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Speed merchant eyes NZ record 

By Mick Jensen 

Motorcycle speedster Phil Garrett is 

aiming to travel at 100 metres per 

second when he attempts to break 

the national motorcycle land speed 

record in Mid Canterbury next 

month. 

Garrett is aiming for 320kmh, the 

equivalent of 200mph. 

If he achieves it, he will enter the 

record books again and also be 

eligible to join the exclusive 200mph 

Red Hat Club. 

In 2005 Garrett and Flying Kiwi 

team mate Glenn Hayward broke 

the world and New Zealand land 

speed record for 1000cc sidecars 

over aflying kilometre. 

Aspeed of 272 kmh (168mph) 

was recorded on asection of 

another Mid Canterbury rural road 

near Pendarves. 

Garrett said the April speed 

record attempt has been along time 

in the making and followed avisit to 

the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 

USA in 2008. 

‘‘If you travel over 200mph on the 

Bonneville Salt Flats they award you 

ared hat, an exclusive club 

membership coveted by many and 

achieved by few.’’ 

The Englishman, who has been a 

Christchurch resident for over 20 

years, said there was unfinished 

business from 2005 and he was keen 

to see another record broken. 

Two turbo bikes, one ridden by 

Motorcycle man Phil Garrett alongside the two bikes that will be involved in the record attempt. (Euan 

Cameron Photography) 

Garrett, and another by former 

Ashburton man Rob Small will 

attempt to break the land speed 

record. 

Like the sidecar record attempt, 

the bikes have been pretty much 

built from scratch. 

One features some input from 

clever local engineers and has 

planetary gears fitted inside the rear 

wheel and also parts from aBMW 

gearbox, which gives the bike 50 per 

cent overdrive. 

The other is a1985 750 Turbo 

Kawasaki that is heavily modified 

and now produces around 250hp at 

the rear wheel. 

Attempts to get to Bonneville 

with the bikes have been thwarted 

over the last few years by logistics, 

strikes and bad weather, said 

Garrett. 

‘‘We decided to change the target 

and to attempt the outright 

motorcycle land speed record for 

New Zealand instead. 

‘‘The fastest anyone has gone 

officially here is Johnny Hepburn 

from Timaru who went 307kmh on 

aBritten in 2000,’’ he said 

Garrett has once again chosen a 

long, straight Mid Canterbury back 

road for his attempt and has applied 

for all the necessary permits and 

approvals. In 2005 he compiled 25 

pages of logistical and health and 

safety material to support his 

attempt, and this time it’s risen to a 

hefty 60 pages. 

He has also once again received 

strong support from the local 

community, including Ashburton 

Car Club, Ashburton Motorcycle 

Club and local enthusiast Brendan 

Price. 

Garrett says he intends hosting a 

meeting at the Pendarves Hall in 

the coming weeks to thank the 

community for its support and to 

explain what he is aiming to achieve. 

He did the same thing 15 years ago, 

and also visited Chertsey School. 

‘‘I realise this attempt is a 

privilege for me and not aright. I 

am very grateful for the opportunity 

and the tremendous support I’ve 

been given, including from local 

landowners.’’ 

Garrett’s attempt at the land 

speed record will be filmed by drone 

and his supporters will be there to 

cheer him on. 

There will be other teams aiming 

to break class records and Garrett 

himself will also ride ahomebuilt 

electric motorbike created by fellow 

motorcycle builder Sytse Tacoma 

that he hopes to take to over 

160kmh and into the record books. 

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Sparks over domain refit 

Acontroversial plan to relocate 

the Ashburton Bowling Club 

could inspire Ashburton people 

to have asay on a30year 

redevelopment for the 

Ashburton Domain. 

The plan is part of alongterm 

vision for the park, which is 156 

years old and awellused green 

space in the town. 

The Ashburton District 

Council hopes people will 

provide plenty of feedback and is 

holding an open day near the 

domain playground this 

Saturday from 11am to 4pm. 

Relocating the bowling club to 

the picnic area off Elizabeth 

Street is among the key features 

of the plan. Moving the club’s 

greens and buildings would 

make space for acentral hub for 

information, activities and 

maybe acuppa, and would be a 

starting point for people visiting 

the domain. 

Other key features include a 

new access point off Walnut 

Avenue(as aresult of traffic 

lights planned for the Walnut 

Avenue/West Street 

intersection) and moving 

Cr Stuart Wilson 

council’s parks and open space 

depot out of the domain. 

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown 

said the changes proposed 

addressed almost every facet of 

the domain and how it connected 

to the town’s civic centre. 

He urged domain users and 

others to have their say and 

submit feedback by April 5. 

More than 20 proposals are 

outlined in the draft document. 

These include creating the 

central hub, relocating the 

children's paddling pool closer to 

the playground and upgrading 

the play equipment and 

developing aseries of heritage 

and botanical trails. 

Councillors adopted the draft 

redevelopment plan last week, 

but three strongly opposed 

moving the bowling club and 

wanted the plan redesigned with 

the club staying put before going 

out for consultation. 

The other six councillors said 

the plan should go out as it was 

and any redesign influenced by 

people’s submissions. There 

were bound to be many. 

Cr Stuart Wilson said he was 

totally opposed to relocating the 

bowling green and clubrooms 

and by leaving it in the draft 

plan, people might think council 

approved its relocation. 

Cr Angus McKay said people 

power had reversed plans to 

move the water feature on East 

Street and the same could 

happen with the bowling club. 

Council’s open spaces planner 

Bert Hofmans said not moving 

the club would mean arework of 

the plan and more delay. The 

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land concerned was at the heart 

of the domain and specialist 

landscape architects had 

suggested it be used for acentral 

hub. 

The previous council put off 

making adecision on the domain 

redevelopment because it would 

be anewlyelected team bringing 

the project to fruition. 

Mr Hofmans said if the 

bowling club was to stay at its 

current location, another site for 

the central hub would need to be 

found. 

Cr Diane Rawlinson said the 

unloved aviary could make way 

for the hub, instead of the 

bowling club. 

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan 

said the proposed plan was a 

30year vision for the green 

space and alittle controversy 

might help the number of 

submissions. 

Full details of the proposals 

are outlined in the Ashburton 

Domain Development Plan 

consultation document, which is 

available to view on the council 

website ashburtondc.govt.nz/ 

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Bowlers defend 125year connection to park 

By Linda Clarke 

Ashburton Bowling Club 

president Jo Ryk says a30year 

plan to redevelop the Ashburton 

Domain can be tweaked to leave 

the bowling club where it is. 

The club has a125year 

history at the domain and is keen 

to remain; its 90 members agree. 

The landscape architects who 

prepared the $10.6 million 

longterm plan say the club’s 

greens and buildings are the 

heart of the domain space and 

should be relocated, making way 

for acentral information hub. 

Mr Ryk said he will fight to 

stay, though he is worried 

council could simply lock the 

doors and kick them out without 

compensation in 2028, when the 

bowling club’s lease on the land 

they have developed over many 

decades expires. 

He estimates it will cost $2m 

to relocate money that the club 

does not have and that has not 

been allowed for in council’s 

redevelopment budget. 

The new hub could be built on 

land currently occupied by the 

Bowls has ahistorical connection to the Ashburton Domain, 

says Jo Ryk. 

ageing and unloved aviary, or on 

land that will be freed up when 

the parks department moves, or 

on land beside the children’s 

play area, he says. 

There are plenty of other 

options, other than on the land 

used by the bowling club. 

Mr Ryk said the club would be 

holding its own open day on 

Saturday, at the same time as 

council, so people could find out 

more about the club and its 

hopes for the future. 

The immaculate greens and 

buildings are kept spick and span 

by volunteers. The playing 

season runs from mid 

September until the end of April 

and on playing days the rinks are 

full. 

He says visitors to the domain 

often wander in if the gate is 

open and recently he introduced 

10 excited tourists from India to 

the game by letting them bowl on 

the lawn surface. 

The club is regarded as one of 

the most picturesque in the 

district and its clubhouse is 

adorned with history. 

Certificates of achievement 

cover walls and tresses and its 

trophy cabinet contains 

silverware going back to the turn 

of the century. 

Mr Ryk says it is ahistory that 

would be hard to transplant, 

given the time, energy and 

money already invested by 

members over more than 100 

years. 

The club and its members will 

be making submissions during 

the consultation phase of the 

domain plan. 

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No Christmas in the Park 

Speed limit changes are ahot topic. 

Huge feedback 

on speed laws 

Mid Canterbury people 

are jumping at the 

chance to point to 

dangerous roads and 

highaccident spots as 

part of the Ashburton 

District Council’s 

speed limit review. 

About 150 people 

had made submissions 

with aweek to go 

before feedback closes 

on Sunday. 

Schools and their 

parent communities 

have been among those 

to seek lower speed 

limits outside primary 

and secondary schools, 

for the safety of their 

children. One 

suggested Ashburton 

adopt an American 

concept of school 

speed zones, which 

made traffic travel at 

30kmh at busy drop off 

and pick up times. 

The speed limit 

review seeks to lower 

speeds on the outskirts 

of urban areas, where 

the population has 

grown. Lower limits are 

also proposed in some 

subdivisions. Not all 

submitters have 

approved the lower 

limits, some saying the 

roads needed to be 

better to accommodate 

faster limits. 

The Clearwater 

Hutholders Association, 

in its submission, 

was in favour of 

reducing speed on 

Double Hill Run Road, 

Ensors Road, Hakatere 

Heron Road and 

Hakatere Potts Road 

from 100kmh to 

80kmh, and reducing 

the speed limit to 

50kmh alongside Lake 

Camp on Hakatere 

Potts Road. 

‘‘We would also like 

to see the speed 

reduced on Mt 

Possession Street to 

20kmh as the area is 

becoming more 

populated.’’ 

The Rakaia 

Community 

Association said it 

agreed with speed limit 

changes proposed for 

Rakaia and asked for 

more speed limit signs 

to be put up. 

‘‘And of course we 

would like to support 

council to continue 

with pushing NZTA to 

do something about a 

safe way for our people 

crossing State Highway 

1onfoot or bike.’’ 

Council staff will 

process the 

submissions by March 

28, with ahearing and 

deliberations on April 

2. Afinal decision is 

expected by May 21, 

with changes from July. 

Plan change sees 

11 submissions 

An application by tourist 

business Farmers Corner 

to change the Ashburton 

District plan to allow the 

business to expand has 

attracted 11 submissions. 

Farmers Corner owner 

Peter Huang is seeking to 

replace the existing Rural 

Bzoning at Longbeach 

Road corner, where the 

business operates, to a 

new ruraltourism zone. 

The submissions will be 

published on the 

Ashburton District 

Council’s websitesoon 

and will be followed by a 

second phase of 

consultation people with 

an interest greater than 

the general public will 

then have 10 working days 

to lodge further 

submissions. 

The privateplan 

change application will be 

decided by an independent 

commissioner. 

Mr Huang plans to 

expand the complex to 

include accommodation 

and day trips, to 

encourage some of the 

100,000 tourists who visit 

the existing retail store 

each year to stay and 

spend more money in the 

wider community. 

Farmers Corner started 

out its business life as a 

small tearooms in 

Ashburton’s CBD, near 

the clock tower, in 1985; it 

was attracting up to 20 

tourist buses aday before 

relocating to Longbeach 

Road corner in 2004. 

If the plan change 

proceeds smoothly, the 

whole new, expanded 

facility could be up and 

running by the summer of 

2021. 

There will be no AshburtonChristmas in 

the Park thisyear,with the organising 

committee deciding to take abreakfor 

2020. 

Organising committee memberCarmen 

Lye said it had been atough decision to 

make. The event had been run by asmall 

committee of volunteers and financed by 

local churches, groups and businesses for 

the past seven years, underthe Ashburton 

Christian Ministers’ Association. 

Christmas in the Park had outgrown its 

current situation and each year more money 

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qualitylighting, sound and performers. 

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Multiples meet up in domain 

AMid Canterbury Multiples MeetUp in 

the Ashburton Domain at the weekend, 

instigated by Ashburton mum of oneyearold 

twins Kate Anderson, saw six sets of 

twins turn out for the event. 

It was organised to coincide with the 

start of Multiple Births Awareness Week 

and was supported by Multiples Canterbury. 

Among those to attend was Ms Anderson 

and her fraternal twins, Methven’s Kirsty 

Saxon editor of Multiples New Zealand 

magazine Multiple Matters and mum to sixyearold 

twins as well as an eightyearold 

daughter, and Mayfield’s Clare Walkerwith 

fourmonthold twins and a22monthold 

daughter. 

Ms Walker, herself a twin, has a twin 

brotherwho lives on the West Coast, and an 

older sister who has aset of twins. 

She said compared to having just the one 

child at atime, this time round itwas more 

testing with two babies, however she had 

great support from within the community. 

The neighbours had rallied and given 

meals and support to help adjust to the 

newborns in the house. 

And because there was another young 

child in the house, Ms Walker and her 

partnerwere eligible for home help funding. 

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the house ordoing the washing, she said. 

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mum Kate Anderson organised ameet-up to get in touch with other parents of 

multiple births in Mid Canterbury. 

website for information which ‘‘was quite 

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meet others unable to attend on the day. 

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Friends up for trek challenge 


Four friends, all with strong Mid 

Canterbury farming roots, are set 

to tackle asixday, 191km charity 

walk in Northland. 

Mandy Hurst, Jude O’Connor, 

Julie Livesey and Denise Davidson 

depart from Te Paki on 

Sunday andwill finish theirhike at 

Kohukohu. 

In betweentheywill walkalong 

the beach, through the bush and 

into small settlements like 

Hukatere, Ahipara, Herkino and 

Broadwood. 

All intheir 60s, the quartet will 

be joinedbyotherwalkers, mountain 

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will follow awell marked route. 

Alarge support crew ofvolunteers 

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The outdoor adventure is 

Julie Livesey, Jude O’Connor, Mandy Hurst and Denise 

Davidson are tackling a191km charity trek over six days in 

Northland. 

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communities.Funds raised will be 

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Farewell lunch before branch wind up 

The Ashburton branch of Save the 

Children will officially wind up next 

month and volunteers had afarewell 

luncheon at the Hotel Ashburton 

last week to commemorate their 

work. 

The branch, which has had around 

80 members in its history, including 

longest current serving volunteers 

Jean Wragg and Fay Hunt and many 

volunteers who have since passed, 

has had apresence in the district for 

more than 60 years. The oldest 

serving current volunteer is 95 year 

old Dot Font. 

Among those at the luncheon was 

volunteer member Jeanette Seaton 

whose involvement with the branch 

spanned back to the late1980s. 

Miss Seaton, also astalwart with 

the Girls Brigade, was given a 

Community Service Award in 1999 

for her work with Save the Children, 

her church and the Girls Brigade. 

She was invited to attend by pastpresident 

Elizabeth Harper, who 

went on to become aDame due to 

her tireless work for the organisation. 

In fact many of the volunteers 

at the luncheon, including president 

Save The Children Ashburton branch volunteers Moira Macleod, 

Mary Smith, Liz Quaid, Shirley McCrea, Elaine Foster, Phyl Ellis and 

Jeanette Seaton at the branch farewell luncheon. 

Liz Quaid, were involved with Save 

the Children because of Dame 

Harper. 

Miss Seaton, along with members 

of the Girls Brigade, had helped with 

street collections over the years and 

the organisation was on her radar to 

help out once she retired. 

She worked in an accountant’s 

firm and, after being approached by 

thenMrs Harper, took on the role of 

treasurer which would last for more 

than 20 years. 

Miss Seaton got the accounts on 

computer and later helped transfer 

the information to Wellington where 

most of the accounts were paid from 

after coding in Ashburton. 

She also helped out working in the 

Save the Children shop, which used 

to be on Tancred Street in Ashburton 

before it closed, selling avariety 

of souvenirs and an extensive array 

of knitted goods, as well as crafts 

sent from Wellington head office. 

It was a“quite successful” general 

store and as aresult was one of the 

last in the country to close after they 

were deemed unviable nationwide. 

She also attended some “very 

interesting” national conferences 

and “made many friends throughout 

New Zealand through conferences 

in Wellington.” 

Miss Seaton said the winding up 

of the Ashburton branch would 

mean the end of alocal connection 

to the national organisation. 

She always enjoyed the camaraderie 

from the group; meeting to 

discuss ideas for fundraising locally 

and then setting about implementing 

them. 

The Ashburton branch has helped 

fundraise for many global causes 

including knitting wool peggy 

squares for rugs sent to children in 

Uganda, story books for Fijian 

school children, clothing for children 

in Papua New Guinea and Fiji, as 

well as funds to Southern Sudan and 

head office in Wellington. 

And most recently children in 

Bangladesh where the organisation 

has helped protect nearly 135,000 

children from harm, supported more 

than 136,000 children in times of 

crisis, provided more than 900,000 

children with ahealthy start in life, 

supported more than 322,000 parents 

to provide for their children’s 

basic needs and given 44,443 children 

vital nourishment. 

But the branch also helped in the 

Ashburton district too, giving to 

organisations such as the Salvation 

Army, Birthright, St Vincent de Paul 

and Women’s Refuge. 

“I am sad to see our Save the 

Children (branch) has gone,” Miss 

Seaton said, although work nationwide 

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Money for CAB 

Ashburton District Councillors John 

Falloon and Leen Braam don’t have 

warm thoughts about their early days 

in the district. 

Cr Braam came from Amsterdam 

and Cr Falloon from Waimate; both 

said it was tough to break into the 

community those decades ago. 

Cr Braam said family in the area 

helped him resettle and Cr Falloon 

said his family found new networks 

through schools their children 

attended. 

Their views last week on council 

providing $100,000 for aWelcoming 

Communities programme differed 

though, with Cr Braam in support 

and Cr Falloon not so keen. 

The programme has been run as a 

trial in Ashburton for three years, 

jointly funded by council and 

Immigration New Zealand. Its aim is 

to encourage newcomers, migrants 

or Kiwis who have moved here for 

work, to stay. 

Mid Canterbury desperately needs 

people for jobs it can’t fill and has 

low unemployment. 

