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Rangitata MP Andrew<br />
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usingthe newstreamlined<br />
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‘‘You only haveto get<br />
onethingwrongand you<br />
couldhave adelay of six<br />
months,’’ Mr McLaughlin<br />
said.<br />
Mrs Luxtonsaid<br />
concerns aboutstaff<br />
shortages were raiseddaily<br />
withher andshe was talking<br />
withtheMinisterof<br />
Immigration, IainLees<br />
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‘‘The reality is,we’re<br />
facinglow unemployment<br />
in our neckofthe woods,<br />
whichhasplaced<br />
considerablepressureon<br />
ourreliance for migrant<br />
staff. Iabsolutely hear the<br />
concerns thatarebeing<br />
raisedwith me.’’<br />
MrFalloonsaidstaff<br />
shortages threatenedthe<br />
viabilityofsomebusinesses<br />
in Methvenand wider Mid<br />
Canterbury. Therehad also<br />
been asharp dropin<br />
residency visaapprovalsin<br />
thepasttwo years, makingit<br />
harder for localemployers<br />
to retainthe employees they<br />
already had,inmany cases<br />
foranumber of years.<br />
National’sprevious<br />
changestoimmigrationhad<br />
encouraged people to settle<br />
outsideAuckland, butthe<br />
current Governmentwas<br />
goingbackwardsonit.<br />
Child profiles that are part of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum.<br />
Holocaust children honoured<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Aunique,moving memorial<br />
honouring the 1.5 million<br />
children killedduring the<br />
Holocaust, and serving as a<br />
reminder to standupto<br />
discrimination, opens today at<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum.<br />
The Children’sHolocaust<br />
Memorial began as aschool<br />
project at Moriah Schoolin<br />
Wellington, as away for<br />
students to understand the scale<br />
of the atrocity.<br />
Over anumber of years the<br />
school collected1.5 million<br />
buttons, each button<br />
representing achild killed by the<br />
Nazis between1939 and 1945.<br />
The memorial has been<br />
developed by the National<br />
Library in partnership with the<br />
Holocaust Centre of New<br />
Zealand and has astrong<br />
education focus.<br />
Matthijs Siljee,asenior<br />
lecturer in the School of Design<br />
at Massey University,worked<br />
with the holocaust centre to<br />
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By Linda Clarke<br />
Life as abeekeeper is not for the<br />
fainthearted.<br />
It’s hard physical work and<br />
there are bee stings, says Midlands<br />
Bees operational manager<br />
Matt McCully.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> agribusiness<br />
runs 6500 hives, each with about<br />
70,000 bees that pollinate crops<br />
like carrots and clover. The bees<br />
also make honey and Midlands<br />
staff are busy extracting the<br />
liquid gold, most of which will be<br />
exported to honeylovers around<br />
the world.<br />
Most of Midlands hives are<br />
between the Rangitata and<br />
Rakaia Rivers, with a small<br />
number in Selwyn. The hives are<br />
managed by 12 beekeepers,<br />
including young people who<br />
have just joined the industry.<br />
‘‘It is avery physical job, where<br />
you are working outdoors in the<br />
elements and you do have to be<br />
able to handle a lot of bee<br />
stings,’’ Matt said.<br />
Around 3500 hives are<br />
positioned to pollinate hybrid<br />
carrot crops, with the rest going<br />
to canola, brassica, radish, chicory,<br />
red and traditional white<br />
The Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit<br />
designer Matthijs Siljee.<br />
Midlands beekeeper Jake Sherratt is part of the busy team extracting honey at the company’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> plant.<br />
clover crops.<br />
The process of extracting<br />
honey begins in December with<br />
brassica, canola and radish hives,<br />
and finishes as late as April,<br />
when the late season honey dew<br />
starts to come in off the Black<br />
Beech forest.<br />
Life as aCasketeer<br />
Whatthe business of death canteach the living<br />
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Francis and KaioraTipene aren’t your typical funeral directors.<br />
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Children of the Holocaust<br />
From Page 1<br />
Mr Siljee said the<br />
memorial helped to tell<br />
the ‘‘uneasy story’’of the<br />
children of the Holocaust.<br />
It was adifferent story<br />
from the combatantswho<br />
foughtand losttheir lives<br />
fighting in World War2<br />
and the undertonesofthe<br />
holocaust were still very<br />
much alive today.<br />
The Children’s<br />
Holocaust Memorialis<br />
split into two halves at the<br />
museum. The Murney<br />
FamilyRoom featuresan<br />
evocative display that<br />
includes the 1.5 million<br />
buttons, as well as profiles<br />
of some of the children<br />
who losttheir lives.<br />
Mr Siljee said the<br />
buttondisplay moved in<br />
tiers from one buttonin<br />
its smallcabinet, to the<br />
largest unit, which was<br />
overwhelminginsize.<br />
The combined weight<br />
of the button displaywas<br />
one metric tonne and<br />
each button represented<br />
It is abig job and starts with<br />
the beekeepers bringing the bee<br />
boxes of frames filled with honey<br />
into the processing shed in the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Business Estate.<br />
The honey is warmed slightly,<br />
the frames are taken out of the<br />
boxes and the wax capping cut<br />
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the life of achildkilled in<br />
the holocaust.<br />
The buttons are<br />
displayed in industrial<br />
metal cabinets,typical of<br />
those used by the Nazi<br />
bureaucraticmachine.<br />
Simplewooden<br />
benches, evocative of<br />
basic furniture in the<br />
concentration camps,<br />
allow the viewer to sit and<br />
contemplate the display.<br />
The secondpart of the<br />
exhibition is displayed at<br />
the back of the main<br />
museumarea and<br />
features more facts on the<br />
holocaust and more<br />
profiles.<br />
One tells the story of<br />
Vera Egermayer, achild<br />
survivor of the Holocaust,<br />
who immigratedto<br />
Wellington in 1949and<br />
was the New Zealand<br />
consulinPrague for 18<br />
years.The display also<br />
includes content about<br />
bullying and being ‘‘an<br />
upstander not a<br />
bystander’’.<br />
off. The frame is spun in an<br />
extractor to remove the honey,<br />
which is then run through a<br />
machine that separates the<br />
honey from the wax.<br />
The honey is stored for packaging<br />
and the wax refined into<br />
blocks for sale.<br />
It encouragesthe<br />
acceptance of othersand<br />
the positive recognition of<br />
diversity.<br />
Mr Siljee said the<br />
memorial helped to tell<br />
the ‘‘unpleasant and<br />
unspeakable’’story of the<br />
Holocaust, but it was far<br />
from drab.<br />
Feedback from those<br />
viewing it had often<br />
described it as inspiring,<br />
he said. Acomments book<br />
that accompanied the<br />
memorial invites the<br />
publictogive their honest<br />
opinion of it.<br />
Anumber of Mid<br />
Canterbury schoolsare<br />
expected to view the<br />
memorial exhibition over<br />
the next couple of<br />
months.<br />
The Children’s<br />
Holocaust Memorial is<br />
displayed here untilApril<br />
26 and <strong>Ashburton</strong>isjust<br />
the fourthvenue<br />
nationally to host it since<br />
it was unveiled in<br />
November <strong>20</strong>18.<br />
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Holdaways sharing ministry duties<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Anew journey has begun for<br />
Michaeland MaryJo Holdaway,<br />
with the couple now sharing<br />
ministry duties in the Anglican<br />
parishes in Rakaia and Methven.<br />
Michael, who ran his own<br />
dental practice in <strong>Ashburton</strong> for<br />
many years until he solditlast<br />
year, was ordained as alocal<br />
priest at St Stephen’s 19 years<br />
ago.<br />
MaryJowas ordained as a<br />
deacon at aceremonyin<br />
November, and after thecouple<br />
had completed 18 months of<br />
studiesatthe St John's<br />
Theological College in Auckland.<br />
Both havealready run church<br />
services in Methven and Rakaia<br />
and will move into thevicarage at<br />
Methveninafew weekstime with<br />
Breakfast speaker<br />
once at Gloriavale<br />
Lilia Tarawa.<br />
Michael and Mary-Jo Holdaway.<br />
theirdog .<br />
The Rakaia parish also takes in<br />
Zonta Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
is hosting former<br />
Gloriavale member Lilia<br />
Tarawa at its annual<br />
women’s day breakfast on<br />
March 14 and the event is<br />
already asellout.<br />
Some 300 tickets for<br />
the breakfast have sold<br />
like hotcakes, without any<br />
promotion.<br />
Organiser Ann Wise<br />
said there was huge interest<br />
in Gloriavale and Lilia<br />
would be speaking about<br />
her journey from leaving<br />
the West Coast religious<br />
community as ateenager<br />
with her family, to becoming<br />
the resilient and<br />
inspirational woman she<br />
is today.<br />
Lilia is the granddaughter<br />
of Gloriavale’s<br />
former leader Hopeful<br />
Christian and she escaped<br />
with her mother Miracle,<br />
father Perry and eight<br />
siblings in <strong>20</strong>08. Lilia was<br />
18 at the time and says she<br />
was used to wearing afull<br />
length dress and headscarf,<br />
and forbidden to cut<br />
her hair, speak back or<br />
wear jewellery and<br />
makeup.<br />
Her destiny was alife of<br />
domestic servitude, food<br />
rations and childbearing.<br />
Ten years on, Lilia lives<br />
alife she never dreamed<br />
possible. She flies around<br />
the country teaching audiences<br />
about leadership,<br />
selfrespect and confidence.<br />
She wrote abook about<br />
her childhood called<br />
Daughter of Gloriavale:<br />
My Life in a Religious<br />
Cult.<br />
Zonta <strong>Ashburton</strong> is<br />
delighted to have her as<br />
their guest speaker and<br />
Ann said her transformation<br />
made for acompelling<br />
story that fitted perfectly<br />
with Zonta’s<br />
mission of empowering<br />
women.<br />
‘‘She has come from a<br />
completely other world<br />
and is using her experience<br />
in a new world to<br />
advocate for women.’’<br />
The women’s breakfast<br />
will be the 24th for the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> club.<br />
Submissions in<br />
on speed limits<br />
Nearly 100 people have<br />
made submissions on the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council’s<br />
proposal to change<br />
some speed limits around<br />
the district.<br />
Over 40 people attended<br />
an open day at council on<br />
Monday and eight made<br />
submissions on the spot.<br />
Many of the changes and<br />
reduced speed limits are in<br />
residential areas on the<br />
outskirts of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
town and other urban<br />
areas, reflecting growth.<br />
‘‘People are largely supportive<br />
of the proposals but<br />
were wanting clarification<br />
on the background behind<br />
why council has proposed<br />
what they did,’’ service<br />
delivery group manager<br />
Neil McCann said. ‘‘Speed<br />
limits around schools is<br />
relatively topical too.’’<br />
Mr McCann said the<br />
number of people who had<br />
provided feedback to date<br />
was pleasing.<br />
Submissions close March<br />
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The Holdaways worked<br />
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She saidthe couple had been<br />
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congregations and werelooking<br />
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Michael saidhis role as an<br />
ordained priestwas to ‘‘make<br />
room’’ for thosealreadyinthe<br />
church andalso to welcome<br />
strangerscomingin.<br />
His work was aboutpromoting<br />
goodnews and good messages,<br />
supporting the community and<br />
gathering people together.<br />
Afavourite saying of MaryJo is<br />
that‘‘you can havecomfortand<br />
courage,but you can’t have both.’’<br />
The couple are stepping outside<br />
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excited aboutthe change of<br />
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Owen wins<br />
by election<br />
Richard Owen has won<br />
the MethvenCommunity<br />
Board by election by<br />
asizeable margin.<br />
Mr Owen polled 354<br />
votes, ahead ofTammy<br />
Dickson on 158 and<br />
Leonie Campbell on<br />
53.<br />
He will take up the<br />
fifth and final place on<br />
the board.<br />
The voter return was<br />
48.84 per cent and 567<br />
were cast.<br />
The by election was<br />
necessary because just<br />
four candidates stood<br />
at October’s Local<br />
Body Elections.<br />
Methven Community<br />
Board chairman<br />
Dan McLaughlin said<br />
he was looking forward<br />
to having Mr Owen's<br />
youthful face at the<br />
table.<br />
‘‘He has young children,<br />
so he brings different<br />
experiences,’’<br />
Emma<br />
Reviewed byRowena Hart<br />
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Mr Owen is the sales<br />
and marketing manager<br />
for Mt Hutt skifield<br />
and is currently in<br />
Japan for work.<br />
He returns to the<br />
country on March 1and<br />
will be sworn on to the<br />
community board at its<br />
meeting the next day.<br />
Mr Owen joins<br />
Kelvin Holmes, Sonia<br />
McAlpine, Dan<br />
McLaughlin and Ron<br />
Smith on the community<br />
board.<br />
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monthly and isseen as<br />
providing a coordinated<br />
voice that<br />
represents the Methven<br />
community's interests in<br />
council decision making.<br />
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by Western Ward<br />
councillors Rodger<br />
Lethamand Liz McMillan.<br />
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Firearm law changes opposed<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Mid Canterbury hunters are<br />
standing alongside farmers and<br />
sport shooters to oppose a<br />
second wave of gun law changes.<br />
Government prohibited<br />
militarystyle semiautomatic<br />
weapons in the wake of the<br />
mosque shooting in Christchurch<br />
last year and now a<br />
second tranche of reforms has<br />
been before aselect committee.<br />
Organisers of a gunowners<br />
rally in <strong>Ashburton</strong> at the weekend<br />
believe many lawabiding<br />
Kiwis with gun licences do not<br />
realise how they will be impacted<br />
by the continuing reforms.<br />
The changes will introduce an<br />
arms register, reduce the licence<br />
period from 10 years to five and<br />
impose onerous requirements<br />
on gun clubs and shooting<br />
ranges that could force some to<br />
close.<br />
Mid Canterbury firearms<br />
licence holders want to keep the<br />
firearms they use to go deerstalking,<br />
deal with pests or shoot<br />
competitively at arange.<br />
Several hundred people<br />
joined the weekend’s rally:<br />
Accompanied by military tank<br />
and jeep, they walked along<br />
East Street and West Street with<br />
placards protesting the reach of<br />
Several hundred people marched along East Street on<br />
Saturday, protesting at the next wave of proposed gun laws.<br />
the reforms.<br />
‘‘Not everybody gets firearms,<br />
but we get firearms,’’ said<br />
organiser and hunter Stewart<br />
Hydes.<br />
‘‘We are regular grassroots<br />
lawabiding guys and protesting<br />
against the unfairness, the<br />
unreasonableness of firearms<br />
law reforms. We are innocent<br />
but made to feel guilty.’’<br />
Mr Hydes said the reforms<br />
would not make New Zealand a<br />
safer place and targeted the<br />
wrong people.<br />
He said police were to blame<br />
for issuing the alleged mosque<br />
gunman afirearms licence in the<br />
first place.<br />
‘‘Our police failed to properly<br />
vet someone.’’<br />
Mr Hydes said the select<br />
committee had reported back to<br />
Parliament that 90 per cent of<br />
the submitters on the second<br />
tranche of reforms opposed the<br />
proposed changes.<br />
National’s police spokesman<br />
Brett Hudson met the protesters<br />
after the march and said<br />
National’s police spokesman<br />
Brett Hudson addresses the<br />
rally.<br />
National would vote against the<br />
second tranche. ‘‘A more sensible<br />
regime is needed, with<br />
exemptions for firearms, pest<br />
control and sport shooting.’’<br />
He said Government should<br />
be more concerned about the<br />
rise of gangs and their use of<br />
semiautomatics and pistols.<br />
‘‘This bill does absolutely<br />
nothing about that. It puts the<br />
cost and responsibility on lawabiding<br />
firearms owners but will<br />
do nothing about the criminals.’’<br />
Prime views from Tony’s home on wheels<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Tony Adams once shared lunch<br />
with 24 dolphins at Kaikoura. He<br />
and wife Diane pulled up at the<br />
beach, slid back the door of their<br />
camper van and marvelled at the<br />
sight while they ate.<br />
It’s one of ahundred stories<br />
Tony can tell about the pleasures<br />
of holidaying in their<br />
motorhome.<br />
Their camper van is aTransit<br />
van, converted for tourists and<br />
once part of the Horizon fleet.<br />
He and Diane bought it in<br />
<strong>20</strong>15 and have notched up about<br />
15,000km in the South Island,<br />
exploring idyllic spots when time,<br />
the weather and inclination<br />
allows.<br />
He says it is the life and their<br />
compact homeawayfromhome<br />
has all the mod cons, plus shower<br />
and toilet and solar panels if they<br />
really want to stay off the grid.<br />
Tony said Central Otago held<br />
some beautiful spots and they<br />
Tony Adams checks through the log book that contains his<br />
and Diane’s camper van adventures.<br />
simply parked up, opened the<br />
door and enjoyed the scenery.<br />
Sometimes with aglass of wine<br />
and abook.<br />
When they are not using the<br />
camper van, it parks up at their<br />
Tinwald home where it can<br />
double as aspare room when the<br />
grandkids come.<br />
Tony is also on the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Lions Club committee<br />
organising the South Island<br />
Motorhome Show at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Showgrounds on<br />
<strong>February</strong> 29 and March 1.<br />
He says the show is all about<br />
sharing that motorhome<br />
experience.<br />
The show is also an<br />
opportunity for motorhome<br />
owners to sell privately, and for<br />
dealers to sell or showcase their<br />
vehicles. Companies that make<br />
goods for motorhomes also set<br />
up shop.<br />
Tony said about <strong>20</strong>0<br />
motorhomes were expected at<br />
the showgrounds for the event,<br />
which was timed to capture those<br />
heading to the New Zealand<br />
Motorhome Association<br />
conference in Oamaru the<br />
following weekend.<br />
The club has organised food<br />
outlets and invited Fire and<br />
Emergency NZ to put on special<br />
fire safety in mobile homes<br />
education sessions on the<br />
Saturday between 10am and<br />
2.30pm.<br />
Tony said the club was also<br />
arranging to have some retro<br />
caravans on display.<br />
Entry to the show will be $5.<br />
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Meet the crew revamping our town’s CBD<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Contractors undertaking the<br />
revamp of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s central<br />
business district say they are<br />
working hard to keep<br />
disruption to businesses and<br />
workplaces to aminimum.<br />
Night work was also being<br />
considered, TruLine Civil<br />
owner manager Daniel Powell<br />
told <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Councillors in an update on<br />
the twoyear project recently.<br />
The work is being<br />
conducted in phases, with<br />
Cass Street first. Anew<br />
watermain and sewer is being<br />
laid first, followed by<br />
stormwater services and<br />
kerbing, then finally road and<br />
footpath works.<br />
Cass Street should be<br />
finished by August, according<br />
to the project’s timeline.<br />
Mr Powell said contractors<br />
met with Cass Street affected<br />
parties before the work began<br />
and talked through the details.<br />
He said there was support<br />
for the revitalisation project,<br />
which made the contractor’s<br />
job easier.<br />
They are keeping people up<br />
to date with information and<br />
mail drops.<br />
‘‘It is amajor project and we<br />
are trying to take the town<br />
from where it is at the moment<br />
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to apretty modern, excitinglooking<br />
place to do business in<br />
and shop.’’<br />
Mr Powell said some onthespot<br />
changes had been<br />
made to the plan, like moving<br />
the location of atree that<br />
would be in abusiness<br />
Mt Hutt bares all<br />
Mt Hutt skifield staff are opening the<br />
mountain for summer thrills on <strong>February</strong><br />
29 to help raise funds for charity.<br />
The Discover Mt Hutt Open Day is<br />
being held with the help of Lions<br />
Methven and will raise funds for local<br />
charities,including the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Cancer<br />
Society.<br />
Visitors on the day will be able to<br />
mountainbike,hike, take helicopter rides<br />
and generally explore the mountain,<br />
which iscovered insnow during winter.<br />
Mt Hutt ski area manager James<br />
McKenzie said $40,000 was raised last<br />
year and theywere hopingtohit asimilar<br />
figure. “All our staff volunteer their time<br />
for this day and love getting involved in<br />
showing off their workplace to visitors in<br />
summer while raising funds for agood<br />
cause.”<br />
The Summit Six chairlift will take<br />
walkers, bikes and bikers tothe summit<br />
where they can take in the 360 degree<br />
views then bike, walk or catch aride on<br />
the chairlift down.<br />
Mt Hutt staff will beonhand toguide<br />
guests round the mountain in a4WD<br />
entrance.<br />
He said it had been<br />
important to be upfront about<br />
the disruption and make sure<br />
people could contact him or<br />
project manager Conor<br />
Redmond.<br />
‘‘We are trying to work on<br />
experience. Bikeenthusiasts can take part<br />
in an enduro event run by Bike Methven<br />
and Gravity Canterbury.<br />
Christchurch Helicopters will be onsiterunning<br />
scenic flights and the massive<br />
slipand slide is back offering thrills, spills<br />
and aplace to cool off.<br />
Entry on the day is $<strong>20</strong> for walkers/<br />
hikers and $30 for bikers. Kids aged 10<br />
and under are free.<br />
Methven Travel will be running abus<br />
service from the Methven isite from<br />
9.30am onwards. Bookings are essential<br />
by calling 0800 684 888.<br />
The open day runs from 10am until<br />
4pm.<br />
the principle that if we are<br />
working on the road, then the<br />
footpath is open so people<br />
have access to the shop and<br />
not the whole block is closed<br />
off. We know people are<br />
trying to run their business.’’<br />
While working at night was<br />
aconsideration in some parts<br />
of the project, it had<br />
challenges for the work crews.<br />
‘‘Mainly you can’t see what is<br />
going on and the lack of<br />
support services if you need<br />
them.’’<br />
TruLine completed a<br />
similar CBD revitalisation<br />
project in Blenheim and Mr<br />
Powell said it had set the town<br />
up for further growth. ‘‘I guess<br />
you guys are hoping the same<br />
will happen here and from the<br />
design Ihave seen, it looks<br />
good.’’<br />
Chair of council’s town<br />
centre subcommittee Carolyn<br />
