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Mrs Luxtonsaid<br />

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withher andshe was talking<br />

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Immigration, IainLees­<br />

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whichhasplaced<br />

considerablepressureon<br />

ourreliance for migrant<br />

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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 />

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at Massey University,worked<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 />

by Francis&KaioraTipene<br />

Francis and KaioraTipene aren’t your typical funeral directors.<br />

With their famous humour and big-heartedpersonalities,the<br />

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think about death and grief.<br />

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up in families thathad fewpossessions but were rich with<br />

love and tikanga, and howthey came to work in their often<br />

misunderstood profession. It’s also abook about the Maori<br />

worldview and traditional funeral customs.The Tipenes make<br />

death feel less mysterious and lifemoreprecious.<br />

Inspirational,hilarious and wise: this is abook to make yousee<br />

dying,grief and remembranceinatotally new light.<br />

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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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 3<br />

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 />

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Mr McCann said the<br />

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Michael said the idea of taking<br />

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Michael said he would continue<br />

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The Holdaways worked<br />

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She saidthe couple had been<br />

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Michael saidhis role as an<br />

ordained priestwas to ‘‘make<br />

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church andalso to welcome<br />

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His work was aboutpromoting<br />

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supporting the community and<br />

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Afavourite saying of Mary­Jo is<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 />

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‘‘He has young children,<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 />

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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 />

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safer place and targeted the<br />

wrong people.<br />

He said police were to blame<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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heading to the New Zealand<br />

Motorhome Association<br />

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following weekend.<br />

The club has organised food<br />

outlets and invited Fire and<br />

Emergency NZ to put on special<br />

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Saturday between 10am and<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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Tru-Line Civil contractors working on the CBD revamp are (from left) Patrick Kelly, Ben Hack, Shannon Penney, project<br />

manager Conor Redmond, Barry Timmins and Jason Knight.<br />

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 />

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thing, fearthathewas in good<br />

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Lorraine empathiseswith<br />

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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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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 />

Stay fit &earn $$$<br />

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touring groups expected it, as did<br />

community users who might want to<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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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 />

Andrew Falloon<br />

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 />

03 6831386<br />

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rangitatamp@parliament. .govt.nz<br />

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2258543<br />

Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />

139 Stafford St, Timaru.

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Donations Good Quality Items Accepted<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 />

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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 />

Lunch before branch closes<br />

Whittaker’s Block<br />

Chocolate 250g<br />

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Puhoi Valley Yoghurt<br />

450g<br />

$<br />

4 99 ea<br />

Sweet Corn Loose<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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ChickenBreast Fillets $ 12 99<br />

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Specials availableSouthIslandonly from Monday10th <strong>February</strong> until Sunday 23rd<br />

<strong>February</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> or while stockslast. Wine and beeravailableatstores withanoff<br />

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 />

Supporting the<br />

community<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 />

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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 11<br />

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.

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 13<br />

<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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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />

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 />

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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 />

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Other women were too<br />

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Bibi has been through a<br />

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Her goal is to help men<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 />

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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 />

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weeks.<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 25<br />

<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> STREET APPEAL<br />

Offering emotional, social<br />

and practical support<br />

Every week in New Zealand more<br />

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child has cancer.<br />

Achild having cancer isone of<br />

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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 />

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The Child Cancer Foundation<br />

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thousands more in the past 40<br />

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‘‘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 />

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­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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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and I had worked in jobs before<br />

where Iwas out in the community.<br />

‘‘What we do at Child Cancer Foundation<br />

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pain you see on people’s faces when<br />

they have just found out their child<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />

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 />

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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 />

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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.

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 29<br />

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 />

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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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Environment Canterbury’s <strong>Ashburton</strong> zone delivery<br />

team has been boosted with the arrival of two new<br />

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AmyMcIlraith and Nicola McDougall both joined the<br />

zone team at the end of <strong>20</strong>19, and areeager to use<br />

their knowledgeand skills to help provide advice and<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> region and can provide advice on best<br />

practice and how to meet consent conditions.”<br />

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“I wouldliketofeel likeI’m making apositiveimpact on<br />

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“This role involves alot of relationship building,soIhope<br />

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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 />

Donna Field<br />

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 />

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Lachie Ashton<br />

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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9Allison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 2 2 AHB22661<br />

