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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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3. Any TV or book<br />
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 />
techy but I’m someone who<br />
enjoys all that stuff.<br />
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For aconfirmed gardener this<br />
break is ideal preparation for<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 />
that Iamareal person, but you<br />
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 />
people doing what they<br />
shouldn’t. It’s light<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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• 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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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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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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 />
acrylic and ink on paper,594x980mm.Collection of <strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery.
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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 />
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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 />
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extra challenge but for<br />
orchards with irrigation<br />
the fruit size will be on<br />
par with previous<br />
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Choking children cause forconcern<br />
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medical personnal. They are reminding<br />
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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 />
“Parents and caregivers need to be<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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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Melinda Lattimore for<br />
the project. (Photo: Bill<br />
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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For any assistance you can still contact me<br />
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Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should phone<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<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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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 />
companies, Federated Farmers, the<br />
Rural SupportTrust, DairyWomen’s<br />
Network, the Governmentincluding<br />
Ministers and MPI,toachievecoordinated<br />
support for farmers during<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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The company is<br />
distributing$2.9 million<br />
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Customers will receive<br />
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The timingofthe<br />
refundmay vary slightly<br />
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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 />
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$50.<br />
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averagehousehold in<br />
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save about $110 this year.<br />
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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 />
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scheduleasnecessary.<br />
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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 />
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lime chip.<br />
The remainder will be<br />
used to build a bridge<br />
over the creek.<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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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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