Cameron said she had walked<br />
Cass Street and spoken to<br />
retailers about the<br />
redevelopment. ‘‘Some were<br />
not happy about access but I<br />
think it can be worked<br />
through.’’<br />
The most common<br />
complaint was gravel on<br />
footpaths, and the contractors<br />
have committed to sweeping<br />
those daily.<br />
Work crews will move to<br />
Tancred, Burnett and Moore<br />
Streets later this year, then<br />
finish on East and Havelock<br />
Streets.<br />
Council is also investigating<br />
ways to tell the district’s<br />
history in the CBD, though<br />
historic plaques or other<br />
information spots. They have<br />
looked for inspiration at<br />
Motueka, which has its history<br />
spelled out at the side of a<br />
special historic walk.<br />
That treatment might be<br />
included in the revamp of<br />
Baring Square east.<br />
Dementia support planned<br />
Princes Courtrest homemanager<br />
LorraineBryanisplanningto<br />
start up asupportgroup for<br />
family and carers of people with<br />
dementia.<br />
The group would meet monthly<br />
and provide supportasthey<br />
worked through the fear of the<br />
unknown that oftenaccompanies<br />
the disease.<br />
Lorraine said she would be<br />
gauging interest for the support<br />
groupatnext month’s Positive<br />
Ageing Expo and was looking for<br />
asuitable venue.<br />
She said fear of the unknown<br />
was what stopped manyfamilies<br />
affected by dementia from<br />
seeking help.<br />
PrincesCourt has 35 dementia<br />
beds,the largest provider in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, but the numberof<br />
people with dementia is<br />
increasing.<br />
Mrs Bryan said it would be a<br />
challenge providing assistance in<br />
the future, both inthe community<br />
andincare.<br />
Almost 70,000 Kiwis have<br />
dementia and that number is<br />
expected to almost triple by <strong>20</strong>50.<br />
Ashortage of dementia beds in<br />
SouthCanterburymeans Princes<br />
Court provides beds to pick up<br />
the overflow.<br />
She said people waited too<br />
long beforeasking for help.<br />
‘‘We knowthat dementia also<br />
has asignificant impact on the<br />
family and friends of people with<br />
the condition.<br />
‘‘Yet so many people avoid<br />
asking for help, through areal<br />
fear they willlose their homes<br />
and all their savings.’’<br />
Lorraine has workedin<br />
dementiacare for yearsand<br />
experienced some of the same<br />
fearswhenitcametogettinghelp<br />
for her father.<br />
“Fear thatIwas doing the right<br />
thing, fearthathewas in good<br />
hands and fearthatwecould<br />
afford the care he needed.”<br />
Lorraine empathiseswith<br />
families who wait until they’ve hit<br />
the wall before theyreachout for<br />
help.<br />
‘‘There is help available,<br />
whetherit’s day care, respite or<br />
fulltime care and the sooner you<br />
ask for help the better.’’<br />
The first move was talking to<br />
yourGP, she said. “Fromthere,<br />
theycan set out aplan thatwill<br />
involve putting you in touch with<br />
the Needs Assessment teamto<br />
workout eligibility for funding<br />
and support.”<br />
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Plug and go refit for event centre<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Atechnology upgrade of almost<br />
$100,000 will bring the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Trust Event Centre into modern<br />
digital times ... despite the facility<br />
being only 12 years old.<br />
Manager Roger Farr says there<br />
has been abig shift away from<br />
analogue basedsound and lighting<br />
equipment to digital.<br />
‘‘And as soon as you start talking<br />
digital, everything needs to be bigger<br />
and better.’’<br />
The upgrade will replace Category<br />
5cabling with Category 6cabling,<br />
capable of carrying much more<br />
information between lights and<br />
sound equipment, and control<br />
boards. Lighting is also moving to<br />
more sustainable LEDs.<br />
The event centre is applying for<br />
community grants to cover the cost of<br />
the upgrade and hopes donations<br />
from its supporters in the community<br />
might cover any shortfall.<br />
The work, once funds are secured,<br />
could be completed by the end of this<br />
year.<br />
It would mean users of the facility<br />
to deliver the <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong><br />
and Realty every Thursday in the<br />
West Street, Racecourse Road,<br />
Belt Road area.<br />
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Phone Leonie todayon308 7664<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre manager Roger Farr (right) and<br />
technician Travis Stringer talk cabling in the centre’s electrical brain<br />
room.<br />
can ‘‘plug and go’’, rather than<br />
needing to drag multiple cables<br />
running from select outlets.<br />
Mr Farr said it was vital the event<br />
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at the same time<br />
centre kept up with technology as<br />
touring groups expected it, as did<br />
community users who might want to<br />
livestream events like conference<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
<strong>February</strong><br />
19, <strong>20</strong>, 21, 24, 25, 26<br />
speakers and funerals.<br />
The upgrade would reduce the<br />
labour and expertise needed to get<br />
old technology to speak to new<br />
technology, he said.<br />
When the building first opened,<br />
the lights operated under one<br />
universe. ‘‘Now we have three and<br />
each one has 512 different<br />
operations. We have grown<br />
considerably over 12 years and what<br />
is needed to make lighting work.<br />
‘‘The big thing is we do not get so<br />
far behind it is along way to catch<br />
up again. We are at the point we<br />
have managed to stay on top of it<br />
through adapting. We need to<br />
solidify that and have the ability to<br />
plug and go.’’<br />
The technology upgrade is one of<br />
the main projects ahead this year for<br />
the event centre, which is on target<br />
for expected use.<br />
The centre is asking council for<br />
$298,000 again this year to put<br />
towards operating costs of around<br />
$700,000.<br />
The annual request will be discuss<br />
as part of council’s budget<br />
deliberations later this month.<br />
Gallery itching to show restored work<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery is still<br />
punching above its weight in the art<br />
world, with international, national<br />
and local exhibitions seen in galleries<br />
with much bigger budgets.<br />
It is staffed by paid and volunteer<br />
workers who are passionate about<br />
bringing art to <strong>Ashburton</strong>, as well as<br />
protecting special collections held on<br />
behalf of the community.<br />
Curator manager Shirin<br />
Khosraviani, who has been busy<br />
raising the gallery’s profile over the<br />
past eight years, says two exhibitions<br />
by renowned international artists<br />
who grew up in <strong>Ashburton</strong> helped<br />
draw more than 13,000 visitors to the<br />
gallery between July and December<br />
last year.<br />
David Richard’s Echoes from the<br />
Sound Barrier (on until March <strong>20</strong>)<br />
and Marjan Verstappen’s Atlas of<br />
Nowhere (last July and August) also<br />
helped boost the little gallery’s<br />
reputation.<br />
‘‘Both were born and raised in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> and had their education<br />
in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, then went overseas.<br />
‘‘Due to the popularity of the<br />
gallery and its reputation, they<br />
approached us for shows, which was<br />
quite aunique experience. Both<br />
shows have had great feedback due<br />
to the local connection,’’ she said.<br />
The two exhibitions were among<br />
11 for the sixmonth reporting<br />
period, the curator told <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Councillors, adding the<br />
gallery was seeking an extra $9400 on<br />
its annual operating grant of<br />
$385,000. The money would be spent<br />
on professional development for<br />
staff, all of which were underpaid for<br />
their qualifications, she said. Some<br />
had only just moved up to the living<br />
wage.<br />
The gallery’s income is<br />
constrained by conditions of its<br />
resource consent, which allows<br />
limited gatherings and commercial<br />
activities. The conditions can be<br />
reviewed in five years’ time but the<br />
gallery has not let that hamper its<br />
operations.<br />
Care and documentation of the<br />
gallery’s permanent collection is also<br />
an important task and last year they<br />
had two works returned to the<br />
gallery after specialist conservation.<br />
Ms Khosraviani said staff were<br />
also tracking down and documenting<br />
council’s collection of paintings and<br />
other works, though some pieces had<br />
not been able to be tracked down. It<br />
was possible they were tucked away<br />
in acupboard of adistrict hall or<br />
under abed; these are not valuable<br />
pieces.<br />
Councillors will consider the<br />
gallery’s request for an extra $9400 at<br />
its budget deliberations later this<br />
month.<br />
A1965 Rudolf Gopas painting, the Trawlers, is one of two<br />
restored artworks that <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery Shirin Khosraviani<br />
wants to have on public display. It was gifted to the gallery by<br />
the Department of Internal Affairs, who recalled the painting<br />
from New Zealand’s consulate in Tokyo in 1991.<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Your LocalVoice<br />
I’m available to meet with<br />
constituents onMondays and<br />
Fridays, and anyday that Parliament<br />
isn’t sitting. Contact my office in<br />
Timaru or <strong>Ashburton</strong> tomake an<br />
appointment to meet orspeak with<br />
me. Ialso hold constituency clinics in<br />
other towns across the region.<br />
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MP for Rangitata<br />
Charity garage sale<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions is after<br />
good quality donateditemsfor its<br />
annual charity garage sale. People<br />
with surplus items, including<br />
furniture, gardenequipment,toys,<br />
sports equipment andother items<br />
are asked to drop them off at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Racecourse from<br />
<strong>February</strong> 26 to <strong>February</strong> 28 (9am<br />
until4pm), or to call for collection<br />
from <strong>February</strong> 26. Donated items<br />
should not include old televisions,<br />
heaters or computers.The garage<br />
sale is set from 9am on <strong>February</strong>29<br />
at the racecourse and willinclude a<br />
wide range of sales items,aswell as<br />
cake,produceand craft stalls. For<br />
moreinformation and collection<br />
contact Trevor(3072629),Dave<br />
(307 4349) or George (307 2243).<br />
Ecan boss resigns<br />
Environment Canterbury chief<br />
executive Bill Bayfield has<br />
resigned to take up arole withthe<br />
new Taumata Arowai (Crown<br />
entitydrinking water regulator).<br />
Mr Bayfield will leaveEcan after<br />
nine years on May 6. He started<br />
just weeks after the <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>11<br />
earthquakes.Hisexperience at<br />
central and local government, and<br />
his knowledge of drinking water<br />
and environmental regulation will<br />
be valuable in his new job.<br />
Eagle in the sky<br />
The police helicopter Eagle will<br />
be available in MidCanterbury if<br />
required during afiveweek trial of<br />
the aircraftinChristchurch. The<br />
Bell 429 usually works out of<br />
Auckland but is being trialledin<br />
Christchurch until March <strong>20</strong>.<br />
Commissioner Mike Bush said<br />
policewere investigating whether<br />
therewas demand to expand the<br />
service to otherparts of the<br />
country after seeing the benefits in<br />
Auckland. Eagle attends more<br />
than 6000 incidents ayear with<br />
over half of these involving road<br />
policing and roadsafety, including<br />
fleeing driver events.<br />
Road repairs funded<br />
Timaru District Council has<br />
been given$2million fromWaka<br />
Kotahi NZ Transport Agency for<br />
road network repairs following<br />
Rangitata Riverflooding in<br />
December. It will cover around 57<br />
per cent of the totalcost associated<br />
with the flooding event, and the<br />
rest willbefundedfrom the<br />
Timaru council’s Disaster Relief<br />
Fund. There was extensive damage<br />
to roadsand bridge abutments.<br />
Timaru Office <strong>Ashburton</strong>Office<br />
139Stafford Street, 81 Harrison Street,<br />
Timaru<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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rangitatamp@parliament. .govt.nz<br />
2251878<br />
2258543<br />
Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />
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Page 8, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Request for advice bureau funds<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council has been<br />
asked for $43,394 to help set up aCitizens<br />
Advice Bureau (CAB) in the town.<br />
The CAB would eventually become a<br />
standalone entity, needing just $15,000<br />
annually from council, and could double<br />
for a time as an information centre for<br />
tourists.<br />
Council will consider the request for<br />
funds when it deliberates on its budget<br />
later this month.<br />
The CAB would be based from Community<br />
House and run under national<br />
guidelines. It needs 16 trained volunteers<br />
to get under way.<br />
Community House Mid Canterbury<br />
manager John Driscoll took the funding<br />
request to council last week and said the<br />
community needed acentral point where<br />
people could seek services and information,<br />
related to their health, wealth, and<br />
wellbeing.<br />
Its volunteers would point people to the<br />
right services, which could include lawyers<br />
if they wanted legal advice or counselling if<br />
their marriage had just broken up.<br />
CABs operate in 80 locations around the<br />
country, though the closest to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
are in Timaru or Hornby. They are staffed<br />
John Driscoll<br />
by connectors who can provide uptodate<br />
advice; CAB runs anationwide database of<br />
80,000 services.<br />
Mr Driscoll said seeding money of<br />
$48,394 would help pay for aparttime coordinator,<br />
who would recruit volunteers<br />
and ensure they were trained to arequired<br />
standard. Four people had already<br />
expressed interest in being volunteers.<br />
Funding from council now would ensure<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> CAB could move ahead<br />
quickly and be open in six months.<br />
Mayor Neil Brown said council had<br />
closed its iSITE and asked if tourist<br />
brochures could be at the CAB, at least<br />
until the new civic building was complete.<br />
Mr Driscoll said the CAB was open to<br />
that as Community House statistics showed<br />
inquiries had grown there since the<br />
information centre closed. Inquiries had<br />
jumped from 1800 to 4<strong>20</strong>0 in the past year.<br />
The CAB would operate Monday to<br />
Friday, though there was scope to open at<br />
the weekend. National guidelines meant it<br />
needed two rooms, one for confidential<br />
discussions.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilson said he was worried<br />
ratepayers would be picking up the tab.<br />
But Community House treasurer Dave<br />
Mathieson said the numbers stacked up.<br />
He said the CAB directory nationally<br />
fielded two million hits over 80 locations.<br />
“You are looking at 25,000 hits per<br />
location. If we are successful with funding<br />
from council at $15,000 ayear that is 60<br />
cents per inquiry.”<br />
That was an economical way to help<br />
serve the community, he said.<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Fun, colour at<br />
college prelims<br />
Monday’s prelims day at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College was<br />
mostly about dressing up,<br />
having fun and supporting<br />
house colours.<br />
The annual sporty gathering<br />
sees students compete<br />
for honours in the<br />
fashion and fundraising<br />
fields.<br />
While some opted for<br />
competitive running,<br />
jumping and throwing<br />
events, others participated<br />
for fun and for red,<br />
orange, blue or green<br />
house points.<br />
Most events were held<br />
in the college grounds,<br />
with throwing events held<br />
over the road in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain.<br />
Biomass plant expansion eyed<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Businessman Greg Donaldson wants your<br />
green waste, trimmings, clippings, untreated<br />
demo timber and cardboard, and if he gets<br />
enough ofit, he plans to invest big money<br />
into expandingthe biomass plant he operates<br />
on the edge of<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
For the pastcouple of years the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Eco Park siteonthe corner of Cochrane and<br />
Seafield roads has processed tonnes ofbyproducts<br />
from the contracting businesses Mr<br />
Donaldson runs.<br />
Items like cleared trees, power reels and<br />
stumps are burnt in agiant incinerator.<br />
The current incinerator, or ‘‘curtain<br />
burner’’ as Mr Donaldson calls it, is mobile<br />
and can process 10 tonnes ofmaterial an<br />
hour.<br />
The incinerator’s resource consent for<br />
particle discharge states that it is a99per<br />
cent clean operation.<br />
The first stage of expansion could involve<br />
the purchase of aelectricitygenerating plant,<br />
which will connect to the incinerator and<br />
return electricity tothe grid.<br />
If volume really takes off and expansion<br />
becomes viable, Mr Donaldson says he is<br />
prepared to invest millions into a more<br />
powerful and permanently located processor.<br />
Mr Donaldson said he was excited about<br />
the future prospects of the 8ha eco park site<br />
and believed it could work onabig scale.<br />
‘‘It will provideagood end use for rubbish.<br />
‘‘Instead of rubbish going off to Kate<br />
Valley, or being burnt illegally, it can be<br />
processed here in a much more environmentally<br />
friendly way.’’<br />
Mr Donaldson said the biomass concept<br />
had come about out of necessity for his<br />
business and because of the byproducts<br />
generated from demolition, roading, site<br />
works, earthmoving, directional drilling and<br />
Greg Donaldson alongside his current biomass incinerator at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Eco<br />
Park.<br />
ploughing.<br />
He said word of the eco park site had<br />
spread among the commercial sector over a<br />
number of months and he was now opening<br />
it up and inviting the general public to come<br />
on board.<br />
There would be flat rate charges for boot<br />
loads, trailer loads and truck loads of waste<br />
dropped off.<br />
The waste strictly did not include plastics,<br />
treated timbers, food waste, PVC, soil, pink<br />
batts, paints or rubber.<br />
The charges would be competitive, and<br />
would be reduced if there was enough<br />
material being processed and if electricity<br />
was generated.<br />
Mr Donaldson said he would assess<br />
volumes and progress over the next 12<br />
months.<br />
If abig biomass plant did eventuate, and<br />
ran flat out five days aweek, heanticipated<br />
employing four orfive more staff, and more<br />
if it was aseven day aweek operation.<br />
Mr Donaldson saidhedid not knowofany<br />
other large scale biomass plants operating in<br />
New Zealand, but had heard about successful<br />
operations in the USA and Europe.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Eco Park will beopen to<br />
the general public from 8.30am on <strong>February</strong><br />
24. It will open weekdays from 8.30am until<br />
5.30pm and on Saturdays from 9am until<br />
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Phoenix Preschool pre-schooler Henry Bennett, 4, spreads some cheer to<br />
Rosebank resident Shirley McCrae.<br />
Preschoolers share cards,<br />
shortbread withresidents<br />
Preschoolers from Phoenix Preschool<br />
took amessage of love to residents at<br />
Rosebank Resthome and Retirement<br />
village, celebrating Valentine’s Day and<br />
showing their support for charity organisation,<br />
Heart Kids New Zealand.<br />
The children, and teachers, had ared<br />
themed muftiday on ‘the day of love’ to<br />
raise money for Heart Kids.<br />
They also learned about heart health<br />
and how some people have hearts that<br />
do not work as they should.<br />
It was achance for the children to<br />
learn about having social empathy with<br />
others.<br />
In preparation for avisit to Rosebank,<br />
which is just down the road, they made<br />
Valentine’s Day cards and shortbread<br />
heartshaped biscuits some with hundreds<br />
and thousands sprinkles for the<br />
residents.<br />
The children and residents have<br />
regular reciprocating visits.<br />
Four year old Henry Bennett gave his<br />
card and biscuits to resident Shirley<br />
McCrea. The card had the inscription “I<br />
love you to pieces” and brought asmile<br />
to the faces of both the giver and the<br />
receiver.<br />
After acouple of songs, with actions,<br />
from the children including Twinkle,<br />
Twinkle Little Star, Head Shoulders<br />
Knees and Toes and Wheels on the Bus,<br />
the children were given their own heartshaped<br />
chocolate chip biscuits, made by<br />
the residents, to take back to preschool.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> branch members of Save the Children NZ Joyce McFaull (left)<br />
and Fay Hunt, reminisce over the branch’s 60 years in <strong>Ashburton</strong> ahead of<br />
afarewell luncheon prior to the winding up of the branch. The luncheon will<br />
be held on Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 27, at 11.30am at the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Any<br />
former volunteers not on the mailing list who would like to attend should<br />
phone Liz on 308-0392 before Monday, <strong>February</strong> 24.<br />
Strong property growth<br />
predictedtocontinue<br />
Strong growth in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> real<br />
estate market over the last 12 months is<br />
expected to continue this year, alocal<br />
real estate company is predicting.<br />
An increase in firsttime home<br />
buyers and low interest rates has driven<br />
a strong residential market in Mid<br />
Canterbury, which shows no sign of<br />
slowing down.<br />
Property Brokers <strong>Ashburton</strong> branch<br />
manager Murray Young said the<br />
region had always been astrong area,<br />
but low interest rates were now giving<br />
investors the confidence to return to<br />
the marketplace.<br />
“KiwiSaver has also helped give firsttime<br />
home buyers adeposit that some<br />
may not have been able to save for<br />
otherwise. That has certainly helped<br />
drive this part of the market.”<br />
Property Brokers Canterbury general<br />
manager Chris Moore said provincial<br />
New Zealand was proving to be<br />
more and more popular with buyers.<br />
“We are seeing urban drift from the<br />
main centres to provincial New Zealand<br />
and <strong>Ashburton</strong> is benefiting from<br />
that.<br />
‘‘From areal estate perspective, we<br />
had avery big year last year and <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
has kicked off in asimilar vein.’’<br />
He said Property Brokers <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
was seeing good demand for properties,<br />
both residential and commercial.<br />
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licence.Wineand beer purchases restricted to personsaged 18 years old and over.
