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Retailer moves on after 40 years<br />

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After 40 years in retail Tots To<br />

Teens owner Annette Fyfe has sold<br />

her business.<br />

It’s abittersweet moment.<br />

It’s the right time for Annette to<br />

leave, but for awoman who lovesher<br />

job, considers her staff (Philippa<br />

(Phil) McGregor, Maree Allan and<br />

Belinda Cawte) as great friends and<br />

enjoys being a member of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Arcade business community,<br />

it also brings a certain<br />

sadness.<br />

‘‘I still love the shop, the lovely<br />

customers and the staff. They are<br />

more like friends, than staff, Ilook<br />

forward to continuing our friendships,’’<br />

she said.<br />

Annette bought the business in<br />

<strong>February</strong>1980 aftervisiting the shop,<br />

which was originally called Tiny Tots<br />

and sat on the corner of East and<br />

Burnett streets.<br />

It was a small shop which sold<br />

clothing for children aged up to five<br />

year olds.<br />

Annette, astay­at­home­mum at<br />

the time, loved it so much on visiting<br />

she mentioned to owner, Belle<br />

Lowe, if she ever wanted to sell to let<br />

her know. And she did, straight<br />

away.<br />

It was perfect timing for Annette<br />

as her children, aged five and six,<br />

were at school.<br />

She had time onher hands and<br />

energy to grow the business.<br />

By the time building owner Bede<br />

Annette Fyfe is bowing out after 40 years in retail.<br />

O’Malley was looking toexpand his<br />

pharmacy into the Tiny Tots site,<br />

Annette, with agrowing business on<br />

her hands, was also keen for bigger<br />

premises.<br />

‘‘It was perfect, Iwanted abigger<br />

shop.’’<br />

She moved into the arcade premises<br />

and in later years extended the<br />

shop removing the wall of the<br />

neighbouring premises.<br />

Over time there have been other<br />

changes; from extending the clothing<br />

age from tots to teenagers, increased<br />

footwear range and access to some<br />

exclusivelabels such as NatureBaby,<br />

Merino Kids, and Little Flock of<br />

Horrors (LFOH), Hello Stranger<br />

and Eve’s Sister, Bobux and other<br />

quality labels.<br />

Then around 10 years ago, the<br />

introduction of the school uniform<br />

range.<br />

Annette says with the school<br />

uniforms and footwear she wanted<br />

to make sure parentsgot agood deal<br />

on quality products that would last.<br />

When it comes to the fashion<br />

clothing and footwear, selecting the<br />

fashions six months in advance and<br />

seeing the samples is one of<br />

Annette’s favourite tasks, which she<br />

does with manager Phil.<br />

Annette says all three staff will<br />

continue in their roles post­sale<br />

which she was very happy about as<br />

their experience has allowed her to<br />

work part­time at the shop for the<br />

past few years.<br />

Time has sped by and Annette<br />

feels ‘‘very luckytohave enjoyed that<br />

time somuch’’and is seeing the next<br />

generation ofcustomers coming in<br />

to buy clothing.<br />

‘‘The children who were clothedin<br />

the early days, are now coming back<br />

into the shop as adults to dress their<br />

own children.’’<br />

As well as the parents who are<br />

now grandparents, which she loves<br />

seeing.<br />

While she has been reluctant to<br />

sell, Annette, 68, says it was time for<br />

her to pull back.<br />

The business was on the market<br />

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Married for 60 years<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

John French reckons couples struggle to<br />

reach six years of marriage these days, so<br />

he’s rather proudofthe fact that he and wife<br />

Bev havenotched up an impressive 60 years.<br />

The Tinwald couple celebrated their<br />

diamond wedding anniversary on<strong>February</strong><br />

20.<br />

John, who is 82, and Bev (nee Rogers),<br />

who is ayear younger, were married atSt<br />

Peter’s, Timaru onaSaturday.<br />

After the weddingceremonythey went on<br />

aroad tripnorth,borrowing the Austin A40<br />

of John’s brother Jim.<br />

Arriving on the coast south ofKaikoura,<br />

the newlyweds jumped out of the car to<br />

enjoy the view and felt aviolent shaking of<br />

the car. It was asizeable earthquake and<br />

further along the route abig boulder had<br />

come to rest on the road.<br />

‘‘If we hadn’t have stopped,wecould have<br />

been under the boulder, and it would have<br />

been the end of the marriage before ithad<br />

even begun,’’ said John.<br />

The Frenchs returned to start life as a<br />

married couple in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

A family quickly followed, with four<br />

children, three girls and boy, born to the<br />

couplebeforeeither had reachedthe age of<br />

30.<br />

Today the couple have 11grandchildren<br />

and six great grandchildren aswell.<br />

John was amechanic by trade and worked<br />

with trucks and cars. He drove his first<br />

Bev and John French have been<br />

married for 60 years.<br />

traction engine at the age of 12 and has<br />

alwayshad alove of machinery. He enjoyed<br />

stints atBurnetts, CE Bailey Ltd, Gluyas<br />

and Mid Canterbury Transport.<br />

An accident in the pit at Mead Motors<br />

during awarrant of fitness check left him<br />

with abroken pelvis and other injuries.<br />

He also lost his sense of smell and was<br />

forced togive up his profession.<br />

Along association with the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Railway Preservation Society and Tinwald<br />

Domain Board earned John acommunity<br />

service award in2005.<br />

He is still the farming convener for the<br />

Plains Museum and helps co­ordinate<br />

annual pea and potato selling fundraisers.<br />

The Frenchs on their wedding day.<br />

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Bev was born and brought upinTimaru<br />

and was abagpipe player inTimaru Ladies<br />

Pipe Band in her teens. She was ahead<br />

sewer and overlocker at Tekau in her home<br />

town.<br />

For over 20 years she has volunteeredher<br />

time to play the piano at local rest homes.<br />

‘‘We’ve had our ups and downs over the<br />

years, and a few arguments. But, there’s<br />

been no fighting and we’ve stuck together<br />

through it all,’’ said Bev.<br />

The Frenchs celebrated their 60 years of<br />

marriage with family atafunction atthe<br />

Devon Tavern.<br />

Two days laterthey enjoyedafternoontea<br />

with friends and family at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Club and MSA.<br />

Council signals 4.88% rate rise<br />

By Linda Clarke<br />

The rising price ofrubbish disposal,<br />

declining numbers of adult<br />

swimmers and the quest to find<br />

an alternative water supply for<br />

Methven generated plenty of<br />

discussion among <strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

Councillors as they ploughed<br />

through budget documents for<br />

their <strong>2020</strong>­2021 annual plan this<br />

week.<br />

Ratepayers are facing an<br />

increase of 4.88 per cent on last<br />

year, which is just less than the 5<br />

per cent forecast in the long term<br />

plan. The plan isindraft form at<br />

the moment and councillors signalled<br />

their support or otherwise<br />

for proposed spending at aworkshop<br />

onTuesday.<br />

The cost ofoperating <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />

solid waste collection will<br />

rise by about $250,000 for the<br />

year beginning in July but is the<br />

result of a2.5 per cent increase in<br />

the volume ofrubbish going to<br />

landfill and a 2.3 per cent<br />

increase in the cost of taking that<br />

rubbish there.<br />

EA Networks Centre staff say<br />

adult swim numbers are down by<br />

3000 and they are losing gym<br />

members; they wanted their<br />

charges tostay the same.<br />

New charges for the coming<br />

year will see the price of aswim<br />

rise from$6.70 to $7 for an adult;<br />

learn to swim lessons will notrise.<br />

Casualgym users will still pay $16<br />

atime, but gym concession cards<br />

rise from $144 to $147. Casual<br />

stadium uers will pay $5, upfrom<br />

$4.<br />

Centre managerSteve Prescott<br />

said predicted that user numbers<br />

would drop again if charges rose<br />

and itwas already unaffordable<br />

for some. The centre’s honeymoon<br />

period was clearly over.<br />

Mayor Neil Brown said the<br />

sports centre was abusiness and<br />

neededtoadjust the othersideof<br />

its ledger and staff said energy<br />

savings might be possible.<br />

Cr Angus McKay said adult<br />

swim pricescouldstay thesameif<br />

savings were found elsewhere.<br />

Keeping charges the same would<br />

trim $75,000 off the centre’s<br />

income, though raising charges<br />

couldput peopleoff usingitatall.<br />

Cr McKay was against spending<br />

money to drill for groundwater<br />

at Methven, an exercise<br />

that could cost up to $240,000<br />

and not find any water.<br />

Assets manager Andrew Guthrie<br />

said an alternative water<br />

supply for Methven was needed<br />

because in high rainfall events its<br />

water source became turbid and<br />

did not meet new drinking water<br />

standards imposed after the 2016<br />

Havelock North water contamination<br />

incident. Seven boil water<br />

notices had been issued onthe<br />

supply in the past three years.<br />

Groundwatercould be abridging<br />

or emergency source in those<br />

rainfall events.<br />

He said an alternative was to<br />

spend$4.5 milliononanewwater<br />

treatment plant for the scheme.<br />

Councillors said spending<br />

money drilling for groundwater<br />

was a gamble they would take,<br />

especially with a new national<br />

water regulator looking at local<br />

body compliance.<br />

They were united on an<br />

increase in money for rural libraries<br />

at Rakaia, Methven and Mt<br />

Somers, and suggested $15,000<br />

for the facilities, rather than the<br />

$8500 set down.<br />

Councillors supported a<br />

request to fund an extension to<br />

the Rakaia Medical Centre. The<br />

medical centre runs out of a<br />

council­owned building that is<br />

too small and the trust that runs<br />

it has asked for a $950,000<br />

extension that would double its<br />

footprint.<br />

The trust pays rent, which<br />

would cover interest payments<br />

and some principal repayments if<br />

council borrowed$1million to do<br />

the work.<br />

Some councillors were<br />

unhappy about the economic<br />

return, but Cr Rodger Letham<br />

said there was an element of<br />

public good about the project.<br />

The town had built up the<br />

medical centre after losing its<br />

only doctor years ago.<br />

The annual plan will be adopted<br />

by council in April.<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>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 3<br />

Museum boss leaving<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum director Dr<br />

Tanya Robinson is departing<br />

after four years in the role.<br />

The former Hawkes Bay native<br />

is moving to Australia to join her<br />

husband, who has an increasing<br />

workload in the country.<br />

She finishes tomorrow.<br />

Dr Robinson started at the<br />

museum ayear after the new art<br />

gallery and heritage centre building<br />

on West Street opened.<br />

She said she had enjoyed the<br />

challenges of her job and would<br />

miss her ‘‘amazing’’ staff and<br />

dedicated team of volunteers.<br />

With her team, she had been<br />

able to achieve anumber of key<br />

goals that included raising the<br />

profile of the museum both<br />

locally and nationally, and the<br />

presentation of innovative programmes<br />

and exhibitions.<br />

Dr Robinson said the attendance<br />

at the museum had grown<br />

hugely over the last four years,<br />

exceeding key performance<br />

indicators for visitor numbers and<br />

quadrupling the number of programmes<br />

it ran.<br />

The museum had one of the<br />

biggest collections of photographs<br />

in the South Island, with<br />

over six million, and some 20,000<br />

objects.<br />

She said there was a big<br />

responsibility to manage the collection<br />

on behalf of owners and<br />

the ratepayers and although there<br />

was still work to be done on<br />

inventory, good progress had<br />

been made.<br />

Departing <strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum director Dr Tanya Robinson.<br />

There were around 1000<br />

research requests a year, which<br />

also kept staff busy.<br />

Dr Robinson said there had<br />

been many exhibition highlights<br />

for her in the past 48months.<br />

The New Faces, News Lives<br />

exhibition had been one of her<br />

first big projects and had been a<br />

great way to engage with the<br />

locals.<br />

Other favourites included the<br />

recent Topp Twins display and<br />

Sounds Like Us, which featured a<br />

snapshot of New Zealand radio<br />

history and saw the public create<br />

hundreds of their own craftradios.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Feels Like Home,<br />

and Snap, a glass plate photo<br />

negative exhibition featuring historic<br />

localfaces, had both received<br />

very positive feedback.<br />

Dr Robinson said adding the<br />

Murney Family Room to the<br />

museum’s exhibition space had<br />

been avery positive step forward,<br />

and that space continued tobea<br />

real asset.<br />

The museum’s Adventurers<br />

Club was very popular with families<br />

and children and was agreat<br />

way to connect with the community.<br />

Dr Robinson said she was<br />

passionate about how museums<br />

connected with the community<br />

and was sad to be leaving her<br />

thriving and strong team.<br />

‘‘I do intend to keep akeen eye<br />

on the progress of the museum<br />

and its exhibitions from Australia.’’<br />

Huts very busy since<br />

new booking system<br />

There’s been a big increase in the<br />

number of trampers staying at popular<br />

Woolshed Creek and Pinnacles huts<br />

since the two huts were added tothe<br />

Department of Conservation’s (DOC)<br />

online booking system last October.<br />

The huts are located on the Mt<br />

Somers Track, a26km long walk aimed<br />

at intermediate to advancedwalkersand<br />

trampers.<br />

Both serviced huts, the 26­bed Woolshed<br />

Creek Hut and the 19­bed Pinnacles<br />

Hut, are manned by hut wardens<br />

over the summer months.<br />

The walkway is popular with families<br />

and offers options for day trips, single<br />

overnight trips, and two­night experiences.<br />

The online booking system has led to<br />

more people enjoying this unique location<br />

as they have the certainty abed will<br />

be waiting for them at the end of their<br />

hike, said DOC senior ranger Murray<br />

Thomas.<br />

Walkerswereable to pace themselves<br />

and did not need to rush to be the first<br />

to the hut.<br />

Trails were also becoming less<br />

overcrowded as people forward­plan<br />

The Woolshed Creek Hut on the Mt<br />

Somers Track.<br />

their trips based onbed availability.<br />

‘‘The huts received an astonishing<br />

173% increase in bookings for November,<br />

when compared to visitor numbers<br />

for November 2018.<br />

‘‘Woolshed Creek Hutwas nearly fully<br />

booked for every Saturday until Christmas<br />

and Pinnacles Hut was also busy,’’<br />

he said.<br />

Some 729 people stayed inboth huts<br />

in January, compared to 420 people for<br />

the same month in2019. More than 670<br />

of the January visitors were New<br />

Zealanders, and 474 were adults.<br />

Controlled fire exercise<br />

Controlled fire experiments will be<br />

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand in the<br />

first half of March.<br />

They will take place in the Double<br />

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Gorge and are being carried out to<br />

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smoke dispersion for the purpose of<br />

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gorse.<br />

Fire crews will be on site atall times<br />

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ECan proposes<br />

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Hard­working JP sworn in<br />

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Maze welcomed her to the<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> JPs president Ian<br />

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Judge Maze said the work of<br />

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that our justices do for<br />

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JPs in the community are<br />

called on to witness signatures<br />

and administer official documents.<br />

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She married John about 40<br />

years ago and they worked<br />

together farming and ran the<br />

Bernina Sewing Centre in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

The couple have four<br />

children and eight grandchildren.<br />

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role as electorate agent to<br />

former Rangitata MP Jo<br />

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wide range of people in the<br />

district.<br />

She sees her role as aJPas<br />

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Cancer Society Relays for Life.<br />

Tinwald Garden Club rounds up<br />

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inviting all current and past<br />

members to come together to<br />

mark the milestone.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> on March 26 and it<br />

will include speeches,toasts and<br />

the cutting of abirthday cake.<br />

The gardenclub held its first<br />

meeting on March 24, 1960.<br />

Current clubtreasurer Alison<br />

Scammell said seven club<br />

members, including herself and<br />

president Pam Tait,had followed<br />

their mothersormothers­in­laws<br />

in joiningthe club.<br />

The club was big on<br />

camaraderie and and brought<br />

like­mindedwomen together<br />

monthly to focus on gardens and<br />

gardening.<br />

Members heard from guest<br />

speakers, wentontwo annualbus<br />

trips and also enjoyedregular<br />

plant sales.<br />

The focus was less on<br />

decorativefloralart and more on<br />

house plants and cut flowers<br />

these days, she said.<br />

Tinwald Garden Club<br />

president Pam Tait said club<br />

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and had remained steadyover<br />

manyyears.<br />

Members were mainly older<br />

women and monthlymeetings<br />

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the club’s longest serving member<br />

and its patroness, Jan Grimmett,<br />

who was in her 90s, wouldattend<br />

the 60thanniversary celebration<br />

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Around 70 people turned out<br />

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Kittens find happy foster home<br />

Lisa Bird, the Volunteering Mid &<br />

South Canterbury and Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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when the SPCA put out acall for<br />

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adog at the time, but says having<br />

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being afoster parent in fact, it can be<br />

helpful in socialising the kitten you<br />

are fostering.<br />

It’s hard for Lisa to send the<br />

kittens to the adoption unit at the<br />

local SPCA and she might shed a<br />

tear, but knowing happy and healthy<br />

kittens are off to be loved by anew<br />

family makes it alittle easier.<br />

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who they are with if they are being<br />

looked after and loved, as unlike<br />

dogs, cats and kittens show no<br />

loyalty.<br />

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sometimes dogs, making rehoming<br />

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Depending on the needs the kittens<br />

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As afoster parent Lisa says she is<br />

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team of volunteers and staff at the<br />

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litter and pay for vet visits. Foster<br />

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The SPCA relies on donations and<br />

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need volunteers for that.<br />

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services operating and they need<br />

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foster parents.<br />

Volunteering Mid & South<br />

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An in­house maintenance teammonitors,<br />

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plant rooms, pipesand wiringtoensure<br />

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Hiddentunnels, workshopsand seven<br />

plant rooms arehome to thesmall team<br />

thatincludes afitter, electrician,<br />

carpenter and tradeassistant.<br />

The team, ledbyMethven­raised site<br />

maintenancemanagerDan Wilson,also<br />

includes agardener, administratorand<br />

otherswho are broughtonboard to work<br />

whenneeded.<br />

Mr Wilson,who started at thehospital<br />

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above and below ground.<br />

‘‘It’sour role to fix and maintain things,<br />

and we tackle the workload basedon<br />

priorities and level of importance.<br />

‘‘There can be challenges,but at the end<br />

of the day,the hospital is relianton<br />

systemsand equipmentbeingupand<br />

running, so thatitcan function.’’<br />

Mr Wilson said computer software<br />

helped scheduletesting and checks, and<br />

alsotomonitor things.<br />

Staff in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, and also in<br />

Christchurch, received automatic alerts<br />

for more seriousplantand equipment<br />

failures,and staff here were on call 24/7.<br />

Overthe coming monthsthe hospital<br />

maintenanceteamwillbeinvolvedina<br />

new project thatwill replace the current<br />

coalfired boiler with anew groundsource<br />

heatpump.<br />

The current bigboiler was<br />

manufacturedin1960 andthe smaller one<br />

in 1985.<br />

Togetherthey producearound2400<br />

tonnesofcarbon dioxide ayear.<br />

The heatingupgradewillreplace steam<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital site maintenance manager Dan Wilson and <strong>Ashburton</strong> Health<br />

