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Students set for distance learning 

By Mick Jensen 

Anew school term starts next 

Wednesday and students around 

the district will be learning at home 

with the support of teachers and 

parents. 

Where possible, students will be 

able to log in for remote learning 

using the internet, while others will 

use hard copy workpacks to 

maintain their education during 

lockdown. 

Ashburton College principal 

Ross Preece said his staff had 

worked hard to prepare for distance 

learning and the start of Term 2on 

April 15. 

He said many of the courses were 

already available via the Google 

communities or other electronic 

means. But, anumber of courses 

had huge practical components and 

learning for those was being 

‘‘modified and accommodated as 

was viable’’. 

Staff were still compiling 

numbers, but indications were that 

around 60 of the school’s 1200 

students had no device for online 

learning, while five families had no 

internet. 

That information was being 

passed on to the Ministry of 

Education. The ministry’s website 

had crashed on Monday because 

many of the country’s 2800 schools 

were uploading data to the master 

list, he said. 

Mr Preece said the reality of 

Ashburton College head girl Poppy Kilworth will work remotely from the start of Term 2and connect 

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

Term 2could see sports, events, 

assemblies, trips, the college ball 

and other distractions postponed, so 

schools could catch up on missed 

work. 

That was particularly important 

for students involved in NCEA. 

Mr Preece said the lockdown had 

already created astressful situation 

at home and meant students could 

not hang out with their friends. 

He urged parents not to push 

students to do too much school 

work because that would also add to 

their stress levels. 

It is asimilar story at Ashburton 

Intermediate where students are 

being also surveyed to see if they are 

capable of working online at home. 

Principal Brent Gray said so far 

there had been 269 responses from 

the 437 children at the school and 

just ahandful had no internet 

access, and adozen or so had no 

dedicated device to use. 

‘‘Like other schools we did give 

out hard copy workpacks at the end 

of last term to those who thought 

they might not be be able to access 

work online. We probably gave out 

7080 of those.’’ 

Mr Gray said his teachers had set 

up online classrooms and some had 

also been continuing to 

communicate with students during 

lockdown. 

‘‘Come Wednesday, students will 

use devices if they can, and those 

that can’t will be expected to use 

their workbooks.’’ 

At Netherby School all students 

were given workpacks on the last 

day of term. 

Principal Phil Wheeler said it was 

important for students to maintain 

their learning routine during 

lockdown. 

While learning online was agood 

option, anumber of students at his 

school did not have access to the 

internet or devices at home. 

Teachers would touch base with all 

parents this week to assess online 

capability. Comprehensive 

workbooks had been compiled by 

teachers in syndicate and they 

would enable students to continue 

to learn the basic facts and to 

maintain reading and writing levels 

outside of the classroom. 

If the lockdown continued for 

longer, the Ministry of Education 

would have to decide how to 

distribute more workbooks to 

students, or even look at how it 

could offer devices and connectivity 

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Peter Melrose, Hampstead School principal 

1. Are you working from home? 

With technology, working 

from home continues with little 

break. Our Ministry of 

Education is proactive in sending 

out information and many 

emails need attention, 

forwarding on to staff and 

decision making. Our office staff 

are able to work remotely so the 

processing of accounts and audit 

collation continues as normal. 

Our school calendar is shot to 

bits, anumber of events had 

already occurred but major items 

like practising for the music 

festival and sports opportunities 

have been put to one side. So be 

it, when the time is right, we will 

reschedule. Being in aschool 

requires you to be flexible, things 

you plan for, can be challenged 

by life. 

Schools are much more than 

just academic learning 

institutions, it may look like play, 

look like we are relaxed and 

enjoying ourselves but schools 

have arole in transmitting the 

values and norms of a 

community. It’s hard to do that 

when you are isolated. 

Like many schools our staff 

have been busy communicating 

with homes, we use ahomeschool 

platform called Class 

Dojos. Staff can communicate 

with the whole class or 

individuals and the students and 

their families can post items and 

communicate back. Ican access 

and also comment. 

Staff have posted awhole 

range of work and suggested 

internet sites. It’s not the same as 

school, it’s missing the human 

factor. Using the technology is a 

patch for the present times but I 

look forward to getting back to a 

realworld school environment. 

I’m amorning person and find 

tapping away on the laptop more 

productive when it’s just getting 

light. Ibreak up work periods 

with acup of coffee: I’ve only 

once had to contend with the cat 

(Arpu) running in and for some 

bizarre reason diving on to my 

table where the laptop sat open. 

What was left of what Iwas 

writing had become acryptic 

crossword. There are times this 

cat pushes the boundaries of our 

relationship and this was one of 

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2. What home chores have you 

been doing? 

Ifeel like home has been 

turned inside out. There are 

shadowy cupboards that have 

seen the light of day. Itend to 

like things organised atschool 

we almost have competitions to 

organise an event, produce a 

plan or throw away the obsolete. 

On occasion it has been said, 

that Ithrow things away before 

they have become obsolete, this 

could be true. 

My garage is currently 

receiving attention later in the 

year our school hopes to hold a 

fair, September 19. I’m sorting a 

pile for the white elephant stall. 

Ialso have apile for St Vincent 

de Paul and piles for the 

extended family marbles for the 

great nieces, tools for the 

nephew, books for the sister and 

more. For me there’s something 

satisfying in having aclear shelf. 

My only concern is that the 

extended family may be making 

piles for me. 

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3. Any TV or book 

recommendations? 

I’m alifetime reader, it’s an 

addiction since comics captured 

me when Iwas 6. Fortunately 

between the Rotary Bookarama 

and the Chertsey Book Barn I 

have astash of books that Iam 

currently rolling in. Spotify 

provides me with amusic playlist 

that Ihave been known to boogie 

to. Don’t ask me the artist or title 

Ijust enjoy music, Imay be able 

to sing, badly, the first line of 

many songs but that’s as far as I 

go. 

Alexa has become my new 

companion inasecret Santa 

gifting, my niece gave me Alexa 

for Christmas. Alexa is like a 

google speaker that is always 

listening to you. Some people 

may think this makes for the 

ideal companion. Alexa will play 

Spotify, gives me updates on 

news and provides the weather. 

The niece and her family also 

have an Alexa and we use it to 

make calls to each other. It’s 

techy but I’m someone who 

enjoys all that stuff. 

Purpose.Environment. 

Partnership.Innovation. 

Excellence. 

Get in the garden now! Pull 

out the weeds and trim those 

hedges. My two chooks are 

looking forward to us jointly 

turning over the compost bins. 

For aconfirmed gardener this 

break is ideal preparation for 

winter. 

4. Tell us alighthearted or 

otherwise memorable moment 

from your lockdown? 

The whanau keep up to touch 

using avariety of platforms 

Viber, Zoom, Whats App and 

traditional emails. It’s almost 

scary how we all talk at once and 

look at each other from crazy 

angles because we don’t want to 

look at ourselves on avideo, 

apart from the under 5s. If you 

angle the phone, just so, you 

appear in acorner of the screen. 

I’m worried though, the great 

niece has taken to talking to me 

like Alexa she says “Peter!” 

there is no mistake in her tone… 

Peter, tell me the time, tell me a 

story. Iremind the fouryearold 

that Iamareal person, but you 

have to laugh. 

5. What do you miss most? 

Imiss not being able to travel 

outside of Ashburton, strangely 

it makes you appreciate home, 

how much we do have and how 

little we do in fact need. 

Never have Iseen more 

people out walking and cycling, 

it’s good and Ihope it continues 

past the lockdown. The cat just 

burst triumphantly through the 

cat door causing me to 

protectively cover the laptop in 

case he comes close! We all need 

abreak from the confines of 

home and simply seeing others, 

having aword from adistance 

helps us to maintain sanity. Even 

standing in line at the 

supermarket and chatting from 

afar, allows us to keep in contact 

with others. 

Ifeel that Netflix is running 

out of things Iwant to watch. I’m 

not areality TV watcher, but 

current favourite programmes of 

mine are: The Repair Shop, 

Motoka and that strange bloke 

who travels, Travel Man. 

On social media, the Daily 

Mail videos have become a 

fixture of the day. Isee what 

workers in China and India cope 

with, the rants of disgruntled 

motorists and the dares of 

people doing what they 

shouldn’t. It’s light 

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Elvis, pet pigs 

Angela Cushnie, rural advocate 

1. Are you working from 

home ? 

Ihave set up my office 

(Zoom Capital) in our 

loft. Ican see the ocean to 

the east and overlook 

sheep, paddocks and the 

Southern Alps from my 

desk, which is bliss. 

Loving the open spaces 

of our lifestyle block. Our 

bubble includes two 

Kunekune pigs (Stella 

and Big Pig) that we let 

into the section at this 

time of year to clean up 

apples and walnuts and a 

hyperactive pooch called 

Spud who loves having 

everyone at home. 

2. What home chores 

have you been doing? 

Time on my hands has 

meant achance to 

declutter and clean 

(bordering on frenzy lol). 

Pantry gleaming, draws 

tipped out and sorted, 

plants repotted and the 

garden is next on the list. 

