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Super Rugby comes to town

By Linda Clarke

Rugby fans will have the

chance to get up close to their

Crusader and All Black

heroes when the Crusaders

play the Hurricanes in aSuper

Rugby preseason game at the

Ashburton Showgrounds on

Saturday.

Children will be allowed

onfield after the 4pm game for

photos and autographs.

Around 5000 people are

expected to watch the game,

which also aims to fundraise

$10,000 for Mid Canterbury

mental health agencies.

New Crusader Dallas

McLeod, who grew up playing

rugby in Methven, will be

among the new Super Rugby

players taking the field.

“It’s awesome to be taking a

preseason game to Mid

Canterbury,’’ he said after

training on Tuesday. ‘‘It’s a

part of the Crusaders region

I’m proud to represent. I

played alot of rugby down

there growing up and Iknow

the local community will really

get behind us on Saturday.’’

McLeod was amember of

the New Zealand U20 side

and debuted for Canterbury’s

provincial rugby side last

season. ‘‘So for me, the 2020

Super Rugby season is an

awesome opportunity to build

on that experience, learn as

much as Ican from the

coaches and players in the

Crusaders environment and

continue to grow my own

game. If Ican do that, I’ll

hopefully put myself in a

position to take any

opportunities that come my

way throughout the season.”

It was surreal joining ateam

he had always aspired to play

for.

‘‘I’m fortunate to have a

chance to work alongside

some of the most professional

players in the game and I’ve

already learnt alot about my

role in the squad.”

McLeod said he was proud

of his Methven roots and to be

returning to play in front of a

home crowd.

‘‘It’s great if other young

players growing up in Mid

Canterbury can also see

there’s apathway to Super

Rugby if they work hard.”

He said the team, reigning

Super Rugby champions, was

looking forward to coming to

Ashburton and putting preseason

training into practice.

It was also agood opportunity

to engage with communities

and fans.

Mid Canterbury Rugby boss

Ian Patterson said the game

would be agreat rugby

occasion.

‘‘It is great for the town to

get agame of this level. The

weather forecast is good and it

should be agreat game

between two outstanding

teams.’’

He said the playing field

had had some special

treatment in the leadup to the

game, thanks to the combined

efforts of the rugby union,

Ashburton District Council’s

parks team and the Ashburton

A&P Association.

The group had six weeks to

bring the playing surface up to

spec after ahorse event. ‘‘It

was cored, aerated, top

dressed and undersown. It was

pretty intensive work.’’

Spectators will be able to

view the match from the

grandstand, the embankment

and hospitality tents to be set

up around the field.

Crusaders chief executive

Colin Mansbridge said the

club was thrilled to take part

in the fundraiser for mental

health.

‘‘We're honoured to be able

to dig deep for these services

and help them to implement

such vital programmes and

activities."

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Bumper barley yield for club

An eighthectare holding paddock

at the former Tinwald

saleyards is still paying dividends

for Mid Canterbury

machinery fans.

For the third yearinarow the

Mid Canterbury Vintage

Machinery Club has harvested a

crop of winter barley from the

site. And this year ithas been

cited as the best crop ever.

Club president John Stewart

said that despite the crop being

hit by hail in midNovember,

they were able toget 7.6 tonne

per hectare of dryland yield,

well up on last year’s 6.5 tonne

per hectare. The 2018 yield was

double the volume of the first

season’s crop.

‘‘It’s the best yield we’ve

had,’’ he said.

‘‘We’re probably still using all

that fertility from the saleyards

... and we got some of the rains

at the right time.’’

For the second year running,

the crop was harvested by Greg

Carr rather than by club members

with their own machinery,

but Mr Stewart said it was due

to a shortage of available

combines with many members

still fulltime farming and the

Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club president John Stewart says the latest barley straw

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time involved.

Mr Stewart was thankful to

the many individuals and businesses

who had ahand in the

successful season, among them

land owner Greg Donaldson,

Mr Carr, and club member

Allan Martin (in charge of the

agronomy), Ravensdown, Cates

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He said money raised from

the sale ofthe crop would boost

the club’s funds following the

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Principal relishing comedy spot

By Mick Jensen

Tinwald School principal Peter

Livingstone likes nothing better

than putting asmile on aface, or

hearing people laugh. Standup

comedy is his new thing, and he’s

the support act for wellknown

comedian Ben Hurley at agig in

Methven in March.

Peter has performed at four

previous popup comedy sessions

in Methven in recent

months and is enjoying the

opportunity of delivering his

unique style of jokes and stories.

He was given the chance at

standup by comedy promoter

Bec Sandys.

Rehearsing routines, he says,

is not done in front of family or

friends, but rather to the bubbling

background of the spa pool

at home.

‘‘I type my ideas up on the

laptop and many of them are, to

be honest, rubbish. But Ioften

go back and figure out another

twist on them.’’

Peter said his day job meant

he was well practised at delivering

clear messages and talking to

Tinwald School principal and

part time comedian Peter

Livingstone.

large numbers.

He had also been an MC for a

number of events and aregular

local stage performer over the

years.

‘‘What Ideliver at events and

in shows is on behalf of someone

else, or prepared text.

‘‘For me, comedy has nothing

to do with my day job and is

outside of my previous comfort

zones.’’

He had been ‘‘as nervous as

hell’’ at his first standup gig, but

had got through it.

‘‘Bec Sandys videoed me on

stage, so Iwas able to see how

my comedy ‘hit’ the audience

and how Idelivered it.

‘‘The dread for all comedians

is that they are simply not going

to be funny, or get a positive

reaction.’’

Peter has built on his first gig

nerves, slowed down his delivery

and learnt to pause for an

audience reaction.

Simply standing up and telling

an old style joke doesn’t work

these days, he says.

‘‘You have to be astory teller,

have an original angle and

authentically connect with

people.

‘‘I take the mickey out of

myself and believe in the ‘fish out

of the water’ approach of taking

one context and putting it into a

totally different context.’’

He preferred to avoid excessive

swearing, didn’t use husband

and wife or Donald Trump jokes,

and didn't take digs at the rivalry

with Australia in his routine.

Instead, he preferred to use

twists on his own experiences

and observations, and used comedy

to sometimes highlight some

serious underlying social issues.

His jokes and stories use an

array of life experiences, including

his Christian upbringing,

strong belief in equality for

women, observations of what’s

delivered by the media, and

simply by people watching.

Peter is abig fan of English

comedy, including shows like

Fawlty Towers and Dad’s Army,

and performers such as Rowan

Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones and

Mel Smith.

He also admires the humour

of Michael McIntyre and Ed

Byrne.

His slot on the Ben Hurley

undercard at Samuel’s Bar on

March 27 is already sold out, and

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Singing school marks 20th year

By Mick Jensen

The Mid Canterbury Summer

Singing School is in its 20th year

and this year’s singing intakeis

rehearsing hardahead of three

public concerts, including a

special celebratorygala

performance on Saturday

evening.

Friday evening and Saturday

afternoon concerts will follow the

usualformat and present

favouritemedleys from the pastas

well as new music.

The galashow willalso feature

ascholarship alumni group, and

an alumnichoir of past students,

some of whomhave enjoyed

successful careers in musical

theatre.

Past scholarship winners

performing includeLuke

Glendining,Julia Bell,Jack

Hanrahan, Olivia Brown, Lucy

Clough, Jacqueline Doherty,

LibbyHigson, Samantha

McArthur, EmilyJaneStockman,

Jack Bubb,Joe Danielson and

three2020 scholarship winners.

The alumni choir of 40 includes

some wellknown performers such

as Chris Woods, Courtney

Donaldson,Jared Corbett, Layna

Hunt,Matt Williams, Megan

O'Reilly, Sophie Brennan, Sarah

Yeoman and Sarah Hart.

Singing schooldirector Jo

Castelow said 20 yearsofmusical

theatre camps was quite an

achievementand afitting

milestonetocelebrate in style.

‘‘In the early daysweperformed

at Ashburton College, butlater,

and to accommodate more

students and greater technical

requirements, we moved to the

event centre.’’

Numbers had been wellover

100 for many years and peaked at

150 afew years ago.This year’s

intakenumbered 120, she said,

with 70 juniors and 50 seniors.

Auditions for soughtaftersolo

roles were held on Sunday.

The public concerts willtake

audiences through such shows as

Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde,

Finding Neverland, Matilda,

Motownand manymore.

The senior and juniorgroups

will perform at all three concerts,

but the alumniatthe Saturday

evening concert only.

Tickets for all shows are

available from the Ashburton

Trust Event Centre or

ticketrocket.co.nz.

Photo:Seniors practising at

Mondayafternoon’s Mid

CanterburySummer Singing

Schoolsession.

World champs beckon Layna for final time

By Linda Clarke

Ashburtongrown singer and actor

Layna Hunt will represent New

Zealand at the talent Olympics in the

USA later this year.

Ms Hunt, 28, will be part of the

Kiwi contingent at the World Championships

of Performing Arts and is

busy fundraising for the trip.

The championships have been

running for 24 years and attracts

performers from over 60 countries;

they compete for medals, cash and

scholarships. The event will be held

at Disneyland in late July.

The talented local performer

attended the National Academy of

Singing and Dramatic Art after

leaving Ashburton College in 2009.

She was part of the New Zealand

team in 2017 and went to Long

Beach, California, with 25 others

ranging in age from 5to29years. She

bought home asilver and abronze

medal.

‘‘This year will be the last year I

can apply to attend as the age cuts off

at 29,’’ she said. ‘‘Being one of the

eldest members of the team was nice

as Ifelt that Icould lend ahelping

hand to the younger team members.’’

Ms Hunt said she loved acting and

dancing, but singing was her main

strength and she will only be competing

in singing categories at the

championships.

After grading with aBachelor of

Performing Arts from the national

academy in 2012, she has performed

in musicals in Mid Canterbury and

worked at the Court Theatre in

Christchurch, where she now lives.

‘‘As well as musicals Ihave been

singing with my partner’s Dad’s rock

bank Odyssey, who have been

together for over 45 years.

‘‘We play good, old school rock

music and perform often at the

Wunderbar in Lyttelton.’’

Tapping into her creativity, Ms

Hunt started her own photography

business Kaleidoscope Eyes Photography;

when she is not working

fulltime as a receptionist at Argus

Heating, she is out capturing special

memoriesfor others with her camera.

She is fundraising to attend the

world championships and is planning

to do sausage sizzles in both Christchurch

and Ashburton. She has also

started a Givealittle page where

supporters can help her cause: https:/

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Ms Hunt will be back in Ashburton

this week to take part in a special

alumni choir at the Mid Canterbury

Summer Singing School. The school

will be marking 20 years.

‘‘I have so many special memories

of performing in Ashburton. Singing

at Christmas in the Park, the summer

singing school with Jo Castelow and

Alice Sollis and Mid Canterbury

Children’s Theatre.

‘‘The Ashburton Operatic Society

productions hold very dear memories

to me. My alltime favourite memory

was performing as Eponine in Les

Miserables in2009. Getting to perform

in the brand new event theatre

was an absolute pleasure and something

Iwill treasure for life.’’

Layna Hunt is off to the World Championships of Performing Arts in

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Rugby’s $10k

goal for health

Ashburton District

Council and the Crusaders

have joined to

raise $10,000 for local

mental health services.

Both organisations

have pledged to donate

$1 each for every ticket

sold to the Crusaders v

Hurricanes game in

Ashburton; 5000 tickets

are on offer.

The $10,000 raised

will promote and support

mental health

awareness and suicide

prevention, through

Safer Mid Canterbury’s

Life's Worth Living

project activities.

Ashburton District

Mayor Neil Brown says

the fundraiser will help

to increase awareness

of a cause close to

many residents' hearts.

‘‘Like many rural

communities, mental

health is an issue for

our district. This

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frontline prevention

activities working to

combat this issue and

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the initiative is awonderful

opportunity to

support local people

and the services they

rely on in times of

need.

‘‘We're very proudto

work with the Crusaders

to make this

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Mental health is such

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Keep focus on longterm vision

CassStreet businesses will

be bracing for some

disruption whenthe

streetscape renewal

project begins on January

27.

