Ashburton Courier: April 23, 2020

Page 10, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday April 23, 2020
DEATHS
MAW, Charles Amos:
With sadness we
announce the peaceful
passing of Charlie on
Tuesday 14th April 2020
at Rosebank, Ashburton,
aged 93. Dearly loved
husband of Joyce for 66
years. Cherished father
of Elizabeth (deceased)
and John Chynoweth,
Leslie and Annette,
Geoffrey, Ian and Vicki.
Loved grandfather of
Richard and Tracey,
Sara and TJ, Jacqui and
Brad and Grant. Adored
great grandad to Jaryn,
McKenna, Andee, Freya,
Xanthe, Charlie and
Thomas. The family wish
to send their special
thanks to the caring staff
at Rosebank fortheir care
of Charlie over the past
years. Messages to the
Maw Family. 1433 Back
Track, RD12Rakaia. Due
to COVID19 a private
burial will take place.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 3077433
FORBES, Grace Lillian:
(formerly Smart)
17/4/1937-18/4/2020
Passed away peacefully at
Ashburton hospital with
her belovedsonsMichael
and Robert byher side.
Loving wife to the late
Ash Forbes, mum to
Robyn (deceased). Much
loved Mum to Gary and
Jody (Perth) and mum in
law toDebbie. Loved by
her grandchildren,
Angela, Vicki, Jason,
Siobhorn, Logan, Dillon,
Liam and Brearna. Loved
great Nana, tobegreat
great Nana, sister, aunty,
cousin and to many a
friend.
Gracewill be greatly
missed by us all,
her humour,cooking,
knitting,crafts, cardsand
housie.
Anymessages can be sent
to mike.smart123456@
gmail.com. The boy’s
respectfully request
that in lieu of flowers
donations can be
made to the Ashburton
Cancer Society. Aprivate
cremation will be held
for Grace but due to the
current circumstances
we are unable to hold a
memorial however we
will look at doing so at a
laterdate.
FamilyNotices
DEATHS
PAGE, Joy Leonie, on
April 16, 2020. Passed
away peacefully at
Rosebank Resthome,
Ashburton, aged 78
years. Dearly loved sister
of Brian Oliver, and much
loved aunty of all her
nieces and nephews.
Will be dearly missed by
her good friend Dorothy
and the Lefeber family.
Messages to POBox 472,
Ashburton7740. Aspecial
thank you tothe staff at
Rosebank Resthome for
their loving care of Joy.
At Joy’s request aprivate
cremation has been held.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
WELLS, Natalie Doreen:
on April 14, 2020: Passed
away peacefully at
Ashburton Hospital. Aged
87 years. Dearly loved
wife of the late Arthur
George Wells. Cherished
mother and mother in
law of Alison and John
Menary, Graeme and
Megan Wells, Jennifer and
Mark Holmes, Carolyn and
Jeffery Menzies, Kenneth
Wells and Robert Wells.
Treasured grandmother of
all her grandchildren and
their partners: Lisa and
Ben, Carl and Victoria, and
Talia and Cameron; Ashley
and Emily and Clawrence;
Callum and Toni, Courtney
and Karl and Brittaney and
Blair; Cameron and Henni,
Kerris and Sabrina; Braden
and Hilary; Aleisha and
Mikayla and Cameron.
Loved great grandmother
of Ari, Freya, Isla, Tessa
and Noah. Messages to
the Wells Family, POBox
472, Ashburton 7740. We
would like to acknowledge
the wonderful care given
by ward 1 Ashburton
Hospital. Because of the
current circumstances a
private burial has taken
place. It is proposed to
hold a memorial service
at St Stephens Anglican
Church at alaterdate.
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Ashburton
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IN MEMORIAM
COULTER Craig:
In loving memory of a
much loved husband
anddad taken from us 23
April2019.
Youare
missed each
and everyday,
for youwere
someone special
who meant moretous
than wordscan ever say
Loved and remembered
always
Carolyn, Lucy, Holly; Lee,
Sophie,Charlie; and Vinny
COULTER Craig:
One year ago you left us
Dad.
We will always remember,
that special smile,
that caring heart,
the special hugs,
youalways gaveus.
Youbeing there,
for Mum and us,
through all times
no matter what.
We will always remember
youDad.
Love forever
Lucy and Holly xx
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Online meat sales take off
By Mick Jensen
Trading mighthave looked uncertain whenlockdown
restrictions started, but Netherby Meats is now going great
guns and an online salesplatform is keeping nine staff
members in full time employment.
Demand is so great that business owner MikeHanson
is considering taking on more people to help with
deliveries and otherjobs.
‘‘Forthe first coupleofweekswedidn’t really know
what we wereallowedtodo ­wewere open, then closed
and then open again,’’said Mr Hanson.
Staffwere working five to 10 hours aweek and he was
wonderingwhat the futureheld.
He had applied for the Government’swage subsidy and
things were not looking too great.
‘‘I found myself stuck with $20,000 worth of meat that
I’d ordered before lockdown and thought I’d be allowed
to sell.
‘‘I wasn’tsure what to do with it. But thenthe story was
shared on television and countlessofferscame in from
people wanting to buy it.’’
Thosebuying it had donated the meat to Ronald
McDonald House, the Salvation Armyand othercauses,
‘‘which was quite amazing really’’.
Mr Hansonsaid themeat had been snapped up in just
two days.
NetherbyMeatstarted offering online sales on April6,
with the first delivery three days later.
