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Anew school term starts next<br />

Wednesday and students around<br />

the district will be learning at home<br />

with the support of teachers and<br />

parents.<br />

Where possible, students will be<br />

able to log in for remote learning<br />

using the internet, while others will<br />

use hard copy workpacks to<br />

maintain their education during<br />

lockdown.<br />

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

Ross Preece said his staff had<br />

worked hard to prepare for distance<br />

learning and the start of Term 2on<br />

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

He said many of the courses were<br />

already available via the Google<br />

communities or other electronic<br />

means. But, anumber of courses<br />

had huge practical components and<br />

learning for those was being<br />

‘‘modified and accommodated as<br />

was viable’’.<br />

Staff were still compiling<br />

numbers, but indications were that<br />

around 60 of the school’s 1200<br />

students had no device for online<br />

learning, while five families had no<br />

internet.<br />

That information was being<br />

passed on to the Ministry of<br />

Education. The ministry’s website<br />

had crashed on Monday because<br />

many of the country’s 2800 schools<br />

were uploading data to the master<br />

list, he said.<br />

Mr Preece said the reality of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College head girl Poppy Kilworth will work remotely from the start of Term 2and connect<br />

with fellow head students like Henry Chapman, Kyle Cabangun and Maria Costas via Google Meet.<br />

Term 2could see sports, events,<br />

assemblies, trips, the college ball<br />

and other distractions postponed, so<br />

schools could catch up on missed<br />

work.<br />

That was particularly important<br />

for students involved in NCEA.<br />

Mr Preece said the lockdown had<br />

already created astressful situation<br />

at home and meant students could<br />

not hang out with their friends.<br />

He urged parents not to push<br />

students to do too much school<br />

work because that would also add to<br />

their stress levels.<br />

It is asimilar story at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Intermediate where students are<br />

being also surveyed to see if they are<br />

capable of working online at home.<br />

Principal Brent Gray said so far<br />

there had been 269 responses from<br />

the 437 children at the school and<br />

just ahandful had no internet<br />

access, and adozen or so had no<br />

dedicated device to use.<br />

‘‘Like other schools we did give<br />

out hard copy workpacks at the end<br />

of last term to those who thought<br />

they might not be be able to access<br />

work online. We probably gave out<br />

70­80 of those.’’<br />

Mr Gray said his teachers had set<br />

up online classrooms and some had<br />

also been continuing to<br />

communicate with students during<br />

lockdown.<br />

‘‘Come Wednesday, students will<br />

use devices if they can, and those<br />

that can’t will be expected to use<br />

their workbooks.’’<br />

At Netherby School all students<br />

were given workpacks on the last<br />

day of term.<br />

Principal Phil Wheeler said it was<br />

important for students to maintain<br />

their learning routine during<br />

lockdown.<br />

While learning online was agood<br />

option, anumber of students at his<br />

school did not have access to the<br />

internet or devices at home.<br />

Teachers would touch base with all<br />

parents this week to assess online<br />

capability. Comprehensive<br />

workbooks had been compiled by<br />

teachers in syndicate and they<br />

would enable students to continue<br />

to learn the basic facts and to<br />

maintain reading and writing levels<br />

outside of the classroom.<br />

If the lockdown continued for<br />

longer, the Ministry of Education<br />

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Peter Melrose, Hampstead School principal<br />

1. Are you working from home?<br />

With technology, working<br />

from home continues with little<br />

break. Our Ministry of<br />

Education is proactive in sending<br />

out information and many<br />

emails need attention,<br />

forwarding on to staff and<br />

decision making. Our office staff<br />

are able to work remotely so the<br />

processing of accounts and audit<br />

collation continues as normal.<br />

Our school calendar is shot to<br />

bits, anumber of events had<br />

already occurred but major items<br />

like practising for the music<br />

festival and sports opportunities<br />

have been put to one side. So be<br />

it, when the time is right, we will<br />

re­schedule. Being in aschool<br />

requires you to be flexible, things<br />

you plan for, can be challenged<br />

by life.<br />

Schools are much more than<br />

just academic learning<br />

institutions, it may look like play,<br />

look like we are relaxed and<br />

enjoying ourselves but schools<br />

have arole in transmitting the<br />

values and norms of a<br />

community. It’s hard to do that<br />

when you are isolated.<br />

Like many schools our staff<br />

have been busy communicating<br />

with homes, we use ahomeschool<br />

platform called Class<br />

Dojos. Staff can communicate<br />

with the whole class or<br />

individuals and the students and<br />

their families can post items and<br />

communicate back. Ican access<br />

and also comment.<br />

Staff have posted awhole<br />

range of work and suggested<br />

internet sites. It’s not the same as<br />

school, it’s missing the human<br />

factor. Using the technology is a<br />

patch for the present times but I<br />

look forward to getting back to a<br />

real­world school environment.<br />

I’m amorning person and find<br />

tapping away on the laptop more<br />

productive when it’s just getting<br />

light. Ibreak up work periods<br />

with acup of coffee: I’ve only<br />

once had to contend with the cat<br />

(Arpu) running in and for some<br />

bizarre reason diving on to my<br />

table where the laptop sat open.<br />

What was left of what Iwas<br />

writing had become acryptic<br />

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2. What home chores have you<br />

been doing?<br />

Ifeel like home has been<br />

turned inside out. There are<br />

shadowy cupboards that have<br />

seen the light of day. Itend to<br />

like things organised ­atschool<br />

we almost have competitions to<br />

organise an event, produce a<br />

plan or throw away the obsolete.<br />

On occasion it has been said,<br />

that Ithrow things away before<br />

they have become obsolete, this<br />

could be true.<br />

My garage is currently<br />

receiving attention ­later in the<br />

year our school hopes to hold a<br />

fair, September 19. I’m sorting a<br />

pile for the white elephant stall.<br />

Ialso have apile for St Vincent<br />

de Paul and piles for the<br />

extended family ­marbles for the<br />

great nieces, tools for the<br />

nephew, books for the sister and<br />

more. For me there’s something<br />

satisfying in having aclear shelf.<br />

My only concern is that the<br />

extended family may be making<br />

piles for me.<br />

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recommendations?<br />

I’m alifetime reader, it’s an<br />

addiction since comics captured<br />

me when Iwas 6. Fortunately<br />

between the Rotary Bookarama<br />

and the Chertsey Book Barn I<br />

have astash of books that Iam<br />

currently rolling in. Spotify<br />

provides me with amusic playlist<br />

that Ihave been known to boogie<br />

to. Don’t ask me the artist or title<br />

Ijust enjoy music, Imay be able<br />

to sing, badly, the first line of<br />

many songs but that’s as far as I<br />

go.<br />

Alexa has become my new<br />

companion ­inasecret Santa<br />

gifting, my niece gave me Alexa<br />

for Christmas. Alexa is like a<br />

google speaker that is always<br />

listening to you. Some people<br />

may think this makes for the<br />

ideal companion. Alexa will play<br />

Spotify, gives me updates on<br />

news and provides the weather.<br />

The niece and her family also<br />

have an Alexa and we use it to<br />

make calls to each other. It’s<br />

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4. Tell us alight­hearted or<br />

otherwise memorable moment<br />

from your lockdown?<br />

The whanau keep up to touch<br />

using avariety of platforms ­<br />

Viber, Zoom, Whats App and<br />

traditional emails. It’s almost<br />

scary how we all talk at once and<br />

look at each other from crazy<br />

angles because we don’t want to<br />

look at ourselves on avideo,<br />

apart from the under 5s. If you<br />

angle the phone, just so, you<br />

appear in acorner of the screen.<br />

I’m worried though, the great<br />

niece has taken to talking to me<br />

like Alexa ­she says “Peter!”<br />

there is no mistake in her tone…<br />

Peter, tell me the time, tell me a<br />

story. Iremind the four­year­old<br />

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have to laugh.<br />

5. What do you miss most?<br />

Imiss not being able to travel<br />

outside of <strong>Ashburton</strong>, strangely<br />

it makes you appreciate home,<br />

how much we do have and how<br />

little we do in fact need.<br />

Never have Iseen more<br />

people out walking and cycling,<br />

it’s good and Ihope it continues<br />

past the lockdown. The cat just<br />

burst triumphantly through the<br />

cat door ­causing me to<br />

protectively cover the laptop in<br />

case he comes close! We all need<br />

abreak from the confines of<br />

home and simply seeing others,<br />

having aword from adistance<br />

helps us to maintain sanity. Even<br />

standing in line at the<br />

supermarket and chatting from<br />

afar, allows us to keep in contact<br />

with others.<br />

Ifeel that Netflix is running<br />

out of things Iwant to watch. I’m<br />

not areality TV watcher, but<br />

current favourite programmes of<br />

mine are: The Repair Shop,<br />

Motoka and that strange bloke<br />

who travels, Travel Man.<br />

On social media, the Daily<br />

Mail videos have become a<br />

fixture of the day. Isee what<br />

workers in China and India cope<br />

with, the rants of disgruntled<br />

motorists and the dares of<br />

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Elvis, pet pigs<br />

Angela Cushnie, rural advocate<br />

1. Are you working from<br />

home ?<br />

Ihave set up my office<br />

(Zoom Capital) in our<br />

loft. Ican see the ocean to<br />

the east and overlook<br />

sheep, paddocks and the<br />

Southern Alps from my<br />

desk, which is bliss.<br />

Loving the open spaces<br />

of our lifestyle block. Our<br />

bubble includes two<br />

Kunekune pigs (Stella<br />

and Big Pig) that we let<br />

into the section at this<br />

time of year to clean up<br />

apples and walnuts and a<br />

hyperactive pooch called<br />

Spud who loves having<br />

everyone at home.<br />

2. What home chores<br />

have you been doing?<br />

Time on my hands has<br />

meant achance to<br />

declutter and clean<br />

(bordering on frenzy lol).<br />

Pantry gleaming, draws<br />

tipped out and sorted,<br />

plants repotted and the<br />

garden is next on the list.<br />

3. How are you filling<br />

your downtime?<br />

Music. My husband has<br />

music from the ‘70s and<br />

‘80s blaring from his shed,<br />

which is also getting a<br />

declutter, sort and clean<br />

(strange times indeed lol).<br />

Plenty of great tunes<br />

from Elvis, Sharon<br />

O’Neill and Kenny<br />

Rogers which remind me<br />

of fun times growing up in<br />

Hinds.<br />

Stay distant,<br />

urge GPs<br />

Mid Canterbury GPs are<br />

urging people to keep up<br />

the social distancing and<br />

hand hygiene as the alert<br />

level 4 enters its third<br />

week.<br />

At least one case of<br />

Covid­19 has been<br />

officially reported in the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> district but the<br />