Page 10, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
ANNIVERSARY<br />
DIAMOND WEDDING<br />
Bevand John French (nee<br />
Rogers) were married at<br />
St Peter’s Church, Timaru,<br />
<strong>February</strong><strong>20</strong>, 1960.<br />
Lots of love from all your<br />
family and friends.<br />
DEATHS<br />
NEWTON, Florence June:<br />
(June): On <strong>February</strong> 11,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> peacefully at Radius<br />
Millstream, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Surrounded by her loving<br />
family.Aged 95 years.Dearly<br />
loved wife ofthe late Roy.<br />
Cherished mother and<br />
mother in law of Dianne<br />
Newton and Angela and<br />
Maurice Soal and adored<br />
nana of Mark, Emily and<br />
Peter, the late Samuel,<br />
and Laura and Brett; Kate<br />
and Steve, and Emma and<br />
Ken. Treasured great nana<br />
of Savana, and Ruby; and<br />
Jordan.<br />
“In God’sCare”<br />
Messages to the Newton<br />
family, P O Box 472,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Special<br />
thanks to the staff at Radius<br />
Millstream and Dr Wootton<br />
for their loving care ofJune.<br />
Aservice celebrating June’s<br />
lifehas been held.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
Birth notices listed by<br />
parents will continue<br />
to be free in the Family<br />
Notices column.<br />
The initial death notice<br />
lodged by a funeral<br />
director will be listed<br />
without charge. There<br />
will be a small charge<br />
of $15 for subsequent<br />
notices related to the<br />
same death, up to a<br />
maximum of 35 words<br />
and on aper-line basis<br />
after that.<br />
The same low<br />
charges apply to<br />
other family notices,<br />
such as engagements,<br />
acknowledgments, in<br />
memoriam notices and<br />
anniversaries.<br />
Family Notices<br />
DEATHS<br />
PROCTOR, Laken Mark<br />
Christopher: Unexpectedly<br />
at Christchurch Hospital,<br />
on <strong>February</strong> 14, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
surrounded by family and<br />
friends. Aged 25 years.<br />
Deeply loved fiancé of<br />
Jessica Ryan. Loving Dad to<br />
Liam and Charlotte. Much<br />
loved son of Mark Boswell<br />
and Jo Proctor. Dearly loved<br />
grandson of Dan and Joy<br />
Cavill and Caroline and the<br />
late Robert Boswell. Loved<br />
and adored big brother<br />
of Taylah and Maddie.<br />
Cherished nephew and<br />
uncle to Sophia, Hunterand<br />
Ivyand afriend to many.<br />
“You will be missed<br />
so dearly our fighter,<br />
always in our hearts<br />
forever 25”<br />
Messages to Jess and<br />
Family, P O Box 472,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>7740. No flowers<br />
by request. Donations<br />
to the North Canterbury<br />
Dirt Riders Club would be<br />
appreciated and may be<br />
left atthe service. Aservice<br />
to celebrate Laken’s life<br />
will be held at our Chapel,<br />
Cnr East and Cox Streets,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, on Thursday<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, commencing<br />
at 2.00pm. Followed by<br />
private cremation at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Crematorium.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
TITHERIDGE, Elva Janette:<br />
On 17 <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 92 years.<br />
Thedearly lovedwifeofthe<br />
late Albert Noel Titheridge.<br />
Cherished mother and<br />
mother-in-law ofDavid and<br />
Jae-Eun, John and Odette,<br />
Jane and Brian Franks, and<br />
Paul and Kara. Much Loved<br />
nana of Fiona and Sarah,<br />
Troy, Courtney, Tara-Mae<br />
and Tane. Arohanui. Loved<br />
sister and sister in lawofthe<br />
late Fay Dellow and Noel,<br />
and Doris and the late Ross<br />
Titheridge.<br />
“A dear soul whose heartand<br />
humanitywill remain with us,<br />
long afterher passing.”<br />
Her family acknowledge<br />
Elva was blessed to have<br />
the care and compassion of<br />
the lovely staff of Tuarangi<br />
Home in her final years.<br />
Messages to the Titheridge<br />
Family c/- PO Box 472,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Aservice<br />
to celebrate Elva’s life will<br />
be held at Our Chapel,<br />
Cnr East and Cox Streets,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, on Saturday<br />
<strong>February</strong> 22, commencing<br />
at 2.00pm. Followed by<br />
privatecremation.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
DEATHS<br />
WALLS, Alma Mae: (nee<br />
Todd): Died peacefully<br />
on <strong>February</strong> 11, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> at<br />
Cashmere View Home,<br />
Christchurch. Aged 96 years.<br />
Belovedwifeofthe late Joe,<br />
dearly lovedmother of Julie<br />
(Te Anau), Trudy Eaden<br />
(Christchurch), and Gregory.<br />
Loved grandmother<br />
of Emma Paulin and<br />
fiancée Chris Thomson<br />
(Christchurch), Chris Eaden<br />
and fiancée Melissa Beach<br />
(Christchurch) and loved<br />
greatgrandmother of Laura<br />
Thomson (Christchurch).<br />
Lovedsister of the late Jack,<br />
Archie, Raymond, and Les<br />
Todd.<br />
“You’llbeforever in our<br />
hearts”<br />
Heartfelt thanks to the<br />
staff at Barrington Wing,<br />
Cashmere View Home for<br />
their careofAlma. Messages<br />
to theWalls family, POBox<br />
472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A<br />
service celebrating Alma’s<br />
lifehas been held.<br />
“A long life well lived”<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
DELLOW,DianaHelen:<br />
29-07-40 –04-12-<strong>20</strong>19<br />
Maurice and Diana’s family<br />
take this opportunity to<br />
thank their many friends<br />
and family members for<br />
their support over the last<br />
few months. Thank you<br />
to all who sent cards and<br />
messages,toBarry Hayman<br />
of ‘Paterson’s’ and David<br />
Brown ‘Celebrant’ for their<br />
help to carry out Diana’s<br />
wishes, also to Rosebank<br />
staff for their care of<br />
Diana over her last few<br />
weeks. Asmany addresses<br />
are unknown please<br />
accept this as a personal<br />
acknowledgement.<br />
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Always plenty of litter to pick up<br />
Volunteers from Litter<br />
Free <strong>Ashburton</strong> never fail<br />
to find plenty of discarded<br />
litter when they carry out<br />
regular clean ups around<br />
town.<br />
Volunteersmeet on the<br />
second Thursday of the<br />
month at 1.30pm at the<br />
Chess Board on East<br />
Street and head off in<br />
groups to pick uprubbish.<br />
Last week’s collection<br />
took inpart of the CBD,<br />
the area around both ends<br />
of the Tinwald Bridge,<br />
and Dobson Street West<br />
down tothe bike park.<br />
Lending a hand were<br />
regular collectors and a<br />
couple of newcomers.<br />
Dressed in highvis vests<br />
and with gloves on, the<br />
collectors trawl their<br />
Volunteers from Litter Free <strong>Ashburton</strong> with rubbish collected last Thursday.<br />
designated patch for an<br />
hour orso, before returning<br />
with rubbish to a<br />
central point.<br />
Bagged rubbish is collected<br />
later in the day by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> council, which<br />
disposes of it, or recycles<br />
where possible.<br />
Baby group friends Sienna Hoets, 8months, Frankie McKee, 9months, and<br />
Tom Tyson, 9months, were among the babies and toddlers enjoying the<br />
Wriggle and Read session for infants to three year olds at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Public Library. The session is held in the children’s section of the library<br />
every Tuesday and continues to be ababy and toddler favourite with<br />
impressive numbers attending for the 30-minute programme. It focuses on<br />
fine, gross motor and balance skills using singing, dancing, musical<br />
instruments and eye-catching displays such as bubbles.<br />
Rangitata River<br />
work on hold<br />
Work has now largely<br />
paused for atime on the<br />
Rangitata River while<br />
agencies agree on future<br />
plans and on what needs<br />
to happen to get the<br />
scheme back up to the<br />
preflooding standard.<br />
Future works, which<br />
may take 1224 months,<br />
will likely focus on reinstating<br />
banks and vegetated<br />
berms which are<br />
crucial in erosion<br />
reduction and provide<br />
some limited protection<br />
against overflows, says<br />
Environment Canterbury<br />
(ECan).<br />
How to fund the work<br />
is still being worked<br />
through and it may cost<br />
in the order of $1 million.<br />
There will also be<br />
conversationswith awide<br />
range of partners and<br />
stakeholders on what the<br />
future of the river and<br />
any changestothe standard<br />
of protection may<br />
look like.<br />
The long term conversation<br />
will require wide<br />
consultation and investigation,<br />
says ECan.<br />
The flooding of the<br />
Rangitata River in early<br />
December got the<br />
nation’s attention whenit<br />
disconnected State Highway<br />
One for three days.<br />
Complete<br />
Local Care<br />
Since 1982
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Longbeach triathlon tests pupils<br />
Pupils from Longbeach<br />
School put all their<br />
energy intocompeting<br />
at the school’s annual<br />
triathlon competition.<br />
It was aprelude to the<br />
Mid Canterbury<br />
Primary SchoolsSports<br />
Associationtriathlon<br />
event, which is on today<br />
at Hampstead School.<br />
More than 130 pupils,<br />
aged from new entrant<br />
to Year 8, competedin<br />
yeargroups swimming<br />
lengths orwidthsof<br />
the school pool, biking<br />
and running along<br />
BoundaryRoad,<br />
fronting the school, or<br />
around the school<br />
grounds. It was followed<br />
by aprizegiving and<br />
barbecue lunch.<br />
The senior triathlon<br />
saw pupils compete as<br />
individuals or teams.<br />
Buoyed by the<br />
cheeringoffellow<br />
pupils and family<br />
members, the Year 7<br />
and 8pupils ran 2km,<br />
swam twolengths (44<br />
metres) and biked 4km;<br />
and Year 5and 6ran<br />
1.5km, swam two<br />
lengths (44 metres) and<br />
biked4km.<br />
The junior triathlon<br />
was as individuals and<br />
saw Year 3and 4pupils<br />
run 1km, swim apool<br />
widthand bike 2km;<br />
Year 8pupil Michael Griffiths won the boys Yr7/8<br />
event.<br />
Senior girls on the run leg of the triathlon.<br />
before the Year 2pupils<br />
did one run lap of the<br />
field, bikedtwo laps and<br />
crossed the small pool.<br />
Year 8pupil Tabitha White was the third girl<br />
home in the Yr7/8 race.<br />
Year 8Taylor Lamont heads into the bike<br />
leg of the Yr7/8 girls triathlon, which she<br />
went on to win.<br />
It was similar for the<br />
Year1 pupils, although<br />
they only biked one lap<br />
of the field.<br />
Carriage drivers tackle Tinwald course<br />
Horses and drivers<br />
enjoyed tearing around<br />
amarked garden course<br />
in Tinwald on Sunday at<br />
agathering of the<br />
Canterbury Harness,<br />
Horse &Pony Society.<br />
Carriage driving skills<br />
were given agood<br />
workout on the twisting,<br />
turning and cone<br />
numbered course, which<br />
is usually the sizeable<br />
garden of Lianne and<br />
Leen Braam.<br />
Mrs Braam is a<br />
former horse rider and<br />
was introduced to<br />
carriage racing by a<br />
neighbour around 15<br />
years ago.<br />
She said the society<br />
was very sociable, with<br />
members sharing<br />
morning tea and achat<br />
before getting down to<br />
competing.<br />
Competitions were<br />
held from September to<br />
April and all club days<br />
Carriage drivers line up to race around the course at Sunday’s gathering.<br />
included aDerby<br />
Challenge round.<br />
Sunday’s event was<br />
round 4ofthe challenge<br />
and it had tested eight<br />
drivers and horses to go<br />
as fast as they could over<br />
a806m course.<br />
The course was also<br />
raced in reverse.<br />
Mrs Braam said<br />
gatherings on the third<br />
Sunday of the month<br />
usually featured around<br />
18 drivers.<br />
Horses ranged in<br />
height from eight hands<br />
to full size.<br />
Anyone keen to find<br />
out more about the<br />
Canterbury Harness,<br />
Horse &Pony Society<br />
can check out the chhps.<br />
webs.com website.<br />
Phone policy<br />
enforced at<br />
Dorie School<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
DorieSchool has joineda<br />
growing list of schools<br />
nationwide making<br />
mobile phones off limits<br />
for pupils during school<br />
time in an effort to keep<br />
pupils safe.<br />
Phones cause adistraction,<br />
limit face to face<br />
communication and can<br />
lead to social media<br />
addiction and cyberbullying.<br />
Dorie School principal<br />
Anthony Dorreen said<br />
since the start ofthe year<br />
staff had noticed more<br />
pupils, mostly in Year5to<br />
8, bringing mobile phones<br />
to school for whatever<br />
reason.<br />
While the school did<br />
not have an issue with the<br />
children having phones at<br />
school, it was the texting,<br />
taking photographs and<br />
making calls that was<br />
causing concern.<br />
The phones, as of last<br />
week, are now handed in<br />
at the beginning of the<br />
day and locked away until<br />
after school.<br />
Mr Dorreen said the<br />
new policy had drawn<br />
positive response from<br />
parents and the school<br />
community.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Intermediate<br />
School have had a<br />
similar policy for at least<br />
seven oreight years.<br />
Students at school<br />
hand their phones in at<br />
the beginning of day, and<br />
collect at the end.<br />
Principal Brent Grey<br />
understood it initially<br />
started to prevent phone<br />
theft, but now it was<br />
about students accessing<br />
social media.<br />
‘‘They’ve got access to<br />
technology within the<br />
classroom, they don’t<br />
need them. Interesting<br />
enough there havebeen a<br />
few secondary schools in<br />
Christchurch ban them.’’<br />
He said students<br />
caught using phones during<br />
school time have letter’s<br />
sent home, and the<br />
phones have to be collected<br />
by parents.<br />
And, with the onus on<br />
the studentstohand them<br />
in, if they get stolen, the<br />
consequence of their<br />
inaction falls on them.<br />
Mid CanterburyPrincipals<br />
Association president<br />
Tim Kuipers, of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian<br />
School, said the Ministry<br />
of Education gave general<br />
advice to schools on<br />
how to manage digital<br />
devices, but each school<br />
had to develop their own<br />
policies based on their<br />
own situation.<br />
‘‘Technology is often<br />
distracting and can hinder<br />
deeper thinking, which is<br />
essential to good learning.’’<br />
‘‘(At <strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian<br />
School) we also have<br />
phones handed in and<br />
have done so for some<br />
time.<br />
‘‘Our secondary pupils<br />
may now use theirs as<br />
long as they install a<br />
Family Zone app.<br />
‘‘This app has the<br />
power, for example, to<br />
block social media<br />
between 9:00am and<br />
3:00pm or make everything<br />
work except the<br />
calculator.’’<br />
He said as students<br />
showed more personal<br />
responsibility those<br />
limitations were reduced.<br />
Craighead Diocesan<br />
School, in South Canterbury,<br />
made news headlines<br />
last week after they<br />
introduced the policy and<br />
reported almost instant<br />
results. Principal Lindy<br />
Graham, speaking to The<br />
<strong>Courier</strong>, said there was a<br />
noticeable increase in<br />
facetoface communication.<br />
“A teacher walked into<br />
the drama room last week<br />
and the students were<br />
talking to each other<br />
instead of looking into<br />
their phones,” she said.<br />
The school had<br />
decided it was time to<br />
take a firmer line on<br />
cellphone use with ‘‘a lot<br />
of research emerging<br />
about the impact of cellphones<br />
on young people<br />
– lack of sleep, social<br />
isolation, addiction to<br />
social media, fear of missing<br />
out, cyberbullying to<br />
name afew.’’<br />
Cellphone use was also<br />
banned at school events<br />
outside the usual school<br />
hours such as chapel<br />
services and prizegivings.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 3<br />
<strong>20</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Message From ThePrincipal<br />
Teacher Registration Fees<br />
As many of you will remember, there was<br />
considerable industrial action last year to try and<br />
resolve the Teachers’Collective Agreements. We<br />
were delighted that this could be settled and we<br />
were duefor three years without industrial action.<br />
Unfortunately, itappears there are some storm<br />
clouds on the horizon. Currently, teachers pay<br />
$2<strong>20</strong>.80 forthree years’registration to the Education Council,which is the<br />
group charged with administering teachers’registration and discipline<br />
matters. With the end of Governmenttransitionfunding to the Teaching<br />
Council, on 30 June <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>, early this year there was aproposal made to<br />
increase this fee to$470 for the three year period. Obviously, this has<br />
createdconsiderable unhappiness.This afternoon thereisaPaid Union<br />
Meeting to discussthis matter and also to consider whatthe response to<br />
this proposal might looklike.<br />
Lessons will be stopped atlunchtime (1:<strong>20</strong>pm) today, asper advice<br />
further through this newsletter, and already circulated to families.<br />
Available staff will supervise anybus students who remain on campus. I<br />
am sorry forthe disruption so early in the year.<br />
AkoThree-Way Interviews<br />
Next week, onTuesday 25 <strong>February</strong>, there will be Ako interviews, for<br />
the second year. These are designed to foster arelationship between<br />
the Akoteacher,studentand the learner’s family. These were very wellattended<br />
lastyear and allthose involved reportedapositiveexperience.<br />
Thepurpose of this timeistoset academic and vocationalgoals forthe<br />
year, toreconnect with previous career ambitions and to reaffirm the<br />
relationship between the parents and the Akoteacher.<br />
We expectthe Akoteacher to be the first portofcall between the parents<br />
and the Collegeonmost issues. Therewill be afollow-up interview time<br />
in Term Threebut this first meetingisabout settingsome clearly defined<br />
goalsfor <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>. These interviewstake placeatCollege and arescheduled<br />
throughout the dayand early evening. Bookingsare doneonline, details<br />
of whichhavebeen advisedtocaregivers.<br />
BoardofTrustees<br />
OurBoardofTrustees has their firstmeeting nextweek.Atthis meeting<br />
they willrevisit the achievements against our <strong>20</strong>19Annual Plan, examine<br />
our NCEA results,and finalise our <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> Annual Plan and Budget.<br />
College Build Project<br />
Last week the architects of our new build - Baldasso Cortese<br />
Noordanus (BCN) -were on site and interviewed Heads of Faculty<br />
and their key staff about matters important totheir particular subject<br />
areas. Asyou can appreciate,specialist teaching subjects oftenrequire<br />
more specialised spaces. These considerations are all adding to the<br />
construction of the Master Plan which is due for completion in about<br />
July of this year.<br />
Athletics Prelims Day<br />
Our first major House event was the Athletics Prelims day. This is a<br />
curious mix of House spirit and colour,but also of someseriousathletic<br />
endeavour. For the bulk of our students this dayisabout having fun and<br />
participation,asmaller proportion areconcerned withqualifying forthe<br />
Finals Day, scheduled forThursday 27<strong>February</strong>, which also determines<br />
qualifiersfor the Aoraki Athletics Championshipson18March.<br />
Many thanks.<br />
Ross Preece<br />
Principal •Tumuaki<br />
NewStaff -Welcome<br />
Information<br />
AkoInterviews/College Closure–<br />
Tuesday25<strong>February</strong><br />
Pleasenotethatthe Collegewill be closed fornormalinstruction on<br />
thisday,inorder to holdAko interviews forall year levels.<br />
These interviews provide opportunity for students toshare information,<br />
planand set goals with their Akoteacher andparent/caregiver.<br />
The<strong>20</strong>minute interviews will be held at <strong>Ashburton</strong>College,<br />
from 10:00am-8:00pm.<br />
Families aretobooktheirinterviewtimesonline,<br />
and this information hasbeenprovided.<br />
Allstudents/familiesare expected to attend.<br />
College Uniform Clothing Shop<br />
This is operatedthroughthe CollegeOfficebetween 8:30am-3:30pm, or<br />
by request.<br />
Families and students are welcome to view items of clothing (secondhand,<br />
goodquality). We also welcome good quality, cleansecond-hand<br />
clothing to sellonyour behalf.<br />
Transition DepartmentNews<br />
Liaison Visits<br />
Varioustertiaryinstitutions and communitygroups visit the College during<br />
our Year 13 Ako time (Wednesdays, Period 4) to share information with<br />
studentsaboutcoursesand programmes theyoffer.<br />
Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need toregister their<br />
names at theTransitionOfficebeforethe visit.<br />