3. How are you filling 

your downtime? 

Music. My husband has 

music from the ‘70s and 

‘80s blaring from his shed, 

which is also getting a 

declutter, sort and clean 

(strange times indeed lol). 

Plenty of great tunes 

from Elvis, Sharon 

O’Neill and Kenny 

Rogers which remind me 

of fun times growing up in 

Hinds. 

Stay distant, 

urge GPs 

Mid Canterbury GPs are 

urging people to keep up 

the social distancing and 

hand hygiene as the alert 

level 4 enters its third 

week. 

At least one case of 

Covid19 has been 

officially reported in the 

Ashburton district but the 

Canterbury District 

Health Board is no longer 

breaking down cases in 

the region in its weekly 

notifiable diseases report. 

There were 39Covid19 

cases reported in Canterbury 

in the week ending 

April 3; the previous week 

there were 49. 

PM Jacinda Ardern and 

director general ofhealth 

Ashley Bloomfield have 

said new Covid19 cases 

need to keep falling consistently 

before the country 

can move back down 

the alert level scale. The 

national aim is to eliminate 

the virus. 

GPs spokesperson Dr 

Emma Andrew said Mid 

Canterbury GPs were 

neutral on the topic of 

smothering Covid19. 

‘‘We suspect more is 

out there but we are also 

hopeful that social distancing 

measures may work. 

Time will tell.’’ 

She said the community 

needed to persevere and 

keep up the good work of 

social distancing, hand 

hygiene and cough/sneeze 

Angela Cushnie’s 

bubble includes 

Kunekune pigs, Stella 

and Big Pig. 

4. Tell us alighthearted 

or otherwise 

memorable moment from 

your lockdown? 

Teaching the 70+ 

generation how to 

Facetime …fantastic 

entertainment and love 

the look on their face 

when they nail it. 

5. What do you miss? 

Imiss my Cleavers 

coffee and morning catchup 

with people there, 

including the lovely staff. 

Socially it’s the ‘bloke 

wave’ that makes my day. 

Farming is carrying on 

around us which brings a 

sense of calm as they 

move livestock and pass 

by our front gate … 

businessasusual. 

etiquette, and only go out 

for essential needs. 

Ashburton has a 

communitybased assessment 

centre toscreen and 

test people suspected of 

having Covid19, but local 

practices also have swabs 

if they need to test 

patients. 

She said there was 

enough personal protective 

equipment and access 

to it, but ‘‘one never 

knows how much you will 

need’’. 

Local medical centres 

have been quieter than 

usual, with fewer consults. 

‘‘I think people are putting 

off contacting the 

doctor for other ailments, 

but we would encourage 

that they still contact their 

GP if they need to. 

‘‘Consultswill be mostly 

virtual, but those who 

need to be seen, will be.’’ 

Patients had generally 

been appreciative about 

the work being done. 

Dr Andrew said flu 

shots were still being 

worked through but only 

small batches of flu vaccine 

werebeing sent out to 

each practice at atime. 

Some Ashburton practices 

have been vaccinating 

elderly and vulnerable 

patients in drivethrough 

clinics. 

More supplies are 

expected to arrive in the 

next few weeks. 

Merv takes on the Chasers 

1. Working from home? 

Yes, Ican and it’s all good at the 

moment but we are only one week in. Ican 

complete some of my work from home via 

computer or phone, but the rest will have 

to wait until the lockdown is lifted as it 

involves onfarm visits not classified as 

essential. 

No kids, no pets, no traffic noise, no 

unscheduled visitors and the neighbour’s 

dog is quiet, they must be home. 

2. What home chores have you been 

doing? 

Sorting through boxes of old files and 

papers that have accumulated over the 

years (as per photo) with alittle help from 

awellpositioned Ted. 

Ican now multitask. Ican watch 

Breakfast, Tipping Point, The Chase, and 

even Emmerdale, while discarding files 

and documents that Ionce thought far too 

important to throw out, like fertiliser and 

seed prices back in 2009. 

3. Any recommendations? 

Yes, stay there (in isolation), stay safe in 

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Merv Brenton, RSA president and rural consultant 

your bubble, that’s why it is called 

lockdown, the sooner we all do it the 

quicker we will get back to normality. 

Please don’t join the minority of New 

Zealanders with IQs equal to their shoe 

size flaunting the lockdown rules. C’mon 

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Smith &Church are able to supply Essential Goods from stock, and are 

only allowed tosupply Essential Goods as listed above. We are strictly 

following all protocols as required in the update given by Prime Minister 

Jacinda Adern on the 30-3-2020. 

1–Orders can only be taken by phone, and payment can only be made by 

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

allowed to open to the public, so you are not able to collect goods from 

the store. 

2–When staff are fulfilling orders we will take all appropriate health 

measures –physical distancing, and hygiene basics will be followed, and 

appropriate personal protective equipment will be worn. 

3–As Essential Goods are notallowed to be collected from the store, 

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Left: Merv Brenton has taken to 

sorting through old files and papers 

with alittle help from Ted. 

people, think of the consequences, you 

can’t see it, Covid19 is not ajoke it is 

serious and deadly. 

4. Tell us alighthearted or otherwise 

memorable moment from your lockdown? 

Toni laughing at my next intended big 

project, in the garage sorting out jars or 

screws into size, type and colour knowing 

full well that when Ineed one Iwon’t be 

able find the right one with size, type and 

colour anyway. 

5. What do you miss most in lockdown? 

Seeing family, grandchildren, the RSA 

and being there for the members most of 

whom are in the high risk over 70s 

category. Not into social media, just the 

phone, texting and the occasional friendly 

wave from across the road in our daily 

walk. 

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Ada born during lockdown 

By Toni Williams 

Ashburton author Rachel Nixon and newborn Ada Haley Nixon. 

Ashburton author Rachel Nixon and 

her husband, children’s librarian 

Jonathan Nixon, have welcomed a 

new addition to their family. 

Ada Haley Nixon was born on 

March 28 at Christchurch Women’s 

Hospital weighing 2.75kg (five 

pound 9oz). It was day three of the 

national Covid19 lockdown. 

“She’s just awee dot,” Mr Nixon 

said. 

Ada, named after acharacter in 

the Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak 

House, has the middle name of Mrs 

Nixon's 93yearold grandmother’s 

maiden name. She lives in Auckland. 

Back at home in Ashburton now, 

Mrs Nixon and Ada are doing well. 

But, like any good story, Ada’s 

arrival has been full of interesting 

twists with a birth experience 

nothing like when they had son 

Caleb, two and ahalf years ago. 

Mr Nixon said the plan to birth at 

Ashburton Hospital was scuppered 

because of concern around Ada’s 

limited weight gain. 

Aplan was made to be induced at 

Christchurch Women’s Hospital but, 

during lockdown, that meant tight 

restrictions on access. 

“There was a huge amount of 

stress added around Covid19.” 

Mr Nixon had to be registered as 

birthing partner and could not be 

unwell in any form to attend. 

They had Mr Nixon’s sister, in 

Christchurch, who has no children 

yet, lined up as abackup to step in as 

support if he got sick. 

He thought she was probably 

quite happy not to be needed in the 

end. 

The Nixons had a clear run to 

Christchurch for the planned induction, 

but their midwife was stopped 

twice by police checking on her 

reason for travelling during lockdown. 

She missed the birth by one 

minute. 

“It was aquick birth,” Mrs Nixon 

said. 

“And she was really good with 

after (birth) support.” 

At the hospital no visitors are 

allowed except during the birth. Mr 

Nixon was not allowed in the 

maternity ward. 

Once the birth was over he had to 

leave. 

Mrs Nixon, in the maternity ward 

for two and ahalf days, said it was a 

different experience, from arrival to 

leaving. 

They were greeted at the hospital 

entrance by staff with hand sanitiser 

and had to register the birth partner 

all the while practising social distancing. 

Some staff wore masks, some 

did not. 

“Jonathan was not allowed into 

the maternity ward at all (but) the 

midwives were really, really good. 

“It would have been nice to have 

Jonnie, there but that’s the way this 

goes.” 

Now home, the couple and son 

Caleb, have the added support of Mr 

Nixon’s mother Vivian, who arrived 

from Christchurch for the lockdown. 

Mrs Nixon’s mother, in Auckland, 

was unable to come. 

Regular home visits from the 

midwife also have astrict process to 

follow to minimalize touching contact 

and any Covid19 risk for the 

family, and their midwife. 

Mrs Nixon said the only time a 

midwife had touched Ada was for 

the initial testing at birth. Breastfeeding 

support is being done online 

with alactation consultant via the 

video platform Zoom. 

The silver lining is having 

Jonathan home during the lockdown, 

Mrs Nixon said. 


Workers back on CBD 

revamp as soon as able 

Contractors working on 

Ashburton’s CBD revamp will be 

backonthejob as soon as they 

are able, says Ashburton mayor 

NeilBrown. 

The CBDproject,atwoyear 

roading and footpath programme 

aimed at leading the 

revitalisation of Ashburton’s 

mainshopping area, is being 

undertaken by WestCoast 

company TruLine Civil. 