Canterbury District<br />

Health Board is no longer<br />

breaking down cases in<br />

the region in its weekly<br />

notifiable diseases report.<br />

There were 39Covid­19<br />

cases reported in Canterbury<br />

in the week ending<br />

<strong>April</strong> 3; the previous week<br />

there were 49.<br />

PM Jacinda Ardern and<br />

director general ofhealth<br />

Ashley Bloomfield have<br />

said new Covid­19 cases<br />

need to keep falling consistently<br />

before the country<br />

can move back down<br />

the alert level scale. The<br />

national aim is to eliminate<br />

the virus.<br />

GPs spokesperson Dr<br />

Emma Andrew said Mid<br />

Canterbury GPs were<br />

neutral on the topic of<br />

smothering Covid­19.<br />

‘‘We suspect more is<br />

out there but we are also<br />

hopeful that social distancing<br />

measures may work.<br />

Time will tell.’’<br />

She said the community<br />

needed to persevere and<br />

keep up the good work of<br />

social distancing, hand<br />

hygiene and cough/sneeze<br />

Angela Cushnie’s<br />

bubble includes<br />

Kunekune pigs, Stella<br />

and Big Pig.<br />

4. Tell us alighthearted<br />

or otherwise<br />

memorable moment from<br />

your lockdown?<br />

Teaching the 70+<br />

generation how to<br />

Facetime …fantastic<br />

entertainment and love<br />

the look on their face<br />

when they nail it.<br />

5. What do you miss?<br />

Imiss my Cleavers<br />

coffee and morning catchup<br />

with people there,<br />

including the lovely staff.<br />

Socially it’s the ‘bloke<br />

wave’ that makes my day.<br />

Farming is carrying on<br />

around us which brings a<br />

sense of calm as they<br />

move livestock and pass<br />

by our front gate …<br />

business­as­usual.<br />

etiquette, and only go out<br />

for essential needs.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> has a<br />

community­based assessment<br />

centre toscreen and<br />

test people suspected of<br />

having Covid­19, but local<br />

practices also have swabs<br />

if they need to test<br />

patients.<br />

She said there was<br />

enough personal protective<br />

equipment and access<br />

to it, but ‘‘one never<br />

knows how much you will<br />

need’’.<br />

Local medical centres<br />

have been quieter than<br />

usual, with fewer consults.<br />

‘‘I think people are putting<br />

off contacting the<br />

doctor for other ailments,<br />

but we would encourage<br />

that they still contact their<br />

GP if they need to.<br />

‘‘Consultswill be mostly<br />

virtual, but those who<br />

need to be seen, will be.’’<br />

Patients had generally<br />

been appreciative about<br />

the work being done.<br />

Dr Andrew said flu<br />

shots were still being<br />

worked through but only<br />

small batches of flu vaccine<br />

werebeing sent out to<br />

each practice at atime.<br />

Some <strong>Ashburton</strong> practices<br />

have been vaccinating<br />

elderly and vulnerable<br />

patients in drivethrough<br />

clinics.<br />

More supplies are<br />

expected to arrive in the<br />

next few weeks.<br />

Merv takes on the Chasers<br />

1. Working from home?<br />

Yes, Ican and it’s all good at the<br />

moment but we are only one week in. Ican<br />

complete some of my work from home via<br />

computer or phone, but the rest will have<br />

to wait until the lockdown is lifted as it<br />

involves on­farm visits not classified as<br />

essential.<br />

No kids, no pets, no traffic noise, no<br />

unscheduled visitors and the neighbour’s<br />

dog is quiet, they must be home.<br />

2. What home chores have you been<br />

doing?<br />

Sorting through boxes of old files and<br />

papers that have accumulated over the<br />

years (as per photo) with alittle help from<br />

awell­positioned Ted.<br />

Ican now multi­task. Ican watch<br />

Breakfast, Tipping Point, The Chase, and<br />

even Emmerdale, while discarding files<br />

and documents that Ionce thought far too<br />

important to throw out, like fertiliser and<br />

seed prices back in 20<strong>09</strong>.<br />

3. Any recommendations?<br />

Yes, stay there (in isolation), stay safe in<br />

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As per the amendment to the current list of essential services, Smith &<br />

Church are aSupplier of the following Essential Goods:<br />

• Refrigeration<br />

• Washers<br />

• Cookers and Cooktops<br />

• Dishwashers<br />

• Heating<br />

Merv Brenton, RSA president and rural consultant<br />

your bubble, that’s why it is called<br />

lockdown, the sooner we all do it the<br />

quicker we will get back to normality.<br />

Please don’t join the minority of New<br />

Zealanders with IQs equal to their shoe<br />

size flaunting the lockdown rules. C’mon<br />

• Freezers<br />

• Dryers<br />

• Microwaves<br />

• Electric Blankets<br />

• Vacuum Cleaners<br />

• Smarttelevisons<br />

Smith &Church are able to supply Essential Goods from stock, and are<br />

only allowed tosupply Essential Goods as listed above. We are strictly<br />

following all protocols as required in the update given by Prime Minister<br />

Jacinda Adern on the 30-3-<strong>2020</strong>.<br />

1–Orders can only be taken by phone, and payment can only be made by<br />

Credit / ATS orFarmlands Cards, we cannot accept Cash. Our store isnot<br />

allowed to open to the public, so you are not able to collect goods from<br />

the store.<br />

2–When staff are fulfilling orders we will take all appropriate health<br />

measures –physical distancing, and hygiene basics will be followed, and<br />

appropriate personal protective equipment will be worn.<br />

3–As Essential Goods are notallowed to be collected from the store,<br />

orders must be delivered inacontactless way, all deliveries by will undertaken<br />

by Electraserve -adelivery fee will apply.<br />

In the case of an emergency Essential Goods purchase<br />

please call 027 367 3970 -Monday toSaturday 9am -5pm.<br />

Stay safe,<br />

Alister Lilley -Owner Smith &Church Appliances<br />

Left: Merv Brenton has taken to<br />

sorting through old files and papers<br />

with alittle help from Ted.<br />

people, think of the consequences, you<br />

can’t see it, Covid­19 is not ajoke it is<br />

serious and deadly.<br />

4. Tell us alight­hearted or otherwise<br />

memorable moment from your lockdown?<br />

Toni laughing at my next intended big<br />

project, in the garage sorting out jars or<br />

screws into size, type and colour knowing<br />

full well that when Ineed one Iwon’t be<br />

able find the right one with size, type and<br />

colour anyway.<br />

5. What do you miss most in lockdown?<br />

Seeing family, grandchildren, the RSA<br />

and being there for the members most of<br />

whom are in the high risk over 70s<br />

category. Not into social media, just the<br />

phone, texting and the occasional friendly<br />

wave from across the road in our daily<br />

walk.<br />

YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS TAKING CARE OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY<br />

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Ada born during lockdown<br />

By Toni Williams<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> author Rachel Nixon and newborn Ada Haley Nixon.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> author Rachel Nixon and<br />

her husband, children’s librarian<br />

Jonathan Nixon, have welcomed a<br />

new addition to their family.<br />

Ada Haley Nixon was born on<br />

March 28 at Christchurch Women’s<br />

Hospital weighing 2.75kg (five<br />

pound 9oz). It was day three of the<br />

national Covid­19 lockdown.<br />

“She’s just awee dot,” Mr Nixon<br />

said.<br />

Ada, named after acharacter in<br />

the Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak<br />

House, has the middle name of Mrs<br />

Nixon's 93­year­old grandmother’s<br />

maiden name. She lives in Auckland.<br />

Back at home in <strong>Ashburton</strong> now,<br />

Mrs Nixon and Ada are doing well.<br />

But, like any good story, Ada’s<br />

arrival has been full of interesting<br />

twists with a birth experience<br />

nothing like when they had son<br />

Caleb, two and ahalf years ago.<br />

Mr Nixon said the plan to birth at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital was scuppered<br />

