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Methven accommodation providers 

are struggling and allowing interregional 

travel under AlertLevel 2 

will help get thingsrollingagain, says 

Methven Community Board 

chairman Dan McLaughlin. 

Mr McLaughlin said hundreds of 

beds in Methvenwere unused and 

providers had gone from earning a 

living to zero income. 

Visitor numbers in Methven had 

beensignificantly impacted by the 

outbreak of Covid19. 

Operators have lost thousands in 

cancelled bookings and it would take 

some time to recoup those losses,he 

said. 

It was important to get domestic 

travel started to support and keep 

accommodation operators in 

business. 

The ski season at Mt Hutt skifield 

is just afew weeks away and now was 

atime when accommodation was 

usually filling fast, he said. 

The skifieldisimportant for the 

Methven economy and its operation 

boosts visitor numbers in the 

township. 

Winterisusually ahive of activity 

in Methven, with accommodation, 

cafes and bars all bustling. 

Mr McLaughlin said while 

cafesand takeaways were back 

operatingtosome degree, that 

wasnot the case for 

accommodation and hospitality 

venues. 

He said he favoured the idea of 

atransTasman bubble, which 

would potentially see travel 

allowedbetweenNew Zealand 

and Australia. 

‘‘Gettingdomestic travel back 

up is the start, and then 

expanding ittobring in Australia 

as well is another step forward in 

my opinion.’’ 

Mr McLaughlin said 

international visitorswere not 

likely to come to New Zealand 

again for manymonths, which 

was the sad reality of the 

pandemic. 

Methven wasayearround 

destination that offered so much, 

and he urged everyone to 

consider it. 

He said many in ruraljobs 

around Methven hadcontinued 

to work in primary production 

during level 4and now level 3. 

‘‘Methven is abusyand 

industrious district, but its 

tourism sector needs support 

now.’’ 

By Toni Williams 

Flour shortages around the country 

have seen the dedicated crew at NZ 

BioGrains, in Ashburton, working 

flat out to help ease limited supply. 

And the appreciation of 

customers has been the best tonic to 

keep going. 

NZ BioGrains manager Harry 

Miller Harry Lowe outside NZ BioGrains located in the former 

Midland Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd building in Ashburton. 

Lowe has driven from Queenstown 

to Nelson delivering flour during 

lockdown and said as bakers 

nationwide shut down, more people 

seemed to have taken up their own 

baking. 

“It was extremely busy,” he said, 

estimating the eight staff working at 

the mill were at least two to three 

times busier than usual over the 

fourweek period when the country 

was in Alert Level 4. 

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By Linda Clarke 

Ashburton Library manager Jill 

Watson has been comfort 

reading during lockdown. 

Her author of choice is 

historical romance writer 

Georgette Heyer and Ms 

Watson has been rereading 

those books in her personal 

collection at home. 

Heyer’s prose is like acomfort 

blanket in these stressful covid 

times, she says. 

The public library, like other 

Ashburton District Council 

facilities, is still closed to walkin 

customers during Alert Level 3. 

At work, Ms Watson and 

other staff have taken the 

opportunity to weed out about 

1500 books from the library’s 

collection of around 77,690. 

Nonfiction books that are 

outdated, like those on 

technology, and books that have 

literally been read to bits or not 

checked out for avery long time 

have been deselected. Some 

could be sold, she said. 

Ashburton library staff work their way through books that face 

de-selection. 

New books that arrived before 

lockdown are also being 

catalogued. 

In the several hours before the 

library temporarily closed in 

March, readers rushed to stock 

up on books to read while they 

stayed at home to help stop the 

spread of Covid19. 

It was ashame there had not 

Kerrin’s digital goal 

Allenton Primary School 

associate principal and head of 

ICT and elearning Kerrin 

Corcoran has been awarded a 

$10,000 leader’s scholarship by 

the Advance Ashburton 

Community Foundation. 

Kerrin wants educators and 

students in our district to 

become digitally fluent. 

She says that fluency is vital 

to meet education needs now, 

as shown during the current 

covid crisis, and in the future. 

“I strongly believe that 

digital tools offer great 

opportunities to enhance 

learning and improve 

educational outcomes for all.” 

Kerrin says the focus needs 

to be on digital capability for 

educators and students. 

“We are all learners, as the 

digital landscape is forever 

changing and evolving. 

‘‘The challenge is not to 

know how everything works 

the challenge is to become 

digitally fluent, so we are 

capable of choosing the right 

digital tool to meet our needs 

or desired outcome.” 

Kerrin Corcoran wants to 

help Mid Canterbury 

become digitally fluent. 

The charitable foundation 

was impressed by Kerrin’s 

passion to build digital 

capacity not only of students 

and teachers, but also of the 

wider Mid Canterbury 

community. 

been more notice, she said, so 

more readers could get some 

books under their belt. 

Aspinoff has been the 

greater number of borrowers 

signing up to the library’s digital 

service, which includes 

electronic books and audio 

books. 

Ms Watson said library staff 

Kerrin’s plan is to establish 

the Mid Canterbury 

eLearning Network which 

will provide an opportunity for 

educators to network and 

learn from each other how to 

develop their and their 

students’ digital capabilities. 

She says Mid Canterbury 

has ahistory of being 

innovative in its approach to 

new initiatives involving digital 

technologies. 

The development of an 

eLearning Network will allow 

these innovations to be shared 

with colleagues to develop the 

capabilities within the wider 

community. 

The scholarship will allow 

Kerrin to undertake further 

study and become aGoogle 

Certified Teacher and 

Certified Trainer using the 

Google Suite. 

Units will include digital 

safety, tools for diverse 

learners and supporting 

English language learners. 

She plans to spread the 

benefit of her professional 

development widely. 

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had been helping customers sign 

up and had bought more online 

books to support the greater 

numbers using it. 

Digital issues in April during 

lockdown were 1122, compared 

to 563 in April last year. 

The library also has adigital 

storytelling service that 

borrowers can access through its 

webpage. 

Ms Watson said borrowers 

with no access to paper books, 

had been encouraged to become 

digital users. Many had taken the 

opportunity. 

‘‘Some people have just joined 

us to use the ebooks in this time. 

‘‘Hopefully they will continue 

to use us later on for other 

things.‘‘ 

She said afew conventional 

readers had found they enjoyed 

listening to audiobooks while 

they were gardening or driving. 

Don’t panic if you have a 

library book you can’t return. 

All books have been extended 

to June 30 and no fines will be 

incurred during lockdown. 

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Mid Canterbury police will be 

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more traffic returns to the 

district’s roads. 

Ashburton senior sergeant 

Leigh Jenkins said officers had 

noticed people were driving faster 

during Alert Level 4and there had 

also been an increase in 

pedestrians and cyclists. 

‘‘Now we have progressed to 

level 3, Iamconcerned with the 

combination of increased speed, 

additional road users back in the 

flow of traffic and recreational 

activity on or near the roadsides. 

‘‘I have asked my staff to 

concentrate efforts on road speed 

and in particular the transition 

from open road to diminished 

posted speed signs on the entry to 

our various town entry points.’’ 

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everyone that the Alert Level 3 

restrictions mean any outdoor 

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Weathering life’sstorms 


Noel Lowe is approaching 80 and has 

weathered more than afew storms and 

lockdowns. 

The former Ashburton Forks farmer was 

not yet in the world and off to Malvern 

Maternity Home with his parents when the 

car they were driving just made it over the 

Hinds River bridge before acomplete wash 

out. 

The bridge was out for months and it 

meant asizeable detour for traffic. 

‘‘It cut off the main South Island travel 

route and kept anumber of people at home 

for awhile. 

‘‘The new bridge they put in at Hinds was 

the first in New Zealand with ahump in it 

and it’s still there today,’’ Mr Lowe said. 

He has also lived through big snow 

dumps, windstorms, floods and 

earthquakes that have cut off parts of the 

community for days at atime. 

‘‘My first experience of alocal lockdown 

was the 1945 snowstorm. Iremember 

waking up and looking out the window to 

see the snow level with the windowsill. 

‘‘It was three feet deep. It lay on the 

ground for over four weeks. Roads and 

schools were closed, power poles were 

Noel Lowe is keeping active. 

down and there were no telephones.’’ 

The big snow of 1972 cut off rural areas 

here for 12 days, he said. 

The snow event in 2006 did the same 

thing and forced communities to hunker 

down, show their resilience and live in 

isolation for awhile. 