Council was asked by strategy and 

policy manager Toni Durham to 

show civic leadership and continue to 

fund the position. The current 

Welcoming Communities adviser 

would also have arole helping Safer 

Mid Canterbury provide Refugee 

Resettlement Services to several 

families from Afghanistan who will 

move here later this year. 

Mrs Durham said Welcoming 

Communities was about helping 

communities support newcomers, 

whether they were born overseas or 

Former Ashburton mayor Donna Favel, MP for Rangitata Andrew 

Falloon and Labour MP Jo Luxton at the Welcoming Communities 

launch in 2018. 

had moved from Auckland. 

The number of new people 

bouncing out of town had decreased 

over the past few years, she said, and 

she hoped the programme had 

helped. 

Cr Falloon said council had been 

backed into acorner by Government, 

who had cofunded the programme 

then pulled out, even though the 

programme had been deemed a 

success and was being rolled out 

elsewhere in the country. 

He said any good employer should 

be doing their part to help new 

workers settle, including showing 

them where community services and 

facilities were. 

Mayor Neil Brown and deputy 

mayor Liz McMillan led praise for 

the programme, which has been 

included in the budget for the next 

financial year. 

‘‘The work that happens here is 

good work. Unemployment is 2per 

cent and employers say they struggle 

to get staff. Where do they come 

from? Overseas,’’ Mr Brown said. 

‘‘We need them and they fill agap. 

Welcoming Communities is an 

important part of making migrants 

feel welcome and helping them to 

stay.’’ 

Ms McMillan said 30 years ago, 

neighbours might have dropped in to 

newcomers’ homes with casseroles, 

but times had changed. 

Ashburton would survive, while 

other small regional towns stagnated, 

if it did not embrace super diversity 

and create jobs not just temporary 

labour, for newcomers, she said. 

With money in the 

bank, Community 

House manager 

John Driscoll is on 

the hunt for aparttime 

coordinator to 

set up Ashburton’s 

new Citizens Advice 

Bureau (CAB). 

Ashburton 

District Council 

granted seed 

funding of $48,394 

at its meeting last 

week and Mr 

Driscoll 

immediately began thinking about 

finding acoordinator and 

volunteers that will staff the CAB, 

which will be set up in Community 

House. He already has four 

people who want to join the 

volunteer staff; he needs 16 to 

meet national CAB guidelines. 

Mr Driscoll said efforts now 

and over the next few months 

would be to train the volunteers 

and set up aphysical base at 

Community House that would be 

accredited by the national CAB. 

Then it could open for business. 

Council will fund it to the tune 

of $15,000 ayear after it is 

established. 

People wanting to visit the CAB 

will go to Community House. 

Space just inside the entrance way 

has been tagged and will include a 

soundproof area for confidential 

conversations. 

The CAB will provide quality, 

John Driscoll 

independent and 

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information and 

advice and 

Ashburton will be 

one of 80 locations 

around the country. 

Volunteers will 

have access to a 

national database of 

information and an 

online community 

directory. Advice is 

free. 

Council provided 

the seeding money 

of $48,394 on the proviso that the 

CAB include visitor information 

for a12month trial period. There 

is no longer an iSITE in 

Ashburton, though tourist 

information is available at the 

library and Somerset Grocer; 

Experience Mid Canterbury 

provides online information. 

Visitor and tourists numbers 

would be monitored at the CAB 

to see who was using it and inform 

future decisions. 

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan 

said Community House was a 

logical place for the CAB and the 

new Ashburton CAB would be a 

fantastic asset for the community. 

She said most tourists or visitors 

would get on their phones before 

visiting and do some basic 

searching. ‘‘The CAB will connect 

some of our elderly people and 

computerilliterate people to get 

more information out there.’’ 

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Lion Foundation trustee Alister Lilley checks out anew overhead projector in Room 4at 

Netherby School with teacher Jordyn Love and Year 2students. 

Lion money welcomed 

Over $250,000 has been given 

to local groups and causes in 

the latest funding round from 

the Ashburton Trust and Lion 

Foundation regional grants 

committee. 

Funds go to sports groups, 

schools and other community 

groups. 

Allenton Sports Club 

receives $20,000 towards the 

purchase of awalkbehind aerator, 

while Borough School gets 

$45,000 for tables, stools, televisions, 

sphero kits and outdoor 

seating. 

Ashburton Youth Cafe 

Charitable Trust gets $15,000 

for rent, rates and insurance 

and Birthright has been given 

$28,027 towards rent, parking 

and field officer salary costs. 

Mid Canterbury Netball 

receives $60,000 for centre 

manager wages and other costs, 

and Tinwald School gets 

$27,806 for iPads, cases and 

chromebooks. 

Netherby School receives 

$22,950 towards replacement 

overhead projectors, which 

replace old technology that is 

10 years old. 

School principal Phil 

Wheeler said all seven classrooms, 

plus the hall and asoon 

to be refurbished meeting room 

now had new projectors. 

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connectivity and would be used 

for most lessons and for abig 

chunk of the school day. 

He said the school was grateful 

for the trust funding, which 

over the past five years totalled 

around $100,000 and had 

allowed the purchase of other 

technology equipment, chairs, a 

lawnmower and other items. 

Other recipients in the latest 

funding round were Hampstead 

Rugby & Allsports Club 

($18,377), Lions Club of Ashburton 

Charitable Trust 

($3527), Phoenix Preschool 

($6329) and Staveley Hall 

Society ($7000). 

Traffic lights, weigh station 

on agenda for NZTA meeting 

Worries about traffic lights at 

Tinwald and aheavy vehicle 

weigh station will be aired 

when Ashburton District 

Councillors meetwith NZ 

TransportAgencystaff in 

Ashburton next week. 

Councillors are not sure 

Government moneytagged for 

traffic lights on StateHighway 

1atLagmhor Road in Tinwald 

will be spent at the right 

location, and they also have 

concerns about roadsafety if 

NZTA builds aweigh station 

between the RakaiaRiver 

bridgeand the overbridgeon 

the northernside of the river. 

MayorNeil Brown said 

NZTA director Jim Harland 

and ateam from the agency 

would be meetingwith 

councillors and councilstaff to 

exchangeinformationabout 

the two traffic projects. 

He said athird project, 

traffic lights at the intersection 

of StateHighway 1and West 

Street, was readytoroll and 

work could be under way soon. 

Mr Brown said council 

would be able to ask how the 

weigh stationwould operate 

safely, with trucks pulling into 

and out of the station on abusy 

but short stretch of road. 

Councillors were concerned 

at the potentialfor crashes that 

would blockthe Rakaia bridge; 

they have held off making a 

decision on an easement of 

land that NZTA need for 

signage. 

‘‘They have to sell us their 

vision.they believe it is safe 

and they will show us how it is 

going to be safe.’’ 

Councillors will also be keen 

to hear the casefor lights at 

Lagmhor Road,assome 

believe it is not the right 

location. Grahams Road, 300m 

south,has also been suggested. 

‘‘Where they think it should 

go and where some local 

people think they should go are 

two different locations.’’ 

MrBrownsaid lights at 

Tinwald might help ease 

congestion on the highway. 

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New sound system 

Ashburton District Councillors will 

have no trouble having theirviews 

heard and recordedafter approving 

the expenditure of $86,000 for a 

newsound systemfor the council 

chamber.The old system has 

individual microphones that light 

up to signal whentheywantto 

speak but it hasbeen 

malfunctioning. Thenew system 

will be movedinto thenew civic 

building whenitisconstructed.The 

old ones will be offered forsale. 

Balmoral Hall 

BalmoralHall willbeassessed 

for attention next year. Thehall was 

called adisgrace by Ashburton 

District CouncillorLynette Lovett 

recently and councilstaffsaid they 

wouldbelooking for somefunds if 

the buildingwas to continuetobe 

used. The toilet andkitchenareas 

were priorities. 

Rubbish 

Community rubbish receptacles 

in ruralholiday spots, likeLake 

Camp andthe Rangitata Huts, are 

to be fitted with metal bars to 

prevent people dumping large 

itemsinthem.AshburtonDistrict 

Council staff havefoundlarge items 

likerecliner chairsand wardrobes 

in them. 

Elderly housing 

Ten of theAshburton District 

Council’s113 flats for elderly 

peoplewillremain empty because it 

is noteconomic to renovate themto 

the newnational standards 

required by landlords. Council 

currently spends $185,000 ayear on 

redecoratingflats,usually when 

tenants leave.CrAngusMcKay 

saiditwasconcerningcouncil was 

closinghouses because it couldnot 

rentthem outbecause of 

Parliament’snewrules. Staffare 

preparing areport. 

Software for EANC 

Around $120,000 has been set 

aside in the EA NetworkCentre’s 

budget for anew softwaresystem 

thatwill be easierfor staff and 

customers. The currentsoftware, 

Gladstone,isnolonger being 

improved by the developer but 

other new technology is available 

thatwill allowfor customerselfserviceand 

better integrationwith 

council’s own reporting software. 

Fees rise 

Annual licence feesfor 

hairdressers, funeral directorsand 

camping grounds will risefrom 

$130to $150next financial year. 

Permits forhawkers and itinerant 

tradersrise from$54 to $100, and 

annuallicences for nonfood stalls 

from$54 to $80. 

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Wakanui air ‘captured’ 

for new art exhibition 

Artist Melissa Macleod is using fresh sea 

air ‘‘trapped’’ in bags at Wakanui Beach 

for an exhibition that opens at Ashburton 

Art Gallery tomorrow night. 

The solo exhibition, called The Trappings 

of Ghosts, features 48 large bags of 

air displayed on aframework made by 

the artist. 

The aim of the project was to bring 

the coastal air of Wakanui to inland 

Ashburton, said Miss Macleod, who is 

an interdisciplinary artist. 

She felt astrong connection with the 

sea and had used sea water and sand in 

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Her recent works had examined issues 

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Ashburton Art Gallery. 

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ethereal, ghostlike feel about them and 

many hours had been spent measuring 

and hand cutting the framing. 

She said she wanted the public to walk 

around the installation and to be ‘‘in 

amongst it’’. 

The Trappings of Ghosts runs concurrently 

with the Zonta Ashburton Female 

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April 19. 

Council exploring back up 

for Methven water supply 

Boil water notices for Methven might be a 

thing of the past, if the Ashburton District 

Council strikes it lucky and hits groundwater 

for an alternative source for its 

drinking water scheme. 

Council is planning to spend up to 

$240,000drilling an exploratorywell to find 

water that will feed the scheme when its 

main source is dirty after heavy rainfall. 

If water is found, another $1 million will 

need to be spent developing the bore. If no 

water is found, a new $4.5m water 

treatment facility might be back on the 

cards. The Methven scheme has about 

1000 connections. 

The Ashburton council is like other local 

bodies around the country facing big costs 

of bringing community drinking water 

schemes up to new standards imposed 

after the Havelock North water contamination 

event. 

Methven sources its water from an 

infiltration gallery near the Ashburton 

River and after abig rainfall event,itoften 

does not meet protozoal compliance, even 

after treatment. There have been seven 

boil water notices issued since June, 2017 

the longest for 10 days. 

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan lives in 

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dealing with boil water notices. 

The notices can happen at any time of 

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She spreads the word locally and then 

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then not everybody gets the message. 

“It’s not just acouple of days that you 

have to boil the jug if you want adrink of 

water. Something needs to be done.’’ 

Cr Angus McKay asked if council had 

considered another intake from the Ashburton 

River at Pudding Hill, but staff said 

water taken there would have the same 

issues following arainfall event. 

Deep groundwater would not be similarlyaffected 

and could be used as bridging 

or emergency source until water from the 

main intake was compliant again. 

Assets manager Andrew Guthrie said 

Methven’s existing treatment plant could 

not be improved to address the issue. 

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council’s current obligations to scheme 

users, but might not be acceptable to the 

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Family Notices 

DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS 

DUNCAN, Julia AnnElizabeth, 

on 1st March 2020, peacefully 

at Terrace View Retirement 

Village, Ashburton with her 

family by her side. Aged 80 

years. Dearly lovedwifeofthe 

late Peter, much loved mother 

and mother in lawofBrent and 

Kelley,Malcolm and Ann, Nigel 

and Lorraine. Loving nana of 

Trent, Matthew, and Jessica, 

and great nana of all her great 

grandchildren. Messages 

to the Duncan family c/- P 

O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. 

A celebration of Julia’s life 

will be held at Our Chapel, 

cnr East & Cox Streets, 

Ashburton on Wednesday 

March 4th, commencing at 

2.00pm. 

EDE, Maurice Edgar, on 29 

February 2020 at Rosebank 

Resthome, Ashburton, aged 

86 years. Much loved and 

devoted husband of Beverley 

for 59 years. Loved father 

and father in law of Nigel 

and Sharron, Shona and 

John Schofield, and Deborah 

and Craig Halliday. Dearly 

loved grandad of Amanda 

and Fraser Pichon, Michael 

Ede, Kelly and Brad Olsen, 

Matthew and Christeena 

Schofield, Jessica Halliday, 

Logan and LauraHalliday, and 

loved great pop to Scarlett 

Olsen, Bella Ede, the late Jack 

Pichon, Emily Pichon, and 

Connor Halliday. Messages to 

the Edefamily c/- POBox472, 

Ashburton 7740. 

Followed byprivate 

cremation at the Ashburton 

Crematorium. 

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OWERS, Margaret Louise: 

(Marg): On February 28, 

2020, suddenly at Coldstream, 

Lifecare, Ashburton, aged 

88 years. Dearly loved wife 

of the late Tom and much 

loved mother of Julian 

Kershaw. Messages to 4/272 

Wills Street, Ashburton 7700. 

Special thank you tothe staff 

at Cameron Court Resthome 

and Coldstream Lifecare for 

their loving care ofMargaret. 

At Margaret’s request aprivate 

cremation has been held. 

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REID, Marion (Marie), on 

March 3rd, 2020. Passed 

away peacefully atAshburton, 

aged 94 years. Dearly loved 

wife ofthe late Jock. 

THOMSON, Gilian Elizabeth: 

(nee Pearce): On February 25, 

2020 at Ashburton Hospital. 

Aged 71 years. Dearly loved 

mother and mother in law of 

Brendon and Jo and Tracey 

and Mike. Loved nan of Scott, 

and gran ofChris, Samantha, 

and Timothy and very close 

friend of Blair.Loved sister and 

sister in lawofthe late Russell, 

and Margaret, Rodney and 

Dawn and twin sister of the 

late Marilyn. Aloved Aunt of 

all her nieces and nephews. 

Messages to C/- Tracey 

Thomson, R D 2, Ashburton 

7772. Special thank you toall 

who were involved with caring 

for Gilian over the past two 

years. A service celebrating 

Gilian’s lifehas been held. 

Paterson’s 


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Much 

loved mother and mother in 

law ofCarole and John Hunt, 

Sheena and Lewis Buchan, and 

Bob and Barbara Reid. Loved 

grandma and great grandma 

of all her grandchildren 

and great grandchildren. 

Messages to the Reid family 

c/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 

7740. Aservice tocelebrate 

Marie’s life will be held at Our 

Chapel, cnr East &Cox Streets, 

AshburtononThursdayMarch 

5, commencing at 11.00am. 

Followed byaprivate family 

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TRAINOR, Alfred Roydon 

(Alfie) (Reg 920119) 

14.1.1932 - 26.2.2020: Dad 

of Steven, Karen, Darryl, 

and Ian. Grandfather and 

great grandfather to his 

grandchildren. Loved brother 

and brother in law ofthe late 

Ronnie and Mavis, the late 

Valerie Twining, Beverley and 

the late Clifford Reid, Wyvern 

(Sandy), Newall and Evelyn, 

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Ready to deal with virus 

Ashburton mayor Neil Brown says 

the district’s businesses could soon 

feel the impact of coronavirus as 

supply chains that rely on imported 

product from China are disrupted. 

He said the Ashburton District 

Council was keeping awatching 

brief on the economic and health 

impacts of the disease, which is now 

widespread outside mainland 

China. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 

said on Tuesday that the 

Government had extended the 

travel ban on foreigners arriving 

from China and Iran by another 

week, until March 10, while those 

arriving from northern Italy or 

South Korea are asked to selfisolate 

for 14 days. 

Worldwide there have been 

more than 90,000 confirmed cases, 

with more than 3000 deaths. 

Mr Brown said he and other 

Canterbury mayors had been 

briefed by the Canterbury District 

Health Board, who was ready and 

able to deal with any cases of 

COVID19. 

The message was keep calm, and 

carry on, he said. 

Mr Brown said he had not heard 

from Mid Canterbury businesses 

who were struggling because of the 

virus, either through staff not able 

to return to the country, or product 

delayed or unable to be exported. 

Some medicines were also made in 

China. 

Government has said it will help 

businesses that are impacted. 

Anotice about coronavirus on the door of an Ashburton business. 

Mr Brown was unsure if the virus 

would impact those travelling to 

the Sister Cities conference in 

Ashburton at the end of April. 

Invitations had been sent to people 

in China, where Ashburton and 

other New Zealand towns 

maintained sister city relationships. 

Mid Canterbury schools are also 

keeping their school communities 

up to date with coronavirus 

precautions. 

District health board chief 

executive David Meates said 

Christchurch Hospital had 11 

negative pressure rooms to care for 

people with infectious diseases. 

He said that for most people 

COVID19 was amild illness and 

people could safely be cared for at 

home. Those who needed hospital 

care were generally older and had 

other health problems. 

It was important to keep things 

in perspective, he said. 

Christchurch Hospital admitted an 

additional 50 people aday during 

the peak of winter flu season; there 

had been just one isolated case of 

COVID19 in New Zealand. 

Symptoms include acough, fever 

and breathing difficulties. The 

dedicated Healthline number is 

0800 358 5453. 

Estee tops Pacifica list 

Ashburton College 

student Estee 

Aiolupotea was 

recognised as topfemale 

scholar in Canterburyat 

theSpac Pac Pacifica 

academic awardsin 

Christchurchthisweek. 