Businesses on the street

will be impacted when

underground water, sewer

and stormwater pipes are

installedinthe initial

stagesofthe CassStreet

work, which is expected to

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workwill beginat the Cass/

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Trafficand pedestrian

movementislikely to be

affected by road and

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footpath closures as work

progresses alongeach

area.

Businesses know there

will be somedisruption but

arekeeping hold of the

longterm vision thatwill

make the whole area more

modern, pleasantand

pedestrianfriendly.

It could be atough two

years forthe durationof

theproject, but tolerance

andpatience by everyone

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council could relax or

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affectedbusinesses.

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McCann says contractors

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businesses in the affected

areas to ensure daytoday

business activitiesare

disrupted as little as

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‘‘As with any major

works, heavymachinery,

noise,and dustinthe area

should be expectedduring

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He said council staff had

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and/orstakeholder in the

CBD to ensure owners

were aware of the project.

‘‘Once the physical

worksbegin, there will also

be close liaison from the

contractors with all

business owners.’’

Council will also provide

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Trevor hopes for swing to green

By Linda Clarke

Gardening enthusiast Trevor

Gamblin is hoping that 240

special seeds he planted nearly

12 months ago are about to bear

fruit.

The seeds were certificates of

merit awarded to 240 people by

organisers of the annual Ashburton

Garden Competition, run by

the town’s horticultural society.

Judges said the 240 gardens

had flowers, gardens and lawns

that were attractive, uplifting

and good for the soul.

The garden competition was

revamped last year and rather

than seeking entries, judges

viewed all the town’s gardens in

a driveby and awarded certificates

to the best.

Trophies for the best floral

display and best special feature

were still awarded.

Mr Gamblin said declining

entries had forced the change

last year and he was looking

forward to this year’s event. He

hopes that the 240 people

awarded certificates of merit will

have continued to love their

gardens and encouraged others

to do the same.

‘‘Hopefully last year’s certificates

have been talked about

and more will make an effort to

get their gardens up to scratch.’’

The certificates were wellreceived

and seven propertyowners

wrote to the society to

say thank you.

He said another noticeable

trend over the years was the

growing number of high front

fences, which sometimes hid

Trevor Gamblin with some of the 60 flower baskets he tends at his Lochlea home.

lovely gardens.

The competition, however, is

simply about acknowledging

attractive gardens and lawns and

encouraging people’s green

thumbs.

It has been running for about

60 years and also presents an

award for the best street.

Mr Gamblin, 85, has been

gardening all his life. Around the

Lochlea home he shares with

wife Anne are some 60 baskets

planted with fuchsias and petunias,

and aproductive vegetable

garden. The couple help others

in the lifestyle resort with their

gardens too.

He said gardening was a

pleasurable pastime and the

horticultural society was always

on the lookout for new members.

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Page 6, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 16 January 2020

High interest

in new plots

The new extension may be

allbut completed, but

burialplots are still

available in the original

Ashburton Cemeteryon

Seafield Road and

residentsare being

advised thesespaces need

to be used firstbefore

moving on to the new

extension.

The AshburtonDistrict

Council has built anew

cemetery alongsidethe

originaltomeet the

town's remembrance

needsfor the next 40

years. Space has been

fillingupinthe

Ashburton Cemeteryand

the $1.5 million extension

wasanecessary

investment.

As wordhas spread

aboutthe new extension,

council has beenfielding

inquiries to purchase

plots in the area, however

thesewill remain

unavailable untilthe last

remaining plots in the

original cemetery have

been used.

As well as providing

remembrance space for a

growing community,the

extensionisalso designed

to meetthe needsofan

increasingly culturally

diverseone.

It includes anatural

burial site,acremation

and ashes scattering area,

as wellasatraditional

gravesite.

Final touches are being

tidiedup at the new

cemetery, including

fencing andgates,

plantingsand signage.

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CBD revamp under way

Ashburton District Council has

announced that the construction

tender for the Ashburton

town centre streetscapes

renewal has been awarded to

TruLine Civil.

The Christchurchbased civil

engineering company will be

responsible for replacing and

upgrading the CBD's three

waters infrastructure; constructing

new road and footpath

surfaces; and installing new

landscape features.

The $15 million construction

project is expected to begin in

the CBD later this month and

will take about two years to

complete.

The project will create a

pedestrian and cyclefriendly

environment, introduce a

30kmh speed limit in the area

bordered by East, Moore, Cass

and Havelock streets, revitalise

the existing landscaping with

more trees, new plantings and

rain gardens, and install new

lighting and street furniture.

Concept designs were consulted

on with the community

in 2018.

Chair of the Town Centre

Subcommittee, councillor

Carolyn Cameron said the

council was impressed with

TruLine Civil's expertise and

Cass Street will be the first street to be redeveloped, with work beginning January 27.

experience in delivering projects

around Canterbury and

the wider South Island.

‘‘TruLine Civil have a

proven track record carrying

out a range of civil engineer

projects, and we are very

pleased to have them undertake

this significant upgrade.

‘‘We are excited asI'm sure

many in the community are, for

the physical works to finally

begin in the town centre. It will

make atremendous difference

to the look and feel of this

important space, with the intent

of reinforcing a viable and

vibrant CBD, reclaiming retail

spend and attracting businesses

back in the commercial

centre.’’

The design scheme was completed

in September 2019 and

is available on the council

website.

The council has been liaising

with affected stakeholders

including property owners and

businesses in the town centre

and will continue to work with

affected stakeholders to reduce

disruption as much as possible

throughout the project's twoyear

duration.

Work will begin on Cass

Street first, followed by

Tancred, Moore and Burnett

Streets, before work finishes up

on East Street and Havelock

Street. For more information

on the project, visit ashburtondc.govt.nz/ashburtoncbd.

Social sciences on Pat’s agenda

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It isn’t too manyyears ago that

PatrickSandrey wasinschool

uniform and astudent at

Ashburton College.

For thestartofthenew

school year,he’sback, thistime

at thefront of theclassroom,

and as ateacher.

The 22 yearold returnstohis

almamater to teach social

science, in amaternity cover

role.

Since leaving school,Patrick

has completedaBachelor of

Arts at theUniversity of

Canterbury, majoringin

history, andalsoearned a

Graduate Diploma in Teaching

and Learning.

Teaching is his chosen

profession and he’s excitedby

the prospectofstartinghis

journeyathis oldschool.

New Ashburton College

social science teacher

Patrick Sandrey is aformer

college old boy.

‘‘Before theinterviewfor the

job, Ihadn’tactuallybeenback

to Ashburton Collegesince

finishingasastudent.

‘‘Instinctively, Iprobably

thoughtIwas goinginfor a

detentionrather thanajob

interview.’’

Patrick said there was the

obvious senseoffamiliarity

withthe school, but coming

backasan educator would

present araft of newchallenges

and opportunities.

‘‘It’sonly natural to havea

few nerves mixed in as well, but

generally I’mreally looking

forward to seeingthe futurefocused

direction thatthe

school is heading in andI'm

eager to contribute where I

can.’’

Patrick saidhefondly

remembersplayinginthe

school football teamand

travellingtoaway tournaments,

eventhough the resultswere

subpar.

He also really enjoyed school

house events.

‘‘I thinkAsh Coll’shouse

culture is secondtonone.

Events like theprelimsand

Festival of the Spoken Word

werealways agreat chanceto

represent thehousecolours

and to show offsomeskills.’’

As an emergingeducator,

Patrickwill be workingtowards

completinghis two years

registration.

He follows in thefootstepsof

former Ashburton College

students,Tom Kitchen and

JackHanrahan, who haveboth

beenrecruited in recent

months to teach German and

drama respectively,and former

headboy Michael Clark, who is

now the assistant head of the

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Century on debut

makes rep coach smile

Recordbreaking knocks by

two young Mid Canterbury

cricketers at Hawke Cup level

have senior rep coach Garfield

Charles smiling about

cricket seasons to come.

Angus Jemmett, 16, scored

108 on debut for the team

against Otago Country last

weekend while Archie Redfern,

18, scored 94.

Charles said the impressive

tallies helped Mid Canterbury

post 327, but Otago Country

scored 331 for 8inreply and

collected the first innings

points.

He said the batting of

Angus and Archie was ahuge

highlight of the game. The pair

are among several youngsters

Charles is blooding into the

side.

‘‘If these guys stay around,

in the next few years we will be

aforce.’’

Charles said Angus’ 108 was

asensational knock. The Ashburton

College first XI cricketer

opened the batting with

Nick Gilbert, who departed in

the fifth over.

He said Angus gave the

Otago Country fielders just

one chance and played a

classic opener’s knock, his runs coming off

224 balls over two sessions. He was eventually

caught at midon.

Archie, batting at No 3, also showed his

quality, hitting his 94 off 178 balls and always

looking in control.

‘‘Unfortunately he fell short of his century.

Angus Jemmett

They set aleg side field for

the short delivery and he

gloved one.’’

While Angus will be back

this season, Archie had knee

surgery this week and is

unlikely to play again in this

Hawke Cup campaign.

Charles said the Christchurch

Boys’ High School

cricketer had abright future

and would be aiming to make

the Canterbury Under 19s

again, and higher, when he

had recovered.

Angus and Archie created

a new record Mid Canterbury

partnership (176) for

any wicket against Otago

Country. Captain James

Southby also scored 53 and

starred with the ball, taking 4

wickets. Other wickettakers

were Shaun Stagg 260 and

Will Graham 138 and Jay

Houston 146.

Two games remain in the

Hawke Cup and Mid Canterbury

will take on North

Otago at Aorangi Oval in

Timaru this weekend.

Charles said with Redfern

and opener Nick Gilbert

unavailable, 15yearold

Devon Flannery would get a

chance to play.

Mid Canterbury then faces Southland at

Timaru on February 22 and 23. The side’s

other Hawke Cup match against South

Canterbury in early December was abandoned

when floodwaters in the Rangitata

River shut down road access to Timaru.

Archie Redfern

The Mid Canterbury Cricket primary rep team, back row, coach Kath Clark, Bailey Fletcher,

Jack Butterick, Tyler Maher, Patrick McHugh, Hanroux Wessels, manager Rosie Robinson,

front, Tom Mckenzie, Blake Robinson, co captains Henry King, George Fulton and Ryan

Richan. (Absent: Ben Walker)

Youngsters nab trophy

AMid Canterbury cricket rep team has won the

Neville Hoskin Plate at the South Island Primary

Schools Tournament (SIPST) inWestport.

The team beat Marlborough byjust one run to

bringhome the silverwareand cap off agood week

of competitive cricket.

Batting first, Mid Canterbury scored 148 inthe

plate final, before being bowled out in the 38th

over of the 40 over match.

Top scorers were Patrick McHugh on 39 and

Blake Robinson with 27. George Fulton followed

up his 21 runs withthe battotake 520 offhis eight

overs.

Day one of the fiveday tournament did not

start well for Mid Canterbury, with their first T20

game against Southland Country abandoned and

the second game resulting in a defeat against

Marlborough.

On day two, they upset aDunedin team inthe

20over encounter with three balls to spare, but

lostasecond game to Nelson by 29 runs. Day three

resulted in wins over Buller and Otago Country.

Mid Canterbury finished 4th equal with five

other teams after the grading rounds, but alower

netrun rate put theminthe bottomdivision of the

playoffs.

Playing inthe semifinal ofthe Neville Hoskin

Plate against West Coast, the Mid Canterbury

boysscored 3855 from their 40 overs andwenton

to comfortably win the match by ahuge 330 run

margin.

Blake Robinson retired on84, Tyler Maher hit

78 offjust 36 balls, GeorgeFulton pickedupahalf

century and Hanroux Wessels took 410 from his

4.4 overs.

The Mid Canterbury team was coached by

Kathryn Clark and Rosie Robinson was the team

manager.

Page 8, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 16 January 2020

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Hiphopping for acause

By Toni Williams

Dance teacher and choreographer

Poppy Donaldson ran a

hiphop workshop in Ashburton

last weekend to raise money for

people affected by the Australian

bushfires.