As aschool boy at Ashburton Forks 

School, Mr Lowe remembers the impact of 

the 1947 polio outbreak. 

‘‘I was just seven at the time, but Ican 

still vaguely remember it. There was no 

school for three months, which was great 

for us kids.’’ 

Mr Lowe is taking the current 

coronavirus lockdown in his stride and is 

adapting to the situation alongside his wife 

Audrey. 

Regular walks and bike rides are keeping 

him active. 

‘‘I’m about to get my OBE (over bloody 

eighty), so I’ve lived abit and seen abit. 

‘‘Our citizens will emerge stronger from 

this current experience, unfortunately our 

businesses will suffer from the monetary 

inactivity and some of them will fail and fall 

by the wayside.’’ 

Mr Lowe farmed for nearly 60 years and 

has lived in Ashburton for the past 12. 

He is an active member of Ashburton 

Pakeke Lions, and its current president, 

and is also akeen photographer. 

He and some of his Lions friends have 

been growing beards during lockdown, but 

Mr Lowe’s came off shortly before a 

funeral he went to last week. 

‘‘I thought it would be disrespectful to 

have the beard, so it had to come off.’’ 

Councillors keen on pay freeze 

Ashburton mayor NeilBrown 

and district councillors have 

told the Remuneration 

Authority theydon’t want apay 

rise and that most councillors 

would actually accept a 

decrease, becauseofthe 

economic impact of Covid19. 

The authority determines the 

pool of money councils mustpay 

their elected councillors and 

allocated $377,856 to be 

distributed to Ashburton district 

councillors. The pool does not 

apply to the mayor and Methven 

Community Boardmembers. 

Council currently allocates 

$57,502 to deputy mayor Liz 

McMillan, $43,000 to five 

councillors with committee 

chair status and $35,118 to the 

other three councillors. The 

mayor’s pay is $121,500. 

The Remuneration Authority 

says it is bound by law and can’t 

decrease members’ pay, despite 

the unprecedented 

circumstances. It can decide to 

freeze remuneration rates at the 

next determination though, and 

will not stop councillors from 

donating some of their pay to a 

charity. 

PrimeMinister Jacinda 

Ardern said she, ministers and 

heads of core government 

agencies would be amending the 

law to enable them to take 

voluntary pay cuts of 20 per cent 

for six months. 

Similarpaycuts have been 

debated by councils and elected 

members around thecountry 

already. In Ashburton, 

councillor John Falloon has 

already said he will give 20 per 

cent of his salary each fortnight 

for the next six months to the 

IHC. 

“In doing so Iacknowledge 

that many NewZealanders have 

seen their pay cut to 80 per cent, 

whileothers have lost their jobs 

entirely,” he said on Facebook. 

Authority chair Fran Wilde 

told Ashburton district 

councillors there were mixed 

viewsinlocal government and 

the authority was waiting for a 

national policydecision from 

government. 

She said somelocal 

government members were on 

relatively low levels of 

remuneration. 

Mayor Brown said council 

should sit tight and be part of 

the nationwide response,when 

it was decided. 

Council had already emailed 

the authority saying members 

would not be seeking apay rise 

for the next financial year.“The 

bulk of councillors also said a 

decrease in remuneration would 

not be unfavourable.” 

Rosebank itching to break out 


Staff and residents at Rosebank Resthome 

are looking forward to ‘‘bursting their 

bubble’’ and returning to normal life when 

restrictions are lifted. 

Some 120 residents and 80 staff at the aged 

care facility have been in one of the district’s 

largest bubbles for the past six weeks while 

the country battles Covid19. 

Rosebank manager Sue Prowse said it had 

been achallenging few weeks, but staff and 

residents were in very good spirits. 

The first two weeks had been the toughest, 

but the resthome had established aroutine 

and everyone had adapted well. 

‘‘The hardest thing for the residents is not 

being able to see their loved ones. 

‘‘Staff have stepped up to fill that void to 

some extent and I’ve been very happy with 

the way they have handled the challenges.’’ 

Anumber of staff members also faced the 

added stress of having family overseas at this 

difficult time. 

Mrs Prowse said the Rosebank bubble was 

strong and united. 

The resthome’s Facebook page featured 

regular updates and photos of what residents 

were up, which enabled family and friends to 

see that their loved ones were happy and well 

looked after. 

The past few weeks had been atime of 

Some of the male residents in Rosebank share afternoon tea and achat during 

lockdown. 

innovation and the facility had been asafe 

and fun place to be, she said. 

Anzac Day was marked with aservice in 

the car park, and salsa dancers had 

impressed with adancing display. 

Although regular resthome entertainer 

Noel Johnson had not been able to visit, 

residents had enjoyed his music by listening 

to his CD. 

Afternoon drinks and nibbles were still a 

regular and popular social event that brought 

residents together, she said. 

Mrs Prowse said she had been impressed 

with the support offered by agencies such as 

the Canterbury District Health Board, 

Ministry of Health and Aged Care 

Association during the crisis. 

Daily emails and regular updates and 

advice had helped ease some of the worries 

of lockdown. 

She said she was not sure what Alert Level 

2restrictions would mean for the resthome, 

but hopefully it would see the return of 

visitations, albeit with smaller numbers and 

strict controls. 

Residents and staff at Rosebank intend to 

celebrate the end of restrictions, and bubbles 

of the fizzy kind are likely to be popped.


Council aiming to buy local, show support 


The Ashburton District Council is 

making more of an effort to buy 

local in the next 12 monthstohelp 

Mid Canterbury’s economy recover 

from Covid19. 

Councillors had asked for a 

report on council spending policy 

and decided to take the middle 

ground of options that included 

changing nothing about their 

spending habits, changing some and 

changing most. 

Cr Carolyn Cameron wanted 

council to change most, but she was 

alone voice and all the others voted 

for the “do some option” which 

directs council officers to shop local 

where possible for the next year. 

Local suppliers must be preferred 

in purchases $80 or less, forthings 

like supermarket items, tools and 

vouchers. 

Local suppliers should be 

preferred for items between $81 and 

$10,000, where the estimate 

obtained is within five per cent of 

the most competitive estimate for 

things like catering, and services like 

plumbers, electricians and builders. 

The local value principle would 

be applied for spends from $10,000 

to $74,999, however the best overall 

deal for the ratepayer should win 

out. For spends $75,000 and higher, 

there is no additionalrequirement 

to prefer local suppliers though the 

local value principle would be one 

of the rules applied. 

Officerswill use their discretion to 

assess local value,based on 

businesses that provided local 

employment, usedlocal suppliers 

andsubcontractors, manufactured 

locally, added value locally, built 

localcapacity and looked for local 

innovative solutions. 

Report writerToniDurhamsaid 

localcould haveavariety of 

meanings.Anational business that 

employed 100 localpeople and spent 

$10million ayearonlocalservices 

contributedasignificant amount to 

theeconomy, but abusinessthat had 

alocal registered office but subcontractedwork 

to others outside 

thedistrict may only contribute a 

small amount to theeconomy. 

She said council officersalready 

procured aconsiderable amount of 

goods and services locally. In July 

lastyear,half of all purchases were 

local. 

Council’s existingprocurement 

policy wasahighlevel principlesbased 

documentthatalso followed 

government rules aboutbeingfair to 

all suppliers and getting thebest deal 

for everyonethat meant thatoutofdistrict 

suppliers were often the best 

option. 

The newprocurement guidelines 

willbecirculatedtoofficers. 

Cr Cameron saidshe preferred 

the do most option,which put a 

premium on buying localand 

supportedMid Canterburyindustry 

to grow again. 

The report said thisoptioncould 

increase costs and rates. 

Shesaid changingnothingwas a 

disgraceful optionand council 

needed to makemorethan atoken 

gesture. 

Cr Lynette Lovettdisagreed and 

said ratepayers would not thank 

council foranincreased ratesbill. 

“Itcould be far more expensive 

for us to buy local. Andwho is local 

and whoisnot?” 

Cr John Falloon said he also 

preferred the middleground. 

Council’s biggest costwas wages, and 

most of thepeoplecouncil employed 

lived locally. “We aredoingour bit 

fromthatpointofview.” 

He saidlocals deserved afair 

chance of having tenders considered 

and policy allowed forthat. 

Flexiblestaff rise to challenge:Riach 

It’s been achallenging few weeks, but 

Ashburton District Council chief 

executive Hamish Riach is proud of 

the way his staff have met the 

challenges and adapted their 

working day to get jobs done. 