The following visitsare scheduled for Term One:<br />
04 March Registrar of Electors<br />
18 March Otago Polytech<br />
25 March AraInstitute<br />
01 April OtagoUniversity<br />
08 April CanterburyUniversity<br />
06 May (Term2) VictoriaUniversity<br />
AdvanceNoticeofUpcomingEvents (further information availablecloser<br />
to the time)<br />
Dunedin TertiaryOpenDay –Monday 04 May<br />
This is an opportunity for Year 13 students who are thinking of attending<br />
Otago University or Otago Polytechnic next year, tohave alook atthe<br />
campuses. College takes abus down to Dunedin, leaving at5:00am and<br />
returning at 9:00pm.The bus cost is $40.<br />
NZ Careers Expo: 07-09May,Christchurch<br />
This is agreat opportunity for students to visit and gain information from<br />
awide varietyoftertiary and careerproviders all together in the oneplace.<br />
Events<br />
Funand Achievements at Athletics Prelims Day<br />
Following postponement onFriday 14<strong>February</strong> due to rain, the event ran<br />
very successfully on Monday 17<strong>February</strong> instead, inincreasingly warmer<br />
temperatures as the day wore on. This major annual festival-style event<br />
is strongly about participation; dressing in House colours; gaining House<br />
points; festivity; but also qualifying for the College Athletics Finals Day for<br />
the moreserious athletes.<br />
On this dayall students arescheduled to competeinall events,inorder to<br />
gain House points and for every event they compete and make agenuine<br />
effortin, they earnaHouse point.<br />
Congratulations<br />
Outstanding Scholarship Results for<br />
BenHolland andNew Zealand TopScholar<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College's<strong>20</strong>19Dux, BenHolland,recently learnedofhis success<br />
in the three scholarship exams he sat atthe end of last year. Inaddition to<br />
achieving aLevel 3Excellence endorsement in his five NCEA subjects, Ben<br />
satscholarship exams in Accounting,Economics and Physics.<br />
NZQA Deputy Chief Executive Assessment, Kristine Kilkelly, says that the<br />
‘New Zealand Scholarship is regarded as the most prestigious secondary<br />
school awardinthe country‘.<br />
It is designed to challenge the very best students and offers financial<br />
rewardsfor those going on tofull time tertiarystudyinNew Zealand.<br />
Scholarship,OutstandingScholarshipsand TopScholar<br />
Ben passed his Physics scholarship exam, and has been named as<br />
a <strong>20</strong>19 Outstanding Scholar<br />
Award winner for Accounting<br />
andEconomics.<br />
Most notably, heachieved the<br />
TopSubject Scholarship Award<br />
forEconomics.<br />
These results place him in<br />
approximately the top 3%ofYear<br />
13 students in the country who<br />
studied these subjects, and will<br />
see him attend the TopScholar<br />
Award Ceremony which will be<br />
hosted at ParliamentinMay.<br />
For his efforts, Ben will receive<br />
a scholarship of $5,000 each<br />
year for uptothree years of his<br />
tertiary study. He is enrolled at<br />
Canterbury University tostudy a<br />
Bachelor of Commerce, majoring<br />
in Accounting and Finance, and<br />
hascommenced his studies.<br />
In achieving this success, Ben<br />
would like to acknowledge the<br />
assistance he received from<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College teachers<br />
BryanBell (Physics), Clair Bedward<br />
(Accounting), and Ange Mitchell<br />
(Economics).<br />
In turn, <strong>Ashburton</strong> College acknowledges Ben’s stellar academic career at<br />
College and the input of the teaching staff which enabled extension to<br />
this exceptionally high level.Atop result in New Zealand exceeds the word<br />
‘impressive!’ Ben iswished well for the presentation ceremony and for his<br />
tertiarystudies.<br />
Events on-site were the 100m, <strong>20</strong>0m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 3000m<br />
events; Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump; and the 8x100m Relay<br />
events.<br />
Avery big thank you isgiven to Head ofSport and Sports Co-ordinator<br />
RonCarlson and Darion Gray fortheir significantorganisation put into this<br />
day, alongside of teaching staff assistance.<br />
Picturedbeloware some further action shots from the day:<br />
Victor Ji<br />
Teacher of Mathematics<br />
Information<br />
College Early Closurefor Paid Union Meeting<br />
Thursday<strong>20</strong><strong>February</strong>, from 1:<strong>20</strong>pm<br />
Please note that<strong>Ashburton</strong> College will be closedfor instruction,<br />
from 1:<strong>20</strong>pm (the end of Period 4) on Thursday <strong>20</strong> <strong>February</strong>.<br />
This is forthe purpose of aPaid UnionMeeting,for all teachers whoare<br />
partofthe Post PrimaryTeachers’Association(PPTA).<br />
ThePPTAexecutivehas authorised everyPPTAbranchthroughout New<br />
Zealandtohold aPaid Union Meeting, in order to give feedback to the<br />
TeachingCouncil of Aotearoa New Zealand<br />
on proposed TeacherRegistration feeincreases.<br />
Themeetingis held underthe provisions of Section 26<br />
of the EmploymentRelations Act<strong>20</strong>00.<br />
Supervisionwill be availableatCollege until 3:05pm<br />
for students unable to makealternativearrangements.<br />
School buses will run at the normal afternoon time.<br />
(Pictured above):<br />
‘GoOrange House!’<br />
(Pictured above): Defending Red<br />
House Champions with mascot,<br />
Joseph Collins (House Co-Captain)<br />
and Arnold Pantoja contemplating<br />
the possibilityofaquick getaway.<br />
TheHouses all competed on the College site, with only the throwing events<br />
being held directly across the road in the Walnut Avenue Domain area.<br />
(Pictured above,leftand right): Green House ready forfield eventaction; and<br />
the relays areunderway.<br />
(Pictured below): Blue House competitors competing moving well in the<br />
foot-raceevent.
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 3<br />
<strong>20</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Congratulations<br />
House ExecutiveCommittees<br />
Underway also are the newly formed House Executives, who have<br />
already been in full action preparing for the Athletics Prelims Day,<br />
where the first allocations ofthe year’s House points are up for the<br />
taking.<br />
Below, we put names to faces-<br />
Blue House Executive<br />
(Front row, left toright): Oliver Davidson, Malachi Drye, Thomas Patterson,<br />
Coty Cuadrado,Bailey Gray.<br />
(Back row, left toright): Milli Sullivan, Emma Rollinson, Harriet Leverton<br />
(House Co-captain), Liam Sullivan (House Co-captain), Ethan Walsh.<br />
GreenHouse Executive<br />
(Front row, left to right): Brie Rudolph, Klara Harrison, Isaac Bazley<br />
(House Captain), SapphireKururangi(HouseCaptain), Roan Redpath.<br />
(Back row, left to right): Mac Burdett, Grace Quinn, Chloe Johnson,<br />
Michael Lin-Nguyen, George Rosevear.<br />
Orange House Executive<br />
(Front row, left toright): Hope Bridger, Riley Vessey (House Co-captain),<br />
Jane Cribb (House Co-captain), Aidan Bennett.<br />
(Middle Row, lefttoright): Anna Bennett,Sophie Adams,Zac Woolf.<br />
(Back row,lefttoright): James Brady,Sam Brown.<br />
(Absent): Marlese Schoonderbeek.<br />
Red House Executive<br />
(Front row,lefttoright): Hannah O’Reilly,Joseph Collins (House Co-captain),<br />
Teresa Herewini (House Co-captain), Olivia Lill.<br />
(Back row,lefttoright): Christian Juntilla, Hayley Tallentire, Brendan Fleming.<br />
(Absent): Brooke Miller,Arnold Pantoja, Caleb Ward.<br />
End-of-<strong>20</strong>19 Junior SpeechCompetition<br />
Very close to the end of last year the annual Junior Speech Competition<br />
saw five Year 9and five Year 10 contestants take to the Auditorium stage<br />
to deliver powerful and thought-provoking speeches on awide range of<br />
topics.<br />
This missed the cut-off time for the final newsletter of <strong>20</strong>19, but it seems<br />
relevant togive these nowYear 10 andYear 11students the publicity they<br />
have earned!<br />
Year 9Competition<br />
Taylor Shaw challenged us to consider what success really is and how it<br />
can be measured individually. Molly Elvy posed aplastic-free world, while<br />
Amelia Harris also asked us to consider what success is and how itplays<br />
differently at different stages of our life. Shimee Araguas challenged the<br />
audience toconsider how drastically plastic waste has harmed the planet<br />
in such ashorttime.Completing the line-up was Lily Davidson who spoke<br />
about the changes today’s youth have faced over time and the challenges<br />
to be faced up to in their future.<br />
LilyDavidson took out first placewith ShimeeAraguas placing second.<br />
Year 10 Competition<br />
Things were no less competitive atthis level. Topics varied greatly with<br />
Ngahuia Maeva debunking some myths surrounding Aspergers and<br />
Autism. Lauryn Aiolupotea spoke about animated film remakes as<br />
being a‘cash cow’ for studios that do little toimprove onthe original.<br />
Sefilinga Maamaloa talked about how success is being your best in<br />
whateveryou undertake.<br />
Anna Gray enlightened the audience about taking things for granted and<br />
took out second place for her efforts while the winner, Amy Stilgoe,<br />
spoke about schooling and students’mentalhealth.<br />
Thecompetition wasjudged by former Associate Principal, Don McLeod,<br />
and Denise O’Halloran, aformer teacher of English at <strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />
(Pictured above,lefttoright): Year 10 speech judges and speech contestants.<br />
Don McLeod, Anna Gray, Amy Stilgoe, Ngahuia Maeva, Lauryn Aiolupotea,<br />
Sefilinga Maamaloa, and Denise O’Halloran.<br />
Aoraki SecondarySchools’<br />
Senior Tennis Championships<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College wasrepresentedbyten players at these championships,<br />
held in Timaru on Thursday 13<strong>February</strong>. Teams were made up of two<br />
players,each of which playedadoubles tie and asingles game respectively.<br />
The tournament was well represented byteams from throughout the<br />
Aoraki region, with both the boys’and thegirls’drawhaving twopools,with<br />
the winners and runners-up of each pool then battling it out for the final<br />
placings. <strong>Ashburton</strong>enteredthree boys’teams andtwo girls’ teams.<br />
Results:<br />
First Overall<br />
The Boys’ Ateam of Tyler Leonard and Ollie Bubb placed first overall in<br />
the Boys’ Competition, taking the final against Timaru Boys’ High School<br />
A. To get to the final, <strong>Ashburton</strong> had to see off some stiff competition,<br />
particularly against WaitakiBoys’HighSchool A.<br />
3rd v4th Play-Off<br />
Pleasingly, <strong>Ashburton</strong> has some new talent coming through the ranks<br />
and the Girls’ Ateam consisted oftwo Year 9students, Holly-Jane Feutz<br />
and Angel Spooner. The Girls’Bteam was comprised of Ruby Gray and<br />
IlaCabalse.<br />
The twoteams mettoplay-off for3rd and4th with the Ateam taking the<br />
honours. The players are looking forward tothe South Island Secondary<br />
Schools’ Championships at the end of <strong>February</strong>, also to be held in Timaru.<br />
(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Matt Hopkins, Henrik Tawatao,<br />
Holly-Jane Feutz, Angel Spooner,Tyler Leonard, Ollie Bubb.<br />
(Front row, lefttoright):TomPatterson, Eddie Galbraith, RubyGray, IlaCabalse.<br />
College Students at Under 18 National Fastpitch<br />
Softball Tournament, and Non-Travelling<br />
Reserve forUnder 18 Junior Black Sox<br />
Three College students represented three different provinces at the Under<br />
18 National Fastpitch Softball<br />
Tournament held in Palmerston<br />
North during the January student<br />
break period.<br />
Two players were selected as ‘pickup’<br />
players for other teams, while<br />
Kotiti Patea was already part ofthe<br />
Canterburyteam.<br />
(Pictured left, left to right):<br />
Nathan Johnstone –‘pick up’player<br />
for South Canterbury; Kotiti Patea<br />
– Canterbury team player; and<br />
JacobGray–firstly as non-travelling<br />
reserve for Canterbury but who<br />
ended up as a‘pick-up’ player for<br />
Manawatu.<br />
Jacob plays softball forthe Papanui Club at Under 18, Under 23 and Premier<br />
Reserve levels inthe Canterbury Softball Association competitions. Having<br />
proceeded through three trials for the Canterbury Under 18 team, he was<br />
namedasanon-travelling reserve,which allowedhim to train with the team<br />
and gain time in an environment where hecould hone his skills and get<br />
extracoaching.<br />
Jacob wasthen chosenasa‘pick-up’playerfor the National Tournamentby<br />
Manawatu where heplayed atCatcher and Outfielder for the team. Jacob<br />
said he enjoyedthe experienceand the opportunitytoplayatthe National<br />
TournamentwhereManawatufinished9th from the thirteen teams.<br />
Palmerston North’s Blue SoxPremier Men’s Team Invitation<br />
At the completion of the tournament, Jacob was invited to travel to<br />
Palmerston North again, where hewould play for Palmerston North’s Blue<br />
SoxPremier Men’steam in an invitational tournamentagainst international<br />
teams here toplay inthe Under 18 World Championship. This gave Jacob<br />
the opportunity beinan environment with the Canadian and Japanese<br />
teams and to playagainst Argentina and Australia as they prepared forthe<br />
WorldTournament. This wasagain an amazing opportunitytoplaysoftball<br />
to ahigh level and experience playing against some of the world’s best<br />
junior players.<br />
Nathan plays for Fairfield in the Mid Canterbury competition, usually as<br />
ShortStoporCatcher. Last year MidCanterburywas able to fieldanUnder<br />
18 team but this wasn’t the case this year. However, hewas fortunate<br />
enough to be offered a‘pick-up’ player place with the South Canterbury<br />
team. Nathan has previously attended six age group tournaments and<br />
loved repeating this experience with the South Canterbury team, which<br />
finished in 12th position.<br />
Kotiti also plays softball for the Papanui Club, atfour levels -Under 18,<br />
Under 23, Premier Reserve and Premier Men’steam levels in the Canterbury<br />
Softball Association competitions. The road to Christchurch and return is<br />
well-travelled with Kotiti in Christchurch three-four times aweek.<br />
Beingapartofthe CanterburyUnder 18 team it wasagiventhatKotiti would<br />
be competing atthe Under 18 national tournament, where Canterbury<br />
placed 4th behind the three big softball regions of Auckland, Hutt Valley<br />
and Wellington.<br />
Kotiti has astrong pedigree behind him, including having played for Mid<br />
Canterburyatfour national Under 15 tournaments between <strong>20</strong>14-<strong>20</strong>17 and<br />
travelling with the New Zealand Under 15 Softball team to Australia in <strong>20</strong>17.<br />
<strong>20</strong>18 wasayear off the sportwhile some injuries healed. In<strong>20</strong>19 Kotiti was<br />
a‘pick-up’ player for South Canterbury toattend the National Under 18<br />
tournamentwhile this year,inhis first year with Canterbury, Kotiti wasthere<br />
as amember of that team, at what will be his last Under 18 tournament as<br />
he turnseighteen during this year.<br />
He credits his father as having abig impact on him getting seriously into<br />
softball, while his mother was less concerned about which sport but<br />
encouraged him to stayinasport.<br />
Non-travelling reserve for Temperzone Junior Black Sox<br />
Under 18 World Series Team<br />
Playing mainly at second base and short stop, Kotiti obviously caught the<br />
eye of selectors, and said this selection was a‘big surprise, asthere was<br />
already athirty two-man squad training and travelling to tournaments in<br />
Australia’. As this may have been, Kotiti obviously played well enough to<br />
forgehis wayintothe list,which is agreat recognitionofhis hardworkand<br />
capabilities.<br />
Currently, since the Under 18 tournament, he has continued to train hard,<br />
usually having three days aweek in Christchurch and one in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
While his immediate focus is being ready should he get acall-up to the<br />
Under 18 Black Sox, hislonger-termgoal is inclusion at Under 23 Black Sox<br />
level. Inthe meantime,this year hasbeen averygood season to date.<br />
Coming Events<br />
<strong>February</strong><br />
26 CanterburyShowJumping,McLean’s Island,Christchurch<br />
27 Athletics Finals day<br />
28 Postponementday -Athletics Finals<br />
29 SISS Tennis Championships, Timaru
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Festival of colour draws crowd<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s second Holi festival<br />
was acolourful celebration<br />
on Saturday.<br />
Held in the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain, the familyfocused<br />
event celebrated Holi, the<br />
Hindu Festival of Colour.<br />
The cultural event drew a<br />
decent crowd and featured the<br />
fun ritual of throwing coloured<br />
powders over each other.<br />
As well as colour, the celebration<br />
featured Indian curries<br />
and snacks, music and henna<br />
design.<br />
Holi has various legends<br />
associated with it and celebrates<br />
the victory of good over<br />
evil. The <strong>Ashburton</strong> event was<br />
coordinated bythe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
IndianMulticultural Charitable<br />
Trust.<br />
Right: Enjoying the Holi<br />
celebration on Saturday<br />
were (from left) Thelma Bell,<br />
event co-ordinator Rohini<br />
Sukul and Elena Comaglen<br />
from Turangi.<br />
Old information centre needs taking away<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
is looking for someone to<br />
pick up its old information<br />
centre building and take it<br />
away for anew life.<br />
Expressions of interest are<br />
being sought for the building,<br />
which is about 15 years old and<br />
previously used by the iSITE<br />
and Experience Mid Canterbury.<br />
The council hopes aperson,<br />
group or business would buy<br />
the building and relocate it.<br />
The building, nestled in<br />
trees on the East Street green<br />
by the chessboard, sits on a<br />
concrete slab. The new owners<br />
would have to cut internal<br />
walls to lift it off and move it.<br />
Expressions of interest are<br />
being accepted until March 9.<br />
Interested people don't have to<br />
have afull plan for what they<br />
want to do with the building,<br />
but they do need to register.<br />
Council would weigh the<br />
tender options and the building<br />
moved before contractors<br />
working on the revitalisation of<br />
the CBD reached East Street<br />
next year.<br />
Newand pre-lovedCars,<br />
Utes &SUV’s arriving daily<br />
Style guru Bibi<br />
on mission here<br />
AChristchurch stylist with<br />
abig fan club in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> is coming to<br />
town for aoneday<br />
workshop.<br />
Bibi Maber says so<br />
many women don’t<br />
understand what ahuge<br />
role colours and shapes<br />
play in how they look and<br />
feel every day.<br />
‘‘Every day we make the<br />
decision to get dressed.<br />
When we put something<br />
on that makes us feel<br />
good, confident and<br />
comfortable in our own<br />
skin, it improves our<br />
mindset and helps us<br />
approach the day with a<br />
positive outlook.’’<br />
Bibi has been winning<br />
fans in Mid Canterbury<br />
since starring as aguest<br />
speaker at Ruralco’s<br />
ladies night last October.<br />
She is aregular<br />
contributor to the<br />
wellbeing section of their<br />
Real Farmer magazine.<br />
She says acommon<br />
challenge is people not<br />
wanting to buy new<br />
clothes or focus on their<br />
style until they lose five<br />
kilograms. Other common<br />
themes were buying items<br />
that looked good on a<br />
mannikin or online, but<br />
then realising they didn’t<br />
suit their lifestyle or body<br />
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gets hung up, tags still on,<br />
at the back of the<br />
wardrobe.’’<br />
Other women were too<br />
used to putting everyone<br />
before them and thinking<br />
they were not yet worth<br />
the financial and<br />
emotional investment.<br />
Bibi has been through a<br />
style transformation<br />
herself. She spent most of<br />
her adult life working in<br />
administrative roles in the<br />
corporate world but the<br />
work wasn’t satisfying.<br />
In <strong>20</strong>06, in Canada, she<br />
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Later she moved to New<br />
Zealand and 18 months<br />
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own style business.<br />
Her goal is to help men<br />
and women create their<br />
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Bibi’s workshop in<br />
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Rugbynames needed<br />
Attendees at the inaugural Kaumatua Club held at at Hakatere Marae on Monday.<br />
Kaumatua Club<br />
startedatmarae<br />
Anew initiative at Hakatere<br />
Marae aims to bring the<br />
community together for<br />
social contact and will also<br />
offer budgeting advice and<br />
the services of a social<br />
worker.<br />
The Kaumatua Club was<br />
launched on Monday and<br />
those attending enjoyed<br />
card games, singing, conversation<br />
and morning tea.<br />
The initiative is being<br />
driven by marae vice chairman<br />
and maori warden Ray<br />
Solomon.<br />
Mr Solomon said the<br />
Kaumatua Club was about<br />