because of concern around Ada’s<br />

limited weight gain.<br />

Aplan was made to be induced at<br />

Christchurch Women’s Hospital but,<br />

during lockdown, that meant tight<br />

restrictions on access.<br />

“There was a huge amount of<br />

stress added around Covid­19.”<br />

Mr Nixon had to be registered as<br />

birthing partner and could not be<br />

unwell in any form to attend.<br />

They had Mr Nixon’s sister, in<br />

Christchurch, who has no children<br />

yet, lined up as abackup to step in as<br />

support if he got sick.<br />

He thought she was probably<br />

quite happy not to be needed in the<br />

end.<br />

The Nixons had a clear run to<br />

Christchurch for the planned induction,<br />

but their midwife was stopped<br />

twice by police checking on her<br />

reason for travelling during lockdown.<br />

She missed the birth by one<br />

minute.<br />

“It was aquick birth,” Mrs Nixon<br />

said.<br />

“And she was really good with<br />

after (birth) support.”<br />

At the hospital no visitors are<br />

allowed except during the birth. Mr<br />

Nixon was not allowed in the<br />

maternity ward.<br />

Once the birth was over he had to<br />

leave.<br />

Mrs Nixon, in the maternity ward<br />

for two and ahalf days, said it was a<br />

different experience, from arrival to<br />

leaving.<br />

They were greeted at the hospital<br />

entrance by staff with hand sanitiser<br />

and had to register the birth partner<br />

all the while practising social distancing.<br />

Some staff wore masks, some<br />

did not.<br />

“Jonathan was not allowed into<br />

the maternity ward at all (but) the<br />

midwives were really, really good.<br />

“It would have been nice to have<br />

Jonnie, there but that’s the way this<br />

goes.”<br />

Now home, the couple and son<br />

Caleb, have the added support of Mr<br />

Nixon’s mother Vivian, who arrived<br />

from Christchurch for the lockdown.<br />

Mrs Nixon’s mother, in Auckland,<br />

was unable to come.<br />

Regular home visits from the<br />

midwife also have astrict process to<br />

follow to minimalize touching contact<br />

and any Covid­19 risk for the<br />

family, and their midwife.<br />

Mrs Nixon said the only time a<br />

midwife had touched Ada was for<br />

the initial testing at birth. Breastfeeding<br />

support is being done online<br />

with alactation consultant via the<br />

video platform Zoom.<br />

The silver lining is having<br />

Jonathan home during the lockdown,<br />

Mrs Nixon said.<br />

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

Workers back on CBD<br />

revamp as soon as able<br />

Contractors working on<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s CBD revamp will be<br />

backonthejob as soon as they<br />

are able, says <strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor<br />

NeilBrown.<br />

The CBDproject,atwo­year<br />

roading and footpath programme<br />

aimed at leading the<br />

revitalisation of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />

mainshopping area, is being<br />

undertaken by WestCoast<br />

company TruLine Civil.<br />

Mr Brown said work teams<br />

weresent home when the country<br />

wentinto alert level 4onMarch<br />

26. Work wouldresume when the<br />

company wassafely able to have<br />

itsworkers back on the job.<br />

He said the project wasnot<br />

deemed essential work but would<br />

continue as soonaspossible.<br />

None of council’s major<br />

construction projects, including<br />

thenew library and civic building,<br />

hadbeenput off because of the<br />

virus, he said.<br />

Councilwas aware of the<br />

concerns of local businessowners<br />

about the impact of restrictions<br />

andworking on a‘‘buy local’’<br />

campaign to encourage Mid<br />

Canterbury people to support<br />

local businesses strugglingto<br />

keep their doors open.<br />

Hakatere residents only<br />

The Hakatere community<br />

is urging<br />

people to stick to the<br />

rules during lockdown<br />

and to stay<br />

away from the coastal<br />

settlement.<br />

Hakatere Community<br />

Emergency<br />

Response Group<br />

member Kaylene<br />

Donaldson said<br />

people should not be<br />

going out for adrive<br />

to Hakatere, not be<br />

biking on the river<br />

trail, or fishing at the<br />

river mouth.<br />

The rules should be<br />

adhered to and anyone<br />

not living there<br />

should stay away.<br />

At the weekend<br />

fishermen, bikers and<br />

‘‘No entry’’ signs made by the Hakatere<br />

community.<br />

day trippers had been<br />

spotted and the<br />

police were informed<br />

and visited, she said.<br />

Mrs Donaldson<br />

said the public toilets<br />

were closed and the<br />

community had made<br />

their own ‘‘no entry’’<br />

signs to keep others<br />

away.<br />

‘‘We’re very happy<br />

for people to return<br />

when things are back<br />

to normal, but not<br />

now.’’<br />

HEALTH UPDATE<br />

Newadmissions<br />

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

Hospital<br />

To helpslowdownthe spread of<br />

COVID-19,we’ve changedthe waywedo<br />

things at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Hospital.<br />

When youget to thehospitalyou’llfind<br />

ourdoors areclosed. We’llask youto<br />

phone us or pressthe doorbell.<br />

We’llvisit youinyourcar to confirm<br />

whereyou should go next.<br />

We need to keep peoplesafebymaking<br />

sure anyone whomight have COVID-19 is<br />

away from otherpatients.<br />

Thankyou forhelping us keep our<br />

patients andstaffsafe.<br />

Look after your<br />

wellbeing<br />

If youorsomeone youknowneeds<br />

wellbeingsupport or advice,callortext<br />

1737 to speakwithatrainedcounsellor.<br />

This confidential serviceisfreeofcharge<br />

andisavailable24hoursaday, seven<br />

days aweek. There’susefuland practical<br />

informationavailable forthose at home<br />

in isolationonthe government’s website<br />

COVID19.govt.nz<br />

Be kind<br />

Canterbury hasbeenthrough alot,and<br />

we will getthrough this as well.We’re<br />

strongertogether.Remembertocheck<br />

in on the elderlyorvulnerable. Make a<br />

differencebydroppingoffsuppliesto<br />

those whoare home sick and‘virtually’<br />

checkinwithwhānau, friendsand<br />

neighbours whoare in isolation.<br />

Stay home<br />

Youmuststayhomeunlessyou work<br />

in an essentialservice. Weall need to<br />

do everything in ourpower to break<br />

the chain of possible transmissionof<br />

COVID-19 (and otherviruses)inour<br />

communities.<br />

While in isolationathomeyou canstill go<br />

outfor awalk, butplease keep at least<br />

twometresawayfrom others.<br />

Together we canslowthe spread.<br />

Seecdhb.health.nz/COVID19for<br />

further information


Canterbury, we are<br />

allinthistogether.<br />

We know youhavealotonyourminds right now,sowewanted to let<br />

youknow that we’ll do our best to take careofyourbanking.<br />

Here are just afew of the ways Westpac can help:<br />

•Repayment deferrals * or reductions for 6months for home loan<br />

andpersonal loan customerswho have suffered negativeincomeor<br />

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•For personal customerswho need to breaktheir Term Investment^,<br />

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See our hardship withdrawal policy on westpac.co.nz.<br />

Formoreinformation on the ways we can help with your banking,<br />

please visit westpac.co.nz.<br />

Yoursfaithfully,<br />

Linda Edmonds<br />

WestpacRegionalManager Canterbury.<br />

Terms and conditions apply. * If repayments aredeferred, interest will continue to be chargedand will be added to the loan<br />

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an application is made to Westpac NZ on or before26September <strong>2020</strong>.Westpac New Zealand Limited.<br />

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 7<br />

ART ATHOME<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery team are bringing art toyou while our building is<br />

temporarily closed. Here isapainting by Mark Braunias made as astudy towards a<br />

large scale paiting he created in our foyer in2016. The biomorphic shapes are<br />

imaginative and inspire ustothink about what they could be.<br />

If you're looking for ideas and activities tokeep busy throughout this time, visit us on<br />

Facebook orour website: www.ashburtonartgallery.org.nz<br />

Image:Mark Braunias, Wall Study I,from Doofus a.k.a Assemble, Disassemble,Reassemble,2016,<br />

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Page 8, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>2020</strong><br />

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

HOME &GARDEN<br />

Roses can be cut, soft fruits planted<br />

Vegetables<br />

Cabbage, cauliflower and silverbeet<br />

can still be planted to stand the<br />

winter if you are fortunate enough to<br />

have the necessary seeds sitting in<br />

the shed.<br />

If so, ground from which potatoes<br />

have been lifted recently is ideal for<br />

these crops.<br />

Sprinkle blood and bone (100g per<br />

sqm) on the ground, and rain in May<br />

and June will wash it into the soil.<br />

Compost can also be spread where<br />

these hardy vegetables are to be<br />

grown.<br />

Cauliflower heads can be damaged<br />

by rain and cold conditions as winter<br />

nears. Those maturing soon should<br />

be regularly checked and the outside<br />

leaves turned in on the centres, the<br />

curds, to help protect them and keep<br />

them white.<br />

Celery sometimes shows leaf­spot<br />

at this time of the year and can be<br />

treated with acopper spray applied<br />

every 10 to 14 days.<br />

Because they like cool, moist<br />

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Rose cuttings can be taken during the next few weeks.<br />