The 26yearold, who has

lived in Melbourne, Australia,

for the past seven years hails

from Ashburton. She was home

for the holidays and wanted to

do something to support those

back in her newlyadopted

country.

“It’s something that really hits

home for me because it’s the

place I chose to make my

second home and literally the

whole country is on fire at the

moment,” she said

While her own home in the

citywas untouched, she knew of

people who had been affected.

“There’s been alot of bushfires

around Melbourne and it’s

affected alot of the people I

know and alot of families of

people Iknow.”

Her workshop was well

received. Twentyfive women,

of all ages and abilities, took up

her offer to learn some hiphop

moves at the Balmoral Hall in

downtown Ashburton onSaturday.

It was the studio she

learned todance in more than

20 years ago.

Ms Donaldson, who has been

dancing since she was three

years old, has been choreographing

and teaching dance

since she was 15 years old.

She originally trained under

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Dance teacher Poppy Donaldson leads ahip-hop workshop for budding dancers keen to

learn new moves and support people affected by the Australian bushfires.

Ashburton dance teacher Charmaine

Quaid and then worked

with musical theatre, including

the children’s and operatic theatres

in Ashburton, the Methven

Theatre Company and Hagley

Dance Company in

Christchurch before venturing

across the Tasman to take up a

scholarshipstudy opportunity at

The Edge Performers School in

Melbourne in 2011.

It opened up the door to

professional work and she now

teaches dance, including hiphop,

jazz, tap and ballet, at two

studios in Melbourne six days a

week. One of those studios has

a hiphop dance team which

competes in the United States

every two years.

During the 90minute workshop,

which included cardio

warmup and stretches,budding

dancers learned some grooves,

learned about isolation body

movements, waacking (adance

style) and to let go and havefun.

She encouraged people to ask

heaps ofquestions.

“It’s going to be super fun,

super chilled,” she said, of the

workshop.

“It’s all about just getting out

there and doing something fun

for yourselves but also for the

community.”

She was grateful for the

support from the Ashburton

District Council and the dance

studios around town who had

shown their support.

Money raised from the workshop

was to be given to Salvation

Army who were helping

people affected bythe fires.

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at the Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum.

Showcasing engineering history

Ian Fyfe and Paul Gray enjoy

tinkering with engines.

They both have an interest in

engineering and, as members ofthe

Plains Vintage Railway and

Historical Museum, they get to

explore the workings of the many

engines on site at the Tinwald

facility and learn about their

history.

They also get to showcase them

to the public, which they were

doing last weekendasthey worked

with some of the stationary, or

fixed, engines; among them a

couple of Hornsby’s engines, an

Anderson Foundry engine and a

Fowler engine.

The Hornsby (pictured front) is

around 100 years old. It was made

in England and converted from gas

to petrol.

The threehorsepower engine

was used to pump water before

electricity arrived.

The Anderson engine, aquiet

running engine, was used in Mid

Canterbury dairy sheds. It too is

three horsepower and runs on

petrol.

However the bigger Fowler, an

eighthorsepower model, was used

on Mid Canterbury’s irrigation

motor pumps and runs on diesel.

Tinkering with engines is ahobby

both men have been able to do in

their professional lives as truck

drivers, although Mr Fyfe is since

retired.

Couple tow coffin

to Parliament

Camilla and Julian Cox left Ashburton on Wednesday morning with their

tandem bike and coffin on their awareness ride to Wellington.

Dunedin husband and wife Julian and

Camilla Cox arrived in Ashburton on

Tuesday afternoon on atandem bicycle

and towing a coffin with a skeleton

named Hope seated behind them.

The couple are part way through an

epic 1200km ride from Dunedin to

Wellington aimed at persuading the

Government to increase the funding of

Pharmac, the agencywhich decideswhich

medicines and pharmaceutical products

are subsidised for use in the community

and public hospitals.

The bike trip isapart of an awareness

campaign and is collecting signatures for

apetition over its 18day duration.

The petition, organised by Patient

Voice Aotearoa, asks Parliament to urge

the Minister of Health to conduct

external reform of Pharmac and to

double Pharmac’s budget immediately,

with aplan to triple the budgetwithintwo

years.

The drug funding issue is important to

Julian and Camilla Fox because their

19yearold daughter Rachael has cystic

fibrosis, but cannot freely get new lifesaving

and lifechanging medications

here.

‘‘We can’t access the drugs in New

Zealand, despite these medicines being

funded in countries like Australia and

Britain,’’ Mr Cox said.

‘‘Pharmac has agreed tofund at least

one of these treatments, kalydeco, with

low priority. This effectively means it will

never be funded.

‘‘People who need kalydeco, like our

daughter, just can’t afford to wait.’’

New Zealanders who have never

needed unfunded medicines don’t know

how dire the state of funding in New

Zealand is, says Mr Cox.

New Zealand ranked last out of 20

OECD countries for market access to

modern medicines.

‘‘We think it’s just so important that

the petition to double Pharmac’s budget

is successful, so we decided to do the ride

to Wellington to generate publicity, raise

awareness and collect more signatures.’’

The tandem bike being ridden bythe

Dunedin couple was bought 28 years ago

to tour the USA, after the pair finished a

year teaching inJapan.

The coffin being pulled weighs in at

about 50kg with luggage inside it.

The couple plan to arrive in Wellington

on January 22 and will leave the

coffin outside Parliament and present the

petition.

The petition is aiming for 250,000

signatures and can be viewed and signed

via the website rip.kiwi.

Cultural showcase back on

The Ashburton district

will once again showcase

its cultural diversity at the

11th Multi Cultural Bite

(MCB) event on February

The community event

invites different cultures

from within the community

to prepare and share

bitesized portions of

food which represent a

taste of their culture.

There is also an entertainment

lineup with an

international flavour that

offers afurther glimpse of

cultural identity.

MCB coordinator Ida

Casipit said the final

details of the Waitangi

Day event were coming

together and it was shaping

up to be agreat day

out and acelebration of

the district’s cultural

roots.

Countries signed up for

the food stalls included

the Philippines, Singapore,

Brazil, Egypt, India,

Nepal, Argentina, Tonga,

Netherlands, Sri Lanka

and Samoa.

New countries for this

year’s event were Nigeria,

Poland and South Africa.

Mrs Casipit said there

Takumi Japanese Drumming Group

was a huge lineup of

performers that included

the return of the popular

Takumi Japanese Drumming

Group.

Others on stage were

the CCC Samoa Ashburton

Youth and Christchurch

Zhonghua Chinese

Society dancers.

Local performers

included Ocean Waitokia,

Ashburton Silver

Band, Tekoare Paul and

Ashburton Pipe Band.

‘‘The emphasis is about

showcasing all the different

cultures that now call

the Ashburton district

their home,’’ she said.

‘‘There will be teachings

of how to wear traditional

clothes, henna, calligraphy

sessions and face

painting, as well as the

Smile project, map pinning,

and aphotobooth.

‘‘Bite is not just about

nourishing ourselves with

different foods, but also

about educating ourselves

about different cultures

as well.’’

The event will also feature

acultural parade and

judging of the best stall

and food. MCB runs from

10am until 2pm and will

be held on East Street in

front of the clock tower

and around Baring

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Family Notices

DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS

DOLBEY, Wilfred (Keith):

Died peacefully on December

29, 2019 aged 88 years, now

back in the arms of his true

love Ngaire to whom he was

married for57years.

Best ever dad, father in law

& grandad of Rosy & Peter,

Shirley &the late Tim &Don,

Carolyn & Richard, Lenny &

Trina, Robert&Merran, Emelia,

Michael,&Issy &Wayne.

Loved eldest son of the late

Leonard and Florence Dolbey,

and brother to the late

Maureen, Daphne, &Yvonne.

Will be sadly missed but will

be in our hearts forever. Alife

well lived.

Messages to: The Dolbey

Family, c/- PO Box 6035,

Ashburton7742

A service celebrating Keith’s

lifehas already been held.

0800 2MEMORY

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GRIFFITHS, John: On

January 11, 2020, suddenly

at Ashburton. Aged 82 years.

Dearly lovedhusband of Janett.

Much loved dad of David and

Gail, Mike and Michelle, Anne

and Hoss Yeatman, Richard

and Megan, and Jan and

Quinny Ross. Loving grandad

of all his grandchildren and

great grandchildren. Loved

brother and brother in law of

Mervyn and the late Judith

Richardson. ”A valued member

of the Ashburton community”.

Messages to the Griffiths

family PO Box 472, Ashburton

7740. Agraveside service for

John has been held.

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HARE, James Joseph (Jim):

On January9,2020, peacefully

at Ashburton Hospital. Inhis

92 year. Dearly loved husband

and companion of the late

Joan. Much loved dad of

Richard and Annie, and Sue

and Cliff. Loved grandpa of all

his grandchildren and great

grandchildren whom he was

very proud. Special thanks to

his Methven House family for

their loving care and kindness

to Jim. At Jim’s request a

privateservicehas been held.

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LILL, Donald John

Cunningham: On January

10, 2020, peacefully at

Ashburton Hospital, after a

shortillness.Belovedhusband

and soulmate of Elizabeth,

loved father and father-inlaw

of Mike and Florence

(France), Geoff and Julie,

Felicity and Doug, Cate and

Ben and cherished grandpa

of Kaelan, Alexanne, George,

Ben, Hamish, Sophie, Alex,

Georgie, Ella, Joe, Charlie and

loved brother of Margaret.

Messages to Unit 80, Lochlea,

25 Charlesworth Drive,

Ashburton 7700. A special

thanks tothe wonderful staff

at Ashburton Hospital who

helped ensure Donald’s last

days were full of family time,

love and expertcare. Aservice

forDonald has been held.

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SKILLING, Nisbet Irene

Georgena: Passed away

peacefully at Ashburton

Hospital on January 13, 2020.

Aged 95 years. Wife of the

late Ron. Loved mother and

mother in law of Annette

and Les Wickstead, (Australia)

Lyall, (Australia) Carolyn and

Les Donaldson and loved

grandma of Jason, and Julian

and great grandma of Ally,

and Jessie; and Tristan. Loved

auntie of all her nieces and

nephews. No flowers by

request please but donations

to the Blind Foundation

would be appreciated and

may be left at the service.

Messages to Skilling family,

POBox 472, Ashburton 7740.

Special thanks to the staff

at Rosebank Rest Home and

Ashburton Hospital for their

special care and attention

they gave to Nisbet. Aservice

to celebrate Nisbet’s life

will be held at our Chapel

Cnr East and Cox Streets,

Ashburton on Thursday

January, 16, commencing at

2.00pm. Followed by private

cremation at the Ashburton

Crematorium.

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SAMANTHA

ROSE

FLOWERS

STAPLES, Ernest: (Ness):

Passed away peacefully,

after a long illness, on

January 1,2020, at his home,

Christchurch. Loved husband

of Bevand father and father in

lawofChris and Rana, Dwayne,

Karl and Mel, Hayley and Andy

and much loved grandad

of Michael and Kate; Max,

and Devon; Tamara, Mason,

and Danielle. Messages to

POBox 22, Methven 7745. At

Ness’ request aprivate family

servicehas been held.

Paterson’s

Ashburton

FDANZ

03 307 7433

WHYTE, Myra Dulcie: (Dulc),

on January 9,2020, peacefully

at Radius Millstream,

Ashburton. Treasured wife

of the late Jack. Dearly loved

mum of Graeme and Michelle,

and Barry. Loved gran of

Nathan, Simon and Skye, Matt

andAleysia, and Emily. Aloved

sister, sister inlaw, and aunt.

Messages to the Whyte family

c/- P O Box 472, Ashburton

7740. A service for Dulc has

been held.

Paterson’s

Ashburton

FDANZ

03 3077433

Fire ribbons

Volunteering Mid &

South Canterbury are

supporting the volunteers

fighting the fires in Australia

selling ribbons in

the red and blue colour of

the International firefighter

ribbons. The colours

represent red for fire and

FLOWERS +WEDDINGS +GIFTWARE

SAME DAY DELIVERY IN ASHBURTON

WWW.SAMANTHAROSEFLOWERS.CO.NZ

03 307 4020

Family owned,

locally owned

LREA2008

MCRE

blue for water.

