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By Linda Clarke<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councillors may<br />

prune some items from their budget<br />

to reduce rates for peoplestruggling<br />

financially with the impact of Covid­<br />

19.<br />

Mayor Neil Brown said aspecial<br />

council meeting on <strong>April</strong> 9had been<br />

convened to discuss financial relief.<br />

The council had planned a4.9 per<br />

cent rate increase but some items<br />

previously approved would be reexamined,<br />

he said.<br />

On the chopping block could be<br />

funding for an extra staff member in<br />

the information systems department<br />

and new customer software for the<br />

EA Networks Centre.<br />

Some$120,000 had been set aside<br />

in the budget to replace thesports<br />

centre’s ageing softwaresystemwith<br />

amodern systemthat would allow<br />

for growth, better track performance<br />

and even allow self­service for some<br />

users. The centre is closed during the<br />

lockdown.<br />

Around $80,000had beentagged<br />

for an additional geographical<br />

information systemofficer.<br />

Mr Brown said both items could<br />

be in the mix as councillors talked<br />

about rejigging the budget in what<br />

would be tighteconomic times as the<br />

district recovered from Covid­19.<br />

Councillors needed to look at what<br />

they could do to relieve the financial<br />

burden on some,hesaid.<br />

‘‘Wewill have alook at everything.<br />

‘‘We might consider reducing rates<br />

overall by going back into the budget<br />

and taking some stuff out, stuff that<br />

is absolutely not necessary.’’<br />

Mr Brown said council was also<br />

keeping an eye out for people<br />

needing social welfare help, through<br />

its civil defence team. ‘‘I understand<br />

there is not alot of need at the<br />

moment, but it could rampup.’’<br />

He advised business owners to<br />

explore financialhelp available<br />

through the Government’s Covid­19<br />

finance package.<br />

The mayor has spentthe past week<br />

on his rural block just outside<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, with his wife Judy and<br />

daughter Mikayla, who is home from<br />

the University of Canterbury.<br />

He has been shifting the fences for<br />

amob of dairy heifers grazing on the<br />

property and bakingthe odd beer<br />

loaf.<br />

‘‘One good thing is that farmers<br />

are fairly resilient, it’s normally<br />

snow, winds and floods that stop<br />

them working. We have all the<br />

facilities like power, water and<br />

internet, so we can farm in our<br />

bubble.’’<br />

Mr Brown has also been keeping<br />

in touch with localpolice about<br />

arising issues, and other mayors in<br />

Canterbury about the uncertainties<br />

faced.<br />

Netherby Four Square owner Shaun McFadden says customers are respectful of the health and safety<br />

measures taking place in store.<br />

Shoppers engaged in new normal<br />

Essential service providers have<br />

been flat out attending to the needs<br />

of the community during lockdown.<br />

Medical personnel, emergency<br />

services, pharmacies and essential<br />

food suppliers and services<br />

supporting the farming sector<br />

continue to operate.<br />

Among them is Netherby Four<br />

Square supermarket, which has<br />

changed its business hours to meet<br />

ongoing demand but to also keep<br />

staff protected.<br />

Owner Shaun McFadden said<br />

the new hours gave staff time to<br />

restock the shelves without people<br />

in store.<br />

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Shops adapt, shoppers engage<br />

From Page 1<br />

Mr McFadden said it had been<br />

very busy but as the country went<br />

into lockdown it had settled<br />

down ‘‘a bit’’.<br />

The new hours(from 7am to<br />

7pm on weekdays and 8am to<br />

7pm at weekends) will be<br />

monitoredtosee how trade goes.<br />

‘‘Ifpeople are out and about,<br />

we will fit people’s needs.”<br />

The supermarket has been able<br />

to function with its existing staff<br />

and supply of productwas good.<br />

Governmenthas reinforced<br />

messages that supply chains to<br />

supermarkets are intact.<br />

Mr McFadden said customers<br />

havebeen respectful instore of<br />

the new process; hand sanitiser at<br />

the door, arrows on the floor to<br />

direct inwardcustomers and<br />

people maintaining adistance<br />

fromothers instore.<br />

The company has installed<br />

Perspex screens as away to keep<br />

aphysical distance between<br />

counter staff and customers, and<br />

wereencouraging cashless<br />

payment with eftpos or payWave<br />

optionsasaway to prevent<br />

Shoppers wait to enter their supermarket in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