meeting in asocial setting,<br />
having fun and also using<br />
the excellent facilities at the<br />
marae more.<br />
It was about connecting<br />
the marae to Presbyterian<br />
Support and to the community.<br />
Mr Solomon said maori<br />
wardens were able to provide<br />
transport to and from<br />
the marae for club gatherings.<br />
Presbyterian Support<br />
Upper South Island manager<br />
Suz Hutchinson said she<br />
envisioned along term partnership<br />
with the marae that<br />
would, over time, develop<br />
based on need.<br />
The Kaumatua Club will<br />
run every Monday between<br />
10am and 1pm and everyone<br />
is welcome.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> resident Shirley Falloon is keen to put names to this old rugby photo<br />
featuring her father Ron Melrose. Taken in the early 1930s, Mr Melrose is pictured<br />
second left in the middle row. He played rugby for Allenton School and the banner<br />
behind the team photo indicates the team was playing in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> County Rugby<br />
Union Junior School Competition when it was taken. Other names identified in the photo<br />
are Malcolm Walker (extreme right middle row) and Trevor Walker (second left front<br />
row). Anyone with more names can email Mrs Falloon at shirleyfalloon@xtra.co.nz.<br />
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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon<br />
Mike Moore: Alifetime of service<br />
One of the tragedies of the recent<br />
death of formerPrime Minister Mike<br />
Moore is how little recognition he<br />
received in thecountry he served so<br />
well. In the tributes paid to him in<br />
Parliament last week he was<br />
described as the opposite of the soft<br />
drink L&P: world famous<br />
everywhere but New Zealand.<br />
Much of that overseasrecognition<br />
came from his role as Director<br />
General of the World Trade<br />
Organisation, and later takingonthe<br />
position of New Zealand’s<br />
Ambassador to the United States<br />
when nominated by thelast National<br />
Government.<br />
Kiwis are more likely to remember<br />
him for his brief stint as Prime<br />
Minister, and subsequently as Leader<br />
of the Opposition from 1990 to 1993.<br />
What’s often forgotten in the fog of<br />
history is the impact Moore had on<br />
the 1990 election result.<br />
He becamePrime Minister just 35<br />
days before the election. Labour<br />
were polling at 28 per cent and on<br />
course for an absolutedrubbing.<br />
Moore’s ascension turnedthe<br />
plummeting polls around, recording<br />
35 per cent on the night, not enough<br />
to win the election, but enough to<br />
save many of his colleagues from<br />
losing their seats.<br />
But 1993 was even more<br />
remarkable. Afterjust threeyears in<br />
office, the Jim Bolgerled National<br />
Government recorded a13per cent<br />
loss of support, with Mike Moore<br />
coming within one seat of being able<br />
to form aGovernment.<br />
It was Bolger who famously<br />
declared“bugger the pollsters” and<br />
history has shown him to be correct.<br />
Criticismofpolling by politicians<br />
dates back to when they first began.<br />
Arguments over methodology and<br />
accuracy abound, butwhat’s often<br />
left out of the conversation is what<br />
they are, merely asnapshot in time.<br />
They predict nothing about future<br />
decisionmaking, or more specifically<br />
how someone might vote in months<br />
or years from now. It’s what makes<br />
the interest from political journalists<br />
so bizarre, admittedly mainly those in<br />
Wellington, who are so quicktocall<br />
or emailwanting comment whena<br />
poll is released.<br />
My response is alwaysavariation<br />
The Dubliner Pub owner Gary Manning with the decal of Donald Trump. (Photo Bill Irwin)<br />
Trump makesDubliner return<br />
Agiant decal image of US President<br />
Donald Trump is going back up in<br />
the toilets at Methven hospitality<br />
venue The Dubliner ahead of<br />
elections later in the year.<br />
Trump is getting asplash for a<br />
second term in the pub after a<br />
previous decal was unceremoniously<br />
ripped from the men’s urinal 12<br />
months ago.<br />
Running for asecond term in the<br />
Oval Office, the Trump image will<br />
this time appear in both the gents<br />
and ladies at The Dubliner.<br />
‘‘The Dubliner has had so many<br />
requests from customers, we’ve<br />
decided to give Donald asecond<br />
term.<br />
‘‘We’d like to invite anybody to<br />
come along and spend apenny,’’<br />
said pub owners Gary and Karen<br />
Manning.<br />
The Dubliner Pub gained national<br />
news coverage in September <strong>20</strong>16<br />
during Mr Trump’s candidacy with<br />
the addition of the decal in the<br />
urinal.<br />
The culprits of the decal ripped<br />
from the urinal in <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>19<br />
were never apprehended, but were<br />
suspected to be two disgruntled<br />
elderly American men who were<br />
walking the Te Araroa track.<br />
of the same, and probablyfrom their<br />
perspective pretty underwhelming: I<br />
neverread too much into individual<br />
polls,Itake nothing for granted and<br />
I’ll continue to do the job that people<br />
expect of their local MP.<br />
There’s good reason for not taking<br />
polls too seriously.<br />
Depending on the questions asked<br />
or the sampling method, polls are<br />
oftenatodds with one another. All<br />
they really tell us at the moment is<br />
that the election for who will form<br />
Government this year is likely to be<br />
close.<br />
Locally it’s positive to see new<br />
candidates emerge.Robust<br />
accountability is important in any<br />
democracy, and that’s as true for<br />
localMPs like myselfasitisfor<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Governments. The role of an MP<br />
centres around service to the<br />
community, and it’s the community<br />
who will ultimately judge that<br />
service.<br />
In his last speech to Parliament in<br />
1999 Mike Moore paid afinal tribute<br />
to the peopleheservedasalocal<br />
MP, which any candidate for elected<br />
office would be wise to take to heart:<br />
“Anything Ihave managed to do I<br />
have been able to do because of<br />
them.Iwish Icould have done more<br />
for them. They are the real battlers.<br />
“The highest honour ademocracy<br />
can afford acitizen in afree nation is<br />
to be an elected Member of<br />
Parliament. Every day it has been an<br />
honour, and every hour it has been a<br />
privilege.”<br />
New grade caters<br />
for more netballers<br />
Mid CanterburyNetballis<br />
introducinganew premier three<br />
gradethis yeartotakepressure off<br />
its busyWednesday night social<br />
competition.<br />
The social competitionwas at<br />
capacity last year andnetball<br />
organisers are hoping someofthe<br />
stronger teams will opt to play in the<br />
new grade on aThursday night.<br />
Netball centremanager Erin<br />
Tasker said one of the main things<br />
holding some people back from<br />
playing on aThursday night in the<br />
past had beenthe threatof<br />
relegation to Saturdays.<br />
Up until now, Thursday night’s<br />
competitionhas been made up of the<br />
top ACL premier one grade, and<br />
premier two. Both gradesconsist of<br />
six teamsand they play three rounds<br />
duringthe season, withautomatic<br />
promotion and relegationfor the top<br />
and bottom teams at the end of<br />
roundone, and apromotion/<br />
relegation gameplayed at the end of<br />
roundtwo to decide which teams<br />
play were in the third and final<br />
championshipround.<br />
For the bottomplacedteam in<br />
premier two, relegation traditionally<br />
meant having to move to the<br />
Saturdaycompetition but thatwill<br />
no longer happen.<br />
“If you’reamum who has got kids<br />
playing sport on aSaturday<br />
afternoon, suddenly finding your<br />
ownThursdaynight netball is now<br />
Saturdayafternoonnetball, isn’t<br />
ideal,” Mrs Taskersaid.<br />
Promotion andrelegation will<br />
remain the same for other grades,<br />
with the removal of promotion and<br />
relegation between Thursdaysand<br />
Saturdays the only change.<br />
“We’ve had some reallystrong<br />
teams playing on Wednesdaynights,<br />
and some of themwould have been<br />
more than at homeplaying on a<br />
Thursday night, so now that the<br />
threat of movingtoaSaturday is<br />
gone we’re hoping they might make<br />
that move,” Mrs Tasker said.<br />
MostMid Canterburyclubsare<br />
holdingtrials over the nextcouple of<br />
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<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> STREET APPEAL<br />
Offering emotional, social<br />
and practical support<br />
Every week in New Zealand more<br />
than three families get told their<br />
child has cancer.<br />
Achild having cancer isone of<br />
the toughest things afamily could<br />
ever go through.<br />
Child cancer doesn’t just affect<br />
the child diagnosed, it affects their<br />
brothers and sisters,mum, dad, and<br />
whanau. Child Cancer Foundation<br />
supports them all.<br />
The Child Cancer Foundation<br />
has over 1,700 families across New<br />
Zealand but has been there for<br />
thousands more in the past 40<br />
years.<br />
‘‘We help each family navigate<br />
the child cancer journey ‘no matter<br />
what the outcome’ giving them<br />
support, strength and helping them<br />
maintain hope.’’<br />
Child Cancer Foundation’s work<br />
with children with cancer and their<br />
families is a unique service and<br />
relies solely on the generosity of<br />
supporters, donors, volunteers and<br />
sponsors.<br />
Donations can be made any time<br />
at www.childcancer.org.nz/makeadonation<br />
Child Cancer Foundation give<br />
personalised support to each family<br />
through aonetoone connection.<br />
They help with emotional, social<br />
and practical support, but also<br />
things people have probably never<br />
even thought about when they're<br />
going through an incredibly stressful<br />
time:<br />
Among their services they offer:<br />
adedicated Family Support Coordinator<br />
to provide strength in<br />
times of doubt, comfort intimes of<br />
sadness and celebrate times of joy<br />
Essential Care Kits including<br />
useful hospital items and information<br />
Travel Assistance for the cumulative<br />
parking, petrol and travel<br />
costs for hospital visits<br />
Holiday Homes in Taupo and<br />
Arrowtown allowing families to<br />
enjoy a break and create new<br />
precious memories<br />
Personal Development Grants<br />
for children with cancer, their<br />
siblings or parents<br />
Keeping in Touch Programme<br />
providing children with ameans to<br />
stay in touch and entertained while<br />
in hospital<br />
Household Support with essential<br />
living costs that families may<br />
struggle with during this difficult<br />
time<br />
Support in the Community such<br />
as camps, events and activities for<br />
children and their families<br />
Family Places in Auckland,<br />
Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin,<br />
all within walking distance of<br />
the local hospital.<br />
Child Cancer Research<br />
The Child Cancer Foundation<br />
Challenge Research fund has been<br />
supporting local child cancer<br />
research since 1999. Child Cancer<br />
Foundation also provides grants to<br />
health professionals to attend relevant<br />
medical conferences, receive<br />
training and further their medical<br />
education to ensure that everyNew<br />
Zealand child facing cancer hasthe<br />
best possible outcome.<br />
Education<br />
The Child Cancer Foundation<br />
not only provides support for<br />
children and families facing the<br />
child cancer journey but also<br />
supports the range of health<br />
professionals who care for them<br />
including the Precision Paediatric<br />
Cancer Project (PPCP) partnership,<br />
which started in April,<br />
<strong>20</strong>18.<br />
Collectors out and about<br />
The Child Cancer Foundation street<br />
appeal next week will see hundreds of<br />
volunteers and fundraisers out and<br />
about collecting nationwide over <strong>February</strong><br />
28 and 29.<br />
The foundation receives no direct<br />
government funding and relies on<br />
fundraising, whether it be street<br />
appeals, hair shave events or general<br />
donations, to maintain their national<br />
Next level family support<br />
Pelea Ngatoko has been working with<br />
Child Cancer Foundation in the role<br />
of Family Support Coordinator, in<br />
Auckland, since <strong>20</strong>14.<br />
“I always wanted to spend my time<br />
doing something that helps people<br />
and I had worked in jobs before<br />
where Iwas out in the community.<br />
‘‘What we do at Child Cancer Foundation<br />
takes it to another level, my<br />
first week in the job was so intense<br />
and nothing can prepare you for the<br />
pain you see on people’s faces when<br />
they have just found out their child<br />
has cancer.’’<br />
And it’s arole where every family is<br />
different and going through different<br />
experiences.<br />
One of the families Pelea has<br />
supported was the Phillips family from<br />
support service.<br />
Some of the work the foundation<br />
offers includes giving strength and<br />
comfort to families, parents and children<br />
impacted by child cancer and<br />
offering personalised support through<br />
aonetoone connection.<br />
Keep an eye out for collectors or<br />
donate online at www.childcancer.org.<br />
nz<br />
Auckland, who had so many challenging<br />
things all happen at once. Two<br />
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sothe father had to give up<br />
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Family SupportCoordinators get to<br />
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‘‘As a parent myself I have an<br />
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them, just that little bit more.”<br />
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Mitsubishi Outlander<br />
Sport is value for money<br />
By Ross Kiddie<br />
Car makers have become increasingly<br />
aware of the need for safety.<br />
Iapplaud that, and most of the<br />
cars now sold new are high on<br />
safety kit. Mitsubishi, in particular,<br />
build with stateoftheart passive<br />
and active elements.<br />
However, there are some drivers<br />
who don’t want or need all of the<br />
trick warning features, and in most<br />
cases manufacturers have offered<br />
the function to switch many of<br />
them off –lane departure warning,<br />
blind spot monitoring, rear cross<br />
traffic alert, to name afew.<br />
Mitsubishi has gone one step<br />
further, it has completely deleted<br />
some of those electronic safety<br />
elements from the Outlander, not<br />
all variants, but alimited edition<br />
Outlander Sport has arrived and it<br />
sits avaluepacked $39,990.<br />
For the alarmists, that hasn’t<br />
affected the Outlander’s excellent<br />
fivestar Australasian New Car<br />
Assessment Program safety rating,<br />
it is still intact, and if you have just<br />
$40k to spend on an Outlander and<br />
want those passive features, the<br />
XLS has them, along with VRX<br />
($45k).<br />
To my way of thinking, the<br />
Outlander Sport is great buying,<br />
and it would be the sport utility<br />
vehicle for me, it is one which<br />
allows the driver to trust his own<br />
judgement around spatial awareness.<br />
The Outlander has been with us<br />
since the early <strong>20</strong>00s and, while it<br />
has had several model lifecycles<br />
along the way, the concept hasn’t<br />
changed, it is the quintessential<br />
SUV that has blitzed the New<br />
Zealand new car market over the<br />
years, and has been apopular used<br />
Japanese import. It stands out for<br />
its ease of use, practicality, functionality<br />
and, what’s more, it’s just<br />
adarn nice vehicle to drive, it feels<br />
so right in all areas.<br />
The new Sport is available<br />
only as alimited edition model,<br />
the first batch has aproduction run<br />
of just 300 units, although another<br />
shipment is likely to follow.<br />
The Sport is afourwheeldrive<br />
model and comes with seven seats<br />
(fronts heated and electrically<br />
adjustable), full leather trim, electric<br />
sunroof, electric tailgate, keyless<br />
entry and ignition, and 8in<br />
multimedia dashboard display. It<br />
also gets extra cosmetic treatment –<br />
big spoiler, 18in black wheels, and a<br />
host of piano black cosmetic trim<br />
detailing.<br />
Elsewhere, the Outlander Sport<br />
is the desirable SUV which I<br />
mentioned in my introduction. It<br />
has acomfortable interior environment,<br />
and is spacious. The cargo<br />
area measures up to 1608litres,<br />
which is enough capacity to carry<br />
those tricky items we tend to move<br />
from time to time such as the<br />
cardboard box the Kiddiehousehold’s<br />
new television came in.<br />
While it carries aSport badge,<br />
mechanically the Outlander retains<br />
the tried and true powerplant<br />
which has essentially served it since<br />
its introduction. It’s a2.4litre fourcylinder<br />
petrol engine (diesel available<br />
in other variants), and is<br />
hooked to acontinuously variable<br />
automatic.<br />
Mitsubishi claims 126kW and<br />
224Nm of torque from the engine,<br />
these are par figures and contribute<br />
to good performance under all<br />
conditions –bearing in mind that<br />
many SUVS are used for towing,<br />
and the Outlander in this form is<br />
rated with a1600kg tow rating. In<br />
terms of acceleration, there’s<br />
enough strength from under the<br />
bonnet to record a9sec standstill to<br />
100km/h time.<br />
It is also an engine that has been<br />
continually developed so that fuel<br />
usage is minimised. Mitsubishi also<br />
claims acombined cycle average of<br />
7.2litres per 100km. That is consistent<br />
with the fuel usage readout<br />
in the evaluation car, it was constantly<br />
sitting around 9l/100km<br />
during both inner city driving and<br />
on ahighway loop.<br />
Power is channelled to the front<br />
wheels –spreading to all four when<br />
slippage up front is detected. A<br />
centre console switch can be pressed<br />
to dial in fullyengaged fourwheeldrive<br />
and centre diff lock.<br />
Ionly left the seal for ashort<br />
excursion into loose shingle. SUVs<br />
aren’t really offroaders as such,<br />
but with 190mm of ground clearance<br />
the Outlander does have<br />
genuine crosscountry ability, it can<br />
be presented with undulating terrain<br />
with confidence. It steers<br />
directly in deep shingle and it has<br />
suspension which absorbs well ruts<br />
and corrugations.<br />
Power is put to ground through<br />
large 225/55 Toyo rubber. Such is<br />
the level of grip and suspension<br />
sophistication, the Outlander can<br />
be driven enthusiastically on the<br />
seal.<br />
The Mitsubishi Motor Corporation<br />
likes to have long lifecycles for<br />
its models. I’m a big believer in<br />
that. Too often good cars aren’t<br />
with us long enough, yet it’s fair to<br />
say the Outlander has been kept<br />
fresh and modern along the way, it<br />
is an example of how well avehicle<br />
can do with solid engineering<br />
practices and clever marketing.<br />
Ican’t help but think how valuebased<br />
the Sport model is, at $40k it<br />
is abargain. Those who do get one<br />
of the 300 should be very happy<br />
with it.<br />
Price –Mitsubishi Outlander<br />
Sport, $39,990<br />
Dimensions –Length, 4695mm;<br />
width, 1810mm; height, 1710mm<br />
Configuration –Fourcylinder,<br />
fourwheeldrive, 2360cc, 126kW,<br />
224Nm, continuously variable<br />
automatic.<br />
Performance –0100km/h, 9sec<br />
Fuel usage –7.2l/100km<br />
End of an era for Holden<br />
The Holden brand will disappearatthe end of the year<br />
after its owner General Motors announced it will no<br />
longer make cars suitable for New Zealand roads.<br />
GM InternationalOperations Senior Vice President<br />
Julian Blissett revealed that the American brand has<br />
made the difficult decision tofinally close the doors at<br />
struggling Holden.<br />
"Through its proud 160yearhistory,Holden has not<br />
only made cars, it has been apowerful driver of the<br />
industrialisation and advancement of Australia and<br />
New Zealand," said Blissett.<br />
General Motors announced on Monday it would<br />
stop producing righthand drive vehicles.<br />
"After comprehensive assessment, we regret that we<br />
could not prioritise the investment required for<br />
Holden to be successful for the long term in Australia<br />
and New Zealand, over all other considerations we<br />
have globally," said Blissett.<br />
"This decision is based on global priorities and does<br />
not reflect the hard work,talent and professionalism of<br />
the Holden team."<br />
Holden customers' warranties and servicing offers<br />
made attime of sale will still be honoured.<br />
Holden will also provide servicing and spare parts<br />
for at least 10 years, through national aftersales<br />
networks in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
As required, Holden and its aftersales network will<br />
also continue to handle any recalls or safetyrelated<br />
issues if they arise, working with the appropriate<br />
governmental agencies.<br />
Late last year the company also announced it would<br />
stop selling its most iconic car, the Commodore.