The council is one of the district’s 

biggest employers with around 300 

full and parttime staff on its books, 

including asizeable number at EA 

Networks Centre. 

Mr Riach said around 60 per cent 

of staff had been able to work from 

home during lockdown, while others 

had been redeployed to help in other 

roles. 

Staff from EA Networks Centre 

and other areas of council had 

helped with civil defence work and 

with other agencies. 

Some had been on the telephone 

checking on people in the community 

and helping deliver meals on wheels 

and pharmacy orders. 

Others had cleaned at the Covid 

19 assessment centre and generally 

got involved ‘‘with anything that 

made good sense’’. 

Mr Riach said around 50 staff had 

been redeployed for part of 

lockdown. 

Council gardeners and mower 

drivers in the open spaces team 

returned to their jobs when level 3 

restrictions were lifted and had been 

busy catching up with work. 

Mr Riach said the council did not 

qualify for the Government wages 

subsidy, but had supported all staff 

during the first month of lockdown. 

It would now look at workloads 

and assess things from there. 

‘‘I’ve been impressed and proud of 

the way my staff have adapted during 

these difficult times and the situation 

we find ourselves in. 

‘‘When we reflect back over these 

five weeks there will be anumber of 

positives to take out of it.’’ 

Mr Riach said the future could see 

some staff work more from home, 

but for the majority areturn to the 

office and the council building was 

on the cards. 

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deliveries from one end of the South 

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which has done over 500,000km. 

The Isuzu, the latest in the fleet, 

will be used until it retires; just like 

those preceding it. 

It can carry up to five tonne of 

product. 

“We were quite lucky, we’ve been 

doing our own deliveries around the 

South Island for 30 years,” he said. 

Mr Lowe and his wife Mary own 

the business, which has operated 

from aDobson Street site for the 

past 33 years. 

He said most stock food deliveries 

were already dropped, contactless, at 

designated sheds on farm. 

And that contactless delivery had 

continued to front doors with 

household products sales, including 

flour that had noticeably changed 

from small orders of 1.5kg, to much 

larger quantities of 25kg. 

Home delivery, no problem: Harry Lowe, of NZ BioGrains, and his 

trusty Isuzu are regulars travelling South Island roads. 

Most people were pretty relaxed, 

he said, once they knew who he was 

and why he was at their property. 

‘‘Some people are so grateful to 

get (their delivery); that's where you 

get your energy from,’’ he said. 

He said an influx of hundreds of 

orders in the leadup to lockdown 

sparked abrief shutdown on 

ordering until it “fell into place”. 

In normal times, the business had 

asteady market pattern with 

customers ordering monthly or 

weekly, however there was no normal 

right now due to Covid19 

restrictions. 

“We’re taking it for what it is, we 

don’t have achoice,” he said. 

As busy has it had been, he was 

grateful for acouple of days respite 

over Anzac Weekend before heading 

back into work for the next leg, 

although at the reduced Alert Level 

3. 

He said the large size of the mill 

worked in favour of social distancing 

rules at work and allowed staff to 

keep to their own areas. 

And customers picking up product 

can now do so at the front door. 

Lachlan Kingan has landed himself 

aplace on the committee of the 

Ashburton Aviation Museum and 

is the youngest member by more 

than 50 years. 

The 17yearold Ashburton 

College student has been flying 

high since his first flight at the age 

of 11 and is aregular at the 

Ashburton Airfield. 

He has flying in his blood. His 

greatgrandfather was abomber 

pilot, his grandfather Derek 

Aldridge has his wings and was first 

president of Mid Canterbury Aero 

Club, and his own dad Graeme also 

learned to fly. 

Lachlan’s flying mentor is 

Ashburton Aviation Pioneers flight 

instructor Les Vincent, who also 

happens to be his third cousin. 

Mr Vincent has taught two of his 

sons to fly and both now have 

careers as Boeing captains. 

Lachlan’s aim is to become a 

commercial airline pilot and he’s 

on the right flight path to achieve it. 

The Year 13 student said his 

latest flying qualification was an 

advanced microlight certificate 

with passenger rating. 

Although there was not flying at 

the moment, he was aiming for 

more future flying time and his 

private pilot license. 

Lachlan said he was pleased to 

have been asked on to the aviation 

museum committee and said there 

was alot of knowledge he could tap 

Lachlan Kingan with instructor 

Les Vincent after completing 

his first solo flight, age 16. 

(Photo Warren Janett) 

into. 

‘‘I’ll be offering input from a 

younger person’s perspective and 

I’m looking forward to it.’’ 

Ashburton Aviation Museum 

president Warren Janett said 

Lachlan was avery familiar face at 

the airfield. 

He was good company, had a 

good head on his shoulders and was 

prepared to give up some of his 

spare time to lend ahand. 

Mr Janett said most of the 

committee and the museum’s 

members were over the age of 70, 

so it was good to inject some new 

blood. 

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Sticking to contactless takeaway rules are Nosh staff member Kelsey Greer (left) and cafe regular 

Karen Christensen. 

Cafe openfor takeaways 

Food and drinks are back on the 

menu again at Nosh, but it’s far 

from business as usual. 

The Ashford Village venue, a 

popular spot with locals and 

passing traffic on nearby West 

Street, opened for business when 

new Alert Level 3restrictions came 

into force. 

Like anumber of cafes around 

the district, orders are being taken 

via telephone or the Regulr app 

and they are strictly takeaway only. 

There are firm rules around 

pickup and payment, and entry is 

via the side ramp door. 

The inandout system is clearly 

marked and only one person at a 

time is allowed in to collect the 

order and to make payment via 

payWave. 

Nosh coowner and head chef 

Vicki Waaka said there had been a 

steady stream of pickups over the 

past week or so. 

Anumber of bigger orders had 

come in from local businesses and 

the systems in place were working. 

Customers were primarily locals, 

and anumber of regulars, and 

Nosh was very grateful for the 

support, said Mrs Waaka. 

She said the business was 

running adownsized covid menu 

and it was good to get some 

cashflow going again. 

She expected Alert Level 2to 

mean strict rules around customer 

distancing and hygiene when it was 

introduced. 

Nosh regular Dave Christensen 

said he and his wife Karen had 

been to the cafe acouple of times 

under level 3. 

‘We love the staff and the food 

there and it’s important for us to 

support this business and others in 

Ashburton at this time.’’ 

Ashburton District Council is 

preparing to reopen EA Networks 

Centre once level 2restrictions are 

introduced. 

Council group manager service 

delivery Neil McCann said council 

expected to receive new protocols 

regarding the rules for reopening the 

pool, gym and sports hall very soon. 

The centre had operated briefly 

under level 2rules previously and he 

expected many of those rules to still 

apply. 

Processes may need to be tweaked, 

but staff were eager to get back to work 

and were preparing for the reopening. 

Mr McCann said there would need 

to be strict control of numbers 

accessing all areas of the facility. 

Social distancing would be enforced 

and there would be separate entry and 

exit points. 

Numbers in the facility would be 

restricted, but official confirmation on 

those numbers was still needed. 

Mr McCann said council had taken 

advantage of Alert Level 3restrictions 

to catch up on maintenance work at the 

centre now, rather than have to close 

areas later. 

Contractors were in to complete a 

number of jobs including carpeting, 

painting, tiling work in the pool area, 

electrical and other maintenance. 

He said the water temperature in the 

aquatic area had been lowered during 

lockdown, and the spa pool drained to 

save power. 

The council is receiving updates and 

advice from the Local Government 

John Perte from Brady’s Painting & 

Decorating at work at EA Networks 

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dairy women award 

BE INTO 

By Toni Williams 

Mid Canterbury farmer and personal 

development coach Tania Burrows has 

won the inaugural Dairy Women’s 

Network Regional Leader of the Year 

award. 

The newlyestablished award was set 

up to recognise the work done for the 

industry by the 70 volunteer regional 

leaders nationwide. 

Tania, up against three other national 

finalists, farms with husband Johno, 

milking 1000 cows on a255 hectare 

property at Valetta. 

They also run a170 hectare runoff 

block opposite the farm and have up to 

1000 heifer replacements. They winter 

their own stock. 

Just over two years ago Tania trained 

as an accredited coach with the 

International Coach Federation. It 

helped her bridge the gap from a 

teaching career to farming. 