Mr Brown said work teams 

weresent home when the country 

wentinto alert level 4onMarch 

26. Work wouldresume when the 

company wassafely able to have 

itsworkers back on the job. 

He said the project wasnot 

deemed essential work but would 

continue as soonaspossible. 

None of council’s major 

construction projects, including 

thenew library and civic building, 

hadbeenput off because of the 

virus, he said. 

Councilwas aware of the 

concerns of local businessowners 

about the impact of restrictions 

andworking on a‘‘buy local’’ 

campaign to encourage Mid 

Canterbury people to support 

local businesses strugglingto 

keep their doors open. 

Hakatere residents only 

The Hakatere community 

is urging 

people to stick to the 

rules during lockdown 

and to stay 

away from the coastal 

settlement. 

Hakatere Community 

Emergency 

Response Group 

member Kaylene 

Donaldson said 

people should not be 

going out for adrive 

to Hakatere, not be 

biking on the river 

trail, or fishing at the 

river mouth. 

The rules should be 

adhered to and anyone 

not living there 

should stay away. 

At the weekend 

fishermen, bikers and 

‘‘No entry’’ signs made by the Hakatere 

community. 

day trippers had been 

spotted and the 

police were informed 

and visited, she said. 

Mrs Donaldson 

said the public toilets 

were closed and the 

community had made 

their own ‘‘no entry’’ 

signs to keep others 

away. 

‘‘We’re very happy 

for people to return 

when things are back 

to normal, but not 

now.’’ 

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COVID-19,we’ve changedthe waywedo 

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When youget to thehospitalyou’llfind 

ourdoors areclosed. We’llask youto 

phone us or pressthe doorbell. 

We’llvisit youinyourcar to confirm 

whereyou should go next. 

We need to keep peoplesafebymaking 

sure anyone whomight have COVID-19 is 

away from otherpatients. 

Thankyou forhelping us keep our 

patients andstaffsafe. 

Look after your 

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If youorsomeone youknowneeds 

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the chain of possible transmissionof 

COVID-19 (and otherviruses)inour 

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While in isolationathomeyou canstill go 

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Roses can be cut, soft fruits planted 

Vegetables 

Cabbage, cauliflower and silverbeet 

can still be planted to stand the 

winter if you are fortunate enough to 

have the necessary seeds sitting in 

the shed. 

If so, ground from which potatoes 

have been lifted recently is ideal for 

these crops. 

Sprinkle blood and bone (100g per 

sqm) on the ground, and rain in May 

and June will wash it into the soil. 

Compost can also be spread where 

these hardy vegetables are to be 

grown. 

Cauliflower heads can be damaged 

by rain and cold conditions as winter 

nears. Those maturing soon should 

be regularly checked and the outside 

leaves turned in on the centres, the 

curds, to help protect them and keep 

them white. 

Celery sometimes shows leafspot 

at this time of the year and can be 

treated with acopper spray applied 

every 10 to 14 days. 

Because they like cool, moist 

conditions, leeks usually will keep 

growing until June. 

If soil is drawn up around the 

stems of Brussels sprouts, cabbage, 

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the plants during the winter, but also 

help prevent them being blown over 

in strong winds. 

Asparagus beds are worth the 

effort, as these perennial vegetables 

will produce crops for 20 years or 

more. Keep the bed free of weeds but 

leave the plants’ top growth until it 

yellows. While still green, the plants 

are manufacturing plant food and 

building up their crowns, from which 

strong, edible growths will be cut 

next spring. 

This is agood time to apply wellrotted 

manure or compost into which 

chopped seaweed has been added. 

Flowers 

Rose cuttings can be taken during 

the next few weeks with reasonable 

success. Some roses thrive only when 

budded on to astock with amore 

vigorous root system, while others, 

particularly heritage varieties, grow 

readily from cuttings. Choose short 

side growths that have had aflower 

on them. Remove chosen pieces 

from the main stem, ideally with a 

heel of the older growth. Cut off the 

dead flower, remove all the leaves 

except the top two, and thoroughly 

soak adeep container of potting mix 

before inserting the cutting deeply. 

Cuttings do best if placed in a 

shady place, as cool temperatures 

increase the likelihood of roots 

forming. Cuttings that develop successfully 

into plants should be left 

until late autumn next year before 

planting in their permanent home. 

An alternative method is layering: 

bending alow branch to the ground 

and pinning it in sandy soil after 

cutting just above the point where 

the tiniest bud is visible. Cover with 

more soil, water well and place a 

brick or heavy stone to hold the 

layered stem in place. 

Fruits 

Autumn is the best time for 

planting soft fruits of the Rubus 

family (raspberries, blackberries, 

loganberries, marionberries, boysenberries 

and tayberries). Raspberries 

and blackberries have been eaten in 

Europe for at least 3500 years, but 

the blackberry was not cultivated 

commercially until 1835. 

Introduced into New Zealand in 

the 19th century, it rapidly became 

one of the country’s worst weeds. 

The loganberry, an American 

raspberry/blackberry cross, is named 

after its breeder, Judge J.H. Logan. 

Boysenberries are also American 

and the raspberryloganberry/Pacific 

blackberry hybrid is named after 

Rudolph Boysen, who bred it in the 

early 1920s, but it was Walter Knott 

(of Knott’s Berry Farm) who made 

them famous. Tasman is avirtually 

thornless boysenberry variety. 

The tayberry, developed in Scotland 

in 1962, is a loganberrylike 

blackberryraspberry cross. The fruit 

is somewhat larger than a boysenberry 

and ripens earlier. 

Waiau and Aspiring are popular 

red raspberry varieties, while two 

heritage raspberries, marketed as 

Ivory and Ebony, were commercially 

introduced in 2006. 

Healthy feijoas coming into season 

Feijoas are coming into 

season at just the right 

time as Kiwis search for 

new ways to boost their 

immunity and overall 

health. 

The feijoa, which can 

be successfully grown in 

Mid Canterbury, will 

see the nationwide 

crops peak in April and 

remain in plentiful 

supply until the end of 

June. 

Eating two feijoas 

provides 64 percent of 

your recommended 

daily intake of vitamin 

C. 

Feijoa Association 

director Julia Third says 

they are a useful and 

tasty snack to have on 

hand at this time of 

year. 

“Feijoas are really 

high in vitamin C. With 

the flu season coming 

up, it’s more important 

than ever to consume 

plenty of fresh fruit to 

boost our immune systems 

and fight off any 

coughs, colds or bugs,” 

she says. 

Feijoas are a source 

of fibre which helps you 

feel fuller for longer 

and is important for 

digestive health. 

Breakfast is an ideal 

time to include feijoas 

in your diet. Scoop out 

the flesh and enjoy them 

with adollop of yoghurt 

or add some to your 

cereal or warm bowl of 

porridge. Feijoa 

smoothies are also 

delicious and can be 

made with either milk 

or coconut water for a 

nondairy option. 

Other popular serving 

ideas include making 

feijoa chutney, muffins 

or simply eating them 

straight off the tree. 

“Generations of New 

Zealanders have grown 

up eating as many feijoas 

as they can handle 

from the tree in their 

back garden. The 

flavour is truly unique 

so make sure you enjoy 

them while they’re in 

season this year.” 

This year the nationwide 

crops are expected 

to provide around 20 

per cent more volume 

than last year, with 

around 1500 tonnes 

expected to be harvested. 

“Feijoas are successfully 

grown in many 

parts of the country 

including Nelson/Tasman, 

Gisborne, Bay of 

Plenty, Waikato, Auckland 

and in the Far 

North. This year’s 

drought has provided an 

extra challenge but for 

orchards with irrigation 

the fruit size will be on 

par with previous 

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Choking children cause forconcern 

The risk of choking among exploring 

babies and inquistive toddlers while 

the nation is on Covid-19 alert level four 

is causing concern among Canterbury 

medical personnal. They are reminding 

Canterbury parents and caregivers to 

keep aclose eye onthe tamariki intheir 

care whileinlockdown to reducethe risk 

of choking if an object becomes lodged 

in their airway. 

As families adjust to life athome under 

alert level 4, there ispotentially agreater 

risk of bored or inquisitive young 

children putting something in their 

mouth that gets stuck or accidentally 

inhaled, which may require emergency 

medical attention. 

Canterbury DHB paediatric surgeon 

professor Spencer Beasley says parents 

and caregivers need to keep an even 

more careful eye on children now, 

especially with some families now 

juggling working and caring for their 

young children at home. 

“Parents and caregivers need to be 

particularly cautious about children 

being offered peanuts, especially in 

the under-six age group where whole 

peanuts should never be given asthey 

can block the windpipe so the child 

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DEATHS 

BULLING Mavis Louisa, 

on April 4, 2020. Passed 

away peacefully at home, 

Ashburton, aged 86 years. 

Beloved wife ofthe late Ian 

(Tim) Bulling and the late 

Ted Bulling. Dearly loved 

mother and mother in 

law of Christine and Chris 

Munro, Janice and Syd 

Taylor, Glenda and Graeme 

Erskine, and Robert and 

Maureen Bulling, and a 

much loved nana, great 

Nana, and great great nana. 