College principal Ross 

Preecesaid two other 

students from the school, 

Joseph Collinsand 

Easterlin Faamausili, 

were also recognised. 

They are all Samoan. 

Theceremony, heldat 

thenew Shirley Boysand 

Avonside Girlscomplex, 

is heldannuallyto 

acknowledge thebest of 

Pacifica leadershipand 

academic performance 

withinCanterbury 

Top Pacifica students (from left) Easterlin 

Faamausili, Joseph Collins and Estee 

Aiolupotea. 

Schools. To be 

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excellence credits.She 

plans to study lawinthe 

future. 

It is thesecond time in 

fouryearsthat 

AshburtonCollege had 

captured the title. 

Cricket festival postponed 

The Mid Canterbury 

schools Year 5 and 6 

cricket festival was postponed 

by wet weather to 

next Wednesday, March 

11. 

Mid Canterbury Cricket 

tournament organiser 

Garfield Charles said he 

was still looking forward 

to seeing the 16 boys’ 

teams and 10 girls’ teams 

that had entered. 

The day was about fun 

and enjoying the cricketing 

experience. 

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Print workshop at 

Society of Arts 

Mixed media artist and printmaker 

Ben Reid will host atwoday 

workshop in Ashburton at the end of 

the month. The artist has aparticular 

interest in the fragile relationship 

that New Zealanders have with the 

natural environment and takes 

inspiration from awide range of 

subjects, including animals and 

endangered species, and Victorian 

wallpaper patterns. At the workshop 

he will work with artists to help them 

transform their ideas and materials 

on to their own ‘‘master print’’. The 

workshop will be held at Short Street 

studio on March 28 and March 29. It 

runs from 9.30am until 4pm on both 

days and costs $100. Contact 

Ashburton Society of Arts( 

ashsocart@gmail.com) for more 

information. 

Mid Canterbury Choir 

performs Messiah 

Handel’s well known and much 

performed Oratorio the Messiah will 

be performed by the Mid Canterbury 

Choir and special guests at aconcert 

in Ashburton on April 5. 

International concert organist 

Martin Setchell will lead the 

performance as musical director and 

he will be supported by Sylvia 

Watson as deputy musical director. 

The concert will also include organist 

John Wells (Auckland), soloist 

soprano SarahJane Rennie 

(Christchurch), mezzo Claire Barton 

(Dunedin), tenor Lachlan Craig 

(Auckland) and bass Malcolm Leitch 

(Christchurch). Since its first 

performance in Dublin in April 1742, 

Messiah has been sung by choirs 

around the world. It’s most 

recognised chorus is Hallelujah. The 

2pm concert will be held at St 

Stephen’s Anglican Church. Tickets 

are available from choir members or 

at the door. 

Meters to vanish 

The Ashburton District 

Council couldtry to sell 

someofits old parking 

metersafterthey are 

removed as part of the 

CBD revamp. 

About $60,000 willbe 

spent on new electronic 

sensors thatwillalert 

parking wardensoftime 

restriction breaches. 

Wardens willalso be able 

to issue infringement 

noticesfor vehicles with 

expiredwarrantsoffitness 

or registration. 

Meter money receipts 

are budgeted to reduce 

from$30,000 to $10,000in 

the next financial year, 

reflecting the replacement 

of the standalone meters 

with sensors as the CBD 

revitalisation continues. 

Strategy and compliance 

groupmanager Jane 

Donaldson said the old 

meters were well past their 

useby date.The meter 

headswere frequently 

beingbought back to the 

officebywardensbecause 

coinswerejammed in the 

mechanism. 

Staff hadtouse pliersto 

pull out the money. 

She saidthe old meters 

couldbeofferedfor sale, if 

therewas amarket; there 

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Koru Flat residents and guests enjoyed aGrease-themed night recently (above), while (below) William Glassey found aclassic Cobra car. 

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IDEA Services Ashburton staff and 

the people they support enjoyed a 

Greasethemed night of music and 

dancing recently. 

William Glassey and his Koru 

Flat hosted the night, which was 

based on William’s love ofcars and 

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Grease the movie was screened 

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The dancers brought along three 

vintage vehicles, which generated a 

lot of attention. 

The hall at the flat was decorated, 

aGrease car themed photo booth 

was set up and, in the styleofanold 

movie night, everyone was served 

drinks and popcorn before settling 

down to watch the movie. 

Earthquake talk in Methven 

Members of the public are invited to a 

talk in Methven about how an Alpine 

Fault magnitude eight (AF8) earthquake 

event might affect the region. 

It is part ofanational roadshow titled 

The Science Beneath Our Feet and is 

being hosted by AF8 (a partnership of all 

the Emergency Management Groups in 

the South Island) and the Ashburton 

District Council. 

The talk is on at the Mt Hutt 

Memorial Hall, in Methven on Thursday, 

March 26, from 7pm. 

It will be led by leading Alpine Fault 

scientist Professor Tom Wilson, of University 

of Canterbury. 

‘‘While we can’t predict when earthquakes 

will occur, scientific research has 

shown that the alpine fault has ahistory 

of generating regular, large earthquakes. 

The next event is likely to occur within 

the lifetime of most of us, or our young 

people, for whom this is likely to have 

major short and longterm impacts.’’ 

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Chertsey. 

Students from the college 

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the farm as part of their 

education for the past 23 

years. 

However changes on 

the farm, owned by the 

Wilkinson Family, will 

see the relationship draw 

to aclose. 

Agri Learn tutors 

Allan Ramsay and Lisa 

Cormack teach the 

students practical skills 

during the year. 

Mr Ramsay said it was 

likely around 760 

students had been 

involved in an agriculture 

experience on Higham 

Farm over the years. 

Many have gone on to 

have careers in agriculture 

and at least one 

ended up as a fulltime 

employee on Higham 

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New boost to ECan delivery team 

Environment Canterbury’s 

(ECan) Ashburton zone delivery 

team has been boosted with the 

arrival oftwo new resource management 

officers. 

Nicola McDougall and Amy 

McIlraith, who joined the team 

late last year, have come from 

different backgrounds but are 

eager touse their knowledge and 

skills togive advice and education 

to consent holders in the region. 

Nicola, alongterm Ashburton 

resident, is making a change of 

career after more than 20 years 

working in the insurance industry. 

“I want to continue to be ableto 

support people through this role, 

and tobuild new connections in 

my communitythrough adifferent 

customer base than I’m used to,” 

she says. 

Amy, originally from North 

Canterbury, is a recent Canterbury 

University graduate, studying 

chemistry. Before finishing 

her science degree she majored in 

soil science atLincoln University. 

“With soil science, you get to 

look at the bigpicture,” Amysays. 

“I loved that, as well as the 

environmental focus that Lincoln 

had, which prompted me to apply 

for this role.’’ 

Abig part of the role involves 

monitoring consents and making 

Nicola McDougall and Amy McIlraith have joined ECan’s 

Ashburton zone delivery team. 

sure people are following them. 

In the July 2018 to June 2019 

period, more than 1,400 consents 

were monitored in the Ashburton 

zone. 

Amy says it’s important ECan 

has people available to monitor 

highrisk consents, to ensure the 

activities aren’t having any 

unforeseen negative impacts on 

the environment. 

“We also need to be able to put 

processes inplace to make sure 

any impacts are mitigated or 

stopped.” 

Ashburton Zone delivery lead 

Janine Holland says having Amy 

Fonterra confirm price 

Fonterra Cooperative reaffirmed 

its forecast Farmgate Milk 

Price range at $7.007.60 per 

kgMS and its forecast fullyear 

underlying earnings guidance of 

1525 cents per share. Forecast 

milk collections for the 2020 

season have dropped from 1,530 

million kgMS to 1,515 million 

kgMS. 

Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell 

says the cooperative remains 

confident in its forecast Farmgate 

Milk Price range and was 

maintaining its underlying earnings 

guidance of 1525 cents per 

share despite current market 

conditions as aresult of coronavirus. 

“The momentum we saw in 

the first three months of the 

financial year has continued, and 

as we approach the interim 

results our underlying earnings 

are tracking well. However, 

given the potential significant 

risks that could arise from 

coronavirus in the second half, 

we are taking a prudent 

approach and maintaining our 

fullyear forecast earnings range. 

“The current situation is very 

fluid and uncertain. However, we 

have already contracted ahigh 

percentage of our 2020 financial 

year’s milk supply and this is 

helping us manage the impact of 

coronavirus. Our Greater China 

team are working hard to keep 

our operations running as 

smoothly as possible. Without 

them this would not have been 

possible and I want to thank 

them for their efforts. 

“There has been aslowdown 

in processing of containers at 

ports and we are managing the 

flow of our product into China 

carefully to avoid congestion. 

Currently, our product is continuing 

to be cleared by customs 

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outbreak. This means many restaurants 

and food outlets are 

closed, which is having amajor 

impact on the operations of our 

Foodservice customers. Our 

sales teams are working with 

these customers to help them 

where they can.’’ 

and Nicola onher team will boost 

the local capacity to help consent 

holders with compliance issues. 

“Our zone delivery model 

means that we are closer tothe 

people inour zone,” Janine says. 

“We live and work in the Ashburton 

region and can provide advice 

on best practice and how to meet 

consent conditions.” 

It’s being part of asmall team 

on the ground which makes the 

role special. 

Both Amy and Nicole agree the 

role involves alot ofrelationship 

building and customer interaction. 

Scholarships 

Katelyn Hogg and Laura Brown 

(pictured) have been awarded Agri 

Training scholarships; Katelyn, the 

Elite Scholarship and Laura, the 

Future Leader’s Scholarship. 

The scholarships were presented 

to the women last week by Agri 

Training education centre director 

Matt Jones. 

Both women are completing a 

Diploma in Agriculture at the 

centre, based at Winchmore, and 

had demonstrated leadership 

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Buyers outfor bargains 

More than 400 bargain hunters swarmed 

the AshburtonRacecourse to find the best 

buys at the Pakeke Lions market and 

garage sale at the weekend, helping raise 

over $14,000 for the community. 

President Noel Lowe said sales were 

brisk with agood clearance bynoon. ‘‘We 

had atremendous response to the event as 

people knew what they wanted as they 

rushed in the door.’’ 

He said the club was very pleased with 

the proceeds, whichwill help fund charities 

including the purchase of an audio visual 

unit for St John training rooms. 

Customers were pleased with their 

bargains and the variety ofgood quality 

china, tools, kitchen utensils, craft, furniture, 

produce and cakes on hand. 

The club has been running these 

marketsfor over 35 years.‘‘We are amazed 

at its popularity. It just keeps growing each 

year as people downsize houses or move 

into retirement villages. We have been 

collectingstockfor months and storing it as 

people realise they can support agood 

cause disposing oftheir surplus furniture 

and general items.’’ 

Mr Lowe said the club was grateful for 

the support from donors. 

The club will be running another market 

sale at the racecourse onFriday to clear 

remaining stock. 

Prices are heavily reduced and the 

bargains get under way at 4pm. 

Handbags needed 

Donations of new, or 

excellent quality handbags 

are needed to support a 

fundraising event thatwill 

benefittwo local charities. 

Aglitzy andglamorous 

eveningfor the ladies 

calledHandbags & 

Gladrags willbeheldon 

May 15 at the MSA. 

It willfeatureahandbag 

auction, silentauction, 

raffles and entertainment. 

Proceeds from the event 

willsupport CanBead, a 

charityrun throughthe 

CanInspire Charitable 

Trust to providebeading 

therapyfor peopleduring 

difficult times,and White 

Ribbon,whichpromotes a 

campaignthat aimstoend 

violence towards women. 

Handbagfillerssuch as 

chocolates,beauty 

products, toiletries and 

vouchers are also needed 

for thefundraiser. 

CanInspire national coordinatorKylie 

Curwood 

saidthe event would 

feature ‘‘a bit of extra 

spark’’ this year. 

Handbags &Gladrags 

was agreatgirls night out 

and sheencouraged 

workmates and friends to 

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Organisers of the Handbags &Gladrags 

fundraiser (from left) Kylie Curwood and Sheree 

Kershaw with some donated handbags. 

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Ashburton Family 

Violence coordinator 

ShereeKershawsaid the 

event was away to show 

support for two 

organisationsthatdid 

valuable workinthe local 

community. 

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Community House Mid 

Canterbury. 

Forticketscontact Kylie 

Curwood (021265 5405) 

or ShereeKershaw(027 

296 1305). 

Tina Turner tribute show 

Afull stage production brimming with 

TinaTurnerhits fromthe1960s, 70s, 80s 

and 90s is coming to Ashburton on 

March 22. 

The electrifying concert experience 

features the powerful, raspy vocals of 

Sowetobornactress and singerCaroline 

Borole, complete with band, brass 

section, backing vocalists and dancers . 

The tribute show will feature the 

energetic rock and soul hits that made 

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biggest names inmusic. 

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Autumn garden planning 

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Rambling roses can now be pruned. 

Vegetables 

By now, cooler areas may have had atouch 

of frost, but in all regions carrots, being coldtolerant, 

can be left in the ground until 

August. 

Lettuce can be sown from now until early 

April in gardens with suitable conditions for 

growing them during winter. 

Select hardy types and grow them under 

cloches or in large pots on asunny porch. 

Autumnsown lettuces need well drained 

soil, rich in compost. 

Onions can be sown now to stand over 

winter, and autumn sowing is best in the 

South for the likes of Pukekohe Long 

Keeper. Select an open, sunny place, adding 

wellrotted compost. 

Onions do well in welllimed soils. 

Runner beans will produce until frosted. 

Covering them at night will help delay the 

inevitable and if basil and other tender herbs 

and vegetables are grown nearby, alarge 

frost cloth can cover the entire area to 

prolong harvesting. 

Regular watering or liquid manure 

applications will ensure the maximum bean 

crop, as will picking them as soon as they are 

ready to eat. 

Small is definitely beautiful in this case 

and avoids the unpleasant stringiness that 

puts many people off these nutritious 

vegetables. 

Flowers 

This is the month to plant bulbs for spring 

displays. 

Making excellent companions for daffodils 

are old fashioned, sweetscented redbrown 

wallflowers planted beside alate flowering 

variety of daffodil. 

Purple violas also look good with late 

flowering daffodils. 

Southern gardeners have it over their 

northern counterparts when it comes to 

tulips, for these hardy bulbs prefer winters 

that chill them thoroughly, and they are 

intolerant of humid conditions. 

They like asunny spot and can be left for 

years, although lifting them when the foliage 

dies down is recommended. 

Careful selection of varieties will give tulip 

flowers over alonger period. Crocus corms 

and Iris reticulata are seen better if planted 

along the edges of paths, while gloryofthesnow 

(Chionodoxa luciliae), snowdrops 

(Galanthus) and bluebells (Hyacinthoides) 

are good for rose beds or used to cover bare 

ground under trees. 

Rambling roses will have completed their 

flowering season and can now be pruned. 

If there is plenty of new growth at ground 

level, cut off old branches that have borne 

flowers. If new growth is scant, simply 

remove worn or diseased wood and cut back 

faded flower trusses and seed hips. 

Aliberal dressing of compost or 

commercial rose fertiliser will encourage 

fresh growth next season. 

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Lawn grass seed will still germinate in 

most areas if sown this month or next. 

Fruit 

Tomatoes grown outdoors may need 

covering at night as aprecaution against 

frost. Reduce watering to encourage the crop 

to ripen before hard frosts kill the plants or 

ruin unripened fruit. 

Remove any leaves shading the fruit 

clusters and pinch out the vigorous side 

shoots which can appear at this time of year. 

Glasshouse tomatoes should be given the 

same treatment to keep them fruiting as long 

as possible. 

City festival on 

Five garden designers, 

nine schools, acollaboration 

of 32 community gardens 

and a range of top 

chefs, scientists and garden 

experts are anticipating 

Christchurch’s new 

homegrown garden festival, 

Grow OTautahi. 

The event, on at the 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens from March 20 

to 22, will also feature a 

range of free activities and 

events. 

The homegrown garden 

festival designed specifically 

for the Garden City is 

a creative and environmentally 

aware event that 

draws on the best ideas 

from the local community, 

schools, garden designers, 

scientists, food gatherers 

and top chefs. 

Festival director Sandi 

MacRae said there should 

be something for everyone 

at the inaugural event 

including family events, 

food events and gardening 

events. 

“We’re creating anew, 

homegrown garden festival 

that will really have 

something for everyone in 

the Garden City. 

‘‘We aim to reflect the 

newest and most 

innovative ideas in 

gardening, sustainability, 

science, cooking and community 

trends.’’ 

Visitors will also learn 

about sustainable gardening, 

production and culinary 

practices from those 

in the know.

Working bees planned 

to spark Neighbours Day 

Mid Canterbury TimeBank co-ordinator Kate 

White (left), Hakatere Multicultural Council coordinator 

Adi Avnit and Neighbourhood Support 

co-ordinator Christine Richards are ready for 

Neighbours Day. 

Neighbours Day2020 is set 

to spark the district's community 

spirit right on 

March 28, thanks to anew 

working beeinyourneighbourhood 

initiative. 

The Mid Canterbury 

Neighbours Day Committee, 

with people from the 

Ashburton District Council's 

Welcoming Communities 

programme, 

Hakatere Multicultural 

Council, Neighbourhood 

Support and Mid Canterbury 

TimeBank, are promoting 

working bees to 

foster connections, build 

community morale and 

raise awareness of local 

community groups. 

Schools, groups and 

clubs who participate in 

the districtwide initiative 

will not onlybegiving back 

to their community, but 

will go intothe drawtowin 

aDominos Pizza delivery 

for their event. Photos of 

their event will also get 

them into the draw. 

‘‘Working Bee inYour 

Neighbourhood is awonderful 

opportunity to make 

new friends and be 

involved insomething that 

will benefit our localfacilities,’’ 

Ashburton District 

Mayor Neil Brown said. 

Five working bee projects 

are already proposed 

at Community House, 

Hinds School,Our Lady of 

the Snows Methven, Netherby 

School and Allenton 

School. Projects are set to 

include garden plantings, 

sanding and painting, 

weeding and general tidying 

and repair work. 