‘‘Coaching is aseries of powerful 

conversations that help you discover 

what is truly important to you. 

‘‘It helps us get to know ourselves on 

adeep level, use what we discover to 

break down barriers to our success, find 

our strengths and move ourselves 

forward, creating sustainable change 

and the lifestyles and the businesses we 

really want to have.’’ 

The couple have three daughters; 

Kerstin, 14, Catriona, 11, and Lavinia, 7, 

who love the animals, the wide open 

spaces and freedom to explore. 

‘‘Farming really is agreat way to raise 

afamily,’’ Tania said. 

She grew up farming in the 

Karangahake Gorge, near Paeroa. Her 

parents farmed dairy goats for anumber 

of years and owned agricultural 

contracting businesses. 

Tania and Johno began farming 

together in North Otago in 2010, when 

the milk payout was $3.90. 

She said the combined challenges of 

Dairy Women’s Network regional 

leader of the year winner Tania 

Burrows, of Mid Canterbury, with 

family dog Seek. 

the low payout with alarge mortgage 

and the business structure of the farm 

helped them focus on their farming and 

business management values. 

While they have been following a 

dairy farming path with agoal to own 

their own farm, Tania said one challenge 

has been living away from family. 

‘‘We really miss the support of having 

family close by. Family is areally big 

value for us so we make frequent visits to 

the North Island.’’ However farming at 

Valetta does have its perks not to 

mention the most amazing views of Mt 

Somers and Mt Hutt. 

She got involved with the Dairy 

Women’s Network to meet women with 

asimilar outlook and has been a 

regional leader for the past four years. 

‘‘DWN acknowledges the vital role 

women play in our industry and our 

rural communities. They are often the 

unsung heroes that keep all the wheels 

turning behind the scenes.’’ 

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Mid Canterbury dairy 

farmer Peter Gilbert has 

beentothe Canterbury 

Agricultural and Pastoral 

Showevery year for all of 

his 60 years. 

But this year’s show, 

now the New Zealand 

Agricultural Show, has 

beencancelled by Covid 

19. Thereisno show for 

the first time since World 

War II. 

The former past 

president was gutted but 

saiditwas ahard,but right 

decision. ‘‘So much work 

getsdone, thereisalot of 

time, effortand money 

involved.’’ 

He said makingthe 

decision to cancel six 

months out would save the 

association somemoney, 

making it easiertocarry 

on and have showsinthe 

future. 

Mr Gilbert has been 

going to the showevery 

yearsince he was born; he 

showed his first cow back 

in 1978, aged 19. 

In the following years 

he has been aregular 

exhibitor, active 

committee member,past 

president and judge. 

He said every year the 

committee,its board and 

eventhose within the 

event company were 

continually looking at 

Mid Canterbury farmer Peter Gilbert, with wife 

Anne, is apast Christchurch show president. 

ways to make the show 

better. 

‘‘Showweek bringsso 

many people to 

Canterbury. It’s amassive 

week. It will affectthe 

whole country, not just 

Canterbury.’’ 

Mr Gilberthas not 

shown his cows for the 

past two years due to 

Mycoplasma bovis, but 

was planning to thisyear. 

‘‘Obviously we won’tbe. 

It will be strange that 

week, abit of an empty 

feeling I’d say.’’ 

Mr Gilbertsaid the 

show needed all the helpit 

could get and the 

associationwas hopeful 

members would continue 

with their annual 

subscriptions. They had 

also started afunding 

campaign. 

New Zealand 

Agricultural Show 

president ChrisHerbert 

announced the 

cancellationwith great 

sadness. ‘‘With over 500 

volunteers and 2500 

individual competitions, 

the New Zealand 

Agricultural Show is a 

symbol of community, 

historyand heritage.’’ 

He said all 2020 

sponsors and trade 

exhibitors would get their 

money back or be given 

the optiontosupport the 

show in 2021. 

No decision has been 

made on the Ashburton 

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DEATHS 

MURDOCH, Noeline Mary: 

(nee Turton): 20-04-1926 - 

27-04-2020 

Passed away at Rosebank 

Resthome Ashburton. 

Dearly loved wife ofthe late 

Bruce. Loved Mother and 

Mother in Law ofRoss and 

Janice (Christchurch), Grant 

and Marie (Brisbane), Jane 

and Robert Ellis (Hinds), 

Mary and Peter Stalker 

(Mapua). Loved Granny and 

Great Granny. Messages to 

Jane No 3 R D Ashburton 

7773. Aprivate service has 

been held formother. 

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DEATHS 

LLOYD, Bryon Alexander: 

Passed away peacefully on 

2 May 2020 at Ashburton 

Hospital. Loved Dad of 

Sonya, and Aaron, best 

friend and husband of 

Marie, loved‘Bry’ of Kimand 

John-Paul, Jake, Josh and 

Cassie Tenebaum; Hayden 

and Kylie, Jerome and 

Carter Bedford. 

Messages 

to the Lloyd family c/- PO 

Box 472, Ashburton 7740. 

It was Bryon’s wish for a 

private cremation to be 

held. 

Paterson’s 


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7/9/59 -5/5/19 

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memories of youcome our 

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Online boost for Todds 


Ashburton main street retailer 

Todds, established 100 years 

ago, is among those navigating a 

new future with more online 

shopping. 

Retail NZ says up to 30 per 

cent of all spending could be 

online and some physical shops 

will disappear. 

Todds, and sister shop Preen, 

are not going anywhere but they 

have pivoted their business and 

reached out online to atrusted 

and loyal client base in Mid 

Canterbury. 

As clothing retailers, the 

businesses have been providing 

an essential service. 

Sophie Preen said lockdown 

had pushed them into anew way 

of thinking and introduced new 

ways of working. 

The stores now offered online 

shopping with free delivery or 

click and collect, local appro 

with contactless collection or 

home delivery and virtual 

browsing with help from a 

personal stylist via Zoom. 

‘‘We are people people, we 

love our customer contact, so it’s 

great to be back in this capacity. 

Letter to editor 

Clean air 

Could Isay how good it is to 

read in the papers and to hear 

on the radio how since 

lockdown our coasts, rivers and 

air have improved in the last 

four weeks. 

This has to be good, and to 

think that farming has still 

carried on, sheep still grazing, 

crops still planted and cows still 

farting and being milked so 

one has to ask where all the 

pollution is coming from. 

The other thing Ihave 

noticed driving to work each 

day, around trip of 80km, that 

there is only 10 per cent of the 

cars on the road. This has 

made it apleasure to drive, a 

bit like driving in the ‘60s, but 

with 90 per cent of the cars 

missing Ihave to wash the 

windscreen every night to wash 

the bugs off. 

Robert Spencer 


Driving home ‘buy local’ message 

Ashburton mayor Neil Brown 

Two weeks ago, we launched a 

new campaign designed to help 

our local economy recover as 

lockdown restrictions ease. Iam 

so pleased to see that Mid 

Canterbury Open for Business 

now has more than 200 local 

businesses registered on the 

online directory and it continues 

to grow every day. 

For residents needing to 

access products or services, the 

campaign is agreat and simple 

way to find which businesses are 

or will be open and what they’re 

offering all in one place: just 

visit midcanopenforbiz.nz 

Many of us understand 

(especially at atime like this) the 

importance of shopping local 

and spending our money with 

local businesses wherever 

possible. They provide jobs, 

support community initiatives 

and contribute to our overall 

Todds staff member Lyn Hart packages up clothes for online 

customers. 

‘‘We have had such wonderful 

feedback during this testing time 

and being able to give alittle 

happiness and help create stylist 

wardrobes is wonderful.’’ 

Sophie said new stock had 

arrived prior to lockdown and 

customers had been buying alot 

of casual comfort brands like 

Elm and Betty Basics. 

She said virtual browsing was 

an online version of apersonal 

styling service offered precovid. 

quality of life. Mid Canterbury 

Open for Business helps to drive 

home this message and 

encourage us all to be as 

supportive as possible of our own 

business community. 

Mid Canterbury, 

understandably is far from the 

only place in New Zealand 

looking to rebuild after Covid 

19. The economic impact of the 

lockdown has had ramifications 

for regions all across the country, 

which is why it probably wasn’t 

too surprising that other places 

have seen the merit of Mid 


too. 

Within days of launching the 

campaign, we started hearing 

from other councils who were 

interested in introducing it in 

their regions as well, which is a 

fantastic thing. 

