North Canterbury News: February 13, 2020
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RURAL LIFE<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Fed Farmers urge patience<br />
Federated Farmers is urging the<br />
EnvironmentSelectCommittee to ditch<br />
the Resource Management Act<br />
Amendment Billand wait for the related<br />
concurrentprocesses on its work<br />
programme to play out.<br />
The bill preempts and jeopardises<br />
the comprehensive reviewofthe<br />
Resource Management Actbythe<br />
specialist panel appointed by the<br />
Government, FederatedFarmers’<br />
environmentspokesman Chris Allen<br />
told the committeethis week.<br />
It put the cart before the horse on the<br />
Essential Freshwater proposals, which<br />
sought feedback from the publicon<br />
some of the samematters as in the bill.<br />
FederatedFarmers is concerned that<br />
while the Governmentisconsultingon<br />
these exactproposals as part of the<br />
EssentialFreshwater discussiondocument<br />
process, it is concurrently<br />
drafting its answers into the bill —<br />
before assessing and addressing<br />
feedback and concernsraised in the<br />
morethan 17,500submissions received.<br />
He says thebill is at odds with its key<br />
aimsofreducing complexity, increasing<br />
certainty, restoring public participation<br />
and improving the act’s processes.<br />
Mr Allen says fasttracking freshwater<br />
planning processes oftenbecame the<br />
‘‘survival of the best resourced’’, with<br />
smallercouncils left behind.<br />
Surfs up ... Farmers hit the water at Gore Bay.<br />
PHOTO:SANDRA TAYLOR<br />
Surfing for farmers<br />
begins at Gore Bay<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
The first in aseries of surfingworkshops<br />
for farmers, at Gore Bay,near Cheviot,<br />
began on Wednesday last week.<br />
The Surfing For Farmers <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
workshops are being organisedby<br />
agricultural journalist and keenopenwater<br />
swimmer Sandra Taylor.<br />
‘‘We had 26 farmers turn up at Gore<br />
Bay on Wednesday, which was fantastic.<br />
‘‘We have been abletodothis with<br />
funding from <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
Charitable Trust and FMG.’’<br />
The programmewas launched at<br />
SumnerBeach, during January and is<br />
part of amental health initiative<br />
encouragingfarmers to get off their farms<br />
and into the water.<br />
Surfing for Farmers<strong>Canterbury</strong>isan<br />
extensionofafarmer mental health and<br />
wellbeing initiative started by Stephen<br />
Thomson in Gisbornelast year.<br />
Stephen is asurfer,farmerand rural<br />
real estate agentatBayleys.<br />
He was inspired to establish Surfing<br />
for Farmers afterwatching the Netflix<br />
documentary Resurface.<br />
The documentary showedhow surfing<br />
helpedheal American war veterans<br />
sufferingfrom post traumatic stress<br />
disorder (PTSD).<br />
‘‘Stephen saysthe one line in the<br />
documentary that particularly resonated<br />
with him was when the war vet described<br />
how he usedtowake up every day<br />
wanting to shoot himself,’’ Sandrasaid.<br />
‘‘Nowhewakesupwanting to go<br />
surfing.’’<br />
Sandra swimsinthe ocean all year<br />
roundand knows the feeling of wellbeingshe<br />
gets from beinginthe water.<br />
She wanted farmers to sharethe<br />
experience.<br />
‘‘There are alot of reportsemerging<br />
now about the scienceofcoldwater<br />
therapy and surfingintreating anxiety,<br />
depression and other mental health<br />
issues,’’ she said.<br />
Sandra got funding from Rabobank and<br />
the <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> RuralSupport<br />
Trusttoget Surfing for Farmers<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> upandrunningatSumner,<br />
but it was alwaysher intentiontorun the<br />
programme at Gore Bay also.<br />
‘‘We are still running at Sumner on<br />
Tuesday nights, withfarmers coming<br />
from Mid<strong>Canterbury</strong>,’’ she said.<br />
The Surfing For Farmers workshops<br />
are being held at Gore Bay every<br />
Thursday evening for the next five weeks<br />
and are being run by Heidi and Nukuroa<br />
TirikateneNash, of Gore Bay Surf<br />
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