Services manager Bernice Marra take awalk along one of the maintenance tunnels<br />

below the hospital.<br />

withahot water system and will reduce the<br />

hospital’senergycostsbyanestimated30<br />

%.<br />

‘‘The heatingupgrade will takeheat out<br />

of thegroundwater and useittoheat<br />

water circulating aroundthe hospital<br />

heatingsystem.<br />

‘‘Itwillwork in asimilar waytoa<br />

domestic heat pumpthattransfers heat<br />

energy fromthe outside airtoinside your<br />

house,whereas ournew systemwill<br />

transfer heat energy fromgroundsource<br />

water,’’said Mr Wilson.<br />

The new heat pumpsystemwould be<br />

located in anew building behind the<br />

currentlaboratories anditwas hoped to<br />

haveitupand runningbythe endof2021.<br />

Water flow testing on a30m bore was<br />

recently ticked off and further testing<br />

would follow, said Mr Wilson.<br />

Currently the hospital’ssteel pipes<br />

carry steam at approximately 170 degrees<br />

around the hospital. Thesteam then<br />

heats the water to about80degrees for<br />

heatingand domestic hot waterfor all<br />

buildings.<br />

The new heat pumps will be ableto<br />

producewater to 80 degrees and mostof<br />

the existingsteam pipeswill be usedto<br />

disperse it around the hospital.<br />

The upgrade will be more efficient and<br />

less heatwill be lost to the atmosphere.<br />

As aby­product of heating, the heat<br />

pump can alsoproduce chilled waterand<br />

the Canterbury District Health Board is<br />

keen to tap into it for summer cooling.<br />

Tinwald pool to close for another season<br />

The Tinwald public swimming pool will close<br />

on March 1,following another summer that<br />

included closed days because of alack of<br />

lifeguards.<br />

The outdoor pool comes under recreation<br />

facilities controlled by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council’s EA Networks Centre and it<br />

has been a struggle to find and train<br />

lifeguards to the required standard.<br />

Council service delivery group manager<br />

Neil McCann saidthe lifeguard shortage was<br />

also a problem in late summer when<br />

university students employed over the holiday<br />

break went back to school.<br />

He said council’s priority was to staff the<br />

EA Networks Centre pool first, so that<br />

meant the Tinwald pool was closed. Notices<br />

were put on social media to avoid people<br />

heading to Tinwald only to find the gate<br />

locked.<br />

‘‘We try every year to be in a better<br />

position, but we find ourselves here again,’’<br />

Mr McCann told councillors recently.<br />

Cr Lynette Lovett said she was among<br />

those who had made atrip to the pool with<br />

grandchildren, only to be disappointed when<br />

they found it closed.<br />

EA Networks Centre assistant manager<br />

Richard Wood said the outdoor pool was<br />

usually closed uptosix days every <strong>February</strong><br />

because of the lifeguard shortage.<br />

He said the centre had been a hive of<br />

activity over the past six weeks with holiday<br />

programmes and learn to swim classes.<br />

Few spaces remained in learn to swim<br />

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holiday programme catered for up to 60<br />

children aday.<br />

Mr McCann said the latest figures for<br />

learn to swim classes were being gathered for<br />

a future report to councillors, when they<br />

would consider extending the learners’ pool.<br />

‘‘Figures had dropped slightly last year and<br />

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Island <strong>2020</strong> camp at Staveley last<br />

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encounter.<br />

Alan Gilmore, the former superintendent<br />

of the University of Canterbury's<br />

Mt John Observatory at Tekapo,<br />

has been tracking near Earth objects<br />

with his wife Pamela Kilmartin since the<br />

1970s and is confident no large asteroid<br />

will cause amajor extinction event any<br />

time soon.<br />

“No, Ithink humans are doing very<br />

well with climate change. We are doing<br />

it ourselves by environmental degradation.<br />

“Asteroids are athreat over centuries<br />

to millennia. We know from craters on<br />

the Earth that the Earth gets hit about<br />

three times per million years by a1km<br />

sized asteroid.”<br />

Such an impact would cause global<br />

effects by throwing up dust into the<br />

atmosphere and dimming the sun for<br />

several years, causing crop failures and<br />

food shortages, as well as devastation at<br />

the point of impact.<br />

More than one million near Earth<br />

objects, or space rocks and minor<br />

planets inside the orbit of Mars, were<br />

known to researchers.<br />

Mr Gilmore and Ms Kilmartin followed<br />

up on objects discovered by<br />

research programmes in Arizona and<br />

Hawaii so distances and future orbits<br />

could be estimated more accurately.<br />

Just one “potentially hazardous asteroid”,<br />

more than 140 metres across, was<br />

likely to pass within twenty times the<br />

moon's distance from Earth over the<br />

next decade.<br />

Asteroid 99942, otherwise known as<br />

Apophis, is 370 metres across and is<br />

expected to pass within 28,000km of<br />

Earth on April 14, 2029, New Zealand<br />

time.<br />

“The people who do all the very<br />

detailed calculations know that it won't<br />

be aproblem for at least 200 years,” Mr<br />

Gilmore said.<br />

A number of solutions were being<br />

explored by researchers to combat<br />

future risks, but anuclear strike, used in<br />

science fiction such as in the 1998 movie<br />

Armageddon, was not considered a<br />

viable option, he said.<br />

Options included gravity trackers,<br />

space mirrors to focus the sun's rays on<br />

the asteroid, firing aweighty object into<br />

an asteroid to see if it changed its path<br />

slightly and painting the asteroid black.<br />

“With these larger objects you<br />

wouldn't just get several days notice, but<br />

years or even decades.<br />

“None of these ideas are ready to go,<br />

but they're all being discussed and<br />

tested.”<br />

He said the Earth was asmall target in<br />

the vastness of space, so it was amatter<br />

of ensuring the asteroid arrived in<br />

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The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council is working<br />

with new consultants on abusiness casefor<br />

asecond bridge over the <strong>Ashburton</strong>River.<br />

Council had been working withHolmes<br />

Consulting for at least six months on the<br />

business case,but has now engaged<br />

Stantec,acompany that says it designs with<br />

communities in mind.<br />

Council officers and Stantec staff willbe<br />

meeting withthe NZ TransportAgency<br />

this month for aworkshop to progressthe<br />

business case for the bridge.<br />

The second urban bridge, at Chalmers<br />

Avenue, is estimated to cost $30 million<br />

and could reduce State HighwayOne peak<br />

time traffic by 40 percent.<br />

Roading manager Brian Fauthtold<br />

district councillorsrecently that Stantec<br />

was more experienced preparing business<br />

casesfor the transport agencyundernew<br />

social wellbeingpolicy.<br />

He said adetailed business casewas<br />

needed so council could jump relevant<br />

hurdlestomeet funding criteria.<br />

Government gave $94,000 from its<br />

Provincial Growth Fund to supportthe<br />

business case.<br />

Council will pay20per cent of the cost<br />

of the bridge, but the balanceofthe<br />

fundingisnot clear.<br />

Service delivery group manager Neil<br />

McCann said councilwas aguinea pig in a<br />

new process, but NZTAwas acommitted<br />

partner,which was good news.<br />

Cr John Falloon was not optimistic<br />

aboutthe speed of progress. ‘‘I don’t think<br />

Iwill see asecond bridgeinmylifetime.’’<br />

Council chief executive Hamish Riach<br />

said NZTA was keen on the project as it<br />

wouldrelievecongestion on the highway.<br />

Subject to apositive business case, the<br />

agency wouldsubsidise 51 per cent of the<br />

bridge cost; council could applytothe PGF<br />

for the balance.<br />

‘‘Andtherefore abusiness case is<br />

essential to ascertain whether the needis<br />

thereand whether we can raise the balance<br />

of the funding.<br />

‘‘We are doing this workonbehalfofthe<br />

community.’’<br />

Council is still waiting to hear from<br />

NZTA about when and where<br />

Government­funded traffic lights will be<br />

installed on the Tinwald highway.


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RDR backs outdoor centre<br />

The companythat managesmostofthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> district’sirrigation water has<br />

given $10,000 thisyear to thePeelForest<br />

Outdoor Centre to fund life­changing<br />

outdoor educationprogrammes.<br />

Nine<strong>Ashburton</strong> Collegestudents have<br />

justreturnedfromthe firstofthe sevenday<br />

programmes sponsored by the<br />

Rangitata Diversion Race (RDR)<br />

ManagementLtd.<br />

RDR chief executiveTony McCormick<br />

saidthe company had agreed to give<br />

$10,000 ayearfor threeyears to help fund<br />

the transformational work. He said the<br />

programmes were mini versionsofthe<br />

well­knownOutwardBound courses.<br />

The PeelForest Outdoor Centre is<br />

callingits courseThe Journey, andit<br />

included two days of preparation at Peel<br />

Forest, followed by three daystramping in<br />

Arthur’s Passand two days rafting on the<br />

Waimakariri River.<br />

Thestudents,all boysinYear 11, 12<br />

and13, were selectedbythe school.<br />

College deputyprincipalRon Cresswell<br />

said thestudentswereamix of outgoing<br />

andquietnaturesand all reportedbeing<br />

outside their comfortzonesand abit<br />

nervousatvarious stagesofthe trip.<br />

‘‘They all came back totallyelated,<br />

totallychallenged and everysingle one<br />

had grownhugely.’’<br />

Year12student Jacob Bruce saidthe<br />

students had left as agroup and returned<br />

as ateam of friends,having learnedmany<br />

new skillsand shared experiencesonthe<br />

way.<br />

‘‘Wedid work together andleft no man<br />

behind.’’<br />

Mr Cresswellsaid the schoolwas<br />

gratefultothe RDRcompany for funding<br />

the learning adventureand would jump at<br />

the chance to send morestudents next<br />

year.<br />

Maternity home exhibition<br />

Methven museum has seen<br />

asurge inpeople through<br />

the door tosee the Methven<br />

Historical Society’s latest<br />

exhibit, Methven<br />

Maternity Home 1922 to<br />

1968.<br />

It runs until the end of<br />

April.<br />

Many people have fond<br />

memories of the home<br />

where woman went to give<br />

birth and got time to<br />

recuperate and bond with<br />

their newborn.<br />

Museum volunteer<br />

Andrew Oram was born at<br />

the hospital on July 15,<br />

1958.<br />

He was the fourth child<br />

born to his parents the late­<br />

Edith and John Oram who<br />

were sheep and cropping<br />

farmers. Only three of the<br />

four children were born at<br />

the maternity home.<br />

Mr Oram said his mum,<br />

amidwife prior to getting<br />

married, got two weeks rest<br />

and recuperation after the<br />

birth.<br />

Women were often confined<br />

to bed after birth for<br />

14 days.<br />

Among the exhibit<br />

piecesisequipment used by<br />

the medical staff, a bed,<br />

clothing, bassinets as well<br />

as photographs and<br />

information boards which<br />

tell the story of the Methven<br />

community’s rally to<br />

get their town a medical<br />

facility to prevent having to<br />

travel to <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

unformed roads.<br />

Before the facility<br />

opened Methven had a<br />

doctor and two private<br />

nursing homes.<br />

Andrew Oram at the maternity home exhibition.<br />

But in 1920 theyhad one<br />

nursing home stalwart<br />

leave the area to get married.<br />

Methven residents<br />

formed acommittee,led by<br />

Mr JCarr, and spent the<br />

next three years arguing<br />

their case to get ahospital<br />

facility for the town.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital<br />

Board purchased land and<br />

built amaternity home on<br />

an acre of land.<br />

It included nurses quarters,<br />

dining room, one<br />

double room and two single<br />

wards, a13foot by 16<br />

foot labour room(for deliveries),<br />

a sterilizing room<br />

fully­equipped for the time<br />

with sterilizing equipment<br />

costing 261 pounds 10 shillings,<br />

patients’ bedroom<br />

and offices, kitchen, scullery,<br />

maid’s room and fuel<br />

room.<br />

It was designed to<br />

accommodate about 50<br />

patients a year. In its<br />

opening year, between its<br />

opening onJuly 22, 1922<br />

and the end of July 1923<br />

there were 87cases admitted;73maternity<br />

cases and<br />

14 surgical and medical.<br />

While each ward had its<br />

own fireplace,the building<br />

was lit by electric light,<br />

generated by a Petter<br />

engine which had storage<br />

capacity for 48 hours of<br />

light.<br />

The brick building, built<br />

by Mr CMaynard, had hot<br />

and cold water.<br />

It cost 3,333 pounds to<br />

build.<br />

Husbands only were<br />

permitted Monday toSaturday<br />

inclusive from 7pm<br />

to 8pm.<br />

By 19<strong>27</strong> Methven residents<br />

werecampaigningto<br />

make the maternity hospital<br />

ageneral hospital.<br />

It was unsuccessful as it<br />

was deemed it wouldbean<br />

unfair burden onthe ratepayers<br />

of the district.<br />

Staffing issues and a<br />

falling number of<br />

maternity cases caused the<br />

temporary closure of the<br />

maternity hospital over<br />

several decades until it<br />

finally closed in1968.<br />

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Page 10, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Family Notices<br />

ANNIVERSARY<br />

DEATHS<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />

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

Defib given to Ealing Hall<br />

By Toni Williams<br />

DIAMOND WEDDING<br />

CLINTON: Gordon and<br />

Annette(nee Hitchins) married<br />

20th <strong>February</strong> 1960 at St<br />

Andrew’s Church, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

DEATHS<br />

BLAIR,William Lewis (Bill) on<br />

<strong>February</strong> 20, <strong>2020</strong> at Terrace<br />

View Retirement Village,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Passed away<br />

peacefully with his family by<br />

his side,aged 87 years. Dearly<br />

loved husband of the late<br />

Mabel Estelle. Dearly loved<br />

father and father in law of<br />

Lewis and Sue, Averial and<br />

Ray, the late Brenda, Bruce<br />

and Oyuna, Philip and Sherril,<br />

Owen and Cheryl and the<br />

late Kevin. Very special dad<br />

of Rhonda, and Tina. Much<br />

loved grandfather and pop of<br />

all his grandchildren and great<br />

grandchildren. Messages to<br />

the Blair family c/- POBox<br />

472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Special<br />

thanks to Terrace View Rest<br />

Home and all the staff, and<br />

Dr Penny Holdaway. Your<br />

support has been greatly<br />

appreciated. In lieu of flowers<br />

donations to the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

St John would be appreciated<br />

and maybeleftattheservice.<br />

A Service to celebrate Bill’s<br />

life will be held at Our<br />

Chapel, cnr East and Cox<br />

Streets, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on Friday<br />

<strong>February</strong> 28, commencing at<br />

2.00pm. Followedbyaprivate<br />

cremation at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Cremation.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

MOLLOY, Barrie John: Much<br />

loved son of Barry and Judy,<br />

big brother to Anna and<br />

Bridgitte. Taken too soon at<br />

Warnambool Hospital,Victoria<br />

on 12 <strong>February</strong>. Afuneral has<br />

been held.<br />

Birth notices listed<br />

by parents will<br />

continue to be free in<br />

the Family Notices<br />

column.<br />

The initial death<br />

notice lodged by a<br />

funeral director will<br />

be listed without<br />

charge. There will<br />

be asmall charge of<br />

$15 for subsequent<br />

notices related to<br />

the same death, up<br />

to amaximum of 35<br />

words and on aperline<br />

basis after that.<br />

The same low<br />

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such as engagements,<br />

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in memoriam notices<br />

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Family Notices<br />

Inquiries phone<br />

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Complete<br />

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Since 1982<br />

LOVETT,TimothyJames:<br />

3/5/1978 -24/1/<strong>2020</strong><br />

Lynette, Caroline, Rachael<br />

and Ben, Phil and Anna and<br />

their children would like<br />

to take this opportunity to<br />

sincerely thank the many<br />

family members, friends<br />

and neighbours who have<br />

supported us over this<br />

difficult time of Tim’sdeath.<br />

Thank you to all who sent<br />

beautiful flowers, cards,<br />

messages, baking and<br />

wonderful food and to all<br />

that visited; your thoughts<br />

and stories are very much<br />

appreciated.<br />

Please accept this<br />

acknowledgement as a<br />

personal expression of<br />

our deepest gratitude and<br />

appreciation.<br />

Aspecial thanks to Barry at<br />

Paterson’s and to all who<br />

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serviceatSeaview and made<br />

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medical emergency.<br />

It sits in alock box at the Ealing<br />

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Align Farms general manager<br />

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‘‘We thought at the end of the day,<br />

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Ealing Hall president Graham Tarbotton, Align Farms farm<br />

manager Sam Mallard and The Other Guy Ltd's Damian Perriton<br />

during installation of the AED unit at the Ealing Hall. (Photo<br />

supplied.)<br />

In total the farms cover 1500<br />

hectares, milking 4000 cows and<br />

employing around <strong>27</strong> full­time team<br />

members.<br />

The farms are lessthan akilometre<br />

from the hall.<br />

Mr Roberts said an near deathonfarm<br />

accident around two years ago<br />

brought home just how vulnerable<br />

rural living could be especially when<br />

an accident, or event, happened.<br />

‘‘We had to have agood hardlook<br />

at ourselves. One of the learnings we<br />

took was how vulnerable we are when<br />

that happens.<br />

‘‘Most people go into panic mode<br />

and its always one of those things<br />

where you don’t really want to plan<br />

for it because you don’t want to make<br />

it happen, but when itdoes happen<br />

you workout how vulnerable you are<br />

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on afarm ­(there are) long travel<br />

times to get to you and generally<br />

when it’s anissue on farm, it’s abig<br />

issue.’’<br />

The group took thoselearnings on<br />

board and put systems in place ‘‘to<br />

keep our people as safeaswecan and<br />

not just taking a chance like we<br />

were,’’ Mr Roberts said.<br />

He said staffdoanannual first aid<br />

training session but would look to<br />

make the next one ­inMarch ­a<br />

community defibrillator training day<br />

so people knew how to use the<br />

defibrillator.<br />

The St Johndefibrillator, which sits<br />

in alock box at Ealing Hall, can be<br />

used by anyone for amedical emergency.<br />

A phone call to emergency<br />

services through the 111 number will<br />

give the lock box access code.<br />

Poppy makers needed<br />

People who can knit or<br />

crochet are being sought<br />

to help make poppies and<br />

stars for anationalfundraiser,<br />

The Poppy Flight.<br />

The project will see a<br />

mural in two designs<br />

created out of the knitted<br />

and crocheted items; a<br />

giant poppy will be made<br />

in red and black and a<br />

giant star made out of<br />

pink and white knitted<br />

items.<br />

Some ofthe individual<br />

poppies and stars will be<br />

sold to raise funds for<br />

three national causes ­the<br />

Returned Service<br />

Association (RSA), The<br />

Starship Foundation and<br />

the New Zealand Warbirds<br />

Association, who are<br />

organising the flights.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Dellwyn<br />

Dellwyn Moylan<br />

Moylan was keen tosupport<br />

the cause which runs<br />

until April 25.<br />

Miss Moylan said she<br />

needed people who could<br />

knit or crochet poppies<br />

and stars.<br />

She has aroundadozen<br />

peoplewho had offered to<br />

help, but was keen for<br />

World Day of<br />

Prayer service<br />

Aservice to recognise the<br />

World Day of Prayer will<br />

be heldat<strong>Ashburton</strong> Baptist<br />

Church (cornerofCass<br />

and Havelock streets) on<br />

Friday March 6at10am.<br />

The service, called<br />

‘‘Rise! Take Your Mat<br />

And Walk’’, has been preparedbythe<br />

World Dayof<br />

Prayer Committee, Zimbabwe.<br />

Offerings will be used to<br />

support Dabane Trust,<br />

Bulawayo, Matabeleland,<br />

Zimbabwe, Bible Society<br />

of Zimbabwe, and the<br />

Interchurch Council for<br />

Hospital Chaplaincy in<br />

New Zealand.<br />

New art show<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts<br />

Early Spring Show<br />

opened on Sunday and<br />

features a selection of<br />

works by local artists.<br />

The guest artist is Christine<br />

Lang.<br />

more.<br />

The patterns are supplied<br />

and there is acrochet<br />

option.<br />

Donations of wool<br />

would also be appreciated.<br />

Anyone able to help can<br />

contact Miss Moylan at<br />

Community House Mid<br />

Canterbury.<br />

The exhibition can be<br />

viewed on Mondays and<br />

Wednesdays when the<br />

signs are out and on<br />

weekends from 11amuntil<br />

4pm. The Summer Show<br />

runs until March 22.