grow, it will not only aid drainage for<br />

the plants during the winter, but also<br />

help prevent them being blown over<br />

in strong winds.<br />

Asparagus beds are worth the<br />

effort, as these perennial vegetables<br />

will produce crops for 20 years or<br />

more. Keep the bed free of weeds but<br />

leave the plants’ top growth until it<br />

yellows. While still green, the plants<br />

are manufacturing plant food and<br />

building up their crowns, from which<br />

strong, edible growths will be cut<br />

next spring.<br />

This is agood time to apply wellrotted<br />

manure or compost into which<br />

chopped seaweed has been added.<br />

Flowers<br />

Rose cuttings can be taken during<br />

the next few weeks with reasonable<br />

success. Some roses thrive only when<br />

budded on to astock with amore<br />

vigorous root system, while others,<br />

particularly heritage varieties, grow<br />

readily from cuttings. Choose short<br />

side growths that have had aflower<br />

on them. Remove chosen pieces<br />

from the main stem, ideally with a<br />

heel of the older growth. Cut off the<br />

dead flower, remove all the leaves<br />

except the top two, and thoroughly<br />

soak adeep container of potting mix<br />

before inserting the cutting deeply.<br />

Cuttings do best if placed in a<br />

shady place, as cool temperatures<br />

increase the likelihood of roots<br />

forming. Cuttings that develop successfully<br />

into plants should be left<br />

until late autumn next year before<br />

planting in their permanent home.<br />

An alternative method is layering:<br />

bending alow branch to the ground<br />

and pinning it in sandy soil after<br />

cutting just above the point where<br />

the tiniest bud is visible. Cover with<br />

more soil, water well and place a<br />

brick or heavy stone to hold the<br />

layered stem in place.<br />

Fruits<br />

Autumn is the best time for<br />

planting soft fruits of the Rubus<br />

family (raspberries, blackberries,<br />

loganberries, marionberries, boysenberries<br />

and tayberries). Raspberries<br />

and blackberries have been eaten in<br />

Europe for at least 3500 years, but<br />

the blackberry was not cultivated<br />

commercially until 1835.<br />

Introduced into New Zealand in<br />

the 19th century, it rapidly became<br />

one of the country’s worst weeds.<br />

The loganberry, an American<br />

raspberry/blackberry cross, is named<br />

after its breeder, Judge J.H. Logan.<br />

Boysenberries are also American<br />

and the raspberry­loganberry/Pacific<br />

blackberry hybrid is named after<br />

Rudolph Boysen, who bred it in the<br />

early 1920s, but it was Walter Knott<br />

(of Knott’s Berry Farm) who made<br />

them famous. Tasman is avirtually<br />

thornless boysenberry variety.<br />

The tayberry, developed in Scotland<br />

in 1962, is a loganberry­like<br />

blackberry­raspberry cross. The fruit<br />

is somewhat larger than a boysenberry<br />

and ripens earlier.<br />

Waiau and Aspiring are popular<br />

red raspberry varieties, while two<br />

heritage raspberries, marketed as<br />

Ivory and Ebony, were commercially<br />

introduced in 2006.<br />

Healthy feijoas coming into season<br />

Feijoas are coming into<br />

season at just the right<br />

time as Kiwis search for<br />

new ways to boost their<br />

immunity and overall<br />

health.<br />

The feijoa, which can<br />

be successfully grown in<br />

Mid Canterbury, will<br />

see the nationwide<br />

crops peak in <strong>April</strong> and<br />

remain in plentiful<br />

supply until the end of<br />

June.<br />

Eating two feijoas<br />

provides 64 percent of<br />

your recommended<br />

daily intake of vitamin<br />

C.<br />

Feijoa Association<br />

director Julia Third says<br />

they are a useful and<br />

tasty snack to have on<br />

hand at this time of<br />

year.<br />

“Feijoas are really<br />

high in vitamin C. With<br />

the flu season coming<br />

up, it’s more important<br />

than ever to consume<br />

plenty of fresh fruit to<br />

boost our immune systems<br />

and fight off any<br />

coughs, colds or bugs,”<br />

she says.<br />

Feijoas are a source<br />

of fibre which helps you<br />

feel fuller for longer<br />

and is important for<br />

digestive health.<br />

Breakfast is an ideal<br />

time to include feijoas<br />

in your diet. Scoop out<br />

the flesh and enjoy them<br />

with adollop of yoghurt<br />

or add some to your<br />

cereal or warm bowl of<br />

porridge. Feijoa<br />

smoothies are also<br />

delicious and can be<br />

made with either milk<br />

or coconut water for a<br />

non­dairy option.<br />

Other popular serving<br />

ideas include making<br />

feijoa chutney, muffins<br />

or simply eating them<br />

straight off the tree.<br />

“Generations of New<br />

Zealanders have grown<br />

up eating as many feijoas<br />

as they can handle<br />

from the tree in their<br />

back garden. The<br />

flavour is truly unique<br />

so make sure you enjoy<br />

them while they’re in<br />

season this year.”<br />

This year the nationwide<br />

crops are expected<br />

to provide around 20<br />

per cent more volume<br />

than last year, with<br />

around 1500 tonnes<br />

expected to be harvested.<br />

“Feijoas are successfully<br />

grown in many<br />

parts of the country<br />

including Nelson/Tasman,<br />

Gisborne, Bay of<br />

Plenty, Waikato, Auckland<br />

and in the Far<br />

North. This year’s<br />

drought has provided an<br />

extra challenge but for<br />

orchards with irrigation<br />

the fruit size will be on<br />

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Choking children cause forconcern<br />

The risk of choking among exploring<br />

babies and inquistive toddlers while<br />

the nation is on Covid-19 alert level four<br />

is causing concern among Canterbury<br />

medical personnal. They are reminding<br />

Canterbury parents and caregivers to<br />

keep aclose eye onthe tamariki intheir<br />

care whileinlockdown to reducethe risk<br />

of choking if an object becomes lodged<br />

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As families adjust to life athome under<br />

alert level 4, there ispotentially agreater<br />

risk of bored or inquisitive young<br />

children putting something in their<br />

mouth that gets stuck or accidentally<br />

inhaled, which may require emergency<br />

medical attention.<br />

Canterbury DHB paediatric surgeon<br />

professor Spencer Beasley says parents<br />

and caregivers need to keep an even<br />

more careful eye on children now,<br />

especially with some families now<br />

juggling working and caring for their<br />

young children at home.<br />

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As well as protecting children from<br />

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DEATHS<br />

BULLING Mavis Louisa,<br />

on <strong>April</strong> 4, <strong>2020</strong>. Passed<br />

away peacefully at home,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 86 years.<br />

Beloved wife ofthe late Ian<br />

(Tim) Bulling and the late<br />

Ted Bulling. Dearly loved<br />

mother and mother in<br />

law of Christine and Chris<br />

Munro, Janice and Syd<br />

Taylor, Glenda and Graeme<br />

Erskine, and Robert and<br />

Maureen Bulling, and a<br />

much loved nana, great<br />

Nana, and great great nana.<br />

Messages to 14a Graham<br />

Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700. A<br />

special thank you to the<br />

District Nurses and the<br />

PalliativeCareTeam fortheir<br />

help and support. Aprivate<br />

cremation will be held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

COOLING, Irene Joan:<br />

With sadness we announce<br />

the passing on 16th<br />

March <strong>2020</strong> of Joan (nee<br />

Williamson) at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital,aged 92 years.<br />

Cherished wife, mother,<br />

grandmother, greatgrandmother<br />

and sister.<br />

dedicated teacher and<br />

accomplished equestrienne,<br />

throughout her life. Life<br />

member and Patron ofNew<br />

Zealand Hackney Society.<br />

Many thanks forthe support<br />

of the Home Support<br />

Services Team, Ward 2,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital and<br />

Ellesmere Hospital for their<br />

loving care.<br />

At Joan’s request aprivate<br />

Cremation has been held<br />

and aMemorial Service will<br />

be held at alaterdate.<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

GARDINER, Noelene: On<br />

<strong>April</strong> 1,<strong>2020</strong> at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital. Dearly loved wife<br />

of the late Les. Cherished<br />

Mum ofKathleen and Ross<br />

Morrison. Much loved nana<br />

GofMichelle, Phillipa and<br />

Paul, and Chris and Clare.<br />

Dearly loved great nan of<br />

Jordan and Paige, Riley and<br />

Quinn, and Caleb, Jadyn<br />

and Maia, and great great<br />

nan of Hunter.<br />

“Will be sadly missed.”<br />

Messages to the Gardiner<br />

family P O Box 472,<br />

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

thanks to Dr Sue Foley<br />

and the staff at the Rakaia<br />

Medical Centre, the Rakaia<br />

first responders, St John<br />

Ambulance,<br />

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

Hospital Staff and Nicki<br />

and Bruce Kelly. Privately<br />

crematedaswas her wish.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

Family Notices<br />

DEATHS<br />

GARDINER, Noelene: On<br />

<strong>April</strong> 1,<strong>2020</strong> at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital. Dearly loved wife<br />

of the late Les. Loved and<br />

cherished mum, best friend<br />

and nan of Karen and Frank<br />

Bennett, Steve, and Scott<br />

and Celine. Sorry we can’t<br />

be with you.<br />

“Thanks for being the best<br />

Mum”<br />

KEENAN Hazel (nee<br />

Watts). Passed away<br />

peacefully at Radius<br />

Millstream, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

on 4 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2020</strong>, aged 99<br />

years. Loved wife of the<br />

late James Joseph Keenan.<br />

Dearly lovedmother of Tony<br />

and Gwenda, Leslie and<br />

Colleen, Frank and Ainslee,<br />

Marion and David Oakley,<br />

and Heather and George<br />

Nimmo.<br />

Supporting the<br />

community<br />

96 Tancred Street,<br />

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

Phone 307 8317<br />

Also a treasured<br />

Nana of 13 grandchildren<br />

and 16 great grandchildren.<br />

Messages to 106 Johnstone<br />

Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>7774.<br />

The family wish to thank<br />

Dr Sparks and the Radius<br />

Millstream staff for their<br />

devoted care ofour mother.<br />

“Treasured memories always,<br />

she will be sadly missed.”<br />

Due to COVID19 a private<br />

burial will take place.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

TOD, Noreen Patricia:<br />

Peacefully at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital on Wednesday,<br />