The Neighbours Day 

Committee willbeencouraging 

their members, staff 

and stakeholders to rollup 

their sleeves and take part 

in the working bees. 

This includes businesses 

who featured in the Ashburton 

District Council's 

Welcoming Workplaces 

video series: ACL, Subway 

Ashburton, ANZCO, Talley's 

and Rakaia Island 

Dairies, aswell ascouncil 

staff,TimeBankers,Neighbourhood 

Support and 

Hakatere Multicultural 

Council's Newcomers Network. 

Working bee locations 

will nominate someone 

fromtheir groupororganisation 

that will coordinate 

the event, incollaboration 

with the Neighbours 

Day Committee. 

Some clubs may incorporate 

ahave agoelement to 

their event as well. 

To learn moreabout the 

working bees in various 

neighbourhoods, people 

are encouraged tovisit the 

Welcoming Communities 

Ashburton District Facebook 

page over coming 

weeks. Lists ofregistered 

organisations will be promoted 

on the Facebook 

page. 

To register a school, 

club or group withthe Mid 

Canterbury Neighbours 

Day Committee, contact 

any of the coordinators, 

email Janice.McKay@adc. 

govt.nzorvisit tinyurl.com/ 

MidCanterburyNeighbours2020. 

Teaching that 

changes lives 

Geraldine bowlers signed acontract last week for an all-weather green. 

Photo supplied 

Artificial turf deal penned 

The Geraldine Bowling Club has fundraised 

$270,000for an allweather green. 

Members of the club signed adeal 

last week for the work to get under way 

in August, ready for the start of the new 

bowling season in October. 

Club secretary Joanne Mitchell said 

the construction of an allweather green 

was abig achievement and would mean 

the artificial turf would be in use year 

round. 

Led by president John Roberts, the 

club has been busy fundraising over the 

past year, and also sourced funds from 

the Community Trust of Mid &South 

Canterbury,the Southern Trustand the 

Geraldine Lions. 

‘‘We also received abequest from a 

past member and alarge anonymous 

donation from aperson connected to 

Geraldine who has a strong family 

association with the game of lawn 

bowls.’’ 

Mrs Mitchell said there had been 

plenty of cancellations in past seasons 

because of weather conditions when 

members could only play on a lawn 

surface. 

‘‘The artificial turf will allow the game 

of bowls to be enjoyed by our members 

and visitors the whole year round and 

will encourage an increase in the 

number of membersjoiningusfrom our 

growing older population inGeraldine 

in particular.’’ 

Schools and businesses often use the 

club’s facilities for team building or 

social events. 

‘‘Our club members are always availabletocoach 

and encourageaninterest 

in the sport. The age groups who use 

our facilities includes the very young to 

the very old, from morning to night 

hours.’’ 

Mrs Mitchell said the president’s 

efforts, foresight and perseverance had 

been key to the success of the project. 

Tiger Turf will do the contracting work. 

The Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards 

recognise inspiring work from across New Zealand. 

Teaching that benefits children and young 

people, whānau and entire communities. 

Teaching that changes us all. 

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Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 5 

5March 2020 

Message From ThePrincipal 

Athletics Events and Volunteer Support 

The month of February seemed toflyby. We 

have had the usual round of Term One activities 

including Athletics Prelims and Finals. Last week 

the Finals were heldinthe Domain with selection 

for the Aoraki Athletic Championships being a 

goal from thisevent, aside from College titles. 

Iamalways encouraged by the level of endeavour 

that goes into these championships by the 

competitors and Iwould also like to acknowledge many ofour longterm 

serving volunteers who have been part ofthis event for many 

years. Wecould not run the day without them and clearly they enjoy 

beingpartofthe process. 

Congratulations to those who have been selected for the Aoraki 

Athletics Championships. 

BoardofTrustees 

Also last week we had our first Board ofTrustees meeting for the 

year. Jeremy Savage was re-elected as Board Chair and Tony Gilbert 

re-elected asDeputy Chair. The focus of the meeting was about the 

analysis of the outcomes of our 2019 Annual Plan and also finalising 

our goals for2020. We aremost fortunate to have averycapable Board 

who understandtheir governanceroleand alsorepresentour ethnically 

diversecommunity. 

sPACIFICally PACIFIC Supreme Academic Awards 

This week we had the Pacific Supreme Academic Awards which were 

hosted at the new complex ofShirley Boys’ and Avonside Girls’ High 

Schools. The attendance and numbers ofstudents who have gained 

MeritorExcellence at NCEALevel 2has grownsignificantly just in the last 

four years Ihavebeen attending the Awards. 

A minimum of Merit Endorsement at Level 2 is needed just to be 

nominated. Congratulations are given to our nominees this year, 

Joseph Collins and Estee Aiolupotea. Iwould also like to acknowledge 

the efforts of our College staff and the Pasifikaparents in improving our 

academic results. Last year aHomeworkClub wascreatedspecificallyto 

support our Pasifika students. This was organised by one of our Board 

of Trustee members, Ana Fakataha, and grew in popularity throughout 

the year. Weweredelightedwith our 92% passrate forPasifikastudents 

at NCEA Level 1. Congratulations to all those students involved in this 

programme. 

‘Mates and Dates’ 

At Year 12 level we have again welcomed back the YMCA who run a 

programme called ‘Mates and Dates’. Itisaprogramme about consent 

and keeping each other safe, and it confronts some issues that all our 

teenagers face. This is an excellentprogrammeand ranverysuccessfully 

last year. Itismade up of five one-hour lessons,with all students in Year 

12 involved. 

COVID-19 

Therehas been lots of media coverage about COVID-19. If an outbreak 

does happen in New Zealand then we are very much guided bythe 

recommendations of both the Ministry of Health and Ministry of 

Education. 

NewEnrolments 

During February wehave had nearly twenty new enrolments spread 

across all year levels. Mywelcome tothese new students, and their 

whānau and caregivers. 

Kind regards. 

Ross Preece 

Principal •Tumuaki 

Information 

Transition DepartmentNews 

Liaison Visits 

Various tertiary institutions and community groups visit the College 

during our Year 13 Ako time (Wednesdays, Period 4) to share 

information with students about courses and programmestheyoffer. 

Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need toregister their 

names at theTransitionOfficebeforethe visit. 

The following visitsremain scheduledfor Term One: 

18 March OtagoPolytech 

25 March AraInstitute 

01 April OtagoUniversity 

08 April CanterburyUniversity 

29 April(Term 2) Lincoln University 

06 May Victoria University 

Information 

Career Coaching at College forStudents 

Students can receive personalised coaching from our College Careers 

Co-ordinator, KarenEll,wherever theyare at in theirtransition process 

-regardless of whether theyhave‘noidea, someideas,orlots of ideas!’ 

Possible Pathways 

Different pathways are right for 

different people and so suitable 

pathways for your teenager may 

include: 

• employment 

• self-employment 

• job shadowing 

• work experiences 

• trade training 

• self-developmentcourses 

• armed forces 

• polytechnic 

• university 

• overseas exchange 

• gap year 

• other 

Discussion Topics 

Topics for discussion to support 

your teenager in creating 

stepping-stones towards their 

preferred futuremightbe: 

• career direction 

• subjectchoices 

• course applications 

• industryconnections 

• employabilityskills 

• lifeexperiences 

• job searchstrategies 

• cover letters and curriculumvitae 

• interviewskills 

• voluntaryorpaid work 

• entrepreneurial skills 

• other 

Professional Advice 

Karen has aGraduate Diploma inCareer Development and experience 

in career coaching for high school, trades academy, military, polytechnic, 

university and private consultancy. She isaprofessional member ofthe 

Career Development Association ofNew Zealand (CDANZ) sothe advice 

youreceivewill be impartial and confidential. 

AppointmentBookings 

Karen is available for appointments before/during/after school (at flexible 

times)onMondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. 

To book, students can -either: leave amessage inthe Transition Room 

(T12); phone/text on027 777 8941; or email ek@ashcoll.school.nz with 

requestand preferredday or time. 

Parents, caregivers and/or whanau are welcome tomake contact and be 

part of meetings with theirstudent. 

Questions,Feedback and Suggestions 

If youhaveany questions aboutthe services we offer 

feedback/feedforward comments,orsuggestions for relevant events, 

then pleasefeelfreetocontact us! Thank you. 

(Pictured above): Careers Co-ordinator Karen Ell talks with Year 13 student 

Irish Bernarte, explaining the new In-Zone Careers search and information 

facilityand options foraccessing up-to-date data. 

AshDance2020 

AshColl’s DanceShowcase 

•All stylesofDance –fromBallettoHip Hop 

•Class groups, Cultural groups, Solo performances 

Performance night: Thursday19March, 7:00pm, 

College Auditorium. 

Tickets: $3.00 

Available nowfromthe CollegeOffice. 

AshburtonCollege Netball 

ThreeAdditional Coaches and 

Managers Required 

Duetopleasingly highnumbers of Collegestudentschoosing to playfor 

the CollegeClub we have players forten teams. 

Wehave Coaches and Managers forseven of theseteams 

and arenow looking forCoachesand Managers 

forthree of the Year 9and 10 teams. 

Coaches and Managersarewell-supportedwithin the Club 

and thereare coaching programmes available forCoaches, 

and forManagers,through Mid Canterbury Netball. 

If youcan help,please contactKaren Burrowes – 

karen_burrowes@bnz.co.nz 

Before or during Monday09March. 

Phoenix Magazine 2019 

An update forthose who have ordered and paid 

forthe Phoenix Magazine. 

This time,the magazine covers Term Four of 2018and all of 2019.Fromhere 

forwarditwill coverthe full year andbedelivered/available forcollection by 

families in Term One of the following year. 

The current magazine will be available bythe end ofthis term, Term One, 

andfamilies will be advised accordingly re collection or delivery. 

Further orders could be takencurrently-$25 percopy 

To order:Pleasecontactthe CollegeOffice-308 4193, 

or info@ashcoll.school.nz 

ScienceTourFundraising 

Thetour group would love your support,ifyou arefreetotakeparton 

Saturday evening. 

Events 

Heritage Centre Visit forYear13 

Students of English 

As partoftheir English programmeand visual text studyof‘JojoRabbit’, the 

anti-hate satirefilm by TaikaWaititi, Year 13 studentsofEnglish took in the 

Children’s Holocaust Memorial at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage 

Centre on Friday28February. 

MaxReeves,theVisitors' Programmes Co-ordinator, challengedthe students 

to take acriticalview of the exhibitionintermsofhow it is presented, andits 

relevance todayasanexhibitioninAshburton. 

Theexhibitionhighlights the loss of innocent Jewish childrenatthe hands 

of the NAZIs by displaying1.5 million buttons in astair format, each button 

representativeofthe loss of achild’s life. 

Theexhibitionchallenges theviewer to considerthe lossofinnocenceand 

the scale of the horrors of the Holocaust bybeginning the display with 

an orderly display of buttons in small metal boxes. The individuality of 

each unique button is then deliberately lost amongst the more disorderly 

arranged buttons in taller metalboxes, the tallestof whichare unabletobe 

viewed as theyreachtowardsthe ceiling. 

(Pictured right, front and back): 

RobCorbett and Henry Chapmanat 

partofthe buttondisplay. 

Maxthen took the students through 

aquestion and answersession 

gathering-intheir understanding of 

themes the exhibition presented,as 

well as the intended audienceand 

howthe message could reach different 

peopleindifferentways. 

Theexhibitioncan be viewed through 

to 26 April2020.



Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 5 


Congratulations 

AshburtonCollege Athletics Finals 

Finals Daytook placeonThursday 27 February, in the AshburtonDomain. 

Head of SportRon Carlson said thatthe athletics finalsday wasquiteideal. 

Being warm with high cloud meant our students did not overheat ortire 

quickly. There were close to 300 students vying for individual titles, grade 

champions and potentially to perform well enough to compete for the 

College at the Aoraki Athletics in mid-March. Therewerenorecordsbroken 

this year. 

Competitors took to their events with great enthusiasm and some very 

good racing,and competitivenatures were on display, rightthrough to the 

final relay atthe end of the day. Some of the Houses did struggle to have 

competitors in anumber of events,however the points forthe Houses at the 

endofthe daywerereasonably close,ascan be seen below. 

Current House Points 

At the conclusion of the athletic sports were: 

Blue House 33:56; Green House 30.85; 

Orange House 28.79; Red House 26.80. 

Thank youtoexternal helpers - 

As always, weappreciate the help on the day from personnel outside 

of College. This is invaluable to the smooth running of the day and to 

avoiding higher numbers of teaching staff out of classes. Thisyear we had 

some very easily-recognisable helpers: Chris Buckland, Mary Buckland, 

Dave Christensen, Trevor Cochrane, Peter Fougere, Greg Jones, Brian Lynn, 

BruceWelsh. 

2020 Grade Champions are: 

Under 19 Boys: Joint Champions –Flynn Mackenzie/Kyle Cabangun 

JointRunners-up –Zac Woolf/Kalen Tait 

Under 19 Girls: Champion –PoppyKilworth 

JointRunners-up –Jaimee Chute/Hannah O’Reilly/Sophie Adams 

Under 16 Boys: JointChampions –Matthew Hopkins/Matthew Pearce 

Runner Up –Jack Wood 

Under 16 Girls: Champion –Lusungu Mbambo 

JointRunners-up –Molly Jones/Julia Herrmann 

Under 15 Boys: Champion –Chris Angus Runner Up –WilliamFifita 

Under 15 Girls: Champion –LauraWinchester Runner Up –Jessie Pitney 

Under 14 Boys: Champion–Regan Lilley 

JointRunners up –Elliott Ward/SonnyMcMillan 

Under 14 Girls: Champion –AngelSpooner Runner Up –Bryanna Scott 

(Pictured): Some of the title-winners in action. 

(Pictured above): 

Flynn Mackenzie leading 

the 400m charge,while 

(right) PoppyKilworth 

heads the 100m sprint. 

(Pictured below, clockwise): 

Under 16 Girls’Champion 

Lusungu Mbambo in the 

Long Jump,under the 

watchful eyeof 

BruceWelch; 

Matthew Pearce leading the 

400m; and Kyle Cabangun 

leading his event. 

Staff HouseVolleyball 

With all staff except the Principal allocated toaHouse, aspart offurther 

extending competition, College, last year, instigated aStaff House points 

competition. 

The plan this year is to extend this to three competitions, with the first 

having been at lunchtime on Friday 21February. Badminton isscheduled 

forTermThree with the hope thatadatecan be found foranother sport, in 

Term Two. 

Staff House Volleyball wasaliveand well,with aserious draw undertaken in 

the staffroom at staff briefing, witnessed by all in attendance! In the playoff 

round Redscoredawin over Orange,while Green House overtook Blue 

House. 

(Pictured above): Andrew Shepherd for Red House looks to keep 

the ball in play while, supporting (clockwise from back left) are 

Rachel Donaldson, LivvySheehan,SarahLassen(StaffHeadofRedHouse)and 

Vaughan Matheson. 

Red House wasawardedthe win on atechnicalityoverGreen House! 

Equestrian: CanterburySchools’ 

Show Jumping 

Ashburton College had ateam offour riders competing at the Canterbury 

Schools’ShowJumping competition, held at the National Equestrian Centre, 

McLean’s Island Christchurch on Wednesday26February. 

Eighteen schools participated, which involved 115 riders and horses 

jumping anywherebetween 80cm-105cm in height. 

Team Coach and Manager Karen McKenzie said that College’s experienced 

senior riders from 2019 have left now for university and,consequently, our 

equestrian team is in arebuilding phase. 

Each rider participated in two jumping competitions with the aim of 

achieving four clear rounds to gain maximum points. 

Team members were: 

(Pictured below, left to right): Charlotte Bota, riding Aorangi Bella, 

jumping at 95cm; Ruby Thomas, riding Chico, jumping at 105cm; 

SarahMattson riding WindwardLegacy, jumping at 80cm;and Sami Mead, 

riding FreelanceII, also jumping at 95cm. 

Results 

Theteam had mixed 

success but 

RubyThomas gained 

a4th placing in the 

first competition. 

Sami Mead (pictured 

right) wasour most 

successful rider with 

8th placing in the first 

competition and 6th 

placing in the second 

competition, from 50-60 riders. 

Sarah Mattson had aseverely sprained ankle and rode amazingly well, 

considering she could not walk, toachieve adouble clear but was not fast 

enough foraplacing. 

Theteam’s final,overall placing waseighth. 

Many thanks go to parents of each rider who all provided assistanceinthe 

running of the event. 

Thenextcompetition forthe team is adressageevent in late March. 

Softball Success for Year 10 Student 

Ashlein Lyttle 

For the last two years fourteen year old Ashlein Lyttle has travelled to 

Christchurch to playsoftball forthe Rolleston Club. Initially Ashlein played 

in Ashburton but team numbers, and alack of girls ather age level, meant 

joining the Christchurch competition wasanoption. Therefore, Ashlein and 

older brother Connor -with family support -have had aclose association 

with the StateHighway1roadfromAshburtontoChristchurch and return! 

With club practices once aweek and representative team practices three 

times aweek, the road was well-travelled, although Ashlein said her club 

coach was very understanding and they were able to drop club practices 

during the peak travelling time. 

Currently playing in the Christchurch Under 15 Girls’Competition, Ashlein 

believes the Rolleston team is sitting in second place asthe competition 

weeks draw to aclose. 

Through playing in this competition Ashlein, who usually plays as Catcher 

or ShortStop, wasinvited to closed trialsfor theCanterburyUnder 15 Girls’ 

team, earning selection as ateam member after two specifically targeted 

trials –one targeting positional play and asecond seeing how players 

worked together. 

National Under 15 Tournament Winners 

The Canterbury team (pictured below) then went on to play in, and win, the 

National Under 15 Girls’ Softball Tournament held this year in Christchurch 

at the Mizuno Ballpark, from 16-19 January. 

(Pictured left): 

Ashlein with the 

team (back row, 

sixth from 

the left). 