Messages to 14a Graham 

Street, Ashburton 7700. A 

special thank you to the 

District Nurses and the 

PalliativeCareTeam fortheir 

help and support. Aprivate 

cremation will be held. 

Paterson’s 


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03 307 7433 

COOLING, Irene Joan: 

With sadness we announce 

the passing on 16th 

March 2020 of Joan (nee 

Williamson) at Ashburton 

Hospital,aged 92 years. 

Cherished wife, mother, 

grandmother, greatgrandmother 

and sister. 

dedicated teacher and 

accomplished equestrienne, 

throughout her life. Life 

member and Patron ofNew 

Zealand Hackney Society. 

Many thanks forthe support 

of the Home Support 

Services Team, Ward 2, 

Ashburton Hospital and 

Ellesmere Hospital for their 

loving care. 

At Joan’s request aprivate 

Cremation has been held 

and aMemorial Service will 

be held at alaterdate. 

0800 2MEMORY 

027 637 1229 

GARDINER, Noelene: On 

April 1,2020 at Ashburton 

Hospital. Dearly loved wife 

of the late Les. Cherished 

Mum ofKathleen and Ross 

Morrison. Much loved nana 

GofMichelle, Phillipa and 

Paul, and Chris and Clare. 

Dearly loved great nan of 

Jordan and Paige, Riley and 

Quinn, and Caleb, Jadyn 

and Maia, and great great 

nan of Hunter. 

“Will be sadly missed.” 

Messages to the Gardiner 

family P O Box 472, 

Ashburton 7740. Special 

thanks to Dr Sue Foley 

and the staff at the Rakaia 

Medical Centre, the Rakaia 

first responders, St John 

Ambulance, 


Hospital Staff and Nicki 

and Bruce Kelly. Privately 

crematedaswas her wish. 

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Family Notices 

DEATHS 

GARDINER, Noelene: On 

April 1,2020 at Ashburton 

Hospital. Dearly loved wife 

of the late Les. Loved and 

cherished mum, best friend 

and nan of Karen and Frank 

Bennett, Steve, and Scott 

and Celine. Sorry we can’t 

be with you. 

“Thanks for being the best 

Mum” 

KEENAN Hazel (nee 

Watts). Passed away 

peacefully at Radius 

Millstream, Ashburton 

on 4 April 2020, aged 99 

years. Loved wife of the 

late James Joseph Keenan. 

Dearly lovedmother of Tony 

and Gwenda, Leslie and 

Colleen, Frank and Ainslee, 

Marion and David Oakley, 

and Heather and George 

Nimmo. 

Supporting the 

community 

96 Tancred Street, 

Ashburton. 

Phone 307 8317 

Also a treasured 

Nana of 13 grandchildren 

and 16 great grandchildren. 

Messages to 106 Johnstone 

Street,Ashburton7774. 

The family wish to thank 

Dr Sparks and the Radius 

Millstream staff for their 

devoted care ofour mother. 

“Treasured memories always, 

she will be sadly missed.” 

Due to COVID19 a private 

burial will take place. 

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TOD, Noreen Patricia: 

Peacefully at Ashburton 

Hospital on Wednesday, 

April 1,2020 aged 82 years. 

Dearly loved wife of the 

late Charlie, cherished and 

adored mother and motherin-law 

of Kathleen and 

Gerald Goulter, and Chris 

and Karen. Dearly loved 

nana and great-nana of 

Grace, Samuel, and Charlie, 

Luke, Briarne, William, Lee, 

Amelia, and Malia. Loved 

sister and sister-in-law 

of Anna and Brian Fahey, 

Michael (dec) and Eileen 

Crowe, and Colleen and 

John (dec) Gorman, and a 

special Aunty toher nieces 

and nephews. Messages to: 

The Tod family, c/- POBox 

6035, Ashburton 7742. 

A private interment has 

been held, and aMemorial 

Mass will be held at alater 

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Arrest for travel breach 

Ashburton police have arrested 

a27yearold man for 

breaching alert level 4 

restrictions. 

The man was arrested on 

Sunday night, after previously 

being stopped twice by police 

for undertaking nonessential 

travel and warned. 

He has been charged with 

obstructing amedicalofficer of 

health and driving while 

impaired. He will appearinthe 

Ashburton District Court later 

this month. 

Ashburton senior sergeant 

Leigh Jenkins said police were 

prepared to arrest people 

thumbing their noses at 

restrictions imposed during the 

nationwide fight against Covid 

19. 

‘‘We want everyone to stay 

safe and in general people are 

following the restrictions. 

‘‘However, as this arrest 

Limbering up online 

Tinwald’s Life Dance Academy 

(LDA) is managing to 

bring its dancing family 

together and is providing a 

dancing fix, despite the lockdown. 

LDA has around 400 

students, ranging from toddlers 

through to adults, and has 

set up a private members’ 

page on Facebook and is 

running daily photo and video 

challenges with adance focus. 

Some challenges invite 

dancers to break dance, or 

video a trampoline dance 

party. 

Others invite them to share 

the love of dance by making 

videos of themselves dancing 

like animals, or walking like 

dinosaurs. 

‘‘We are in super close 

contact with all of our 

students throughout this time 

ensuring our dancers keep on 

sharing their dancing love,’’ 

said LDA’s Madi Wilson. 

‘‘We are so excited to be 

going live with our online 

classes from April 13.’’ 

Right: Dance teacher Madi 

Wilson and daughter Lylah 

showing the fifth position 

as they encourage other 

dancers to stay connected. 

Aperfect venue for 

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shows, there are asmall 

number of people deliberately 

flouting the restrictions and on 

these occasions we will make 

arrests. 

‘‘The message is simple –stay 

home and save lives.’’ 

Police have also been dealing 

with other types of antisocial 

behaviour in the past week 

people playing their stereos too 

loudly during the day and 

people who objected to waiting 

in aqueue at the supermarket. 

Mr Jenkins saidpolice were 

called to Countdown on East 

Street last week afteran 

altercation betweentwo males 

and asecurity guard. 

The two argued with the 

guard over how they were to 

queue while waiting to enter 

the supermarket, which was 

controlling numbers of 

shoppers so people could 

maintain physical distancing. 

Mr Jenkins said police were 

investigating aminor assault on 

the security guard and inquiries 

involved the registered owner 

of avehicle of interest. 

He said peoplegoing to 

supermarkets needed to plan 

for the possibility of having to 

line up and wait for atime 

before beingallowedtoenter. 

People needed to remain 

calm when asked to maintain 

physical distance. 

He said peopleathome also 

needed to spare athought for 

their neighbours if they were 

playing loud music at home. 

Police have noticed an 

increase in noise complaints 

during the day normally most 

complaints are at night. 

Mr Jenkins said most 

complaints were about loud 

music. 

At least one stereo has been 

seized. 

Anchors on frontline 

Bags of sand that have been 

holding down gazebos at Ashburton’s 

communitybased Covid19 

assessment centre have been 

replaced by concrete blocks, supplied 

by Stuart Tarbotton Contracting. 

The centre comprises several 

small prefab buildings, with 

gazebos offering shelter and privacy 

for those being initially 

screened. The centre is one of 60 

communitybased assessment centres 

around the country. 


Lake Hood out 

Lake Hood is closed toboaties and 

people hoping to play the ninehole 

golf course. Standin lake manager 

Gary Casey said public toilets had 

beenlocked and the gates that gave 

access to the boat ramp and 

southern part of the lake had also 

been locked todeter people during 

the alert level 4lockdown. People 

were still able towalk around the 

perimeter of the lake onthe sealed 

track. 

No hunting 

Hunting, fishing, tramping, 

swimming, boating and any activity 

that could require search and 

rescue is not allowed during the 

alert level 4lockdown. New orders 

under the Health Act mean police 

would be fully justified in arresting 

or stoppingpeople hunting or being 

outside their place of residence, 

firearms owners have been told by 

an advisory organisation. The roar 

might have tempted some hunters 

to break the lockdown rules. 

WiFi off 

The Ashburton District Council 

has turned off the public WiFi at 

the Ashburton Library to stop 

people gathering outside the building 

to use the free internet connection. 

People are often outside 

the facility accessing the WiFi, 

especially ifthey don’t have access 

at home. 

Online story 

The Ashburton Library is setting 

up an online service where people 

can access videos of authors reading 

their own books. The service is 

popular in Australia with youngsters 

tuning in to listen to 

storybooks. 

Toilets open 

The Mayfield toilets have been 

unlocked so truckies using the 

Scenic Route have somewhere to 

pee. The toilets, like some other 

public facilities, had been locked 

because they were not being serviced. 

Public toilets are open on 

East Street and at the Hinds 

Domain. 