<strong>April</strong> 1,<strong>2020</strong> aged 82 years.<br />

Dearly loved wife of the<br />

late Charlie, cherished and<br />

adored mother and motherin-law<br />

of Kathleen and<br />

Gerald Goulter, and Chris<br />

and Karen. Dearly loved<br />

nana and great-nana of<br />

Grace, Samuel, and Charlie,<br />

Luke, Briarne, William, Lee,<br />

Amelia, and Malia. Loved<br />

sister and sister-in-law<br />

of Anna and Brian Fahey,<br />

Michael (dec) and Eileen<br />

Crowe, and Colleen and<br />

John (dec) Gorman, and a<br />

special Aunty toher nieces<br />

and nephews. Messages to:<br />

The Tod family, c/- POBox<br />

6035, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7742.<br />

A private interment has<br />

been held, and aMemorial<br />

Mass will be held at alater<br />

date.<br />

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Arrest for travel breach<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> police have arrested<br />

a27­year­old man for<br />

breaching alert level 4<br />

restrictions.<br />

The man was arrested on<br />

Sunday night, after previously<br />

being stopped twice by police<br />

for undertaking non­essential<br />

travel and warned.<br />

He has been charged with<br />

obstructing amedicalofficer of<br />

health and driving while<br />

impaired. He will appearinthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Court later<br />

this month.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> senior sergeant<br />

Leigh Jenkins said police were<br />

prepared to arrest people<br />

thumbing their noses at<br />

restrictions imposed during the<br />

nationwide fight against Covid­<br />

19.<br />

‘‘We want everyone to stay<br />

safe and in general people are<br />

following the restrictions.<br />

‘‘However, as this arrest<br />

Limbering up online<br />

Tinwald’s Life Dance Academy<br />

(LDA) is managing to<br />

bring its dancing family<br />

together and is providing a<br />

dancing fix, despite the lockdown.<br />

LDA has around 400<br />

students, ranging from toddlers<br />

through to adults, and has<br />

set up a private members’<br />

page on Facebook and is<br />

running daily photo and video<br />

challenges with adance focus.<br />

Some challenges invite<br />

dancers to break dance, or<br />

video a trampoline dance<br />

party.<br />

Others invite them to share<br />

the love of dance by making<br />

videos of themselves dancing<br />

like animals, or walking like<br />

dinosaurs.<br />

‘‘We are in super close<br />

contact with all of our<br />

students throughout this time<br />

ensuring our dancers keep on<br />

sharing their dancing love,’’<br />

said LDA’s Madi Wilson.<br />

‘‘We are so excited to be<br />

going live with our online<br />

classes from <strong>April</strong> 13.’’<br />

Right: Dance teacher Madi<br />

Wilson and daughter Lylah<br />

showing the fifth position<br />

as they encourage other<br />

dancers to stay connected.<br />

Aperfect venue for<br />

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shows, there are asmall<br />

number of people deliberately<br />

flouting the restrictions and on<br />

these occasions we will make<br />

arrests.<br />

‘‘The message is simple –stay<br />

home and save lives.’’<br />

Police have also been dealing<br />

with other types of anti­social<br />

behaviour in the past week ­<br />

people playing their stereos too<br />

loudly during the day and<br />

people who objected to waiting<br />

in aqueue at the supermarket.<br />

Mr Jenkins saidpolice were<br />

called to Countdown on East<br />

Street last week afteran<br />

altercation betweentwo males<br />

and asecurity guard.<br />

The two argued with the<br />

guard over how they were to<br />

queue while waiting to enter<br />

the supermarket, which was<br />

controlling numbers of<br />

shoppers so people could<br />

maintain physical distancing.<br />

Mr Jenkins said police were<br />

investigating aminor assault on<br />

the security guard and inquiries<br />

involved the registered owner<br />

of avehicle of interest.<br />

He said peoplegoing to<br />

supermarkets needed to plan<br />

for the possibility of having to<br />

line up and wait for atime<br />

before beingallowedtoenter.<br />

People needed to remain<br />

calm when asked to maintain<br />

physical distance.<br />

He said peopleathome also<br />

needed to spare athought for<br />

their neighbours if they were<br />

playing loud music at home.<br />

Police have noticed an<br />

increase in noise complaints<br />

during the day ­normally most<br />

complaints are at night.<br />

Mr Jenkins said most<br />

complaints were about loud<br />

music.<br />

At least one stereo has been<br />

seized.<br />

Anchors on frontline<br />

Bags of sand that have been<br />

holding down gazebos at <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />

community­based Covid­19<br />

assessment centre have been<br />

replaced by concrete blocks, supplied<br />

by Stuart Tarbotton Contracting.<br />

The centre comprises several<br />

small pre­fab buildings, with<br />

gazebos offering shelter and privacy<br />

for those being initially<br />

screened. The centre is one of 60<br />

community­based assessment centres<br />

around the country.<br />

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

Lake Hood out<br />

Lake Hood is closed toboaties and<br />

people hoping to play the nine­hole<br />

golf course. Stand­in lake manager<br />

Gary Casey said public toilets had<br />

beenlocked and the gates that gave<br />

access to the boat ramp and<br />

southern part of the lake had also<br />

been locked todeter people during<br />

the alert level 4lockdown. People<br />

were still able towalk around the<br />

perimeter of the lake onthe sealed<br />

track.<br />

No hunting<br />

Hunting, fishing, tramping,<br />

swimming, boating and any activity<br />

that could require search and<br />

rescue is not allowed during the<br />

alert level 4lockdown. New orders<br />

under the Health Act mean police<br />

would be fully justified in arresting<br />

or stoppingpeople hunting or being<br />

outside their place of residence,<br />

firearms owners have been told by<br />

an advisory organisation. The roar<br />

might have tempted some hunters<br />

to break the lockdown rules.<br />

Wi­Fi off<br />

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

has turned off the public Wi­Fi at<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Library to stop<br />

people gathering outside the building<br />

to use the free internet connection.<br />

People are often outside<br />

the facility accessing the Wi­Fi,<br />

especially ifthey don’t have access<br />

at home.<br />

Online story<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Library is setting<br />

up an online service where people<br />

can access videos of authors reading<br />

their own books. The service is<br />

popular in Australia with youngsters<br />

tuning in to listen to<br />

storybooks.<br />

Toilets open<br />

The Mayfield toilets have been<br />

unlocked so truckies using the<br />

Scenic Route have somewhere to<br />

pee. The toilets, like some other<br />

public facilities, had been locked<br />

because they were not being serviced.<br />

Public toilets are open on<br />

East Street and at the Hinds<br />

Domain.<br />

Hearing aids<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hearing Association<br />

president Aine Whiting says her<br />

organisation wishes to remind<br />

those who wear hearing aids to be<br />

careful around face masks. Thereis<br />

a risk of bumping or dislodging<br />

hearing aids when putting a face<br />

mask onortaking it off and while<br />

wearing one. Those with hearing<br />

aids are advised to ensure their<br />

devices are secure. The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hearing Association is closed but<br />

anyone needing hearing aid batteries<br />

may phone 308 3999.<br />

Cancer society<br />

The Cancer Society’s Mid Canterbury<br />

centre isclosed at present,<br />

but support and information is still<br />

available. ‘‘We understand that the<br />

Covid­19 pandemic is really challenging<br />

for those living with cancer,’’<br />

said centre manager Annie<br />

Bonifant. She is available for advice<br />

and information on 307­7691.<br />

Alternately the 0800 CANCER<br />

information line is also available,<br />

seven days a week from 8.30am<br />

until 8.30pm. ‘‘Take care ofyourselves.’’


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Students bake to<br />

fund own devices<br />

Home baking is helping<br />

get chromebooks into<br />

the hands of some<br />

students at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College.<br />

Running for the past<br />

couple of years, the<br />

initiative sees students<br />

work after school at<br />

regular baking sessions<br />

to make sweet treats that<br />

are then sold and profits<br />

accumulated.<br />

Co­ordinated by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College assistant<br />