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 11<br />

Busy months ahead for<br />

Safe Communities groups<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s umbrella of Safe Communities groups has<br />

a busy six months ahead, with plans for a crime<br />

awareness campaign and the promotion of more falls<br />

prevention messages.<br />

Co­ordinator Lesley Symington said the development<br />

of mini safety community plans for Methven and<br />

Rakaia was also on the cards, along with research into<br />

the need for increased services for family harm in the<br />

district.<br />

Safe Communities <strong>Ashburton</strong> is acollaboration of<br />

<strong>27</strong> government and community groups sharing skills,<br />

knowledge, resources, ideas and information to make<br />

Mid Canterbury asafer place in which to live.<br />

‘‘You would think we are safe in this lovely little<br />

community but we have some data that tells us there<br />

are some issues where we are above the national trend.<br />

‘‘We have quite ahigh rate of falls in elderly people,<br />

leading to people going to hospital and dying. There<br />

are road crashes...and theft and burglary doubled in<br />

the last year for the district.<br />

Safe Communities <strong>Ashburton</strong> is also researching the<br />

need for acommunity van to run atransport service<br />

into rural areas.<br />

The group works closely with Safer Mid Canterbury,<br />

which has 23 other programmes under its umbrella.<br />

Both organisations reported their activities to the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council recently as part of their<br />

funding obligations.<br />

Safer Mid Canterbury’s two major projects for the<br />

short­term future are Lives Worth Living suicide<br />

prevention programme and the Refugee Resettlement<br />

service.<br />

Council provided $210,000 last year and will be<br />

asked to up that slightly for the coming year. The<br />

organisation employs 20 staff across its programmes<br />

and its balance sheet shows it just breaks even.<br />

Safer Mid Canterbury has been operating in the<br />

district for 25 years.<br />

Other programmes for the future involve farm bike<br />

safety and a‘‘fix it’’ service for home issues.<br />

Hip­hop crew dances for residents<br />

Ages Alive Ashvegas hiphop<br />

crew have started a<br />

new initiative visiting<br />

retirement villages and<br />

care facilities around the<br />

district and hosting workshop<br />

type classes in front<br />

of the residents.<br />

It’s social, energetic<br />

fun.<br />

They started their first<br />

session visiting Rosebank<br />

Village and Retirement<br />

residents last week.<br />

And plan to visit one<br />

retirement facility a<br />

month with bookings for<br />

the next three months<br />

already in place.<br />

The hip­hop group,<br />

which has around a<br />

dozen female members,<br />

is led by choreographer<br />

Jessie Thomson.<br />

They have been<br />

together for at least<br />

three years meeting<br />

every week at Balmoral<br />

Hall in <strong>Ashburton</strong> for<br />

hip­hop sessions.<br />

They also perform at<br />

Ages Alive Ashvegas members, under the guidance of choreographer<br />

Jessie Thomson, show age is no barrier to having fun, and keeping the body<br />

moving is good for the soul.<br />

various events and occasions<br />

when asked.<br />

However this year they<br />

have decided to show<br />

people, many their age<br />

and older, that age is no<br />

barrier to having fun, and<br />

keeping the body moving<br />

is good for the soul.<br />

Most of their movements<br />

can be done by<br />

anyone, ofany age, and<br />

upper body movements<br />

can be done sitting down,<br />

if needed.<br />

The group started off<br />

with a warm­up stretch<br />

session and then got into<br />

their hip­hop routine<br />

showing each move in<br />

stages, before adding<br />

music for a complete<br />

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New water meters at Mt Somers<br />

Water meters are being installed on the Mt Somers<br />

community drinking water scheme.<br />

The scheme was under emergency management<br />

earlier this summer and water was tankered into the<br />

area.<br />

An alternative bore nearthe scheme’s gallery source<br />

was then used until water levels returned at the intake.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council assets manager Andrew<br />

Guthrie said the water issues at Mt Somers this<br />

summer were caused by a combination of the<br />

prevailing weather, aspike in demand on the scheme<br />

and some competition with the stockwater intake at<br />

Stony Creek. ‘‘It all influences the water take.’’<br />

Alevel five water conservation notice was issued for<br />

ashort time on the scheme; it has been eased to alevel<br />

four hosing ban since the supply intake has recovered.<br />

As aresult of the supply issues, aproject to install<br />

smart water meters on all connections in Mt Somers<br />

has started.<br />

Meters are also planned for Hinds and Dromore<br />

community water supplies.<br />

Water restrictions remain in place for Methven and<br />

Chertsey which is on alevel three restriction, while<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Lake Hood, Fairton, Hakatere, Hinds,<br />

Mayfield, and Rakaia are on alevel one restriction.<br />

Information about protozoal compliance (the cause<br />

of boil water notices) on Methven, Mt Somers,<br />

Methven Springfield and Montalto water supplies will<br />

be presented to councillors at aworkshop on March<br />

26.<br />

Enforcement action soon<br />

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Enforcementaction over unregistered<br />

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start.<br />

Council staffhave spent six months<br />

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registered dogs, about 91 per cent of the<br />

number of dogs it believes are in the<br />

district.<br />

Twelve dogs were impounded in<br />

January,one dog rehomed and seven<br />

letterssent to the owners of barking dogs.<br />

Two property inspections were made.<br />

There were also threereports of<br />

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

Positive Ageing Expo<br />

5March <strong>2020</strong> Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10am -3pm<br />

Balance overlooked<br />

Balance is an aspect of fitness that is often<br />

overlooked, even by many active and motivated<br />

adults. The New Zealand Ministry of Health,<br />

however, recommends that older adults undertake<br />

balance exercises three times each week.<br />

According to Sport Canterbury Strength and<br />

Balance Lead Rebecca Logan, “Improving balance<br />

helps us keep independent and living stronger for<br />

longer.”<br />

Falling, Logan adds, is not part of the aging<br />

process and can be avoided. One of the best ways<br />

to help prevent falls is to add exercises into your<br />

physical activity regime that include balance as<br />

well as core and leg strengthening routines.<br />

Including these types of activities will help improve<br />

your reaction, so if you do become off balance,<br />

your increased ability to react swiftly and correct<br />

yourself will reduce the chance of afall occurring.<br />

Having increased muscle mass will also help<br />

support your bones and joints so that if afall does<br />

occur, you are more likely to walk away without a<br />

significant injury.<br />

Sport Canterbury’s Live Stronger for Longer<br />

project is part of anationwide initiative supporting<br />

older adults to live independently and injury-free,<br />

in their own homes, by reducing their risk of falling.<br />

This is acollective, whole system approach, to<br />

falls prevention, encompassing in home support,<br />

pharmacy, and community strength and balance<br />

classes.<br />

Kate Conner is aregular attendee at Evolve, an<br />

approved strength and balance class in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

“The EVOLVE class has definitely improved my<br />

strength and balance. The way Matt explains each<br />

exercise and the purpose of the exercise, itfeels<br />

like it’s our own personal training session. If Ididn’t<br />

attend the classes, Iwould certainly feel very stiff<br />

in ashort period of time.”<br />

One of the goals of the Live Stronger for Longer<br />

project is to ensure that every person in New<br />

Zealand, aged 65 years and over, can attend a<br />

strength and balance class within their community.<br />

There are currently 15 approved strength and<br />

balance classes running weekly within the Mid-<br />

Canterbury region. Each of these classes has met<br />

nine clinical criteria, established by atechnical<br />

advisory group, toensure they are effective in<br />

reducing falls risk.<br />

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and preventing falls and safety around your home<br />

Be safe in your home<br />

Photo courtesy of ACCLive Stronger for Longer<br />

Youdon’t have to wrap yourself in cotton<br />

wool to reduce your risk of afall, but you<br />

can make your home safer with afew<br />

adjustments.<br />

The Live Stronger for Longer website (www.<br />

livestronger.org.nz) has aHome Safety<br />

Checklist available both online and as a<br />

paper copy, which you can use to check<br />

areas in your home such as rugs, lighting,<br />

the bathroom, bedrooms, the kitchen, living<br />

room, stairs, outside and your personal<br />

safety.<br />

The Home Safety Checklist gives ideas on<br />

how to fix identified issues/hazards and<br />

includes aTo-do list, so you can make anote<br />

of what needs attending to.<br />

Copies of the Home Safety Checklist will<br />

be available from the Sport Canterbury Mid<br />

Canterbury stand at the Positive Ageing<br />

Expo. Call by and pick up acopy.<br />

Photo courtesy of ACCLive Stronger for Longer<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>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 13<br />

Cenotaph move floated<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councillor Rodger Letham has<br />

floated the ideaofmoving the cenotaphwar<br />

memorial from Baring Square West to Baring Square<br />

East.<br />

The cenotaph, unveiled in 1928 andbearingthe<br />

namesof432 MidCanterbury people who lost their<br />

lives in defenceofthe country, is under wraps at the<br />

moment while specialist workers remove lichen, moss<br />

and other bugsfrom the 14m sandstone monument.<br />

The first phase of the work is expected to be complete<br />

in time for Anzac Daycelebrations.<br />

More work will be doneonthe bluestoneand<br />

marble in the future, <strong>Ashburton</strong> District councillors<br />

were informedinanactivity briefing recently.<br />

‘‘Can Ifloat the idea that when we get our newcivic<br />

centre and library, is there any possibility of shifting<br />

the cenotaph over there? It would be abeautiful<br />

environment for an Anzac service without State<br />

Highway1.’’<br />

Council’s service delivery groupmanager Neil<br />

McCann said relocating the cenotaph could be a<br />

possibility, but the cost might be prohibitive.<br />

Council will soon build anew administration<br />

building and library next to BaringSquare East.<br />

Christchurch specialists Stoneface Ltd are doing<br />

the restoration workand the monument is being deep<br />

cleaned and sprayed so it won’t further degrade.<br />

Up to six staffare working on the monument,<br />

which is shrouded in aprotective white barrierwhile<br />

the job is underway.<br />

Gates up to combat thieves<br />

New security gateshave been<br />

fitted at the backdoor of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army<br />

Family Store to stopthieves.<br />

The solid gates were fitted last<br />

weekand were funded by the<br />

SalvationArmy.<br />

Overthe years opportunists<br />

havestolendonateditems on a<br />

number of occasions from the<br />

backdoor lobby area.<br />

The investmentinthe new<br />

gates would now putastop to<br />

that, saidfamily store manager<br />

Maria McDonald.<br />

She said despite signs stating<br />

thatCCTV cameras were in<br />

operation, thieveshad hot footed<br />

it with armfuls of donated items<br />

overthe years.<br />

Thefts wereusuallycarriedout<br />

under the cover of darknessand<br />

were‘‘unnecessary’’.<br />

Mrs McDonald saidanyone<br />

withdonationsshould dropthem<br />

off in­storeduring the opening<br />

hours of 9.30am until 4.30pm<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army Family Store manager Maria McDonald<br />

and the new gates.<br />

Monday to Friday and on<br />

Saturday from 9am until 1pm.<br />

Four largeclothingbins were<br />

stilllocated at the back door, but<br />

the in­storedrop off option was<br />

preferred.<br />

She said security company<br />

TalbotSecuritywould lock the<br />

new gates between 6pm and 7pm<br />

on weekdays and security<br />

cameras wouldcontinueto<br />

operate.<br />

Young athletes tackle triathlon<br />

Some 180 primary aged<br />

athletes from around the<br />

district enjoyed the challenge of<br />

the Mid Canterbury Primary<br />

Schools Sports Association<br />

Triathlon at Hampstead School<br />

last week.<br />

Now in its 11th year, the<br />

triathlon is aimed at students in<br />

Years 5­8 and offers ataste of<br />

multisport.<br />

Children swam 50m of the<br />

school pool, biked two laps<br />

(around 3km) of amarked road<br />

course, and finished with a<br />

final 1.5km run around the<br />

school grounds.<br />

Seniors raced first and were<br />

followed by juniors.<br />

Race director Claudine<br />

Campbell, who is an assistant<br />

principal at Hampstead<br />

School, said the turnout had<br />

been very good this year, with<br />

numbers up on previous years.<br />

The triathlon had been held<br />

in good conditions, although<br />

the water in the Hampstead<br />

School pool was arefreshing<br />

start to races for athletes.<br />

Pupils taking part this year<br />

came from 14 schools, with<br />

each school supplying<br />

marshalls.<br />

Photos: top, St Joseph’s<br />

School pupil Jake Parsons<br />

digs deep on the bike leg,<br />

middle, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Intermediate School pupil<br />

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bike transition, before heading<br />

off on the final run leg, bottom,<br />

swimmers test the cool waters<br />

of the Hampstead School pool<br />

ahead of the Year 7/8 triathlon<br />

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Fire volunteers host heart kids<br />

Ten families associated with Heart<br />

Kids Canterbury were treated to a<br />

day at the Plains Museum and VIP<br />

treatment in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire<br />

Museum on Sunday.<br />

It was a first time visit to the<br />

complex for most of the families<br />

and provided them with the opportunity<br />

to enjoy train and fire engine<br />

rides and to wander around the<br />

complex.<br />

Everything was laid on for free<br />

and facilitated by <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire<br />

Museum volunteer Carl Petersen,<br />

who is part of the Heart Angel<br />

family.<br />

Among those enjoying the day<br />

was the Lyons family from Christchurch,<br />

including two­year­old<br />

James Lyons who had surgery for a<br />

heart condition at six months.<br />

Geraldine student Max Roger<br />

will race in the 18km event.<br />

MIDWIFERY<br />

James, other Heart Kids, and<br />

their siblings had fun trying on<br />

firemen uniforms and helmets in<br />

the impressive, expanded <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Fire Museum.<br />

James receives regular check­ups<br />

to monitor his heart condition.<br />

His mother, Sam Lyons, said<br />

James was lined up to have avalve<br />

replacement between the age of 10<br />

and 14 and had annual ultrasounds.<br />

Aspecialist from Starship Hospital<br />

flew down annually to Christchurch<br />

to assess James and other<br />

Heart Kids.<br />

Her son’s heart had adefect that<br />

affected normal blood flow through<br />

it, she said.<br />

Heart Kids Canterbury supports<br />

550 families between <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

and Kaikoura.<br />

New timing system for ride<br />

The tracks are looking good and<br />

running fast for the annual<br />

Geraldine Multi Challenge event<br />

on March 15.<br />

The challenge event offers<br />

mountain bike, run and walk<br />

options to people of all abilities.<br />

Event options include mountain<br />

bike races over 52km, 32km and<br />

18km distances, and run and walk<br />

events over 21km, 13.8km and<br />

5.8km. Ebikes are welcome in<br />

18km and 32km races.<br />

Race director Kevin Johnston<br />

says all tracks are being constantly<br />

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most meaningful events.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Museum volunteer Carl Petersen with the Lyons<br />

family from Christchurch, Carmen, 9, mother Sam and James, 2.<br />

monitored to keep them in tip top<br />

order. New competitor race<br />

numbers this year will make timing<br />

and results more professional and<br />

efficient.<br />

‘‘Each number will have a<br />

computerised number strip<br />

attached to the reverse side and this<br />

will be scanned as competitors<br />

cross the finish line. With the help<br />

of the South Canterbury Mountain<br />

Bike Club, who have the scanner<br />

and results programme, we should<br />

be able to supply results as<br />

competitors finish the race.’’<br />

He said arace practice ride at<br />

9.30am on March 8was an<br />

opportunity for anyone to test the<br />

course and could help athletes<br />

decide the category they wanted to<br />

enter. The test ride opportunity was<br />

unique.<br />

Event organisers are hoping for<br />

race entries of more than 400 and<br />

have prize money on offer.<br />

South Canterbury businesses are<br />

supporting the event and proceeds<br />

go to local charities and causes.<br />

For more info, go to<br />

geraldinemultichallenge.co.nz.<br />

New booze store<br />

signage agreed<br />

Agreement hasbeen<br />

reached on promotional<br />

signs forRakaia’s<br />

controversial new liquor<br />

store.<br />

Community groups last<br />

yearopposed the<br />

establishment of anew<br />

Thirsty Liquor bottle store<br />

for the township but<br />

approval was givenaftera<br />

hearing beforethe<br />

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

Licensing Committee.<br />

Thedecisioncontained<br />

conditions around<br />

promotional signs, including<br />

thatthe street windows have<br />

one­way film so that no­one<br />

can see intothe premises<br />

and thatmonthly specials<br />

are advertised on an<br />

outward facing A4 sized<br />

sheetofpaper.Anopen sign<br />

on the footpathisallowed.<br />

Further discussion was to<br />

take place on exterior signs<br />

and the overalloutside<br />

appearance of the store.<br />

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

Council environmental<br />

monitoringmanager Rick<br />

Catchpowle said agreement<br />

had beenreached on the<br />

conditions setdowninthe<br />

decision.<br />

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Leaky library<br />

Aleak in the roofofthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public<br />

Library resulted in 150 books being<br />

thrown outbecause of water damage.<br />

Heavy rain on the evening of <strong>February</strong> 4<br />

led to abuild­up in internal guttering and<br />

aleakinone of the flat roof areas in the<br />

adult library; luckily staff were on hand<br />

and wereable to movemost of the<br />

affected books to safety.<br />

Sir Graeme to speak<br />

ANZCO founder and Methven<br />

residentSir Graeme Harrison will be the<br />

keynote speaker on day one of the Sister<br />

Citiesconference beinghosted in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> at the end of April.Sir<br />

Graeme will speakabout success through<br />

internationalrelationships. The<br />

conference is beingheld at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Trust Event CentreonApril 30, May 1<br />

and 2. The last daywill include tours and<br />

activities around the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district.<br />

Speedy consent<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council staffare<br />

taking an average of 10 daystoprocess<br />

building consents, half the target<br />

processing time. Staff issued 34 consents<br />

in January and carried out 113 inspections<br />

for the month; the 34 consents related to<br />

workworth $8.2 million. The value of<br />

building consentwork for the seven<br />

months to January is $72.6m (compared<br />

to $66.1m for the same period the<br />

previous year).<br />

New donga plan<br />

Work on athird option to protect the<br />

Ashton Beach donga and improve the<br />

safety of motorcyclists whouse the area is<br />

under way. The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Councilconsulted on twooptions earlier<br />

this month, both included fencingoff<br />

partsofthe donga. Forty­one people<br />

respondedtothe initial consultation and<br />

12 people met with council staff to look<br />

overthe site. Athird optioncame out of<br />

the feedback and areport willgoto<br />

councillors on arecommended option.<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>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 15<br />

Rural&Lifestyle<br />

Vintage plough donated<br />

Methven A&P working bee<br />

Ninety two year old Murray Ford<br />

learned to use a horse plough,<br />

pulled by three or four horses, on<br />

his parents farm at Brookside back<br />

in 1945.<br />

He left school in 1944, found the<br />

plough and was keen to use it.<br />

Initially he walked behind it, but<br />

after he got ‘‘sick of walking’’ he<br />

put aseat on it.<br />

The plough was so aged, there<br />

was no noticeable colour on it at<br />

the time.<br />

It was on his parents property<br />

but hardly used until Murray took<br />

up the mantle.<br />

He didn’t know how old it was<br />

but it had been on his family farm<br />

for many years and said 75 years<br />

ago it was rusty then.<br />

‘‘I didn’t want it going to the<br />

scrap heap,’’ he said.<br />

So now, many years later, he has<br />

given it to the Mid Canterbury<br />

Vintage Machinery Club who were<br />

‘‘glad to get it’’.<br />

They in turn entrusted it to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Powder Coating’s Max<br />

Cawte for restoration.<br />

‘‘I’m happy it’s been preserved.<br />

There’s not many of these things<br />

left,’’ Mr Ford said.<br />

‘‘I’m happy that it’s here, the<br />

scrap heap was the other option.’’<br />

Mr Cawte, who volunteered his<br />

time to restore the piece, took a<br />

week to get it back up to scratch.<br />

He said it was in pretty bad<br />

condition to start and needed two<br />

lots of sandblasting, grease<br />

removed, then oiled up and powder<br />

coated in blue and red colours.<br />

‘‘I’m pleased to be doing it for<br />

them,’’ he said, referring to club<br />

members.<br />

He joked the biggest issue was<br />

which colours to use on the vintage<br />

piece.<br />

The red colour was actually<br />

found on the wheels once the<br />

grease build up had been removed.<br />

Club president John Stewart said<br />

it was agenerous donation to the<br />

club.<br />

‘‘It’s too easy for people to sent<br />

these things to the scrap yard now.’’<br />

It was due to be mounted on a<br />

concrete pad at the front of the<br />

building at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P<br />

Showgrounds, facing Seafield<br />

Road.<br />

He said having it sit out the front<br />

of the club rooms distinguishes<br />

Pictured from left <strong>Ashburton</strong> Powder Coating's Max Cawte, Murray<br />