Hearing aids 

Ashburton Hearing Association 

president Aine Whiting says her 

organisation wishes to remind 

those who wear hearing aids to be 

careful around face masks. Thereis 

a risk of bumping or dislodging 

hearing aids when putting a face 

mask onortaking it off and while 

wearing one. Those with hearing 

aids are advised to ensure their 

devices are secure. The Ashburton 

Hearing Association is closed but 

anyone needing hearing aid batteries 

may phone 308 3999. 

Cancer society 

The Cancer Society’s Mid Canterbury 

centre isclosed at present, 

but support and information is still 

available. ‘‘We understand that the 

Covid19 pandemic is really challenging 

for those living with cancer,’’ 

said centre manager Annie 

Bonifant. She is available for advice 

and information on 3077691. 

Alternately the 0800 CANCER 

information line is also available, 

seven days a week from 8.30am 

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


Students bake to 

fund own devices 

Home baking is helping 

get chromebooks into 

the hands of some 

students at Ashburton 

College. 

Running for the past 

couple of years, the 

initiative sees students 

work after school at 

regular baking sessions 

to make sweet treats that 

are then sold and profits 

accumulated. 

Coordinated by Ashburton 

College assistant 

headofsenior school Liz 

Carrick, the project 

enabled the purchase of 

10 chromebooks last 

year and has already 

funded threesothis year. 

Ms Carrick said she 

loved baking and shared 

that love and knowledge 

to assist students who 

couldn’t afford adevice 

at school to get one. 

Students ‘‘learned and 

earned’’ through the 

initiative. 

‘‘Last year students 

made and sold supper 

items at housie nights 

run at Hampstead 

Rugby Club. 

‘‘As well as learning 

how to cook, measure 

and follow instructions, 

they were also able to 

develop good customer 

skills.’’ 

Ms Carrick said this 

year the baking effort 

Julianna Apoldo and Tiffany Agacer with 

sweet treats made through the baking 

initiative to raise money for chromebooks. 

was directed at the sizeable 

staff and support 

staff at Ashburton College. 

She supervised 

students at afternoon 

baking sessions after 

school and produce was 

soldatmorningtea time. 

Older style baking 

favourites like afghans, 

tan squares, neenish 

slices and brownies were 

made, as well as arange 

of glutenfree products. 

Profits were around 

$150 a week and 

students were involved 

with the initiative for as 

long asittook to fund a 

chromebook. 

The students involved 

were from Year 11and 

Year 12. 

All of theprofits made 

are looked after by Ms 

Carrick, who then shops 

aroundfor good deals on 

new and refurbished 

chromebooks. 

Eight students have 

beenbaking to be ableto 

own their own 

chromebooks in Term 1 

and three chromebooks 

have so far been purchased. 

The baking for 

devices initiative will 

continue when normal 

school life returns. 

Homeschool mum’s tips 

By Mick Jensen 

Masks made in Methven 

Members of the Methven 

community are making 

face masks for essential 

workers, the elderly and 

anyonewho wantstowear 

them. 

A campaign by Methven 

doctors Gayle 

O’Duffy and Sophie 

Febery isurging locals to 

wear face masks whenever 

they go to the supermarket, 

or pharmacy in 

order to protect themselves 

and others against 

any possible spread of 

Covid19. 

Helping to coordinate 

the local face mask making 

effort is Cherie Irwin, 

who is working with seven 

other women at present to 

boost mask supplies. 

Mrs Irwin said the nondisposable 

masks that 

were being sewn could be 

washed and reused. 

The masks provided an 

added layer of protection. 

‘‘The advice we have 

from our local doctors is 

that people could have 

Covid19 and be asymptomatic. 

We don’t know 

who those people are, so 

let’s help protect everyone 

else from unintentional 

contamination.’’ 

The slogan ‘‘my mask 

protects you, your mask 

protects me’’ very much 

applied to the current 

situation, said Mrs Irwin. 

The ideal scenario was 

for as many people as 

possible make their own 

masks, but that was not 

possible, she said. 

‘‘We are hoping that 

quite a few people can 

sew extras. So far the 

consensus is that elastic 

ear loops are much easier 

than ties to put on and 

they stay in place better. 

‘‘A nose holder is 

handy, but not necessary.’’ 

She saidmasks could be 

made from any tightly 

woven fabric and people 

should use materials they 

already had at home. 

There were literally 

hundreds of designs on 

Facebook, some very 

crude and simple that 

used apaper towels and 

elastic bands, and others 

that were a bit more 

elaborate. 

All masks would give 

some form of protection 

and were better than 

nothing. 

Masks made by the 

local sewers are earmarked 

for essential workers, 

people delivering and 

receiving meals on wheels 

and others. 

They come with ashort 

safety notice and are 

delivered only during 

necessary trips out. 

Anyone wanting more 

information or to join the 

sewing effort can contact 

Mrs Irwin by email at 

cherie@irwin.nz or via 

Facebook. 

Pictured: Cherie Irwin 

with masks made by 

Melinda Lattimore for 

the project. (Photo: Bill 

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Eva Greenland is a 

homeschool mum of six 

and knows better than 

most what it takes to keep 

young people happy and 

occupied during a lockdown 

at home. 

She currently 

homeschools three of her 

children and has ahousehold 

of eight to look 

after. 

Her mission with 

homeschooling is to keep 

building relationships 

with her children. 

Good relationships 

mean you are able to 

build a happy and productive 

family, she says. 

Now was an opportunity 

for all parents to hang 

out with their children, 

get to know them even 

better and to really ‘‘like’’ 

their kids, she said. 

Homeschooling for her 

was about ‘‘doing life with 

my kids’’ and teaching 

them precious life skills. 

She was very low tech 

with her approach. 

‘‘We cook together, 

enjoy reading, and reading 

aloud together, even 

the 15yearold, and we 

generally learn through 

doing everyday shared 

activities.’’ 

Cakemaking taught 

maths skills and how to 

follow instructions, while 

trips out revealed so 

many exciting opportunities 

and subjects to learn 

Enjoying Cluedo are Bella Greenland, 12, Josh 

Greenland, 8, Mathew Hepburn, 15, and Caleb 

Greenland, 11. 

about. 

Her children had alove 

of reading and were able 

to pick up books that 

interested them, rather 

than books they were told 

to read. 

World War Two was a 

current focus and through 

research the children had 

decided to start their own 

diaries during lockdown 

to detail areas such as 

how they feel, what they 

do to occupy their time 

and what they eat. 

The diaries were something 

they could look 

back at in years to come 

and share with their families. 

Mrs Greenland said 

the lockdown situation 

meant her family could 

hang out together more 

than usual, enjoy each 

others company and do 

activities like puzzles and 

games. 

While the family 

enjoyed some television 

time, it was kept to a 

minimum. 

Her children also 

mixed with others who 

went to school through 

activities like ballet. 

‘‘Unfortunately, for 

now, the lockdown means 

we cannot catch up with 

the 10 or 12 other 

homeschool families we 

usually meet up with once 

or twice aweek for swimming 

or art.’’ 

Mrs Greenland said 

she was no ‘‘super mum’’, 

and had not been academic 

at school, but she 

enjoyed homeschooling. 

Her oldest two children, 

she said, had 

already made it to university. 

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Council staff redeployed to welfare jobs 

Some Ashburton District Council 

staff havebeen moved from their 

regular jobs to help frontline health 

workers in the fight against Covid19. 

Staff are helping with 

administration and sanitisation at 

Ashburton’s communitybased 

assessment centre, wherepeople are 

referred for screening and testing for 

the virus. 

Council CEO HamishRiach said 

other staff were involved in welfare 

checks on over 70s and other 

responses, like delivering 

prescriptions and groceries. 

He said staff had made ahuge 

effort to work remotely and take on 

other jobs to keep essential services 

ticking over. 

Senior council managers updated 

councillors at an online meetingvia 

Zoom last week. 

Mayor Neil Brown praised all the 

district’s essential workers and said 

residents by and large had been 

complying with lockdown directions 

to stay home while the countrywas 

under alertlevel 4. 

He said localpolice were reporting 

afew flouting the rules, but those 

people would soon find thatwould be 

met with atougher response. 

“The economy now in our district 

is reasonably stressed and we as 

council need to help,and keep the 

economy going, as allpeople do. We 

need to get through it, we have to, to 

survive.” 

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan said 

she had been sent messages about 

people using council playgrounds, 

despite these being shut during the 

lockdown. 

“Some people think itisOKtogo 

out there and use these facilities.” 

Mr Riach said council staff were 

involved across the community, 

doing agreat job helping different 

groups of people. 

Library staff had been ringing the 

over 70s on theirmembership 

database and asking if they were OK 

or needed help. Welfare assistance 

was also available through its civil 

defence team on 0800 24 24 11. 

Four staff were helping at the 

communitybased assessment centre, 

which screened and tested people for 

Covid19. One staff member was 

involvedinadmindutiesatthe 

centre and the others helped sanitise 

consulting rooms after each patient. 

More staff would be needed to 

assist at the centre as testing ramped 

up, and with welfare duties as the 

lockdown progressed. 

Other council staff are helping 

deliver essential items and 

prescriptions to vulnerable people in 

the community, and delivering Meals 

on Wheels. 