Aside from 

twoplayers, 

the balanceof 

this team was 

formed from the 

Rolleston Club 

team. 

Brother Connor,aYear 12 studentatAshColl,isaplayerbut is also turning his 

hand to umpiring,fulfilling this role at the Under 15 National Tournament. 

Coming Events 

(Pictured left, 

back and front): 

Connor umpiring, 

while Ashlein is 

catching. This was 

taken at the Under 

15 Mainland Shield 

Tournamentheld 

over the weekend 

of 21-22 February, 

which wasagain 

wonbythe 

CanterburyGirls’ 

Under 15 team. 

March 

08 Aoraki Touch Tournament, Fairlie 

ASG1 Animal Handling 1, Chertsey Farm 

09 CanterburySecondarySchools’Golf Teamsevent, WaitikiriGolf Club, 

Christchurch 

11 AshColl Swimming Sports,EANetworksCentre 

Mountain Biking,Singletrack series,Halswell Quarry Park, 

Christchurch 

13 Aoraki SecondarySchoolBowls Championships,Oamaru 

13-15 South Island SecondarySchools’ Rowing Championships, 

Lake Ruataniwha 

14-27 Nichidai Buzan Girls’School (Japan) visit 

15 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Futsal,Timaru 

18 Year 13 Otago Polytech liaison visit,Auditorium 

Mountain Biking –Singletrack series week 3, Halswell Quarry Park, 

Christchurch 

Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Athletics,Timaru 

WorldVisionConference, Christchurch 

19 Year 12/13 HistorytriptoAkaroa 

Postponementday:AorakiSecondarySchools’ Athletics,Timaru 

Term Dates2020 

Term One - Thursday09April 

Term Two Tuesday 28 April - Friday03July 

Term Three Monday20July - Friday25September 

Term Four Monday12October - Thursday29October (Year 13) 

- Tuesday03November 

(Years11and 12) 

- Thursday03December (Year 10) 

- Friday04December (Year 9)



Triathletes ready for Taupo test 


The hardwork and hours of 

training have been completed and 

another Taupo Ironmanisset to 

challenge two Mid Canterbury 

triathletes. 

Netherby butcher MikeHanson 

will competeinhis 6th Taupo 

Ironman, while fellow Ashburton 

resident JohnHenry MacDonald 

will line up for his eightconsecutive 

race. 

The pairare mates, both are 47, 

and they have beentraining 

together for Saturday’s race and 

some previous races. 

They crossed the finish line with 

the sametime of 10h:47m:08s in 

2019, atime that placedthem 20th 

in their 4549 age group category 

and 177th overall. 

The fullironmanrace is a 

gruelling 3.8km swim, 180kmbike 

and 42.2km run. 

JohnHenry MacDonald said he 

first enteredthe racein2013, but 

had not expected to returnyear 

after year to tackle it. 

This yearhewas looking for a 

time below 11 hours, something he 

had achieved in his previous two 

starts. 

His favourite disciplinewas the 

swim leg, where he usually gaineda 

10 to 15 minute lead over Mike 

Hanson, who then clawed it back 

over the run leg. 

Mike Hansonsaid he was in 

‘‘good nick’’ and relishingthe 

gruelling challenge again. 

He saidthe training buddies had 

been doing 4km swim sessions in a 

nearby irrigation pond acoupleof 

times aweek with othertriathletes. 

Run training ‘‘took them 

everywhere’’, including along the 

Ashburton River trails. 

Bike training had also been 

varied, withthe lasttrainingsession 

an 80km plus road trip out to 

Methven and back. 

Other Mid Canterbury athletes 

competing in the Taupo Ironman 

include Simon Chapmanand Nicky 

Giera. Locals in the Half Ironman 

include Roger Willis and Ronnie 

Campbell. 

Triathletes Mike Hanson (left) 

and John-Henry MacDonald 

prepare to head off on afinal 

bike training session. 

Nineholers tourney 

Around 60 players from10golf 

clubs tookpart in theAshburton 

GolfClub’s recent ninehole 

tournament. 

EricWeir hadthe bestmen’s 

nettscore, while JudyMoore 

won thewomen’s division one 

and Lillian O’Hanlon the 

division two. 

Fullresults: 

Men Best nett: Eric Weir 

(Ashburton); runnerup:John 

Evans (Amberley). Putting: 

PaulBaird(Ashburton); 

runnerup: Peter Woods 

(Ashburton). Longest drive: 

Robert Schikker(Mayfield). 

Nearest to pin:PaulClark 

(Ashburton). 

Women,division oneBest 

nett: JudyMoore (Rakaia); 

runnerup: GillTaylor 

(Ellesmere). Putting: Hiromi 

Ikehata(Methven); runnerup: 

Helen Argyle (Ashburton). 

Longestdrive,Robynne Nicoll 

(Ashburton). Nearest to pin: Jill 

Ludemann (Mayfield). 

Women,division twoBest 

nett: Lillian O'Hanlon 

Rakaia’s Judy Moore won the 

women’s division one ninehole 

competition at the 

Ashburton Golf Club recently. 

(Rakaia);runnerup: Marg 

McPherson (Ellesmere). 

Putting: Alycen Cournane 

(Pleasant Point);runnerup: 

MurielMorgan(Ashburton). 

Longest drive: Cate Hogan 

Wright(Mayfield). Nearestto 

pin:Kath Winter(Ellesmere). 

Rowers do well at Lake Hood regatta 

Ashburton College rowers have 

enjoyed good results at the Canterbury 

Junior Regatta held at Lake Hood at 

the weekend. 

Single sculler Ged Wall had a 

comfortable win in the boy’s U17 final 

and was just three seconds behind the 

winner in the U18 race. 

The boys’ U18 novice coxed four of 

Matthew Pearce, Mitchell Taylor, 

Henry Wallis, Parker Bradford and 

cox Jed Amos finished second in the A 

final, and were followed home by 

schoolmates Tim ConnellyWhyte, 

Riley Harris, Zane Cameron and 

Charles Savage, who claimed fourth 

place. 

The Ashburton boys also made the 

final of the boys U18 novice quad 

sculls. The boat of Matthew Pearce, 

Riley Harris, Zane Cameron and 

Charles Savage finished third, some 14 

seconds ahead of the boat of Tim 

ConnellyWhyte, Henry Wallis, 

Mitchell Taylor and Parker Bradford. 

In their first ever regatta outing, the 

novice boys also reached the final of 

the boys U18 novice coxed eight, 

finishing an impressive third behind 

crews from Cashmere High School 

The boys U18 novice coxed four crew (from left) Matthew Pearce, Parker 

Bradford, Mitchell Taylor, Henry Wallis, and cox Jed Amos, return to the 

dock after finishing second in the Afinal. 

and Christ’s College. 

The Ashburton College girls’ U18 

novice coxed quad sculls crew of Isabel 

Wall, Ruby Leverton, Laura Jensen 

and Megan Binnie finished seventh in 

their Afinal. 

Rowers will now focus on the South 

Island Secondary Schools 

Championships (March 1315) and the 

season ending Maadi regatta (March 

30 to April 4), both at Lake 

Ruataniwha.


Comment by Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon 

Aoneway friendship 

It’s just coming up 

120 years since the 

Constitution of 

Australia passed 

into law. Buried 

deep in Section 6it 

allows for the 

inclusion of New 

Zealand in the 

Commonwealth of 

Australia. It 

recognises that, 

barring their early status as a 

prison for transported British 

convicts, we share ajoint history. 

That we’ve never taken up 

that opportunity doesn’t detract 

at all from how close we remain, 

with the oftrepeated phrase that 

no two countries are closer 

mates. Those bonds have been 

forged on the battleground, as 

Anzac forces in World War One 

and World War Two. 

That mateship doesn’t come 

without competitive spirit. In any 

Letter to the Editor 

Domain plan 

As president of the Ashburton 

Bowling Club, Ithink the time has 

come to explain the start of the 

proceedings with the Ashburton 

council’s draft domain 

development plan. 

I, with our secretary and 

treasurer, were invited to an 

informal meeting with the council’s 

CEO Mr Riach and the then mayor 

Donna Favel in July 2019, where 

we were told that there was a 

30year draft development plan 

coming out and that the bowling 

club was not going to be part of this 

plan and that they wished for us to 

relocate with the optionoftwo sites 

one being the old camping ground 

off Elizabeth Street, the other at 

the EA Networks site. 

This came as acomplete shock 

to us but Mr Riach assured us that 

this was nothing to worry about as 

it was such along way off. But then 

on him checking our lease, we all 

discovered that our lease was a 

nonrenewable lease ending in 

June 30, 2028 both then informed 

us, please do not worrythat this 

may never happen. 

Since that time, there has been 

no contact from the council on this 

matter and still no contact. 

sporting code throw 

aKiwi team up 

against abunch of 

Aussies and see a 

rivalry like no other. 

At various points 

in our history that 

rivalry has spilled 

over into the world 

of politics. Norm 

Kirk and his 

Australian 

counterpart Gough Whitlam are 

said to have had afrosty 

relationship. The same was true 

for their successors Rob 

Muldoon and Malcolm Fraser, 

the latter of whom is said to have 

jumped up and down on the 

floor of his hotel room at 1.30am 

in the hope of waking Muldoon 

in the room below, just for the 

sake of it. 

But that goodnatured friendship 

has become increasingly 

oneway. In 2001 the 

Our lease, which expires in 2028, 

states that along with the land, all 

our improvements which includes 

our clubrooms, sheds that we built 

ourselves will return to the 

council with no compensation, and 

that their offer of our relocation 

clearly has no budget facility in this 

plan so we will in effect be left high 

and dry after 125 years of 

operation. 

Our club hosts many visitors 

from all over the district and 

beyond. 

What aterrible way to end. 

J. W. Ryk 

President, Ashburton Bowling 

Club 

Council CEO Hamish Riach 

replies: Mayor DonnaFavel and I 

met bowling club representatives 

as acourtesy ahead of the Domain 

Development Plan being released 

for public consultation. 

We explained that the draft plan 

included provision for the bowling 

club to be moved to another site to 

the east of the hospital and near 

the corner of Grigg St and 

Elizabeth St at the Domainin 

order to createacentralhub where 

the bowling club is now. 

We stressed it was adraft plan 

and no decisionhad been made 

and assured them that afull 

consultative process with the 

Governments of Helen Clark 

and John Howard failed to agree 

on harmonising immigration 

policies, leading to achange 

across the Tasman for new 

migrants. From that point Kiwis 

arriving in Australia have been 

subject to aSpecial Category 

Visa prohibiting any sort of 

welfare payments, voting rights, 

access to student loans, or 

citizenship. 

There’s been the odd 

exception. In 2016, years of work 

by the John Key Government 

resulted in apathway to 

citizenship for around onethird 

of Kiwis who arrived in Australia 

between 2001 and 2016. 

But many more remain 

ineligible. It’s in stark contrast to 

how Australians are treated here 

in New Zealand and after 10 

years Aussies are no longer 

subject to deportation should 

they commit aserious crime 

Editorial 

Bowling club standing firm 

As aformerpub manager, Jo Ryk 

likely thought his days of sorting 

out afight were over. 

As president of the Ashburton 

Bowling Club, he’s at the centre of 

astandoff with the Ashburton 

District Council. 

Jo and 90 current members want 

their club to continue its 125year 

history in their current spot at the 

Ashburton Domain; council (as 

part of alongterm redevelopment 

for the domain) would like them to 

relocate. 

Jo is disappointed that after the 

initial contact last year, noone 

from council or the expert team of 

landscape architects came to talk 

to him or his fellow bowlers about 

where they saw their future. Their 

members are regular domain users 

and could have offered valuable 

insights. They are selfcontained 

when it comes to keeping their 

facilities up to scratch,they look 

out for members who are poorly or 

lonely, and they welcome visitors 

and tourists who are inquisitive 

about what goes on behind the 

hedge. 

As the most affected stakeholder 

in the whole 30year plan and with 

avery long history in the domain, 

you might have thought they 

deserved some communication. 

But no. 

Not all history takes the shape of 

abuilding and the bowling club has 

proved it is capable of adapting 

over the years to ensure its survival. 

Their membership is constant at 90 

and they have adedicated greens 

superintendent and greens keeper. 

They might not all be on social 

media, but members have been 

savvy enough to have started an 

online petition which is being 

circulated to bowlers all over 

Canterbury. 

Jo is maintaining adignified 

position. He is quietly pointing out 

that it wouldn’t take much to get 

the landscape architects to move 

the central hub 100m in almost any 

direction. 

He is hoping the people of 

Ashburton will see that too. 

It can’t be that difficult to redraw 

the club back onto the 

redevelopment plans. It could sit 

proudly alongside all the other 

redeveloped areas of the domain 

and be part of the future, rather 

than being consigned to the past. 

The longtermplan does look 

good in every other regard. Iwalk 

through and around the domain 

regularly, and come across visitors 

and locals alike enjoyingthe space. 

It was well planned and is well 

used. Nothing beats the sight of 

cricketers in their whites or 

footballers in their kit being active 

on the pitches ... bowlers too. 

Linda Clarke 

community (including the bowling 

club) would occurbefore any 

decision was made. We also 

assured them that there would be 

no requirement to movebefore the 

expiry of their current lease (June, 

30 2028). 

The previous council decided to 

refer the consultation on the draft 

plan to the new council (as they 

would be considering community 

feedback),which happened last 

week –there have been no further 

meetings with the bowlingclub 

representatives since the initial 

courtesy meeting as there has been 

no new information to share and 

the new council needed to consider 

the draft plan and decide on the 

consultation process. 

It is correct to say that the draft 

plan does not refer to the cost of 

any relocation –ifafter considering 

community feedback the council 

does decide to proceed with 

relocation of the bowling club, 

those costs are clearly amatter that 

needs addressing during the 

intervening years. 

The council is now looking 

forward to receiving the 

community’s feedback on the draft 

plan by 5pm Sunday 5April 

(including an open day at the 

Domain on Saturday 7March 

11am –4pm). 

here. 

The same is not true for Kiwis 

in Australia. In 2014 the 

Government of Tony Abbott 

made changes to the Migration 

Act, where visa holders could 

have their right to remain in 

Australia cancelled should they 

commit acrime. Because of their 

lack of citizenship, more than 

1000 people have since been 

deported to New Zealand 

despite in many cases having not 

set foot here in decades. 

In recent talks Australian 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison 

has confirmed there will be no 

changes to the policy. 

The question we must 

consider is whether we say 

enough is enough. If Australia is 

to maintain the right to deport 

New Zealand born criminals 

here, that we do the same for 

Australians who commit serious 

crimes. 

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Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club 

President Lion Noel Lowe 

welcomed members and seven 

visitors to the February meeting of 

the Pakeke Lions Club. Lion Jim 

Martin read the apologies and 

clipboards with regard to Meals on 

Wheels, away meeting in March and 

the charity sale were circulated. 

Edith Paterson said grace. 

Lion David Horrell outlined 

health and safety rules for the 

charity garage sale. 

He reported on the club’s project, 

the sexton’s building at the 

cemetery has been painted but 

another working bee will be 

required. 

Lion David advised members of 

the forthcoming golf tournament on 

Sunday March 22 at Tinwald Golf 

Club. 

Lion Joe Butchard gave a 

comprehensive report on the 

upcoming charity market advising 

members of their obligations and 

duties for the week leading up to the 

sale and on sale day. 

President Noel welcomed Colin 

and his wife Ruth Crossen into the 

fellowship of the Ashburton Pakeke 

Lions Club and inducted Colin as 

new member into the club. Colin 

was sponsored by Lion Dave 

Bennett. 

Speaker for the evening was fire 

chief Alan Burgess who has served 

Pakeke Lion Ron Paterson (left) presenting chief fire officer Alan 

Burgess with an appreciation certificate at their recent meeting. 

with the Ashburton Volunteer Fire 

Brigade for 50 years. This brigade 

was formed in 1874 and started out 

as two separate organisations being 

urban and rural and these were 

separate entities until 2017. 

Fiftyeight persons now operate 

out of the present premises in 

Burnett Street. 

There are 11,600 volunteers 

throughout NZ and Alan stated that 

this service could not operate 

without them. Ashburton has 

averaged 530 callouts per year in 

the past five years and they aim to 

be on the road within five minutes. 

The Fire Service is funded 

entirely by the Insurance Industry 

Levies and there is ahouse fire in 

NZ every three hours. 

Alan spoke at length on fire 

safety, and stated that smoke alarms 

are an absolute necessity. 

He concluded his talk by advising 

of the wonderful Ashburton Fire 

Museum at the Tinwald Domain. 

Alan was thanked for his very 

informative speech by Lion Ron 

Paterson and presented with a 

Certificate of Appreciation. 

Raffles were drawn and Tai 

Twister Lion Robert Spencer 

extracted anumber of fines with a 

very enjoyable session. Singing of 

the National Anthem closed the 

meeting. 

Ashburton Woodworkers 

Our February meeting was avisit 

to three members’ workshops. We 

often wonder how the other 

workshops look, what sort of 

equipment have they got, how 

different is it from yours and more, 

perhaps, what state is it in, spotless 

or aused look. 

Gary Maxey’s workshop was the 

first visit. An extensive, very clean 

impressive selection of tools, 

ingenious jigs. An item that took 

our interest an aeroplane powered 

by arubber band that took off from 

ground level then climbed and 

circled round and round apole then 

once out of power gently landed. 

Roger Scammell noteworthy for 

his use of old and recycled furniture, 

timber and managing to fit it neatly 

into his man shed. He showed how 

he made his three dimension 

chopping boards. Quite acomplex 

process. 

Merv Peck fits his machinery in 

two sheds, space is fairly limited one 

next to avehicle so dust has to be 

kept to aminimum with the use of 

adust extractor. Merv had several 

interesting tools, jigs. 

In spite of asmall area, Merv 

manages to build several rocking 

horses, segmented bowls and vases 

atime consuming effort. 

Back to the clubrooms where 

president Bruce Ferriman 

mentioned the Aged Concern Expo 

at the Hotel Ashburton and that the 

club had astand to demonstrate 

woodturning. 