spreading the virus through<br />

money transactions.<br />

They were also continuing<br />

their delivery option with people<br />

able to email taryn.<br />

mcfadden@foursquare­si.co.nz<br />

Peoplewere obviously<br />

concerned about Covid­19 and<br />

being out,but mostly everyone<br />

had shown agood attitudetothe<br />

lockdown and compliance, he<br />

said.<br />

In other shops dairies are<br />

Nellie Clay, with Sparkles, checks her bear Snowflake is<br />

visible for passing children.<br />

Methven helpers<br />

The Methven Emergency Response<br />

Team has been activated and is doing<br />

daily deliveries to vulnerable<br />

community members.<br />

The team, set up in 2016, will help<br />

Methven community members to<br />

cope with Covid­19 and the<br />

lockdown.<br />

The team has been in actionthis<br />

week, delivering urgentprescription<br />

medicines from Methven Pharmacy.<br />

It becameapparent that some of the<br />

older and more isolated community<br />

members weren’t able to meet the<br />

lockdown requirements as well as<br />

collecting essential prescription<br />

medicines.<br />

So the response team will now do<br />

daily deliveries to those community<br />

members who are dependent on<br />

prescription medicines and unableto<br />

meetlockdown requirements.<br />

Methven Pharmacy’s Peter Wadea<br />

said that this service helps him and his<br />

staff to focus on dispensing rather<br />

than delivery.<br />

“It’s agreat splitofcapabilities,” he<br />

said. “We are able to focus 100 per<br />

cent on whatwedo best. If anyone in<br />

the communityfeels they should be<br />

addedtothe list for special deliveries,<br />

they should call me on (03) 3<strong>02</strong> 8103.”<br />

adopting aone­in, one­out policy<br />

and larger supermarketsare also<br />

limiting numbers so shopperscan<br />

keep at least 2m away from each<br />

other.<br />

Canterbury DistrictHealth<br />

Board chief executive David<br />

Meates is advising shoppers to<br />

practice low­touch shopping.<br />

‘‘Do not handle things you are<br />

not buying, keep your distance,<br />

be aware of how you are touching<br />

things like bankcards,money,<br />

SUPPLIERS AND INSTALLERS OF LEADING BRANDS<br />

ATMs and eftposmachines.<br />

Wash your hands after touching<br />

things like this as soon as you<br />

can.’’<br />

He saidpeopleinbusiness or<br />

providingaserviceshould have<br />

increased theircleaning routine<br />

in between customers.<br />

People neededtotry to put a<br />

physical distance of at least two<br />

metres between themselves and<br />

otherpeople in public spaces,<br />

such as supermarkets, he said.<br />

‘‘Be kind to others.Make it<br />

easy for them to keep 2m from<br />

you –keep a2mspace in front of<br />

you in asupermarket queue, and<br />

stay 2m back fromcountersand<br />

receptiondesks.’’<br />

People who are unwell should<br />

not go to public places.<br />

Call Healthlineon0800 358<br />

5453 if you have any symptoms<br />

and have undertaken any<br />

overseas travel in the past 14<br />

days,orhave been in close<br />

contact with someoneconfirmed<br />

with COVID­19. Please do not go<br />

directly to apharmacy, GP clinic,<br />

urgent care centre or emergency<br />

department.<br />

It’s abear hunt!<br />

Big bears, little bears and stuffed<br />

animals of all shapes and<br />

sizes have been popping up in<br />

front windows of Mid Canterbury<br />

households as they take<br />

part in a global movement to<br />

brighten children's days during<br />

the Covid­19 lockdown.<br />

The We're Going On aBear<br />

Hunt­inspired event originated<br />

in London, and thousands of<br />

New Zealanders have already<br />

taken part including many in<br />

Mid Canterbury.<br />

While families take walks in<br />

their neighbourhoods, children<br />

are able to spot the teddy bears<br />

on windowsills from afar; as<br />

long as people maintain physical<br />

distancing rules.<br />

Founders of the We're Not<br />

Scared ­NZBear Hunt Facebook<br />

page say the hunt ‘‘is for<br />

your local streets, we are not<br />

encouraging travel across town<br />

to view other streets.<br />

‘‘We are permitted and<br />

encouraged to get out and enjoy<br />

the sunshine and fresh air (during<br />

lockdown) but must keep a<br />

two­metre distance from others.<br />

‘‘Please don't go driving<br />

around for your hunt, but if you<br />

are on your way to essential<br />

services ­make sure you keep an<br />

eye out for new bears!’’<br />

Amap of teddy bear locations<br />

in on the Facebook page.<br />

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>0, Page 3<br />

Boat­maker tinkers for speedy sailing<br />

By ToniWilliams<br />

Ron Watts has designed and built<br />

his own powerboat model.<br />

It’s called aZedron Challenger ­<br />

aminiature boat, 900mm long and<br />

200mm wide.<br />

The latest is version 10.<br />

Amember of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Sailing Club’s model boats section,<br />

Ron has been tinkering away with<br />

each version of the powerboat and<br />

perfecting it for his own enjoyment.<br />

The boat is electric, run off a<br />

6­cell battery, and has abrushless<br />

motor, which is water­cooled, and<br />

has afibreglass moulded hull.<br />

It has arange of 300 metres, if<br />

not longer, and is capable of<br />

reaching speeds up to 55km per<br />

hour.<br />

He would like to see more people<br />

get into model racing and would<br />

love to hear from interested people.<br />

During the summer season, club<br />

Police secure<br />

alternative sites<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Police have<br />

taken over the Balmoral<br />

Hall and will use it as a<br />

shared resource space during<br />

the Covid­19 lockdown.<br />

Police would ‘‘scrub in<br />

and scrub out’’ and use the<br />

council owned building for<br />

interviewing and summoning<br />

people to future court<br />

appearances, said <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Police senior sergeant<br />

Leigh Jenkins.<br />

He said using the space<br />

enabled him to create<br />

‘‘bubbles’’across his workforce.<br />

There was no space to<br />

do that in the station and<br />

he had spoken to the<br />

mayor and been given the<br />

use of the hall.<br />

Mr Jenkins said the station<br />

was not being used to<br />

hold people and anyone<br />

involved with more serious<br />

matters was immediately<br />

members met at Lake Hood every<br />

Sunday afternoon.<br />

Ron has always been into radio<br />

control models and the powerboats<br />

are his retirement plan, which is<br />

still afew years away, he says.<br />

He likes creating, especially<br />

when combining electronics and<br />

assembly with remote controlled<br />

speed.<br />

Apainter and assembler by day,<br />

Ron used to work in electronics and<br />

computer security so knows his way<br />

around the finer details of<br />

electronics.<br />

He often builds aboat, uses it for<br />

around six months, sells it secondhand<br />

and uses those funds to build<br />

another, often with modifications.<br />

‘‘They get better and better each<br />

time.’’<br />

Right: Ron Watts and his<br />

speedy, home-built Zedron<br />

Challenger powerboat.<br />

sent to Christchurch.<br />

He said extra space was<br />

also being sought in both<br />

Methven and Rakaia<br />

because both stations were<br />

too small for the number<br />

of personnel now coming<br />

through.<br />

Compliance with directions<br />

to stay at home had<br />

been good, so far, and<br />

teams were focusing on<br />

reassurance patrols and<br />

regular visits to in­demand<br />

sites like supermarkets,<br />

pharmacies, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital and service stations.<br />

A35­year­old man was<br />

arrested onSaturday and<br />

is facing charges related to<br />

motor vehicle thefts. He<br />

had also been breaching<br />

his bail. Mr Jenkins said<br />

police would be taking a<br />

strong interest in people<br />

who were flouting their<br />

bail conditions.<br />

Fatberg alert<br />

Mid Canterbury<br />

residentsare on fatberg<br />

warning and being<br />

remindednot to put the<br />

wrongitemsdown their<br />

wastewater pipes.<br />

Thisthis hasbeen<br />

leading to expensive<br />

blockages and<br />

unnecessary risksfor<br />

maintenance teams<br />

duringthe Covid­19<br />

lockdown.<br />

Cookingoils and<br />

kitchen grease,which<br />

should neverbepoured<br />

down drains, are<br />

increasingly likely to<br />

solidify in the pipes as<br />

conditions continue to<br />

cool around the district.<br />

Combined with other<br />

non­flushable products<br />

likewet wipes,paper<br />

towels, sanitaryproducts<br />

and foodscraps, the<br />

resulting fatbergs form<br />

giant blocks in the pipes,<br />

both on private property<br />

and in the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Council's sewer<br />

infrastructure.<br />

‘‘Wastewater systems<br />

are only designed for a<br />

handful of things:<br />

household greywater like<br />

from your washing<br />

machine, toiletpaperand<br />

human waste. Nothingelse<br />

will disintegrate properly<br />

inthe pipesand those<br />

itemsshould always be put<br />

in the bin,’’ said council<br />

infrastructure services<br />

groupmanagerNeil<br />

McCann.<br />

‘‘Essential council<br />

workers and contractors<br />

have hadtoattend a<br />

number of blockagesand<br />

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Farming in abubble<br />

It’s business as ‘‘unusual’’ for<br />

farmers, contractors, animal<br />

welfare and food supply chains<br />

during the Covid­19 lockdown.<br />

Federated Farmers Mid<br />

Canterbury provincial<br />

president David Clark said the<br />

growing number of deaths<br />

offshore in China, Italy and<br />

now Spain as aresult of Covid­<br />

19 was not wanted in New<br />

Zealand.<br />

‘‘None of us want that to<br />

occur in New Zealand, so we<br />

understand why we have to do<br />

this,’’ he said.<br />

Farmers have been given an<br />

exemption as essential food<br />

suppliers, which means they<br />

can continue essential farm<br />

work including managing<br />

livestock, harvesting, planting<br />

crops and preparing the soil.<br />

He said for the tourism<br />

industry there had been no<br />

exceptions.<br />

He warned farmers to take<br />

their obligations seriously.<br />

“We must not flout<br />

restrictions put in place.’’<br />

Avariety of services to<br />

support farm operations were<br />

still deemed essential to<br />

support food suppliers, such as<br />

milk processing, feed stores,<br />

meat works and services selling<br />

farm supplies.<br />

Mr Clark said no farmer<br />

could operate afarm without<br />

those services and farmers were<br />

“only as good as those that<br />

supply us”.<br />

The longer the lockdown<br />

continued the more Mr Clark<br />

could see issues arising such as<br />

the supply lines behind the<br />

David Clark finishes harvesting Hemp under moody skies on the first day lockdown.<br />