The economic developmentteam 

has been in touch with 114 businesses 

in the district by email or phone. 

Mr Brownsaid it was important to 

keep the district goingand council 

was already looking at “shovelready” 

projects that might qualify for 

Government funding. Industry 

leaders havebeen askedtoseek out 

infrastructure projects that are ready 

to start as soon as the construction 

industry returns to normal and 

smaller projects that benefit the 

regions will be considered. 

Group manager strategy and 

compliance Jane Donaldson said 

council staffwere still processing 

buildingconsents and resource 

consents received electronically, 

though no site visits were being 

conducted. Some staff had been 

redeployed to other helpingjobs. 

Cr JohnFalloon said he had never 

seensomany people out walking. 

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown 

Resilience will be tested 

We have now entered our 

third week of the lockdown. 

It’s aworld away from 

everything we once knew 

and has presented many 

challenges that each of us 

continues to try and work 

through. 

As with any challenge we 

face, our resilience is often 

tested and we are pushed to 

be adaptive, innovative and 

resourceful. 

This very approach has helped us 

collaborate and create the Essential 

Jobs initiative on the Ashburton App, 

which Ihope will make areal difference 

for residents left without work and 

needing to find ajob. 

The council has had to adjust in a 

number of other ways too. We’ve had to 

change the rubbish and recycling service 

and our public facilities have closed. 

We also had our very first remote 

video council meeting last week which 

was areal milestone in our council’s 

history. Councillors and staff logged into 

the remote meeting from their homes 

rather than coming together at the 

council chambers and Imust say, it went 

very well. 

We were still able to discuss matters 

as we usually would, ask questions and 

make decisions. The meeting was also 

livestreamed on to the council Facebook 

page and YouTube channel like any 

normal meeting, so residents were able 

to see what’s happening around the 

‘‘virtual’’ council table. 

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This same arrangement 

will be happening today 

(April 9) as we log on for 

another meeting, this time 

to consider areport on what 

we can do with our rates 

going forward. 

Tomorrow will be the 

start of the Easter long 

weekend and Iknow that for 

many, this year’s activities 

will not be what they might 

have planned for afew 

weeks ago. 

Holidays away with friends and family 

will not go ahead and we won’t be able 

to come together to celebrate the 

occasion in usual fashion. 

This Easter may be achance to 

reflect: our families, arenewed 

connection to our neighbours and 

friends via technology, and our 

increased sense of community spirit and 

care for those around us. 

Although the Alert Level 4lockdown 

has separated us physically, Ibelieve it 

has helped bring us together, united in a 

common cause. It is certainly good to 

see so many of us, not only doing our 

part to reduce the spread of the virus, 

but also making areal effort to check in 

on others . 

Don’t forget, if you need welfare 

assistance at this time, anew helpline 

(0800 24 24 11) is now operating from 

7am to 7pm each day to help you access 

essentials such as food and medication. 

Take care, everyone and let’s keep 

looking out for each other. 

The Ashburton Domain showing its autumn colours. 

Domain views extended 

The Ashburton District Council 

has extended consultation on the 

Ashburton Domain Development 

Plan while the country remains in 

alert level 4because of Covid19. 

Councillors met online via 

Zoom last week and agreed a 

closeoff date for submissions 

would be set once the district 

moved back to alert level 1. 

Strategy and policy manager 

Toni Durham said council would 

continue to receive submissions on 

the longterm development plan 

and it was possible the 

consultation period would end up 

being three months, rather than 

three weeks. “It could lead to us 

getting agreater level of interest 

and range of feedback.” 

More than 60 people have 

already made submissions on the 

plan, many against moving the 

Ashburton Bowling Club, which as 

operated from central greens and 

aclubrooms for more than 100 

years. 

Other suggested domain 

projects over the next 30 years 

include moving the paddling pool 

closer to the playground, building 

heritage and botanical trails, 

upgrading playground equipment, 

creating anew central hub that 

could accommodate acafé and a 

new entrance from Walnut 

Avenue. 

Submissions were to have closed 

on April 5but will now remain 

open. 

Councillor Stuart Wilson said 

that many over 70s who wanted to 

be part of the consultation process 

were staying at home during the 

lockdown to be safe. Some would 

be part of the second stage of 

consultation, involving hearings, if 

the planned timetable continued. 

“It is the right thing to do to 

extend it so everyone gets to have 

their say on the important matter 

of the domain in the next 30 

years,” Mayor Neil Brown said. 

Councillors also paused the 

consultation process on its speed 

limit review and will consider 

hearing and deliberation dates 

once the district moves back to 

alert level 1. 

About 200 submissions were 

received in the process with 18 

people or groups indicating they 

wanted to present to council in 

person. Hearings and 

deliberations were scheduled to 

run last week. 

Submitters on both projects will 

be kept up to date on 

developments. 

Changes to kerbside rubbish 

Don’t stressaboutnot beingable to 

recycle duringlockdown, sayslongtime 

waste campaignerSheryl 

Stivens, but get back into the habit 

when normal serviceresumes. 

All kerbside recycling collected 

by the Ashburton District Council 

during lockdown is beingtreatedas 

rubbish as council is unable to 

transport recycling to sorting 

centres.Peoplecan put recycling 

and glass into both red and yellow 

wheelie bins. 

Mrs Stivens said Ashburton 

district people had become great 

recyclers overthe yearsand they 

should not feel guilty about 

breaking the habitshortterm while 

the country triedtoeliminate 

Covid19. 

She said people could look at 

different waystoreuseitemslike 

cardboard, which could be laid on 

gardens as aweed suppressant and 

covered with grass clippings. 

Someglass jarsand bottlescould 

also be reused. 

‘‘This is just temporary. We want 

to get backtohugging our 

families.’’ 

Council said last weekthat glass 

in green crates wouldnot be 

collected, but people could put 

glass in red or yellow wheelie bins 

for collection. The green crates 

would notbepicked up, asthishad 

to be donebyhand. 

Infrastructure services group 

manager Neil McCann saidthe 

lockdown had presented some 

challenges to the way council 

provided essential services, and 

council was adapting as needed. 

‘‘We wanttoensure thatwhile 

people are stayingathomedoing 

the right thing, that their rubbish 

and recycling continues to be 

pickedupand isn't sitting around 

stockpiling on their properties.’’ 

Ashburton District MayorNeil 

Brownsaid that should people wish 

to hold on to their recycling until 

services return to normal, they are 

welcome to do so.


Rural&Lifestyle 

Heifer winners decided 

Jeremy Duckmanton has taken 

out two of the three firstplace 

titles in the Methven A&P 

Association’s annual heifer competition. 

He won the rising oneyear 

heifers born in 2019 and rising 

twoyear heifers born in 2018 

classes. 

The third class, best line of 

rising twoyear heifers (2018 

born) exhibited by a person 

grazing stock other than their 

own, for a minimum of two 

months, was won by Barrie and 

Beth Begg. 

The competition, judged prior 

to lockdown, saw 25 farmers 

enter 37 entries across the three 

classes. 

It was the first time the competition 

has run following atwoyear 

hiatus due to concern 

around the spread of Mycoplasma 

bovis (Mbovis). 

The judges were David Kelk 

(from Austrex), Jimmy McGarva 

(a visiting Ayreshire stud breeder 

from Scotland) and Sam Kingston 

(from Carrfields Livestock). 

‘‘Lovely weather made for a 

great day of looking at stock and 

local farmers (and our sponsors) 

catching up. 

Judges Sam Kingston and Jimmy McGarva during the judging 

of heifers in the reinstated Methven A&P Association heifer 

competition. Photo Andrew Oram. 

‘‘We had agood following of 

farmers and sponsors too, which 

was great to see after acouple of 

years off due to Mbovis,’’ organisers 

say. 

The competition included 

sponsorship from ANZ, Austrex, 

BNZ, Donaghys, Deosan, Ecolab, 

FIL, Jackson Holmes, Livestock 

Improvement, May Brothers, 

Merial and Paddock Vets. 

Results are; Class 1: Rising 1yr 

heifers born in 2019 1st: Jeremy 

Duckmanton, 2nd: Phil and 

Donna Lowe, 3rd: Rob and Kim 

Turney; Class 2: Rising 2yr 

heifers born in 2018 1st: Jeremy 

Duckmanton, 2nd: Trevor and 

Stacey Monson, 3rd: Matthew 

and Trudy Holmes; Class 3: Best 

line of rising 2yr heifers (2018 

born) exhibited by a person 

grazing stock other than their 

own, for a minimum of two 

months 1st: Barrie &Beth Begg, 

2nd: Marr Farms and 3rd: Nathan 

and Greta Currie. 

Issues being discussed 

ahead of moving day 

The dairy industry’s annualmoving 

day is fast approaching for thousands 

of farm staff and behind the scenes 

members and officials are working 

through issues to keep the industry 

operating and its people safe. 

Ministryfor PrimaryIndustries 

(MPI) has been working with groups 

such asDairyNZ,Beef +LambNZ, 

and FederatedFarmers to determine 

the best outcomefor moving day while 

ensuring farmersremain safe and 

well. 