Ford and Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club president John<br />

Stewart with the vintage horse plough donation.<br />

what the club was about and where<br />

it was to people passing­by.<br />

Members agreed it was pretty<br />

good to have such an old plough,<br />

but to also know the man who<br />

owned it was even better.<br />

Mr Ford, who lives at Dromore,<br />

is aregular at the club’s Tuesday<br />

morning gatherings and has not<br />

missed aploughing competition in<br />

the district since the club started<br />

more than 35 years ago.<br />

He did enter aploughing competition<br />

once, but as he was only a<br />

starter he never did it again.<br />

The plough was one of two Mr<br />

Ford had in his possession.<br />

The other he has given to<br />

Clydesdale plougher John Booth.<br />

It’s not the only thing in Mr<br />

Ford’s possession that he has donated<br />

for prosperity.<br />

He has also given ahorse gig to<br />

Leeston Museum.<br />

Mental wellbeing is part of health and safety<br />

Rural womenElle Perriam and Harriet<br />

Bremner are on amission to change the<br />

thinking of rural communitiesaround farm<br />

healthand safety, and mental health and<br />

wellbeing.<br />

They will appeartogethernext month, at<br />

RollestonCollegeonMarch 2.<br />

Elle, founder of Will To Live Foundation,<br />

and Harriet,achildren’s author and safety<br />

campaigner, have bothlivedthrough grief at<br />

the loss of theirpartners; Elle’s to suicide<br />

and Harriet’s to afarm accident.<br />

The Two Rural Heroinesevent is being<br />

presented by the RollestonLions Club and<br />

will raise moneyfor the Will To Live<br />

Foundationand Use Your Voice.<br />

Elle, 22, has been travelling the country<br />

on the Speak Up Tour.<br />

Speaking to rural communitiesintheir<br />

local pubs, she has started aripple effect,<br />

encouraging people to speak up about their<br />

mentalhealth.<br />

“Ruralmen are notorious for being<br />

staunch about their feelings. We have had<br />

Rural advocates Elle Perriam and<br />

Harriet Bremner will speak at a<br />

fundraiser in Rolleston next month.<br />

shepherdscome up to us to thankusfor<br />

starting the conversation. Thatjust makes<br />

the wholethingworth it,” she said.<br />

Members of the Methven A&P show<br />

committee were out in force last week<br />

sorting out the showgrounds in preparation<br />

for their upcoming A&P show.<br />

The show on March 21, is abig day<br />

on the Methven calendar and the<br />

working bee was one of many organised<br />

by the committee in readiness for<br />

the show.<br />

Among those to help out were<br />

(pictured from left) Ben McIntosh,<br />

Harriet, 31, is now fulfilling her lifelong<br />

dream of writingchildren’s books using her<br />

belovedsausage dog,Poppy.<br />

“It concernsmethat we havethis ‘she’ll<br />

be right’ and ‘it’llnever happen to me’<br />

attitude in rural NZ. The thing is that it can<br />

happen to anyone,even the most<br />

experienced operators,” she said.<br />

Harrietand Elle believe that it’stime to<br />

start opendiscussions addressing mental<br />

health and on farmhealth and safety.<br />

They have seenfirst­hand how attitudes<br />

towardsthese importantaspectsoflife are<br />

often put aside and conversations are<br />

avoidedparticularly by those in the rural<br />

sector.<br />

Hoping to influencefarmers to put<br />

themselves and their peoplefirst, to have<br />

open conversationsand to think safely, the<br />

duo believe it will save lives.<br />

The event,with auction, runs from<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm and tickets,which cost<br />

$16, can be purchased througheventbrite.<br />

co.nz.<br />

RURAL DIARY<br />

Thu<br />

•<br />

John Dargue, Mark Lock, show president<br />

Adam Glass (rear) and Hamish<br />

Monk. The men, and others available<br />

to help, were sorting out sheep gates<br />

and moving them from the home<br />

industries pavilion out on to the<br />

grounds.<br />

The pavilion has also had afacelift<br />

with awall inside removed to open up<br />

the space, allowing for additional<br />

tables and amore open flow.<br />

Pea weevil flushed out<br />

Commercial and home<br />

gardeners in the Wairarapa<br />

can again grow pea<br />

plants and use pea straw as<br />

garden bedding material<br />

following the successful<br />

eradication of noxious<br />

pest, pea weevil.<br />

The Government programme<br />

to wipe out pea<br />

weevil from Wairarapa<br />

was a world first and its<br />

successful eradication was<br />

announced by Biosecurity<br />

Minister Damien O’Connor.<br />

It means the nearly fouryear<br />

ban on pea plants and<br />

pea straw has been lifted.<br />

Mr O’Connor said after<br />

two complete seasons of<br />

no new finds, Biosecurity<br />

New Zealand is confident<br />

that there are no pea<br />

weevils remaining in<br />

Wairarapa, and so New<br />

Zealand.<br />

“To our knowledge, this<br />

is the first time a pea<br />

weevil population has been<br />

successfully eradicated<br />

anywhere in the world.<br />

This just goes to show what<br />

can be achieved when<br />

Government, industry and<br />

communities work<br />

together.<br />

“It also shows that<br />

eradications can be<br />

achieved. This Government<br />

is committed to<br />

attempting eradications<br />

wherever possible. In this<br />

situation we had a good<br />

shot at it because the<br />

destructive little insectwas<br />

detected early and in a<br />

region with mountain ranges<br />

providing some natural<br />

borders.<br />

“But more importantly –<br />

we had an outstanding<br />

Brought to you by your<br />

local insurance brokers<br />

level of awareness and<br />

support within the community<br />

for our approach to<br />

ban the growing of pea<br />

plants and pea straw. In<br />

doing this we removed the<br />

pea weevil’s only food<br />

source, which caused the<br />

population to die out. It<br />

was straightforward and<br />

effective,” Mr O’Connor<br />

said.<br />

Biosecurity New Zealand<br />

has been working with<br />

Wairarapa farmers since<br />

March 2016 to contain pea<br />

weevil that threatened to put<br />

amajor dent in the country’s<br />

$130 million pea industry.<br />

Anetwork of trap crops<br />

was set up to flush out the<br />

pest so it could be destroyed<br />

before it completed its life<br />

cycle.<br />

Its last detection was in<br />

late 2017.<br />

Monday, March 2<br />

• Temuka<br />

Tuesday, March 3<br />

• Canterbury Park All<br />

Stock<br />

• Four Peaks On Farm<br />

Lamb and Cattle,<br />

Geraldine<br />

Thursday, March 5<br />

• Temuka Store Cattle<br />

Friday, March 6<br />

• BCGallagher Beltex<br />

Ram, St Somers<br />

Saturday, March 7<br />

• Temuka &Geraldine<br />

A&P<br />

Monday, March 9<br />

• Temuka<br />

Tuesday, March 10<br />

• Canterbury Park All<br />

Stock excl. Store Cattle<br />

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Page 16, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

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

AUTUMN<br />

CULTIVATION<br />

Farmers, contractors urged<br />

to use Spreadmark standard<br />

New Zealand Groundspread<br />

Fertilisers Association<br />

president John Schultz.<br />

Farmers and contractors are urged<br />

to look to Spreadmark to help<br />

mitigate environmental risk when<br />

spreading fertiliser and other<br />

nutrients.<br />

The call, from the New Zealand<br />

Groundspread Fertilisers Association<br />

(NZGFA), comes as members<br />

from across the organisation’sseven<br />

regional branches reported a<br />

downturn in farmer confidence was<br />

causing some farmers tohold off<br />

buying fertiliser ­until they figure<br />

out how best to tackletheir environmental<br />

responsibilities.<br />

NZGFA president John Schultz<br />

says groundspreaders accredited to<br />

the Spreadmark scheme can help<br />

farmers navigate those environmental<br />

regulations when it comes<br />

to applying fertiliser and other<br />

nutrients.<br />

‘‘Farmers are not alone in this.<br />

Spreadmark spreaders have been<br />

mitigating environmental risk for<br />

nearly 25 years, since the standard<br />

was developed,’’ he said.<br />

Spreadmark, New Zealand’s fertiliser<br />

and nutrient spreading standard,<br />

is internationally recognised by<br />

JAS­ANZ (the Joint Accreditation<br />

System of Australia and New<br />

Zealand).<br />

Its purpose is to ensure that<br />

Business owners<br />

fertiliser is accurately placed in<br />

locations where it can be of the<br />

most agricultural benefit and least<br />

environmental harm.<br />

Under Spreadmark, accredited<br />

ground spreaders had to have<br />

certified spreading machinery,<br />

highly trained operators and independently<br />

audited quality management<br />

systems to ensurethatfarmer/<br />

grower outcomes are met and<br />

environmental sustainability is<br />

maintained.<br />

‘‘Spreadmark accredited ground<br />

spreaders use sophisticated GPS<br />

technology to ensure the precise<br />

application of fertiliser and<br />

nutrients. Importantly, this technology<br />

provides proof of placement<br />

and facilitates accurate record<br />

keeping to fulfill compliance<br />

requirements.’’<br />

Proof of fertiliser and nutrient<br />

placement will increasingly become<br />

sought­after by authorities and food<br />

processing companies, as environmental<br />

regulations tighten and<br />

auditing in the primary sector<br />

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Chief scientist appointed<br />

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for farmers and growers.<br />

Overseer chief executive Dr Caroline<br />

Read said the appointment of achief<br />

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to transparent and scientifically<br />

robust development ofthe tool.<br />

“We want to work across the science<br />

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rigour and incorporating new innovation<br />

to support New Zealand farmers<br />

to achieve the environmental outcomes<br />

asked ofthem.”<br />

Dr Harper is leading Overseer’s<br />

science strategy and will be focused on<br />

embedding a robust, evidence­based<br />

science framework that integrates agricultural<br />

and environment science and<br />

innovation into OverseerFM’s model<br />

development pipeline.<br />

She will also strengthen engagement<br />

with science and industry so Overseer<br />

can ensure itremains the best modelling<br />

tool for New Zealand’s primary<br />

sector.<br />

Dr Harper brings extensive expertise<br />

in science strategy, evaluation and<br />

translation to the role. She has led<br />

Dr Jacquie Harper<br />

science and science evaluation across a<br />

range of disciplines, including biomedicine,<br />

chemistry and engineering and<br />

is a current member of the National<br />

Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.<br />

“The science in this area is rapidly<br />

evolving and we need to ensure the<br />

continuous improvement of the OverseerFM<br />

tool is supported by atransparent<br />

and scientifically rigorous process<br />

for translating science into practice,”<br />

says Dr Harper.<br />

Water storage vital<br />

The New Zealand government<br />

needs to focus on<br />

water infrastructure to<br />

protect it from climate<br />

change headwinds and<br />

vulnerability, says Irrigation<br />

New Zealand chief<br />

executive officer Elizabeth<br />

Soal.<br />

“If New Zealand wants<br />

to continue to prosper,<br />

and if we want tofortify<br />

ourselves against climate<br />

change headwinds ­ it is<br />

imperative we invest in<br />

water infrastructure,’’ Ms<br />

Soal said.<br />

“We need a sensible,<br />

bipartisan water strategy,<br />

guided byaWater Commission<br />

­and we need it<br />

now.”<br />

Her comment came late<br />

last year after the Government<br />

finance minister<br />

Grant Robertson announced<br />

$12 billion oninfrastructure<br />

projects; $8billion<br />

for specific capital<br />

projects and $4 billion to<br />

be added to the multi­year<br />

capital allowance.<br />

Among the projects was<br />

$6.8 billion for new transport<br />

projects, with asignificant<br />

portion for roads<br />

and rail, $400 million oneoff<br />

increase to schools’<br />

capital funding, $300 million<br />

for regional investment<br />

opportunities, $300<br />

million for District Health<br />

Board asset renewal and<br />

$200 million for public<br />

estate decarbonisation.<br />

“The new investment is<br />

forecast to increase the<br />

size of the economy by a<br />

further $10 billion over<br />

five years, with further<br />

positive impacts onGDP<br />

beyond that period,” Mr<br />

Elizabeth Soal<br />

Robertson said, at the<br />

time of the announcement.<br />

With debt low and borrowing<br />

costs at record<br />

lows, the conditions are<br />

right for the Government<br />

to invest to future­proof<br />

New Zealand.<br />

While the irrigation<br />

body supported the investment<br />

to ensure New Zealand<br />

was future­ready,<br />

they were concerned there<br />

was not asufficient focus<br />

on water infrastructure.<br />

“There is acritical type<br />

of infrastructure left off<br />

the spending priority list,’’<br />

Ms Soal said.<br />

“We only need to look<br />

at our neighbours in Australia<br />

to see how vulnerable<br />

acountry can become<br />

without aplan for water.<br />

“More and more frequently,<br />

we are seeing the<br />

effects of major weather<br />

events and climate variations<br />

on river flows inour<br />

own backyard, which<br />

affect water availability,<br />

groundwater recharge,<br />

and soil moisture patterns.<br />

The impacts of these are<br />

felt in both rural and<br />

urban communities. We<br />

are already seeing this<br />

now with extreme rainfall<br />

in some parts of the country,while<br />

other areas,such<br />

as Northland are close to<br />

major drought conditions.<br />

“The significant flood<br />

of the Rangitata River in<br />

South Canterbury...has<br />

demonstrated this clearly.<br />

‘‘The Mayor of the Timaru<br />

District has said that<br />

the event shows just how<br />

‘resilient we aren’t.’<br />

“To be truly resilient,<br />

we need tothink not only<br />

about how our current<br />

infrastructure responds to<br />

these major events, but we<br />

need to think about how<br />

we can manage water better<br />

in the first place to<br />

minimise and prevent<br />

negative effects on lives,<br />

property, and the environment.<br />

“There is currently an<br />

increased public focus on<br />

water quality, protecting<br />

highly productive land<br />

(including land that has<br />

access to water for productive<br />

purposes),<br />

improving ecosystems and<br />

indigenous biodiversity,<br />

and supporting the cultural<br />

health of our waterways.<br />

‘‘This can be supported<br />

by preparing for, and<br />

managing, flood and<br />

drought events through<br />

investment in strategic<br />

water infrastructure.<br />

‘‘Let’s talk about water<br />

infrastructure now, before<br />

the scars of climate<br />

change get too deep.’’


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 17<br />

AUTUMN<br />

CULTIVATION<br />

Farmer confidence up<br />

Farmers are feeling slightly more positive than they<br />

were six months ago but very few believe general<br />

economic conditions will improve in the year ahead,<br />

according to the Federated Farmers Mid­Season Farm<br />

Confidence Survey.<br />

It was completed last month by nearly 1,500 farmers.<br />

Federated Farmers economics and commerce<br />

spokesperson Andrew Hoggard said higher commodity<br />

prices were boosting farm incomes and there was a<br />

slight rise in profitability expectations over the next 12<br />

months. However, concern about regulation and<br />

compliance costs is unabated since our July survey.<br />

Of the farmers who responded to the survey,<br />

conducted by Research First, just on 46 percent of<br />

them expected economic conditions to worsen over the<br />

next 12 months.<br />

That’s afive percentage point decrease on the July<br />

survey finding and the first positive change in forwardlooking<br />

expectations since that benchmark peaked in<br />

July 2017.<br />

However, there was no change in the very small<br />

proportion of farmers who expected conditions to<br />

improve (4 percent).<br />

Just over 46 percent expected no change in<br />

economic conditions (up five percentage points).<br />

‘‘That negative sentiment, albeit slightly improved, is<br />

consistent with the findings of other recent business<br />

confidence surveys,’’ Mr Hoggard said.<br />

Dairy farmers are the least pessimistic about<br />

economic conditions ahead but are still in negative<br />

territory, while arable farmers are the most pessimistic.<br />

Compared to July last year, the proportion of<br />

farmers expecting their profitability to improve is up<br />

three points to 24 percent, and those expecting it to<br />

worsen is down four points to 21 percent.<br />

‘‘There’s abit of buoyancy over sustained strong<br />

commodity prices generally and there’s anoticeable<br />

9­point increase in the number of farmers who expect<br />

to reduce their debt over the next 12 months ­nodoubt<br />

in part due to the squeeze coming from banks,’’<br />

The survey showed arable farmers had the highest<br />

proportion making aloss and the lowest proportion<br />

making aprofit.<br />

These cropping farmers were by far the most<br />

pessimistic about profitability for the rest of <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Arable farmers are most optimistic about<br />

increasing production in <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Somewhat perversely, arable farmers were the most<br />

optimistic about increasing production in <strong>2020</strong> (34<br />

percent expect to increase production and 56 percent<br />

to maintain it ­a2.4­point net rise) while dairy farmers<br />

were more pessimistic (19.5 percent anticipate increasing<br />

production, 65.5 percent expect to maintain it ­a<br />

15.6 point drop on the July 2019 net score).<br />

The January survey showed regulation and compliance<br />

costs, especially in the environmental space<br />

which will likely impact farm production and the cost<br />

of doing business, remains the single greatest concern<br />

for farmers. Just over 20 percent of respondents<br />

selected it as their No.1 concern.<br />

Climate change policy and the ETS came in as the<br />

second greatest concern (17 percent) and in third place<br />

was anew worry ­freshwater policy (11 percent).<br />

‘‘Everyone in the agricultural sector is wondering<br />

where the government is going to go with its final<br />

decisions on standards for protecting waterways.<br />

‘‘We’ve voiced our concerns loud and strong that if<br />

the initial impractical proposals floated last year are<br />

not tempered with a more targeted and practical<br />

approach, pastoral farming will become uneconomic in<br />

some area,’’ Mr Hoggard said.<br />

Awards open for groundspreaders<br />

Nominations are open for the<br />

second annual <strong>2020</strong> New Zealand<br />

Groundspread Fertilisers Association<br />

(NZGFA) Awards.<br />

It is the only awards scheme<br />

specifically for the ground spreading<br />

industry and aims to celebrate<br />

excellence in the industry as well as<br />

raise the profile and understanding<br />

of what is involved in the ground<br />

spreading profession.<br />

The awards, with nominations<br />

closing on April 17, fall into four<br />

categories ­the President’s Award,<br />

the Innovation Award, the Health<br />

and Safety Award, and the Young<br />

Achievers Award.<br />

NZGFA president John Schultz<br />

said ‘‘agriculture and food production<br />

starts with pasture and<br />

crop growth, and it’s our job to<br />

ensure that growth­enhancing<br />

nutrients are applied accurately<br />

and evenly to intended areas only.<br />

‘‘This is askilled task for which<br />

ground spread operators undergo<br />

significant training.’’<br />

The standard means customers<br />

can gain peace of mind their<br />

environmental responsibilities<br />

around nutrient spreading will continued.<br />

Nomination forms, award<br />

criteria and terms and conditions<br />

are available at www.nzgfa.co.nz/<br />

awards and all category finalists will<br />

be invited to attend the NZGFAs<br />

64th annual conference in Christchurch<br />

in July.<br />

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

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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 4<br />