The ribbons are available

for agold coin donation

at Community House

Mid Canterbury, 44 Cass

Street.

All money raised will

go to the firefighters in

Australia.

22 MooreStreet,

Ashburton

0800 2636679

2196498

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Restrictions used

to manage water

The average daily water

consumption in Ashburton,

Tinwald and Lake

Hood forthe first 14 days

of the 2020 year was

15,244 m3, peaking on

January 12 at 19,918 m3.

Residents in Ashburton,

Chertsey, Fairton,

Hinds, Hakatere, Lake

Hood, Mayfield and

Rakaia are currently on

Level 1 water restrictions,

whileMethven and

Mt Somers residents are

on Level 2restrictions.

Council used water

restrictions asatool for

managing demand onits

potable water supplies,

said Ashburton council’s

acting group manager

service delivery Brian

Fauth.

He said generally

Level1waterrestrictions

were largely precautionary

and usually enacted

in the summer period as

areminder to customers

to use water sensibly during

the hottest periods of

the year.

In other cases more

targeted water restrictions

(Levels 2to5)may

be required and could be

applied for a range of

reasons such as maintaining

acceptable levels

of service, protecting a

water source from

excessive depletion,

ensuring compliance

with resource consent

limits and conserving

water where a supply’s

capacity was reduced, he

said.

The five levels of water

restrictions that council

canimplement are: Level

1 alternative day use;

Level 2alternate days,

timelimited; Level 3

hand held hosing; Level

4hosing ban; Level 5–

water conservation

notice (emergency management).

There are around

500km of drinking water

pipes in Ashburton.

Council operates 12

water supply schemes

across the district, schemes

that service around

71% of the population.

Few submitters

on electoral areas

Geraldine people say

they don’t want to be

lumped in with Queenstown,

Wanaka and other

towns in the Waitaki

voting district.

The Electoral Commission

is seeking views

about proposed electorate

boundary changes

and seven Geraldine

submitters say they

identify with the Rangitata

electorate rather

than Waitaki.

Rangitata takes in

Mid Canterbury and

Timaru.

There were no submissions

on changes to

the Rangitata electorate

to include Rakaia, which

was previously part of

the Selwyn electorate.

Geraldine resident

Jan Oliver, in a submission

to the commission,

said she had

been a resident of

Geraldine for over 50

years and never missed

voting in ageneral election.

She said Geraldine

was connected to Timaru

for its local government,

health care and education

and the town was

just 30 minutes away.

‘‘It makes no sense to

me that Geraldine is

lumped inwith Queenstown,

Wanaka, Cromwell,

Alexandra,

Oamaru, Tekapo and

Twizel and that our elected

representative

resides in Oamaru.’’

Other submitters said

Geraldine identified with

Timaru and Ashburton.

Mike Clare said he

accepted the rationale

for population determining

boundaries, but

including Geraldine in

the greater Waitaki was

bizarre.

‘‘It’s obvious whoever

did this has no concept of

the topography and roading.

Please show some

commonsense.’’

Alister France said

Geraldine had been an

orphan area of interest

for many years. But it

would be better for the

town tobeinthe Rangitata

electorate, while

Waitaki could gather

more areas ofits interest

in the south.

The commission will

hold public hearings of

objections and counterobjections

next month on

all electorate boundaries,

with a final decision in

April.

Rangitata MPAndrew

Falloon had pushed for

Rakaia to be in the

Rangitata electorate.

“There’s a requirement

for them to consider

communities of

interest, and that’s the

argument Iput to them

over areas like Rakaia,

Chertsey, Lauriston,

Dorie and Pendarves

being included with Ashburton

rather than Akaroa

and Rolleston.

“Geraldineisinasimilar

position where for a

number of years they’ve

been part of the Timaru

district but not in the

same electorate as Timaru

itself, so Ican completely

understand their

desire to be part of the

Rangitata electorate.

Unfortunately the

requirements around

population are very tight,

so it’s difficult to see how

Geraldine can be

included without major

changes elsewhere.”

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Enrolling your child at school

Your child can startschoolorkura in New Zealand

between ages fiveand six. All children must be

enrolled at school by their sixth birthday.

If you enrolyour child in aschool whichhas cohort

entry,your childmay be abletostartschoolbefore

their fifth birthday. Cohort entry is when new

entrants start school in groupsthroughout the year,

at the startofeachschool term.

When yourchildhas started at schoolorkura, they

must go to school everyday. This is achange from

the earlier rule,where regular attendance was

required only fromage six.

Enrolling early helpsthe school or kurawith their

planning.

As soon as you’vedecidedonaschool or kura get

in touch withthemtoenrolyour child,arrange atime

for your child to startand arrangesomevisits to get

yourchildused to school or kura.

Choosing aschool

You can not always enrolyour child at any school

you like.

If the schoolhas an ‘enrolmentscheme’, inother

words,iszoned, thisgivesthem the authority to

restrictenrolments to families living withinthe zone.

If you want your childtoattendazoned school and

you live outside thezoneyou willhave to apply to go

into their ballot.

Alternatively,yourarea may havemorethan one

school option for you to consider.

Contact your school of choice to discuss options.

Changingschools

If yourchildischanging schoolorkura for any

reason, you need to let the school know they are

leavingand which school they willbegoing to, and

make sure they are enrolledintheir new school.This

includes movingtoanewprimary school, kura,

intermediate or secondary school.

Once your child is enrolled at anew school, all

theirpersonal records will be sent from theprevious

one.

Hinds School

Are you looking for after school

and holiday childcare?

Ashburton Borough

School

OSCAR Programme

(Out of School Care And Recreation)

Monday - Friday (School terms)

3.00pm - 5.30pm

Monday - Friday (School holidays)

8.30am - 5.30pm

5 - 13 year olds

We provide:

Recreation and art and craft activities

Homework supervision

Afternoon tea

Adult child ratio: 1:10

Experienced and caring staff

A safe environment

LIMITED CASUAL AND PERMANENT

SPACES AVAILABLE NOW

for further information

contact the school office 307 8529

You do not have to be a

Borough School student to attend

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Hinds School is afull primary school catering for

students Years 18.

We have adedicated staff who work hardto

foster alove of learning and success for all

students, forming strong partnershipswith parents

and students.

Our staff focus is to cater for all students

abilities and needs by delivering quality teaching

and learning through our Core Beliefs

FoundationLearning Skills (literacy and

numeracy), Students as Powerful Learners, aRich,

Relevant and Real Curriculum and Teachers as

Mentors.

These beliefs are well supported by our PRIDE

values: Partnership, Respect, Integrity,

Determination and Excellence.

Within the structure of Hinds School is the

management of the Mid CanterburyTechnology

Centre (MCTC). It caters for 10 surrounding rural

and Ashburtonbased schools.

MCTCisavaluable asset to our Mid Canterbury

region, which Year 7and 8students attend every

week.

Strong communication between homeand

school is essential, this is delivered by way of class

seesaw, email,school newsletter, Facebook and

our school website.

Being arural based school we are the hub of the

community and we welcome all within our district

to join us at school based functionsand events.

We are very appreciative of our community’s

support and assistance of our students.

Together we strive for our school vision‘‘to be

the best we can be’.

Waihi School

We Believe in Boys

As specialists inboys’ education, we spend alot

of time thinking about the unique ways in which

boys learn and grow.

Singlesex education programmes allow boys to

thrive and learn at their own developmental pace

in accordance with their unique learning and

emotional needs.

Boys learn better in an environment that:

~allows them to move while learning (more

kinaesthetic learning and less time on chairs),

~ gives them tasks to apply knowledge, i.e.

learning by doing handson activities,

~recognises that boys often ‘act first and think

later’ so teaches them to take risks responsibly,

~encourages humour; boys make each other

laugh, it is agreat coping strategy,

~ accepts that boys are more comfortable

writing about action, not feelings,

~gives them asafe space inwhich to embrace

performance and other creativepursuits –boys are

extremely creative,

~understands that boys track moving objects

faster than girls but don’t hear as well therefore

they need instructions to be short and clear,

~ recognises boys have boundless physical

energy they are often competitive, physical in

nature and inclined toward competitive sport, ~

recognises that boys are essentially disorganised,

so helps them manage themselves,

~provides great male role models and gives

boys an opportunity to be leaders and teaches

them how to lead.

If you’d like to know more or if you think your

son would thrive in this environment, then please

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AshburtonCollege

Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive LearningEnvironment

COMMENCEMENT OF COLLEGE YEAR 2020

NewEnrolments: AllYear Levels (Students) and Adult Students.

From Monday27January, by appointment

If your student isnot yet enrolled at the College or, asanadult student you are not enrolled, please

phone theCollege Office(308 4193), from Monday20January, tomakeanappointment.

Enrolmentfor Year 9students will include testing.

Leavers sinceend of 2019

Any students not returning to College and who have not notified this, please make contact with the

College Office (308 4193), from Monday27January.

Course Confirmation Arrangements: ForselectedYear 12 and 13 Students only,

by appointment

Dates: Monday27, Tuesday 28 and Wednesday29January, 10:00am-5:00pm.

Venue: College Library.

Year 12 and 13 studentsrequired to confirmcourses, in relation to subjectclashes/courseentry pre-requisites,

will be advised by email to parents/caregiversand students, by Tuesday21January.

Families without email will be notified via post.

Electronic Booking System -Please Book Your AppointmentTime

• Anelectronic booking system is operating forthesedays.

• ‘Howtobook’instructions will be included in the email/letter home.

• The booking system will be open from the time youreceiveyour email/letter.

If,due to genuine circumstances,astudentisunable to attend on the abovedates please

email info@ashcoll.school.nz or phone 308 4193. An alternativedate/time will be arranged.

NCEA Results Document: Allstudents -please bring print-out of NCEA Results Document.

Year LevelInformation and Return Dates

Reminder

• Students, ofany year level, not yet enrolled are required todoso-refer to above information and

please phone foranappointment.

• Specific Year 12 and13students: Course Confirmation required -refer to aboveinformation, and please

book on-line foranappointment.

• NewYear10, 11, 12 and 13 students who have enrolled. Please reportdirectly to the StudentOffice.

Year 9Students -Monday03February

• All Year 9students attend,inuniform(College year starts).

• Please reporttothe Auditorium at 8:50am.

Year 13 Students -Monday03February

• All Year 13 students attend,inuniform(College year starts)

• All Year 13 students reporttoAuditorium at 10:00am (notelatestart).

• New Year 13 students reportdirectly to StudentOffice.

• Year 13 students will be released at 12.25pm unless course confirmation meeting required.

Tuesday04February

•Year 13 students return to College Period 3 (11:25am), unless course confirmation meeting

required.Totimetabled classes.

Wednesday05February

•Year 13 students–start Period2(10:00am).ToAko groups.

CommunityEntry Programme Students -Monday03February

• Interviewswith families and students to prepareIndividual Learning Plans begin Monday.

• Families and studentswill be contactedinadvancebythe Community EntryProgramme Manager to

arrange appointmenttimes.

• Any questions–pleasephoneDeniseon027 308 4193.

Kōhanga Students -Monday03February

• All Kōhanga students return, to startat8:45am.

Year 10 Students -Tuesday04February

• All Year 10 students attend,inuniform(College year starts).

• All Year 10 students reporttothe Auditorium at 9:00am.

• New Year 10 students reportdirectly to StudentOffice.

SLSU (StudentLearning SupportUnit) Students –Tuesday04February

• All year level students attend,inuniform(College year starts). Transportstarts today.

Year 11 Students -Wednesday05February

• Course confirmation not required -coursesremain as selectedatthe end of 2019or, where changes may

be required,senior staff will meet with those students.

• All Year 11 students attend,inuniform(College year starts).

• All Year 11 students reporttoUpstairs Café at 9:00am

• New Year 11 studentsreportdirectly to StudentOffice.

Year 12 Students -Wednesday05February

• All Year 12 students attend,inuniform(College year starts).

• All Year 12 students reporttoAuditorium at 9:00am.