suppliers being affected.<br />

The farm’s non­essential<br />

farm work like fencing<br />

maintenance or hedge<br />

trimming had been parked.<br />

But even on farm, where he<br />

has four families in the work<br />

bubble, they had to enforce<br />

social distancing with<br />

controlled access to the<br />

property and good on farm<br />

practices to look after each<br />

other.<br />

“Farmers are not immune to<br />

this disease.<br />

“Everything has to be<br />

considered, it’s alot slower and<br />

more difficult,” he said.<br />

“But everyone is respectful.”<br />

The nation’s farmers could<br />

still harvest their crops, deliver<br />

them to seed stores or buy store<br />

lambs, send stock to the works,<br />

and they could keep milking<br />

their cows for milk processing.<br />

However, it was the<br />

upcoming winter grazing and<br />

the traditional June 1(moving<br />

day) movements ­big events on<br />

the dairy calendar ­that were of<br />

huge concern.<br />

Mr Clark was hopeful the<br />

alert level had reduced by then.<br />

Nationwide there was a<br />

likelihood of “economic<br />

carnage on the other side” but<br />

he urged people to look out for<br />

one another as they were<br />

dealing with high levels of<br />

stress.<br />

“It’s not like anormal issue,<br />

we need to pull together.”<br />

The longer it goes on, both<br />

rural and urban people will find<br />

it hard, he said.<br />

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Hospice support<br />

Hospice Mid Canterbury<br />

has stopped all face­toface<br />

support for clients<br />

and families because of<br />

Covid­19.<br />

Spokesman Jane<br />

Wright said the changes<br />

were temporary and<br />

clients and their families<br />

were continuing to be<br />

offered support via phone<br />

and internet, including<br />

counselling, recording<br />

biographies and companionship.<br />

The hospice organisation<br />

had closed its base<br />

and shop, and service<br />

managers are working<br />

from home.<br />

Some volunteers were<br />

continuing to assist with<br />

the collection of groceries.<br />

Hospice Mid Canterbury<br />

is currently supporting<br />

53 clients and their<br />

families and will continue<br />

to accept referrals.<br />

Thirsty Thursday update<br />

The lockdowndid not stop most of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong> reporter Toni<br />

Williams family gettingonline together<br />

for their regular Thirsty Thursday<br />

session.<br />

She says if she can co­ordinate a<br />

session, then others can too and<br />

encourages others to use technology to<br />

stay in touch.<br />

‘‘It just looked different; it was done<br />

online, from the comfort of our own<br />

homes, using the app Zoom.<br />

It allowed us to get avisual of each<br />

other and talk.<br />

Once the children, and younger male<br />

adults, stopped pullingfaces at each<br />

other and themselves, we were able to<br />

find out how lockdown was in each of<br />

our bubbles.<br />

And there were some interesting<br />

reports. As well as entertaining,<br />

supporting and teaching our respective<br />

children, we have people still working in<br />

essential services (health and electrical<br />

supply), one volunteering his time in an<br />

online community,one in contact with<br />

medical personnel and one in education,<br />

whichdoesn’t stop just ‘cos the children<br />

were sent home from school.<br />

Everyone was keen to talk and there<br />

was humour.<br />

It was good to see everyone so tonight<br />

we are adding in the Aunty and Uncles<br />

who are usually part of the get together.<br />

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For any assistance you can still contact me<br />

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Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should phone<br />

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>0, Page 5<br />

Rakaiamechanic is bareback champ<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

Rakaia’s Adam Williams has been<br />

crowned the national open bareback<br />

rodeo champion.<br />

Williams finished top of the<br />

standings at the end of the regular<br />

season.<br />

He was due to fight it out against<br />

eight other top contenders for<br />

national honours at the grand finale<br />

at Millers Flat on March 28, before<br />

Covid­19 restrictions forced the<br />

cancellation of the event.<br />

The 28­year­old mechanic said he<br />

was “chuffed’’ to be crowned a<br />

national champion.<br />

He had enjoyed avery consistent<br />

season on the circuit and had<br />

competed at 16 events around the<br />

country.<br />

He had missed the last two rodeos<br />

of the regular season because of an<br />

injury, but had won six events,<br />

finished second at eight and took a<br />

“hefty’’ lead into the grand finale.<br />

“I started doing rodeo nine years<br />

ago, but Istepped up training this<br />

season and it’s been my best ever.’’<br />

Williams said he enjoyed the<br />

bareback discipline because it was<br />

the “roughest’’ rodeo test and a“fist<br />

fight’’ that relied on brute strength.<br />

He worked out in the gym, used<br />

weights and also swam and biked to<br />

keep himself fit.<br />

He had attended his first rodeo as<br />

ayoung fellow with his parents at<br />

Methven and had been tempted to<br />

give it agoafter talking to atop<br />

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competitor and fellow apprentice<br />

nine years ago.<br />

Williams, who has worked at<br />

Rakaia Automotive for the last 10<br />

years, said he was grateful for the<br />

support of his employer.<br />

He had been due to fly out to<br />

Western Australia to drive tractors<br />

last week, and then on to Washington<br />

State, USA for six months to<br />

compete on the rodeo circuit there.<br />

“The plans are off for now,<br />

unfortunately, but we’ll see what<br />

happens in the future.’’<br />

Other season ending leaders in the<br />

seven other open rodeo disciplines<br />

Firewood gift from rural firms<br />

More than 10 tonnes of firewood,<br />

three trucks and some heavy lifting<br />

machinery have combined for a<br />

good cause.<br />

The wood and the vehicles and<br />

manpowerneeded to get it to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>have beenprovided<br />

freeofcharge; the wood is<br />

currently sittinginaheapatLake<br />

Hood and will be split and<br />

delivered free by members of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Rotary Clubtoelderly<br />

people in the community.<br />

The goodwill project is a<br />

combinedeffort of Harmer<br />

Logging, Methven Truckingand<br />

Stuart TarbottonContracting.<br />

Spokesman Ryan Dynessaid<br />

the companies knew some elderly<br />

people would be worrying about<br />

firewood supplies later in the year<br />

andwantedtomake agoodwill<br />

gestureatatime manywould be<br />

worried about the ongoing impact<br />

of Covid­19.<br />

Photo: NickUsmar from Stuart<br />

TarbottonContracting(left)<br />

and Lex Monkfrom Harmer<br />

Logging check over wood<br />

beingdonatedfor firewood.<br />

(rope &tie, saddle bronc, barrel<br />

race, steer wrestling, team ropingheader,<br />

team toping­heeler and the<br />

bull ride) were also declared national<br />

champions.<br />

They include cowgirl Rhondine<br />

Long from Oxford, who was crowned<br />

open barrel race national champion.<br />

Stockwater<br />

intake out<br />

The Cracroft stockwater intakedamaged<br />

by flooding on the Rangitata River last<br />

December may not be reinstated.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council runs the<br />

intake and arranged temporary supply<br />

from the RDR and MHV Water via a<br />

temporary supply from MHV’s main<br />

race.<br />

In an activity report to council<br />

recently, it was proposed to make the<br />

temporary supply arrangements<br />

permanent.<br />

This would require the construction of<br />

anew intake on the MHV main race,<br />

costing about $40,000. Ongoing supply<br />

costs would also need to be negotiated.<br />

The cost of rebuilding the Cracroft<br />

intake was said to be significant. ‘‘The<br />

highest expenditure incurred to reinstate<br />

this intake in its history was in the order<br />

of $120,000. Advice suggests the current<br />

works required could exceed that scale.<br />

Considering the potentialcosts to<br />

reinstate, and the fish screenliability that<br />

remains with this intake, officers are<br />

taking steps to make the temporary<br />

supply arrangements permanent,’’ the<br />

report said.<br />

The change in take location was<br />

initially approved by ECan as an<br />

emergency change.<br />

Flu vaccine<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>doctorssay their<br />

phone linesare being<br />

overwhelmed by people calling<br />

about the flu vaccine. Medical<br />

centres around the district are<br />

organising their vaccination<br />

schedules, with priorityfor elderly<br />

and vulnerable people. As vaccine<br />

stocks are replenished, theywill<br />

be contactingpeople on their<br />

vulnerable listfirst and will<br />

advertise when flu vaccines are<br />

available for everybodyelse.<br />

Water levels<br />

All levelone and two water<br />

restrictions that hadbeen in place<br />

across the <strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

have been lifted,effective<br />

immediately, however schemes<br />

on apermanent hosing ban<br />

remain on their restriction.<br />

Restrictionsare removed for for<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Chertsey, Fairton,<br />