<strong>27</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

DeputyPrincipal’s Message<br />

Welcome<br />

Welcome to the beginning of the <strong>2020</strong> new year<br />

and especially to all staff, students and families<br />

who have joined <strong>Ashburton</strong> College at the start<br />

of this year.<br />

Nineteen new teaching staff, one Learning<br />

Support Assistant, one Cleaning staff member, a<br />

new Canteen Manager and Careers Co-ordinator<br />

joined us, along with 301 new students enrolled<br />

–265 of theseintoYear 9.<br />

The beginning of the new school year is always eventful and can<br />

sometimes appear alittle chaotic. However, many staff and students<br />

have willingly given their time over the last five weeks toensure the<br />

year getsawaytoasmooth and organised start. Iwould like to thank all<br />

those whoassistedinany way.<br />

College Uniform<br />

Thank you also to parents and caregivers for ensuring that, on arrival<br />

for Term One, your sons and daughters met the College’s uniform<br />

and appearance expectations. It is great tosee the students back<br />

reconnecting with friends and staff, with energy and enthusiasm after<br />

the holidaybreak.<br />

Leadership Roles<br />

Congratulations to all students who have been appointed tothe wide<br />

range of leadership roles for <strong>2020</strong>. Tomake them more visible and<br />

acknowledge their role, coloured braids around the blazer are part of<br />

their recognition. Head and Deputy students have red braid around<br />

their blazers.Acombination of redand bluestripes on theblazer sleeve<br />

indicatesamemberofthe StudentExecutive team; andplain red, blue,<br />

green or orange represent the respective Co-captains ofthe College<br />

Houses.<br />

Reporting on Progress<br />

An importantpartofthe new school year is also to reflect on last year’s<br />

achievements and see howweasaCollege did andhow we can improve<br />

this year.Towork asateam with parents and caregivers, parents need<br />

information from school so they can supporttheir child at home.<br />

We will continue this year with one fullwritten report to all students<br />

– Years 11,12and 13 at thebeginning of Term Three; and Years 9and 10<br />

at the end ofTerm Four. Tocomplement this report, staff will continue<br />

with aslightly different variation onthe fortnightly report now called<br />

‘Progress Reports’. They will stillreflecthow well students areworking<br />

towards our College Values of‘Achieve Quality’and‘Have Respect’. These<br />

willbepublishedtwo to threetimesaterm via the Parent Portal.<br />

Attendance<br />

An issue that can slow and sometimes stop success is ATTENDANCE.<br />

Evidence indicates that astudent isatrisk of not achieving if their<br />

attendance inthe classroom is less than 85%. There are thirty school<br />

days left this term, forty seven inTerm Two, forty eight inTerm Three,<br />

and thirteen to sixteen days in Term Four. That isatotal of138 days<br />

left for senior students to be in the classroom learning before NCEA<br />

examinations start!<br />

Maximising Time<br />

The message for students is to maximise their time in the classroom<br />

from Day 1,Term One –as06November <strong>2020</strong>, the first day ofNCEA<br />

examinations will be here formany, sooner than they want.<br />

Helen Shore-Taylor<br />

DeputyPrincipal •Tumuaki Tuarua<br />

Information<br />

AshDance<strong>2020</strong><br />

AshColl’s DanceShowcase<br />

•All styles of Dance –fromBallet to Hip Hop<br />

•Class groups,Culturalgroups, Solo performances<br />

Performancenight: Thursday 19 March, 7:00pm,<br />

CollegeAuditorium.<br />

Tickets: $3.00<br />

Availablefromthe College Office,fromMonday02March<strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Staff-Farewell<br />

SarahCadman<br />

Sarahhas been avalued teacher of Social Sciences sinceJanuary2017, and<br />

will be missed by her students and the staff but is,however,wished well as<br />

she upliftedher maternityleave entitlement, effectivefromyesterday.<br />

Information<br />

Transition DepartmentNews<br />

Liaison Visits<br />

Various tertiary institutions and community groups visit the College<br />

during our Year 13 Ako time (Wednesdays, Period 4) to share<br />

information with students about courses and programmestheyoffer.<br />

Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need to register 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 Canterbury University<br />

29 April (Term2) Lincoln University<br />

06 May Victoria University<br />

Advance Notice ofUpcoming Events (further information available<br />

closer to thetime)<br />

Dunedin TertiaryOpenDay –Monday04May<br />

This is an opportunity for Year 13 students who are thinking ofattending<br />

Otago University or Otago Polytechnic next year, tohave alook at the<br />

campuses. College takes abus down to Dunedin, leaving at5:00am and<br />

returningat9:00pm.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 varietyoftertiaryand career providers all togetherinthe oneplace.<br />

Phoenix Magazine 2019<br />

Congratulations<br />

An update forthose who<br />

have ordered and paid forthe<br />

Phoenix Magazine.<br />

This time, the magazine covers<br />

Term Four of 2018 and all of 2019.<br />

From here forwarditwillcoverthe<br />

full year and be delivered/available<br />

for collection byfamilies inTerm<br />

One of the followingyear.<br />

The current magazine will be<br />

available bythe end of this term,<br />

Term One, and families advised<br />

accordingly re collection or<br />

delivery.<br />

Further orders could be takencurrently-$25 percopy<br />

To order: Please contactthe CollegeOffice-308 4193,<br />

or info@ashcoll.school.nz<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Mathematics and<br />

English ScholarshipsAwarded<br />

These are scholarships which students apply for towards the end of their<br />

Year 13 year, with recipients confirmed by their respective Faculties once<br />

NCEA results are known. In both cases the award isnot required to be<br />

made annually should an applicant not reach the high standard required<br />

forawarding.<br />

MathematicsScholarship Recipient:<br />

Leanne Walsh<br />

This too is awarded to a 2019 student<br />

of <strong>Ashburton</strong> College continuing into<br />

tertiaryinstitution and,for this scholarship,<br />

pursuing a course of study with a<br />

significant Mathematics component.<br />

It is awarded to the strongest eligible<br />

mathematician, based on Year 13 work and<br />

NCEA examination results,<br />

Leanne,thisyear,isstudying aBachelor of<br />

Engineering (Hons) degreeatUniversityof<br />

Canterbury.<br />

English Scholarship Recipient:<br />

Jemma Donnelly<br />

This is awarded to a2019studentof<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College continuing into atertiary institution<br />

andpursuing acourse of study which includes<br />

at least one English paper. Itisawarded to the<br />

strongest eligible studentofEnglish, based on<br />

Year 13 work and examination results.<br />

The applicant must have had a good<br />

attendance record in their English classes, a<br />

strong work ethic, and have demonstrated a<br />

passion forthe subject.<br />

Jemma, this year,isstudying aBachelor of Arts<br />

degreeatOtago University.<br />

Events<br />

Orientation Morning: Displays offer<br />

Exciting Opportunities forStudents<br />

Held on Wednesday 19 <strong>February</strong> animpressive forty-eight displays<br />

were showcased onthe Chessboard, where students (pictured below)<br />

were able to view, talk withthe organisers and sign-up to be involved<br />

in areasofinterest to them.<br />

Activities cover sporting, cultural and recreational activities across, to<br />

name some - Badminton, Student Librarians, eSports, Golf Croquet,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Youth Council, Phoenix Rising and Phoenix<br />

Chorus, Science Club, TeenAg, Cadets, Mountain Biking, Astronomy,<br />

Production-Showquest, Air Pistol Shooting, Smallbore Rifle Shooting,<br />

Astronomy, Science Club, Futsal andanother thirty options.<br />

Thereare literally activitiesavailable forall at Collegeand all interests,and<br />

we encourage students to become involved.<br />

(Pictured left):<br />

Students viewing the<br />

Cadet Unitdisplay.<br />

(Pictured below):<br />

Connor Mackenzie<br />

andAdeleBurgess<br />

advertisingthe Science<br />

Cluband showing<br />

someofwhatcan be<br />

undertakenthere.<br />

Providing these opportunitiesfor Collegestudents arecountless volunteers<br />

and College staff. Sports Co-ordinator Darion Gray istobe thanked for the<br />

work which she puts in to ensuring the morning happens and thatthere is<br />

such awide varietyofoptions available.<br />

College’s ThreePillars of Excellence<br />

These are Exceptional Learning, Exemplary Citizenship, and Exciting<br />

Opportunities. Becoming involved invarious activities is part of students<br />

growing ineach of these areas.<br />

TheAshColl Way<br />

Started in2018 and fully promoted in 2019 the College’s ‘Expected<br />

Behaviours Matrix’ and AshColl Waylogo waslaunched.<br />

Thelogosymbolicallyrepresents the threeCollege Values of:<br />

• Pride -Manawa Whakahi<br />

• Quality - AkoPai<br />

• Respect - Whakaute<br />

• Aswell as the College Resurgamus graphic.<br />

One of the key goals for the AshColl Way isto<br />

acknowledge the good work that the majority<br />

of our students commit to everyday.<br />

TheAshCollWayestablishesasetofrecognitions<br />

that acknowledge consistent effort, not just<br />

academically but across arange of areas; and<br />

behaviours thatcontributetowards the growth<br />

and development of our students and staff<br />

around social skills and expectations,and doing<br />

whatisbest forall members of the College and<br />

the wider community.<br />

Mihi Pai<br />

Continued acknowledgement and embedding College’s expected<br />

positive behaviours is measured by the acknowledgement system of<br />

Mihi Pai.<br />

Prize draws in assemblies happen throughout the year, concluding<br />

with awards in the prize-givings for the student with the most Mihi Pai<br />

collectedfor the year.


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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 4<br />

<strong>27</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

Congratulations<br />

Meet OurStudentExecutiveCommitteeMembers<br />

Introduced in a previous newsletter was our fifteen member Student<br />

Executive Committee. Aside from our four Head Students, the Board of<br />

Trustees Student Representative and the Secretary and Treasurer the<br />

remaining members areeachaHead of aStudent Committee.<br />

We nowintroducethesepeople and theirCommittee Members below.<br />

Their various responsibilities and events will beoutlined throughout<br />

the forthcomingyear.<br />

Ambassador Committee<br />

(Pictured above, back row, left to right): Tia McCallum, Ellie Lawn,<br />

Easterlin Faamausili.<br />

(Front row, left to right): Gemma Taylor, Jonty Small (Convenor),<br />

Matthew Hopkins,Hannah Kuipers.<br />

Ball Committee<br />

Cultural Committee<br />

(Pictured above, left to right): Shrina Afu, Annana Rai, Ila Cabalse,<br />

Ocean Waitokia (Convenor).Zoila Suyat, ManaroTahapehi, Mahina Pongia.<br />

Sports/Recreation Committee<br />

Cricket: Year 10 Boys’Team Successful Run<br />

Ended by St Bede’s College<br />

Advancing further through the New Zealand Cricket Junior Boy’s<br />

Knockout competition than anyprevious College team, <strong>Ashburton</strong>was<br />

well-beatenbyStBede’s on Wednesday, lastweek, in Christchurch. The<br />

regional semi-finals exposed the team to adegree of competition that<br />

fewyoung cricketers experience.<br />

Team Members:<br />

Lachie Jemmett (Captain), Nicolas Stringer, Seb McMillan, Tom Rosevear,<br />

Sam Orr, Hamish O’Reilly, Mitchell Leath, Jack Middleton, Oliver Hobbs,<br />

Fletcher Hobbs and Logan Johnson travelled to Redwood Park on afoggy<br />

morning to faceoffagainst ateamthathad,inthe previous round,bowled<br />

out St Andrew’s College for93runs.<br />

Knowing that they faced an uphill battle, Lachie elected totake tothe<br />

field afterwinning the toss.The foggy morning had leftthe outfield damp,<br />

although drying quickly,meaning thatthe St Bede’s toporder wouldhavea<br />

harder time scoring runs.<br />

St Bede’s openers built asteady partnership, scoring 65 runs off the first<br />

fifteen overs before TomRosevear made the breakthrough that<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

had been waiting for, throwing down the wickets from cover torun out<br />

St Bede’s Harry Cory for<strong>27</strong>.<br />

St Bede’s would fall three overs laterfor 44, leaving them on 77 for2after 18<br />

overs,and twofresh batsmen at the crease. SebMcMillan secured awicket<br />

off St Bede’s fortwo runs,caughtinthe slips.Thisbroughtout Charlie Croy<br />

to bat, who scored astunning 52 off 60 balls during his 70 minutes at the<br />

crease. Supported byFlynn Bainbridge (28), Fraser Brown (15) and Hunter<br />

Stewart(17n.o.), Charlie would see out the remainder of the innings and set<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>adaunting target of 204.<br />

(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Shasha Watagedara, Emily King,<br />

Emily Wilson, Blake Farr.<br />

(Front row, left to right): Buddhika Ekanayake, Annabel Dolan,<br />

Jacob Gray (Co-convenor), Lucy Moore(Co-convenor), Megan Harrison.<br />

(Absent): Victoria Binnie.<br />

Canteen/EnvironmentCommittee<br />

(Pictured left, back row,lefttoright): Ian Jerao,Logan Moore,<br />

Matt De Ocampo. (Front row): Ian Teves(Convenor). (Absent): Crystal Brown.<br />

CommunityServices Committee<br />

(Pictured above,back row,leftand right): Cloe Stowell,Maddie Whyte.<br />

(Middle row,leftand right): Beatrice Bernarte,Hayley Dickson.<br />

Front row,lefttoright): IrishBernarte, Seluvaia Ratoul (Convenor),<br />

Mahina Edwards.<br />

(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Sophie Watson, Cat Anderson,<br />

Taylah Burrowes.<br />

(Front row, left to right): Ben Middleton, Samantha Jerao, Jack Soal,<br />

Kotiti Patea(Convenor).<br />

StudentWelfareCommittee<br />

(Pictured above,back row,lefttoright): Samuel Reilly-Sigel,<br />

Ngakau Howell (Convenor), Lauren Taylor,Emma-Paige Dickson.<br />

(Front row,lefttoright): TamakiNishioka, Chloe Blake,DrewPorter.<br />

Coming Events<br />

<strong>February</strong><br />

29 SISS Tennis Championships,Timaru<br />

March<br />

01 NZSS TSNZ Shooting Challenge –home range<br />

CanterburyJapan Day, Christchurch<br />

02 SISS Duathlon/Triathlon, Oamaru<br />

03 WorldVision Youth Conference, Christchurch<br />

03-04 Year 12 Outdoor Education trip,Peel Forest<br />

04 Mountain Biking – Singletrack series, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />

Christchurch<br />

Year 13 Registrar of Electors,Auditorium<br />

05 Year 11 AHA, Midland Seeds Ltd<br />

08 Aoraki Touch Tournament, Fairlie<br />

ASG1 Animal Handling 1, Chertsey Farm<br />

09 Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Golf Teams event, Waitikiri Golf<br />

Club,Christchurch<br />

11 AshColl Swimming Sports,EANetworksCentre<br />

Mountain Biking, Singletrack series, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />

Christchurch<br />

13 Aoraki SecondarySchoolBowls Championships,Oamaru<br />

13-15 SISS Rowing Championships,Lake Ruataniwha<br />

14-<strong>27</strong> Nichidai Buzan Girls’School visit<br />

15 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Futsal,Timaru<br />

(Pictured above): SebMcMillan (bowler) and Hamish O’Reilly (wicket keeper)<br />

in action.<br />

With the ball, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Jack Middleton continued his form from the<br />

first half of the season, bowling seven overs for 29runs. Logan Johnson<br />

also stood out with the ball, taking one wicket for 8runs off his two overs.<br />

SebMcMillan battled through his eightovers,givingup45runs but being<br />

rewarded with alate wicket. Fletcher Hobbs also had achallenging time<br />

with the ball, fighting for five overs, giving up 28 runs but preventing<br />

St Bede’s from scoring acoveted 50.<br />

Setanimposing required run rateof5.1, Nicholas Stringer (pictured below)<br />

and Hamish O’Reilly set about building <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s innings. Nicholas set<br />

ablistering pace inthe first two overs, matching the required run rate.Yet,<br />

as the overs passed the pace slipped and the pressure mounted. Nicholas<br />

lost his wicket,caughtbyStBede’s for10. Soon after, Hamish also returned<br />

to the pavilion, caughtand bowled; SamOrr wasquickly run out forone and<br />

Lachie Jemmett stumped on<br />

13 (top-scoring, shared with<br />

Mitchell Leath). <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

would fight for 32.3 overs but<br />

eventually succumbed to the<br />

relentlessly accurate bowling.<br />

St Bede’s made <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

earn every run that they<br />

scored.<br />

While <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s tournament came to an end in adisappointing fashion,<br />

the team achieved the best result in <strong>Ashburton</strong>College’s history,afactthat<br />

should not soon be forgotten, said Teacher-Coach Kyle Henderson. The<br />

players have hadachancetoexperiencecompetition at ahigher level,and<br />

nowlook forwardtoparticipating in the topNew Zealand SecondarySchool<br />

competition, TheGilletteCup,inthe coming years.<br />

18 Year 13 Otago Polytech liaison visit,Auditorium<br />

Mountain Biking –Singletrack series week 3, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />

Christchurch<br />

Aoraki SecondarySchools’Athletics,Timaru<br />

WorldVision Conference, Christchurch<br />

Term Dates<strong>2020</strong><br />

Term One - Thursday09April<br />

Term Two Tuesday28April - Friday03July<br />

Term Three Monday 20 July - Friday25September<br />

Term Four Monday12October - Thursday29October(Year 13)<br />

- Tuesday03November<br />

(Years 11 and 12)<br />

- Thursday 03 December (Year 10)<br />

- Friday04December (Year 9)


Page 20, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Foodbanks battle hunger<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> foodbanks run by the<br />

Salvation Army and St Vincent de<br />

Paul will share in funding of more<br />

than $300,000 over the next three<br />

years.<br />

The Community Trust of Mid &<br />

South Canterbury has confirmed it<br />

will strengthen its support for the<br />

regions most vulnerable people<br />

through an increase in grants to<br />

foodbanks.<br />

Thetwo <strong>Ashburton</strong>foodbankswill<br />

each receive $10,000 per year for<br />

three years. Three foodbanks in<br />

Timaru will receive the same support,<br />

while the StAndrew’s Foodbank<br />

in Geraldine receives $21,500<br />

over three years and Waimate foodbank<br />

$21,200 over the same period.<br />

The biggest share of the annual<br />

foodbank funding goes toTimarubased<br />

food rescue organisation<br />

Foodbank Canterbury, which gets<br />

$120,000 over three years.<br />

CommunityTrust of Mid &South<br />

Canterbury chief executive Liz Shea<br />

said she was thrilled to announcethe<br />

increase in the grants provided to<br />

foodbanks.<br />

Trustees agreed the initiative was<br />

one ofthe most exciting and positive<br />

causes the trust has ever funded.<br />

She said hunger has been identified<br />

as ahidden crisis inthe region<br />

and it was a sad reality that the<br />

number of people accessing food<br />

relief and agencies continued to<br />

grow.<br />

It was also acommon misconception<br />

that only homeless people<br />

required food relief.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army foodbank volunteer (from left) Denice<br />

Galvin with foodbank co-ordinator Judith Lilley in the store room.<br />

The main recipients were also<br />

individualsand families who hadlow<br />

incomes, or were unemployed.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army community<br />

ministries co­ordinator Judith<br />

Lilley said thefundingnews was very<br />

positive for foodbanks and would<br />

help tokeep them better stocked.<br />

Stocks in <strong>Ashburton</strong> were not too<br />

bad at the moment, but the shelves<br />

were low on noodles and basic<br />

toiletries.<br />

Mrs Lilley said food was generously<br />

donated throughout the year,<br />

and boosted by community food<br />

drive Toot ForTucker in November,<br />

but more was always needed to help<br />

needy people.<br />

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

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council chief executive Hamish Riach<br />