Several members expressed an 

interest in operating alathe. 

Clarry Brake inquired if there 

were members enthusiastic in 

forming acarving group as he was 

keen to pass on his skills. 

Thanks to the three members 

who shared their dens. 

Show and Tell: 

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Strategic boulders help restore river life 

New boulders in the Hinds River. 

Families, groups urged 

to step up for safety 

Mid Canterburyfamilies and 

communities are being encouragedto 

take part in Road Safety Weekthis 

May. 

FromMay 410,hundreds of 

communities, schoolsand organisations 

will focus on how designled solutions 

can preventpeople dyingorbeing 

seriously injuredonroads. 

In 2018, 828 children under the age 

of 15 and 1893 young people aged 1519 

were killed or injured on New Zealand 

roads, says roadsafety charity Brake. 

That’s an average of 52 children and 

youngpeople –more than aclassroom 

full –dyingorsuffering injuries as a 

result of roadcrashesevery week. 

Brake is encouraging parents and 

community leaderstogoto www. 

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activity ideas and to register for afree 

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March). 

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week will focus on how everyone can 

#StepUp anddotheir bit for road 

safety. Therewill be an emphasis on 

encouraging people to learn about, 

shoutabout and celebrate the design 

solutions that can enable everyone to 

get around in asafe and healthy way, 

every day.Groupscan choose to run 

their initiative on this theme or any 

other road safetytopic, according to 

their priorities. 

RoadSafety Week has been 

engaging communities in roadsafety 

for nine years and is agreat chance for 

community groups, families and schools 

to takeaction on local road safety issues 

and raise awarenesstoprevent needless 

casualties. 

Caroline Perry,Brake’s NZ director, 

said it was everyone’s righttobeable to 

get around in asafe and healthy way 

every day. 

‘‘Every year thousands of people are 

killed and injured on our roads.Parents 

and community groupscan help get 

these vitalmessages outtofamilies, 

young people and local drivers, making 

adifference to their localcommunity. 

Acluster of big boulders has been 

installed in the Hinds River near 

Longbeach and although they may 

look out of place, they have been put 

there to create abetter river. 

The boulders, which come from 

South Canterbury, are in the river as 

part of apilot programme that aims 

to improve diversity in river 

conditions and to create better 

habitats for arange of species. 

Funding for the operation was 

provided by Fonterra in order to help 

improve waterways in Mid and 

SouthCanterbury. 

Environment Canterbury (ECan) 

land management adviser Lachie 

Ashton says the point of installing 

boulders is to create different flows 

of water with apool, run, riffle effect. 

Unlike most manmade drains and 

canals, natural waterways were not 

uniform and varied in water flow, 

speed and depth. 

Those variations created different 

habitats for agreater range of 

species, he said. 

Immediately downstream of the 

new boulders in the Hinds River, 


deeper and slowerflowing water 

forms apool, which is aperfect 

habitat for trout. 

Towards the north bank, the water 

flows faster over ashallow channel, 

known as ariffle. Other sections of 

river nearby form runs –smooth, 

steady flowing sections of river. 

Although motorists crossing the 

state highways at Mayfield and Hinds 

may see the Hinds River running dry, 

the groundwater does reappear in 

springs that feed the river’s lower 

reaches near the coast. 

During heavy rains, the lower 

reaches of the river experience 

periodic floods. When that happens 

over the wetter winter months, the 

full effect of the boulder planting will 

be seen. 

Flooding is all part of the project, 

Mr Ashton says.“We need to let the 

river do its natural process and just 

wait and monitor the effects.’’ 

If the pool, run, riffle effect holds 

over several seasons, the operation 

will be deemed asuccess, and it may 

see more boulders going into the 

river. 

Camper vans were among the mobile homes and caravans on show or for sale in Ashburton last 

weekend. 

Motorhomes prove pulling power 

Ashburton Lions have been 

catching their breath this week 

after abusy weekend hosting the 

South Island Motorhome show. 

More than 200 social campers 

and 62 private sellers gathered at 

the Ashburton Showgrounds to 

trade up, or out, or find new 

fittings and toys for their mobile 

homes. 

While the campers camefrom 

all over New Zealand, agood 

crowd of Ashburton people also 

checked out the mobile home 

lifestyle, and other holiday 

equipment ranging from ebikes to 

camp chairs. 

Organisers said they were 

pleased at the turnout, which 

raised funds for charitable 

purposes and supported local 

people and projects. 

Fire and Emergency New 

Zealand also put on aspecial fire 

safety demonstration and 

provided survival tips, which was 

educational for all. 

AA+ rating for council 

Ashburton District Council has 

received aAA+ credit rating that 

could save the district hundreds of 

thousands of dollars in interest 

repayments over coming years. 

Independent credit rating 

company Fitch Ratings Services 

have assessed the council's ability 

to service debt against arange of 

criteria and determined that it and 

the district are in astrong financial 

position that should provide 

positive assurance to lenders. 

The ratingwill assistthe council 

to secure lower interest rates when 

borrowing from lenders, which will 

help offset the financial burden on 

ratepayers. 

Council chief executive Hamish 

Riach says the the AA+ credit 

rating means the council can now 

access lower interest rates from the 

Local Government Funding 

Agency of up to 20 points. 

‘‘Fitch Ratings' assessment is a 

positive testament to the council's 

fiscal position and the efforts of 

current and previous elected 

councils to operate responsibly and 

efficiently for our community. 

‘‘We are very pleased to receive 

this rating. It will certainly have 

good outcomes for ratepayers, and 

residents should be proud of their 

district's good standing.’’ 

In the last financial year, the 

council achieved itsFinancial 

Strategy targets to not exceed rate 

and external debt limits. 

Its goals for the next 10 years are 

to ensureitremains financially 

stable, spends moneyprudently to 

deliver services, catersfor growth 

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Author Jill Worrall and managing 

director of South Island Organ 

Company John Hargraves with 

the book marking 50 years of 

highly-specialised business. 

Many Canterbury instruments feature 

inthe book and there’s aspecial 

section dedicated to the SIOC personnel 

who lost their lives during the 

February 22, 2011 earthquake. 

“Over the years it’stakenmetowrite 

the bookI’vebecome totally fascinated 

with the whole process of organ 

restoration. In other words, I’ve 

become abit of apipe organ geek. 

Most of all though, I’ve treasured 

getting toknow this unique group of 

people, of whom I’ve become 

immensely fond.” 

Arundel 

Orari Bridge 

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School attendance drops 

Attendance data for Term 22019 shows adrop inthe 

number of students going to school regularly. 

Absences were worse on Mondays and Fridays, and 

22%ofstudents weren’t at schoolonthe last dayofterm. 

The attendance data captures all nonattendance – 

justified and unjustified. 

It shows thatmostabsencesare justified, but there are 

some increases in unjustified. 

Figures for Ashburton District provided to Rangitata 

MP AndrewFalloon showthe levelofstudents attending 

school ‘‘regularly’’was 55.8% inTerm 22019. For the 

same period in2018 the level was 67.6% and in 2017 it 

was 70.4%. 

The national average for Term 22019 was 57.7%. 

Students attending regularly are defined as having 

attended more than 90% of all school time inTerm 2, 

where time is measured in halfdays. 

Data shows attendance is betteratprimary schooland 

deteriorates at secondary school. Nonattendance rates 

are higher for females. 

Attendance declines asterm two progresses and is 

lowest onFridays and Mondays. 

More information at the website educationcounts. 

govt.nz. 

Farmers could be affected by 

new biodiversity proposal 

Dairy farmers with indigenous vegetation, 

native bird, insect habitats, 

or wetlands on their farms could be 

affected by proposals in a new 

biodiversity proposal, currently 

under consultation. 

They are being urged to make a 

submission and share their views on 

the proposed National Policy Statement 

for Indigenous Biodiversity, 

which is being sought by The 

Ministry for the Environment, until 

March 14. 

DairyNZ environment manager 

Aslan WrightStow said dairy farmers 

have carried out awide range 

of work in recent years to protect 

and improve biodiversity on their 

farms 

“This includes planting, pest control, 

retiring or covenanting land, 

and fencing off native vegetation, 

which benefits water quality and 

ecosystems. 

“Farmers recognise the important 

role indigenous plants and trees and 

nativespeciesplay in our ecosystems. 

The consultation under way is an 

opportunity for farmers and the 

community to consider practical 

options to preserve and enhance 

biodiversity, and to highlight the 

work they have already done to 

protect biodiversity.” The proposals 

would require all councils to identify 

and map Significant Natural Areas 

(SNAs) of indigenous biodiversity in 

consultation with qualified ecologists. 

Some councils have already 

undertaken this work, while others 

have not. 

“Farmers with land classed as 

having an SNA may have restrictions 

placed on new activities they can 

carry out in and around that area,” 

says Mr WrightStow. 

“Many dairy farmers are already 

taking action on farm to protect 

indigenous biodiversity. We encourage 

farmers to make submissions 

sharing their views on the proposals 

and their practical experience of 

what works well on farm and what 

does not,” he adds. 

Some dairy farmers who don’t 

have SNAs on their farms could also 

be affected by the proposals for 

example if the farm borders an area 

of indigenous vegetation on aneighbouring 

farm or aNational Park. 

Information on how the proposals 

may affect dairy farmers is available 

online at dairynz.co.nz/biodiversity. 

DairyNZ isplanning to make a 

submission on the proposal on 

behalf of farmers. 

Overdue foothills reunion 

planned at Staveley Hall 

Anyone who went to the former Springburn 

School or lived in the Springburn/ 

Staveley area in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s 

is invited to an informalgathering at the 

Staveley Hall on March 14. 

The reunion is being organised by 

former resident Barry Burgess. 

Mr Burgess, who lives in Christchurch, 

said the reunion had been in his 

mind for anumber of years, and now a 

date was locked in. 

He would supply tea and coffee and 

people could bring aplate to share if 

they wished. 

They were also invited to bring along 

any old photos or memories of their 

school days orcommunity events. 

Mr Burgess said there had been no 

reunion of Springburn School pupils 

since 1976, and it was overdue. 

‘‘We realise it is the same day as the 

Mayfield A&P show, however we are 

hoping this will help encourage people 

to travel to our event later in the day. 

He said only ‘‘the big picture’’ for the 

reunion had been organised, and details 

would happen on the day. 

AFacebook page called Solid Gold 

Springburn/Staveley of the 60’s, 70’s and 

80’s has been set up. 

The reunion will run between 2pm 

and 8pm. 

Contact Barry Burgess on 027 322 

1953 for more information. 

Good Boss campaign 

The agricultural sector have teamed up 

in anew initiative toget farmers talking 

about what it takes to be agood boss, 

and how they can be even better bosses. 

The Good Boss campaign is asectorwide 

initiative by Federated Farmers, 

DairyNZ, Dairy Women’s Network and 

NZ Young Farmers. 

It was launched last week at a 

Federated Farmers event in Wellington. 

DairyNZ people team leader Jane 

Muir says ‘‘the Good Boss campaign has 

asimple objective tocelebrate dairy 

farmers who are good bosses and think 

about ways to be better bosses,’’ she 

says. 

‘‘It aims to ensure that dairy farming 

employers know what a good boss is, 

what is expected of them, and that they 

are implementing the changes needed to 

enhance their workplaces where it’s 

needed. 

‘‘In dairy we have around 11,500 dairy 

farming businesses and most employ 

someone to help run the farm. So the 

Good Boss campaign is about getting 

the conversation going what makes a 

good boss? How and why is agood boss, 

agood boss? 

‘‘We want a dairy sector of good 

bosses. For some, it’s about assessing 

their performance against good employment 

practice, which includes health and 

safety, wellbeing and tenancy arrangements. 

And for others, it can be about 

reinforcing a good worklifestyle balance 

through flexible roster options or 

team building activities.’’ 

Farmers are being encouraged to 

join the Good Boss campaign and share 

what being agood boss means to them. 

‘‘We want to find out from people on 

farm what a'good boss' means to them, 

so we can share this with other farmers 

and help them make small improvements,’’ 

Chris said. 

The Good Boss competition is under 

way now farm teams are encouraged to 

tell us what they value in agood boss by 

sending in a1520 secondvideo explaining 

what a‘good boss' means to them. 

Find out more at www.dairynz.co.nz/ 

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109 Walnut Avenue,Ashburton 

6 

2 

3 

Finally available 

It’s been 30 years sincethis masterpiecewas last sold and NOW it’s time again to findnew owners.In 

this most enviable location you’ll be amazed at whats on offer here, having been designed and built 

forSir William Nosworthyinthe 1920s.Fromthe solid Kauriweatherboardexterior,tothe picturesque 

swimming pool and grass tennis courtwhich adornthis property,viewing will definitely not disappoint. 

With 6bedrooms,2bathrooms and 2living areas all retaining the original characterofthe home,your high 

expectations will be comfortably met with qualityyet subtle upgrades including double glazing throughout, 

ductedheatpump system and modernkitchen. 

Thereisample privateoffstreet parking foryour campervanorboat, along with triple car garaging and 

workshop space. Sitting on one of Ashburton’slargest centraltownsections at 2476sqm and overlooking 

the iconic AshburtonDomain whilst featuring its ownmagnificenttrees,gardens and lawn. This sortof 

opportunityisincredibly rare indeed to purchase and occupysuch amagnificentproperty,which will 

undoubtedly be atrue delightfor the new owner. 

Deadline Sale concluding 

21 March2020 at 3pm 

unless sold prior 

Open Home 

Sunday8March 11am -11:30am 

ArmandVan DerEik 

021 597 527 

armand.vandereik@raywhite.co.nz 

This property is offered to the market as aDeadline SetSale concluding on the 

21st March2020 at 3pm unless sold prior. 

Iamextremely proud to bring this stunning property to the market and would love to arrange aprivate 

viewing foryou.Please contactArmand van-der-Eik on 021 597 527 or armand.vandereik@raywhite.com 

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Saturday3:30pm -4:00pm 

12 Charles Street,Allenton 

4 

1 

1 

Four bedroomfamily home in Allenton 

ForSale 

PriceByNegotiation 

This lovely permanent material four 

bedroom home proudly sits in the 

sought afterAllenton area ona927sqm 

section, with possible future subdivision 

potential. If your looking foragreat 

familyorfirst home in agreat location, 

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Vendor will consider all offers. 

-Great first home buyer opportunity 

-Fully insulatedwith anew Heat Pump 

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-Housewell positioned forapotential 

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65 Northpark Road, Ashburton 

5 

3 

8 

YouCan Have It All 

-Indoorswimming pool 

-10 car garaging plus 3bay shed, one 

lockable 

-5 Bedrooms, 3bathrooms plus office 

-Entertainers kitchen/dining/living 

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Tranquillity reigns supreme with this exceptionally 

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several other toys. 

The home offersvery comfortable living 

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heating, cooling and fresh air options. 

Youwill beimpressed with the quality 

and spaciousness of what is on offer 

throughout this home. 

The indoor swimming pool and BBQ 

area is an entertainers dream with its 

gas fire and radiant heaterfor comfort. 

DeadlineSale 

closingThursday 12 

March2020, at 4:00pm 

(unlesssold prior) 

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027 438 4250 

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• builders cleans 

• 

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Diamond Painters and 

Decorators Ltd 

Qualityinterior and exterior 

painting and decorating 

• Wall papering • Airlessspraying 

• Water blasting • Residential and small commercial 

• Roof painting • Freenoobligation quotes 

Gutterguardinstallation and gutter cleaning 

03 307 2656 

www.ashburtoncleaning.co.nz 

2228962 

2228964 

Phone Duncan 027 370 2453 l Jeanette 027 318 5055 

email: diamondpaintersdecorators@gmail.com 

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Ashburton, Rolleston &Christchurch 

•Paving •Irrigation •Lawns 

•Planting •Fences 

•Pergolas•Waterfeatures 

•Outdoor fires 

•Raised planters 

•Decks •Stonework 

•Brick &blockwork 

•Artificial grass andmore... 

Email –Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

Phone 0800 688365 /021 542402 

www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

2229004 

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*Awnings/Shadesails/Dropblinds*Auto seat covers &repairs 

*Hay &bin covers *PVC covers &repairs 

*Ute tonneau covers *Furniture upholsteryrepairs 

*Commercial 

PHONE TRAVIS HOWDEN 027 922 4544 

2229015 

2229026 

VISIT OUR STORE AND GET A 

TREATFOR YOUR PET 

Always in stock: 

• Birdaccessories,food &treats 

• Rabbitand guinea pig food,bedding &treats 

• Cat accessories,collars &treats 

• Dog collars,leads,toys, accessories &treats 

• Aquarian accessories &food 

• Dog crates &cat crates 

• Raw,fresh &frozenpet food 

• All sorts of dried products 

EVERYDAY 

SPECIAL 

Dog 

Rolls 

HAVE CASH 

FOR PETFOOD 

COWS AND 

UNWANTED 

STOCK 

2for 

$ 

12 

(3kgeach) 

“Come andsee our friendlystaffin-store today” 

Phone (03) 307 8996 

027 312 5756 l 99 Archibald Street,Tinwald 

2247571 

Forall your tyre requirements, 

see the localexperts 

•Wheel alignments 

•Wheel balancing 

197 Wills Street,Ashburton l www.neumannstyres.co.nz 

Phone 03 308 6737 (24 hrs –after hours call out applies) 

NEAT GARDENS 

Does your garden need monthly 

maintenancetokeep it tidy and 

looking good through the seasons? 

Or perhaps just need aone off tidy 

or pruning completed? 

We can help! 

Allgarden wasteremoved 

ContactCAROLYN Phone: 027 2675403 or 3082333 

Email: cccolt@xtra.co.nz 

2228988 

2262426 

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Handyman Services 

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Building 

Rubbish Clearing 

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Pergolas 

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Call Vaughan 021 242 6419 

Email: sales@astutemaintenance.co.nz 

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ENTERTAINMENT 


Metal cage in domain to 

protect rare wollemi pine 

Walkers in the Ashburton Domain 

will have noticed anew metal cage 

among the trees off West Street. 