Hakatere, Hinds, Lake Hood,<br />

Mayfield,Methven, Mt Somers<br />

and Rakaia. Cooler temperatures<br />

around the districtaswellas<br />

recent wet weather hasseen water<br />

consumptionlevels ease and the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>DistrictCouncil is<br />

satisfied the summer restrictions<br />

are no longer required. Residents<br />

are still encouragedtoobserve<br />

water­wise practices to reduce<br />

wastesuch as watering in the<br />

evening or earlyinthe morning<br />

and ensuring sprinklers are not<br />

watering footpaths or roads.<br />

Harold helps<br />

Life EducationMid and South<br />

Canterbury is workingto<br />

maintain engagementwith<br />

primary agedchildren through its<br />

Facebookpage. Although the<br />

mobileclassroomisparked up for<br />

now, the Facebook pageLife<br />

Education­Mid and South<br />

Canterburyisbeing regularly<br />

updated.Mascot Harold and the<br />

Harold Clubare sharing jokes,<br />

putting up video clips of Harold’s<br />

daily doings andadvisingparents<br />

and childrenofmanyavailable<br />

links thatcan be used during the<br />

lockdown. The mobileclassroom<br />

travels to 67 schools in the region<br />

and educatorssee over8000<br />

primary school agedchildren<br />

each year.<br />

Alert breaches<br />

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creative ideas for a new<br />

sign that will clearly state<br />

what Bike Methven is all<br />

about.<br />

The sign will be be<br />

positioned at the new car<br />

park at the Mt Hutt Bike<br />

Park and will catch the<br />

eye of visitors and promote<br />

the outstanding biking<br />

area maintained by<br />

the volunteer group.<br />

Bike Methven maintains<br />

over 30km ofcrosscountry,<br />

downhill and single<br />

track trails and is in<br />

the process of extending<br />

the intermediate level<br />

tracks around the lower<br />

part of the bike park and<br />

also a UCI spec BMX<br />

track in central Methven.<br />

Well­known Methven<br />

sculptor Hannah Kidd is<br />

lending ahand to facilitate<br />

the design process of<br />

the new bike park sign<br />

and willapply on behalf of<br />

Bike Methvenfor funding<br />

from the Creative Communities<br />

Grant administered<br />

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

Council.<br />

Ms Kidd said designers<br />

should think big, ‘‘but not<br />

so big we can’t afford to<br />

make it’’.<br />

‘‘Anything goes, but<br />

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Although she wasn’t<br />

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the sign, she was happy to<br />

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needed.<br />

‘‘Because the design<br />

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materials, anything can<br />

come in and much could<br />

be beyond my area of<br />

expertise.’’<br />

There was no time line<br />

for the design production,<br />

but the competition had<br />

been brought forward<br />

because of the current<br />

lockdown situation.<br />

The project would go<br />

ahead with or without the<br />

community grant because<br />

the Bike Methven community<br />

was determined to<br />

make it happen and was<br />

generous when it came to<br />

donating time, skills, gear<br />

and materials, said Ms<br />

Kidd.<br />

Design entries will be<br />

judged by the Bike Methven<br />

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Challenging times, but<br />

respect lockdown rules<br />

Everybody has got to do their bit and be realistic<br />

about the risks of Covid­19, says Justice of the Peace<br />

and celebrant Carol Gunn.<br />

Mrs Gunn said weddings should be one of the<br />

happiest days of acouples life, and funerals achance<br />

to grieve, but in the Covid­19 pandemic environment<br />

there was alot of confusion and uncertainty.<br />

Prior to the lockdown more and more weddings<br />

Canterbury­wide were cancelled and funeral<br />

directors widening gaps between chairs for<br />

mourners.<br />

Since the lockdown even morerestrictions are in<br />

place.<br />

Mrs Gunn said all funerals, weddingsand JP<br />

functions were required to stop until the lockdown<br />

period was lifted.<br />

It’sbeingdone to protect people's healthand<br />

ensure the health systemcan look after New<br />

Zealanders who become sick but bereaved families<br />

and whanaufrom all cultures and backgrounds will<br />

findthis timechallenging.<br />

The FuneralDirectors Association of New<br />

Zealand (FDANZ) has just thisweek offered a<br />

Covid­19Grief Resource information sheetto<br />

supportbereavedfamilies, whanau and friends who<br />

are extremely distressed that during the lockdown<br />

no funerals, tangi or farewell gatheringscan be held<br />

for theirloved one.<br />

The new process applies to all deceased persons,<br />

regardless of whenand wherethey died, or the<br />

cause of death. And includespublic gatheringsat<br />

burials, cremations, memorial services,funeral<br />

wakes, processions or receptions and social<br />

gatherings, both indoors and outdoors.<br />

The information says while funeral directorsare<br />

encouragedtocarry out burialsand cremations as<br />

quickly as possible theremay be other options<br />

available to family such as holdingthe funeralor<br />

tangihanga until after the after the Alert Level 4<br />

restrictions ease,live streaming or providing photos<br />

of the service and/or burial,cremating the deceased<br />

and burying the ashesatalaterdate or holding a<br />

memorialservicelater, when restrictions on<br />

gatheringsare lifted and it is safetodoso.<br />

Evenunder AlertLevel 2­amere week and a<br />

halfago ­Mrs Gunn said those thathad continued<br />

Everyone has to do their bit and be realistic,<br />

says Justice of the Peace and celebrant Carol<br />

Gunn.<br />

with their services did so under abit of acloud with<br />

less guests able to attend and limitsaround<br />

numbers.<br />

Even wantingaregistry office wedding was not<br />

an option in <strong>Ashburton</strong>; the closestofficesare in<br />

Christchurch or Timaru. Some couples had<br />

considered getting married and having apartywith<br />

friends and family at alater date.<br />

It also meant Mrs Gunn was offering her services<br />

differently,either meeting people in the driveway<br />

for document signings, wearing gloves to handle<br />

documents, spending lesstime at ceremonies and<br />

keeping asocial distance from other people.<br />

She said, of late, there had been atrend for older<br />

people to ‘‘notwant afuss’’ withfuneral services<br />

and suggesttoloved onestohave afamilyonly<br />

ceremony as away to keepnumbersdown.<br />

However until the lockdown periodislifted<br />

people will be looking at other ways to connect as<br />

part of theirgrieving process for loved ones.<br />

Award for musical theatre stalwart<br />

Alice Sollis has been awarded a<br />

Merit of Achievement Award by<br />

Musical Theatre New Zealand.<br />

The Timaru based musical<br />

theatre enthusiast has directed and<br />

performed in more than 50<br />

musicals and plays spanning well<br />

over 25 years.<br />

She is well known in Canterbury<br />

musical theatre circles and is<br />

involved with the long­running Mid<br />

Canterbury Summer Singing<br />

School alongside Jo Castelow.<br />

Last year she directed the Mid<br />

Canterbury Children’s Theatre<br />

show Chitty Chitty Bang Bang JR<br />

and has also directed <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Operatic’s productions including<br />

Oliver (2016), Grease (2015) and<br />

Steel Magnolias (2005).<br />

Her career on stage began as a<br />

dancer in South Canterbury Drama<br />

League revues, before developing<br />

her craft to become ahighly<br />

respected and sought­after director<br />

across the central South Island.<br />

Her more than 50 stage<br />

productions include The Soundof<br />

Music,Grease, The Addams<br />

Family, Chicago, All Shook Up,<br />

WizardofOz, Calendar Girls,<br />

Steel Magnoliasand Legally<br />

Blonde.<br />

Mrs Sollis has also assisted and<br />

mentored many up and coming<br />

directorsand choreographers.<br />

She writes compilation shows,<br />

has worked in radio,creates sound<br />

effects for plays, performs as a<br />

soloist and sings in the band The<br />

Drama Queensatprivate<br />

functions and leadsschool holiday<br />

drama programmes across<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Alice Sollis


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>0, Page 7<br />

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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 9<br />