• New Year 12 studentsreportdirectly to StudentOffice.

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Ashburton College

Kia Ora and Welcome

Thank you for considering Ashburton

College for your child’s

secondary education.

As alarge college weoffer afull

range of academic and vocational

subjects. Likewise, we offer an

enormous scope of sporting and

cultural opportunities.

If your child has an interest in an

activity then chances are we will

have itonoffer. Equally valued is

our widespread community support

which enhances what we can

offer to students’ learning, work

and life experiences, and activities.

Our key goal is to provide a

futurefocused education that will

enable our leavers to thrive in

Ross Preece

their futures and to make apositive

contribution to our society.

As part of this futurefocus we

have, this year, offered our Innovation

Programme to both Year 9

and 10 students.

The emphasis of this programme

istodevelop the skills of

communication, collaboration,

creative problemsolving and

resilience. Our college’s values of

‘Quality, Pride and Respect’ will

continue to serve our students and

our community well.

Currently, weare in the master

planning process for asignificant

school rebuild, as approved by the

Ministry of Education last year.

Thank you for considering our

College.

Ross Preece

Principal/Tumuaki

What Do Students Bring On Their First DayToCollege?

AllYear Levels -onday one please just bring arefill pad and pens (thereisnoneed to bring all books).

StationeryRequirements 2020:

• Year 8students entering Year 9: Students issued with astationerylist during new entrants’visit.

• Year 9students entering Year 10: Astationerylist wasincluded with Year 9Reports posted at theend of

2019.

Forboth year levels stationerylists arealso available on the College web-site:

www.ashburtoncollege.school.nz

• Years 10-12 entering Years 11-13: Students will be advisedbytheir subjectteachers as to whatstationery

they arerequired to have as they attend each subjectclass.

This will be issued with timetables.

Bring Your OwnDeviceRequirements 2020 -all students:

Areminder thatweare asking all students to bring their owndevicetoschool.Specifications have beenissued

to families.Alimited number of devices will be available forstudents not able to provide their own.

College Uniform Clothing Shop

• Open from Monday20January, during officehours: 8:00am-4:30pm.

• Pleasecome to the College Office.

Newand Returning International Students -Enrolments/Orientation:

Wednesday29January - New International Students Only

• Host families please deliver students to,and collect from, the College Office.

• Day starts at 11:00am and finishes at 3:00pm.

• Bring ownlunch.

• Students please bring Passport, and InsuranceDocumentation if youhave this.

• The Clothing Shop will be opened forInternational Students and Host Families.

Thursday30January - New International Students

• Orientation continues.

• Day starts at 11:00am and finishes at 3:00pm.

• Bring ownlunch.

Friday31January - All International Students Welcome

• Day Trip.

• Bring ownlunch,sun screen, sun glasses,swimwear and towel.

Monday03February - Year 9and 13 International Students start

Tuesday04February - Year 10 International Students start

Wednesday05February - Year 11 and 12 International Students start

Year 12 Peer SupportStudents -Monday03February

• Meet in Upstairs Café at 11:25am (Period 3) forbriefing.

• Pleasewear College uniform.

• Peer SupportofYear 9students Period 4(12:25pm).

• 1:20pm -sausagesizzle provided forYear 9, and Year 12 Peer Supportstudents.

• Year 12 studentsleave College at 1:50pm.

Buses -Mid CanterburySchool TransportSystem(MCSTS)

• AllCollege bus runs commenceMonday03February.

These include Ashburton Intermediate School students and Primary students of schools which use the

MCSTSService

Enrolment-ifnot already completed,pleaseaction by Monday20January

• Existingbus students -wedorequireMCSTStobenotified if continuing to use the bus service.

Please advise via email (admin@mcsts.co.nz) -[anytime],orphone: 307 2420.

• Enrolment of students newtothe bus service -please completethrough the web-site www.mcsts.co.nz.

Note: Newbus students arerequiredtoenrol with the bus servicebefore theycan use the buses.

• Parents/caregivers will be notified via email, orbypost where email isnot available, when enrolment is

complete.

Note: Bus Routes –information forall currentusers

Bus routes continue the same as they were at the end of Term Four,2019. Thereare no changes.

College Office Hours

Theofficewill be open from Monday20January,8:00am-4:30pm.

Other Dates

• Leadership Camp (Year 13 students who areconfirmed as attending)

-Monday27-Wednesday29January

• Teacher Only Days -Thursday 30 Januaryand Friday31January

• Pōwhiritowelcome new staff and students(11:30am) -Wednesday05February

• WaitangiDay public holiday -Thursday06February

COLLEGE CONTACTDETAILS Phone:(03)308 4193

Email: info@ashcoll.school.nz

Web-site: www.ashburtoncollege.school.nz

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Methven Primary

School

Methven Primary School is an exciting and

vibrant place for children to do theirlearning.

Our teachers are committed to providing

stimulating learning programmes both inside

and outside of the classroom.

Within our rich and broad curriculum

there is abelief that being able to read, write

and do maths successfully is at the core of a

child’s learning needs. To do this we are

increasingly using ‘Stellar’ (our schoolowned

bus) to transport our children to

learning opportunities within our local

environment.

Our location allows usto run an extensive

Snow SportsprogrammeinTerm 3. Students

take part in class trips and senior students

can opt into aweekly programme tofurther

develop their skiing and snowboarding skills.

Students striving to achieve to their

potential isexpressed in our vision “Preparing

for our future through making pathways

to the stars”.

Our learners are collaborative, innovative,

communicators who are able to selfregulate

and manage their wellbeing.

We have modern, attractive learning

spaces across our school. Students are

supported toestablish their goals and work

towards these through accessing the curriculum

in a variety of ways. As the only

Microsoft Showcase Primary School inthe

South Island, we provide arange of digital

learning experiences to allow students to use

and create with technologies.

We have a great team of teachers and

support staff, supported by aproactive BoT.

We provide avariety ofprogrammes for

children who need specific learning goals.

For further information, please contact Sue

Furndorfler at principal@methven.school.nz

School

term

dates

The Ministry of Education

sets out school date

guidelines each year but

check with your school to

find out your term times

especially around school

start and end of year

information.

Term 1(11 weeks)

between Monday 27

January (at the earliest);

and Friday 7February (at

the latest) and runs until

Thursday April 9.

The school holiday is

then from Saturday April

11 until Sunday April 26.

Term 2(10 weeks)

runs from Tuesday April

28 until Friday July 3.

The school holiday is

from Saturday July 4until

Sunday July 19.

Term 3(10 weeks)

runs from Monday July

20 until Friday 25 September

25.

The school holiday is

from Saturday September

26 until Sunday

October 11.

Term 4(10 weeks)

runs from Monday October

12 until no later than

Friday December 18

(check with your school

for confirmed date).

The school holiday is

generally five or six weeks

long (from school’s closing

date until opening

date of school the following

year).

Start ofYear Information

New Enrolments

Monday27January,9:00am - 12:00pm

Ourofficewillbeopenfor newfamilies

wishingtoenrol theirchildren

Class Lists Available

Tuesday 28 January, 5:00pm

Emailedtofamiliesand placedonwebsite

Office Opens

Friday31January,8:30am - 3:30pm

Students First Day

Monday3February,includesawelcome

morningfor students andfamilies

from 8:30am - 9:30am

Visit methven.school.nz for more details

Tinwald School

2020 Back toSchool Dates

Office open for inquiries and enrolments

Thursday 30 and Friday 31,

January 2020, 9am-12pm

Students return Monday, 3February,

classes begin 8.55am

Tinwald School offers excellent education

opportunities for New Entrant

to Year 6children.

We welcome all enquiries and are happy for

prospective families to visit the school and

see learning in action.

For further information contact the

Principal -Peter Livingstone.

School Wiki is the site to see

Visit the school wiki to see our

school in action;

www.tinwaldschool.weebly.com

131 Thomson Street, Tinwald, Ashburton

03 308 4555 admin@tinwald.school.nz

2244890

Ashburton Learning

Centre

AshburtonLearningCentre, centrally

located at 71 Park Street in Ashburton,has

staff availabletoassist you with your

learning needs whetherits for education,

employment or social opportunities.

We offersupport to peopleinneedof

help with different levelsofliteracy,

numeracy andcomputing skills.

For those looking to improve on basic

Englishliteracy (spellingand writing) and

basicnumeracy(maths) skills. OurEnglish

for newcomers can help peopleseeking to

improvetheir English language skills, either

through our English classes or by speaking

in English, andcan openupfurther

opportunities for higher online study.

We offertuition in International English

Language Testing System(IELTS) for those

wanting to sit the IELTS exam.

For peoplelooking to gain National

CertificateofEducational Achievement

(NCEA) literacy or numeracy creditslevel

one, or apprentices wanting supporttodo

their individual qualifications we can help.

Ourdigital support can alsohelp people

looking to becomemore confident

computer users.

TheAshburton LearningCentre also

offersdriver licencesupport,classesinTe

Reo Maori and foundation learning to

support people looking for employment

opportunities.

Allour coursesare free to New Zealand

residents, withasmall feefor nonresidents.

To seewhatwecan offeryou check out

our website at www.

ashburtonlearningcentre.co.nz or get in

touch withuson 03 3085322.

Computing/Digital Classes:

Mondays 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM & 1 PM – 3 PM

Tuesdays

7:00 PM – 9:00PM

Wednesdays 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Workplace Literacy/Numeracy Support

Work Readiness classes

Health and Safety at Work Unit Standard 497

Apprenticeship Support

Reader Writer Support

Specific Learning Difficulty (SLD) Tutoring

CV and job seekers support

Driver’s Licence Support

Digital Literacy

Individual support for computers and cellphones within a group

class setting

At no cost to NZ residents

PELT (Prepaid English Language Tuitition)

Accredited PTE to deliver English tuition for Immigration NZ requirements

ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages)

One-to-one classes at times to suit and group classes available

Small fee for non-residents

Mondays Intermediate Level 7:00 - 8:30pm

Tuesdays Beginning Level 7:00 - 8:30pm

Wednesdays Advance Level/IELTS Preparation 7:00 - 8:30pm

Fridays Intermediate Level 10:00 - 11:30am

Forinquiries and moreinformation, please contact:

Phone: 03 308 5322 Mobile: 027 226 9496 Email: adult.literacy@xtra.co.nz

71 Park Street,Ashburton(CnrHavelock Street,old St Joseph’s School Bldg)

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Schools support

The Government

announced last year a

reset of Tomorrow’s

Schools, which will put

more support closer to

schools to give every

child the best chance

to succeed.

Tomorrow’s Schools

is the name given to

the reforms that dramatically

changed the

governance, management

and administration

of our schools

nearly 30 years ago.

While the current

system has strengths, it

isn’t adequately serving

some of our

learners, in particular

Maori, Pacific, people

with disabilities,

people with learning

needs, and those from

disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Government

announced a reset of

Tomorrow’s Schools,

which will put more

frontline support closer

to schools to give

every child the best

chance tosucceed.

You can read the

Tomorrow’s Schools

Taskforce final report

on the Education Conversation

website.

SCHOOL FOOTWEAR

for boys and girls

• College • Intermediate • Primary

McKinlays, Clarks,Keen,

Julius Marlow, Skechers andmore

Great:- •Quality•Styles •Prices

Tots To Teens

TheArcade, Ashburton Phone: 307 7340

Installing Prideineverything we do.Celebrating

and learning through the values of:

P=Perseverance

R=Responsibility

I=Integrity

D=Diligence

E=Excellence

Enrolments welcome to our family orientated

school from Thursday30January2020.

Pupils and classes resume from Monday3February.

We areproud to be a‘PositiveBehaviour 4Learning

and Duffy Book School’.

Contactdetails: Phone 308 5799

office@netherby.school.nz

Principal: Phil Wheeler

We provide help with your child’s learning

needs.

Features of our tuition system include:

*Qualified teachers as tutors

*FREEinitial assessmenttodetermine

learning needs

*Individual programmes in Numeracy

and Literacy–includes writing,spelling,

comprehension

*Abalanceofbook work and computer work

*All materials provided -nohiddencosts

*Successful outcomes -manyhappyclients

Call us today!