18 Davidson Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 2 2 AHB22681<br />

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800 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB22679<br />

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ACROSS<br />

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Solution to previous crossword<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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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This is awonderful opportunity tomake apositive<br />

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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 />

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- Beable to work alone but also in ateam environment<br />

- Goodcommunication skills<br />

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Engineering skills will be an advantage,however with<br />

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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 />

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Working in our purpose built facility, you will help us deliver quality swim<br />

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We have apart-time, permanent role working Saturday mornings 8.30am to<br />

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To apply online or for more<br />

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Applications close Sunday, 1March<br />

<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

DELIVERYPEOPLE<br />

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Realtyevery Thursdayinthe West Street,<br />

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May suit aretiredperson.<br />

Phone Leonie on<br />

308 7664 or email<br />

leonie.marsden@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Cleaner -EA<br />

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We are looking for areliable and motivated cleaner to join our EANetworks<br />

Centreteam. In thisroleyou will join our established team thatare responsible<br />

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workareThursdayandFriday10.00am-6.30pmandSaturday10.00am-3.00pm.<br />

To find out more about this vacancy<br />

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Council has to offer you -visit our<br />

website.<br />

Applications close Sunday, 1March<br />

<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

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media sales<br />

consultant<br />

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ourrural publications Southern Rural Life and CentralRuralLife, andour<br />

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The role<br />

Reporting to the Timaru manager,the successful applicant will work with<br />

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Someofthe keyaccountabilitiesinclude:<br />

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Your skills andexperience<br />

We arelookingfor asales consultant with experience, preferably in the<br />

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In addition to yourinterest in rural mattersyou will demonstrate:<br />

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•ability to workindependently<br />

Further details<br />

Thisisafull-time permanent position.<br />

As wellasagood salary,wecan offer an attractive commissionstructure<br />

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WithofficesinChristchurch,<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Timaru, youcan choose<br />

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If you think thisroleisfor you,please applybyway of CV and acover<br />

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mark.julius@alliedpress.co.nz or phone 027 524 6968.<br />

Acopy of the positiondescription canberequestedfromHR<br />

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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 />

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Qualified Stylist<br />

We are looking toadd to our friendly professional<br />

team. We requireaqualified experienced hairdresser<br />

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Areyou:<br />

• Areliable and friendly team player.<br />

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In the role you will be working in a posive<br />

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If this sounds likeyou please email<br />

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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 />

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types, specializing in<br />

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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 />

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Phone 027 475 4241.<br />

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Visit our displaycabin<br />

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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 />

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PERSONAL<br />

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MID CANTERBURYPROVINCIAL<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ is calling<br />

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Applicants forthe scholarship closeon1st April <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />

with previous applicants welcome toapply again. A<br />

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Scholarship applicationforms andfurther details may<br />

be obtained bycontacting RuralWomen branches, or<br />

Scholarship Co-ordinator<br />

PaulineHewson.<br />

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ASHBURTON<br />

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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 />

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03 6889588 | jo.luxton@parliament.govt.nz<br />

TOPTUL<br />

186 PIECE TOOL KIT<br />

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$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 />

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2.00 1917<br />

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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 />

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APPLICATIONS<br />

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9MARCH <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />

TheAdvance<br />

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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 />

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<strong>20</strong>06 TOYOTA RUSH<br />

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1999 DAIHATSUTERIOS SUV, manual,petrol,4x4, 5door,central locking,<br />

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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 />

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<strong>20</strong>05 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK<br />

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<strong>20</strong>10 MITSUBISHIGALLANTFORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD<br />

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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 />

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<strong>20</strong>08 NISSANNOTE15X, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,14,800<br />

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<strong>20</strong>12 NISSANSYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,<strong>20</strong>0 kms,<br />

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<strong>20</strong>05 NISSANTIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500<br />

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<strong>20</strong>14 NISSANLATIO B, twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol,air con,<br />

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SUBARU<br />

<strong>20</strong>05 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500<br />

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<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 />

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TOYOTA<br />

<strong>20</strong>08 TOYOTA ALLION A18, Gpackage,4door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD<br />

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<strong>20</strong>07 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push<br />

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<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 />

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<strong>20</strong>13 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear<br />

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<strong>20</strong>12 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise<br />

control, 45,400 kms, 1500cc................................................................$11,995<br />

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1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />

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