In my experience, councils are 

Customers can choose atime to 

talk to astylist online.‘‘Our 

virtual sessions are working with 

Zoom. Ithink everyone has been 

pushed into using these sorts of 

apps over lockdown and are 

much more open and techsavvy 

than they ever were.’’ 

The two stores employ seven 

staff in Ashburton and they are 

reporting an encouraging and 

supportive response from local 

shoppers. 

Arrests for breach 

Several people have been 

arrested in Mid Canterbury 

over the past week, for offences 

including assault and 

breaching Alert Level 3 

restrictions. 

A 43yearold man was 

arrested on Tuesday, with the 

help of the armed offenders 

squad. He was charged with 

unlawful possession of firearms 

and class Adrugs. 

Ashburton senior sergeant 

Leigh Jenkins said police 

arrested a 27yearold man 

last Friday. He was in breach 

of his bail conditions and 

charged with breaching level 3 

lockdown rules. 

A subsequent search warrant 

executed resulted in 

charges of possession of cannabis 

and utensils for the 

consumption of cannabis. He 

was charged with two further 

breaches of lockdown rules. 

Police also responded to an 

incident at an address on 

Cameron Street last Thursday 

in which it appeared aperson 

allegedly harmed themselves 

and then went on to assault 

occupants at anearby address. 

A 29yearold man was 

charged with various assaults 

and inquiries are ongoing. 

Police responded to a 

Rakaia family harm incident 

and arrested a 44yearold 

man, who will appear in the 

Christchurch District Court on 

various assault and aggravated 

assault offences. 

Mr Jenkins said residents 

across the Ashburton District 

had generally been abiding by 

rules around Alert Level 3, 

however officers had dealt 

with a handful of breaches, 

primarily mass gatherings. 

quite good at sharing knowledge 

and working together for the 

benefit of their own 

communities. It helps make us 

all more resilient and 

demonstrates our Kiwi values of 

helping each other out. 

It therefore goes without 

saying that the Ashburton 

District Council is more than 

Rates relief 

AshburtonDistrictCouncilis 

offering to waive penalty fees 

on late rate payments for 

people experiencing financial 

hardship due to the Covid19 

pandemic. Letters havebeen 

senttoall ratepayers by 

council chief executive 

Hamish Riach invitingthose 

struggling financially to get in 

touch. An online form on the 

ashburtondc.govt.nz website 

can be filled in to apply for the 

late feestobewaived. 

Ratepayers can also email to 

rates@adc.govt.nz or call on 

307 7700 to discuss options. 

Mr Riach saidthese were 

difficult times for the district 

and the country as awhole, but 

the council remained 

committedtoproviding 

essentialservices. 

College roll 

Ashburton College started 

Alert Level 3with11pupils, 

butthat numberhas slowly 

reduced drastically.Last 

Friday there were seven pupils 

and for the firsttwo daysof 

this week there havebeenjust 

three. PrincipalRossPreece 

said students were now 

working in just one bubble. He 

said he waseagerly awaiting 

the details of whatlevel 2 

would mean for thecollege 

environment. 

RSA tribute 

Ashburton woman Dellwyn 

Moylaniscalling for people 

who createdAnzac Day 

tributes to makecontactfor a 

postAnzac Day display to 

raisemoneyfor Ashburton 

RSA.‘‘There were some great 

photos of displays, crafts,art 

work, poems, songsand 

services acknowledgingand 

commemoratingour service 

women and men.Aswewere 

in lockdown we weren't able to 

travel around andsee what 

others haddoneand not 

everyoneisonsocial media to 

see the photos, videosand 

postings.’’ Ms Moylanhopesto 

hold apublic display in the 

future, where for adonation, 

people can view the wonderful 

tributes. Heremailis 

volmidcant@gmail.com 

happy to share the Mid 


campaign with others around the 

country to help other 

communities overcome these 

economic challenges and get 

back on their feet as well. 

The great thing about Open 

for Business is that it’s easily 

deployable to other districts so 

that they too can push the 

message of supporting local. 

There are quite afew 

businesses in our area back at 

work during Alert Level 3, while 

others are needing to wait for a 

lower level to safely open their 

doors. 

If you haven’t already, go 

ahead and see which of your 

favourite local restaurants, 

tradespeople or suppliers are 

operating at the moment or will 

be as we work to move down the 

alert levels. Just visit 

midcanopenforbiz.nz and search 

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Council bids farewell 

to Ecan boss Bayfield 


AshburtonDistrict Councillors have bid 

farewell to Environment Canterbury chief 

executive Bill Bayfield. 

The regionalcouncilboss waswelcomedto 

the job on the day Christchurch was struck by 

adeadly earthquakeand leaves,10years 

later, in the middleofthe Covid19 

pandemic. 

He joked with district councillors in their 

online meetinglast week that some people in 

the region might be pleased to see him go, 

givenhis tumultuous decadehere. There 

have been major floodsand fires in between. 

He willtake up atop position with the new 

nationalwater regulatorinWellington. His 

acting replacement at Ecaniscurrent 

directorofscience StefanieRixecker. 

Ashburtonchief executive Hamish Riach 

said Mr Bayfieldhad shownstrong 

leadership and was widely regardedbylocal 

authorities in Canterbury. “He has been abit 

of afatherfigure in terms of awise head.” 

Mr Bayfield saidhehad fond memories of 

Mid Canterbury’s backcountry, and also of 

his welcometothe regiononFebruary 11, 

when the raftersinthe marae building in 

whichhewas aguest popped in and outof 

theirsockets when the big quake struck. 

He saiditwouldbebusinessasusual 

following his departurefrom Ecan. 

“Right now, it is hardtojudge all the 

things we have been working on with this 

government, and they have beendoingalot, 

how fast any of themwill come to fruition 

and be implemented. 

“I think the focusfor the next year will be 

very much on recovery from arecession post 

Covid. Ithink all of us havetolook at our 

programmesand plans in the future and 

Environment Canterbury departing chief 

executive Bill Bayfield. 

rethink how we might be implementingsome 

of these.” 

The expected work at the water regulator 

might be differentinapostcovid 

environment, he said.Whilethe current 

virus had been spread by droplets in the air, 

the nextone could be waterborne. 

He said most councils had donealotinthe 

pasttwo years to improve drinkingwater 

quality, following watercontamination at 

Havelock North.His new role wouldbe 

around drinking watersafety and waste 

water disposal. 

Mayor NeilBrownsaid people in the 

Ashburton district had lived through many 

environmentalplan changes under Mr 

Bayfield’s watch and he askedthat common 

sense prevail in the waterregulator’s future 

decisions. 

Award for Methven Lions 

Methven Lions have beenawarded the 

WintonShield in recognition of the Day 

in the Country event held earlier this 

year for young people associated with 

Christchurch’s Linwood Mosque. 

The shieldisgiven for the best club 

activity and the recipient is chosen from 

all clubs around the Canterbury region. 

LionsdistrictgovernorKevin Bryson 

said the Methven club’sevent showed 

compassion and support for peoplein 

need and demonstrated what Lionswas 

about all. 

The Day in the Countrywas 

organised by Francis Roystonand Mac 

McElwain and was well supported by 

the wider community. 

‘‘The beaut thing about it is that the 

Winton Shield is reallyanaward for the 

good folk of Methven who went out of 

theirway to make it aday to remember 

for the kids, ’’ Mr McElwain said. 

Everything had been laid on for free 

including jet boatingonthe Rakaia 

River, abarbecue, transport to and 

from Christchurch, lunchesand pikelet 

making, he said. 

Visitors had also enjoyed displays of 

shearing, dog work and milking, said 

Mr McElwain. 

Let’s finish the job 

As Iwrite this column, New Zealand has left 

the full lockdown of Alert Level 4behind. 

If everyone in our team of five million 

continues to be careful and work within the 

rules, hopefully we’ll never see that level of 

restriction again. 

Ifeel really heartened by how our 

communities came together to make Alert 

Level 4work. There were, of course, isolated 

exceptions, but the overwhelming majority 

of New Zealanders did an amazing job. 

We stayed home to save lives. We were 

careful when exercising or getting groceries. 

We were kind to one another. We did each 

other proud. 

But we’re not out of the woods yet. This 

is amarathon, not asprint. 

That means at Alert Level 3weall have to 

be just as resolute and disciplined as we were 

at level 4. So stay faithful to your bubble, 

even if you expanded it alittle in the move 

to level 3. 