Work behind the scenes<br />

on our new civic centre<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>'snew library<br />

andciviccentre is oneof<br />

ourdistrict's most<br />

importantinfrastructure<br />

projects to be<br />

completed overthe next<br />

twoyearsand I'm<br />

pleased to reportthat<br />

progress is tracking<br />

along on schedule.<br />

Visibly, theproject<br />

mightlook to have<br />

sloweddown after the<br />

site of the former<br />

County Council<br />

building andsurroundingbuildings<br />

wasclearedlastyearand although<br />

residents might notbeseeing much<br />

actiononsite, alot of work has been<br />

happening on desktop.<br />

We are nowinthe developed<br />

designstageofthe project,which<br />

involves crafting theplansand<br />

solutions thatwill supportthe kind of<br />

building that was signedoff in the<br />

concept design stage.<br />

Thesedevelopeddesigns are all<br />

about how we make each component<br />

of theconcept designs happen.This<br />

means coming up with plansand<br />

solutions thatwill supportathree<br />

story building, constructed using<br />

timber andincorporating anumber of<br />

otherenvironmentally sustainable<br />

andarchitecturalfeatures, suchasthe<br />

Pioneer Hall heritage building andan<br />

artesian wellcooling and heating<br />

system.<br />

Council approved theconcept<br />

designs in August lastyear following a<br />

Hamish Riach<br />

consultationprocess<br />

withthe community<br />

about the size and<br />

budgetofthe facility.<br />

Shortly after, the<br />

buildingsonthe site of<br />

the new build were<br />

demolished, andour<br />

focus is now on turning<br />

those concept designs<br />

intoplansthatwill<br />

makethe new facilitya<br />

reality. We're currently<br />

on track forthose<br />

designstobe<br />

completed in April.<br />

Oncetheyare finished,the detailed<br />

designswill be drawn up andthe<br />

tender for construction workwillthen<br />

go out,ready for construction to begin<br />

in December.<br />

In themeantime, thesiteonthe<br />

corner of Havelock Street andBaring<br />

Square East is beingusedtostore<br />

equipmentfor the<strong>Ashburton</strong> CBD<br />

redevelopment, butthis willbeshifted<br />

oncemorephysicalworkneeds to<br />

start on thelibraryand civic centre.<br />

The timelinefor the library and<br />

civic centre was developedatthe very<br />

start of the project and this is guiding<br />

our progress as we movefromone<br />

milestone to the next.<br />

Witheverything going to plan,the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Districtshouldexpect to<br />

haveits newlibraryand civic centreby<br />

the endof2022.<br />

We'll continue to provideyou with<br />

ongoingupdates, especially around<br />

these keydates.<br />

Our progress tells astory, keep watching for the next chapter<br />

By Labour list MP Jo Luxton<br />

You may have seen that Parliament<br />

has resumed for the year. But for all<br />

the words spoken in the House,<br />

much more important are actions the<br />

Government is taking to help<br />

improve people’s lives.<br />

I’m proud of what we’ve achieved<br />

together so far.<br />

Just recently, we’ve taken action to<br />

build and rebuild the facilities our<br />

communities rely on to grow and<br />

thrive. We’ve invested in roads and<br />

railways around New Zealand, in<br />

almost every school inthe country,<br />

and in hospitals and other healthcare<br />

facilities, too.<br />

Right here in Mid Canterbury that<br />

means we can look forward to major<br />

upgrades to our local schools,<br />

totalling over $3 million, as well as<br />

much needed traffic lights in Tinwald<br />

and WalnutAvenueand upgrades to<br />

the boilers at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital.<br />

When we were elected, too many<br />

people were missing out –either<br />

without work at all, or with incomes<br />

that weren’tkeeping pace. Since<br />

then, we’ve increased the minimum<br />

wage, given new parents more Paid<br />

Parental Leave, and invested in<br />

apprenticeships to get people better<br />

skills, and get firms better workers.<br />

We raised people’s incomes with<br />

Best Start payments for when baby<br />

comes, and the Winter Energy<br />

Payment for people on modest<br />

incomes. Whenfully rolledout, our<br />

Families Package will provide<br />

around $75 aweek to around 384,000<br />

Kiwi families.<br />

Now unemployment is down to<br />

one of its lowestlevels in adecade,<br />

and wages are rising strongly at 2.6<br />

per cent ayear.<br />

We’ve invested in health. This<br />

Government has startedtofix our<br />

neglected.Wemade going tothe<br />

doctor cheaper for almost 600,000<br />

New Zealanders, and we made the<br />

biggest investment ever into New<br />

Zealand’s mental health.<br />

I’m especially proud of that<br />

investment.Our newmental health<br />

workforce will help people to meet<br />

those challenges before they get out<br />

of control.<br />

Let’s see what the next chapter of<br />

this story brings.<br />

Delivering your vision for abetter future<br />

We need to hear from the peopleofCanterbury aboutwhatisimportanttoyou andyour children in this beautiful region.<br />

Our role includesfreshwater management,air quality,biodiversity and biosecurity,natural hazardresponse andresilience,<br />

public transport,the regional parks... essentially, the environment thatweall livein. We want to know your viewsonwhere<br />

we arespending your ratesinthe coming year,and well into the future.<br />

To givefeedback on the draft<strong>2020</strong>/21 Annual Plan and our futuredirection go to:haveyoursay.ecan.govt.nz/betterfuture<br />

before5pm 25 March <strong>2020</strong> #betterfuture<br />

Facilitating sustainable<br />

development in the<br />

Canterbury region<br />

www.ecan.govt.nz


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 21<br />

Mayfield A&P Show<br />

SaturdayMarch 14, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Busy Mayfield show lined up<br />

O V E R<br />

F<br />

L OW<br />

The Mayfield A&P Show is a<br />

‘‘community day out’’ promising<br />

to be bigger and better as it<br />

celebrates its 95th annual event.<br />

It offers afamily­friendly day out<br />

with something for everyone.<br />

There will be tractor pulling,<br />

the popular pig races in a<br />

revamped format, the Clydesdale<br />

versus people tug of war<br />

and an extra large pet tent where<br />

kids can get up close to, and<br />

touch, animals.<br />

Special guests will include<br />

Lynda Topp commentating apig<br />

race and gardening writer Charlie<br />

McCormick.<br />

It’s a family day out with<br />

something for everyone. And<br />

everyone is invited.<br />

This year the show is under<br />

the leadership of Mayfield A&P<br />

show president Rebecca Taylor<br />

as it continues its tradition of<br />

being a great day that has<br />

variety and lots of different<br />

attractions for people of any<br />

age.<br />

The ‘world famous’ pig racing<br />

will see anew format this year<br />

with guest commentators for<br />

each race.<br />

There will be live entertainment<br />

throughout the show with<br />

Phillip Chapman returning to<br />

perform, along with other local<br />

talent keen to be involved and<br />

showcase their skills.<br />

There will also be an additional<br />

band to play from 4pm in<br />

the bar area once the Mayfield<br />

Tractor Pull competition has<br />

finished.<br />

This year, the tractor pull,<br />

which is run by Tractor Pull<br />

New Zealand (TPNZ) and with<br />

major sponsor Diesel Performance<br />

System, has been integrated<br />

into the main show and<br />

there is a new site layout to<br />

incorporate it on to the one<br />

show site.<br />

The tractor pull is part of a<br />

nationwide circuit and it is the<br />

third year the competition has<br />

run in Mayfield. It runsover two<br />

days starting on March 13 and<br />

will finish during the Mayfield<br />

A&P Show onMarch 14.<br />

Up to 50 competitors will<br />

compete in up to three classes in<br />

the tractor pull: pre­1985, standard<br />

and the ever popular modified<br />

class, where the grunty<br />

customised tractors are a real<br />

crowd favourite.<br />

Up for grabs during the tractor<br />

pull event is a special<br />

The Mayfield A&P show has all the trappings of atraditional A&P show and is agreat<br />

community day out.<br />

contractors cup, so competing<br />

contractors can win bragging<br />

rights over their peers.<br />

At the show, the popular<br />

Clydesdale versus people tug of<br />

war will be back for asecond<br />

year but there will also be the<br />

popular shearing competitions<br />

and dog trials, run by the<br />

Mayfield Collie Club, happening<br />

on the grounds.<br />

As well as animal judging<br />

(sheep and dairy goats, poultry)<br />

with wool displays and showjumping,<br />

to name a few, the<br />

show features all the staplesofa<br />

traditional A&P show, such as<br />

the art and home industries<br />

competitions, machinery, carnival<br />

entertainment, craft sites<br />

and trade tents.<br />

There will also be arange of<br />

family­friendly competitions<br />

throughout the day including a<br />

kids scavenger hunt with awesome<br />

spot prizes.<br />

The well­supported produce<br />

shed will also take centre stage,<br />

and the district’s best baker will<br />

be crowned.<br />

There is also craft and sewing,<br />

photography, art, floral arrangements<br />

and producefrom competitors’<br />

own homes and gardens.<br />

The younger generation will<br />

also beinvolved, with displays<br />

from the local schools and<br />

playcentres.<br />

And children ofall ages will<br />

be kept busy with an inflatable<br />

playground and bouncy castle.<br />

Tickets for the show, on at the<br />

Mayfield A&P Showgrounds<br />

The world famous pig racing will again be on at the show, with<br />

racing set to take place throughout the day in arevamped<br />

format.<br />

and public domain,are available<br />

on the day at the gate. Adult<br />

entry is $15 and school­age<br />

children enter for free.<br />

Gates open from 8am with<br />

the dog trials and horse events;<br />

the show runs until around 5pm.<br />

More details on the Mayfield<br />

A&P Association Facebook<br />

page.<br />

Gardening writer Charlie<br />

McCormick is among the<br />

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

<strong>2020</strong><br />

Photos supplied by Graham Shaw<br />

AllentonRugbyclub has been afamily based club<br />

for96years,locatedonMelrose Road.<br />

Allentonhas excellentgroundsand facilities<br />

available to club members.<br />

We inviteall past, present, newmembers and families to<br />

come along andmakethe most of our<br />

friendly club environment.<br />

Challenge yourself<br />

physically and<br />

mentally<br />

We arelooking for anyone interested in coaching or refereeing in the <strong>2020</strong> season.<br />

Under 6ripper to senior Blevel<br />

ForJuniorgrades (6-14.5) please contactRobert Glenie 0<strong>27</strong>5348788<br />

Open grades (U16-Senior B) please contactPhillip Sutherland on 0<strong>27</strong>4160587<br />

Muster dayfor all grades will be held at the<br />

clubrooms on SundayMarch 22nd,1pm –3:00 pm<br />

Open grades trainings Tuesdayand Thursday6:30pm<br />

Online registration is nowopen<br />

www.allentonrfc.co.nz<br />

<strong>2020</strong> SEASON IS UNDERWAY!<br />

JAB Registration Day –Sunday29March at Hinds Domain<br />

Allgrades (U6 –U18)registrations from 9.30am onwards<br />

Murray Roulston back formoregreat skill training<br />

BBQ,BouncyCastle,MrWhippy<br />

Coaching sessions: 10am –Under 6-7; 10.45am –Under 8-9;<br />

11.30am –Under 10-11.5; 12.30pm –Under 13 and above.<br />

Pre-season matches: Saturday29<strong>February</strong>at1pm –Southern Colts vs Springston at Hinds<br />

Friday13March early evening –SouthernSeniorand Senior B’svsSaracens at Hinds<br />

Friday20March early evening –SouthernSeniorand Senior B’svPleasantPoint<br />

at PleasantPoint<br />

Saturday28March at 1pm –SouthernColts vs MethvenatHinds<br />

Combined senior competition: Starts 28 March: StuartTarbottonSeniors vMethvenatHinds<br />

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<strong>2020</strong><br />

Attention<br />

Sporting clubs around MidCanterbury<br />

If youhaveaphotoorstory youwould like<br />

to share, please email to<br />

office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

2261264<br />

Rakaia Rugby Club<br />

JAB Registrations will be held on<br />

Saturday, 21st March – 1pm - 3pm<br />

at the Rakaia Domain<br />

Under 6 and 7 (rippa) under 8, 9, 10, 11.5, 13.5 and 14.5.<br />

Come along, pay your sub and receive a free<br />

rugby ball and mouth guard.<br />

EFTPOS available. Sausages and fizz for all.<br />

Allinquiries: Warren Jones 0<strong>27</strong> 499 67<strong>27</strong> l Dean Ford 021 120 8738<br />

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Collegiate RugbyFootball Club<br />

Collegiate RFC would like to welcome all<br />

previous and new players to another rugby<br />

season and is looking forwardtothe <strong>2020</strong><br />

season. This year we will be holding our<br />

JAB registration muster on Thursday, 19th<br />

Marchfrom5pm at Collegiate North 11<br />

Smithfield Road.EFTPOS will be available for<br />

sub payments,sock and hoodie purchases.<br />

Online registrations forlast season players<br />

have been emailed out forparents to<br />

complete. New players areverywelcome and areasked to visit our online siteat:<br />

www.sporty.co.nz/collegiaterfcunder the <strong>2020</strong> registrations tab to register.<br />

OurSenior Bcontactfor the <strong>2020</strong> season is BrentFerguson 0<strong>27</strong> 632 7820.<br />

Theteam is training hardand looking forwardtothe startofthe season<br />

with practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm, with everyone<br />

welcome.Our JAB Club Captain is Kevin Urquhart021 0821 8315 and<br />

along with our strong JAB section, arelooking forwardtoanother great<br />

year with all our club families!<br />

2260066<br />

Muster Day<br />

Thursday19March<br />

4pm-6pm<br />

Tinwald RugbyClubrooms, cnr Maronan Rd and Shearman St<br />

Allnew and returning players arerequired to attend to<br />

confirm registration and paysubs.<br />

Socks and hoodies will be available to purchase/order.<br />

Eftpos is available.<br />

Anyone interested in coaching,managing or volunteering,<br />

please come along and speak to our committee representatives.<br />

New members welcome!<br />

Allenquiries please contactKen Aitken, 0<strong>27</strong> 366 8603, email tinwaldrfc@gmail.com<br />

Come and see <strong>Ashburton</strong>’slargest range<br />

2260761<br />

2259937<br />

Returning players,those coaches/managers who<br />

have offeredtheir services and volunteers will have<br />

received an email with alinktore-register forthe <strong>2020</strong><br />

season. Please attend to this ASAP.<br />

ALL NEWplayers please visit<br />

www.ashburtonceltic.co.nz<br />

and followinstructions<br />

Everyone welcome.<br />

Anyqueries to TimBain 0<strong>27</strong> 280 9194 or<br />

Phil Prendergast 0<strong>27</strong> 432 7768 or<br />

Email: admin@ashburtonceltic.co.nz<br />

JAB Registration Night<br />

“Muster Night”<br />

Friday20th March<br />

5pm at the Clubrooms,Keenans Rd<br />

Open: Monday-Friday9am-5.30pm, Saturday9am-3pm<br />

Mitre10Complex 28 MooreStreet 03 308 7086<br />

2259120


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

Residents to spoil caregivers<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

March<strong>2020</strong><br />

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Caregivers at Coldstream Lifecare &<br />

Village in <strong>Ashburton</strong> will have the tables<br />

turned on them on March 3when residents<br />

will spoil them with donuts, singing and<br />

their own home made hand sanitisers.<br />

The treat istorecognise the hard work<br />

and caring nature ofthe caregivers and<br />

also to mark International Caregivers<br />

Day.<br />

Some Coldstream residents have<br />

already made up 32 bottles of hand<br />

sanitiser, one for each caregiver.<br />

The bottles come with hand cut outs and<br />

personal ‘‘thank you’’ messages written by<br />

residents.<br />

The initiative was directed by diversional<br />

therapist Angelica Paradero, aformer<br />

registered nurse inthe Philippines.<br />

She used her nursing history knowledge<br />

and some online fact finding to come up<br />

with the ingredients for the hand sanitisers,<br />

which like other hygiene products<br />

and medical supplies are in hot demand<br />

globally at the moment because of the<br />

coronavirus outbreak and the concerns<br />

around it.<br />

Mrs Paradero said the key ingredients<br />

for the sanitisers were vodka, distilled<br />

water and essential oils like lemon and<br />

lavender.<br />

Vodka constituted around three quarters<br />

of the 50ml bottles and oils could be<br />

substituted with aloe vera, if required.<br />

Vodka was an acknowledged natural<br />

disinfectant and antiseptic, she said.<br />

Mrs Paradero said two residents had<br />

Coldstream Lifecare &Village diversional therapist Angelica Paradero (centre)<br />

with residents Ngaire Gibbs and Mark Argyle who helped make the hand<br />

sanitisers.<br />

helped her prepare the sanitisers and<br />

another 20 would lend a hand with<br />

doughnut making on March 3.<br />

A further 30 residents would be<br />

involved with singing to the caregivers,<br />

including two soloists.<br />

Sensory toys added to library inventory<br />

Sensory toys havebeen added to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Toy Library’s vast collection of play things.<br />

Agrant fromAdvance <strong>Ashburton</strong> has<br />

enabled the toy library to purchase 11 sensory<br />

toys for children with developmentalneedsand<br />

for others to enjoy.<br />

Sensory toys are specially designed to engage<br />

achild's attention both cognitivelyand<br />

physically by stimulating one or more of the five<br />

senses.<br />

The community funding granthas also<br />

enabled the toy library to upgradeits library<br />

softwaresystemtoMibase NZ, which means<br />

that over timeall 900 toys in the collection will<br />

be photographedand posted onlinefor<br />

members to see.<br />

Toy library membersusually hire toysfor a<br />

two week periodand toys comeinall shapes and<br />

sizes. Other itemsare categorised for roleplay,<br />

dressup, games and puzzles and themepacks.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Toy Library recently celebrated<br />

its 25th birthday. Its rooms are at 106 Victoria<br />

Street and it is openonThursdays and<br />

Saturdays from 9.30am until 12.30pm.<br />

Trying out some of the new sensory toys<br />

are (from left) Jin Perry, 21/2, Franco<br />

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Annette gets her show entries in<br />

Annette Maw is known in Methven A&P<br />

Show circles for, among other things, her<br />

preserves.<br />

And this year she has entered more than a<br />

dozen of them into the Methven A&P<br />

Show’s home industries pavilion competition<br />

and is hopeful for victory.<br />

“We all want to do well,” she says, of those<br />

who enter the annual show’s competitions.<br />

She also has two entries in the sewing<br />

section; all entered in the final hours for<br />

competition entries.<br />

Mrs Maw, who coincidentally lives on the<br />

same rural road as another Annette Maw, is<br />

not only known for her preserves.<br />

She has also been one of the organisers<br />

behind the show’s Spud in aBucket competition,<br />

which draws more than 200 entries from<br />

enthusiastic children.<br />

It’s a school holiday competition for<br />

primary school children who attend either<br />

Methven Primary, Our Lady of the Snow or<br />

Lauriston schools.<br />

The children get given aGorman’s family<br />

potato to grow and abucket prior to the<br />

Christmas school holiday break.<br />

The growing, nurturing and feeding is up<br />

to them. And just to mix it up, it’s adifferent<br />

potato variety every year.<br />

Come show time, the buckets are returned<br />

and up to five judges weigh them, evaluate<br />

them and rank them.<br />

There are prizes for best over­all potato,<br />

heaviest, most potatoes and heaviest crop.<br />

There are some good prizes and plenty of<br />

interest.<br />

Mrs Maw says there are some surprises,<br />

and some disappointments, on the day of the<br />

show when the results are announced.<br />

But overall the children enjoy it.<br />

Annette Maw (right) completes her home<br />

industries pavilion entries for the<br />

Methven A&P show with show secretary<br />

Amy Russell.