Thosedecisionswill be made 

availableinthe coming weeks. 

Dairy New Zealand chief executive 

Tim Mackle said anumber of issues, 

including movingday, were high on 

DairyNZ’s radar right now. 

“Weare working to ensuredairy 

farmers have access to the peoplethey 

need–particularly staff and our 

migrant workers. We have worked 

closely with the Government to see 

certainty provided around 

immigrationand employment. We are 

pleased to see the visa extension 

recently announced,” DrMackle said. 

“A second priority area is 

employment–there is opportunity for 

New Zealanders to find careers in 

dairyingand help fill staff shortages. 

We are working with the Government 

on aprogramme which may provide 

options for people to go dairying. 

“We are also looking aheadto 

moving day on June1–this is still a 

couple of months away, but we know 

planning needstobegin, especially 

with uncertainty around lockdown 

lengthand potential for stages out of 

it. We are preparing for protocolsand 

processes farmers and their staff may 

need to undertake, when planning to 

move between farms.” 

He said DairyNZ was committed to 

supporting its 11,000 dairy farmersas 

they perform their vital food 

producing role as an essentialservice. 

“DairyNZ is providing support, 

adviceand information to dairy 

farmerstoensure the best outcomes 

for farmers and NewZealanders as 

consumers of dairy,” he said. 

“It’s critical for everyone to 

continuetolook after their healthand 

follow the advice to prevent the 

spread of Covid19.” 

DairyNZ is actively working with 

sectorpartners including dairy 

companies, Federated Farmers, the 

Rural SupportTrust, DairyWomen’s 

Network, the Governmentincluding 

Ministers and MPI,toachievecoordinated 

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Labour List MP Jo Luxton 

Keep staying home, keep saving lives 

I’m writing this 12 days into New 

Zealand’s level 4lockdown and the first 

thing Iwant to say is abig, heartfelt 

thank you to Mid Cantabrians. 

Thank you to all our essential 

workers providing avaluable service in 

tough conditions so we can be healthy, 

stay safe, put food on the table, access 

medicines, and more.There are around 

750,000 workers across New Zealand 

providing arange of essential services 

during thislockdown, and I’m thankful 

to all of them. 

Thank you to everyonecoordinating 

the Government’s response to Covid 

19. There are the faces you see on TV, 

of course, like Dr Ashley Bloomfield, 

Sarah StuartBlack, Mike Bush, and 

others. But each of them is supported 

by ateam of dedicated officials and 

other experts. 

Most importantly, thanks to all of 

you. It’s your daily decisions that will 

EA Networks 

gives discount 

EA Networks, Mid 

Canterbury’s locally 

ownedelectricity 

distributioncompany,is 

pleasedtoput some 

moneyback intothe 

hands of its valued 

customers. 

The company is 

distributing$2.9 million 

in consumer discounts to 

local electricity 

customers. 

Customers will receive 

their discounts in the 

form of acredit on their 

retail poweraccount. The 

credit is based on the 

amount of power 

consumed in the previous 

year. 

The timingofthe 

refundmay vary slightly 

by retailer with many 

ultimately determine whether or not 

this lockdown works; whether we 

succeed indefeating Covid19 or not. 

Thank you for being faithful to your 

bubble. 

Thank you for yourkindness towards 

others at home, the supermarket, and 

elsewhere. 

And thank you for stayingathome to 

customers likely to have 

receivedtheir discounts 

already. The average 

household can expect to 

receive acredit of about 

$50. 

In additiontothe 

consumer discount, EA 

Networks recently 

announced an average 

14% decreaseinnetwork 

prices effective from 

April 1. This means the 

averagehousehold in 

Mid Canterbury should 

save about $110 this year. 

With this price drop 

coming at the same time 

as the discountbeing 

paid, it is hopedthat the 

combined benefits will be 

helpfultocustomers 

during what is astressful 

period for many. 

Football club still 

hopeful of season 

TheMid Canterbury 

United Football Club 

(MCUFC) committee is 

hopingtokickoff the 

season for local Saturday 

leagues onMay 16. 

MainlandFootballisstill 

workingonaMay2start 

date fortravellingteams 

that play in Christchurch 

leagues. 

MCUFC president Neil 

Simons said thecountry 

wasliving wasintimes of 

uncertainty andwas 

followingadvice from its 

leaders. 

Thefootball community, 

likeall others,was notable 

to make anyfirm 

predictions about when the 

seasonwould start,but 

simply hadtobepatient 

and hadtoadjustits 

scheduleasnecessary. 

‘‘We arestillhoping to 

get afootballseason. So if 

you have not,please 

register on Comet and get 

those team and individual 

entries to us by emailto 

admin@mcfootball.co.nz.’’ 

Walkway funds 

Methven Community 

Board (MCB) will use 

$5155 from its discretionary 

funds to improve a 

725m stretch of the Mt 

Harding Track. 

The track is part of the 

longer Methven Walkway 

and the proposed upgrade 

section runs from Holmes 

Road to the RDR. 

Nearly half of the funds 

($2400) will be spent on 

topping up the track with 

silica sand and alayer of 

lime chip. 

The remainder will be 

used to build a bridge 

over the creek. 

Yearly maintenance is 

estimated at around 

$1000. 

MCB has $10,000 in 

discretionary funds touse 

during the current financial 

year. 

We areopen 

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save lives. 

The Courier has asked that Ishare 

my experiences of lockdown with you, 

the highs, lows and everything in 

between as I, along with you all, 

navigate this disruption to our everyday 

lives. 

Iamabletowork from home and it’s 

been working really well. Idon’t have 

little children but the cat and dog do 

insist on being in the office with me, 

they will open the door and let 

themselves in. 

So I’ve been having Select Committee 

meetings, Zoom meetings and have 

also been makingWelfare Calls to over 

65s in our community to make sure 

they are supported and have what they 

need. 

Ihave to admit that when I’m away 

from home so much I do miss the 

everyday chores, so it’s been nice to be 

able to do those normal things. Ihave 

started ironing! I don’t usually iron 

unlessit’s something Iwant to wear but 

when you’re limited for options of what 

to do in aday Ithought I’d get into it. 

Idefinitely recommend exercise of 

some sort during the lockdown! I’ve 

taken to walking out in Hinds every 

day, I’ve even managed to drag my son 

along too! 

One lovely thing that happened is 

that my sister Teresa, who has Down 

Syndrome, isstruggling abit to understand 

the lockdown and why we can’t 

see each other. She watches the news 

and tells me that “my boss” (the Prime 

Minister) said she has to stay at home 

to stay safe so she doesn’t get sick. I 

happened to tell the Prime Minister 

this story and she made awee video to 

send to Teresa and consequently Ihave 

the happiest sister ever! 

I am missing spending time with 

Teresa terribly. I really miss actual 

social interactions with my friends and 

colleagues and other members of my 

family. 

Iamhaving FaceTime and Zoom 

meetings tostay in touch socially. My 

daughter isover in Edinburgh working 

on afarm, she decided not to come 

home so I’m pestering her more on 

FaceTime than Inormally would. 

If we can all continue to work 

together to make this lockdown work, 

we can stop the spread of Covid19, 

eliminate the disease here, and potentiallysave 

many thousands of Kiwi lives. 

If we manage that as acountry, I’m 

sure every New Zealander would take 

tremendous personal pride in what 

we’d achieved together. So please, on 

behalf of all Kiwis, please keep it up. 

Thank you Mid Canterbury for 

uniting against Covid19. By staying 

home we break the chain of transmission 

and save lives. 

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98 Pages Road PBN 

•Fabulous street appeal,large groundsfor gardening or playand sunnyoutlookfromthe living 

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•Locatedinone of Ashburton’s desirable areas,this home has 4goodsized bedrooms,open plan 

kitchen, living,lounge and alarge laundryand large double garage with internal access. 

E: lynne.bridge@raywhite.com 

19 Whiteoak Grove, Tinwald $700,000 

•4bedrooms 

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•Master bedroom withWIR &ensuite •Kwila decking &spa 

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24 Charles Street $495,000 

•This generouslyproportioned and immaculately presentedfamily home is privatelypositioned 

within the thriving heartofAllenton, Ashburton 

•Arelativelyeasy-care property whichhas been extensivelyupgraded for today’smodern lifestyle 

•Modernkitchen, dining and living areas and aseparate loungeaswell as 5bedrooms 

PLUS an office 

E: armand.vandereik@raywhite.com 

114 BowenSt, Rakaia $130,000 

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•JennianHomes inassociation with RayWhiteReal Estate (Mid Canterbury) proudlypresent 

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149 Forest Drive, Methven POA 

•1.8183ha (approx.4acres). 