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Honda Civic back with five options<br />
By Bob Nettleton<br />
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s the Honda<br />
Civic along with Toyota Corolla ruled<br />
our new small car market. The Corolla<br />
still does, however the helicon days of<br />
the Civic are gone, although it’s on the<br />
comeback trail with avastly improved<br />
model launched in <strong>20</strong>16.<br />
It’s popularity should get another<br />
boost with the recent addition of<br />
Honda’s clever Sensing Advanced<br />
Active Safety and DriverAssist technologies<br />
being added to the midrange<br />
Civic RSsedan and hatch. This move<br />
spreads Honda’s Advanced Active<br />
Safety Technologies across abroader<br />
range ofmodels and into for the first<br />
time, asmall sedan and hatch.<br />
This is unquestionably the safest<br />
Civic ever with Collision Mitigation<br />
Braking System, Lane Keep Assist<br />
System, Forward Collision Warning,<br />
Road Departure Mitigation, Lane<br />
Departure Warning and Adaptive<br />
Cruise Control.<br />
A gamechanging 1.5L DOHC<br />
VTEC Turbo Engine has propelled the<br />
Civic, much to the relief of Honda, on<br />
to the shopping lists of many small car<br />
buyers, and attracting back those<br />
who’ve drifted away from the brand in<br />
recent years.<br />
From endtoend the range topping<br />
Civic Hatch Sport Sensing looks the<br />
partwith its the angular exterior design,<br />
flowing and slightly tapered aerodynamic<br />
roofline and integrated spoiler.<br />
These looks haven’t enamoured motoring<br />
critics with some feeling the styling<br />
is overly intricate and fussy. The Sport<br />
as you would expect with its premium<br />
models status, has all the kit to<br />
successfully fill this role including<br />
leather interior and sunroof.<br />
Five versions of the Civic are<br />
available starting at $32,990 for the SX<br />
in either fivedoor hatch or fourdoor<br />
sedan body styles, and powered by<br />
Honda’s stalwart 1.8 litre 103kw naturally<br />
aspirated engine.<br />
On the surface its look pretty good<br />
value for money, but isn’t soalluring<br />
whencompared with the $29,995 entrylevel<br />
2.0litre 127kw Toyota Corolla<br />
hatch. However,it’s the wellappointed<br />
$39,995 RSineither hatch or sedan<br />
forms that’s the sales hero model.<br />
Rolled up for this road test was fivedoor<br />
hatch the most popular Civic<br />
derivative. The Sport for an extra $2k is<br />
tempting if you like your small hatches<br />
served with lashings of luxury.<br />
For me, the lower priced RShas<br />
everything you need and abit more,<br />
including anintegrated body kit, Rear<br />
Sports Spoiler, unique 17” RS Alloy<br />
Wheels, LED Headlights and LED<br />
Fog Lights.<br />
The 1.5 turbo engine adds some<br />
much needed performance respectability<br />
to the Civic that has been<br />
lacking. There’s 127kW of power at<br />
5500 rpm and 2<strong>20</strong>Nm of torque that’s<br />
good to go from just 1700rpm, and go<br />
is something this engine isn’t lacking.In<br />
real world driving it doesn’t disappoint<br />
with its smoothness and tractability in<br />
the low to mid rev range.<br />
Acceleration is brisk, rather than<br />
exhilarating. Under full throttle the<br />
engine sounded unexpectedly edgyand<br />
harsh, at times when working in the<br />
higher revrange, surprising for amotor<br />
that is otherwisecivilised and refined in<br />
every other respect. This flaw aside,we<br />
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Rural&Lifestyle<br />
Making way for the next generation<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Stud breeder Stuart Sinclair, of<br />
Wakanui in Mid Canterbury, is clearing<br />
the way on farm for the next<br />
generation.<br />
After nearly50yearsbuilding up an<br />
enviable sheep stud, the 64 year old<br />
has sold off the majority of ewes atan<br />
offfarm dispersal sale.<br />
It was held at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P<br />
Showgrounds on <strong>February</strong> 7.<br />
Among the 350 South Suffolk,<br />
Suffolk and Cheviot stud ewes upfor<br />
auction, only 10did not sell.<br />
Those that did went to breeders<br />
from around the country, which was<br />
pleasing, says Stuart.<br />
He says there was good support<br />
from breeders nationwide forthe sale.<br />
Around 65people had registered as<br />
buyers for the sale.<br />
Stuart says after a few personal<br />
health issues, not helped bydealing<br />
with animals weighing upwards of<br />
1<strong>20</strong>kg, it was time for him tobow out<br />
and handover to the next generation.<br />
“It was enough ofascare toget me<br />
to ease back,” he says.<br />
South Suffolk, whichonaverage can<br />
weigh between 1<strong>20</strong>kg to 150kg, are a<br />
good meat breed while the smaller<br />
Hoggets sought<br />
for competition<br />
Farmers are being urged<br />
to enter the New Zealand<br />
Ewe Hogget competition.<br />
The event, which is in<br />
its 24th year, gives farmers<br />
the chance to<br />
benchmark their flocks<br />
against others at both<br />
local and national level.<br />
It also gives them a<br />
chance to compare different<br />
farming systems<br />
and learn from other<br />
competitors as well as<br />
the judging panel.<br />
Competition national<br />
convener Stephen Rabbidge<br />
said the achievements<br />
of New Zealand<br />
farmers deserve more<br />
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While he, and wife Teresa,willhave<br />
more timefor golf or travel;daughter,<br />
Katherine, 30, is alawyer inLondon,<br />
their sons, Nicholas, 32, and Hayden,<br />
28, are keen to take over the farm.<br />
It’s takenabit of planning to getthe<br />
handover sorted.<br />
recognition and acknowledgement.<br />
‘‘It is now more<br />
important than ever for<br />
sheep farmers tohave an<br />
efficient and profitable<br />
business.<br />
This competition<br />
providesthe idealopportunity<br />
for entrants to<br />
compete and compare to<br />
ensure future success.’’<br />
National judges<br />
include Charlie Seymour<br />
and Dave McKelvie.<br />
All farmers are invited<br />
to ‘give it ago’.<br />
South Island entries<br />
close on March 25with<br />
the North Island entries<br />
on March 15.<br />
2231144<br />
Stuart and son, Hayden (far<br />
right), load stock for the<br />
dispersal sale. Photo supplied.<br />
Stuart, who is the fourth generation<br />
on farm, says the boys were not as<br />
driven about the sheep stud and<br />
planned to focus onstore lambs and,<br />
with pivot irrigation being introduced<br />
in the coming days, increase the crop<br />
operation.<br />
“(The sheep stud) is my passion not<br />
theirs,” Stuart says. But to keep some<br />
Rotaryboomirrigatorrepairs and service,<br />
including wirerope&splicing<br />
Dairyshedyardworkincluding topand backing gates<br />
Mainline installation and repairs<br />
Anyother general engineering/fabrication requirements<br />
Bale feeder –calffeeders Standardorcustom-made<br />
Hayden, Stuart, Teresa and<br />
Nicholas Sinclair at the stud<br />
dispersal sale. Photo supplied.<br />
interest he still has the 10 top rams of<br />
eachofthe threebreed’s,which he will<br />
retain until next year.<br />
He will also stay involved incompetition<br />
judging, which will keep him<br />
in contact with breeders hehas met<br />
over the years.<br />
The farm, which is bordered by a<br />
dairy farm and two crop farms and is<br />
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2253194<br />
just five minutes’ drive from Wakanui<br />
Beach, gets its water from an underground<br />
bore, not through an irrigation<br />
scheme.<br />
The automated pivot system will<br />
help them be more sustainable and<br />
efficient users of water.<br />
Getting the pivot installed also<br />
means Nicholas and Hayden can<br />
continue to workofffarm; Nicholasas<br />
afarmadviser andHayden an apprentice<br />
electrician.<br />
Stuartsays he will stand back and let<br />
themfarmtheirway but will be around<br />
to offer advice and help out where<br />
needed like “a general gofer around<br />
the place”.<br />
“The boys will take on more<br />
responsibility and (there will be) less<br />
for me. It’s one less thing toworry<br />
about,” he says.<br />
Stuart, the fourth generation on<br />
farmand an onlychild, tookoverfrom<br />
his parents, James ‘Jim’ and Ruth<br />
Sinclair.<br />
They ran the 174 hectare property<br />
as a sheep and mixed cropping<br />
operation, which Stuart continued.<br />
He introduced the first South Suffolk<br />
breed in1972, and at peak of his<br />
stud had around 150 South Suffolk,<br />
1<strong>20</strong> Suffolk and 1<strong>20</strong> Cheviot.<br />
Open Farm Day events on nationwide<br />
Mid Canterbury farmers,<br />
some of the best in<br />
the world, have not<br />
signed up to open their<br />
farm gates during the<br />
Open Farm Day nationwide<br />
event.<br />
The event is promoted<br />
as a freefamily<br />
dayout on the farm, to<br />
enjoy the land, animals<br />
and people that make<br />
New Zealand special.<br />
And the omission of<br />
farms from the district is<br />
anoticeable gap on the<br />
Open Farm Day register.<br />
Although many of the<br />
district’s farms do regularly<br />
open their gates to<br />
visiting groups and<br />
tours, in this instance<br />
the dry weather could be<br />
the cause.<br />
According to an Open<br />
Farm Day spokesman<br />
some of the district’s<br />
farmers did consider<br />
opening their gates but<br />
dry conditions had seen a<br />
reduction in host numbers.<br />
The Open Farm<br />
series, which happens on<br />
March 1, and encourages<br />
people to ‘‘visit farms to<br />
see where their families<br />
food comes from’ will see<br />
various types of farm<br />
operations nationwide<br />
open their gates to the<br />
public and see ‘‘Kiwis<br />
reconnecting with the<br />
people and places that<br />
grow our food’’.<br />
Around 10 farm operations<br />
have signed up to<br />
host in Canterbury, with<br />
the closest being fresh<br />
produce operation,<br />
Spring Collective on<br />
BrooksideIrwell Road,<br />
at Leeston.<br />
Their open farm runs<br />
from 1pm to 4.30pm.<br />
Bookings can be made<br />
via OpenFarm Day website.<br />
Photo: Open Farm<br />
Day events will connect<br />
Kiwis to food production.<br />
Support for farmers pleasing<br />
Federated Farmers vicepresident<br />
Andrew Hoggard<br />
was pleased the Government,and<br />
commercial operators<br />
like ANZ bank, were<br />
awareofthe struggles facing<br />
farmers during extreme<br />
weather events around the<br />
country. The declaration<br />
of an adverse event in<br />
Northlandwill mean more<br />
help to support farmers.<br />
Be aware of<br />
rural fire risks<br />
More precautions are<br />
neededtotry to ensure<br />
rural work activities<br />
don’tspark avegetation<br />
blaze. And that includes<br />
clearingvehicle exhaust<br />
pipes of dung and other<br />
combustiblematerial<br />
which can be afire<br />
hazard.<br />
Federated Farmers<br />
Hawke’sBay president<br />
Jim Galloway said<br />
clumps of cowpats and<br />
other similarmaterial,<br />
stickingtoquad bikes<br />
and other vehiclesis<br />
one of the risksthatcan<br />
be overlooked.<br />
‘‘It sticks on there,<br />
dries, heatsand starts<br />
smoldering. If that falls<br />
intodry grass it canset<br />
off flames.’’<br />
His region has<br />
alreadyexperienced a<br />
few rural firesthought<br />
to be caused by the<br />
blades of amower<br />
striking stone, wire or<br />
something else hard and<br />
causingaspark.<br />
In the current<br />
conditions people<br />
shouldthink very<br />
carefully about whether<br />
it’s safetodoany<br />
activity that could cause<br />
sparks, Mr Galloway<br />
said.
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Rural&Lifestyle<br />
Progressive vision ahit<br />
Former Federated Farmers<br />
Mid Canterbury provincial<br />
president Michael Salvesen and<br />
wife, Nicky, are finalists in the<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> Canterbury Ballance<br />
Farm Environment Awards.<br />
It’s an annual event to celebrate<br />
good farm practices that<br />
promote sustainable land management.<br />
It is run in 11 regions<br />
throughout New Zealand.<br />
The couple, who farm at<br />
Wakare abreeding and finishing<br />
deer and beef cattle property<br />
at Mount Somers, are up<br />
against fellow Mount Somers<br />
beef/dairy/cropping farmers<br />
Richard and Chrissie Wright,<br />
of Tamar Farm; <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
dairy support farmers John<br />
Taylor, Brendon Stent and<br />
Aafke Huisman, of Rosebank <br />
Landcorp Farming Pamu<br />
Carew; Selwyn dairy farmers<br />
Tony Coltman and Dana<br />
Carver, of Canlac Holdings at<br />
Dunsandel; and Southbridge<br />
horticulturist Robin Oakley, of<br />
Oakley’s Premium Fresh<br />
Vegetables Southbridge.<br />
The Salvesen’s 1380ha effective<br />
property is made up of two<br />
blocks. The main block runs<br />
calving cows and breeding bulls<br />
for dairy herds, deer for venison<br />
production and around<br />
1,000 lambs, which are finished<br />
annually.<br />
The animals’ genetic<br />
measurements are tracked as<br />
the business strives to continually<br />
improve the stock quality.<br />
The second block supports<br />
the main property, running<br />
dairy grazers and Wagyu beef.<br />
It also gives capital protection<br />
and forms part of the<br />
farm’s succession planning.<br />
Over the past 12 years, the<br />
Salvesen’s have made numerous<br />
improvements on farm,<br />
including many around production<br />
and the environment.<br />
Among them the introduction<br />
of anative trees planting programme<br />
with 1,500 new trees<br />
being planted annually for the<br />
next 10 years.<br />
New Zealand Farm Environment<br />
Trust general manager<br />
James Ryan said the awards<br />
programme, with the winners<br />
announced March 11, was a<br />
stimulating and informative<br />
Mt Somers farmers Michael and Nicky Salvesen finalists in<br />
the <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.<br />
opportunity to benchmark<br />
against other food and fibre<br />
producers in the region.<br />
“The events celebrate everyone<br />
who entered – not just<br />
those who are eligible for<br />
awards –because all are worthy<br />
of being recognised for the<br />
great work being done on their<br />
farms and orchards,” he said.<br />
All entrants go through a<br />
judging process to consider the<br />
entire environment farms operated<br />
within, particularly around<br />
sustainable profitability,<br />
environmental awareness, good<br />
business practices, and social<br />
and community responsibility.<br />
In getting a place in the<br />
finals, the Salvesen’s showed<br />
they had a progressive vision<br />
for the future guiding their<br />
Canterbury beef and deer farm,<br />
enabling it to adapt to changing<br />
conditions and reducing its<br />
environmental footprint.<br />
Water needs only<br />
set to increase<br />
Nationwide temperature<br />
increases have seen areas<br />
of New Zealand face water<br />
tight restrictions, And Irrigation<br />
New Zealand says<br />
the need for more water<br />
infrastructure is only going<br />
to increase.<br />
It’s acall which comes<br />
after the Government’s<br />
decision to inject $12.7m<br />
into improving Northland’s<br />
water resilience, as<br />
announced by deputy<br />
prime minister Winston<br />
Peters and minister of<br />
regional economic<br />
development Shane Jones.<br />
The district has faced<br />
some of the driest conditions<br />
this summer.<br />
Irrigation New Zealand<br />
chief executive officer<br />
Elizabeth Soal said it was<br />
promising to see the Government<br />
recognise the<br />
need for water infrastructure<br />
as demand for it<br />
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“Weather experts<br />
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“The dry summers New<br />
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She said water was critical<br />
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‘‘New Zealanders cannot<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Photo:Nicola McDougall(L) and AmyMcIlraith(R) willbehelpingconsent holders in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district to meettheirconsent conditions.<br />
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New staff bring amixtureofenthusiasm<br />
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Environment Canterbury’s <strong>Ashburton</strong> zone delivery<br />
team has been boosted with the arrival of two new<br />
Resource Management Officers.<br />
AmyMcIlraith and Nicola McDougall both joined the<br />
zone team at the end of <strong>20</strong>19, and areeager to use<br />
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education to consent holdersinthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> region.<br />
AmyisaNorth Canterbury girl and arecent university<br />
graduate. She studied chemistry at University of<br />
Canterbury beforefinishing her science degree by<br />
majoring in soil science at Lincoln University.<br />
“With soil science youget to look at the big picture,”<br />
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for this role.<br />
Nicola is along-term <strong>Ashburton</strong> resident who is making<br />
achangeofcareer after morethan <strong>20</strong> yearsworkingin<br />
the insurance industry.<br />
“I want to continue to be abletosupport people<br />
through this role,and to buildnew connections in my<br />
community through adifferent customer base than I’m<br />
used to,” she says.<br />
Abig part of the role involves monitoring consents and<br />
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to June <strong>20</strong>19 period, morethan 1400 consents were<br />
monitored in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> zone.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Zone Delivery Lead Janine Holland says that<br />
having Amyand Nicola on her team will boost the local<br />
capacity to help consent holderswith compliance issues.<br />
“Our zone delivery model means that we arecloser to<br />
the peopleinour zone,”Janine says.“We liveand work<br />
in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> region and can provide advice on best<br />
practice and how to meet consent conditions.”<br />
And for Amyand Nicola,being part of asmall team<br />
on the ground is part of what makes the role special.<br />
“I wouldliketofeel likeI’m making apositiveimpact on<br />
the community,not just the environment,Amy says.<br />
“This role involves alot of relationship building,soIhope<br />
to makeanimpact on the community through education.”<br />
ForNicola,it’sabout helping peoplefind solutions.<br />
“This role is quitesimilar to my previous one in the<br />
fact that there’salot of customer interaction, which<br />
I’mused to,” she says.“Youmight notalways be<br />
approaching peoplefor agreat reason,but you’re here<br />
to be aproblem solver.”<br />
Amyand Nicola have replaced Nick Vernon and<br />
Stephen Howardwho previously worked in the zone.<br />
Formoreinformation on our zone team,see the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Water Zone page at www.ecan.govt.nz.<br />
Meet theteam<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> water zone delivery team<br />
ASHBURTONFIELD SERVICES TEAM<br />
Janine Holland<br />
Zone Lead<br />
Email:Janine.Holland@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:027 <strong>20</strong>5 7128<br />
Terry Hewitt<br />
ResourceManagementOfficer<br />
Compliance &Monitoring<br />
Email:Terry.Hewitt@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone: 027 4067429<br />
Ryan Dynes<br />
Area Supervisor -Central<br />
Email:Ryan.Dynes@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:027 435 1476<br />
Sarah Heddell<br />
LandManagement&Biodiversity Advisor<br />
Email:Sarah.Heddell@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:027 4063858<br />
AmyMcIlraith<br />
ResourceManagementOfficer<br />
Compliance &Monitoring<br />
Email:amy-grace.mcilraith@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone: 027 254 3725<br />
Blair Jones<br />
River WorksSupervisor -Central<br />
Email:Blair.Jones@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:027 582 1866<br />
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LandManagement&Biodiversity Advisor<br />
Email:Donna.Field@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:021 914 828<br />
Nicola McDougall<br />
Resource Management Officer<br />
Compliance &Monitoring<br />
Email:nicola.mcdougall@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone:027 2755430<br />
E<strong>20</strong>/7836<br />
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LandManagement Advisor<br />
Email: Lachie.Ashton@ecan.govt.nz<br />
Phone: 027248 1339<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>, Page 31<br />
Club news from the district<br />
Lions Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Welcome from our President<br />
Roger Paterson and all club<br />
members to our community news,<br />
the first for <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
Our first meeting was held at<br />
the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> on <strong>February</strong><br />
5. It featured a most insightful<br />
talk from Pup Chamberlain about<br />
mental health in the rural community<br />
with particular emphasis<br />
on suicide prevention. Unfortunately<br />
his cocoordinator Connie<br />
Quigley was unable to attend.<br />
Pup spoke highly of her knowledge<br />
and work. It was interesting<br />
to note that Mid Canterbury is<br />
undertaking a pilot programme<br />
with the main focus being wellbeing<br />
and prevention of suicide in<br />
our community. Pup stressed that<br />
by texting or phoning 1737,<br />