307 6252

Check us out on Facebook

2239404

2237641

2231178

Preparing your child

Here are some ideas to helpyour

child get ready for school: visit the

school or kura with your child get the

principal and teacher to meet your

child arrange some settling in visits

with their teacher before their first

day have aplay at the school in the

weekend run around, climbonthe

playground equipment, kick aballon

the field talk to the teacher about

your child, include; if your child has

any special health needs, and what to

Ashburton

Kindergartens

Ashburton Kindergartens is agroup of wellestablished, not

for profit, professional kindergartens based in the Ashburton

community, offering preschool education for two to five

yearolds.

The kindergartens Allenton, Tinwald Aubrey Mason,

Hampstead, Netherby Merle Leask and Thomas Street

maintain a high quality programme, which is taught by

qualified and registered teachers in Early Childhood

Education and supported by amanager and board.

The teachers extend your child’s thinking and choices

through individual programme plans and provide an

educational environment and appropriate resources to

support your child’s learning needs.

The programme is based on the early childhood curriculum

Te Whaariki, an inclusive approach to achild’s development.

Children benefit from the wealth of educational and play

resources, while in asafe and secure purposebuilt environment.

We promote high self esteem and confidence for happy

children bring happy parents and families.

All kindergartens are accepting enrolments now and offer

sessions of up to six hours aday, 30 hours aweek, with no fees.

For more information, or to enrol your child, contact your

nearest kindergarten directly, or call us on 03 308 3779.

do, what your childlikes to do, what

they are good at and what makes them

happy

Teach your child somepractical

skills such as; todouptheir shoes

put on and takeoff their coatsgoto

the toilet and wash their hands blow

their nose unpack and hang up their

bags where they aretold recognise

when they arethirsty and get adrink

of water ask for things they need.

Help them get ready to learn and

participate in the class by:beingable

to sit on achair at atable for ashort

time to complete an activity are

comfortable being away from you

know howtotake turns, and wait for

things know the names of colours

know the letters of the alphabet

know the numbers 1to9can hold a

pencil correctly and use scissors can

write their name are able to hold a

picture book and turnthe pages

carefully.

Life

Education

Trust

Inspiring children and young

people to make positive

choices – Life Education

Trust.

In our complex and changing

society, children experience

many challenges that

can seriously impact their

health and wellbeing.

Through our Healthy

Harold Programme we educate

and inspire children to

make positive choices teaching

them tools and strategies

to work through life’s challenges.

Oureducators visit schools

around the country in our

fleet of mobile classrooms; in

Mid/South Canterbury we

educate around 8,000 children

every year.

We use arange of technology

to engage children's

imaginations, teaching them

how brilliant the human body

is, about relationships and

communities, and about

resilience and theiridentities.

Our specialist educators

are all registered teachers,

who offer schools a shared

planning approach to create

tailored lessons to ensure we

meet individual children's

learning needs.

As a charity we rely on

sponsors, grants, donations,

and volunteer Trustees to be

able to do our work with

schools and children in the

community.

To find out more about

Life Education Trust visit:

www.lifeeducation.org.nz or

get it touch at haroldlifeed@orcon.net,

or 03 687

7369.

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Longbeach

School

Longbeach School offers

Year 1to8students asafe

learning environment where

differences are acknowledged,

accepted and supported.

We strive toensure every

student achieves to the best

of their ability.

Longbeach School has six

well resourced, excellent

learning environments,

where thestaff take the time

to get to know each child,

care forthem andchallenge

them to be the best theycan

by reaching for the STARS.

Our team approach

ensures we deliver the best

teaching and learning programmeswecan

to meetthe

needs of all our students.

Over the years we have

developed many excellent

teaching and learning programmes

which are obtaining

very good achievement

results for our students.

We believethat establishing

trusting and honest professional

relationships with

students is paramount to

learning. This is because

true learning requires

students to take risks. And

so, risktaking requires trust

and trust is developed when

positive relationships are

established.

Underpinning all that we

do are our six Cs; Citizenship,

Collaboration, Communication,

Character,

Creativity, Critical Thinking.

We live and breathe

these values to ensure that

our school remains a safe

and positive place to learn

while developing essential

lifelong skills in our

learners.

Our strong focus on a

team approach, where teachers

and students work

together to implement our

rich and exciting learning

programmes, ensures our

students from Year 1to 8

become wellrounded citizens

who are more than

ready to moveontosecondary

school.

For more information

please visit www.longbeach.

school.nz

Giant Leaps

Giant Leaps Speech and

Drama provides communication

and performance coaching

for children and teens.

They are the South Island’s

largest, and most experienced,

speech and drama company

and are now established in

Ashburton, Geraldine, Timaru,

Christchurch, Oamaru, Waitaki

Valley and Waimate.

Giant Leaps was founded by

Anna Keno who is a NZ

registered Speech Therapist

and Speech and Drama

teacher. The company grew in

response to the demand for

quality programmes and the

realisation that it is vital for

children to be confident,

creative and to achieve lifelong

communication skills.

‘‘It is at the core of who we

are as individuals. It is crucial to

our ability to learn and to

function in our everyday lives

and relationships. Every interaction

we have with others is

defined by our ability to effectively

communicate and perform.

‘‘Giant Leaps Speech Company

was established from that

dream that every child and

teenager can achieve their very

best communication and performance

skills to succeed in

life. These skills are needed

more today than ever before.’’

Giant Leaps has ahandpicked

teaching team that are able

to provide their students with

the very best tuition. Teachers

are highly qualified and experienced

with backgrounds in

performing, directing, public

speaking, vocals, radio, theatre

and education.

“We are incredibly lucky to

have ateam that is made upof

the very best in our industry.”

‘‘We knowthat if you want to

succeed in a world that

demands confidence, articulation

and the ability to share

your ideas clearly, then you

need good communication

skills.

‘‘So that's why we offer the

best programs you can go

looking for.’’

Check out our website at

www.giantleaps.nz to find out

how we can every child achieve

their communication potential.

Ashburton

Gymnastics Club

Thursdays at the AshburtonCollege Gymnasium

Beginning Thursday13th February2020

Threesessions running from

3:45pm to 7:15pm, starting at $9 per week.

Limited spaces available.

Check out our facebookpage

or email ashgyminfo@gmail.com

Forkliftand Dangerous GoodsCourses

NZTAApproved Course Provider,MITO&Competenz Assessor

Classes 2&4,Endorsements F&D

ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested

Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings

CommunityHouse,Ashburtonoryour work place

Forfurther information

Phone Christine 027 245 2563

Everyone reaching for the stars

•CITIZEN •COLLABORATION •COMMUNICATION

•CHARACTER •CREATIVITY•CRITICAL THINKING

StartdateMonday3rd February2020

Ourofficeisopen from the

27th of January9am -3pm

office@longbeach.school.nz or ph 3026643

Principal Neil Simons

MayfieldSchool open forenrolments

Wednesday, January29, 2020

SCHOOLBEGINS

Thursday, January30, 2020

PHONE 303 6214

office@mayfieldschool.co.nz

2236858 2240879

2232109

2239745

Inspiring children and young people

to makepositivechoices

EveryyearLifeEducation Trustteach around

8,000 children in mid southCanterbury

about theirbody,friendships,their

identity, food andnutritionand

helpful and harmfulsubstances.

Find outmoreatwww.lifeeducation.org.nz

or getintouch on 03 6877369|haroldlifeed@orcon.net.nz

CarewPeel Forest School

Caring for:

Myself and Each Other: ManaakiTangata,

Learning: ManaakiAko,

the Environment: ManaakiTaiao

EnrolmentDates: 28thand 29th January2020

at 10am -2pm.

School Starts: Thursday30thJanuary2020

We welcome visitors to our school and would be

happy toshow you around by prior arrangement.

Please phone foranappointment.

Anyqueries canbedirected to thePrincipal,

contactdetailsbeloworemail:

principal@carewpeelforest.school.nz.

We welcomeyour visit.

CarewPeel Forest School

1051 Ealing MontaltoRoad,

Carew, RD 5, Ashburton

Phone (03) 696 3556

Principal: Sharon Ketter

2238846

2237869

WhereChildren Learn

ALL KINDERGARTENS COMMENCE

ON TUESDAY,JANUARY 21, 2020

Up to 30

hours FREE

ECE available at

all kindergartens

&nofees

Newenrolments and enquiries taken from Monday, 20 January2020

•Allenton: 46 Allens Road.Phone 308 7896

•Aubrey Mason (Tinwald): 136 Thomson Street.Phone 308 4379

•Hampstead: 44 Cambridge Street.Phone 308 3954

•Merle Leask (Netherby): 34 Davis Cresent. Phone 308 3337

•ThomasStreet: 21 Thomas Street.Phone 308 9587

Contact: Kindergarten Association Manager

Phone308 3779. Emailassociation@ashkindy.co.nz

Visit: ashburtonkindergartens.org.nz

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Back to school tips

Ifyour child is new to school, visit the

school grounds over the holidays to help

them feel comfortable with their new

surroundings

Get your child to have their clothing

and backpack ready the night before

school to reduce stress in the morning

Ifyour child/ren are anxious about

the first day, make time to talk about

their worries

Pack alunchbox that will give your

child energy to last the day try

including a mix of fruit, vegetables,

whole grains, dairy products and protein

Check if your school has asecondhand

uniform shop, or put apost online

to see if you can buy aless expensive

secondhand uniform

Netsafe has great advice for parents

on buying and using devices for school

If you have concerns about your children’s

progress, make atime to chat with

their teacher

Health experts recommend 911

hours sleep for schoolage children, and

810 hours per night for teens

Parents on abenefit or low incomes

may be eligible for assistance fromWork

and Income for some school costs

Ministry of Education

Back to

school

2020.

Mount Hutt College

Principal Jack Saxon started at Mount Hutt

College (MHC) thebeginning of Term 4,

2019.

In the relatively short time Jack has been at

the helmofMHC he has made getting to

know the students and the community his

priority.

He actually startedbysendingout a

consultation survey to staff, studentsand the

school community before he arrived.

By the end of Term 4using information

from the strategic plan, last EROreport,

community surveys and wider conversations

with students,staff, parents and the wider

community,clear directions have been

established for 2020 with the key priorities

including:

1Strengthening communication with staff,

students, parents and community

2StrengtheningStudent Leadership and

Student Agency at MHC.

3Successfullyimplementing Project Based

Learning, Opuke Time, at Year 910.

4StrengtheningWellbeing and Inclusion

within andacross the school.

5Developing new partnerships with the

community to supportstudent success.

With this as astarting point for 2020 Jack,

the Board of Trustees, staff, parentsand

students will be setting awider direction,

Vision 2021, through arigorousprocess of

collaboration and consultation over the first

half of 2020.

The starting point for 2020continues the

ongoing developmentofMHC learning

programmes to be futurefocused and to

prepare all students for the world they will

enter as they leave school in the 2020s.

Teachers at MHC are very excited the

introduction of Project Based Learning, or

Opuke Time, across Year 910.

Opuke Time willallow students to choosea

project theyare interested in and work

collaboratively with arange of otherstudents,

developing keyattributes and capabilities in

authentic ‘real world’ environments.

Opuke Time willtake place on

Wednesdays, periods24 with each project

spanning two terms.

Teaching staffhave been working

throughout 2019 in preparation for the

introductionofOpuke Timeand the

excitement is high around the potential of the

programme both for MHC Year 910 students

in 2020 and the wider school in the future.

Developing greater ownership of their

learning journeyisafocusthat challenges

studentsand provides opportunities for

growth of their ‘soft skills’ and key

competencies.

MountHutt Collegeasasmaller high

school is fortunate to be able to combine

providing awide curriculum with an

individual focus on studentneeds.

WelcomED.

Welcome to 2020 at Geraldine High School

Mon 20th January: SchoolOfficeopens

Tue28thJanuary: 10.30am-12.30pm -Year 12 CourseConfirmation

Wed 29th January: 10am -3pm -Year 13 Leadership Day&Course

Confirmation

Thu 30thJanuary: Year 7Orientation Day.