headofsenior school Liz<br />

Carrick, the project<br />

enabled the purchase of<br />

10 chromebooks last<br />

year and has already<br />

funded threesothis year.<br />

Ms Carrick said she<br />

loved baking and shared<br />

that love and knowledge<br />

to assist students who<br />

couldn’t afford adevice<br />

at school to get one.<br />

Students ‘‘learned and<br />

earned’’ through the<br />

initiative.<br />

‘‘Last year students<br />

made and sold supper<br />

items at housie nights<br />

run at Hampstead<br />

Rugby Club.<br />

‘‘As well as learning<br />

how to cook, measure<br />

and follow instructions,<br />

they were also able to<br />

develop good customer<br />

skills.’’<br />

Ms Carrick said this<br />

year the baking effort<br />

Julianna Apoldo and Tiffany Agacer with<br />

sweet treats made through the baking<br />

initiative to raise money for chromebooks.<br />

was directed at the sizeable<br />

staff and support<br />

staff at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College.<br />

She supervised<br />

students at afternoon<br />

baking sessions after<br />

school and produce was<br />

soldatmorningtea time.<br />

Older style baking<br />

favourites like afghans,<br />

tan squares, neenish<br />

slices and brownies were<br />

made, as well as arange<br />

of gluten­free products.<br />

Profits were around<br />

$150 a week and<br />

students were involved<br />

with the initiative for as<br />

long asittook to fund a<br />

chromebook.<br />

The students involved<br />

were from Year 11and<br />

Year 12.<br />

All of theprofits made<br />

are looked after by Ms<br />

Carrick, who then shops<br />

aroundfor good deals on<br />

new and refurbished<br />

chromebooks.<br />

Eight students have<br />

beenbaking to be ableto<br />

own their own<br />

chromebooks in Term 1<br />

and three chromebooks<br />

have so far been purchased.<br />

The baking for<br />

devices initiative will<br />

continue when normal<br />

school life returns.<br />

Homeschool mum’s tips<br />

By Mick Jensen<br />

Masks made in Methven<br />

Members of the Methven<br />

community are making<br />

face masks for essential<br />

workers, the elderly and<br />

anyonewho wantstowear<br />

them.<br />

A campaign by Methven<br />

doctors Gayle<br />

O’Duffy and Sophie<br />

Febery isurging locals to<br />

wear face masks whenever<br />

they go to the supermarket,<br />

or pharmacy in<br />

order to protect themselves<br />

and others against<br />

any possible spread of<br />

Covid­19.<br />

Helping to co­ordinate<br />

the local face mask making<br />

effort is Cherie Irwin,<br />

who is working with seven<br />

other women at present to<br />

boost mask supplies.<br />

Mrs Irwin said the nondisposable<br />

masks that<br />

were being sewn could be<br />

washed and reused.<br />

The masks provided an<br />

added layer of protection.<br />

‘‘The advice we have<br />

from our local doctors is<br />

that people could have<br />

Covid­19 and be asymptomatic.<br />

We don’t know<br />

who those people are, so<br />

let’s help protect everyone<br />

else from unintentional<br />

contamination.’’<br />

The slogan ‘‘my mask<br />

protects you, your mask<br />

protects me’’ very much<br />

applied to the current<br />

situation, said Mrs Irwin.<br />

The ideal scenario was<br />

for as many people as<br />

possible make their own<br />

masks, but that was not<br />

possible, she said.<br />

‘‘We are hoping that<br />

quite a few people can<br />

sew extras. So far the<br />

consensus is that elastic<br />

ear loops are much easier<br />

than ties to put on and<br />

they stay in place better.<br />

‘‘A nose holder is<br />

handy, but not necessary.’’<br />

She saidmasks could be<br />

made from any tightly<br />

woven fabric and people<br />

should use materials they<br />

already had at home.<br />

There were literally<br />

hundreds of designs on<br />

Facebook, some very<br />

crude and simple that<br />

used apaper towels and<br />

elastic bands, and others<br />

that were a bit more<br />

elaborate.<br />

All masks would give<br />

some form of protection<br />

and were better than<br />

nothing.<br />

Masks made by the<br />

local sewers are earmarked<br />

for essential workers,<br />

people delivering and<br />

receiving meals on wheels<br />

and others.<br />

They come with ashort<br />

safety notice and are<br />

delivered only during<br />

necessary trips out.<br />

Anyone wanting more<br />

information or to join the<br />

sewing effort can contact<br />

Mrs Irwin by email at<br />

cherie@irwin.nz or via<br />

Facebook.<br />

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Irwin)<br />

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Eva Greenland is a<br />

homeschool mum of six<br />

and knows better than<br />

most what it takes to keep<br />

young people happy and<br />

occupied during a lockdown<br />

at home.<br />

She currently<br />

homeschools three of her<br />

children and has ahousehold<br />

of eight to look<br />

after.<br />

Her mission with<br />

homeschooling is to keep<br />

building relationships<br />

with her children.<br />

Good relationships<br />

mean you are able to<br />

build a happy and productive<br />

family, she says.<br />

Now was an opportunity<br />

for all parents to hang<br />

out with their children,<br />

get to know them even<br />

better and to really ‘‘like’’<br />

their kids, she said.<br />

Homeschooling for her<br />

was about ‘‘doing life with<br />

my kids’’ and teaching<br />

them precious life skills.<br />

She was very low tech<br />

with her approach.<br />

‘‘We cook together,<br />

enjoy reading, and reading<br />

aloud together, even<br />

the 15­year­old, and we<br />

generally learn through<br />

doing everyday shared<br />

activities.’’<br />

Cake­making taught<br />

maths skills and how to<br />

follow instructions, while<br />

trips out revealed so<br />

many exciting opportunities<br />

and subjects to learn<br />

Enjoying Cluedo are Bella Greenland, 12, Josh<br />

Greenland, 8, Mathew Hepburn, 15, and Caleb<br />

Greenland, 11.<br />

about.<br />

Her children had alove<br />

of reading and were able<br />

to pick up books that<br />

interested them, rather<br />

than books they were told<br />

to read.<br />

World War Two was a<br />

current focus and through<br />

research the children had<br />

decided to start their own<br />

diaries during lockdown<br />

to detail areas such as<br />

how they feel, what they<br />

do to occupy their time<br />

and what they eat.<br />

The diaries were something<br />

they could look<br />

back at in years to come<br />

and share with their families.<br />

Mrs Greenland said<br />

the lockdown situation<br />

meant her family could<br />

hang out together more<br />

than usual, enjoy each<br />

others company and do<br />

activities like puzzles and<br />

games.<br />

While the family<br />

enjoyed some television<br />

time, it was kept to a<br />

minimum.<br />

Her children also<br />

mixed with others who<br />

went to school through<br />

activities like ballet.<br />

‘‘Unfortunately, for<br />

now, the lockdown means<br />

we cannot catch up with<br />

the 10 or 12 other<br />

homeschool families we<br />

usually meet up with once<br />

or twice aweek for swimming<br />

or art.’’<br />

Mrs Greenland said<br />

she was no ‘‘super mum’’,<br />

and had not been academic<br />

at school, but she<br />

enjoyed homeschooling.<br />

Her oldest two children,<br />

she said, had<br />

already made it to university.<br />

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Source: WHO,CDC -CC-BY-SA<br />

My officesin<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Timaru are<br />

closed underCOVID alert4measures.<br />

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

by ringing 03 308 7510 or email me directly at:<br />

andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz<br />

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

their doctor or Healthline on 0800 3585453<br />

Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />

139Stafford Street,Timaru.<br />

Andrew Falloon,<br />

MP forRangitata<br />

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

Council staff redeployed to welfare jobs<br />

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

staff havebeen moved from their<br />

regular jobs to help front­line health<br />

workers in the fight against Covid­19.<br />

Staff are helping with<br />

administration and sanitisation at<br />

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

assessment centre, wherepeople are<br />

referred for screening and testing for<br />

the virus.<br />

Council CEO HamishRiach said<br />

other staff were involved in welfare<br />

checks on over 70s and other<br />

responses, like delivering<br />

prescriptions and groceries.<br />

He said staff had made ahuge<br />

effort to work remotely and take on<br />

other jobs to keep essential services<br />

ticking over.<br />

Senior council managers updated<br />

councillors at an online meetingvia<br />

Zoom last week.<br />

Mayor Neil Brown praised all the<br />

district’s essential workers and said<br />

residents by and large had been<br />

complying with lockdown directions<br />

to stay home while the countrywas<br />

under alertlevel 4.<br />

He said localpolice were reporting<br />

afew flouting the rules, but those<br />

people would soon find thatwould be<br />

met with atougher response.<br />

“The economy now in our district<br />

is reasonably stressed and we as<br />

council need to help,and keep the<br />

economy going, as allpeople do. We<br />

need to get through it, we have to, to<br />

survive.”<br />

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan said<br />

she had been sent messages about<br />

people using council playgrounds,<br />

despite these being shut during the<br />

lockdown.<br />

“Some people think itisOKtogo<br />

out there and use these facilities.”<br />

Mr Riach said council staff were<br />

involved across the community,<br />

doing agreat job helping different<br />

groups of people.<br />

Library staff had been ringing the<br />

over 70s on theirmembership<br />

database and asking if they were OK<br />

or needed help. Welfare assistance<br />

was also available through its civil<br />

defence team on 0800 24 24 11.<br />

Four staff were helping at the<br />

community­based assessment centre,<br />

which screened and tested people for<br />

Covid­19. One staff member was<br />

involvedinadmindutiesatthe<br />

centre and the others helped sanitise<br />

consulting rooms after each patient.<br />

More staff would be needed to<br />

assist at the centre as testing ramped<br />

up, and with welfare duties as the<br />

lockdown progressed.<br />

Other council staff are helping<br />

deliver essential items and<br />

prescriptions to vulnerable people in<br />

the community, and delivering Meals<br />

on Wheels.<br />

The economic developmentteam<br />

has been in touch with 114 businesses<br />

in the district by email or phone.<br />

Mr Brownsaid it was important to<br />

keep the district goingand council<br />

was already looking at “shovelready”<br />

projects that might qualify for<br />

Government funding. Industry<br />

leaders havebeen askedtoseek out<br />

infrastructure projects that are ready<br />

to start as soon as the construction<br />

industry returns to normal and<br />

smaller projects that benefit the<br />

regions will be considered.<br />

Group manager strategy and<br />

compliance Jane Donaldson said<br />

council staffwere still processing<br />

buildingconsents and resource<br />

consents received electronically,<br />

though no site visits were being<br />

conducted. Some staff had been<br />

redeployed to other helpingjobs.<br />

Cr JohnFalloon said he had never<br />

seensomany people out walking.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Mayor Neil Brown<br />