It is destined to hold arare tree, a 

wollemi pinethat is part of the conifer 

family. 

Council is expanding its conifer 

collection in the area and the new 

wollemi pine will have a cage for 

protection. The tree is officially classified 

as critically endangered. 

Staff are working oninformation 

boards near the cage and they will be 

installed soon. 

The domain’s irrigation system is 

also being audited for necessary 

repairs so the new planting can be 

watered. 

CROSSWORD 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8557 

ACROSS 

7. Highborn (12) 

8. Scared (6) 

9. Goal (6) 

10. Prevaricate (7) 

12. Gem (5) 

15. Fool (5) 

16. Cad (7) 

18. Prefer (6) 

20. Bandit (6) 

22. Fireworks (12) 

DOWN 

1. Deep (8) 

2. Continent (4) 

3. Boat (7) 

4. Foam (5) 

5. Fish (8) 

6. Measure (4) 

11. Pamphlet (8) 

13. Style (8) 

14. Country(7) 

17. Anger (5) 

19. Mountains (4) 

21. Minute (4) 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8557 

ACROSS 

7. Dope with brains! (12). 8.Rick is right in the country 

(6). 9. Identified as amongthe best runners in the race (6). 

10. Did one’s best to catch the pennies that fell (7). 12.Did 

squeeze in beside her (5). 15. Beginning in spring (5). 16. 

Want to have ashot at describing the old days (4,3). 18. 

Equally fit, too (2,4). 20. Be told to give alift tothe girl 

(6). 22. To be perfectly honest, not waving at all (4,8). 

DOWN 

1. Encourage to have the smart drink (8). 2.Brave, head 

offthe mad woman(4). 3. Theslim, small person advancing 

(7). 4. Having time to pop an English pin: it’s wide 

open (5). 5. When participating in, is charming(8). 6. Do 

take this present (4). 11.Mean the name’sbeingchanged. 

It’s Italian (8). 13. Result of the Terriers going into action? 

(3-5). 14. Affect business (7). 17. Alight news item 

(5). 19. Airsone’s viewpoint (4). 21. Giveout to the guard 

(4). 

SUDOKU 

EASY No. 5210 

5 8 

7 8 1 6 

3 4 

6 7 9 

8 3 2 9 7 

8 5 3 

2 6 

3 8 1 9 

1 7 

Solution to previous Sudoku 

Howto 

solve 

Sudoku! 

Fill the grid 

so thatevery 

rowand every 

3x3 square 

contains the 

digitals 1to9 

8 4 2 5 3 6 7 9 1 

5 7 3 9 4 1 2 6 8 

9 1 6 8 2 7 5 3 4 

1 5 9 6 7 8 4 2 3 

2 8 4 3 9 5 1 7 6 

3 6 7 2 1 4 9 8 5 

7 2 5 4 6 3 8 1 9 

6 9 8 1 5 2 3 4 7 

4 3 1 7 8 9 6 5 2 

Solution to previous crossword 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8556 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -6,Counterfeit. 7, Main. 8, Transmit. 9, Endive. 

10, Happen. 12, Prayer.15, Paltry.17, Unlawful. 19, Opal. 

20, Intelligent. 

Down -1,Quantity.2,Statue. 3, Breach. 4, Lees.5,Strike. 

6, Chain. 11, Pullover. 13, Rancid. 14, Raffle. 15, Pallid. 

16, Roast. 18, Ante. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8556 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -6,Established. 7, E-dna. 8, Turned on. 9, Twined. 

10, Ex-acts. 12, A-side-s. 15, S-print. 17, Cash-mere. 

19, Note. 20, Bed of the sea. 

Down -1,St-rained. 2, Ab-a-t-ed. 3, P-I-erce. 4,Sh-O-e. 

5, A-droit. 6, End-O-W.11, Airiness. 13, Sh-abby.14, See 

off. 15, Seet-he. 16, Net-ta (rev.).18, Hide. 

ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

These big bales of hay are ready to be collected, wrapped and used for 

winter feed. The photo was taken on Monday just outside the town boundary 

on Beach Road. 

Field trip planned to help 

explain role of biodiversity 

Anumber of speakers are lined up and 

afield trip is plannedonMarch 20 to 

help the community better understand 

the roleofbiodiversity. 

Arablefarmers John Evans and Kai 

Tegels, native planting expert Stephen 

Brailsford, BradHowlett from Plant 

and Food Researchand Abie Horrocks 

from the Foundationfor Arable 

Research (FAR) will all speak at the 

event,which is called Balancing 

Diversity Native Plants and Beneficial 

Bugs. 

There will be acombination of 

practical, scientific and industryled 

information to helplandowners and the 

community better understand the role 

biodiversityhas in terms of native 

plantings, pollination and thriving 

ecosystems. 

The eventisbeing organised by 

Kanuka Trust, which is aiming to 

connectwith local people interested in 

helpingbiodiversityinthe district. 

The fieldday starts in the Dorie Hall 

at 1.45pm and includes avisit to 

planting sites at nearbyTregynonFarm. 

Anyone keentoattendisasked to 

email to kanukatrust@outlook.com or 

call 027 6033457 before March 16. 

2262091 

BrendanDooley- Comedy Magician 

Fri 13th March Mayhem! –Kids Show at 4:30pm, 

Cheeky, Quirky and Classy –Family Show at 6:30pm 

Brendan Dooley is fast 

becoming the World’s 

TopYoung Magician 

being described by the 

New Zealand Press as 

“A new generation of 

talent already snapping 

the heels of established 

acts”. Recently receiving 

the New Zealand Top 

Comedy Magician Award which makes him the 

youngest ever to receive it. 

Open Hat 

Night 

BOOK 

NOW 

Thursday 19th March 7:30pm 

For more information 

www.ateventcentre.co.nz 

TheLookofLove–Ali Harper 

Burt Bacharach’s hit songs have asound like 

no other ...Poignant, 

atmospheric, beautiful. 

Spend an evening with 

award winning Ali Harper 

as she weaves through 

the Grammy award 

winner’s extensive 

collection –Close To 

You, Alfie, That’s What 

Friends Are For, Walk On By,Anyone Who Had A 

Heart and more. 

Adult $45* /Senior $39* /Child $25* 

03 307 2010 211A Wills Street, Ashburton 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz *Service fees apply


WIN ENTERTAINMENT 

acakefor your 

special person with 

Main South Rd, Tinwald. Phone 308 5774 

Birthdays this week 

Kristen Cockburn, 7th March 

Gus Cockburn, 7th March, aged 8 

George Lash, 7th March, aged 9 

Archer Cawte,8th March, aged 7 

Tarnisha Williams,10th March, aged 21 

RubyRobinson, 12th March 

Congratulations to last weeks winner! 

Angus Moore 

If youhave aspecial friend who youwould like to see 

win acake,put their name in the BirthdayBooks at Sims 

Bakery, Tinwald or Ashburton’sThe Courier,199 Burnett St. 

N.B: Names forbirthdays next week 

must be with us by 10.00am TUESDAY 

ONLYONE ENTRYWILL BE SUBMITTED 

INTOTHE DRAW PER NOMINEE 

Saturday, March7th 

@7:30pm –11pm 

THE TIN SOLDIER BISTROOPEN THURS, FRI, SATEVENINGS 

Courtesy van 

runs every 

Thursday, Friday 

and Saturday 

from 4pm 

Join the RSA (the friendly club) 

12-14 Cox Street, Ashburton. Phone 308 7175 

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 


Plains Rotary 

Tyrone 

Schwalger 

DELIVERED 

$ 

6.00 

per bale 

PEASTRAW 

and LINSEED STRAW 

Small bales 

Phone or txt Alisdair 027 410 6882 

Ian 027 432 0438; Murray 307 0353 

2261029 

PEASTRAW, clean medium 

bales $50 delivered Ashburton 

area. Fundraiser for 

school trip. Phone/text 027 

222 5364. 

PEASTRAW, small bales. 

Delivered Ash. $5.50, ex 

paddock $4.50 each. 

Phone/text 027 434 0442. 

ARE you looking for a 

flatmate, somewhere to 

rent or a boarder? What 

better place to advertise 

than The Courier. 

FIND money in your bank 

account each week if you 

become adelivery person. 

The Courier 308 7664. 

2262302 

WHAT better place for a 

public notice than Ashburton’s 

The Courier! Simply 

clip the form for a run-on 

advert like this or telephone 

us on 308 7664 if you 

require adisplay advertisement. 

THE Courier is the best way 

to advertise in Mid Canterbury. 

Ask anyone who 

regularly advertises with us 

and they’ll tell you, they get 

results. 

ADVERTISING space available 

in the next issue of The 

Courier Newspaper. Call us 

today 308 7664. 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medicalassistance outside of normal 

hours please phone your general practiceteam, 24/7, 

to speak withahealth professional who will giveyou 

free healthadvice on whattodoorwhere to go if you 

need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any 

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID. 

TheAshburton Duty Practicefor ... 

Saturday7th March is 

Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly 

To make an appointmentplease phone 308 1212. 

Sunday8th March is 

MooreStreet Medical Centre,Moore Street. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentplease phone 308 3066. 

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the 

weekend and public holidays please telephone 

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105 

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002. 

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the 

answer phone. 

PHARMACIES 

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex, 

East Street will be open on ... 

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm 

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm 

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open 

normal trading hours during the week,and on 

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. 

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays 

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice 

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116 

Broughttoyouby 

CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

AndreGrob 

Chiropractor 

Tues 9am-5pm 

03 308 9516 

www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz 

Being in 

business and not 

advertising is 

likewaving in the 

dark.... 

....you know you’re there 

but no-one else does! 

Don’t be left in the dark, 

TheCourier Newspaper 

has the key to your event, 

productorbusiness 

advertising. 

Phone Jann, Roselle or Karen 

on (03) 3087664 

Email: office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

16,065 COPIES EVERYWEEK 

2254829 

1278047 

PETS 

BUDGIE chicks $20 each. 

Phone 03 308 8524. 

Mobile 

groomer now 

servicing 


Call nowtobooka 

pamper foryour pooch 

Ph 0800454 654 

HIRE 

2245334 

SCISSORLIFTS for hire. 

4WD and slab lifts available 

for daily or weekly hire. 

Pickup or delivery. Phone 

North End Engineering 308 

8155 for abooking. 

STOCK FOOD 

HAY for sale. New seasons 

hay, no rain, shed stored, 

$7 per bale. Phone 027 247 

4262. 

FRUIT &PRODUCE 

NEW season potatoes. 

Nadine &Agria $2 per kilo. 

Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 

9103. 81 Elizabeth Street. 

POTATOES - Ilam Hardys 

freshly dug, $2 per kilo. 

Minimum order 3kg. Large 

$1.50 per kilo. Delivered 

Friday afternoon Ashburton 

and Tinwald. Phone 302 

7272. 

LOOKING to earn extra 

money, even while you’re 

out walking? Delivery 

people required. Phone 

The Courier 308 7664. 

GARAGE SALES 

GARAGE sale Saturday 7th 

March, 9am -12pm. Boys 

clothing and household 

items. Cancelled if wet. 

Havelock Street West. 

ARE you struggling to make 

ends meet? Need extra 

money? Why not sell your 

unwanted items in The 

Courier! Everything helps. 

SELL 

PEA STRAW Conventional 

Bales $6 per bale Medium 

Square Pea Straw bales for 

Sale $40 a bale delivery 

$10 per bale. Ph 

02040233792 

FREEZER room 2.4m x 

2.4m, single phase, shelving, 

1m wide door, $3,750 + 

GST. Phone 027 434 0442. 

MASPORT ’Rakaia ULEB’ 

(single chamber ultra low 

emission burner), free 

standing wood fire. $1,500 

nearly new condition. 

Phone 022 170 7653. 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$27.50 

Askabout our 

deliveryservice 

Anysizecylinderfilled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

2245232 

2245262 

InsuranceWork 

Specialising in 

PANEL BEATING 

SPRAY PAINTING& 

of 

Cars,Trucks,Buses,Horse Floats &Motorhomes, 

Caravans,Trailers,Farm Machinery, Jet Boats, 

LightEngineering and Aluminium Welding 

17 Range Street (IndustrialEstate) 


Phone 307 0378 l 0274 274 007 

Email: busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz 

FACTORY SPRAY LACQUER 

A NEW LOOK 

that lasts! 

Existing kitchens, doors, 

furniture &appliances 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2238811 

ALTERATIONS, mending 

and trouser hemming, curtain 

alterations and curtain 

making. Call Michelle on 

027 352 7248. 

BUILDING and property 

solutions. For your complete 

alteration or renovation. 

We project manage 

the whole process. Home 

and small commercial. 

Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308 

4798, 027 207 1478 or 

Cawte 027 418 7955. 

CARPET cleaning -Powerful 

equipment & fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

at Supersucker, 027 435 

1042 or 308 1677. 

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning, 

servicing Ashburton and 

surrounding districts, $60 

per chimney. Phone 

Rodney on 03 324 2999 

and leave amessage. 

CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning 

Service -same day service 

and repairs. Charlie can 

supply new blinds and 

tracks, will hang drapes. 

Phone 03 307 1936 or 020 

4169 0342. 

CHIMNEY sweep - For a 

professional service call 

Dan McKerrow Chimney 

Sweep and Repairs on 021 

118 7580. 

COMPUTER problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, setup -wireless - 

networks, spyware cleanup. 

On-site day or evening. 

LOW FEES. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

you - Best prices, many 

sizes, textures and colours 

- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

Street, Industrial Estate. 

CONCRETE Services - 

Driveways, paths, patios, 

mowing edging. Decorative 

Concrete specialist 30 

years servicing Canterbury. 

Free quotes. No job too big 

or small. Phone Paul 021 

152 1966. 

DENTURES; Dr Peter 

Rumping repairs existing 

dentures and also provides 

new dentures. Phone 027 

220 9997. 

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

service and maintenance, 

W.O.F. repairs, machining 

and welding. Odd jobs a 

speciality. Mobile workshop. 

Can collect. Phone 

Malcolm 027 475 4241. 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all domestic 

and industrial pest control 

needs phone AJ Kerr at 

Ashburton Pest Control on 

03 308 8147 or 027 432 

5447. 

FURNITURE removals -For 

all your household removal 

needs call Nudges Furniture 

Removals, phone 027 

224 0609. 

TRADE &SERVICES 

2245281 

FOR ALL YOUR 

•LawnMowing 

•Pruning 

•Garden Maintenance 

•Gutter Cleaning 

•Rubbish Removal 

Call us TODAY 

foraFREE quote 

2245223 

Ph 0800 4546 546 

(0800 4jimjim) 

GARDENING, mowing, 

pruning, fertilising, projects 

or general spruce ups? Call 

Andrew at Spruce Gardens 

to get the job done right. 

027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693. 

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz 

GUTTER cleaning. Book in a 

clean now and tell me when 

you want the job done. You 

may have trees around. 

Call Allan 027 209 5026. 

HYDRAULICS; Martin 

Bennett -Onsite hydraulic 

hose repair service 24/7. 

Stockists of Aero Quip 

hoses &fittings, Commercial 

hydraulics, Dynacool, 

Spool valves etc., MP Filtri, 

Walvoil. Call Justin on 308 

9778. 

LEGAL work -Phone Peter 

Ragg (Ashburton Law) for 

house sales, purchases 

and refinances. Will call at 

home evenings for wills, 

enduring powers of 

attorney. Phone 308 0327. 

PAINTER for all your painting 

needs. No job too small, 

inside or outside. Professional 

friendly service. 

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or 

027 200 1619. 

PAINTING wallpapering, 

plastering - No job too 

small. Interior, exterior. 

Professional, prompt, competitive 

service. Phone 

Tony Sivier at Paint It Ashburton 

on 021 878 794 or 

307 7289. 

PLUMBING, drainlaying, 

blocked drains. Phone 

Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing 

on 027 555 5575 or 308 

1248 (Master Plumbers & 

Drainlayers). 

SUN Control Window Tinting: 

Privacy, UV, glare, heat 

control for homes -offices - 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, member 

of Master Tinters NZ. 

TILING - For all your tiling 

requirements including kitchen 

splash backs, flooring 

etc. (full water proofing), 

call Kevin on 027 496 8314. 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

tintawindow.co.nz 

TV Reception Specialists for 

all your digital freeview 

installations and repairs, 

TV wall mounting, Smart 

TV set-up, home theatre 

installation. Call John at 

Ashburton TV &Audio Ltd 

03 308 7332 or 027 277 

1062. 

WINDSCREENS and house 

glass. Qualified flat glass 

glazier now in-house. Anything 

glass, give us acall. 

Your place or ours. Wilson 

Windscreens, 152 Wills 

Street, Ashburton. Phone 

03 308 8485.


SITUATIONS VACANT 

EDUCATIONAL 


PUBLIC NOTICE 

DELIVERYPEOPLE 

wanted 

to deliver the AshburtonCourier 

and Realtyevery Thursdayinthe 

Ashburtonurban area. 

TEACHER AIDE 

Hampstead School seeks ateacher aide to work 

approximately 15 hours/ week across arange of 

students including those with special needs (ORS). 

Position commencing 16 MarchTerm1. 

Pleaseforward your CV and acovering letter to 

ThePrincipal,HampsteadSchool 

55 WellingtonSt, Ashburton 

or via peter.m@hampsteadschool.co.nz 

Applications close 11 March 

BUSINESS FOR SALE 

Amelia’s 

Ashford Village, Ashburton 

After 17 enjoyable years trading and with health 

concerns arising, we have reluctantly decided to 

sell. We have had the privilege of meeting fantastic 

people –locals, national and international visitors 

including shopping visits from cruise ships as part 

of our clientele. 

Our price is reasonable with stock (including three 

franchise lines exclusive to us in the village) and 

most fixtures involved. The village has daily foot 

patrol security and Amelia’s has security on site. 

All other relevant information will be disclosed 

to serious purchasers and appointments can be 

made on 0277690159. 2263857 

RENT ME! 

Ideal as an extra 

bedroomoroffice. 

Fully insulatedand 

double glazed forwarmth. 