SchoolBusesrunning pm only

Fri 31stJanuary: All school begins. Powhiriassembly at 8.40am.

SchoolBusesrunning am andpmfor all students.

93 McKenzie St, Geraldine |03693 0017 |office@geraldinehs.school.nz

geraldinehigh

geraldinehs.school.nz

2148717

Mayfield School

Mayfield School is a decile 7 coeducational

state fullprimary school (U2 grade) catering for

new entrants to Year 8students.

At the end of 2019 our roll was 80 students.

Mayfield School is very much at the heart of

the Mayfield community. We are surroundedby

mountains, notably Mt Somers, Mt Hutt, Mt

Peel and Surrey Hills.

These form the names of our four house

groups we run at school and give usour local

identity. In 2020, we will be afive classroom

school, all with low pupiltoteacher ratios. We

have asupportive board oftrustees, who fund

an extra teacher and run aschool farm and an

active Home and School committee who

organise fundraising activities and social events.

We are proud of our recreational facilities,

which include four adventure playgrounds,

extensiveplayingfields andschool gardens. Our

school has amotto, ‘Striving High’.

This motto is what everything Mayfield

School is about, aswestrive high ineverything

we do and this is an expectation for our

students, staff and school community.

The school is wellequipped with the latest

information and communications technology

with25iPadsand alaptop eachfor the children

in the senior class.

Aspecial feature of our school is the club

programme we run in winter for a sixweek

block. Thisinvolves staff, parents andcommunity

members sharing their interests and expertise

to give the children meaningful and fun

learning experiences.

For more information about our wonderful

schoolcontact principal Richard Kidd via email

on principal@mayfieldschool.co.nz or visit our

website: www.mayfieldschool.co.nz

Mt Hutt College 2020

SENIORS -YEAR 11, 12, 13

Make an appointmentfor

Wed29 th January 12pm -4pm

to choose or change subjects for2020

FIRSTAID COURSE -YEAR 12,13

Monday27 th andTuesday28 th January

FIRST FULLDAY -YEAR11, 12,13

Thursday30 th January

It’s all here!

Contactcollege@mthutt.school.nz,302 8437

Te Kura

oŌpuke

YEAR 7,8,9,10 ORIENTATION

AND ACTIVITY FULLDAYS

Year 7: Friday 31 st January

Year 8(new):Friday31 st January

Year 9,10 (new): Thursday30 th January

SURF SAFE DAY-ALL YEAR 9

Friday31 st January

Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohukoe,

me he maungatete

Seek the treasure youvalue most dearly, if you bow your head,

let it be to alofty mountain

Office open from Wednesday22 rd January

Timetable for all students starts Monday3rd February

Formal welcome begins at 8.40am. Allparents arewelcome.

furtherdetails: www.mounthuttcollege.co.nz

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Carew Peel Forest School

Carew Peel Forest School is your community school

helping children to learn and grow, to care for

themselves, each other and the environment.

We offer an inclusive, caring, family environment

with an innovative curriculum staffed by four teachers

in newly refurbished learning hubs.

Our smaller class sizes give pupils more individual

attention.

We are wellresourced with technology (one device

per student) and awellstocked library.

The school’s latest Education Review Office report

(March 2018) commended our ‘‘very strong, well

established and sustained processes and practices for

equity and excellence and accelerating children’s

learning and progress.”

It noted ‘‘the curriculum is highly responsive to

children, their interests, learning and wellbeing’’ and

‘‘links closely to children’s lives, their place in the

school, the local environment and wider community.”

We are assisted by asupportive and energetic Home

and School Association who help us to make sure our

children are at the heart of everything we do.

And our children, who take part in many outdoor

activities and camps, enjoy the school’s fabulous play

areas, with spacious landscaped grounds and our very

own 25metre swimming pool.

We also have garden growing areas, amini farm and

bike track where the children learn about cultivation,

food production and can have fun.

As a GreenGold Award Enviroschool, and our

ability to own and operate our own school transport

system, we are extremely proud of our special little

school nestled in the heart of Carew.

Please phone us on Ph 03 696 3556, or call in at

Carew Peel Forest School, 1051 Ealing Montalto

Road, Carew, so we can show you around.

The Tutoring Centre

Helping students progress at

accelerated rates is not just a

goal, but a reality for many

students who attend The

Tutoring Centre.

Director Jill Patterson,

along with teachers, Linda

Bullock and Muriel Morgan,

are ateam who are passionate

about building into the lives of

children.

It’s not just about learning

gains : for many it’s about a

complete shift in selfbelief

and a newfound confidence

that is the real achievement.

Once this change takes place,

progress usually happens

quickly.

We recognise that as your

child is unique, so are their

learning needs and our programmes

reflect this. The

Tutoring Centre offers afree

educational assessment prior

to starting lessons.

We are here to help make

learning apositive experience!

Call today for afree assessment.

Phone 03 307 6252.

Business administrationskillsneeded in everysector

Up anddownthe countryandinalmost

every sector of business, employment

opportunities exist forpeoplewithskills

in business administration.

Celine Husband recognised the extent

of those opportunities and decided to

quit herhospitalityjob to studybusiness

administration and technology. “It’s an

area with such abroad range ofjobs

available,”she says.

Shechose a17-week certificatecourseat

AraInstituteof Canterburyin Timaru.It

gave herataste of all aspectsofbusiness

and equipped her with awide range of

skills.

Celine says much of her learning was

done through projects and role playing

in realistic business environments.

As part of the programme, she also

undertook a work placement with

Rooney Earthmoving in Timaru.“Itwas

great. Igot to put everything I’d learned

into practice.”

Sandra Black, senior business tutor at

Ara, says theNew Zealand Certificatein

Business Administration &Technology

is agreatentrylevel course that canlead

to jobopportunities in abroad spectrum

of industries.

“It gives you areally solid foundation of

skills andknowledge that canbeapplied

in all sorts ofsectors. Youdon’tneed to

have anyprior experience,and as well as

gaining plenty of useful skills, thecourse

will reallybuildyourconfidencetoo.”

Sandra addsthatAra’s extensive industry

connections means students get great

work placementopportunities.

Having completed the Level 3

programme inbusiness administration

and technology, Celine has decided to

continue her studies with the Level 4

programme.

The next New Zealand Certificate

in Business Administration starts in

February 2020 at Ara’s Timaru and

Ashburton campuses. For details visit

ara.ac.nz.

2244087

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CJ’s Driving

School

Schools database online

There is aschool tool available at www.

educationcounts.govt.nz/findschool

which gives information about every

school in New Zealand.

Enter the name of the school you are

looking for, or click on the map, to find

information, like:

their address and contact information

type of school egprimary, intermediate,

secondary, special school, teen

parent unit

the school gender coeducational,

girls or boys school

whether they are state, state integrated,

private or partnership schools

whether they offer boarding facilities

whether they offer teaching in Maori

medium or Pasifika medium

links to their Education Review

Office reports.

If it’s got wheels preferably big wheels

Christine Jones will drive it!

Christine started her career in Driver

Training at the YMCA in 1996 and has

worked hard to gain experience and achieve

her goal of being an Independent Course

Provider for NZTA and ITO Industry

Assessor.

She is aLicenced Driving Instructor and

Assessor, has National Qualifications in

AdultEducation and TESOL, and the owner/

operator of CJ’s Driving school.

She has spent most of her life driving all

sorts of heavy vehicles from tractors and farm

machinery to forklifts, trucks and buses.

C J’s Driving School provides driver

training and assessment locally right here in

Ashburton.

Christine offers NZTA Approved; Classes

2 and 4 Licence, Dangerous Goods and

Forklift Licence Endorsement courses.

She also offers Competenz/Worksafe

Approved Forklift Safe Operator’s Certificate

Courses, as well as the approved Limited

Credit programmefor School Bus Drivers, as

required by the MOE.

All training is offered WEEKLY at

Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton

or CJ’s Driving School is able to come to

you and train at your own location.

Christine is excited about training the next

generation of drivers and helping to alleviate

New Zealand’s huge skills shortage of

qualified and professional heavy vehicle

operators.

‘‘I am passionate about road safety and

driver awareness. I like to help drivers

appreciate that we all need to be Professional

Drivers and feel proud of the industry we are

working in. Without heavy vehicle operators,

how would we get the food and fibre we New

Zealanders need to feed and clothe ourselves

moved around the country. This is an exciting

career. It’s a job where you get to work

outside and you will never get bored, every

day is different.’’

She drove school buses for 20 years, which

fitted nicely around family life and other

commitments. Christine has also spent time

abroad driving arange of heavy vehicles.

She has developed a broad range of

experience and life skills and her practical

experience combines with awealth of classroom

experience. CJ’s Driving School can be

contacted on 0272452563, through their

Facebook Page, via email: cjsdrivingschool@outlook.com

or by visiting NZTA

and NZIDI websites.

OPENING

HOURS:

8.30am-5.30pm Monday-Thursday

8.30am-6pm Friday

9am-6pm Saturday

10am-4pm Sunday

212 East Street,Ashburton. Ph 308 8309

2244765

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Our Lady of the Snows

OURSIZE IS OUR

ADVANTAGE

Our Ladyofthe Snows is afully

integrated Catholic Primary School

for pupils from new entranttoYear 8.

The school’scurriculum reflects

our special Catholic character

preparingour pupils educational

needs in acaring environmentwhere

everyoneshares and lives the values,

teachings and traditions of the

Catholic Church.

The school, convenientlylocated at

20 Main Street,inMethven,isdivided

into two classes; new entrant to Year

3inone room and Year 4to8in

another.

Wealso have amultipurpose room

where we hold assembly,school

prayer, meetings. It can also be used

as an art and music room.

All classrooms andpupils at Our

Lady of the Snows are individually

equipped with digital technology.

Senior pupils have Chromebook

laptops for classroom use, and the

juniorpupils have access to iPads,

whichare used in literacyand

mathematics programmes.

Extragroup support and teaching is

provided by qualified teacher aides

and all pupils haveaccess to the

schools learning support facilities.

At Our Ladyofthe Snows we have

afully equipped, newly refurbished

MercyLibrary, ateacher aide room,

large spacious grounds with a

playground, two tennis courts, a

scooter area, volleyball court, full size

soccer and rugby pitches and many

trees and gardens.

The school values programmeand

religious education are deliveredin

an integrated approachwith the rest

of the curriculum. And we encourage

all pupils and families to be actively

part of our Christian community with

daily class prayers regular prayer

liturgies and school massheld at least

once each term.

The national curriculumis

delivered with astrong emphasison

literacy and numeracy integratedinto

diverse learning experiencesthat

draw on our unique community and

environment.

There is an extensive fitnessand

sportsactivities programme and we

also valuethe cultural and creative

side of the curriculumwith Kapa

Haka,art, music and drama an

importantpart of learning.

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Unique personal profiles

Some Mid Canterbury children moving

from early childhood education centres to

primary schools this year will be accompanied

by unique personal profiles telling

their new teachers all about them.

Around 1500 children attend early childhood

education centres in the district and

ahigh number of the 300 or so children

who start primary school each year have

attended one.

The unique profiles are the result of a

special research project begun last year to

make the transition from early childhood

to primary education aseamless one.

Advance Ashburton funded the project,

which was undertaken by a group of

dedicated early childhood and new entrant

teachers who are members of the Hakatere

and Opuke Kahui Ako (Community of

Learners). Children usually leave early

childhood centres with alearning journal/

profile book that is part of any transition

process. The early childhood teachers

wanted to find out how useful these

journals/books were, and to differentiate

between the ‘‘nice to know’’ and the ‘‘need

to know’’ information that would support a

successful transition process for the child

and family.

Nine out of the 14 members of the

Hakatere (Ashburton) early childhood

centres have actively participated in the

research project, while all eight members

of the Opuke (Methven, Lauriston,

Rakaia, Dorie) centres were active participants.

The group has been led and

supported by professional development

consultant, Liz Depree, as well as Across

School Teachers from Hakatere (Anne

Porter) and Opuke Kahui Ako (Rhian

Dyer and Bridget Grant).