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 25<br />

Musicians to perform<br />

Amusical couple<br />

walking the Te Araroa<br />

trail will venture into<br />

Methven on <strong>February</strong><br />

29 for aconcert that will<br />

raise funds for<br />

osteoporosis research.<br />

Australian violinist<br />

and singer Mickey<br />

O’Donnell and his New<br />

Zealand wife and<br />

harpist Michelle Doyle<br />

are walking the 3000km<br />

trail and performing 20<br />

concerts along the way.<br />

They will perform at<br />

the Methven Memorial<br />

Hall next month; the<br />

evening starts at 7pm<br />

and tickets are $20 each.<br />

The couple are not<br />

carrying their<br />

instruments, which are<br />

being couriered<br />

between gigs, and they<br />

expect their adventure<br />

to take six months. They<br />

are supporting<br />

osteoporosis because<br />

Michelle was diagnosed<br />

with the condition when<br />

she was 24; they are also<br />

promoting their debut<br />

album AWalking Pace.<br />

The couple are giving<br />

Musicians Mickey O’Donnell and Michelle Doyle are walking the Te<br />

Araroa trail and venturing into Methven for aconcert on <strong>February</strong> 29.<br />

20 per cent of the tour’s<br />

merchandise sales to<br />

osteoporosis research.<br />

Michelle has been<br />

performing<br />

professionally on the<br />

harp from the age of 11.<br />

At 24, after her<br />

diagnosis, she found<br />

information and<br />

support for young<br />

people with the<br />

condition was scarce.<br />

She didn’t know how<br />

fragile she was and<br />

whether her active<br />

lifestyle would be<br />

compromised because<br />

of her condition. After a<br />

lot of research, doctors,<br />

diet and exercise she has<br />

increased her bonedensity<br />

level to<br />

osteopenia.<br />

However, OP still<br />

remains on the rise, she<br />

said. The duo are<br />

running an awareness<br />

campaign to shed some<br />

light on this largely<br />

preventable disease and<br />

20 per cent of<br />

merchandise sales from<br />

the tour will go to Dr<br />

Peter Ebeling’s<br />

research. Dr. Ebeling,<br />

Head of Medicine at<br />

Monash University,<br />

encourages people to<br />

know their bones and<br />

stresses the importance<br />

of bone care in younger<br />

people (sufficient<br />

calcium intake, avoid<br />

smoking etc).<br />

Canterbury netball team here<br />

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

Cousins is bringing her<br />

Canterbury netball side to town<br />

thisweekend to train and teach.<br />

The Mainland Beko side will<br />

spend time on Saturday refining<br />

skills and then passing on some<br />

of thoseskillstoMid Canterbury<br />

players and coaches.<br />

The Beko squad’s training<br />

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The coaching workshop will<br />

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Around adozen club members were on<br />

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Among themobilehomes and caravans<br />

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

Weight journey shared with others<br />

Clare Keane and her husband<br />

moved half way around the world<br />

for abetter lifestyle.<br />

They uprooted from Oxfordshire,<br />

England to settle in Methven, Mid<br />

Canterbury.<br />

It was achange which brought its<br />

own challenges and saw Clare turn<br />

to food for comfort and balloon in<br />

size to 135kg.<br />

However it was only after being<br />

denied life insurance did she realise<br />

how bad her health had become.<br />

“My confidence was low, Ihad<br />

medical issues and was refused life<br />

insurance.”<br />

“I was not really living life,” she<br />

says.<br />

She turned to the new Weight<br />

Watchers in November 2018.<br />

And despite having tried the<br />

Weight Watchers of old in the past,<br />

this time got enviable success.<br />

She lost 30kg in just 30 weeks.<br />

Clare says she just followed the<br />

programme and increased her exercise.<br />

“It’s about getting back to the<br />

basics, I’d tried everything before,<br />

including Weight Watchers but it’s<br />

changed so much.<br />

“I went back on awhim.”<br />

This time Clare also had the<br />

motivation and was more determined<br />

to succeed.<br />

As amum of two, she is still 5kg<br />

off her goal weight which is proving<br />

harder to lose.<br />

But given “it’s for the rest of my<br />

life” she says the best course of<br />

action is to not give in.<br />

Know your triggers, if you have a<br />

bad day pick yourself back up for<br />

the next “reset” and carry on.<br />

Now still amember in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

but a Weight Watchers coach in<br />

Methven, Clare wants to help others<br />

Clare Keane has lost more than 30kg focusing on mini goals and<br />

remembering the reason she sought to lose weight.<br />

reach and maintain their healthy<br />

weight goals.<br />

She has around 25 people in the<br />

township who are at varying stages<br />

of their weight loss journeys and<br />

wants to encourage others.<br />

People are there for different<br />

reasons, she says.<br />

Whether it’s to learn better eating<br />

habits, to improve health problems,<br />

to gain confidence or to lose 5kg or<br />

50kg.<br />

Two of the members are at goal,<br />

two have lost 20kg and one has lost<br />

25kg.<br />

It’s had a “massive impact” on<br />

them, she says.<br />

Clare says keeping your body’s<br />

weight at acomfortable level and<br />

increasing exercise is good for<br />

mental wellbeing too.<br />

She says just because someone is<br />

slim, does not mean they are<br />

healthy.<br />

The programme helped her realise<br />

food choices needed to be an<br />

ongoing part of her lifestyle as the<br />

mental journey was often far longer<br />

than what was happening with a<br />

physical appearance.<br />

She often still thinks of herself as<br />

being 120+kg.<br />

But to keep on track she has set<br />

herself goals with rewards along the<br />

way; the latest is to get motorbike<br />

lessons.<br />

Once she reaches her ultimate<br />

goal, just 5kg away, she is planning<br />

a skydive, something she never<br />

would have done beforehand.<br />

Clare shares these Weight<br />

Watchers tips, which if repeated<br />

over time can develop into healthy<br />

habits for wellness success.<br />

1. Set mini goals; We’re only<br />

human. For most of us, it’s daunting<br />

to think about losing 20kg or<br />

running 10km. So take small steps<br />

first. Whether it’s starting an exercise<br />

routine with afive­minute walk<br />

or bringing ahomemade lunch to<br />

work acouple of days aweek, you’re<br />

more likely to reach your goal when<br />

you break it down into small steps<br />

(or mini­goals). And you’ll be pleasantly<br />

surprised at how quickly those<br />

steps add up!<br />

2. Remember your “why”; A<br />

powerful, personal ‘‘why’’ can keep<br />

you going even when things get<br />

tough. Your ‘‘why’’ isn't necessarily<br />

the same as your goal; you might<br />

have aspecific ‘‘weight­I'd­like­tobe’’<br />

(goal) but your reasons for<br />

wanting to be at acertain weight are<br />

your ‘‘why’’ ­the motor that gets you<br />

to your destination. Whether it’s to<br />

feel the best on your wedding day,<br />

or to be apositive role model for<br />

your children, write it down, and<br />

keep reminding yourself of it<br />

throughout your journey.<br />

3. Don’t deprive or restrict yourself;<br />

Sustainable weight loss is all<br />

about making small changes to your<br />

eating pattern that still fit in with<br />

your lifestyle. So rather than saying<br />

‘no’ to everything you enjoy eating,<br />

try eating more of the good stuff ­<br />

foods that are rich in nutrients. Why<br />

not try adding an extra serving of<br />

vegetables to your main meals or<br />

more protein to your snacks?<br />

Sustainable weight loss is found<br />

through balance rather than restriction.<br />

4. Drink more water; It's so easy<br />

and so beneficial ­especially at this<br />

sweltering time of year. Aim for<br />

eight glasses of fluid aday, preferably<br />

water. Tea counts too! Another<br />

benefit of staying well hydrated is<br />

that you won't mistake thirst for<br />

hunger, which lots of people do.<br />

5. Move for fun, not because you<br />

have to; Whether it’s walking the<br />

dog, swimming or playing with the<br />

kids, there are amillion ways to get<br />

moving. Find what you enjoy doing<br />

and you’re more likely to stick at it.<br />

Exercise gives you anatural high –<br />

your day will be easier, you'll have<br />

more energy and get abetter night’s<br />

sleep.<br />

6. Create anetwork of support;<br />

Studies show people with social<br />

support are more likely to engage in<br />

healthy eating and physical activity<br />

behaviours. They’re also better able<br />

to cope with stressful events which<br />

can derail some people when trying<br />

to lose weight. Surround yourself<br />

with people who offer words of<br />

encouragement and motivate you to<br />

keep going through tough times.<br />

28 new citizens sworn in at ceremony<br />

Twenty eight new citizens<br />

have been sworn in at a<br />

ceremony held at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Trust Event<br />

Centre.<br />

They include seven<br />

Filipinos, 11 from<br />

Britain, eight Samoans,<br />

three Brazilians and four<br />

from South Africa.<br />

The majority swore<br />

allegiance by oath before<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil<br />

Brown to complete the<br />

final step of the citizenship<br />

process.<br />

The new citizens were<br />

welcomed by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

mayor Neil Brown and<br />

enjoyed a morning tea<br />

with family, friends and<br />

some <strong>Ashburton</strong> councillors<br />

after the ceremony.<br />

The 28 new citizens lined up at the end of the official ceremony.<br />

Long time New Zealand resident and St John<br />

stalwart Paul Thomas reads the oath. Mr Thomas<br />

was born in the UK.<br />

Philippines born Fernando Taojo reads the oath in front of mayor Neil<br />

Brown and his parents Ferdinand and Karen Taojo and his new sibling.<br />

Brazilian born Michelle Grossl reads the oath in<br />

front of her husband Cleber and son Luigi at the<br />

citizenship ceremony.<br />

British born Anne Tarver with Mayor Brown at the<br />

citizenship ceremony.


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Viewing By Appointment<br />

2 1 1<br />

OTEMATATA<br />

12,334m²-DevelopmentPotential<br />

$PBNBIR $600,000 -$650,000<br />

(E657)<br />

Lifestyle Section Close To Town<br />

Offers Over $225,000<br />

Established Lifestyle<br />

(C195)<br />

•Fantastic opportunityheretoexpand on this 5000m² lifestyle block.<br />

•This 430m² home currently has twolarge bedrooms with plans<br />

available to converttoafour bedroom home as partofthe sale.<br />

•Massive 8car garage with workshop and loftstorage,secureyardarea<br />

(C196) and plenty of extraparking.<br />

PriceByNegotiation<br />

From 10% Deposit $390pw (Conditions apply)<br />

Priced To Sell in Otematata (0100)<br />

•Sold fully furnished<br />

•Extra largegaraging<br />

•Uninterrupted views<br />

•Spaciousoffroad parking<br />

• Viewing By Appointment<br />

$PBN BIR $359,000 -$429,000<br />

3 1 2<br />

Proud supporters of the HeartFoundation of NewZealand! Wedonatefromevery property sold!<br />

Trevor Hurley<br />

0<strong>27</strong>5 435 799<br />

Tracey Henderson<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 405 8064<br />

Manu Otene<br />

022 308 6885<br />

Linda Cuthbertson<br />

0<strong>27</strong>4087965<br />

Stephen Watson<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 433 9695<br />

Julie Srhoy<br />

021 354 885<br />

Deborah Roberts<br />

0210752180


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

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

SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY<br />

12 Charles Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 9:30-10:00am 4 1 1 AHB22540<br />

65 Winter Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 9:45-10:15am 4 2 2 AHB22667<br />

97 Alford Forest Rd,Ashurton 10:00-10:30am 2 1 2 AHB22544<br />

800 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 2 AHB22679<br />

11 Charlesworth Dve, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 3 3 AHB22611<br />

4Trellech Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 2 2 AHB22199<br />

83B Forest Drive, Methven 10:30-11:00am 2 1 2 AHB22676<br />

73 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 3 AHB22695<br />

5Cherry Lane, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 2 AHB22657<br />

103 Forest Drive, Methven 10:30-11:00am 3 2 1 AHB22668<br />

31 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:45-11:15am 2 1 1 AHB22691<br />

9Allison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22661<br />

7Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 1 2 AHB22696<br />

18 Davidson Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22681<br />

9Kerr Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:15-11:45am 3 1 2 AHB22685<br />

94 Spaxton Street, Methven 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22643<br />

1Bennett Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22605<br />

25 Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 4 2 2 AHB226<strong>27</strong><br />

24 Charles Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 5 2 2 AHB21619<br />

65 Davis Crescent, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:15-12:45pm 4 1 2 AHB22688<br />

26 Allens Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:45-1:15pm 4 2 2 AHB22565<br />

4Blackford Road, Methven 1:00-2:00pm 7 3 3 AHB22671<br />

82 Pages Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:30-2:00pm 2 1 2 AHB22680<br />

28 Johnstone Street,Tinwald 2:15-2:45pm 3 2 2 AHB22689<br />

9Kerr Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

3 1 2<br />

SUNDAY1ST MARCH<br />

117 Grove Street,Tinwald 10:00-10:30am 3 2 2 AHB22460<br />

Village Green,Lake Hood 1:30-2:00pm Sections AHB22309<br />

48/1236 RiverRoad, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 2:00-2:30pm 2 1 0 AHB22650<br />

*Ideal forFirst Home Buyers<br />

*Updated. Modern. Spacious. Affordable<br />

*Open plan kitchen, dining, living<br />

*Updated bathroom<br />

*Kitchen Double Glazed<br />

*Amazing indoor outdoor flowwith covered deck<br />

*3bedrooms -one with walk in robe<br />

*Extremely Efficient compliant log burner<br />

*Double garagewith automatic door opener<br />

First home buyers ..families ..rental investors<br />

SetDate of Sale<br />

closing 8March <strong>2020</strong>, at<br />

3:00pm (unless sold prior)<br />

View<br />

Saturday11:15 -11:45am<br />

Armand vander Eik<br />

021 597 5<strong>27</strong><br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22685<br />

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA2008)<br />

Open Home<br />

28 Johnstone Street, Tinwald<br />

3 2 2<br />

View our listings online at:<br />

rwashashburton.co.nz<br />

-Lovely easycare section<br />

-3double bedrooms master with ensuite<br />

-Open plan kitchen/dining living area built to maximise the<br />

sun<br />

-Double garagewith covered access to house<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22668<br />

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />

ForSale<br />

$395,000<br />

View<br />

Saturday2:15- 2:45pm<br />

BruceMcPherson<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 438 4250<br />

Denise McPherson<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 242 7677<br />

4<br />

Open Home<br />

9Allison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

4 2 2<br />

73 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

4 2 2<br />

Four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, En-suite, Heat<br />

pump, open plan living, Twotoilets, Large double garage,<br />

fullyfenced property, separate laundry and<br />

off- street parking. Easy care fullyfenced section.<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22661<br />

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />

ForSale<br />

$525,000<br />

View<br />

Saturday11:00 -11:30am<br />

Dulcie Ellis<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 629 3260<br />

Avery loved home but its time to move on forthis<br />

vendor.Locatedonthe edgeoftownyou can hop on your<br />

bike ortake astroll along the river trails. Just acouple<br />

minutes to theBeach Road shops and Hampstead school,<br />

this cottage issohandyand is agreat first home.<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22695<br />

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />

SetDateofSale<br />

closing 6March <strong>2020</strong>, at<br />

4:00pm(unless sold prior)<br />

View<br />

Saturday10:30 -11:00am<br />

Lynne Bridge<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 410 6216<br />

Jill Quaid<br />

Manager<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 437 6755<br />

Mark Totty<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 664 113<br />

Kim Miller<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

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Sales Consultant<br />

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Margaret Feiss<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 751 009<br />

ShirleyFitzgerald<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 220 1528<br />

Denise McPherson<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 242 7677<br />

Cheryl Fowler<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 461 2614<br />

Armand vander Eik<br />

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021 597 5<strong>27</strong><br />

Lynne Bridge<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 410 6216<br />

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021 <strong>27</strong>2 0202<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 629 3260<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 438 4250<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 437 1111<br />

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0<strong>27</strong> 259 4644<br />

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OPEN HOME<br />

Saturday9:30am -10:00am<br />

12 Charles Street,Allenton<br />

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ForSale<br />

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This lovely permanent material four<br />

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-Fully insulatedwith anew Heat Pump<br />

-Large open plan kitchen dining lounge<br />

area plus conservatory<br />

-Separate single garagewith several<br />

out buildings<br />

-Fully fenced section and nice easycare<br />

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-Housewell positioned forapotential<br />

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Club news<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Dahlia Circle<br />

Thedahlia season is at its bestnow with<br />

brilliantblooms being grown around the<br />

district.<br />

This is evidentfromthe seven members<br />

whotook blooms to the national showin<br />

Timarulastweekend.<br />

Congratulationstothose memberswho<br />

exhibited. Alison,Jackie,Graham and Jan<br />

all had entries in the floralsection. Floating<br />

bowls,dahliainapictureframe, and floral<br />

arrangements. Johninthe Intermediate<br />

section, andAlistair andJoyce in theopen<br />

classes.Flowersfromall overthe South<br />

Island wereondisplay, from Invercargill to<br />

Nelson.<br />

Followingcloseafter,was ourown club<br />

meeting and tableshow on <strong>February</strong> 18.<br />

Brian Glasseywelcomed 13 members<br />

and twonew visitors,withfive apologies<br />

received.Jan Chambersand Graham Gunn<br />

werethe judges,withHeatherand Russell<br />

as stewards.<br />

Places as follows: Pat andRex<br />

Tarbotton, Champion bloom; novice,<br />

MaltbyEscort.<br />

Brian Glassey, Intermediate class;<br />

Champion vase, Jomanda.<br />

Alison Donald,Intermediate class;<br />

Champion vase, Highwarden Cliff.<br />

Alistair Davey,Open Class;Best vase,<br />

RycroftHelen.<br />

Alistair Davey,Open Class;Best bloom,<br />

Rural Lewie.<br />

ChampionofChampions,Alistair Davey<br />

–Rycroft Helen.<br />

Alistair Davey presentedJoyce with<br />

Trophies and Certificates awarded at the<br />

National Show.<br />

Pleasemake Sunday March 8adayto<br />

visit the display at theTinwaldHall,<br />

President’s Room.<br />

Hall opentothe public 1pm–4pm, no<br />

charge. Raffle tickets available.<br />

This is theannualcombined show with<br />

Canterbury andshould haveabrilliant<br />

display, as the season has been so kindto<br />

theblooms.Memberswillbeon hand to<br />

discuss growingand careofthe much<br />

prizedflowers. New members arealways<br />

welcome.<br />

Fish and Game want salmon<br />

heads caught in Rakaia River<br />

Fish and Game are seeking fresh or frozen<br />

salmon heads, caught in the Rakaia River<br />

late last year, to work out where they were<br />

born and determine if sub­populations are<br />

at risk of being over­fished.<br />

The heads are tested through chemical<br />

analysis of water samples and through the<br />

salmon otoliths (ear bones).<br />

North Canterbury Fish and Game<br />

(NCF&G) officer Steve Terry said finding<br />

out where salmon hail from will help<br />

determine if sub­populations, like those<br />

from Mellish Stream, above Lake Heron,<br />

are currently at risk of being overharvested.<br />

NCF&G want heads caught during<br />

November and December.<br />

‘‘In many salmon populations, larger and<br />

older salmon often enter rivers earlier in<br />

the season, as do salmon originating from<br />

extrema headwater sub­populations and<br />

spawning areas. There can also be astrong<br />

sex bias where older females are more<br />

abundant than males (or vice versa) in the<br />

earlier parts of the run,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘NCF&G is currently promoting that<br />

anglers keep any salmon heads they catch<br />

in the Rakaia River in November<br />

/December, record the date and location<br />

caught, weight, length and sex of the<br />

salmon.<br />

‘‘Staff will then collect the otoliths from<br />

these heads from anglers, along with the<br />

catch information.’’<br />

He said analysis of the otoliths should<br />

determine natal origin, what size they<br />

entered the ocean (life history type), and<br />

determine if their length and/or weight and<br />

sex differs significantly from later run fish.<br />

‘The start of the annual salmon run is a<br />

highly anticipated event, and the early run<br />

is often heavily targeted by recreational<br />

anglers,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘As aresult salmon that enter the river<br />

early in the angling season (over November<br />

The Rakaia River<br />

and December) may be exposed to angling<br />

pressure for amuch longer time period<br />

than later run fish.<br />

‘‘If left unchecked this may impose large<br />

mortality on early entering salmon, leading<br />

to depletion of sub­populations or specific<br />

life history types.’’<br />

Mr Terry said salmon in the Rakaia<br />

River may potentially be from Mellish<br />

Stream, which is above Lake Heron, which<br />

is further complicated being managed by<br />

two Fish and Game regions.<br />

‘‘North Canterbury Fish and Game<br />

manage the regulations in respect to<br />

salmon up to afew kilometres downstream<br />

of Lake Heron, whereby the Central South<br />

Island Fish &Game region manage them<br />

above this point.’’<br />

The information gained will help us to<br />

work with CSIF&G to sustainably manage<br />

this much anticipated early run of salmon.<br />

‘The start of the annual salmon run is a<br />

highly anticipated event, and the early run<br />

is often heavily targeted by recreational<br />

anglers.’’<br />

He said thriving salmon populations<br />

often express ahigh degree of life history<br />

variability between spawning areas and<br />

sub­populations. The life history variability<br />

was an effective form of ‘‘bet­hedging’’ and<br />

increased the resilience of local and<br />

regional salmon populations.<br />

Wellbeing awareness walk raises over $1200<br />

An inaugural wellbeing<br />

awareness walk at Woolshed<br />

Creek, near Mt Somers, raised<br />

more than $1200 for Safer Mid<br />

Canterbury’s Lives Worth Living<br />

Programme.<br />

Organised by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

woman, Amanda Walker, the<br />

event saw around 40 people,<br />

aged from six years old to those<br />

in their 80s, dust off their<br />

walking shoes and connect with<br />

others during the walk who had<br />

been directly, or indirectly<br />

bereaved by suicide, or just<br />

wanted to support the event and<br />

help raise money.<br />

There were also many<br />

donations made through online<br />

banking.<br />

Safer Mid Canterbury’s Lives<br />

Worth Living Programme coordinator<br />

Connie Quigley, who<br />

has aclinical background in<br />

Some of the people who got to dust off their walking shoes and<br />

connect with others during the wellbeing awareness walk at<br />

Woolshed Creek, near Mt Somers. (Photo supplied)<br />

mental health and took time<br />

away from her child’s birthday to<br />

attend, addressed the group<br />

speaking about the eight week<br />

Waves programme to support<br />

adults (aged 18 plus) bereaved<br />

by suicide.<br />

It has been successfully run in<br />

Christchurch and Timaru.<br />

Also to speak was Running for<br />

Suicide Postvention Facebook<br />

page founder, Ali, who along<br />

with her sister ran up the track.<br />

Mrs Walker said the event was<br />

an opportunity for people to talk<br />

and connect with others.<br />

It was ‘‘a wee bit windy but<br />

there was perfect viewing’’ from<br />

the top and the warmer weather<br />

gave the children achance to<br />

have aswim afterwards.<br />

The uphill walk saw agood<br />

achievement by everyone who<br />

participated and she was<br />

thankful to people for their<br />

support and buoyed by<br />

encouragement to make it an<br />

annual event.<br />

‘‘I certainly was proud of<br />

everyone,’’ she said.<br />

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

URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

Forall other medicalassistanceoutsideofnormal<br />

hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7,<br />

to speak with ahealth professionalwho will giveyou<br />

free healthadviceonwhattodoorwheretogoifyou<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>DutyPracticefor ...<br />