immediate support could be<br />
obtained from atrained counsellor.<br />
Males are the most vulnerable,<br />
making up 70 per cent of suicides<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Newlyinducted member Craig<br />
Hadley gave a very interesting<br />
3minute talk on his lifetime<br />
experiences to date. We welcome<br />
Craig to our club.<br />
Motorhome Show – the<br />
increasingly popular South Island<br />
Motorhome Show is to be held at<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Showgrounds on<br />
Saturday 29 <strong>February</strong> and Sunday<br />
1 March. Tony Adams<br />
(0211267992), is seeking retro<br />
caravans for display over the<br />
weekend.<br />
If you have revitalised an older<br />
model and are interested in<br />
displaying it for free passes,<br />
please contact him. Fire and<br />
Emergency New Zealand will<br />
man a site over the weekend.<br />
Three short presentations regarding<br />
advice in respect of fire safety<br />
for mobile homes will occur on<br />
Saturday 29 <strong>February</strong>.<br />
Please note we have no Eftpos<br />
or Credit Card facilities on site so<br />
the $5 public entrance fee and the<br />
social camper pass will mean<br />
people need to come prepared<br />
with cash.<br />
Our March meeting on Wednesday,<br />
March 4, is a members<br />
and partners night. Full details<br />
will be confirmed soon.<br />
Club members Brent Read and<br />
Barney Parsons are organising<br />
another cycling trip, this time<br />
featuring the Alps to Ocean cycle<br />
trail. Possible dates are in early<br />
April. Also circulated were the<br />
Meals on Wheels roster and<br />
Methven Show gate helpers for<br />
Saturday, March 21.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA Petanque<br />
Club<br />
Turnouts on club days are still<br />
very good.<br />
We had our first club event on<br />
Sunday with 18 players taking<br />
part. This was won by Rewa Kyle,<br />
Shelagh Field and Mick Little.<br />
Runners up were Jan Guilford,<br />
Nicky Foden, and Peter Marriott.<br />
Third place getters were Bev<br />
Attewell, Shirley Cant and Colin<br />
Jones. All players played very well<br />
which made it a good competition.<br />
Neville Bensdorp and Richard<br />
Browne took part in a training<br />
camp in Christchurch and were<br />
among six selected to play against<br />
six invited players from around<br />
New Zealand. They had one day<br />
of tournament and one day of<br />
training, all performing very well.<br />
This training camp was for the<br />
Open Men Trans Tasman squad.<br />
We wish them well.<br />
Next month we host the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Doubles and already<br />
entries are coming in very nicely.<br />
We had six players take part in<br />
the Boulez Vite in Christchurch<br />
on Waitangi Day with five finishing<br />
in the top eight. Jonathan<br />
Crum came third followed by<br />
Neville Bensdorp, Karen Bensdorp,<br />
Marion Harrison and<br />
Rewa Kyle.<br />
Altrusa of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Our <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> health bursary recipient<br />
Lauren Rattray has been<br />
presented with acertificate and<br />
the first payment of $500. Lauren<br />
is entering her fourth year studying<br />
towards aBachelor of Pharmacy<br />
at Otago University. She<br />
will use the bursary to help with<br />
costs associated with her placements,<br />
which are in various centres<br />
throughout New Zealand.<br />
Each year Altrusa has aTree of<br />
Remembrance where members<br />
sell stars for $2 each as a<br />
fundraiser for Palliative Care –<br />
this year we have donated $1500<br />
to the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Palliative Care<br />
Trust.<br />
Our first foot clinic for <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
was held on January 23, with 30<br />
people attending.<br />
We have a team of trained<br />
nurses who do the actual cutting,<br />
while Altrusa members assist with<br />
the preliminary foot soaking, and<br />
apply alittle massage to the feet.<br />
At the completion of their cutting<br />
and massage, each client can then<br />
enjoy a social time while being<br />
served with acuppa.<br />
We are planning another Magic<br />
Mums day on Saturday, March 28<br />
–this is aday of pampering for<br />
mothers of children with special<br />
needs. The mums will spend time<br />
in the morning being pampered<br />
by the staff of Bellissimo, followed<br />
by aflight from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Airport with Robin. An icing<br />
demonstration in the afternoon<br />
will precede dinner, with amost<br />
interesting and entertaining guest<br />
speaker already arranged.<br />
Nature Matters by Mary Ralston<br />
AstrolltoPinnaclesHut<br />
Irecently walked up the<br />
Mt Somers Walkway to<br />
the Pinnacles Hut. The<br />
day was hot but the forest<br />
was cool and fresh. The<br />
pools of Bowyers Stream<br />
beckoned for aquick dip.<br />
The track follows the<br />
river for part of the way<br />
before it heads uphill.<br />
The hut sits just above the<br />
bushline, so there’s good<br />
views of the stunning<br />
rhyolite columns on the<br />
flanks of Mt Somers.<br />
Originally avolcano, Mt<br />
Somers, or Te Kiekie, is<br />
made up of igneous rocks<br />
and as the lava cooled it<br />
made amazing columns.<br />
Rockclimbers think it’s a<br />
great place.<br />
It’s one of my favourite<br />
places as well. Just afew<br />
hours walk up from the<br />
carpark and you’re in a<br />
different world –native<br />
bush, native birds, cool air<br />
and fresh water. There’s a<br />
few wasps but not enough<br />
to be put off from going<br />
there.<br />
From the Pinnacles<br />
Hut, the Mt Somers<br />
Walkway continues<br />
through subalpine<br />
vegetation to asaddle<br />
before dropping down to<br />
Morgan Stream and the<br />
water caves: boulders and<br />
pools ideal for cooling off<br />
on ahot day. Abit further<br />
on is the Woolshed Creek<br />
Hut, aroomy and fairly<br />
new hut by the side of<br />
Woolshed Creek.<br />
The beautiful Bowyers Stream.<br />
From this hut, the track<br />
heads out to the<br />
Woolshed Creek carpark.<br />
It takes about two hours<br />
and there’s an easier<br />
alternative route along an<br />
old road; agood option<br />
for families with<br />
youngsters, or those with<br />
sore knees!<br />
The Rhyolite Ridge<br />
Track is another<br />
alternative from the<br />
Woolshed Creek Hut that<br />
goes up and over aflank<br />
of Mt Somers to the<br />
Woolshed Creek carpark.<br />
It’s aharder track than<br />
going straight out, but the<br />
stunning stream, waterfall<br />
and wide expanse of red<br />
tussock make it<br />
worthwhile if you have<br />
the energy.<br />
Aday trip to either of<br />
the huts is amemorable<br />
outing. Staying overnight<br />
can be the highlight of a<br />
tramper’s summer.<br />
Ashort stroll along<br />
Bowyers Stream is<br />
achievable for most and a<br />
lovely thing to do on ahot<br />
summer’s day.<br />
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<strong>20</strong>. Throw (4)<br />
22. Animal (5)<br />
23. Air (4)<br />
24. Group(4)<br />
25. Walker (10)<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Utter (6)<br />
2. Fish (7)<br />
3. Astute (6)<br />
4. Daze (6)<br />
5. Hymn (5)<br />
7. Bird (5)<br />
13. Lubricant (3)<br />
14. Height(7)<br />
15. Truck (5)<br />
17. Fleet (6)<br />
18. Obstinate (6)<br />
19. Yearly (6)<br />
21. Range (5)<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8555<br />
ACROSS<br />
6. “In the vicinity of”israther long-winded (10). 8. Give<br />
aname to asinger (4). 9. Thanks to getting the wrong<br />
sign, Imeet the vehicle (4). 10. Venture to make asmart<br />
remark (5). 11.It’sasmall horse. That’sthe difficulty (4).<br />
12. Tough guys don’t worry about getting better (2,3,4).<br />
16. Seaside! (9). <strong>20</strong>. Weapons used in hand-to-hand combat?<br />
(4). 22. Something you really like -or care for (5).<br />
23. Profit from having atrap to catch it (4). 24. In the<br />
cavern, she collapsed (4). 25. Definitely in favour,totally<br />
convinced (3,7).<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Region that has the same chief (6). 2. Perception, in a<br />
sense (7). 3. Said it’s nice to see acab (6). 4. Hurry up<br />
with that spare tyre holder! (4-2). 5. Puts up with the delays<br />
(5). 7. Least disposed to turn to crime (5). 13. Ashort<br />
drive back to see her (3). 14. Overlooks because one understands<br />
(7). 15. Ashade inexperienced (5). 17. There is,<br />
you say,but it’snot ours (6). 18. Somewhat emphatically,<br />
yes (6). 19. One’sbeen caught in ashower,old fruit! (6).<br />
21. Hands folded, sat beside the two fellows (5).<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz6<br />
HARD No. 5<strong>20</strong>8<br />
1 8 6 4 9<br />
3 8<br />
7 1<br />
9 5 1<br />
7 9 5<br />
5 3 7<br />
3 2<br />
6 1<br />
1 9 8 7 4<br />
Solution to previous Sudoku<br />
Howto<br />
solve<br />
Sudoku!<br />
Fill the grid<br />
so thatevery<br />
rowand every<br />
3x3 square<br />
contains the<br />
digitals 1to9<br />
1 3 8 2 6 9 4 5 7<br />
9 2 5 1 7 4 3 8 6<br />
6 7 4 3 8 5 9 1 2<br />
8 1 2 7 4 6 5 3 9<br />
4 9 7 8 5 3 2 6 1<br />
5 6 3 9 1 2 7 4 8<br />
3 8 1 5 2 7 6 9 4<br />
7 4 9 6 3 1 8 2 5<br />
2 5 6 4 9 8 1 7 3<br />
Solution to previous crossword<br />
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8554 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Thorough-going. 8, Adieu. 9, Amateur. 10,<br />
Clever. 11, Nestle. 12, Sloth. 14, Scrap. 18, Almost. <strong>20</strong>,<br />
Bangle. 23, Imagine. 24, Leave. 25, Go offone’shead.<br />
Down -1,Thatch. 2, Olive. 3, Opulent. 4, Gnaw.5,Grave.<br />
6, Inertia. 7, Garnet. 13, Lumbago. 15, Chablis. 16, Daring.17,<br />
Behead. 19, Stiff. 21, Grade. 22, Lean.<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8554 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Right opposite. 8, Not-ch. 9, D-isowns. 10,<br />
Win-try.11, F-L-or-in. 12, First. 14, Mo-use. 18, Lo-ping.<br />
<strong>20</strong>, He-ste-r. 23, Double-T. 24, Past-E. 25, Sedentary<br />
life.<br />
Down -1,Re-no-wn. 2, Get on. 3, T-shirts (anag). 4, Pads.<br />
5, O-us-eL. 6, In-wards. 7, (L)Easing. 13, Imp-ound. 15,<br />
Overp-ay .16, Slides. 17, Freeze. 19, N-ylon. 21, To-St-I.<br />
22, E-t-na.<br />
ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Brendan Dooley- ComedyMagician<br />
Fri 13th March Mayhem! –Kids Show at 4:30pm,<br />
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TopYoung Magician being described by the<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
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Thursday 19th March 7:30pm<br />
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Adult $45* /Senior $39* /Child $25*<br />
15th to 23rd May :Fri/Sat 7:30pm,<br />
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hit wonders you will like grooving throughout<br />
this show.<br />
Adults $59* /Senior or Student$49*<br />
03 307 <strong>20</strong>10 211A Wills Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz *Service fees apply
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>, Page 37<br />
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$27.50<br />
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2245262<br />
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good going order, offers.<br />
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items. Garden plants.<br />
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servicing<br />
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pamper foryour pooch<br />
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2245334<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
TREES wanted suitable for<br />
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2258642<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
Forall other medicalassistance outside of normal<br />
hours please phone your general practiceteam, 24/7,<br />
to speak withahealth professional who will giveyou<br />
free healthadvice on whattodoorwhere to go if you<br />
need urgentcare.<br />
If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any<br />
GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />
New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Duty Practicefor ...<br />
Saturday22nd <strong>February</strong> is<br />
Sealy Street Medical Practice.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 1212.<br />
Sunday23rd<strong>February</strong> is<br />
Tinwald Medical Centre, 33 Archibald Street.<br />
They will hold surgeries from 10.00am until 12.00pm.<br />
and from 6.00pm until 7.00pm.<br />
No appointmentnecessary, Surgeryphone 308 6565.<br />
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />
weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />
MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />
or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />
Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the<br />
answer phone.<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />
East Street will be open on ...<br />
Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />
Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />
Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />
Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />
Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />
Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
Broughttoyouby<br />
WANTED TO BUY<br />
CASH BUYER: for Gold and<br />
Silver. Pay up to the following<br />
prices: $2,600 for Gold<br />
Nuggets, $2,000 for Gold<br />
Pocket Watch and Chains,<br />
$550 for Sovereigns,<br />
$2,000 for Crowns, also<br />
wanting Gold, Silver Rings,<br />
Bracelets, Bangles, Chains,<br />
Brooches, Cameos, War<br />
and Lodge Medals, old<br />
Jewellery Boxes, custom<br />
and damaged Jewellery. —<br />
Phone Murray, 021-441-400.<br />
METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />
light-grade metal in-yard<br />
dumping 9am-5pm weekdays<br />
&9.30-11.30am Saturdays.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Scrap<br />
Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford<br />
Forest Road (behind<br />
Placemakers). Phone 03<br />
308 8033 or 027 249 6625.<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
FRIDAY 21st (3pm -7pm) &<br />
Saturday 22nd (7.30am -<br />
12.00pm). Clothes, household<br />
items, tools,<br />
collectables, 1996 Holden<br />
Rodeo ute. All must go. 85A<br />
McMurdo Street, Tinwald.<br />
GARAGE sale in carpark,<br />
corner Park & Havelock<br />
Streets. 9am -12noon, Saturday<br />
22nd <strong>February</strong>. Furniture<br />
& some whiteware.<br />
Come make an offer and<br />
take away. Free delivery in<br />
town.<br />
THIS Saturday, <strong>February</strong><br />
<strong>20</strong>th, Carters Terrace, 9am<br />
to 12noon. No early callers!<br />
CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />
AndreGrob<br />
Chiropractor<br />
Tues 9am-5pm<br />
03 308 9516<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
2254829<br />
FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />
NEW season potatoes.<br />
Nadine &Agria $2 per kilo.<br />
Phone 308 3195 or 027 531<br />
9103. 81 Elizabeth Street.<br />
POTATOES - Ilam Hardys<br />
freshly dug, $2 per kilo.<br />
Minimum order 3kg. Large<br />
$1.50 per kilo. Delivered<br />
Friday afternoon <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and Tinwald. Phone 302<br />
7272.<br />
LOOKING for work or staff?<br />
Advertise in The <strong>Courier</strong>.<br />
Call 308 7664.<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
General Manager<br />
We arelooking foranexperienced General Manager<br />
with compassion and entrepreneurial spirit who is<br />
eager to join avery special organisation. Hospice<br />
Mid Canterbury supports individuals and families<br />
throughout the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district who are dealing<br />
with alife-limiting illness. We are dedicated to<br />
making adifference in the lives of our clients and<br />
their families, ensuring that those wesupport are<br />
beinggiven theopportunityto‘live everymoment’.<br />
The General Manager oversees volunteer services,<br />
contracted service provision, Hospice Mid<br />
Canterbury shop, funding and events, promotion,<br />
and education. The person we are seeking will<br />
have proven leadership and financial skills, strong<br />
communication skills andthe abilitytofind solutions<br />
throughlateral thinking.<br />
This is awonderful opportunity tomake apositive<br />
differenceinour community.<br />
15 –<strong>20</strong>hours per week.<br />
HIRE<br />
SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />
4WD and slab lifts available<br />
for daily or weekly hire.<br />
Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />
North End Engineering 308<br />
8155 for abooking.<br />
STOCK FOOD<br />
HAY for sale. New seasons<br />
hay, no rain, shed stored,<br />
$7 per bale. Phone 027 247<br />
4262.<br />
Please contact Jane, admin@hospicemc.nz for<br />
furtherinformation or to requestaJob Description.<br />
Applicationsclose Sunday1March <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
2258841<br />
SERVICE PERSON<br />
We arelookingfor aserviceperson forour busy<br />
workshop.Weofferawide range of work,dealing with<br />
implementassembly and repair,silage wagons and<br />
manyother fabrication projects.<br />
Ideally the person we arelookingfor must have the<br />
following:<br />
- Training or qualified as diesel/motor mechanic.<br />
- AbilitytoMIG and stick weld would be helpful<br />
- Beable to work alone but also in ateam environment<br />
- Goodcommunication skills<br />
- Goodworkethic<br />
- Class 1driver’slicence<br />
- Interestinoutdoors<br />
- Must be aNZresident or havecurrent work visa<br />
Engineering skills will be an advantage,however with<br />
the rightattitude and willingness to learn,<br />
we areable to provide necessarytraining<br />
Forfurther information phone 03 308 5903.<br />
Please send CV to 15 Malcolm McDowell Drive<br />
or email to:agserve@xtra.co.nz<br />
Applications close Friday6March<br />
Mid Canterbury Hockey Association is seeking<br />
applications for a Hockey Participation Officer<br />
to deliver our Small Sticks Hockey in schools<br />
programme and Fun Sticks Hockey [Saturday<br />
mornings –Term2]. Theabilitytointeract and relate<br />
to children of all ages is essential.<br />
This position will be on contract for upto10hours<br />
perweek from Feb/March to 30th September <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
Flexibilityofhours is required.<br />
For a copy of the job description, please email<br />
Katherine McDonnell, Mid Canterbury Hockey<br />
AdministratorE:admin@mchockey.co.nz<br />
Please email applications, including your CV to the<br />
above address.<br />
Applications close 4pmon<br />
Friday28th<strong>February</strong><strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
2258004<br />
Hockey<br />
Participation Officer<br />
2259348
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Learn to Swim<br />
Instructor<br />
Part-time<br />
Working in our purpose built facility, you will help us deliver quality swim<br />
instruction to awiderange of customersfrombabies throughtoadults.<br />
We have apart-time, permanent role working Saturday mornings 8.30am to<br />
12.15pm,with the possibility of picking up additional classesworking school<br />
andafterschool hoursthroughout the week as per the Swim School roster.<br />
To apply online or for more<br />
information about this role, visit our<br />
websitenow.<br />
Applications close Sunday, 1March<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />
DELIVERYPEOPLE<br />
wanted<br />
to deliver the <strong>Ashburton</strong><strong>Courier</strong> and<br />
Realtyevery Thursdayinthe West Street,<br />
Racecourse Road,BeltRoadarea.<br />
May suit aretiredperson.<br />
Phone Leonie on<br />
308 7664 or email<br />
leonie.marsden@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Cleaner -EA<br />
Network Centre<br />
We are looking for areliable and motivated cleaner to join our EANetworks<br />
Centreteam. In thisroleyou will join our established team thatare responsible<br />
forensuring the facilityisclean,tidyandlooking greatfor our users. Hours of<br />
workareThursdayandFriday10.00am-6.30pmandSaturday10.00am-3.00pm.<br />
To find out more about this vacancy<br />
and what the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council has to offer you -visit our<br />
website.<br />
Applications close Sunday, 1March<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
2258542<br />
media sales<br />
consultant<br />
CentralSouthIsland<br />
Whoweare<br />
Allied Press Limitedemploysover450 people on apermanent basis<br />
acrossour 15 sites in theSouthIsland.Weoperate across multiple<br />
media platforms (print, on-line,digital) deliveringnews, information and<br />
entertainment throughour variousregional and city publications, including<br />
ourrural publications Southern Rural Life and CentralRuralLife, andour<br />
rural website: rurallife.co.nz<br />
The role<br />
Reporting to the Timaru manager,the successful applicant will work with<br />
rural clients to give them thebestpossible options fortheir advertising<br />
needs.<br />
Someofthe keyaccountabilitiesinclude:<br />
•deliver exceptionalcustomer service<br />
•understand rural clients’ business needs<br />
•work inthe MidCanterbury/Selwyn andChristchurch areas<br />
Your skills andexperience<br />
We arelookingfor asales consultant with experience, preferably in the<br />
rural sector.<br />
In addition to yourinterest in rural mattersyou will demonstrate:<br />
•strong time-managementskills<br />
•ability to worktodeadlines<br />
•great spoken and writtencommunication skills<br />
•ability to workindependently<br />
Further details<br />
Thisisafull-time permanent position.<br />
As wellasagood salary,wecan offer an attractive commissionstructure<br />