The early childhood teachers say feedback

from trialling the first draft of the new

profile in the last term of 2019 had been

positive and the information pack will be

available to all early childhood centres/

services in 2020. They hope to gain

consistency across the whole region so that

they are all on the same page moving

towards aseamless education system, birth

to 18 years of age, where children and their

families experience successful transitions

with minimal barriers.

Currently centres vary in the length of

time they prepare children and their

families for transition to school, but

common to all in this new process is an

opportunity to begin aconversation with

the parent, the child and the teachers as to

The Mid Canterbury early childhood and primary education research team

included (back row, from left) Kim Wall, Steph Hansen, Liz Depree, Anne Porter

and (front, from left) Vincent Brierly and Amanda Moore.

what authentic and useful written information

needs to go with the child. One centre

can have children moving on to nine

different schools so the logistics are often

tricky to manage.

The unique profiles are not about telling

new entrant teachers that their new student

can recite the alphabet or count to 100, but

about whether that student is very shy, or

very inquisitive or maybe has specific needs

that better help them learn. The profile

identifies achild’s strengths, what they’re

working on, what they love, what does and

doesn’t work for them. The valuable

knowledge collected by early childhood

teachers is passed on, educator to educator,

through aprocess that is childcentred and

meaningful. Early childhood and primary

teachers agree that it is arelationship of

trust and collaboration, like passing aball

that cannot be dropped.

Tiddlywinks owner Amanda Moore said

ashy child might find standing up in front

of the class on their first day afrightening

experience, so new entrant teachers

needed to know that. Adeep thinker asking

aquestion would need more information

than was usually given.

The early childhood centres and schools

have relished the opportunity to work

together to be part of the research project,

and believe the wellbeing and achievement

assessments for each child in transition will

enable apositive start.

Ms Depree said that after such a

successful year in 2019 the group was

applying to Advance Ashburton for funds

to continue the collaborative research

project this year and with an expected

increase in active participation they

envision growing consistency across early

childhood. The first students with the new

refined profiles will potentially start

schools in February.

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HOME &GARDEN

Myrtle rust athreat to native trees

As you take to the

garden this summer,

keep an eye out for a

threat to New Zealand’s

native plants thatmay be

lurking in yourown

garden –myrtlerust.

Myrtle rust,adisease

caused by the fungus

Austropuccinia psidii,is

threateningmyrtle

plants in New Zealand,

includingsome festive

summer favourites such

as Pohutukawa

(common in the North

Island) and kanuka

(common in the South

Island).

The disease first

appears on myrtle plants

as blotches of yellow dust

on the leavesand stems.

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myrtle plants and its

ability to spreadsoeasily

means that the disease is

already present in many

areas of the North Island

and in some parts of the

South Island.

You may or may not

havenativemyrtlesin

yourgarden,but nonnative,common

garden

myrtles can also get

infected.

Nonnativemyrtles

include eucalypts,

bottlebrush, guavas and

monkey apples or lilly

pilly, acommon hedge

species. Whennonnativesare

infected, the

spore load builds up,

increasing the threat to

other myrtles,asthe

spores are easily spread

by wind.

Whatcan gardeners

do to make sure their

gardens are protected

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from disease? The

Beyond Myrtle Rust

Programme, in

partnership with

myrtlerust.org.nz

(hostedbythe Ministry

for Primary Industries),

has released aresource

for gardenerstohelp

them protect against

diseaseorprevent its

spread if the disease is

present.

Tips include:

•Know myrtlerust:

Myrtle rust forms

blotches of tinyyellow

spores thatlook like

clumps of pollen. Spores

can stick to clothes,

shoes and fingers–so

don’t touch it!

•Know your myrtles:

If you’renot sure

whetheraplant with

signs of infection is a

myrtle,upload apicture

of it to iNaturalist.NZ

for professional

confirmation, or try the

iNaturalistSeek app for

afast ID.

•Donot prune

myrtlesover the

holidays: Myrtle rust

attacksnew growth and

is less infectious in the

winter,sowait to prune

to avoid growth in

summer and autumn.

•Water myrtles at the

base of the plant in the

mornings: Myrtlerust

thrivesinhumidity.

Water in the mornings at

the base of the plant

avoids wettingnew

leaves,buds and flowers

that are most

susceptible.

•Remove and report

Popular New Zealand native trees such as kanuka and pohutakawa are among those under threat by

myrtle rust.

infected plants:Follow

correct protocols to

removeplants without

spreading the infection.

Pleasereport the

infection on iNaturalist.

•Don’t plant highly

susceptible myrtles: Lilly

pilly/monkeyapple

(Syzygium species)and

Lophomyrtusspecies

(ramarama, rohutu and

cultivatedhybridssuch

as “reddragon”)are very

susceptible to myrtle

rust. Chooseotherplants

for your garden.

You can also get into

the holiday spirit by

giving New Zealand’s

native plantsavaluable

gift–the removalof

highlysusceptible nonnative

myrtles from your

garden in the North

Island.Itiseasier to

remove plants whenthey

are stillhealthy, instead

of removing them after

they have become

infected.

Keep your home, property secure

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It may be the holiday season, but remember just because

you maybetaking abreak,opportunist thieves are

always on the lookout so keepyour property secure

these holidays.

NewZealand Police prevention manager senior

sergeant Beth Purcell says whilethe holiday season may

be on your mind, it’s not the time to relax when it comes

to keepingyourhomeand property secure.

Police staffhaveseenanincreaseinburglaries, thefts

and dishonestyoffences from residential properties in a

number of areas aroundthe country overthe summer

months.

Some simple tipsimprove your homesecurity and

deter burglars:

•Lockyourdoors andwindows.

•Record the serial numbers of expensive electronic

items and photograph these andother valuables, email

images to your home emailfor vault storage.

•Keep valuables out of sight suchasjewellery,

cameras andelectronic games.

•Install an alarm system, get sensor lights fitted.

•Keep gardensheds and garageslocked when not in

use and don'tleave garden tools and mowers outside.

•Keep hedges or plants around doors and windows

welltrimmed, don’t give the burglar aplacetohide.

•Keep thehouse secure when you areout in the

garden or yard.

•Note downregistrations, descriptions,date, time

andplaceofany suspicious vehicles or people andgive

us acall.

•Don't leaveyour vehicle windows down whenit's

sitting outside your property.

And remember when going on holidaymake

arrangements for yourmail and newspaper to be

stopped or collectedbyafriend or neighbour.

•Hide valuable items, financial documents and spare

keys to vehicles.

•Lock your garages and any sheds.

•Set timer switches on lights and/or radios.

•Don’t mention on yourvoicemail you will be away

from home forafew days.

•Beaware that burglars haveaccesstosocialmedia.

If youare going awaydon’t post this publicly on your

socialmedia.

•Get aneighbourorfriend to makeregularschecks

on the property. Or get them to close curtainsinthe

eveningand turn lights on to givethe appearance that

someoneishome.

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Rural&Lifestyle

Good farm management learnings

By Toni Williams

Chris and AnneMarie Allen opened their farm

gate to around 40 Canterbury teachers and

industry representatives recently giving them

insight into afarm working to good management

practice.

The Allen’s own a 360hectare sheep and

beef farm at AshburtonForks,near Mt Somers,

in Mid Canterbury.

They run 1500 breeding ewes (either cross

breeds or half breeds).

The half breeds are Merino and Romney

which produces softer wool at around the 23 to

24 micron range.

It makes a“big difference between getting

$2.50 per kilogram to $13 to $14 per kilogram

for the half breed wool. And Iknow which one

I’d rather spend all my time in the shedslooking

after,” Chris says.

They also finish 300 to 500 cattle in various

classes, and have a“small amount of cropping”

(20 hectaresofbarley);half of which is for stock

and the rest is sold.

The Allen’s bought the property in 1994.

It was sold to them as 900acres, the yields

noted in bushelsand the fertiliser requirements

in hundredweight. And they have made afew

changes in the past 25 years to bring it into the

21st century.

There is an upgraded irrigation system; they

now have one lateral and five centre pivots.

And it’s work made just that bit easier with

reliable connectivity.

They use it to control the water supply and to

turn on and off the irrigation system all from the

touch of abutton on amobile phone.

They also use it to check moisture levels in

the soil and nitratelevels in one of their on farm

wells.

“Stop and start pumps alter the flowrate for

the amount of water we are putting on per

hectare...it’s all (via) cellphones. It’s important

to be connected.’’

Chris and Anne-Marie Allen address teachers visiting their property.

The recent addition ofthe nitrate sensing

probe into one of their wells, measures in real

time what the nitrate level isin the well.

“We’vegot shallow aquifers,two and ahalf to

three metres deep, sowhat we’re doing does

affectthe water but at least we’ll build up astory

of what’s going on with our activities.”

The readings will help them plan their farm

operation; where they plant their winter feed,

and the crops they should grow.

“We use precision irrigation scheduling

water,water monitoring, probes,physical assessments

and relying on electronic systems to

perform.”

“It’s real time information.”

“We’vegot 10 different soil typessowe’vegot

some of the finest soils you can imagine in

Canterbury tosome of the worst challenges.”

“And they change over the length of this

house. What’s good inone part, may not be in

another.”

The property isfully irrigated and has had a

long term irrigation consent off the Ashburton

River since the early 1980s.

It was one of the earlier adopters of

irrigation. And over the time it’s changed from

borderdyking (at 30 odd feet gradient) to pivot

irrigation. The gravity fed option was not

efficient enough.

Chris says just athird of the farm was covered

by border dyking, but the water rights should

have been enough to do all of the farm. And it

was only 70 percent reliable.

“We’re using the same volume of water we

were using, over all of the farm now with as

much reliability as we can.”

Even with the reliable source, the property

has its own water storage pond which spans six

and ahalf hectares.

It holds 150,000 cubic metres of water and is

two and ahalf metres deep.

“That’s enough water for 1820days over the

whole of the property,” Chris says.

Chris spends afair amount of time offfarm

duetohis commitmenttothe National Board of

FederatedFarmers and advocating for farmers,

which he is passionate about doing.

And he has some pretty big policy responsibilities

with water, the environment and

biodiversity.

“I’m avery strong advocate of good management

practices,” Chris says.

“It’s anational discussion and aCanterbury

incentive discussion about getting everyone

doing good management practice.”

He says aclassic example was not using the

same level of fertiliser used by forefathers on

the land 60 yearsago. It was unlikely to need it.

Chris saystestingthe paddocks, and getting a

programme for its needs, meant they were

getting the right levels offertiliser they needed

at optimum level.

The other consideration was irrigation and it

meant knowing your soil types, being aware of

moisture deficits, and the need to use water

such as aneed to activate ingredients in added

chemical.

“Make sure you’ve got aneed for turning it

on”.

“We just want to make sure we’re being

efficient atwhat we do,” he says.

Clark: Farmers cautious on spending

Mid Canterbury farmers are taking

acautious approach to spending,

even though commodity prices are

in their favour, says Mid

Canterbury Federated Farmers

president David Clark.

He said prices for lamb, milk and

crops were buoyant but farmers

were not thinking about buying new

tractors or building new yards

because of uncertainly about

pending Government legislation.

Environmental rules being

considered by Government over the

summer will affect farmers. Some

say the rules have unachieveable

bottom lines that will spell

economic disaster for agriculture

and the country.

Mr Clark said the public policy

needed to be fair and reasonable.

Farmers voiced their big

concerns when the proposed rules

were released in October.

Hundreds of submissions have been

received and Ministers are working

through them before deciding the

final form of the document.

‘‘We are waiting to see where

they decide to land it,’’ Mr Clark

said.

‘‘But farmers have stopped

spending. Maintenance and

development has stopped.

‘‘They are not upgrading

irrigation or building anew hay

barn, or refencing or building new

yards.

‘‘Commodity prices are near

record highs and this should be a

buoyant time in the cycle.

‘‘But if those rules come out,

retailers in Ashburton better get

used to empty shops.’’

Mr Clark said cropping farmers

were gearing towards harvest, with

promising yields expected for those

not affected by last year’s hail.

David Clark

Rural

Ashburton Courier: January 16, 2020

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