2<strong>April</strong> 2<strong>02</strong>0<br />

Message From ThePrincipal<br />

COVID-19<br />

These are certainly not ordinary times, and the<br />

onset ofCOVID-19 has seen our Government act<br />

decisively and I’msurethatall schools applauded<br />

their decision totake the necessary steps before<br />

the pandemic really takes hold within New<br />

Zealand.<br />

The pace ofthe spread and the changing picture<br />

faced by schools has been stunning.<br />

Canterbury-West Coast Principals’Association<br />

On Friday 20March all of the Secondary Principals from Canterbury and<br />

the West Coast assembled in Christchurch for abriefing from Health<br />

and Education faculties and, yes, we adhered to the social distancing<br />

guidelines (pictured below).<br />

The Canterbury Secondary Principals also agreed, atthat stage, asa<br />

collective tolimit asmany face-to-face meetings as possible, and that<br />

staff meetings and student assemblies wouldn’t be happening. This was<br />

quicklyovertakenbythe Government’snation-wide requirements!<br />

Other events such as Open Evenings,cultural and sporting events,School<br />

Balls,Parent-Teacher interviews, areall postponed foratleast the duration<br />

of Term Two. We will look at the viability of an alternativedatelaterinthe<br />

year,for ourCollegeBall.<br />

Rapidly Changing Scene<br />

Icame into CollegeonSundaymorning 22 Marchtoworkonsome plans<br />

that were aimed at getting us through until the scheduled end of term<br />

(then Thursday 09<strong>April</strong>). Iremember thinking that was ambitious but,<br />

giventhe information we had it mightbemanageable.<br />

By Sunday evening it became apparent that seven buses would not be<br />

running the next day(drivers over 70) and by Mondayafternoon we were<br />

advising students not to attend College until at leastTuesday 28 <strong>April</strong>.<br />

MinistryofEducation Support<br />

Iwish to acknowledge our Ministry ofEducation who have provided<br />

regulardaily updatestoall New Zealand schools.<br />

AcknowledgementtoCollege Staff –DistanceLearning<br />

Iwouldlike to acknowledge ourCollege’s staffwho have worked hardto<br />

prepare for distance learning, after the revised holidays end on Tuesday<br />

14 <strong>April</strong>, and the new ‘distance learning’ term starts on Wednesday<br />

15 <strong>April</strong>.<br />

An advantage is that many of our courses are already available via google<br />

communities or other electronic means. Staff have also made hard copy<br />

work available where possible. There are, of course, a number of courses<br />

with huge practical components, and learning is being modified and<br />

accommodatedasisviable.<br />

KeyMessage<br />

My key message to parents is to look after the mental health of yourself<br />

and your children. This may beatime to teach your children to do new<br />

things such as cooking, baking, gardening, fence painting or other<br />

renovation projects.All of theseare real-worldlearning opportunities that<br />

could be fun.<br />

The importance offun and keeping things low-key will be essential over<br />

the next four weeks.<br />

Distance learning will also offer your student anopportunity to keep<br />

learning progressing, to have activity to fillthe days and contactwith their<br />

teachers. Additionally, students will be supported tocomplete asmuch<br />

work as they can, in the timethey have available and through whichever<br />

medium or devicethey have available.<br />

Remember, staff will be available tohelp and can be contacted byemail<br />

forquestions, from Wednesday15<strong>April</strong>,nextterm.<br />

NZQA has just put out information to schools re managing assessment<br />

and qualificationsand this will be shared with families at afuture time.<br />

Good Wishes<br />

Finally, onapersonal note can Iwish you and your ‘family bubble’well.<br />

These areinterestingtimes forall of us.Inmyhouse there will be six adults<br />

and my twograndchildren.<br />

In the meantime,Ilook forwardtocatching upwithour communityinfour<br />

weeks’time,ifthatremains as ourrestarttime.<br />

Best of luck.<br />

Ross Preece<br />

Principal •Tumuaki<br />

Events<br />

Year 12 and 13 HistoryTrip to<br />

Banks Peninsula<br />

On Thursday 19 March College’s Year 12 and 13 History students were<br />

treated toanadventure toBanks Peninsula to investigate the local history<br />

of the area. Teacher Greta Hampton said it was anearly start and along,<br />

but worthwhile, day for students and staff as they visited many places of<br />

historical significanceonthe Peninsula.<br />

Students enjoyed awalk up Ōnawe Peninsula (pictured below) to see the<br />

siteofthe battle between Ngāti ToachiefTeRauparaha and local NgāiTahu<br />

chiefTeMaiharanui.<br />

Changed DatestoSchool Holidays due to<br />

COVID-19 Shut-down<br />

Please note:<br />

Theschool holiday dateshavebeen changed<br />

and arenow scheduled from<br />

last Monday, 30 March, to Tuesday14<strong>April</strong>.<br />

This means thatdistance learning will startfrom<br />

Wednesday 15 <strong>April</strong> –<br />

whichwill be the beginning of Term Two.<br />

Events<br />

Innovation Trip forYear 9Y Group<br />

Choosing Innovation Class placement has been an option<br />

available at College, since the start of2019 for Year 9students<br />

and, this year, extending to students transitioning into Year 10<br />

this year.Thereisstill an option forfamiliestochooseenrolment<br />

in the traditional subjectmodel.<br />

9Y’s trip to Lake Hood wasaperfect example of cross-curricular<br />

learningin action<br />

Mary-Anne Evers, teacher ofEnglish, Year 9Dean and English<br />

Head ofFaculty support, describes that, at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College,<br />

Innovation Class teachers work to create authentic learning<br />

opportunitiesthatincorporateskills and knowledge from each of<br />

theirlearningareas.<br />

Off-site activities can often occur with minimal disruption to<br />

learning in other subjects, asthey happen during the class-time<br />

usually scheduled forthese subjects.<br />

9Y is an Innovation Class featuring the subjects of Health/Physical<br />

Education, Social Studies and English. The combined topic for<br />

thesesubjects is ‘Identity’.<br />

At the recent Lake Hood trip (pictured right), onTuesday 17March, Health<br />

and Phys Ed featured in the physical activity of walking the lake and<br />

exploring its sporting connectionstoour communityand wider.<br />

Social Studies featured in study of the role Lake Hood plays in the Mid<br />

Canterburyidentityasarecreational and sports area, as well as the planning<br />

andadministration aroundthe creation of suchanarea.<br />

Final College Newsletter forthe Forseeable Future<br />

As youcan appreciate,this will be our final newsletter<br />

forthe next fewweeks,given the current lockdown situation<br />

and no activitiestoreport on!<br />

We do,however, look forward to sharing our newsinthe future<br />

whenwewill value being outand about again<br />

and enjoying the freedoms we previouslytookfor granted.<br />

In the meantime,weacknowledge also thatthese aretoughtimes<br />

formanyinthe community-across the rangeofhealthconcerns,<br />

employment and financialinsecurities.<br />

These pressures arerecognised.<br />

English skills were puttouse in areflectiveblog postwherestudentswrote<br />

abouttheir experienceand includedvisual representations(photos) of their<br />

experiences.<br />

As an extra, anumber of keen students ran the whole lake, but most took<br />

the option to enjoyabrisk walk,followed by lunchlake-side.<br />

Students thoroughly enjoyed their time and are already thinking of other<br />

opportunitiestoapply their Innovation class learning in real life.<br />

Other highlights included visits to the French cemetery, local museum and<br />

Britomart, the site where Britain raised their flag and claimed sovereignty<br />

over the French in the area (pictured below).<br />

Therewerealso lots of laughs,diet coke and lollies during the day!<br />

Students will use the research they did at the site tocomplete internal<br />

assessments towards NCEA.<br />

Teaching staff accompanying the group were Greta Hampton,<br />

Amanda Grigg and Patrick Sandrey.


