North Canterbury News: January 16, 2020

NEWS
6 North Canterbury News, January 16, 2020
Sunday haircuts to aid
Australian firefighters
By RACHEL MACDONALD
North Canterbury is on a
crusade to help those fighting
Australia’s disastrous bushfires.
Cust hairdresser Amy
Roberts’ proposaltoopen her
salon,Cedar Heights, this
Sundaytocut hair in exchange
for donations to help the
firefightershas ballooned intoa
much larger initiative,asother
businessesand the village’s
volunteerfire brigade rally to
the cause.
‘‘My husband,Jeremy,was at
training lastweek up at the fire
station, and Iwas watching the
TV news of the fires. It really got
to me,’’ Amy says.
‘‘I see how exhausted our guys
get when they’re out there for a
few hours; these Australian
volunteerfirefighters are
holding downtheir payingjobs,
then getting out there day after
day to help with the fire effort as
well.’’
FellowhairdresserEmma
Small immediately said she
would be there to help, closely
followed by DonnaCoster from
The Sunroom in Oxford.
‘‘Suddenly, we had three
hairdressersinonthe
fundraiser,which is lucky
because there’s beensomuch
interest,Icouldn’t do all the
cutting myself.
‘‘ThenJeremy mentioned it at
the fire station and the idea of a
gold­coin sausage sizzle
emerged, to give people
something to do while they
waitedfor their haircut.Hellers
and Love Ya Fudgecame on
board with that,’’ she says.
‘‘Other hairdressers, who
couldn’t be here, donated
vouchers and abig gift basket,
and out of that,overnight, we
had the start of araffle.’’
There are now 41
Waimakaririlocals and
businesseswho will be partof
the day itself and the sizeable
raffle, which willbedrawn at
the end of nextweek. Raffle
tickets are already available
through CedarHeights,The
Lads and Route 72 in Cust.
On Sunday,from 10am to 4pm,
haircuts and blow­waveswill be
the orderofthe day at the salon
on afirst­in, first­served basis.
Those interested are asked to
come along withclean hair and
adonation in their pocket, says
Amy.
All funds raised from the day’s
activities and the rafflewill be
sent directly to rural fire
services in someofthe towns
worst affected by the disaster,
Jeremysays.
‘‘Our childrenhave donated
the $10 they earned last
weekend in pocket money.
That’senough to buy atray of
water for the guys on the front
line, and that’s what this is all
about.’’
Pitching in ... Amy and Jeremy
Roberts, and 39 other businesses
in North Canterbury, are doing
what they can this week to support
firefighters battling the Australian
bushfire crisis. PHOTO: RACHELMACDONALD
Online flurry over
pool pricing dies
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Anew pricing structure at
the Hanmer Springs
Thermal Pools and Spa,
initially slammed on social
media, has not stopped
people from enjoying the
facility.
General manager
Graeme Abbot
says numbers
over the
Christmas
period from
Boxing Day to
January 10 had
grown 8percent.
‘‘We are
delighted. Alot
of customers
have come
through and had
agood time.’’
The new pricing
schedule includes the use
of the outdoor complex,
including 22 thermal pools
and four waterslides.
Single entry is $35 for an
adult, $20 for children, with
under 5s free. Mini groups
(two adults and up to three
children) are $89, and
seniors (60+) are $22.
Ewe fair mushrooms
By DAVID HILL
Eweswill be flocking to the
Hawarden EweFair, forcing
an unexpected return to a
two­daysale.
Awhopping 28,000ewes
and rams willgounder the
hammer at the Hawarden
Saleyardsonsuccessive
Fridays, January24and 31.
The yarding is more than
doublelastyear’s sale, when
just12,000eweswere
entered.
The lasttime thesale was
split overtwo dayswas three
years agowhen 33,000 ewes
and rams wentunder the
hammer.
PGG Wrightson livestock
representativeKevin Rowe
saysthe bulkofthe extra
ewescomefrom‘‘fourlinesof
Graeme Abbot
There are exclusive
discounts and deals
available on the website.
Mr Abbot says there has
been no real pushback from
customers at the front desk.
He says although there was
some social media chat it
had died down, and it was
business as usual at the
pools.
Mr Abbot says
the whole town
has been
buzzing over the
holidays.
‘‘Anecdotally,
it is the busiest
it has been for a
number of
years,’’ he says.
‘‘The
supermarket,
restaurants and
accommodation guys over
the past couple of weeks
are all having apretty good
time.’’
Mr Abbot, who is also
Hurunui Tourism product
development manager, says
he is keen to ensure the
town proves popular
because everybody then
prospers.
capital stock’’ being sold
following afarmsale, alease
expiring andchanges to
farming practices.
TheJanuary24salewill
featurethe older ewes and
therams,while8500twotoothewes
will go under the
hammer thefollowing Friday.
‘‘It’s abit usual because we
normallysellthe two­tooths
before theolderewes, butthe
24th is probably soon enough
andweare going to needthat
extra day to get through all
thesheep.’’
He says the sheep industry
is in goodheart, which should
ensure there is plenty of
interest in thesale,but he
expects priceswill be lower
than pre­Christmas
predictions.
More coverage, page 30
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