Threeconvenientsizes: 

Standard3.6m x2.4m, 

Large 4.2m x2.4m 

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m. 

Visit our displaycabin 

418WestStreet or callfor a 

freebrochure. 

www.justcabins.co.nz 

2227764 

0800 58 78 22 

STORAGE available, Ashburton. 

Self storage, variety 

of sizes. Phone Rainbow 

Storage 03 307 0401. 

FOR LEASE 

Phone Leonie on 

308 7664 or email 


2264299 

AWESOME office space for 

lease, rent or hire. Park like 

setting. Indoor and outdoor 

areas. North-west town 

boundary. Must view. 

Phone 027 475 4241. 

STORAGE: Secure self storage 

units available long or 

short term at Ashburton 

Storage Facilities. Contact 

us on 027 436 2636 or www. 

ashburtonstoragefacilities.co.nz 

TRAVEL 

EXPERIENCE Milford, 

Doubtful Sounds, April 

19-24; Earnslaw cruise, 

Queenstown, D.B.B. hotels 

Balclutha, Te Anau, Twizel. 

Seats still available, call 

now. John & Kathleen 

Lawler, Rakaia 03 302 

7328. 

GRAZING 

HORSE grazing available, 

Tinwald area. Phone 027 

785 1069. 

ADVERTISEMENT makeover! 

From before to after. 

You’ll notice the difference 

with The Courier, 308 7664. 

HOME SERVICES 

MEETINGS 

Rakaia Ploughing 

MatchAssociation 

ANNUAL 

GENERAL 

MEETING 

Tuesday, 24 March 

7.30pm 

Railway Tavern 

Rakaia 

2264293 

ROOF COATINGS: All roof 

types, specializing in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not a problem. — 

Spraymaster 027-433-7780. 

BUY ahome in Mid Canterbury 

and receive The Courier 

newspaper every week 

to your letterbox. Local 

news for local people. 

2263556 

ASHBURTON Borough 

School Home &School A.G.M. 

7pm, Tuesday 10th March 

in the staff room at Borough 

School. New members 

most welcome. 

ASHBURTON CMT Association 

- The A.G.M. of the 

above assocation will be 

held at the RSA in Cox 

Street, Wednesday 11th 

March 2020 at 1.30pm. 

ASHBURTON Pony Club 

Annual General Meeting, 

Thursday 26th March 2020 

@ 7.30pm, Ashburton 

Showgrounds meeting 

room. We need support 

from all branches. Everyone 

welcome. 

Hampstead Netball 

Club AGM 

Monday, 


at 7.00pm at the 

Hampstead Rugbyand 

Allsports Clubrooms 

on Bridge Street. 

All welcome. 

Anyqueries please 

phone the 

Netball President 

Janene McDowell 

308 1720 

2262532 

Forkliftand Dangerous GoodsCourses 

NZTAApproved Course Provider,MITO&Competenz Assessor 

Classes 2&4,Endorsements F&D 

ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested 

Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings 

CommunityHouse,Ashburtonoryour work place 

Forfurther information 

Phone Christine 027 245 2563 

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES 

PANELBEATING and spray 

painting of cars, trucks, 

buses, horse floats & 

motorhomes, caravans, 

trailers, farm machinery, jet 

boats. Light engineering 

and aluminium welding. 

Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17 

Range Street, Ashburton. 

Phone 307 0378. 

WE value the service we 

provide - The Courier for 

advice on how you can 

reach potential customers. 

Call us today on 308 7664. 

RAFFLE RESULTS 

ASHBURTON Aviation 

Museum Tool Raffle 

Results - Chalmers 0536; 

Carey 0066; Glassey 0194; 

Steve 0797; Vincent 0281. 

Winners notified. 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

AUTUMN MEETING 

March12 th 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

ASHBURTON Society of 

Arts ’Summer show’, Short 

Street Studio. Opening 

Sunday 23rd February 

11am - 4pm. Guest: 

Christine Lang, plus 15 

local members. Saturdays 

& Sundays, Monday & 

Wednesday when sign out, 

until 22nd March. Enquiries 

308 4533 or 027 313 5178. 

First race 12.32pm 

at the AshburtonRaceway 

Exciting galloping action 

and fine hospitality 

Getyourfriends togetherand have 

some fun at the track 

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP 

David and Lorayne Oakley arepleased to announce 

the purchase of Moore Aluminium (Rylock 

Ashburton) from the late Dougal, and Christine 

Moore – and are now trading as: “Ashburton 

Windows &Doors”. 

David has spent the last 23 years working for 

Dougal and Christine manufacturing aluminium 

joinery. 

We are Mid Canterbury’s ‘Rylock’ franchise for 

aluminium windows and doors and also ‘Dual 

Glaze’ Agents for retro double glazing of existing 

aluminium joinery. 

Forprompt,friendly servicevisit us: 8A John Street, 

Ashburtontodiscuss your requirements. 

Phone: 03 308 8493 

Email: owdrylock@gmail.com 

Hours: Monday–Thursday7am –5pm 

Friday 7am –4pm 

2238752 

CARS FOR SALE 

FORD Fairmont 1993, shed 

stored. Reg. on hold, 

384,000kms, small motor 

repair needed. As is, where 

is. Phone 027 434 0442. 

CARS WANTED 

WANTED Mercedes -1960’s 

230, 250 or 280 SL’s. Any 

condition. Private buyer. 

Phone 027 585 8164. 

2264436 

2264101 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

Meetings forratepayers of the following drainage and river 

rating districts are beingheldasoutlinedbelow: 

• DryCreek: Wednesday11March, 

1.30pm,Methven Heritage Centre 

• MtHardingCreek: Wednesday11March, 

3.30pm,MethvenHeritageCentre 

• StaveleyStormwaterChannel: Wednesday11March, 

9.30am, StaveleyHall 

Thepurpose of the meetings is to discusscompleted and 

future worksand finances. Allratepayers arewelcome; 

your ratesnotice will tell you if youare aratepayerofany 

of theabove districts. 

To findout more go to: ecan.govt.nz/riverdistrict 

Bill Bayfield 

CHIEFEXECUTIVE 

Please contact 

Environment 

Canterburywith 

anyqueries: 

0800324 636 

Community Clinic 

with Jo Luxton’s office 

Monday 9March 

10.30am–12pm 

CommunityHouse,CassStreet,Ashburton 

Please feel freetocontact my office for 

an appointment, or just pop in on theday 

Jo Luxton 

LabourParty List MP basedinRangitata 

03 6889588 | jo.luxton@parliament.govt.nz 

Authorised by Jo Luxton,Parliament Buildings,Wellington 

HAVEYOUR SAY 

Ameetingfor ratepayers of the followingriver rating 

district is beingheldasoutlined below: 

• LowerRakaia River: Tuesday10March, 

7pm, Environment Canterbury Ashburton Depot, 

4McNally St,Ashburton 

Thepurpose of the meetingistoelect aliaisoncommittee 

forthisdistrict, and to discussworksand finances. 

Allratepayers are welcome; yourrates noticewill tell you 

if youare aratepayerofthe above district. 

To findout more go to: ecan.govt.nz/riverdistrict 

Bill Bayfield 

CHIEFEXECUTIVE 

Please contact 

Environment 

Canterburywith 

anyqueries: 

0800324 636 

POST OFFICE BOXCLOSURE 

Please note: As at 31stMarch 2020, 

our PO Boxwill be closed. 

Futureposted creditor invoices should be 

mailed c/- Allied Press,POBox 517, 

Dunedin 9054. 

Allother mail can be posted to 

AshburtonCourier Newspaper, 

199 Burnett Street,Ashburton7700. 

Thank you. 

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PUBLIC NOTICE 

CUTETABBY KITTENS 

AVAILABLENOW 

Older ginger catready fora 

new home 

Food donations needed and 

greatly appreciated. 

Kindly sponsored by 

Tuesday-Saturday 

9:30am -noon 

Phone 308 4432 or 

027 332 9286 

180216 

2262112 

SCVCC Annual Swap Meet 

Winchester Domain SH1, April 4th, 

gates open 7.30am 

All makes car display 

Something for everyone 

Sites –Michelle Munro Ph 03 6864824 

Or Email scvccswapmeet@hotmail.com 

No dogs allowed 

2259753 

Peter Blacklow 

Full range of engineering supplies and accessories forall your repairs 

&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuum cleaners. 

Esseti welders &accessories. Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment. 

ASHBURTON 

South Street, Ashburton PHONE (03) 308-3147 

Email office@blacklows.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522 

HospiceMid Canterbury 

PETE’S PICK 

O F T H E W E E K 

Blacklows TradeZone Ashburton your locally 

owned &operated family business for 67 years 

Dealing with alife limiting illness? 

We can supportyou and 

your family to make 

everyday count. 

Allservices arefree. 

Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387 email manager@hospicemc.nz 

www.hospicemc.nz facebook hospicemidcanterbury 

Call in atalk to the people who know ... 

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OUR newspaper goes into all 

RD’s so why not advertise 

with us! The Courier, best 

read in town. 

WHILE STOCKS LAST 

CRC 

BRAKLEEN 600ml 

Removescontaminants from 

industrial machinery, brake linings, 

pads,drums &calipers. 

$9.81ea+GST 

BONUS 

8 CANS OF COKE + DEGREASER 

WITH 6 CANS PURCHASED 

Lions Garage Sale Clearance 

Ashburton Racecourse 

4pmThis Friday6March 

HUGEREDUCTIONS 

Everything must go! 

Fill asupplied bag for$10 

(excludes selectedormarked items) 

*Cash or eftpos accepted 

Acceptingmoredonateditems Drop off only. 

1pm–4pmThurs5March 

AshburtonPakekeLions Charitable Trust 

Serving our Community. Helping local Charities. 

2264171 

Thur 5th &Fri 6th 

10.00 Midway 

10.00 Call of the Wild 

M 

PG 

11.45 ThePeanut Butter Falcon M 

12.20 Guns Akimbo R16 

1.30 

2.00 

3.45 

4.00 

5.50 

6.00 

8.00 

8.20 

Emma 

1917 

TheInvisibleMan 

Sonic 

Emma 

Call of the Wild 


Guns Akimbo 

PG 

R13 

R16 

PG 

PG 

PG 

R16 

R16 

Sat7th &Sun 8th 

10.00 Sonic 


11.50 Sonic 

11.50 Dolittle 

1.40 TheInvisible Man 

1.40 Emma 

4.00 Guns Akimbo 

4.00 Sonic 

5.50 Birds of Prey 


7.50 TheInvisible Man 

8.00 GunsAkimbo 

Mon9th,Tues 10th 

&Wed 11th 

10.00 

10.00 

11.45 

12.15 

1.30 

2.00 

3.45 

4.00 

5.50 

6.00 

8.00 

8.20 

BirdsofPrey 


ThePeanut Butter Falcon 

Guns Akimbo 

Emma 

1917 


Sonic 

Emma 



Guns Akimbo 

NO COMPS 

Guns Akimbo, 

TheInvisible Man 

PG 

PG 

PG 

PG 

M 

PG 

R16 

PG 

R16 

PG 

R16 

R16 

R16 

PG 

M 

R16 

PG 

R13 

R16 

PG 

PG 

PG 

R16 

R16 

(Ashburton Domain) 

Saturday7th March 

10.00am until 5.00pm 

Grants andFunding 

Creative Comunitys&theSport NewZealand 

ruraltravelfund Grants-Applications open 

Applications arenow beingsought from groups and 

organisations forCreativeCommunities and Sport 

NewZealand. 

Applications close at 5pm on Monday 30 March, 2020 for 

the funding to be allocated in July 2020. Application forms 

and full criteria foreach scheme areavailable online from 

ashburtondc.govt.nz 

Formoreinformation,contact Council on 307 9646 or email 

grants@adc.govt.nz 

Ashburton District Council 

5Baring SquareWest 

Ashburton7740 

Come alongand check outfor yourself theclub 

facilities that wouldbelostifthe DomainPlangoes 

ahead. 

Teaand Coffeeavailable 

Bringthe family andhaveago at Bowls 

(Barefeetorflat shoes required) 

ashburtondc.govt.nz



QUALITY 

USED VEHICLES 

@ 

AFFORDABLE 

PRICES 

 

WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS 

2007 NISSAN SKYLINE 350GT 

18IN ALLOYS,PADDLE 

SHIFT, AUTO,76,600KMS 

1999 TOYOTA RAV4 

3DOOR,1800CC,TWIN AIR 

BAGS,ABS,AUTO, 

CLEAN ANDTIDY 

2008 MAZDAAXELASPORT 

ALLOYS, ABS,TWIN AIR 

BAGS,2000CC, 

VERYCLEAN 

AND TIDY 

SOLD 

$11,995 $7,995 $11,995 

3 

DAIHATSU 

1999 DAIHATSUTERIOS SUV, manual,petrol,4x4, 5door,central locking, 

rear spoiler,1300cc, 159,788 kms........................................................ $3,995 

HONDA 

2009 HONDA CR-V X, auto, 5door,air con, ABS, alloys,twin air bags, 

86,000 kms, 2400cc.....................................................................................SOLD 

2013 HONDA CR-V 24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control, alloys,tow bar, 

66,000 kms, 2400cc................................................................................$22,995 

2004 HONDA CR-V ZX, auto, petrol,5door,SUV,ABS, rear spoiler,78,100 

kms, 2400cc................................................................................................. $9,995 

2007 HONDA ELYSION PRESTAGESZ, auto, petrol,8seater, 5door,ABS, 

foglights,105,000 kms, 3500cc................... ARRIVING SOON $11,995 

2007 HONDA STEPWAGONG,5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear spoiler, 

95,000 kms, 2000cc..............................................ARRIVING SOON $7,995 

2011 KIA CERATO, 5door,petrol,air con, cruise control, climate control, 

114,000 kms, 2000 cc..................................................................................SOLD 

MAZDA 

2008 MAZDAAXELA 15C, 4door,ABS, body kit, spoiler,air con, 34,600 

kmx, 1500cc............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995 

2008 MAZDAAXELA 20C, 5door,air con, ABS, rear spoiler,48,500 kms, 

1990 cc........................................................................................................$11,995 

2008 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 5door,ABS, climate control, air con, body 

kit, $19,800 kms, 1500cc................................ . ARRIVING SOON $11,495 

2004 MAZDAVERISA, 1500cc, auto................................................................SOLD 

2006 TOYOTA COROLLARUNX S 

AUTO,1800CC, 

41,000KMS.BODYKIT, 

ALLOYS, 

TWOAIR 

BAGS, 

ABS, 

SHARP 

MITSUBISHI 

2010 MITSUBISHIGALLANTFORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD 

changer,climate control, 97,400 kms, 1800cc................................ $9,995 

NISSAN 

2006 NISSANBLUEBIRDSYLPHY20S, 4door,ABS, air con, climate 

control, 11,800 kms, 2000cc.................................................................. $9,995 

2006 NISSANCUBE 15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer,42,300 

kms, 1500cc................................................................................................. $7,495 

2008 NISSANNOTE15X, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,14,800 

kms, 1500cc................................................................................................. $8,995 

2012 NISSANSYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,200 kms, 

1800cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $11,995 

2005 NISSANTIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500 

kms, 1800cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995 

2014 NISSANLATIO B, twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol,air con, 

31,100kms,1200cc................................................................................... $9,995 

2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD, 2L, sedan, wine red, twin air bags, 

ABS ............................................................................ARRIVING SOON $9,995 

SUBARU 

2005 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500 

kms, 2000cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995 

2008 SUBARUIMPREZA15S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, ...... 

78,200 kms, 1500cc..............................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995 

2005 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK, petrol,6air bags,ABS, air con, cruise 

control, foglights,rear spoiler,3000 cc............................................. $6,995 

2013 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID 

5DOOR PETROL/ 

ELECTRIC HATCH, 

1800CC,7AIR BAGS, 

REVERSING CAMERA, 

3.9 LITRES 

PER 100KM, 

71,326KMS 

SUZUKI 

2007 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 XS, 5door,6air bags,ABS, air con, body kit, rear 

spoiler,49,500 kms, 1500cc................................................................... $9,995 

2007 SUZUKI SX4XG, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear 

spoiler,97,200 kms, 1500 cc.................................................................. $8,495 

TOYOTA 

2007 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push 

button start, 70,500 kms, 2400cc................. ARRIVING SOON $10,995 

2006 TOYOTA COROLLARUNX S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, body kit, 

rear spoiler,43,850 kms, 1800cc.......................................................... $9,995 

2009 TOYOTA ESTIMAHYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, Abs, air con, auto, 

rear spoiler,cruise control, 133,450 kms, 

2400cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $14,995 

2013 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear 

spoiler,auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc......................................................$16,995 

2012 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise 

control, 45,400 kms, 1500cc................................................................$11,995 

2006 TOYOTA RACTIS, GL Package,5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear 

spoiler,climate contol, 53,990 kms, 1500cc.......................................SOLD 

1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, 

1800cc........................................................................................................... $7,995 

2006 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear 

spoiler,59,500 kms, 1500cc.................................................................$11,995 

2008 TOYOTA WISHXLIMITED, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, auto, climate 

control, 72,500 kms, 1800cc.................................................................. $9,995 

1994 TOYOTA HILUX, petrol,alloydeck,ute,2000cc..............................SOLD 

2006 TOYOTA RACTIS, twin air bags,ABS, cruise control, air con, 

84,000kms,1500cc................................................................................... $6,995 

2004 HONDACRV 

2400CC, 2WDSUV, 

AUTO,CENTRAL 

LOCKING,78,000KMS 

$9,995 $17,995 

$9,995 

AUTOSLTD &RENTALS 

Ph: 308 1396 

Sellingnicecarstonicepeople! 

470 West Street, 


A/H Keith Drummond 

0274 367 646 

ENQUIRE NOW 

-about our range of rental vehicles 

Family,Sports,School or Social Trips 

We have 8, 10 &12seaterminivansavailable. 

Cars and3trucks forsmall orbig loads also available. 

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Ashburton Courier: March 05, 2020

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