As you’ll know, level 3does mean the 

economy has started to open up again. 

Important sectors like construction and 

forestry are operating once more. 

Many of the Government’s big 

infrastructure projects are on the move, 

employing New Zealanders today, and 

improving our country for decades to come. 

Online retail is up and running again in all 

sectors, from business clothes to playing 

cards, and everything in between. 

And level 3also means you don’t have to 

cook for yourself all the time anymore! 

If you’re one of the hundreds of 

thousands of New Zealanders who took the 

opportunity to get your first taste of espresso 

coffee, other takeaways or home delivered 

food, Ihope you enjoyed it –you’ve earned 

it. 

As well as enjoyment, those little 

pleasures fulfil agreater purpose. They help 

businesses big and small get back up and 

running again, and they help tens of 

thousands of New Zealanders heading back 

Labour List MP Jo Luxton 

to work in the retail sector. 

Agreat resource encouraging the 

importance of shopping local in order to 

boost our local economy and support our 

business owners is the new Mid Canterbury 

Open for Business campaign. 

Now, more than ever before, is the time to 

support local. 

So, at the start of Alert Level 3, thank you 

for taking the chance to support local 

businesses who have been doing it tough. 

They need you more than ever right now, so 

if you feel ahankering for ascone or anew 

pair of pants, please don’t be shy. 

Give your favourite shop acall or head to 

their website, and see if they can help you 

out. You’ll be helping them out, too. 

Most of us are still staying home to save 

lives. But now we can also help many local 

businesses to get back on their feet again, 

too. 

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Rural&Lifestyle 

Better rural connectivity 

can’t come fast enough 

Alice Vlaanderen, of Wakanui, can see the lights of 

Ashburton from her dairy farm home, but when it 

comes to online or mobile phone connectivity it’s as 

though the farm and its households are hundreds of 

miles from anywhere. 

The Vlaanderens have an active household of 

seven, which includes primary and secondary aged 

children currently doing amix of online and offline 

learning as part of Covid19 home schooling, and 

also ahouse on farm for their farm worker’s family. 

Mrs Vlaanderen said in the area, on the eastern 

side of Ashburton, they have two rural broadband 

provider options; Ultimate Broadband or Farmside. 

Both offer wireless connection but with differing 

degrees of success. 

The Vlaanderens struggled for along time to get 

better service. 

A$15m nationwide improved rural broadband 

coverage package, recently announced by 

government, cannot come fast enough for farmers 

like the Vlaanderens running businesses and raising 

families across Mid Canterbury. 

At one time they could only get 10Gb and paid 

$150 amonth for the privilege. 

She still has neighbours just 1km away whose only 

option is using abad connection. 

“We’re okay, we have Ultimate which is a 

satellite, wireless system. 

‘‘It’s really good but we can only connect to the 

system through (neighbours) Wests. We’re lucky we 

can get it. (In the past) it never worked, it was 

ridiculous.” 

It is unlikely they would ever get their dairy shed 

integrated with online technology as it would cost 

hundreds of dollars to upgrade. 

On top of which Mrs Vlaanderen said the area 

also had limited mobile phone coverage. 

She said the family was lucky to have alandline 

telephone because despite living just 15km from 

Ashburton they also had limited mobile phone 

coverage; there was just one point in her house 

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where the mobile phone got reception. 

“It’s terrible cellphone coverage.” 

Improvements under the package include 

upgrading some existing rural mobile towers, 

upgrading wireless backhaul, which connects remote 

sites to central networks, and installing external 

antennae on households to improve coverage. 

Federated Farmers vicepresident Andrew 

Hoggard said patching up rural connectivity issues 

was apositive sign for the future of rural 

communities. 

Especially as internet speeds for rural users were 

still likely to make tasks like internet banking, online 

ordering and online schooling an issue. 

‘‘The vast majority of New Zealanders living in 

towns and cities have absolutely no idea how bad 

internet access still is in some parts of the country,’’ 

he said. 

‘‘It is good the Government is looking for ways to 

continue to grow rural businesses with better 

technology, especially given the postCovid19 world 

we will be living in, so hopefully this is just the start 

of athoughtful approach to building rural business 

and community resilience,’’ he said. 

Rural Women New Zealand national president 

Fiona Gower said improving connectivity was vital 

to successful business, health and safety, education 

and social connection in rural communities. 

But would like Wireless Internet Service 

Providers (WISP’s) included in the funding and a 

commitment to improving cellphone coverage in 

rural New Zealand, especially with only 50 percent 

coverage across New Zealand it was rural 

communities missing out. 

“Covid19 has highlighted the issue of digital 

inequity with incredibly slow rural internet speeds 

and landlines overloading. 

‘‘Across the board, selfisolation and restrictions 

on bubbles mean that it is vital that communities 

have the tools to connect to, at the very least, 

maintain mental wellness.’’ 

Harvest yields up 16 per cent 

Despite fewer hectares being 

planted, 2020 harvest yields are up 

16 per cent across the board 

compared to last year, according 

to the latest Arable Industry 

Marketing Initiative survey. It was 

reassuring news given the season 

faced harsh weather conditions 

including hail and flooding. 

Federated Farmers vicechairperson 

grains Brian Leadley, 

of Mid Canterbury, said increased 

harvest yields with fewer hectares 

planted was encouraging. Some 

98,090ha were planted this season 

(compared to 104,000ha), yet 

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tonnes harvested were 

substantially up; 873,080 tonnes 

(796,700 tonnes). ‘‘This is despite 

asevere early season hailstorm, 

flooding in some regions and some 

pretty variable weather. It just 

highlights that our arable farmers 

are world class.’’ 

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Hardy lichens acommon sight 

Cleaning agarden bench is one of 

the jobs I’ve done during lockdown. 

The wooden slats were covered 

with the crusty yellow and grey 

lichens that are quite common on 

the trunks of fruit trees, the shady 

side of letterboxes and on roofing 

iron. 

Are lichens harmlessly living on 

the wood of my bench and trees or 

are they slowly eating away at the 

wood? Lichens are not plants, but a 

combination of fungi and another 

organismthat can photosynthesise 

(use the sun’s energy to make 

food), like algae or some types of 

bacteria.It’s acomplex 

arrangement, but if the algae or 

bacteria are providing the fungi 

with food, then maybe they aren’t 

eating my bench. 

The pairing of fungi and algae or 

bacteria is obviously awinning 

combo: lichens are found 

everywhere, from coastal house 

The pelt house at Silver Fern Farms’ mothballed Fairton plant has been 

disassembled. Parts of pelt processing operation will be carried out at other 

plants. 

Interest in Fairtonsite, 

butnobuyers to report 

Arealestate agent marketing Silver 

FernFarms’ mothballed Fairtonmeat 

plant saysthereare no developments 

to report on the saleyet. 

Offersfor the plant andsurrounding 

farmlandclosedinMarch; the plant 

has been decommissioned and the 

pelthousedisassembled forreuse, the 

farmcontinues to operate. 

Multiple partieshad expressed 

interest in the 485ha,whichcomprised 

of 32haplantand 453hafarmland. 

Colliers Internationalindustrial 

division director Sam Staitesaidthis 

weektherewas nothingtoreport on 

the sale process. 

The currentpandemic conditions 

hadnot beenafactor,hesaid. 

Sheepmeatprocessing at theplant 

stopped in 2017, with the lossof370 

jobs,following acontinued decline in 

regional sheep numbers following land 

usechange, particularly to dairying. 

Theplant’speltprocessing 

operationclosed lastyear with the loss 

of 44 jobs. 

Meanwhile, Silver Fern Farmshas 

delivered abrightsparktogloomy 

economictimes, posting anet profitof 

$70.7 million for the yearending 

December2019. 

Nature Matters -Mary Ralston 

roofs to alpine rocks. 

They can tolerate salt spray, 

freezing winter temperatures in the 

mountainsand baking hot summers 

on top of buildings. Their 

microscopic spores are blown 

around the world, allowing them to 

successfully colonise all sorts of 

environments. 

They are often some of the first 

organisms to coloniseabare 

surface after adestructive event 

like avolcano or rockfall. Lichens 

attach to rocks and start the 

process of soil formation by 

secreting acids which break down 

the rock to form soil. 

Then plants that are tolerant of 

exposure to sun, wind and 

temperature extremes can 

establish. These plants provide 

some shade and shelter, allowinga 

That figure is up fromjust $5.8 

million theyearbefore. 

