoes from Monday<br />
2nd December. $3 per kg or<br />
2kg for $5. Bennett, 22<br />
Melrose Road. Phone 308<br />
4015.<br />
NEW season potatoes.<br />
Nadine $3 per kg. Phone<br />
308 3195 or 027 531 9103.<br />
81 Elizabeth Street.<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
SAVE $120 on next winters<br />
firewood. 6cubic metres of<br />
Old Man Pine $475. Limited<br />
supply at this price. Free<br />
delivery to most of Mid<br />
Canterbury. Phone 027 297<br />
7563.<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
CLEARING sale Saturday<br />
30th <strong>November</strong>, 101 Seafield<br />
Road (opposite Collegiate).<br />
Automotive retail;<br />
Powerbuilt tools, suspension,<br />
steering parts, filters<br />
etc. Lifestyle block misc.,<br />
office furniture, household<br />
items. Eftpos available.<br />
Gates open 8.30am -<br />
11.30am.<br />
GARAGE sale, all sorts. 62<br />
Nursery Drive, Tinwald.<br />
Saturday 9.00am-12.00pm.<br />
SPACE available for next<br />
weeks <strong>Courier</strong> -bequick!<br />
Talk to us about your advertising<br />
requirements. Phone<br />
308 7664 or call into our<br />
office at 199 Burnett Street,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
FLOAT away at Soul Pods.<br />
Give the gift of relaxation to<br />
yourself and to your loved<br />
one this Christmas. Gift<br />
vouchers available. Phone<br />
021 1<strong>28</strong> 1095.<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
RENT ME!<br />
Ideal as an extra<br />
bedroomoroffice.<br />
Fully insulatedand<br />
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Threeconvenientsizes:<br />
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Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />
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Visit our displaycabin<br />
418WestStreet or callfor a<br />
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www.justcabins.co.nz<br />
21860<strong>28</strong><br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
0800 58 78 22<br />
SECURE waterproof storage<br />
available. Capacity from<br />
8m 3 to 65m 3 . Prices from<br />
$25 per week. Inspection<br />
invited. <strong>Ashburton</strong> Safe<br />
Storage 03 308 3086.<br />
STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Self storage, variety<br />
of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />
Storage 03 307 0401.<br />
STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />
units available long or<br />
short term at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Storage Facilities. Contact<br />
us on 0274 36 26 36 or<br />
www.ashburtonstoragefacilities.co.nz<br />
URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
Forall other medicalassistanceoutsideofnormal<br />
hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7,<br />
to speak with ahealth professionalwho will giveyou<br />
free healthadviceonwhattodoorwheretogoifyou<br />
need urgentcare.<br />
If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any<br />
GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />
New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPracticefor<br />
Saturday30th <strong>November</strong> is MooreStreet Medical<br />
Centre, MooreStreet.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 3066.<br />
Sunday1st December is ThreeRivers Health,<br />
7-11 Allens Road.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 9139.<br />
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />
weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />
MethvenMedicalCentreon03302 8105<br />
or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />
Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on<br />
the answer phone.<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy, CountdownComplex,<br />
East Street will be open on<br />
Saturdaymorning from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />
Sundaymorning from 10.00am until1.00pm<br />
and from 5.00pm until 7.00pm evenings.<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
normal trading hours during the week and on Saturday<br />
morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />
Closed Public Holidays<br />
Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />
Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
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advice on how you can<br />
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Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />
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&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuum cleaners.<br />
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FREEPHONE0508237 483<br />
or 03 348 8481, 027 510 0684<br />
info@drivetech.co.nz |www.drivetech.co.nz<br />
CARS WANTED<br />
CARS<br />
CARS<br />
WANTED!<br />
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DEADOR<br />
ALIVE!<br />
getcash now!<br />
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Minimum of $100for most cars,<br />
$500 formost vans, utes, trucks,4WDs*<br />
*Conditionsapply.<br />
Call 0800 225508 or text 027540 9813<br />
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />
PANELBEATING and spray<br />
painting of cars, trucks,<br />
buses, horse floats &<br />
motorhomes, caravans,<br />
trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />
boats. Light engineering<br />
and aluminium welding.<br />
Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />
Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 0378.<br />
CARS FOR SALE<br />
MITSUBISHI Lancer GLX<br />
automatic 1992, low kms,<br />
new W.O.F. and registration.<br />
Very good condition,<br />
ideal ladies car or collector<br />
$2,450 o.n.o. Phone 308<br />
2235.<br />
2217880<br />
2204413<br />
LOST &FOUND<br />
’LEGEND’ multi-sport kayak<br />
paddle, lost Lake Hood<br />
area near <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Paintball entrance on Saturday<br />
16th <strong>November</strong> during<br />
afternoon. Any information<br />
appreciated. Phone 03<br />
360 3529.<br />
MISSING from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Highway / Blands Road,<br />
possibly in Methven area.<br />
Friendly female cat, tabby<br />
with white chest and paws.<br />
Any info please phone or<br />
text Errol 022 612 8500.<br />
EVERY week, every home.<br />
The <strong>Courier</strong>, 199 Burnett<br />
Street. Ph 03 308 7664.<br />
XCEL-ARC<br />
NEW! VIPER SYNERGIC<br />
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One knob control.<br />
Easy operation forbeginners.<br />
Small,compact, portable.<br />
$312.17+GST<br />
(formerly SPCA)<br />
Kindly sponsored by<br />
Ph3084432<br />
BONUS HELMET<br />
BONUS ROLL OF<br />
GASLESS WIRE<br />
HURRY ONLY WHILE<br />
STOCKS LAST<br />
THE KITTENS ARE COMING!<br />
Donations of kitten food and milk<br />
would be greatlyappreciated<br />
Please note: We will not accept animals<br />
dropped at door.<br />
Please phone 308 4432<br />
Tues -Sat 9:30am -noon<br />
or 027 332 9<strong>28</strong>6<br />
HospiceMid Canterbury<br />
We can supportyou and<br />
your family to make<br />
everyday count.<br />
Allservices arefree.<br />
180216<br />
2233084<br />
Dealing with alife limiting illness?<br />
Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387 email manager@hospicemc.nz<br />
www.hospicemc.nz facebook hospicemidcanterbury<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Borough School<br />
OSCAR PROGRAMME<br />
Bookings areopen forthe next<br />
School HolidayProgramme<br />
19 &20December <strong>2019</strong> &<br />
6to31January2020<br />
Forthe plan and bookings go to:<br />
https://ashborough.aimyplus.com<br />
MEETINGS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Performing Arts TheatreTrust<br />
Annual General Meeting<br />
will be held on<br />
MondayDecember9th <strong>2019</strong>,at6pm,<br />
in the Bradford Room of the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust EventCentre.<br />
Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
CAVENDISH<br />
CLUB<br />
AGM<br />
Friday, 29 <strong>November</strong><br />
2pm<br />
31 Tancred Street<br />
22<strong>28</strong>584<br />
LOOKING for work or staff?<br />
Advertise in The <strong>Courier</strong>.<br />
Call 308 7664.<br />
2209051<br />
2225002<br />
2233933<br />
RAKAIA Rugby Club A.G.M.<br />
Monday December 9,<br />
7.30pm at clubrooms.<br />
Members, supporters,<br />
sponsors, coaches, players<br />
welcome to attend. John<br />
Lawler, secretary 03 302<br />
73<strong>28</strong>.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
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Thur <strong>28</strong>th &Fri 29th<br />
10.00 Frozen2<br />
10.00 Bellbird<br />
11.40 Fishermans Friends<br />
12.00 Knives Out<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
M<br />
1.40<br />
2.20<br />
4.10<br />
4.20<br />
6.00<br />
6.10<br />
8.10<br />
8.10<br />
Ford Vs Ferrari<br />
Frozen2<br />
Frozen2<br />
Ride Like aGirl<br />