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vital you know how muchyou can<br />

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Driver mentors sign on<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Community Driver<br />

Mentor Programme (CDMP) has<br />

been officially launched.<br />

Run through the Salvation<br />

Army’s South Island Regional<br />

Driver Hub, the programme is<br />

intended to help young adult drivers<br />

and others get their restricted and<br />

full licences.<br />

The CDMP aims to help drivers<br />

move from learners to restricted<br />

licences and then from restricted to<br />

full licences.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> driver programme coordinator<br />

Heather Daly said eight<br />

mentors had already put up their<br />

hands to help deliver the supervised<br />

driving experience.<br />

They included alocal police<br />

officer, truck driver and farmer.<br />

Most were in the 30­50 age bracket<br />

and one was retired.<br />

Mrs Daly said learners needed<br />

basic driving skills and should know<br />

the road code, and 11 had already<br />

signed up.<br />

Some had been referred by<br />

support agencies like the MSD, He<br />

Waka Tapu and the Salvation Army.<br />

‘‘Ideally we would like to match<br />

20 drivers with 20 mentors with each<br />

new programme.’’<br />

Mrs Daly said learners and<br />

mentors would attend separate<br />

workshops at the beginning of each<br />

programme.<br />

Mentors would be upskilled and<br />

learners would have the programme<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Police senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins hands over the<br />

keys of the Community Driver Mentor Programme car to Heather<br />

Daly at the recent launch ceremony.<br />

and its expectations explained to<br />

them.<br />

Mrs Daly will liaise with the<br />

Ministry of Social Development,<br />

employment agencies and<br />

businesses to look for possible<br />

employment opportunities for<br />

graduating drivers.<br />

‘‘This programme is about filling<br />

the gaps for disadvantaged people<br />

and not taking business away from<br />

other providers.’’<br />

Funding for the programme is<br />

provided through the Provincial<br />

Growth Fund and is for three years.<br />

For more information about the<br />

programme, contact Heather Daly<br />

on <strong>02</strong>1 927 370 or by email at<br />

heather.daly@salvationarmy.org.<br />

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

Firefighters split into<br />

response bubbles<br />

It has been business almost as usual<br />

for <strong>Ashburton</strong> volunteer firefighters<br />

responding to fire, medical and<br />

vehicle incidents in the past week<br />

under lockdown. The brigade has<br />

split into three watches, working one<br />

full week at atime, in rotation,<br />

during the lockdown.<br />

Red Watch completed the first<br />

week under the senior station officer<br />

Charlie Kelland and now it is the<br />

turn of Green Watch, followed by<br />

Blue Watch in aweek’s time.<br />

Mr Kelland said splitting the<br />

volunteer group into three bubbles<br />

reduced chances of contracting or<br />

spreading Covid­19 and allowed<br />

firefighters to respond to incidents.<br />

They have personal protection<br />

equipment that they will wear as<br />

required.<br />

‘‘We have tried to minimise<br />

contact between members of the<br />

brigade,’’ he said.<br />

The change to cold weather also<br />

brought awarning about fire safety in<br />

the home, especially around heaters<br />

and logburners.<br />

People needed to remember not to<br />

place combustible objects close to<br />

heaters and logburners. Electric<br />

blankets still needed to be checked<br />

before use if they had been in<br />

storage. Hot ashes should be put<br />

outside in amental container for<br />

several days until cold, not in<br />

wastebins.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Volunteer Fire<br />

Brigade’s Red Watch heads out<br />

on acall during the first week<br />

under lockdown.<br />

Mr Kelland said fire risks in the<br />

home were amplified because more<br />

people were at home and cooking in<br />

the lockdown, as restaurants and<br />

takeaways were closed.<br />

Commonsense was needed.<br />

‘‘Building atent with blankets is in<br />

your house is fine, just don’t have<br />

candles.’’<br />

Rural fire units are also<br />

responding to callouts, taking Covid­<br />

19 precautions. Rakaia firefighters<br />

were called to afire at an engineering<br />

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town at the weekend.<br />

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‘‘We may not be<br />

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Blessed essential workers<br />

When guidelines were first<br />

published last week as to who<br />

would be classified as an<br />

essential service, some surprise<br />

was expressed at who could and<br />

who could not remain open.<br />

It’s an incredibly difficult thing<br />

for any Government to<br />

determine, particularly in ashort<br />

space of time.<br />

It’s ahard balancing act<br />

between the absolute<br />

importance of maintaining<br />

public health on one hand, while<br />

ensuring people can still access<br />

the services we’ll need in our<br />

homes for at least the next few<br />

weeks.<br />

To the Government’s credit<br />

they’ve been updating the<br />

essential services list daily as new<br />

questions arise, including in<br />

relation to some animal welfare<br />

issues which had been raised<br />

with me by farmers locally.<br />

There’s still acouple of areas<br />

that Ihope are tidied up by the<br />

time this newspaper goes to<br />

press, which includes the ability<br />

for it to do so.<br />

The Government’s initial list<br />

deemed media to be an essential<br />

service, but this was<br />

MP for Rangitata Andrew<br />

Falloon<br />

subsequently changed to include<br />

only daily newspapers. For some<br />

communities that’s areal<br />

problem. Some towns and<br />

regions don’t have alocal daily,<br />

instead relying on aweekly or<br />

twice weekly publication.<br />

Even in areas like ours many<br />

don’t have apaid newspaper<br />

subscription. At atime when<br />

news and broadcasting of<br />

important and factual health<br />

information is so critical, cutting<br />

off access some communities<br />

have to news makes no sense.<br />

The other is butchers. For<br />

some people in major urban<br />

areas like Auckland or<br />

Wellington the local butcher<br />

might feel like aluxury, anice to<br />

have rather than anecessity.<br />

But for some communities<br />

they’re vital.<br />

Small towns where there may<br />

not be amajor supermarket,<br />

meaning the alternative is to<br />

travel 30 kilometres. Others, like<br />

here in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, supply small<br />

supermarkets that remain open.<br />

They’re an essential part of<br />

the supply chain. I’m continuing<br />

to work with the Government, to<br />

at least get an exemption for the<br />

small number of butchers who fit<br />

those criteria.<br />

It was the 1979 Monty Python<br />

film Life of Brian that made<br />

famous the line “blessed are the<br />

cheesemakers.” Turophiles<br />

(those who love cheese) will be<br />

pleased to know that<br />

cheesemaking does indeed<br />

qualify as an essential service.<br />

And they, like all other<br />

essential service workers, do<br />

deserve our praise. While Idon’t<br />

underestimate how<br />

extraordinarily difficult it is for<br />

many of those unable to work<br />

(please call my office number if<br />

you require assistance), the<br />

people going to work at the<br />

moment are carrying our very<br />

survival on their shoulders.<br />

Doctors, nurses, cleaners,<br />

administrators, lab workers,<br />

those working in our medical<br />

system are going above and<br />

beyond what could be expected<br />

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Top grade umpires<br />

Netball umpires and sisters<br />

Zoe and Willow<br />

Diedricks have alonger<br />

time toprepare for the<br />

upcoming netball season<br />

because ofCovid­19.<br />

The top gradeumpires<br />

are busy young women<br />

but look forward topicking<br />

up the whistle each<br />

season as well astaking<br />

to the court asplayers.<br />

Containing the community<br />

spread ofCovid­<br />

19 has meant the start of<br />

the netball season has<br />

been suspended. It will<br />

givethe sistersmoretime<br />

to polish their skills.<br />

Zoe, 18, left <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College last year and<br />