Thecompanyisjointly ownedby 

ShanghaiMalingAquariusand the 

Silver FernFarms (SFF) Cooperative, 

whichitself postedanet profitof$34.9 

million. 

SFFchiefexecutive Simon Limmer 

said consumers had drivenupdemand 

forproteinbecause of thenegative 

effectthe Africanswinefever hadon 

Chinese pork. 

‘‘With customers in Chinalookingto 

beef andlambitemstofill some of the 

void left by thecullingofpigs,itset a 

positive benchmarkfor other markets 

to followand they responded 

accordingly.’’ 

SFFCooperativewas in astrong 

position with no debt, chairman 

Richard Youngsaid. 

‘‘Whilstthiswas achieved lastyear, 

we now haveastrong platform to 

weather aperiod where ourcountry 

andthe worldisinaperiodof 

considerable economic uncertainty.’’ 

Mr Young said the result wasSFF’s 

strongest in the lastdecade and ‘‘one 

thatismore fairlyrepresentative of the 

significant scale of thebusiness and 

our investmentinit’’. 

different group of plants the 

opportunity to grow. And animals 

move in and the processgoes on. 

Perhaps this process, called 

ecological succession, is playing out 

on my bench: the lichen may be 

very slowly breaking down the 

wood particles to form dusty 

organic matter which allows 

another speciesanopportunity to 

establish. 

Garden experts say that lichens 

growing on trees have no effect on 

the tree. But living things are not 

usually isolated from their 

environment–things in nature are 

always nicely interconnected. 

I’d say the lichen on the bench 

was secretly preparing the way for 

another speciestocolonise –ifI’d 

left the lichen, next year there 

would be weeds.


Mid Canterbury Rural 

&Lifestyle Specialists. 

Mid Canterbury focus andgetting message acrossthat 

we areopen forbusiness and that real estategoeson! 

The value of water 

Thetopic of wateralways attractspassionate discussioninbothurbanand ruralcircles. 

Waterreally is the“source of life”. Cleanwater to drink-essential, clean rivers and lakesfor 

animal lifeand recreation- essential, sufficientwatertosustainplant growthtoprovidefood – 

essential,beitnaturalrainorirrigation.Especially so if climate change is upon us we needto 

considerwhatfood canbeproducedifnatural watersourcesbecomelimited. Theconundrum 

we haveisthataspopulationgrows the quantum of waterisfiniteand needsbesharedor 

allocatedtomaximise thebenefits. 

It is here where thewaterusers starttobecome diverse!! Thereare many different callsonour 

waterresources. LegallytheCrown owns allthe freshwater in New Zealand, much in thesame 

way asitownsthe mineralsunder theland. Hence theneed to obtainResourceConsents, 

permits andlicences to utilise naturalresources.These areassessed on a“benefit”versus 

“detriment’ basiseitheronNational or Regional scale then dropping down to District (say 

Community )and individualbasis. 

We all understand waterisnot alimitless resource. Get adry summer in Christchurch andwith 

everybodyonwaterrestrictions andnotethe angst against waterbottlerstaking millions of 

litres from theaquifer without anypayment. Shouldtheypay?Ifthey do is it still economic? 

What is the valueofthe economic benefits lost if they shut?Whatisapriority,keeping our 

lawnsgreen or providingjobs andincome? Thesame in agriculture.Thereis“competition’ 

betweenagri waterusers and urbanand recreationalusers forboth qualityandquantity. 

Thereiscompetition betweenfarmers forthe same resource as theaquifer arenot limitless 

andgenerallythereisnomoreirrigationwater available unlessyouare in an area serviced by 

an IrrigationScheme. As afunction of this trade-ablewater rights originatedand werebid for 

whenoffered in muchthe same way asapropertyTender.InCanterbury Ecan have stepped 

in,asmodeling suggested the groundwaterresources were largely over allocated, sotrades 

becomesubjecttoareview andinmostcases Ecan reduced theconsented watertake able 

to be transferred. This oftenleftthe residual at sub optimal levels and notworth trading from 

afarmmanagementperspective.Asaresult to my knowledge it hasstoppedthe waterbeing 

traded. 

2510 MethvenHighway 

Idon’tpretend to hold theanswers. Ithink we allagreeweneedtobecollaborative and 

theprogress made betweenfarming leadersand waterrepresentative bodiesshould be 

acknowledgedmorethan it has. Onething Iseeclearly isthat, in MidCanterburywhere I 

am domiciled, is that forwardthinking pioneersofour irrigationschemes utilising shared 

waterresources from our rivers,sensible storage, somewithlow energygravityfed pressurised 

pipedwater, enhancedthewider District andNational economy. The followon is thousands 

of jobs,broaddiversificationofproductsandhenceabroaderrangeofinternationaltrading 

partners lowering economic risktoall. Suresomewilldobetterthan others. ButamongstthisI 

seesomefantasticrecreational opportunitiesaka Twizeland thenearbylakesasanexample 

whereeverybodygets abenefit.Wecan maximise thesocial and economic benefit when we 

collaborate. 

Iturnedmy mind to all this as IwalkedaroundLakeHoodthismorning andheardaradio 

commentatortalkingabout waterresource charging.Atsome point thiswould createa 

cost ofnotonlythechargesbutthecost of collectingthem. Maybethe wateruse suddenly 

becomes uneconomic and developmentstalls. If ourDistricthad to payfor the watertake 

to feed Lake Hoodwould it ever happened?Ifthebusiness people whodonatedthe seed 

capitalandtheir timepaid forwater would they have the surplustodonate? Every situation is 

different butweshouldlook at both sides and assessthe dual benefit as thepriority and work 

to mitigate the balance. Nothing willeverbeperfect butisthat is nota reason to do nothing? 

What made methink aboutthis wasthismorning,Isaw aDad with his songoing fishing. 

They lookedprettyhappy.Isaw somepeople from town on theirbikes. Theylookedpretty 

happy. Isaw people paddling kayaks.They looked prettyhappy.The foresight ofearlier 

generationscan take creditfor alot ofpeoplebeinghappynot just in MidCanterbury but all 

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ART ATHOME 

The Ashburton ArtGallery teamare bringing art to youwhile our buildingistemporarily closed. This sculpturebylateChristchurch artist Llew 

Summersisthe secondpiece from our collection that is able to be viewed while you’re out walking. 

Love Me Tender sits on Baring SquareEast,and depicts twopeople in an embrace. This work reflectsthe comingtogether of people,not only in 

terms of the twofigures,but alsobecauseitwas purchased for Ashburton bymembers of the community. Asimplestatement of love and 

warmth, it givesasenseoftogetherness and belonging to our town and providesthe opportunity for the community toenjoy art in their 

everyday lives. Like this sculpture, we hopethat the extension of bubblesthis week has allowedanewhug for many ofyou. 

If you'relooking for ideas and activitiestokeep busy throughout this time,visit us on Facebook orour website: www.ashburtonartgallery.org.nz 

Image: Llew Summers, Love Me Tender, painted concrete, 1994, 1560 mm x1400 mm x950 mm Collection of Ashburton Art Gallery.


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CROSSWORD 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8565 

ACROSS 

1. Wary (8) 

6. Tilt (4) 

8. Cab (4) 

9. Reference (8) 

10. Celebrate (5) 

11. Prize (6) 

13. Run (6) 

15. Account (6) 

17. Property (6) 

19. Bird (5) 

22. Lawless (8) 

23. Pile (4) 

24. Measure (4) 

25. Soak (8) 

DOWN 

2. Subside (5) 

3. Spear (7) 

4. Gemstone (4) 

5. Single (8) 

6. Lariat (5) 

7. Stifle (7) 

12. Trousers (8) 

14. Poison (7) 

16. Animal (7) 

18. Tally (5) 

20. Braid (5) 

21. Tail (4) 

CRYPTIC PUZZLENO. 8565 

ACROSS 

1. Either removes or leaves (5,3). 6. What the fan did that 

one spent alot of money on? (4). 8. Cry “look!” (4). 9. 

What it holds not having been changed into coins (8). 10. 

Kate’s cooked the meat (5). 11. Put out when one’s got 

prosecuted (6). 13. Are such headlines standard? (6). 15. 

Had the meal with her outside. It’s warmer (6). 17. A 

number cried offwhen he appeared (6). 19. Sees back and 

stays (5). 22. Nee Vines, possibly aforeigner (8). 23. Appearance 

of the people about one (4). 24. With the man 

again present (4). 25. In the case the lady hated packing 

(8). 