thatrewardshardworkand providesanincentive to grow yourclient base.<br />
WithofficesinChristchurch,<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Timaru, youcan choose<br />
where to base yourself.The jobrequires someflexible workhours to fit<br />
withclients’needs, but this also gives youthe opportunitytotailorhours<br />
to suit yourlifestyle. Full backup, trainingand supportare given by a<br />
dedicatedand friendly team. Allied Pressisacompanythatbelieves in<br />
equityand diversity.<br />
If you think thisroleisfor you,please applybyway of CV and acover<br />
letter to recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz<br />
Informal inquiriesabout therole arewelcome and shouldbeemailedto<br />
mark.julius@alliedpress.co.nz or phone 027 524 6968.<br />
Acopy of the positiondescription canberequestedfromHR<br />
at recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz<br />
Applications will close on Friday 21 <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
All applicationswillbetreated in the strictest confidence.<br />
Please notethatyou must have the right to workin<br />
New Zealand to apply for thisrole.<br />
Disclaimer: AlliedPress does not acceptunsolicited<br />
agency résumés. AlliedPress is not responsible<br />
for any feesrelated to unsolicited résumés.<br />
Qualified Stylist<br />
We are looking toadd to our friendly professional<br />
team. We requireaqualified experienced hairdresser<br />
to work on afull or part me basis.<br />
Areyou:<br />
• Areliable and friendly team player.<br />
• Aprofessionalwho takespride in producing quality<br />
results.<br />
• A good communicator with excellent customer<br />
serviceskills.<br />
In the role you will be working in a posive<br />
environment with professional staff who have<br />
expansive knowledge inthe industry. In return you<br />
willreceivecompevewages and great<br />
workingcondions.<br />
If this sounds likeyou please email<br />
clippershairstudio@hotmail.com or<br />
phone033084935<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
PART-TIME Sales Assistant<br />
- We are looking for a<br />
motivated person to join our<br />
team at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Discounter<br />
Dairy, 96 Alford Forest Road,<br />
Allenton. Send your C.V. to<br />
ashburton.discounter@gmail.com<br />
Contact manager 03 308 8684.<br />
ANIMALS to good homes<br />
every week in The <strong>Courier</strong>.<br />
2259214<br />
HOME SERVICES<br />
ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />
types, specializing in<br />
Decramastic and Long Run<br />
Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />
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230, 250 or 280 SL’s. Any<br />
condition. Private buyer.<br />
Phone 027 585 8164.<br />
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />
PANELBEATING and spray<br />
painting of cars, trucks,<br />
buses, horse floats &<br />
motorhomes, caravans,<br />
trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />
boats. Light engineering<br />
and aluminium welding.<br />
Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />
Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 0378.<br />
CARAVANS &TRAILERS<br />
MEETINGS<br />
Hampstead Rugby&<br />
AllSports Club<br />
Noticeof<br />
AnnualGeneral Meeting<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
225<strong>20</strong>85-6/2-b<br />
WANTED: Caravan; family<br />
use size, anything considered.<br />
Sell: 7x5 trailer; lockable<br />
canopy, new tyres.<br />
Wanted: drumset, snare<br />
drum. pls phone 027 <strong>20</strong>4<br />
9709.<br />
Wednesday18th Marchat7.00pm<br />
Hampstead clubrooms, Bridge St, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Allwelcome<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
AWESOME office space for<br />
lease, rent or hire. Park like<br />
setting. Indoor and outdoor<br />
areas. North-west town<br />
boundary. Must view.<br />
Phone 027 475 4241.<br />
RENT ME!<br />
Ideal as an extra<br />
bedroomoroffice.<br />
Fully insulatedand<br />
double glazed forwarmth.<br />
Threeconvenientsizes:<br />
Standard3.6m x2.4m,<br />
Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />
Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m.<br />
Visit our displaycabin<br />
418WestStreet or callfor a<br />
freebrochure.<br />
www.justcabins.co.nz<br />
0800 58 78 22<br />
MEETINGS<br />
ASHBURTON<br />
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL<br />
PTAAGM<br />
To be held on<br />
Monday9th March<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>,at7pm<br />
in the Staffroom<br />
All welcome<br />
ASHBURTON Society of<br />
Performing Arts A.G.M.<br />
Tuesday 25th <strong>February</strong>,<br />
6pm at the Sinclair Centre.<br />
All welcome.<br />
ASHBURTON U3A Tuesday<br />
25th <strong>February</strong>, 9.30am @<br />
St David’s Church, Allens<br />
Road. Speaker 10.00am<br />
Prof. Dave Craw, Otago<br />
Uni "Gold origins, history &<br />
mining". Visitors welcome,<br />
$10.<br />
MID CANTERBURY Group,<br />
Riding for Disabled -<br />
Annual General Meeting,<br />
Tuesday 25th <strong>February</strong>,<br />
8.00pm at the Leeston<br />
Street pavilion. Visitors welcome.<br />
Forenquiriesorapologies please contactDebbieon<br />
027634 1480<br />
or email hampsteadallsports@xtra.co.nz<br />
2227764<br />
STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Self storage, variety<br />
of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />
Storage 03 307 0401.<br />
STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />
units available long or<br />
short term at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Storage Facilities. Contact<br />
us on 027 436 2636 or www.<br />
ashburtonstoragefacilities.co.nz<br />
PROPERTY WANTED<br />
MODERN town house<br />
wanted in good condition in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, separate<br />
ensuite and garage. Phone<br />
021 368 781.<br />
MACHINERY SALES<br />
AUGER; 10 x50feet Buhler<br />
Farm King with sweep hopper.<br />
Phone 027 286 3697.<br />
2258767<br />
2259176
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>, Page 39<br />
EDUCATIONAL<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
Forkliftand Dangerous GoodsCourses<br />
NZTAApproved Course Provider,MITO&Competenz Assessor<br />
Classes 2&4,Endorsements F&D<br />
ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested<br />
Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings<br />
CommunityHouse,<strong>Ashburton</strong>oryour work place<br />
Forfurther information<br />
Phone Christine 027 245 2563<br />
PERSONAL<br />
HOPING to meet 48-60yr old<br />
female for friendship,<br />
outings, possible relationship,<br />
that looks great in a<br />
swimsuit and would like to<br />
travel. Phone or text 028<br />
418 0403.<br />
TRAVEL<br />
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Doubtful Sounds, April<br />
19-24; Earnslaw cruise,<br />
Queenstown, D.B.B. hotels<br />
Balclutha, Te Anau, Twizel.<br />
Seats still available, call<br />
now. John & Kathleen<br />
the service we<br />
Lawler,<br />
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Rakaia 03 302<br />
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transfers, flights, D.B.B.<br />
hotel, local tours, entertainment.<br />
Early bookings<br />
essential. Call for information.<br />
John & Kathleen<br />
Lawler, Rakaia. 03 302<br />
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PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
MID CANTERBURYPROVINCIAL<br />
SCHOLARSHIP<br />
Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ is calling<br />
for applications for their <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> Scholarship. The<br />
scholarship is open to both male andfemaleapplicants<br />
whohaveahome base in MidCanterbury.<br />
The $2,500 scholarship will beallocated through two<br />
grants to thevalue of $1,000 andaResearch Grantof<br />
$500.<br />
Applicants forthe scholarship closeon1st April <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
with previous applicants welcome toapply again. A<br />
committee will consider the applications with the<br />
recipients beingannounced in April.<br />
Scholarship applicationforms andfurther details may<br />
be obtained bycontacting RuralWomen branches, or<br />
Scholarship Co-ordinator<br />
PaulineHewson.<br />
Phone03303 6397<br />
Email hopelands407@gmail.com<br />
Growing Dynamic Communities<br />
2256923<br />
2238752<br />
Peter Blacklow<br />
Call in atalk to the people who know ...<br />
PETE’S PICK<br />
O F T H E W E E K<br />
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Full range of engineering supplies and accessories forall your repairs<br />
&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuum cleaners.<br />
Esseti welders &accessories. Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment.<br />
ASHBURTON<br />
South Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> PHONE (03) 308-3147<br />
Email office@blacklows.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522<br />
Community Clinic<br />
with Jo Luxton’s office<br />
Monday 24 <strong>February</strong><br />
10.30am–12pm<br />
CommunityHouse,CassStreet,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Please feel free to contactmyoffice for<br />
an appointment, or just pop in on theday<br />
Jo Luxton<br />
LabourParty List MP basedinRangitata<br />
03 6889588 | jo.luxton@parliament.govt.nz<br />
TOPTUL<br />
186 PIECE TOOL KIT<br />
Includes 9drawertop chest.<br />
Designed forthe NZ market.<br />
GCBZ186A<br />
$1410+GST<br />
THE ASHBURTON<br />
SOCIETY OF ARTS<br />
is offering alimestone carving<br />
workshop with<br />
PAUL DEANS<br />
SCULPTOR<br />
4th &5th April<br />
at alovely localgarden.<br />
$85 plus limestone charge.<br />
Phone 027 443 9806<br />
To make further enquires and make abooking<br />
at email ashocart@gmail.com<br />
Don’tmiss this rare opportunity!<br />
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2.10<br />
2.<strong>20</strong><br />
4.05<br />
4.15<br />
6.00<br />
1917<br />
Birds of Prey<br />
Call of the Wild<br />
Sonic<br />
Call of the Wild<br />
R13<br />
R16<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
6.10 ThePeanut Butter Falcon M<br />
8.00<br />
8.00<br />
Emma<br />
Midway<br />
PG<br />
M<br />
Sat22nd &Sun 23rd<br />
10.00 Call of the Wild PG<br />
10.00 Sonic<br />
PG<br />
11.50 ThePeanut Butter Falcon M<br />
11.50 Dolittle<br />
PG<br />
1.40 Sonic<br />
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1.45 Call of the Wild PG<br />
3.30 Emma<br />
PG<br />
3.40 Midway<br />
M<br />
5.50 Jumanji 2<br />
PG<br />
6.10 Call of the Wild PG<br />
8.00 Birds of Prey R16<br />
8.10 Sonic<br />
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Mon24th, Tues 25th<br />
&Wed 26th<br />
10.00 Call of the Wild<br />
10.00 Midway<br />
11.45 Emma<br />
12.<strong>20</strong> ThePeanut Butter Falcon<br />
2.00 1917<br />
2.10 Little Women<br />
4.00 Sonic<br />
4.30 ThePeanut Butter Falcon<br />
5.50 Call of the Wild<br />
6.15 Sonic<br />
7.45 Emma<br />
8.10 Birds of Prey<br />
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Call of the Wild,Emma, Sonic<br />
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2250994<br />
PosiveAgeing Expo<br />
Thursday, 5March <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
10:00am -3:00pm<br />
Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Racecourse Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Exhibits and displays. Social connecons.<br />
Raffles. Light refreshments available on site.<br />
Enterour surprise draw.<br />
Bringafriendand makeadayofit.<br />
Gold coin entry.<br />
AgeConcern <strong>Ashburton</strong>308 6817<br />
HospiceMid Canterbury<br />
Dealing<br />
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illness?<br />
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from illness, injury and surgery.<br />
•Noneedles/safe for all ages<br />
•Good-Health Maintenance<br />
•Affordable/flexible hours<br />
•Home visits on request<br />
Janet Hayes<br />
Ph 308 6951<br />
registered practitioner<br />
Allservices<br />
arefree<br />
We can help with:<br />
•Sittingand companionship<br />
•Counselling and bereavement<br />
support<br />
•Biographywriting<br />
•Massage,reiki and reflexology<br />
Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387<br />
email manager@hospicemc.nz www.hospicemc.nz<br />
2229804<br />
2257194<br />
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FOR advice on advertising<br />
call The <strong>Courier</strong> 308 7664.<br />
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Food donationswould<br />
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Please phone 308 4432<br />
Tues -Sat 9:30-noonor027 332 9286<br />
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APPLICATIONS<br />
CLOSE<br />
9MARCH <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
TheAdvance<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Leader’s<br />
Scholarshipisnowopen<br />
Areyou committed to continuing<br />
your leadership growth?<br />
Do youcareabout our districtand want to<br />
make adifference?<br />
Apply forthe $10,000 Leader’s Scholarship.<br />
Forapplication and eligibilitycriteria go to<br />
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80216<br />
2255185<br />
Expressions of interest -building removal<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council invites expressions of interest from<br />
interested parties forthe purchase and removaloftheformer<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Information Centrebuilding.<br />
The building is situated on the East Streetgreen immediately<br />
north of the chess boardinthe town centre.<br />
All queriesare to be directedto: David.Hampton@adc.govt.nz<br />
Expressionsofinterestclose at 4pm, Monday9March <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
Hamish Riach<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council<br />
ashburtondc.govt.nz
Page 40, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
QUALITY<br />
USED VEHICLES<br />
@<br />
AFFORDABLE<br />
PRICES<br />
<br />
WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 NISSAN NOTE<br />
1500CC,TWIN AIRBAGS,<br />
ABS, EASYACCESS,<br />
14,000KM<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 TOYOTA WISH<br />
1800CC,7SEATER,TWIN AIR<br />
BAGS,ABS,72,000KMS<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA RUSH<br />
AUTO,HIGH SEATS,<br />
TWIN AIR BAGS,ABS,<br />
59,000KMS<br />
$8,995 $9,995 $11,995<br />
DAIHATSU<br />
1999 DAIHATSUTERIOS SUV, manual,petrol,4x4, 5door,central locking,<br />
rear spoiler,1300cc, 159,788 kms........................................................ $3,995<br />
HONDA<br />
<strong>20</strong>09 HONDA CR-V X, auto, 5door,air con, ABS, alloys,twin air bags,<br />
86,000 kms, 2400cc................................................................................$12,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>13 HONDACR-V24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control,alloys,tow bar,<br />
66,000 kms,2400cc ................................................................................$22,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>04 HONDA CR-V ZX, auto, petrol,5door,SUV,ABS, rear spoiler,78,100<br />
kms, 2400cc................................................................................................. $9,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 HONDA ELYSION PRESTAGESZ, auto, petrol,8seater, 5door,ABS,<br />
foglights,105,000 kms, 3500cc.........................................................$11,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 HONDA STEPWAGONG,5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
95,000 kms, <strong>20</strong>00cc.................................................................................. $7,995<br />
KIA<br />
<strong>20</strong>11 KIA CERATO, 5door,petrol,air con, cruise control, climate control,<br />
114,000 kms, <strong>20</strong>00 cc............................................................................... $7,995<br />
MAZDA<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 MAZDAAXELA 15C, 4door,ABS, body kit, spoiler,air con, 34,600<br />
kmx, 1500cc............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 MAZDAAXELA <strong>20</strong>C, 5door,air con, ABS, rear spoiler,48,500 kms,<br />
1990 cc........................................................................................................$11,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 5door,ABS, climate control, air con, body<br />
kit, $19,800 kms, 1500cc................................ . ARRIVING SOON $11,495<br />
<strong>20</strong>05 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK<br />
3000CC,STATION<br />
WAGON, 4X4,CRUISE<br />
CONTROL,TOWBAR,<br />
TWIN SUN ROOFS,6<br />
AIRBAGS, LEATHER<br />
INTERIOR<br />
MITSUBISHI<br />
<strong>20</strong>10 MITSUBISHIGALLANTFORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD<br />
changer,climate control, 97,400 kms, 1800cc...............................................<br />
$10,995<br />
NISSAN<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY <strong>20</strong>S, 4door,ABS, air con, climate<br />
control, 11,800 kms, <strong>20</strong>00cc.................................................................. $9,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 NISSANCUBE 15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer,42,300<br />
kms, 1500cc................................................................................................. $7,495<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 NISSANNOTE15X, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,14,800<br />
kms, 1500cc................................................................................................. $8,495<br />
<strong>20</strong>12 NISSANSYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,<strong>20</strong>0 kms,<br />
1800cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $11,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>05 NISSANTIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500<br />
kms, 1800cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>14 NISSANLATIO B, twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol,air con,<br />
31,100kms,1<strong>20</strong>0cc................................................................................... $9,995<br />
SUBARU<br />
<strong>20</strong>05 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500<br />
kms, <strong>20</strong>00cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 SUBARUIMPREZA15S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, ......<br />
78,<strong>20</strong>0 kms, 1500cc..............................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>05 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK, petrol,6air bags,ABS, air con, cruise<br />
control, foglights,rear spoiler,3000 cc............................................. $6,995<br />
SUZUKI<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 XS, 5door,6air bags,ABS, air con, body kit, rear<br />
spoiler,49,500 kms, 1500cc................................................................... $9,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 SUZUKI SX4<br />
AUTO,ALLOYS, 2BAGS,<br />
ABS,98,000KMS<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 SUZUKI SX4XG, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />
spoiler,97,<strong>20</strong>0 kms, 1500 cc.................................................................. $8,495<br />
TOYOTA<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 TOYOTA ALLION A18, Gpackage,4door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD<br />
changer,42,500 kms, 1800cc...................................................................SOLD<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push<br />
button start, 70,500 kms, 2400cc................. ARRIVING SOON $10,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA COROLLARUNX S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, body kit,<br />
rear spoiler,43,850 kms, 1800cc.......................................................... $9,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>09 TOYOTA ESTIMAHYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, Abs, air con, auto,<br />
rear spoiler,cruise control, 133,450 kms,<br />
2400cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $14,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>13 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear<br />
spoiler,auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc......................................................$16,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>12 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise<br />
control, 45,400 kms, 1500cc................................................................$11,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA RACTIS, GL Package,5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear<br />
spoiler,climate contol, 53,990 kms, 1500cc.................................... $8,495<br />
1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
1800cc........................................................................................................... $7,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />
spoiler,59,500 kms, 1500cc.................................................................$11,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>08 TOYOTA WISH XLIMITED, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, auto, climate<br />
control, 72,500 kms, 1800cc.................................................................. $9,995<br />
1994 TOYOTA HILUX, petrol,alloydeck,ute,<strong>20</strong>00cc........................... $4,495<br />
<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA RACTIS, twin air bags,ABS, cruise control, air con,<br />
84,000kms,1500cc................................................................................... $6,995<br />
<strong>20</strong>10 MITSUBISHI GALANT<br />
5DOOR LIFTBACK,<br />
SILVER,1800CC,AUTO,<br />
97,000KMS,BODYKIT<br />
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