North Canterbury News: March 12, 2020

Nominations
are sought
Entries for this year’s NorthCanterbury
Business Awardsopen on May 1.
For now, nomination are welcome,
says Miles Dalton, business support
manager for NorthCanterbury
Enterprise.
‘‘Youcan nominate your own business,
or someone else's business. We will
approach businessesthatare nominated
and encourage them to enter the
awards,’’hesays.
Awardcategoriesare Professional
Services,sponsored by BDO;Excellence
in Retail, sponsoredbyPercival Street
Bakery; Tourismand Hospitality,
sponsoredbyArtisan Spa;
Manufacturingand Trades, sponsoredby
Enterprise North Canterbury;
Agribusiness, sponsored by Weston
Animal Nutrition; Emerging Business,
sponsoredbyHellers;Innovation,
sponsoredbySparkBusiness;
Community Enterprise, sponsoredby
PAK’nSAVE; Sustainability, sponsored
by Meridian; People’s Choice, sponsored
by the North Canterbury News;and the
Supreme Award, backedbyMainPower.
The two­yearly event will be launched
on April 30, ahead of applications
opening on May 1.
Applications closeonJune 19.
Voting for the People’s Choice Award
opensonJuly 13 and closeonAugust 16.
It is an opportunity for the publictoback
theirfavourite business..
Atotal of 13,000votes were castduring
the last awardsin2018 —16percent of
the North Canterbury population.
The North Canterbury News will run an
advertising feature on entrants for the
variousawardstohelp voterschoose.
ABusiness Awards Galaeveningwill
roundout the 2020 awards on August 28.
Award­winning buns... It tookateameffort to create the country's top hot crossbun. From
left are MarcusBraun,TonyHenning, Shane Hancox and Regan Nisbett. PHOTO: DAVID BAIRDPHOTOGRAPHY
Spicy buns prevail
By ROBYN BRISTOW
What makes the best hot cross bun in the
country?
Artisan by Rangiora Bakery owner
Ron van Til says it is all about the
combination of spices, the quality of
fruit, and the sheer creativity of the
people getting imaginative with the
recipe and governing the ovens.
Describing how the bakery snaffled
the country's top award for 2020 for its
celebrated seasonal festive pastry, Ron
says it is all about evolving what the
bakery has always done.
‘‘We will never stop making the
traditional hot cross buns our customers
have enjoyed for decades,’’ he says.
‘‘That said, every year, my production
manager and his team get abit inventive
with anew take on that bun, just for the
competitions.
‘‘This year, it involved adding
cranberries to the mix and tweaking the
glaze.’’
The result so impressed the judges of
the Baking Industry Association of New
Zealand's Hot Cross Bun 2020 contest
that they awarded the bakery first place
nationwide.
The results were announced in
Wellington last week.
NEWS
North Canterbury News, March 12, 2020
In brief
Mud run returns
13
ThePegasusTown LionsClubis
organising its second annual charity mud
run. It will be heldonSunday, April19,
from 9am to 1pm. Entrance to theevent
is from Woodend by turning into
Gladstone Rd, off Main North Rd, and
travelling to the end of the gravel road,
arriving at Pegasus Townforthestart of
therun.Fancy dress is optionaland spot
prizeswillbeawarded for the bestdressed.
There will also be abarbecue,
coffee vendors and an information tent
on sitenear thestart.For moredetails
andtoregister online go to the website,
pegasustownmudrun.nzafter March 27.
Cans donated
Sevenhundredcansoffoodhavebeen
donated to theRangiora Salvation Army
Food Bank by Resene customers. The
donation came as aresultofResene’s
annual national Hunger forColour
Appeal, heldinFebruary. Resene
collected 200,000 cans of food from its
customers aroundNew Zealand to
donate to SalvationArmyfood banks.
The companybeganthe initiativesix
yearsago. It involvedResenecustomers
swappingcansof foodforResene
testpots of paint.
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