is working until September,<br />

when she had<br />

plan to head to the<br />

UnitedStatestoworkfor<br />

Camp America. She was<br />

first to umpire and inspired<br />

younger sister Willow,16,<br />

to take up umpiring<br />

too.<br />

Both have been identified<br />

as top talent and<br />

umpires to be nurtured<br />

for the future.<br />

Sisters and top-level netball umpires Willow<br />

(left) and Zoe Diedricks.<br />

Zoe started playing<br />

netball in Year8and put<br />

herhandupfor umpiring<br />

duties in her team.<br />

‘‘I did one game and I<br />

liked it and I put my<br />

name forward for<br />

another game.’’<br />

She became a lower<br />

grade umpire and has<br />

worked her way up over<br />

the years to umpiring<br />

premier one. Ahighlight<br />

has been umpiring at<br />

South Island secondary<br />

schools tournaments and<br />

being part of the Mid<br />

Canterbury Netball<br />

umpires team attending<br />

it; the camaraderie and<br />

court experiencewas fun.<br />

She was recognised as<br />

being in the top five<br />

umpires in 2017.<br />

Willow has also<br />

umpired at the tournament<br />

and last year<br />

received the same recognition.<br />

The pair say they are<br />

competitive but not<br />

rivals, as players or<br />

umpires.<br />

They brush off negative<br />

comments from<br />

spectators and say they<br />

are much more likely to<br />

have positive comments<br />

from players as they<br />

shake hands and leave<br />

the court.<br />

‘‘A call isacall and it<br />

stays on court.’’<br />

The sisters both keep<br />

fit at the gym andexcelat<br />

music, Zoe withthe cello<br />

and Willow with the<br />

violin. They schedule<br />

sport, academic and<br />

music life carefully.<br />

Willow said she was<br />

planning to study health<br />

sciences at Otago University<br />

nextyearand hoping<br />

to umpire netball for<br />

university teams.<br />

Huxley Neal (foreground) opts for balloon play, while (from left) Radius<br />

Millstream residents Joyce Cochrane, Val Srhoy, Agnes Lister, Nola Wallace<br />

and Graham Tappin (with grandson Cal) get creative with playdough.<br />

Get togethers on hold<br />

It may beawhile before young and old<br />

come together for more fun and games<br />

at aged care facility Radius Millstream.<br />

At the last session, held acouple of<br />

weeks ago, and before coronavirus<br />

isolation rules kicked in, residents tried<br />

their hand at play­dough and enjoyed<br />

balloons and bubbles with preschoolers<br />

and babies.<br />

Mid Canterbury Plunket community<br />

support co­ordinator Sue­ann Carr said<br />

the inter­generational get togethers had<br />

been enjoyed by everyone for anumber<br />

of months.<br />

With no Children’s Day in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

this year, the last session had featured a<br />

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Fortnightly visits and play sessions at<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> chiropractor Debra<br />

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‘‘Pain is the body’s basic<br />

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In theFar Northfor agoodcause<br />

Mandy Hurst (left) walking with<br />

Jude O’Connor.<br />

Just a few weeks ago Rakaia<br />

resident Mandy Hurst and three<br />

friends had the freedom of Northland<br />

at their feet and were tackling<br />

an epic charity walk.<br />

Today the walking boots have<br />

been put away, and like most of the<br />

country, Mrs Hurst is in lockdown<br />

at home for the next few weeks at<br />

least.<br />

The lockdown means she has<br />

time to reflect on her walking<br />

experience and the contrast with<br />

the current strict outdoor restrictions<br />

in place.<br />

The trip had revealed the beauty<br />

of Northland in its raw, untouched<br />

form, but had been ahard slog, said<br />

Mrs Hurst.<br />

From the outset, the walking<br />

challenge had demonstrated the<br />

difference between tramping and<br />

trekking.<br />

‘‘Our training ground of Mt<br />

Somers, Little Mt Peel and other<br />

walks were replaced with kilometres<br />

of sand, huge sand dunes,<br />

logging truck tracks, rolling farmland<br />

and pine forests.<br />

‘‘When the tide was in, we were<br />

forced on to the soft deep sand and<br />

competed with the horses for<br />

untrodden space to make the<br />

walking easier.’’<br />

Mrs Hurst walked with Jude<br />

O’Connor, Julie Livesey and Denise<br />

Davidson, all former Mid Canterbury<br />

residents and all with farming<br />

roots.<br />

All in their 60’s, the quartet were<br />

joined by other walkers, mountain<br />

bikers and horse riders and followed<br />

awell marked route on the<br />

six­day, 191km walk.<br />

The logistics of the event were<br />

remarkable, with volunteers setting<br />

up and decamping every day, and<br />

with 46 walkers, 150 riders and 14<br />

bikers, it was ahuge task, said Mrs<br />

Hurst.<br />

With the horses came the extra<br />

challenge of getting floats from one<br />

camp to the next and setting up and<br />

taking down temporary paddocks.<br />

‘‘Wesocialisedinahuge marquee<br />

with anextensive bar one end and a<br />

kitchen that fed 250 people each<br />

day.’’<br />

Each day had its challenges, she<br />

said.<br />

Day two was the longest day, but<br />

was shortened from 44km to38km<br />

through awelcome short cut.<br />

‘‘The only catch was wehad to<br />

walk through asmelly bog uptoour<br />

thighs.’’<br />

Mrs Hurst said the four friends<br />

walked at their own pace and met<br />

some wonderful people along the<br />

way.<br />

An auction held on day three for<br />

items gifted to the event had raised<br />

over $16,000.<br />

The outdoor adventure was<br />

organised by charitable trust Trek<br />

For Life Aotearoa/NZ and funds<br />

raisedgotofirst response and rescue<br />

services operating in the small communitiespassedthroughonthe<br />

trek.<br />

‘‘Only four out of the 46 walkers<br />

walked every kilometre.<br />

‘‘Jude and Iestimated we walked<br />

around 170km, Julie had an<br />

enforced day off due toblisters and<br />

Denise walked every day and opted<br />

for apart ride some days,’’ said Mrs<br />

Hurst.<br />

Many walkers were picked up<br />

even before they walkedtothe lunch<br />

stop break andotherswere boughtin<br />

as they tired orthe time allocated<br />

was up.<br />

Mrs Hurst said she was carrying<br />

two injuries going into the trek, but<br />

discovered the painful, but spiritual<br />

traditional Maori massage known as<br />

romiromi.<br />

Due todaily sessions available at<br />

the camp, her body felt better after<br />

the trek than before it.<br />

‘‘This trek to me is the best way<br />

anyone can experience the Far<br />

North. Iwillremember experiencing<br />

the small communities pulling<br />

together to make the fundraiser<br />

work,their laidback,can­doattitude<br />

and genuine friendliness.’’<br />

MrsHurstintends getting out into<br />

the Mid Canterbury outdoors again<br />

when allowed to do so and looking<br />

forward to more walking challenges.<br />

Growing natives<br />

Nature Matters by Mary Ralston<br />

Suddenly alot of people have time on<br />

their hands and children are home<br />

from school.<br />

Luckily it’s aperfect time of year to<br />

sow seeds or pot up seedlings of native<br />

plants.<br />

This is afun and interesting project<br />

to do and planting the young trees or<br />

shrubs out in the spring or summer is<br />

rewarding too.<br />

Kowhai seeds are encased in pods<br />

that hang down from the trees.<br />

Collect them on adry day and then<br />

remove the seeds from the pods.<br />

The yellow seeds have ahard coat,<br />

which works well to protect the seed<br />

from moisture and insect attack, but it<br />

can make germination slow.<br />

To speed up the process, soak the<br />

seeds overnight in warm water.<br />

Next day, fill atray or some pots with<br />

potting mix and carefully put the seeds<br />

on top of the mix, about 5cm apart, and<br />

then cover with another 1cm of mix.<br />

Water gently so the mix is moist but<br />

not too wet and put in ashady spot so<br />

that the mix stays damp.<br />

Germination will be slow compared<br />

to vegetable seeds –don’t expect much<br />

to happen for months!<br />

Leave them outside to do their thing,<br />

don’t be tempted to bring inside in the<br />

warmth.<br />

When the seedlings are about 10 cm<br />

high, they can be potted up into<br />

individual pots.<br />

Handle them carefully, as their root<br />

system will be small and delicate.<br />

Pot up and water well, and keep<br />

moist.<br />

Native shrubs with fleshy seeds like<br />

coprosmas and corokias will germinate<br />

best if the fleshy covering around the<br />

seed is removed.<br />

This is easy to do: put the berries in<br />

a container of water and soak overnight,<br />

then squash the soft berries.<br />

Leave for another day or night, then<br />

hopefully the seed will come away from<br />

the covering and fall to the bottom of<br />

the container.<br />

Drain off the water with the flesh<br />

and gather the seeds from the bottom.<br />

The seeds can then be planted out<br />

with potting mix, as outlined above for<br />

kowhai seeds.<br />

Photo: Kowhai pods and seeds<br />

Rural&Lifestyle<br />

Winners enjoying dairy industries growth opportunities<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> farmers Ralph and<br />