On day one therewere 150 orders, and 100 on day two.
Saleshad continued to be brisk, said Mr Hanson, and
all of his staff were busyworking full days.
‘‘Customersare happy to orderonline.
‘‘They tick the items they want, pay online and then we
deliver.’’
Mr Hanson said local orders weredelivered by his staff
and acourier had been usedfor orders received from
Timaru, Geraldine and Christchurch.
He had put the time into developingthe online sales
Labour List MP Jo Luxton
Thank you to ateam of five million
Thiscolumn is about your unity,your sacrifice, and your
success so far.You should be enormously proud of what
we are achievingtogether, even though there’s plenty
moretodo.
We’re showing that ateamoffive million, working
together, really can take ahuge step towards the goal of
eliminatingCovid­19from New Zealand.
Now we havetofinish the job.
As you will have heard, New Zealand willmove out of
alert level 4after Anzac Day, on April 28. The
Government wouldnot have been abletomake that
decision without your efforts. Across New Zealandwe
cametogetherasone team. We went hard,and early, to
protect our bubbles and breakthe chain of transmission.
So far, your efforts looktobepayingoff.
Our infection rate (thenumber of caseseach person
withthe virus passesitonto) is now 0.48 (as at Monday),
lessthan half aperson each.Overseas the averageismore
thanfive times as high.That progressisthanks to you.
Nearly every case identified since April1isrelatedto
an existing cluster or personwith the virus. Fewer than 10
cases don’thave one of thoseclear links, whichisjust 0.6
per cent of the total number of cases. Thatsmall number
is thanks to you, too.
In addition, we have now testedover 85,000New
Zealanders for Covid­19and almostall those testsare
negative. Thatgives me confidence the risk of hidden
communitytransmission is low.
Netherby Meats owner Mike Hanson is flat out
with online meat orders.
platform, but it was ‘‘paying off big time’’.
‘‘I will keep it up and running post­lockdown, because
people are gettingusedtoitand it is aconvenient wayfor
some to shop.’’
NetherbyMeats has alsobeen operating amobile
abattoir, and therehas been gooddemand from local
farmers.
Mr Hansonwas still lookingforward to restrictions
beinglifted and his shop reopening but believed under
alertlevel 3the shop would remainclosed, which would
be disappointingbut something he had to accept.
Six projects put forward for funds
The Ashburton DistrictCouncil
hopes to hear by theend of the
month if sixprojects, including a
second Ashburton River bridge, will
be part of government’s economic
stimulus packagepost­Covid­19.
The Government has tagged$800
million forshovel­ready
infrastructure projectsthat can start
in thenext six monthsorassoon as
the constructionindustryreturns to
normal.
Councils all over the country
scrambled to putforwardprojects
and thefundhas beenmassively
over­subscribed.Auckland councils
submitted 90 projectsand
Wellington councils submitted
projectsworth $1.3billion.
Ashburton DistrictCouncilchief
executiveHamish Riach said the
volumeand scale of theprojects was
extraordinary butcouncil staff had
workedhard overthe Easterbreak
to make sure Ashburton’s projects
stood thegreatestchance of being
among those selected by Crown
Infrastructure Partners.
“It will be reallyinteresting to see
how theCrown Infrastructure
Partners canassess themountain of
applicationsfrom across the
country.”
Ashburton Mayor NeilBrownis
hopefulAshburtonprojectswillbe
among those selected,given the
South Islandmissed out on the
Government’s Infrastructure
Upgradepackageearlierthisyear.
The council has rankedits projects
across different categories, with the
already­planned secondbridge over
the AshburtonRiverontop.Italso
submitted applications forthe
Ashburton Libraryand Civic Centre,
the Ashburtonrelief sewer,Methven
water supply upgrade, Ashburton
railsiding relocationand safety
improvementsonroadfreightroutes
likeInland 72.
The Government saiditwould
consider funding projects around
water, transport, clean energy and
buildings, that would have apublic or
regionalgood, createjobsand be
abletoget under way in six months.
Althoughthe Crown was seeking
larger projects, over $10m,which
would have an immediate
stimulatory effectonthe
construction industry, smaller
projects are alsobeingconsideredif
theydemonstrate adirect and
immediate benefit to regional
economies andcommunities in
which theyare based.
In short, our team of five millioneffortisdoing the job
we set out to do.
Do not underestimate whatyou have achieved so far.
The situationtoday couldhave beenvery different. But
rememberthis is amarathon, not asprint.
As we move to alert level3,let’s not waste this chance
to eliminate the virus by losing our focusordiscipline.
We’re not out of the woods yet.Any complacency now can
undoeveryone’shardwork.
Schools will reopen on April29, but remember
attendance is voluntary –parents shouldkeep children at
homeifthey can.The small number of children attending
willprimarily be the childrenofparents who have to
return to their workplace.
Winning the fight against this virus is the best way to
savelives, butit’s alsothe bestthingwecan do for our
economy. That’s why there are stillstrict measuresinplace
at alert level 3.
Our aim is to enterlockdownonce,doitright,and
hopefullynever return. We all wanttomove down alert
levels as soon as we safely can. That’s the best way to
protect jobs and get our economy on the road to recovery,
too.
The discipline we have displayed at alertlevel 4must
now become the hallmark of our actions in alert level 3.
Kia kaha Mid Canterbury, you have shown your
resilience and communityspiritduring this alert level4
lockdown, let’s finish the job.