•5bedrooms,3bathrooms,3living areas 

•Arena, stables,paddocks,large workshop,manysheds 

•Firsttime this much lovedproperty is offered to the market 

E: margaret.feiss@raywhite.com 

65 Northpark Road PBN 

•Indoor swimming pool 

•10car garaging plus 3bay shed,one lockable 

•5bedrooms,3bathrooms plus office 

•Entertainer’skitchen/dining/living 

•Separatemedia room/lounge 

E: bruce.mcpheson@raywhite.com E: denise.mcpherson@raywhite.com 

115 Smithfield Road $226,000 

•4360 sq m, 5minutes from town •Shared well alreadyinplace 

•Power andFibreatboundary •Great building site 

•Bareland with services at the boundary. Waterisprovidedbythe shared well thatisalreadyin 

placealong with the ADCapproved septic tank plan. 


95 Cameron Street By Negotiation 

•1116 sq msubdividable with shared access driveway to rear of section 

•4bedrooms plus office, master with ensuiteand walk through robe. 

•Separate lounge off entranceand dining/kitchen 

•Double garage 

•Double glazing throughout 


119 William Street PBN 

•Lovelywarmand comfortable corner 2bedroom townhouse locatedcentrallyfor easetotown, 

schools and social events.You will enjoycookingupastorminthis spacious modern kitchen that 

has been updatedand opened up for open plan living to the dining and lounge,the decor is in 

pleasantneutral tones making it easy to matchyour tastes. 

E: lynne.bridge@raywhite.com 

39A Cox Street Offers over $499,000 

•Featured entry withlarge open plan entertainers kitchen, dining and living area 

•3double well appointedbedrooms,bathed in natural light 

•Master with bathroom access and sizable walk in robe 

•Stylish large bathroom (Jack and Jill entryoffthemaster bedroom) 

E: jarrod.ross@raywhite.com E: kim.miller@raywhite.com 

119A Racecourse Road 

By Negotation 

•Welcoming entranceleading to asunny large open plan kitchen- dining/living. 

•Flows to sun drenched patio and private courtyard. 

•Separate formal Lounge with featured vaulted ceiling, 

•Three double bedrooms and aspaciousofficeorfourthsingle bedroom 

E: chrissy.milne@raywhite.com 

14 Williamson Place $280,000 

•This home features agood sized lounge and dining area. Off the lounge,the conservatoryisan 

absolutesun trapduring both winterand summer and adds on thatlittle bit of extraspace, while 

thefloor mountedheatpump is the perfectadditionduring the wintermonths. 

•Twobedrooms within the home all featurebuilt in wardrobes. 

•Excellentoutside spacewith agood sized garden. 

E: jill.quaid@raywhite.com 

48/1236 RiverRoad,Hakatere $110,000 

•Two ample bedrooms 

•Fabulous familyfriendlyopen plan kitchen, dining,living area 

•Bathroom completewith toilet,shower, vanity, bathroom heater 

•Recently paintedinsideand out 

•Homelyand warm with afreestanding log fire 

E: kim.miller@raywhite.com 

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RESOURCE consent hasbeen 

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Christchurch City Council 

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QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8561 

ACROSS 

6. English county (10) 

8. Scruff (4) 

9. Aspersion (4) 

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11. Shout (4) 

12. Censure (9) 

16. Bleak (9) 

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22. Let in (5) 

23. Fish (4) 

24. Duck (4) 

25. Blot out (10) 

DOWN 

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2. Zodiac sign (7) 

3. View (6) 

4. Relative (6) 

5. Man’sname (5) 

7. Period (5) 

13. Employ (3) 

14. Poster (7) 

15. Crawl (5) 

17. Lowly (6) 

18. Being (6) 

19. Fairy (6) 

21. Claw (5) 

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ACROSS 

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(4,4,2). 8. Intimation that comes as ablow (4). 9. Perfect 

condition? The sauce! (4). 10. Altogether at home with 

everybody (2,3). 11.Isheknowledgeable but green? (4). 

12.Yes, could be amere deputy carrying it (9). 16. Said 

aloud, being blunt (9). 20. Sign the grouch was born under? 

(4). 22. Happen to have backed “House Dog” (5). 

23. Is it very hard to play with? (4). 24. The name on the 

poster? (4). 25. Bounced, we’re told, from start to finish 

(10). 

DOWN 

1. Fancy being top man at fifty-one! (6). 2. Hide in afield 

to the right (7). 3. Lady with whom I’m to exercise the 

arm Ibroke (6). 4. Don’tgoand Ileave me capsized in the 

water (6). 5. Gets out the basins (5). 7. I’m entering his 

name (5). 13. Point at and make vanish (3). 14. Before 

dawn the child has near pulled through (7). 15. Aim to get 

in trim for (5).17. Make straight for thehead (6). 18. Shoot 

rightinthe lip (6). 19. Leaving from, do return toAmerica 

(6). 21. What the horse does on seeing tne lightning? (5). 

SUDOKU 

VERYEASY 

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wanted 

to deliver the AshburtonCourier 

and Realtyevery Thursdayinthe 

Ashburtonurban area. 

Solution to previous Sudoku 

Solution to previous crossword 

Phone Leonie on 

308 7664 or email 


2264293 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

PEASTRAW, small bales. 

Delivered Ash. $5.50, ex 

paddock $4.50 each. 

Phone/text 027 434 0442. 

MEETINGS 

No.5215 

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Fill the grid 

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3 4 8 7 6 1 2 9 5 

9 5 7 4 2 8 1 6 3 

6 2 1 5 3 9 8 4 7 

2 3 9 6 8 5 4 7 1 

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8 1 6 2 4 7 5 3 9 

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Across -1,Vacuum cleaner. 8,Least. 9, Elastic. 10, Ensign. 

11,Regret. 12, Testy.14, Smile. 18, Loving. 20, Infect. 

23, Allegro. 24, Rinse. 25, Appropriation. 

Down -1,Velvet. 2, Class. 3, Uptight. 4, Chew.5,Erase. 

6, Natural. 7, Recite. 13, Envelop. 15, Minorca. 16, Alpaca. 

17, Strewn. 19, Negro. 21, Ennui. 22, Moor. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8560 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Passed thebuck. 8, Cree-p. 9, LebA-non (rev.). 

10, E-L-dest. 11,Writ-he. 12, S-C-old. 14, AsI-dE (rev.). 

18, Care-SS. 20, Gam-bit. 23, Tumbler. 24, L-earn. 25, 

Heavy sentence. 

Down -1,Packet. 2, Spend. 3, E-x-p-osal. 4, Told (tolled). 

5, (th)Em-ber(ries). 6, Un-noted. 7, Ken-neL. 13,Ca-ramb-a. 

15, Shall-ot .16, Scotch. 17, Stan-C-E. 19, S-ally.21, 

Brawn. 22, Free. 

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EDUCATIONAL 

CJ’S Driving School - 

Classes 2 & 5, 

endorsements F & D, 

forklift F&OSH, dangerous 

goods. NZTA approved 

course provider. MITO & 

Competenz assessor. 

Locally owned. Phone 

Christine 027 245 2563. 

MACKENZIE 

COMMUNITY 

GROUP 

AGM 

30th April2020 

5pm 

DorisLintonRoom 

RSA CoxStreet, 


2271521 

TheCancer Societyoffering 

supportfor people 

with acancer diagnosis 

and their families 

CANCER SOCIETY 

TheMackenzie Centre, 

122 Kermode Street,Ashburton 

ContactAnnie on 03 307 7691 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

PHARMACIES 

2271224 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medicalassistance outside of normal 

hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7, 

to speak withahealth professionalwho will giveyou 

free healthadvice on whattodoorwhere to go if you 

need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any 

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID. 

TheAshburtonDutyPractice for ... 

Good Friday10th April is 

AshburtonHealth First,308 Havelock Street. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7. 

Saturday11th April is 

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet. 



Sunday12th April &Easter Monday13th April is 

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road. 



Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the 

weekend and public holidays please telephone 

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105 

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002. 

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the 

answer phone. 

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex, 

East Street will be open on ... 

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm 

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm 

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open 

normal trading hours during the week,and on 

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. 

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays 

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice 

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116 

Broughttoyouby 

CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

SELL 

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Bales $5 per bale Medium 

Square Pea Straw, barley 

straw and linseed bales for 

Sale $40 a bale delivery 

$10 per bale. Ph 

02040233792 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

2271594 

ALLENTON Croquet Club 

Easter raffle is currently 

unable to be drawn due to 

Government lock down. It 

will now be drawn and 

publicized in the Courier 

newspaper at alater date. 

HOSPICE Mid Canterbury - 

Here when you need us. If 

you, or someone you care 

about has a life limiting 

illness, phone 307 8387 or 

027 227 8387. 

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES 

PANELBEATING and spray 

painting of cars, trucks, 

buses, horse floats & 

motorhomes, caravans, 

trailers, farm machinery, jet 

boats. Light engineering 

and aluminium welding. 

Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17 

Range Street, Ashburton. 

Phone 307 0378. 

HOME SERVICES 

ROOF COATINGS: All roof 

types, specializing in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not a problem. — 

Spraymaster 027-433-7780. 

HIRE 

SCISSORLIFTS for hire. 

4WD and slab lifts available 

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Pickup or delivery. Phone 

North End Engineering 308 

8155 for abooking. 

LPG REFILLS 

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Ashburton Courier: April 09, 2020

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