Frozen2<br />
Jojo Rabbit<br />
Knives Out<br />
Fishermans Friends<br />
R16<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
M<br />
Sat30th<br />
9.45 Frozen2<br />
10.00 Maleficent2<br />
11.35 Ride Like aGirl<br />
12.10 Frozen2<br />
1.20 Bellbird<br />
2.00 Knives Out<br />
4.20 Frozen2<br />
5.00 Ford Vs Ferrari<br />
6.15 Last Christmas<br />
8.00 Knives Out<br />
8.10 Fishermans Friends<br />
Sun 1st<br />
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10.00 Maleficent2<br />
12.00 Frozen2<br />
12.10 Bellbird<br />
1.40<br />
2.00<br />
3.30<br />
3.50<br />
5.35<br />
5.45<br />
7.30<br />
8.10<br />
Ride Like aGirl<br />
Frozen2<br />
Ocean to Sky<br />
Frozen2<br />
Fishermans Friends<br />
Knives Out<br />
Ford Vs Ferrari<br />
Frozen2<br />
Mon2nd &Tues 3rd<br />
10.00 Frozen2<br />
10.00 Fishermans Friends<br />
11.50 Charlies Angels<br />
12.00 Bellbird<br />
1.40 Jojo Rabbit<br />
1.40 Ride Like aGirl<br />
3.30 Knives Out<br />
3.40 Frozen2<br />
5.30 Frozen2<br />
5.45 Fishermans Friends<br />
7.30 Ford Vs Ferrari<br />
7.45 Knives Out<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
PG<br />
R16<br />
M<br />
M<br />
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PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
G<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
R16<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
M<br />
M<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
R16<br />
M<br />
Wed4th<br />
10.00 Frozen2<br />
11.00 Fishermans Friends<br />
11.50 Charlies Angels<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
M<br />
1.10<br />
1.40<br />
3.30<br />
Bellbird<br />
Jojo Rabbit<br />
Knives Out<br />
M<br />
M<br />
M<br />
3.40 Frozen2<br />
PG<br />
5.30 Frozen2<br />
PG<br />
5.45 Fishermans Friends M<br />
7.30<br />
7.45<br />
Ford Vs Ferrari<br />
Knives Out<br />
R16<br />
M<br />
NO COMPS<br />
Fishermans Friends,<br />
Frozen2,<br />
Knives Out<br />
DINING - Got a special<br />
occasion coming up? Let<br />
the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> take<br />
care of you. Phone 03 307<br />
8887 and talk to our experienced<br />
team.<br />
RELIGIOUS NOTICES<br />
PROPHECY and healing<br />
meeting. Jim and Tana Fox<br />
from USA move in Holy<br />
Spirit gifts. All welcome.<br />
Seniors Centre, 29 <strong>November</strong>,<br />
7pm. 027 767 6594.<br />
Aplace of<br />
Worship,Friendship<br />
&Caring<br />
Aplacewhere<br />
YOU belong<br />
Sundays @10am<br />
CnrCass &<br />
CameronStreets.<br />
Open at other times.<br />
Phone 3087610.<br />
WANTED TO BUY<br />
METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />
light-grade metal in-yard<br />
dumping 9am-5pm weekdays<br />
&9.30-11.30am Saturdays.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Scrap<br />
Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford<br />
Forest Road (behind<br />
Placemakers). Phone 03<br />
308 8033 or 027 249 6625.<br />
2143641
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
USED VEHICLES<br />
Finance<br />
2004 TOYOTA RUNX 2013 HONDACRV 24G<br />
Body kit,alloys,<br />
twin air bags,<br />
ABS, auto<br />
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65,000kms,ABS,alloys, tow<br />
bar,summer ready<br />
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Quality vehicles at affordable prices<br />
Warranties AA Appraised<br />
Finance<br />
Biggest Yard<br />
Best Selection Trade Ins<br />
2012 NISSAN TILDALATIO 2011 TOYOTA RACTIS<br />
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1500cc, auto, ABS,<br />
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26,000kms<br />
2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD<br />
2000 cc,ABS, roomy,<br />
only 12,000kms,auto,<br />
large family car<br />
2008 MAZDAAXELASPORT<br />
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twin air bags,<br />
2000cc, very<br />
clean and tidy<br />
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ABS, 1500cc, easy<br />
access,auto,<br />
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2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC<br />
3000cc, 4door<br />
auto, 91,000kms,<br />
awd, multiple air<br />
bags,leather<br />
$9,995<br />
2010 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID<br />
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ABS<br />
$11,995<br />
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Selling nice cars to nice people<br />
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