Saturday29th <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 />

Sunday1st March is<br />

MooreStreet Medical Centre,MooreStreet.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentplease phone 308 3066.<br />

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the<br />

answer phone.<br />

PHARMACIES<br />

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />

East Street will be open on ...<br />

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />

normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />

Broughttoyouby<br />

CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

DebraCurtin<br />

Chiropractor<br />

Mon, Wed, Fri8:30am-5pm<br />

Tues9:30am-5pm<br />

Fri8am -2pm;Sat appt only<br />

03 308 9516<br />

www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />

FREE Tai Chi Have A Go<br />

class, Wednesday 4th<br />

March 9.00am -10.00am,<br />

St John’s rooms opposite<br />

Briscoes. All welcome, just<br />

turn up. 0<strong>27</strong> 498 7225.<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not a problem. —<br />

Spraymaster 0<strong>27</strong>-433-7780.<br />

MEETINGS<br />

THE A.G.M. of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Pottery Society Inc. will be<br />

held at 26 Nixon Street,<br />

Tinwald, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Wednesday 11th March<br />

<strong>2020</strong> at 12.15pm.<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

MEETINGS<br />

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

Thursday 12th March <strong>2020</strong><br />

Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar<br />

at 7.30pm<br />

We are looking for more people<br />

to join our committee<br />

All current AGC members are<br />

encouraged to attend.<br />

2254835<br />

FIND money in your bank<br />

account each week if you<br />

become adelivery person.<br />

The <strong>Courier</strong> 308 7664.<br />

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AGM<br />

Monday, 9March,<br />

7pm<br />

at Feeney’sLounge,<br />

DevonHotel<br />

All welcome<br />

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station? (3,3). 15. Be absolutely furious before he tees up<br />

(6). 16. She gets up when early-to-beds retire (5). 18. Don’t<br />

show skin(4).<br />

SUDOKU<br />

VERYEASY No. 5209<br />

4 2 5 3 9<br />

5 7 1 2<br />

9 2 7 3 4<br />

1 9 6<br />

2 8 9 7 6<br />

4 9 5<br />

7 2 4 6 9<br />

8 1 4 7<br />

3 8 9 6 5<br />

Solution to previous Sudoku<br />

Howto<br />

solve<br />

Sudoku!<br />

Fill the grid<br />

so thatevery<br />

rowand every<br />

3x3 square<br />

contains the<br />

digitals 1to9<br />

1 8 6 5 2 4 9 3 7<br />

4 7 5 3 1 9 6 8 2<br />

2 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1<br />

6 3 9 7 5 2 4 1 8<br />

7 1 2 4 9 8 3 6 5<br />

8 5 4 1 3 6 7 2 9<br />

3 4 8 2 7 5 1 9 6<br />

9 6 7 8 4 1 2 5 3<br />

5 2 1 9 6 3 8 7 4<br />

Solution to previous crossword<br />

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8555 -SOLUTIONS<br />

Across -6,Bronchitis. 8, Aunt. 9,Lath. 10, Expel. 11,<br />

Mope. 12, Stevedore. 16, Dalmatian. 20, Toss. 22, Camel.<br />

23, Tune. 24, Trio. 25, Pedestrian.<br />

Down -1,Arrant. 2, Anchovy. 3,Shrewd. 4, Stupor. 5,<br />

Psalm. 7, Snipe. 13, Oil. 14, Stature. 15, Lorry. 17, Armada.<br />

18, Mulish. 19, Annual. 21, Scope.<br />

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8555 -SOLUTIONS<br />

Across -6,Round-about. 8, Al-to. 9, Ta-X-I. 10, Sally.<br />

11, S-nag. 12, On t-he men-d. 16, Starboard. 20, Arms.<br />

22, Treat. 23, G-a-in. 24, Vera (anag). 25, For certain.<br />

Down -1,Do-main. 2, In-sight. 3, Hansom (handsome).<br />

4, Roll-on. 5, Stays. 7, Steal (anag). 13, (eun)Eva (rev.).<br />

14, For-gets. 15, Green. 17, Theirs (there’s). 18, Rather.<br />

19, Ra-I’s-in. 21, Sta-FF.<br />

ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Brendan Dooley- Comedy Magician<br />

Fri 13th March Mayhem! –Kids Show at 4:30pm,<br />

Cheeky, Quirky and Classy –Family Show at 6:30pm<br />

Brendan Dooley is fast<br />

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TopYoung Magician<br />

being described by the<br />

New Zealand Press as<br />

“A new generation of<br />

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WIN acakefor your<br />

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Birthdays this week<br />

Madison Bensdorp, 28th <strong>February</strong>, aged 21<br />

Jack George,29th <strong>February</strong>, aged 4<br />

George PeterSummerfield,1st March, aged 10<br />

Angus Moore, 2nd March, aged 5<br />

Mitchell Leath, 3rdMarch<br />

Neil Clemens,5th March, aged 80<br />

WillowThomas,5th March, aged 5<br />

Congratulations to last weeks winner!<br />

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ONLYONE ENTRYWILL BE SUBMITTED<br />

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GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

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

Plains Rotary<br />

PEASTRAW<br />

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Small bales<br />

DELIVERED<br />

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per bale<br />

Phone or txt Alisdair 0<strong>27</strong> 410 6882<br />

Ian 0<strong>27</strong> 432 0438; Murray 307 0353<br />

PEASTRAW, small bales.<br />

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GRAZING available, Tinwald<br />

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Nuggets per oz, $2,000 for<br />

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ANDLodge Medals, Old<br />

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METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />

light-grade metal in-yard<br />

dumping 9am-5pm weekdays<br />

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

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9103. 81 Elizabeth Street.<br />

POTATOES - Ilam Hardys<br />

freshly dug, $2 per kilo.<br />

Minimum order 3kg. Large<br />

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Friday afternoon <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

and Tinwald. Phone 302<br />

7<strong>27</strong>2.<br />

PROPERTY WANTED<br />

MODERN town house<br />

wanted in good condition in<br />

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021 368 781.<br />

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Storage 03 307 0401.<br />

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Sale $40 a bale delivery<br />

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02040233792<br />

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GST. Phone 0<strong>27</strong> 434 0442.<br />

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REFILLS<br />

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Off Street Parking<br />

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26 McNally Street<br />

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Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

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Page 34, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

DELIVERYPEOPLE<br />

wanted<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

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

Having problems with your internal gutter systems?<br />

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Phone Leonie on<br />

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

Learn to Swim<br />

Instructor<br />

Part-time<br />

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

instruction to awiderange of customersfrombabies throughtoadults.<br />

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

12.15pm,with the possibility of picking up additional classesworking school<br />

andafterschool hoursthroughout the week as per the Swim School roster.<br />

To apply online or for more<br />

information about this role, visit our<br />

websitenow.<br />

Applications close Sunday, 1March<br />

<strong>2020</strong>.<br />

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

General Manager<br />

We arelooking foranexperienced General Manager<br />

with compassion and entrepreneurial spirit who is<br />

eager tojoin avery special organisation. Hospice<br />

Mid Canterbury supports individuals and families<br />

throughout the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district who are dealing<br />

with alife-limiting illness. We are dedicated to<br />

making adifference inthe lives of our clients and<br />

their families, ensuring that those we support are<br />

beinggiven theopportunityto‘live everymoment’.<br />

The General Manager oversees volunteer services,<br />

contracted service provision, Hospice Mid<br />

Canterbury shop, funding and events, promotion,<br />

and education. The person we are seeking will<br />

have proven leadership and financial skills, strong<br />

communication skills andthe abilitytofind solutions<br />

throughlateral thinking.<br />

This is awonderful opportunity tomake apositive<br />

differenceinour community.<br />

15 –20hours per week.<br />

Please contact Jane, admin@hospicemc.nz for<br />

furtherinformation or to request aJob Description.<br />

Applicationsclose Sunday1March <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

2258841<br />

TRAVEL<br />

2258542<br />

EXPERIENCE Milford,<br />

Doubtful Sounds, April<br />

19-24; Earnslaw cruise,<br />

Queenstown, D.B.B. hotels<br />

Balclutha, Te Anau, Twizel.<br />

Seats still available, call<br />

now. John & Kathleen<br />

Lawler, Rakaia 03 302<br />

7328.<br />

NORFOLK Island; June<br />

19-26. Historic, relaxing;<br />

transfers, flights, D.B.B.<br />

hotel, local tours, entertainment.<br />

Early bookings<br />

essential. Call for information.<br />

John & Kathleen<br />

Lawler, Rakaia. 03 302<br />

7328.<br />

CARS FOR SALE<br />

FORD Fairmont 1993, shed<br />

stored. Reg. on hold,<br />

384,000kms, small motor<br />

repair needed. As is, where<br />

is. Phone 0<strong>27</strong> 434 0442.<br />

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />

PANELBEATING and spray<br />

painting of cars, trucks,<br />

buses, horse floats &<br />

motorhomes, caravans,<br />

trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />

boats. Light engineering<br />

and aluminium welding.<br />

Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />

Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Phone 307 0378.<br />

ALPS<br />

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />

WILSONS<br />

WINDSCREENS<br />

WE WELCOME ZEK<br />

FROM WINSTONES<br />

TO JOIN OUR TEAM<br />

We areyour one stop glass shop for<br />

AUTO and HOUSE<br />

2259750<br />

REPAIR or REPLACE 152 Wills Street,<br />

“Your placeorours” <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Ph.308 8485<br />

Need help with BOOKKEEPINGor<br />

ADMINISTRATIONSUPPORT?<br />

Youdidn’tgointobusiness to do the<br />

books, butwedid!<br />

Let’shaveachatovercoffeeand seehow Ican help<br />

Silvia Haddock 0<strong>27</strong> 2169478<br />

silvia@bradleyrural.co.nz l solutionsbusiness.co.nz<br />

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />

ALTERATIONS, mending<br />

and trouser hemming, curtain<br />

alterations and curtain<br />

making. Call Michelle on<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 352 7248.<br />

BUILDING and property<br />

solutions. For your complete<br />

alteration or renovation.<br />

We project manage<br />

the whole process. Home<br />

and small commercial.<br />

Qualified tradesmen.<br />

Phone Kiwi Building &<br />

Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308<br />

4798, 0<strong>27</strong> 207 1478 or<br />

Cawte 0<strong>27</strong> 418 7955.<br />

CARPET cleaning -Powerful<br />

equipment & fast drying.<br />

Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />

Experienced owner/operator.<br />

Phone John Cameron<br />

at Supersucker, 0<strong>27</strong> 435<br />

1042 or 308 1677.<br />

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />

servicing <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

surrounding districts, $60<br />

per chimney. Phone<br />

Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />

and leave amessage.<br />

CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning<br />

Service -same day service<br />

and repairs. Charlie can<br />

supply new blinds and<br />

tracks, will hang drapes.<br />

Phone 03 307 1936 or 020<br />

4169 0342.<br />

CHIMNEY sweep - For a<br />

professional service call<br />

Dan McKerrow Chimney<br />

Sweep and Repairs on 021<br />

118 7580.<br />

CHIMNEY sweep. It’s time to<br />

start thinking about it.<br />

Camera inspection carried<br />

out and full inspection<br />

checklist is left for you. Call<br />

Allan 0<strong>27</strong> 209 5026.a<br />

2259785<br />

22<strong>27</strong>833<br />

COMPUTER problems? For<br />

prompt reliable computer<br />

servicing and laser engraving<br />

contact Kelvin, KJB<br />

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot<br />

Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />

308 8989. SuperGold discount<br />

card accepted.<br />

COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />

training, setup -wireless -<br />

networks, spyware cleanup.<br />

On-site day or evening.<br />

LOW FEES. Call Robin<br />

Johnstone, Networks<br />

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308<br />

1440 or 0<strong>27</strong> 768 4058.<br />

CONCRETE pavers direct to<br />

you - Best prices, many<br />

sizes, textures and colours<br />

- Paveco, 13 Robinson<br />

Street, Industrial Estate.<br />

CONCRETE Services -<br />

Driveways, paths, patios,<br />

mowing edging. Decorative<br />

Concrete specialist 30<br />

years servicing Canterbury.<br />

Free quotes. No job too big<br />

or small. Phone Paul 021<br />

152 1966.<br />

DENTURES; Dr Peter<br />

Rumping repairs existing<br />

dentures and also provides<br />

new dentures. Phone 0<strong>27</strong><br />

220 9997.<br />

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />

farm equipment<br />

service and maintenance,<br />

W.O.F. repairs, machining<br />

and welding. Odd jobs a<br />

speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />

Can collect. Phone<br />

Malcolm 0<strong>27</strong> 475 4241.<br />

FURNITURE removals -For<br />

all your household removal<br />

needs call Nudges Furniture<br />

Removals, phone 0<strong>27</strong><br />

224 0609.<br />

Allworkmanship guaranteed<br />

Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />

FOR ALL YOUR<br />

•LawnMowing<br />

•Pruning<br />

•Garden Maintenance<br />

•Gutter Cleaning<br />

•Rubbish Removal<br />

Call us TODAY<br />

foraFREE quote<br />

PLASTERING<br />

&COATINGS<br />

Rockcote. Waterproofing.<br />

Texture/Specialist<br />

Coatings.<br />

The Finishing Company<br />

03 307 8870 2238798<br />

FLY control and spider<br />

proofing. For all domestic<br />

and industrial pest control<br />

needs phone AJ Kerr at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest Control on<br />

03 308 8147 or 0<strong>27</strong> 432<br />

5447.<br />

GARDENING, mowing,<br />

pruning, fertilising, projects<br />

or general spruce ups? Call<br />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 765 2899 or 03 307 1693.<br />

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />

HYDRAULICS; Martin<br />

Bennett -Onsite hydraulic<br />

hose repair service 24/7.<br />

Stockists of Aero Quip<br />

hoses &fittings, Commercial<br />

hydraulics, Dynacool,<br />

Spool valves etc., MP Filtri,<br />

Walvoil. Call Justin on 308<br />

9778.<br />

LEGAL work -Phone Peter<br />

Ragg (<strong>Ashburton</strong> Law) for<br />

house sales, purchases<br />

and refinances. Will call at<br />

home evenings for wills,<br />

enduring powers of<br />

attorney. Phone 308 03<strong>27</strong>.<br />

PAINTER for all your painting<br />

needs. No job too small,<br />

inside or outside. Professional<br />

friendly service.<br />

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />

0<strong>27</strong> 200 1619.<br />

PLUMBING, drainlaying,<br />

blocked drains. Phone<br />

Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing<br />

on 0<strong>27</strong> 555 5575 or 308<br />

1248 (Master Plumbers &<br />

Drainlayers).<br />

232 BoundaryRoad,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz<br />

E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz<br />

2245223<br />

Ph 0800 4546 546<br />

(0800 4jimjim)<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

ASHBURTON<br />

SOCIETY OF ARTS<br />

SUMMER SHOW<br />

ShortStreet Studio<br />

Opened Sunday23<strong>February</strong><br />

11am-4pm<br />

Guest: Christine Lang plus agreat selection<br />

of work from local artists.<br />

Open Sat&Sun 11am -4pm<br />

Mon&Wedwhensignout<br />

until Sunday 22 March<br />

Enquiries Ngaio 308 4533<br />

Lynda 0<strong>27</strong>3135 178<br />

2261656<br />

22<strong>27</strong>819<br />

PAINTING wallpapering,<br />

plastering - No job too<br />

small. Interior, exterior.<br />

Professional, prompt, competitive<br />

service. Phone<br />

Tony Sivier at Paint It <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

on 021 878 794 or<br />

307 7289.<br />

SEWING alterations - anything<br />

considered, reasonable<br />

rates. Smoke and pet<br />

free home. Retired wedding<br />

seamstress. Phone Judith<br />

308 3084, Allenton.<br />

ROOF COATINGS All roof<br />

types, specialising in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not aproblem. Member<br />

Master Painters &<br />

Roofing Association NZ<br />

Spraymaster 0<strong>27</strong>4337780<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes -offices -<br />

and cars. Phone Craig<br />

Rogers 307 6347, member<br />

of Master Tinters NZ.<br />

TILING - For all your tiling<br />

requirements including kitchen<br />

splash backs, flooring<br />

etc. (full water proofing),<br />

call Kevin on 0<strong>27</strong> 496 8314.<br />

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />

block, glare, heat control,<br />

safety, security, privacy,<br />

frosting films, solar protective<br />

window films. Free<br />

quotes, 20 years local service.<br />

Phone 0800 368 468<br />

now, Bill Breukelaar, www.<br />

tintawindow.co.nz<br />

TV Reception Specialists for<br />

all your digital freeview<br />

installations and repairs,<br />

TV wall mounting, Smart<br />

TV set-up, home theatre<br />

installation. Call John at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> TV &Audio Ltd<br />

03 308 7332 or 0<strong>27</strong> <strong>27</strong>7<br />

1062.<br />

WINDSCREENS and house<br />

glass. Qualified flat glass<br />

glazier now in-house. Anything<br />

glass, give us acall.<br />

Your place or ours. Wilson<br />

Windscreens, 152 Wills<br />

Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />

03 308 8485.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

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10am,Hinds Community Centre, 20 Rogers Street,Hinds<br />

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9.30am,EiffeltonHall, 979Longbeach Road,Eiffelton<br />

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Expressions of interest -building removal<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council invites expressions of interest from<br />

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The building is situated on the East Street greenimmediately<br />

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz

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