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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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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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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 />
overflowsrecently. Aside<br />
from being acostly job,in<br />
present conditions, it's also<br />
an unnecessary risk to staff<br />
who are tryingtofollow<br />
the Government's rules to<br />
selfisolate where<br />
possible.’’<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 />
It may not be the most ideal way to<br />
continue our socialising, but it’s the bestway<br />
right now and it's so good to connect<br />
with others.’’<br />
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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 />
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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 />
If you have concerns about a<br />
gathering of people,anonessential<br />
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www.105.police.govt.nz. Do not<br />
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The sign will be be<br />
positioned at the new car<br />
park at the Mt Hutt Bike<br />
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eye of visitors and promote<br />
the outstanding biking<br />
area maintained by<br />
the volunteer group.<br />
Bike Methven maintains<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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‘‘Anything goes, but<br />
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‘‘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 />
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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 />
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<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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An experienced builderwill find things<br />
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It will identify issueslike drainage and<br />
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You can order aLIM through your local<br />
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The deposit is just one of the costsyou<br />
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Make sure you factor into yourbudget<br />
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There’s no clear answerbecause whatchoice you make<br />
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Many companies, these days, offer turnkey house and<br />
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So take thetime to explore and see what worksfor you.<br />
Get alist of addresses, and spend aday, or two, sussing<br />
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The more homes you see, the clearer the idea you will<br />
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In any event and even ifyou see nothing you like you<br />
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lots of choices, but it all comesdown<br />
to your preference and your budget.<br />
Common sense also plays abig<br />
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For many peoplebuildinganew<br />
home is the dream.<br />
The cost can be modest or as much<br />
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home, in many ways, is in the<br />
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afford) two bedrooms, three, four or<br />
more. Whether your home will have a<br />
slew of state of the art appliancesor<br />
whether you want the basics.<br />
There are many,many variables. If<br />
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ahome. They will know the pitfalls<br />
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with such arrangements you know the<br />
cost up front. There should be no<br />
unpleasant surprises.<br />
It may be that you have your own<br />
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It may be you need an architect to<br />
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friends will know of agood builder, a<br />
good building firm or agood<br />
designer.<br />
Experienced buyers know the drill,<br />
but first home buyers can fall into<br />
traps. Don’t forget to checkinwith<br />
parents, or family, for their advice on<br />
occasion.<br />
First, know how much you can<br />
afford. If you have savings you will<br />
know how muchyou can spend. If<br />
you are relying on borrowed money<br />
you need to talk to your lender. It is<br />
vital you know how muchyou can<br />
borrow, at what rate and what it will<br />
cost you.<br />
Some people suggestborrowers<br />
should factor in rates much higher<br />
than thoseoffered now.<br />
Assuming you havesorted out the<br />
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Where will be determined by your<br />
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Remember you are likely to be<br />
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Bigger and smaller home<br />
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Confined to home you're starting to know the things<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 />
nz.<br />
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 />
workshop on the outskirts of the<br />
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 />
of them, putting themselves at<br />
risk to help all of us.<br />
But afinal word for the<br />
supermarket workers.<br />
For at least the last couple of<br />
weeks they’ve under enormous<br />
pressure, but have turned up to<br />
do their job despite those<br />
challenges.<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 />
few more toys than usual, she said.<br />
Fortnightly visits and play sessions at<br />
Radius Millstream are, for now, firmly<br />
on hold.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> chiropractor Debra<br />
Curtin says achesand pain drive<br />
clients to seek out her services.<br />
‘‘Pain is the body’s basic<br />
alarm system and tells usthat<br />
something is not working as<br />
well as it could,’’she says.<br />
Emerging chiropractic research<br />
has begun to unravel the<br />
mysteries of joint dysfunction<br />
and howthe relaysystemofthe<br />
centralnervous system and the<br />
brain control muscle and joint<br />
interaction.<br />
‘‘When things go wrong and we<br />
experience pain, this suggests<br />
thatthe brain is not controlling<br />
the<br />
moving segment while in motion, causing<br />
problems with the brain’s awareness of what is<br />
going on in the bodyand the worldaround it.’’<br />
Debra says growing evidence suggests<br />
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that chiropractic improves communication<br />
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on inside and outside of the body.<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 />
Overend, who was named the 2<strong>02</strong>0<br />
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 />
Year.<br />
The Tompsetts, who won more<br />
than $10,000 in prizes plus amerit<br />
award, are equity partners and 50<br />
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 />
BachelorofArts and has completed<br />
the Governance Essentials Course<br />
through Institute of Directors.<br />
“Dairy farming has provided fantastic<br />
opportunities for us to grow,”<br />
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“I love the technical side ofthe<br />
farm and the variety ofskills Ican<br />
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“Farming allows us to live rurally<br />
with plenty of space and a great<br />
community.”<br />
“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 />
encouraged to enter the awards by<br />
one oftheir rural professionals and<br />
saw the process as an opportunityto<br />
better understand their business<br />
and benchmark against the wider<br />
industry.<br />
They have learned to wear many<br />
different hats and to develop competence<br />
inawide range of subjects.<br />
“Beginning our sharemilking<br />
journey inalow payout season was<br />
achallenge however it taught us to<br />
focus onwhat we could influence<br />
rather than what we couldn’t.”<br />
Fleur and Ralph Tompsett<br />
They have proudly achieved alow<br />
staff turnover and have had core<br />
staff members with them for an<br />
average ofthree years.<br />
“This has enabled ustodevelop a<br />
family culture onthe farm, which in<br />
turn has helped us to drive productivity<br />
and herd performance.”<br />
Future farming goals include<br />
farm ownership and developing<br />
their current skills within the<br />
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“We both enjoy understanding<br />
and using data to drive decision<br />
making. This enables us to identify<br />
areas of improvement and track<br />
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Runnersup were Tania Riddington<br />
and Tim Murdoch, of Culverden,<br />
and third place went toJason<br />
and Miranda Armstrong, of Darfield.<br />
Other categories saw Hororata<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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Trainee of the Year category,<br />
second was Rangiora’s Prabhdeep<br />
Singh and third Westerfield’s Cameron<br />
Bennison.<br />
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RESOURCE consent hasbeen<br />
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andresidentialdevelopment in<br />
Lyttelton.<br />
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approvedthe consentapplication<br />
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the first crowdfundingcampaign<br />
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out.<br />
“I just think they [people]just<br />
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URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
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Sunday5th <strong>April</strong> is<br />
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Page 20, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>0<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
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 />
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