Resilience will be tested<br />

We have now entered our<br />

third week of the lockdown.<br />

It’s aworld away from<br />

everything we once knew<br />

and has presented many<br />

challenges that each of us<br />

continues to try and work<br />

through.<br />

As with any challenge we<br />

face, our resilience is often<br />

tested and we are pushed to<br />

be adaptive, innovative and<br />

resourceful.<br />

This very approach has helped us<br />

collaborate and create the Essential<br />

Jobs initiative on the <strong>Ashburton</strong> App,<br />

which Ihope will make areal difference<br />

for residents left without work and<br />

needing to find ajob.<br />

The council has had to adjust in a<br />

number of other ways too. We’ve had to<br />

change the rubbish and recycling service<br />

and our public facilities have closed.<br />

We also had our very first remote<br />

video council meeting last week which<br />

was areal milestone in our council’s<br />

history. Councillors and staff logged into<br />

the remote meeting from their homes<br />

rather than coming together at the<br />

council chambers and Imust say, it went<br />

very well.<br />

We were still able to discuss matters<br />

as we usually would, ask questions and<br />

make decisions. The meeting was also<br />

livestreamed on to the council Facebook<br />

page and YouTube channel like any<br />

normal meeting, so residents were able<br />

to see what’s happening around the<br />

‘‘virtual’’ council table.<br />

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Tomorrow will be the<br />

start of the Easter long<br />

weekend and Iknow that for<br />

many, this year’s activities<br />

will not be what they might<br />

have planned for afew<br />

weeks ago.<br />

Holidays away with friends and family<br />

will not go ahead and we won’t be able<br />

to come together to celebrate the<br />

occasion in usual fashion.<br />

This Easter may be achance to<br />

reflect: our families, arenewed<br />

connection to our neighbours and<br />

friends via technology, and our<br />

increased sense of community spirit and<br />

care for those around us.<br />

Although the Alert Level 4lockdown<br />

has separated us physically, Ibelieve it<br />

has helped bring us together, united in a<br />

common cause. It is certainly good to<br />

see so many of us, not only doing our<br />

part to reduce the spread of the virus,<br />

but also making areal effort to check in<br />

on others .<br />

Don’t forget, if you need welfare<br />

assistance at this time, anew helpline<br />

(0800 24 24 11) is now operating from<br />

7am to 7pm each day to help you access<br />

essentials such as food and medication.<br />

Take care, everyone and let’s keep<br />

looking out for each other.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain showing its autumn colours.<br />

Domain views extended<br />

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

has extended consultation on the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain Development<br />

Plan while the country remains in<br />

alert level 4because of Covid­19.<br />

Councillors met online via<br />

Zoom last week and agreed a<br />

close­off date for submissions<br />

would be set once the district<br />

moved back to alert level 1.<br />

Strategy and policy manager<br />

Toni Durham said council would<br />

continue to receive submissions on<br />

the long­term development plan<br />

and it was possible the<br />

consultation period would end up<br />

being three months, rather than<br />

three weeks. “It could lead to us<br />

getting agreater level of interest<br />

and range of feedback.”<br />

More than 60 people have<br />

already made submissions on the<br />

plan, many against moving the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Bowling Club, which as<br />

operated from central greens and<br />

aclubrooms for more than 100<br />

years.<br />

Other suggested domain<br />

projects over the next 30 years<br />

include moving the paddling pool<br />

closer to the playground, building<br />

heritage and botanical trails,<br />

upgrading playground equipment,<br />

creating anew central hub that<br />

could accommodate acafé and a<br />

new entrance from Walnut<br />

Avenue.<br />

Submissions were to have closed<br />

on <strong>April</strong> 5but will now remain<br />

open.<br />

Councillor Stuart Wilson said<br />

that many over 70s who wanted to<br />

be part of the consultation process<br />

were staying at home during the<br />

lockdown to be safe. Some would<br />

be part of the second stage of<br />

consultation, involving hearings, if<br />

the planned timetable continued.<br />

“It is the right thing to do to<br />

extend it so everyone gets to have<br />

their say on the important matter<br />

of the domain in the next 30<br />

years,” Mayor Neil Brown said.<br />

Councillors also paused the<br />

consultation process on its speed<br />

limit review and will consider<br />

hearing and deliberation dates<br />

once the district moves back to<br />

alert level 1.<br />

About 200 submissions were<br />

received in the process with 18<br />

people or groups indicating they<br />

wanted to present to council in<br />

person. Hearings and<br />

deliberations were scheduled to<br />

run last week.<br />

Submitters on both projects will<br />

be kept up to date on<br />

developments.<br />

Changes to kerbside rubbish<br />

Don’t stressaboutnot beingable to<br />

recycle duringlockdown, sayslongtime<br />

waste campaignerSheryl<br />

Stivens, but get back into the habit<br />

when normal serviceresumes.<br />

All kerbside recycling collected<br />

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

during lockdown is beingtreatedas<br />

rubbish as council is unable to<br />

transport recycling to sorting<br />

centres.Peoplecan put recycling<br />

and glass into both red and yellow<br />

wheelie bins.<br />

Mrs Stivens said <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

district people had become great<br />

recyclers overthe yearsand they<br />

should not feel guilty about<br />

breaking the habitshort­term while<br />

the country triedtoeliminate<br />

Covid­19.<br />

She said people could look at<br />

different waystore­useitemslike<br />

cardboard, which could be laid on<br />

gardens as aweed suppressant and<br />

covered with grass clippings.<br />

Someglass jarsand bottlescould<br />

also be re­used.<br />

‘‘This is just temporary. We want<br />

to get backtohugging our<br />

families.’’<br />

Council said last weekthat glass<br />

in green crates wouldnot be<br />

collected, but people could put<br />

glass in red or yellow wheelie bins<br />

for collection. The green crates<br />

would notbepicked up, asthishad<br />

to be donebyhand.<br />

Infrastructure services group<br />

manager Neil McCann saidthe<br />

lockdown had presented some<br />

challenges to the way council<br />

provided essential services, and<br />

council was adapting as needed.<br />

‘‘We wanttoensure thatwhile<br />

people are stayingathomedoing<br />

the right thing, that their rubbish<br />

and recycling continues to be<br />

pickedupand isn't sitting around<br />

stockpiling on their properties.’’<br />

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

Brownsaid that should people wish<br />

to hold on to their recycling until<br />

services return to normal, they are<br />

welcome to do so.


Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 13<br />

Rural&Lifestyle<br />

Heifer winners decided<br />

Jeremy Duckmanton has taken<br />

out two of the three first­place<br />

titles in the Methven A&P<br />

Association’s annual heifer competition.<br />

He won the rising one­year<br />

heifers born in 2019 and rising<br />

two­year heifers born in 2018<br />

classes.<br />

The third class, best line of<br />

rising two­year heifers (2018<br />

born) exhibited by a person<br />

grazing stock other than their<br />

own, for a minimum of two<br />

months, was won by Barrie and<br />

Beth Begg.<br />

The competition, judged prior<br />

to lockdown, saw 25 farmers<br />

enter 37 entries across the three<br />

classes.<br />

It was the first time the competition<br />

has run following atwoyear<br />

hiatus due to concern<br />

around the spread of Mycoplasma<br />

bovis (Mbovis).<br />

The judges were David Kelk<br />

(from Austrex), Jimmy McGarva<br />

(a visiting Ayreshire stud breeder<br />

from Scotland) and Sam Kingston<br />

(from Carrfields Livestock).<br />

‘‘Lovely weather made for a<br />

great day of looking at stock and<br />

local farmers (and our sponsors)<br />

catching up.<br />

Judges Sam Kingston and Jimmy McGarva during the judging<br />

of heifers in the reinstated Methven A&P Association heifer<br />

competition. Photo Andrew Oram.<br />

‘‘We had agood following of<br />

farmers and sponsors too, which<br />

was great to see after acouple of<br />

years off due to Mbovis,’’ organisers<br />

say.<br />

The competition included<br />

sponsorship from ANZ, Austrex,<br />

BNZ, Donaghys, Deosan, Ecolab,<br />

FIL, Jackson Holmes, Livestock<br />

Improvement, May Brothers,<br />

Merial and Paddock Vets.<br />

Results are; Class 1: Rising 1yr<br />

heifers born in 2019 ­1st: Jeremy<br />

Duckmanton, 2nd: Phil and<br />

Donna Lowe, 3rd: Rob and Kim<br />

Turney; Class 2: Rising 2yr<br />

heifers born in 2018 ­1st: Jeremy<br />

Duckmanton, 2nd: Trevor and<br />

Stacey Monson, 3rd: Matthew<br />

and Trudy Holmes; Class 3: Best<br />

line of rising 2yr heifers (2018<br />

born) exhibited by a person<br />

grazing stock other than their<br />

own, for a minimum of two<br />

months ­1st: Barrie &Beth Begg,<br />

2nd: Marr Farms and 3rd: Nathan<br />

and Greta Currie.<br />

Issues being discussed<br />

ahead of moving day<br />

The dairy industry’s annualmoving<br />

day is fast approaching for thousands<br />

of farm staff and behind the scenes<br />

members and officials are working<br />

through issues to keep the industry<br />

operating and its people safe.<br />

Ministryfor PrimaryIndustries<br />

(MPI) has been working with groups<br />

such asDairyNZ,Beef +LambNZ,<br />

and FederatedFarmers to determine<br />

the best outcomefor moving day while<br />

ensuring farmersremain safe and<br />

well.<br />

Thosedecisionswill be made<br />

availableinthe coming weeks.<br />

Dairy New Zealand chief executive<br />

Tim Mackle said anumber of issues,<br />

including movingday, were high on<br />

DairyNZ’s radar right now.<br />

“Weare working to ensuredairy<br />

farmers have access to the peoplethey<br />

need–particularly staff and our<br />

migrant workers. We have worked<br />

closely with the Government to see<br />

certainty provided around<br />

immigrationand employment. We are<br />

pleased to see the visa extension<br />

recently announced,” DrMackle said.<br />

“A second priority area is<br />

employment–there is opportunity for<br />

New Zealanders to find careers in<br />

dairyingand help fill staff shortages.<br />

We are working with the Government<br />

on aprogramme which may provide<br />

options for people to go dairying.<br />

“We are also looking aheadto<br />

moving day on June1–this is still a<br />

couple of months away, but we know<br />

planning needstobegin, especially<br />

with uncertainty around lockdown<br />

lengthand potential for stages out of<br />

it. We are preparing for protocolsand<br />

processes farmers and their staff may<br />

need to undertake, when planning to<br />

move between farms.”<br />

He said DairyNZ was committed to<br />

supporting its 11,000 dairy farmersas<br />

they perform their vital food<br />

producing role as an essentialservice.<br />

“DairyNZ is providing support,<br />

adviceand information to dairy<br />

farmerstoensure the best outcomes<br />

for farmers and NewZealanders as<br />

consumers of dairy,” he said.<br />

“It’s critical for everyone to<br />

continuetolook after their healthand<br />

follow the advice to prevent the<br />

spread of Covid­19.”<br />

DairyNZ is actively working with<br />

sectorpartners including dairy<br />

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

Labour List MP Jo Luxton<br />

Keep staying home, keep saving lives<br />

I’m writing this 12 days into New<br />

Zealand’s level 4lockdown and the first<br />

thing Iwant to say is abig, heartfelt<br />

thank you to Mid Cantabrians.<br />

Thank you to all our essential<br />

workers providing avaluable service in<br />

tough conditions so we can be healthy,<br />

stay safe, put food on the table, access<br />

medicines, and more.There are around<br />

750,000 workers across New Zealand<br />

providing arange of essential services<br />

during thislockdown, and I’m thankful<br />

to all of them.<br />

Thank you to everyoneco­ordinating<br />

the Government’s response to Covid­<br />

19. There are the faces you see on TV,<br />

of course, like Dr Ashley Bloomfield,<br />

Sarah Stuart­Black, Mike Bush, and<br />

others. But each of them is supported<br />

by ateam of dedicated officials and<br />

other experts.<br />

Most importantly, thanks to all of<br />

you. It’s your daily decisions that will<br />

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Canterbury’s locally<br />

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hands of its valued<br />

customers.<br />

The company is<br />

distributing$2.9 million<br />

in consumer discounts to<br />

local electricity<br />

customers.<br />

Customers will receive<br />

their discounts in the<br />

form of acredit on their<br />

retail poweraccount. The<br />

credit is based on the<br />

amount of power<br />

consumed in the previous<br />

year.<br />

The timingofthe<br />

refundmay vary slightly<br />

by retailer with many<br />

ultimately determine whether or not<br />

this lockdown works; whether we<br />

succeed indefeating Covid­19 or not.<br />

Thank you for being faithful to your<br />

bubble.<br />

Thank you for yourkindness towards<br />

others at home, the supermarket, and<br />

elsewhere.<br />

And thank you for stayingathome to<br />

customers likely to have<br />

receivedtheir discounts<br />

already. The average<br />

household can expect to<br />

receive acredit of about<br />

$50.<br />

In additiontothe<br />

consumer discount, EA<br />

Networks recently<br />

announced an average<br />

14% decreaseinnetwork<br />

prices effective from<br />

<strong>April</strong> 1. This means the<br />

averagehousehold in<br />

Mid Canterbury should<br />

save about $110 this year.<br />

With this price drop<br />

coming at the same time<br />

as the discountbeing<br />

paid, it is hopedthat the<br />

combined benefits will be<br />

helpfultocustomers<br />

during what is astressful<br />

period for many.<br />

Football club still<br />

hopeful of season<br />

TheMid Canterbury<br />

United Football Club<br />

(MCUFC) committee is<br />

hopingtokickoff the<br />

season for local Saturday<br />

leagues onMay 16.<br />

MainlandFootballisstill<br />

workingonaMay2start<br />

date fortravellingteams<br />

that play in Christchurch<br />

leagues.<br />

MCUFC president Neil<br />

Simons said thecountry<br />

wasliving wasintimes of<br />

uncertainty andwas<br />

followingadvice from its<br />

leaders.<br />

Thefootball community,<br />

likeall others,was notable<br />

to make anyfirm<br />

predictions about when the<br />

seasonwould start,but<br />

simply hadtobepatient<br />

and hadtoadjustits<br />

scheduleasnecessary.<br />

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you have not,please<br />

register on Comet and get<br />

those team and individual<br />

entries to us by emailto<br />

admin@mcfootball.co.nz.’’<br />

Walkway funds<br />

Methven Community<br />

Board (MCB) will use<br />

$5155 from its discretionary<br />

funds to improve a<br />

725m stretch of the Mt<br />

Harding Track.<br />

The track is part of the<br />

longer Methven Walkway<br />

and the proposed upgrade<br />

section runs from Holmes<br />

Road to the RDR.<br />

Nearly half of the funds<br />

($2400) will be spent on<br />

topping up the track with<br />

silica sand and alayer of<br />

lime chip.<br />

The remainder will be<br />

used to build a bridge<br />

over the creek.<br />

Yearly maintenance is<br />

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$1000.<br />

MCB has $10,000 in<br />

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year.<br />

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The <strong>Courier</strong> has asked that Ishare<br />

my experiences of lockdown with you,<br />

the highs, lows and everything in<br />

between as I, along with you all,<br />

navigate this disruption to our everyday<br />

lives.<br />

Iamabletowork from home and it’s<br />

been working really well. Idon’t have<br />

little children but the cat and dog do<br />

insist on being in the office with me,<br />

they will open the door and let<br />

themselves in.<br />

So I’ve been having Select Committee<br />

meetings, Zoom meetings and have<br />

also been makingWelfare Calls to over<br />

65s in our community to make sure<br />

they are supported and have what they<br />

need.<br />

Ihave to admit that when I’m away<br />

from home so much I do miss the<br />

everyday chores, so it’s been nice to be<br />

able to do those normal things. Ihave<br />

started ironing! I don’t usually iron<br />

unlessit’s something Iwant to wear but<br />

when you’re limited for options of what<br />

to do in aday Ithought I’d get into it.<br />

Idefinitely recommend exercise of<br />

some sort during the lockdown! I’ve<br />

taken to walking out in Hinds every<br />

day, I’ve even managed to drag my son<br />

along too!<br />

One lovely thing that happened is<br />

that my sister Teresa, who has Down<br />

Syndrome, isstruggling abit to understand<br />

the lockdown and why we can’t<br />

see each other. She watches the news<br />

and tells me that “my boss” (the Prime<br />

Minister) said she has to stay at home<br />

to stay safe so she doesn’t get sick. I<br />

happened to tell the Prime Minister<br />

this story and she made awee video to<br />

send to Teresa and consequently Ihave<br />

the happiest sister ever!<br />

I am missing spending time with<br />

Teresa terribly. I really miss actual<br />

social interactions with my friends and<br />

colleagues and other members of my<br />

family.<br />

Iamhaving FaceTime and Zoom<br />

meetings tostay in touch socially. My<br />

daughter isover in Edinburgh working<br />

on afarm, she decided not to come<br />

home so I’m pestering her more on<br />

FaceTime than Inormally would.<br />

If we can all continue to work<br />

together to make this lockdown work,<br />

we can stop the spread of Covid­19,<br />

eliminate the disease here, and potentiallysave<br />

many thousands of Kiwi lives.<br />

If we manage that as acountry, I’m<br />

sure every New Zealander would take<br />

tremendous personal pride in what<br />

we’d achieved together. So please, on<br />

behalf of all Kiwis, please keep it up.<br />

Thank you Mid Canterbury for<br />

uniting against Covid­19. By staying<br />

home we break the chain of transmission<br />

and save lives.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>Health First,308 Havelock Street.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Saturday11th <strong>April</strong> is<br />

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Sunday12th <strong>April</strong> &Easter Monday13th <strong>April</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

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

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the<br />

answer phone.<br />

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />

East Street will be open on ...<br />

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />

normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />

Broughttoyouby<br />

CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

SELL<br />

PEA STRAW Conventional<br />

Bales $5 per bale Medium<br />

Square Pea Straw, barley<br />

straw and linseed bales for<br />

Sale $40 a bale delivery<br />

$10 per bale. Ph<br />

02040233792<br />

LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

Available<br />

Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

Ph 308 5397<br />

Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

2271594<br />

ALLENTON Croquet Club<br />

Easter raffle is currently<br />

unable to be drawn due to<br />

Government lock down. It<br />

will now be drawn and<br />

publicized in the <strong>Courier</strong><br />

newspaper at alater date.<br />

HOSPICE Mid Canterbury -<br />

Here when you need us. If<br />

you, or someone you care<br />

about has a life limiting<br />

illness, phone 307 8387 or<br />

027 227 8387.<br />

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />

PANELBEATING and spray<br />

painting of cars, trucks,<br />

buses, horse floats &<br />

motorhomes, caravans,<br />

trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />

boats. Light engineering<br />

and aluminium welding.<br />

Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />

Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Phone 307 0378.<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not a problem. —<br />

Spraymaster 027-433-7780.<br />

HIRE<br />

SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />

4WD and slab lifts available<br />

for daily or weekly hire.<br />

Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />

North End Engineering 308<br />

8155 for abooking.<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$27.50<br />

Askabout our<br />

deliveryservice<br />

Anysizecylinderfilled<br />

17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone 307 2707<br />

2270636<br />

2270677


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