Fleur Tompsett have been named<br />

Share Farmer of the Year in the<br />

Canterbury/North Otago Dairy<br />

Industry Awards.<br />

The winners alsoinclude Stephen<br />

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Canterbury/North Otago Dairy<br />

Manager of the Year, and Lucy<br />

Morgan, the 2<strong>02</strong>0 Canterbury/<br />

North Otago Dairy Trainee of the<br />

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The Tompsetts, who won more<br />

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percent sharemilking 1130 cows for<br />

Craig and Susan, Karyn and Grant<br />

Fleming ontheir 297 hectare farm.<br />

Ralph (34) holds Primary ITO<br />

Level 4 Dairy Farming and Fleur<br />

(37) holds Bachelor of Law and a<br />

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“I love the technical side ofthe<br />

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“Farming allows us to live rurally<br />

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“It’s agoal of ours tobring great<br />

people along with us to share and<br />

enjoy the growth opportunities<br />

which our dairy industry provides.”<br />

The first­time entrants were<br />

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one oftheir rural professionals and<br />

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They have learned to wear many<br />

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“Beginning our sharemilking<br />

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achallenge however it taught us to<br />

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Fleur and Ralph Tompsett<br />

They have proudly achieved alow<br />

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Future farming goals include<br />

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“We both enjoy understanding<br />

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Runners­up were Tania Riddington<br />

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Salem Christian and Hororata farm<br />

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Oamaru’s Lucy Morgan was<br />

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Singh and third Westerfield’s Cameron<br />

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HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

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Sunday5th <strong>April</strong> is<br />

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Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />

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QUALITY<br />

USED VEHICLES<br />

@<br />

AFFORDABLE<br />

PRICES<br />

<br />

WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS<br />

2008MAZDA AXELA15C<br />

1500C, ABS,BODYKIT,<br />

SPOILER,AIR CON,<br />

34,600KMS<br />

2007 SUZUKI SX4<br />

AUTO,ALLOYS, 2<br />

BAGS,ABS,ROOF<br />

RAILS,98,000KMS<br />

2007 NISSAN SKYLINE 350GT<br />

18IN ALLOYS,PADDLE<br />

SHIFT, AUTO,76,600KMS<br />

$8,995 $8,495 $11,995<br />

3<br />

DAIHATSU<br />

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

rear spoiler,1300cc, 159,788 kms........................................................ $3,995<br />

FORD<br />

2001 FORDFALCONXR6, 4100 cc,Auto, rear spoiler,tidy,<br />

high kms..........................................................................................................SOLD<br />

HONDA<br />

2013 HONDA CR-V 24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control, alloys,tow bar,<br />

66,000 kms, 2400cc................................................................................$22,995<br />

2004 HONDA CR-V ZX, auto, petrol,5door,SUV,ABS, rear spoiler,<br />

78,100 kms, 2400cc.................................................................................. $9,995<br />

2007 HONDA ELYSION PRESTAGESZ, auto, petrol,8seater, 5door,ABS,<br />

foglights,105,000 kms, 3500cc................... ARRIVING SOON $11,995<br />

2007 HONDA STEPWAGONG,5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />

95,000 kms, 2000cc..............................................ARRIVING SOON $7,995<br />

MAZDA<br />

2009 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 1500 cc, auto, alloys,ABS, air con,<br />

70,000 kms........................................................... ARRIVING SOON $10,995<br />

2008 MAZDAAXELA 15C, ABS, body kit, spoiler,air con, 34,600 kms,<br />

1500cc........................................................................................................... $8,995<br />

2008 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 5door,ABS, climate control, air con, body<br />

kit, 19,800 kms, 1500cc.................................. . ARRIVING SOON $11,495<br />

MITSUBISHI<br />

2010 MITSUBISHIGALLANTFORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD<br />

changer,climate control,97,400 kms, 1800cc................................ $9,995<br />

2013 HONDACRV 24G<br />

2400CC,4WD,CRUISE<br />

CONTROL,65,000KMS,<br />

ABS, ALLOYS, TOW<br />

BAR, SUMMERREADY<br />

NISSAN<br />

2006 NISSANBLUEBIRDSYLPHY20S, 4door,ABS, air con, climate<br />

control, 11,800 kms, 2000cc.................................................................. $9,995<br />

2006 NISSAN CUBE 15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer,42,300<br />

kms, 1500cc................................................................................................. $7,495<br />

2008 NISSANNOTE15X, auto, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,<br />

14,800 kms, 1500cc, ready to go.............................................................SOLD<br />

2012 NISSANSYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,200 kms,<br />

1800cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $11,995<br />

2005 NISSANTIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500<br />

kms, 1800cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />

2014 NISSANLATIO B, auto, idling stop,twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol,<br />

air con, 31,100kms.................................................................................... $9,995<br />

2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD, 2L, sedan, wine red, twin air bags,<br />

ABS ............................................................................ARRIVING SOON $9,995<br />

2005 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500<br />

kms, 2000cc.............................................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />

2001 NISSANCUBE, 1300 cc,5door,auto, 136,000 kms..................... $3,495<br />

2007 NISSANSKYLINE350 GT,3500 cc,auto, paddle shift, 18in alloys,<br />

76,000 kms.................................................................................................$11,995<br />

SUBARU<br />

2008 SUBARUIMPREZA15S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, ......<br />

78,200 kms, 1500cc..............................................ARRIVING SOON $8,995<br />

2005 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK, petrol,6air bags,ABS, air con, cruise<br />

control, foglights,rear spoiler,3000 cc............................................. $6,995<br />

2006 NISSAN CUBE 1.5M<br />

1400CC,42,000KMS,<br />

AUTO,TWO AIR BAGS,<br />

ABS<br />

SUZUKI<br />

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

spoiler,49,500 kms, 1500cc................................................................... $9,995<br />

2007 SUZUKI SX4XG, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control,rear<br />

spoiler,roof rails,alloys,97,200 kms, 1500 cc ................................. $8,495<br />

2007 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5XS,1500 cc,white,auto, body kit, air con, 68,000<br />

kms.............................................................................ARRIVING SOON $9,995<br />

TOYOTA<br />

2007 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push<br />

button start, 70,500 kms, 2400cc................. ARRIVING SOON $10,995<br />

2009 TOYOTA ESTIMAHYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, Abs, air con, auto,<br />

rear spoiler,cruise control, 133,450 kms,<br />

2400cc.................................................................... ARRIVING SOON $14,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear<br />

spoiler,auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc......................................................$16,995<br />

2012 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise<br />

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

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

1800cc........................................................................................................... $7,995<br />

2006 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />

spoiler,59,500 kms, 1500cc.................................................................$11,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA WISH XLIMITED, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, auto, climate<br />

control, 72,500 kms, 1800cc.................................................................. $9,995<br />

2004 TOYOTA FUNCARGO,1300cc, auto, air con, rear spoiler,<br />

148,000 kms...................................................................................................SOLD<br />

2008 TOYOTA WISH<br />

1800CC, 7SEATER,<br />

TWIN AIR BAGS,ABS,<br />

72,000KMS<br />

$22,995 $8,995<br />

$9,995<br />

AUTOSLTD &RENTALS<br />

Ph: 308 1396<br />

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

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