DOWN 

2. To avoid the tavern, turn off north (5). 3. The former 

wife and unattractive, you make it clear (7). 4. Neither 

before nor after was one caught in it (4). 5. Does it keep a 

room cool and bright? (8). 6. Makes up aconcoction for 

the said contusion (5). 7. As an old-time soldier myself, 

it’sjust great (7). 12. People who tell jokes, or where they 

get them? (8). 14. Is her lead-in off key? (7). 16. Try to 

use bait at first (7). 18. In which one may shoot aline(5). 

20. Utter serenityand that’snot all (5). 21. Quietly stretch 

out beside the dog (4). 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8564 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Sack.7,Telephone. 8, Iron. 9, Term. 10, Meek. 

11,Glee. 14, Relentless. 16, Celebrated. 19, Oath. 22, Stew. 

24, Turn. 25, Room. 26, Indignant. 27, Mend. 

Down -1,Sting. 2, Crone. 3, Reveal. 4, German. 5, Sham. 

6, Incessant. 12, Libertine. 13, Erse. 15, Ludo. 17, Rotund. 

18, Throng.20, Adore. 21, Humid. 23, Whim. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8564 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Tosh (anag.). 7, Enlighten. 8, Nee-d. 9, Peer. 

10, Rain. 11, O-wen (rev.). 14, On the stage. 16, Advertised. 

19, Odd-s(oda). 22, Irma (anag.). 24, Hart (heart). 

25, Over.26, Run across. 27, Blue. 

Down -1,Tan-go. 2, St-Eve. 3, In-tent. 4, Fier-c(ottag)e. 

5, Char. 6,Seeing red. 12, Wonderful (anag.). 13, NotE 

(rev.). 15, To-d-O. 17, T-shirt. 18, S-tress. 20, Devil. 21, 

Serge. 23, A-las (a lass). 

AWESOME office space for 

lease, rent or hire. Park like 

setting. Indoor and outdoor 

areas. North west town 

boundary. Must view. 

Phone 0274 754 241 

RENT ME! 

Ideal as an extra 

bedroomoroffice. 

Fully insulatedand 

double glazed forwarmth. 

Threeconvenientsizes: 

Standard3.6m x2.4m, 

Large 4.2m x2.4m 

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m. 

Visit our displaycabin 

418WestStreet or callfor a 

freebrochure. 

www.justcabins.co.nz 

2262540 

0800 58 78 22 

FOR LEASE 

2069759 

STORAGE available, Ashburton. 

Self storage, variety 

of sizes. Phone Rainbow 

Storage 03 307 0401. 

STORAGE: Secure self storage 

units available long or 

short term at Ashburton 

Storage Facilities. Contact 

us on 027 436 2636 or www. 

ashburtonstoragefacilities.co.nz 

WANTED TO BUY 

SMALLCAR 

TRAILER IN ANY 

CONDITION 

Would prefer 

one that 

needs repairs. 

2275449 

Phone 027 477 8068 

HIRE 

SCISSORLIFTS for hire. 

4WD and slab lifts available 

for daily or weekly hire. 

Pickup or delivery. Phone 

North End Engineering 308 

8155 for abooking. 

ALPS 

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING 

TRADE &SERVICES 

Having problems with your internal gutter systems? 

Do your drains keep blocking,causing leakage into the soffits and even your house? 

Areyour soffits falling out due to water rot? 

We canconvert your internal gutters to standard external gutters. 

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com 

Need help with BOOKKEEPINGor 

ADMINISTRATIONSUPPORT? 

Youdidn’tgointobusiness to do the 

books, butwedid! 

Let’shaveachatovercoffeeand seehow Ican help 

Silvia Haddock 027 2169478 

silvia@bradleyrural.co.nz l solutionsbusiness.co.nz 

Email: kennyslawnsandgardens@gmail.com 

For all your regular or one off lawns and 

edges, weed whacking, gardening, 

pruning, spouting clean, 

waterblasting and rubbish removal. 

Call Kenny or Marc on 027 2060 503 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 


Plains Rotary 

DELIVERED 

$ 

6.00 

per bale 

PEASTRAW 

and LINSEED STRAW 

Small bales 

Phone or txt Alisdair 027 410 6882 

Ian 027 432 0438; Murray 307 0353 

2272994 

LAWNMOWER 

Husqvarna 

LT125 ride-on, 6speed, 42 

inch cut. Phone 027 434 

0442. 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

SELL 

2274731 

ADVERTISEMENT makeover! 

From before to after. 

You’ll notice the difference 

with The Courier, 308 7664. 

2271160 

2271214 

2275453 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$27.50 

Askabout our 

deliveryservice 

Anysizecylinder filled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

2274771 

LOOKING to earn extra 

money, even while you’re 

out walking? Delivery 

people required. Phone 

The Courier 308 7664. 

Allworkmanship guaranteed 

Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380 

FACTORY SPRAY LACQUER 

A NEW LOOK 

that lasts! 

Existing kitchens, doors, 

furniture &appliances 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2274727 

BUILDING and property 

solutions. For your complete 

alteration or renovation. 

We project manage 

the whole process. Home 

and small commercial. 

Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308 

4798, 027 207 1478 or 

Cawte 027 418 7955. 

CARPET 2You -For all your 

flooring needs. Supplier 

and installer of carpet and 

vinyl, re-stretch & repair 

and carpet cleaning. Phone 

Mike Gill on 027 491 4210. 

CARPET cleaning -Powerful 

equipment & fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

at Supersucker 027 435 

1042 or 308 1677. 

CHIMNEY sweep - For a 

professional service call 

Dan McKerrow Chimney 

Sweep and Repairs on 021 

118 7580. 

CHIMNEY sweep. It’s time to 

start thinking about it. 

Camera inspection carried 

out and full inspection 

checklist is left for you. Call 

Allan 027 209 5026. 

COMPUTER problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

232 BoundaryRoad,Ashburton 

www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz 

E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz 

SITUATIONS VACANT 

DELIVERYPEOPLE 

wanted 

to deliver the AshburtonCourier 

and Realtyevery Thursdayinthe 

Ashburtonurban area. 

2275177 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, setup -wireless - 

networks, spyware cleanup. 

On-site day or evening. 

LOW FEES. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

you - Best prices, many 

sizes, textures and colours 

- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

Street, Industrial Estate. 

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

service and maintenance, 

WOF repairs, machining 

and welding. Odd jobs a 

speciality. Mobile workshop. 

Can collect. Phone 

Malcolm 027 475 4241 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all domestic 

and industrial pest control 

needs phone AJ Kerr at 

Ashburton Pest Control on 

03 308 8147 or 027 432 

5447. 

FURNITURE removals -For 

all your household removal 

needs, call Nudges Furniture 

Removals. Phone 027 

224 0609. 

GARDENING, mowing, 

pruning, fertilising, projects 

or general spruce ups? Call 

Andrew at Spruce Gardens 

to get the job done right. 

027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693. 

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz 

HYDRAULICS; Martin 

Bennett -Onsite hydraulic 

hose repair service 24/7. 

Stockists of Aero Quip 

hoses &fittings, Commercial 

hydraulics, Dynacool, 

Spool valves etc., MP Filtri, 

Walvoil. Call Justin on 308 

9778. 

LEGAL work -Phone Peter 

Ragg (Ashburton Law) for 

house sales, purchases 

and refinances. Will call at 

home evenings for wills, 

enduring powers of 

attorney. Phone 308 0327. 

PAINTER for all your painting 

needs. No job too small, 

inside or outside. Professional 

friendly service. 

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or 

027 200 1619. 

PAINTING wallpapering, 

plastering - No job too 

small. Interior, exterior. 

Professional, prompt, competitive 

service. Phone 

Tony Sivier at Paint It Ashburton 

on 021 878 794 or 

307 7289. 

PICK up the phone, Iclean 

your home. Bathrooms, kitchens, 

ovens, walls, 

ceilings, vacuum carpets, 

windows and ironing. Pensioner 

rates apply. Phone 

027 647 1712. 

PLUMBING, drainlaying, 

blocked drains. Phone 

Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing 

on 027 555 5575 or 308 

1248 (Master Plumbers & 

Drainlayers). 

SUN Control Window Tinting: 

Privacy, UV, glare, heat 

control for homes -offices - 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, member 

of Master Tinters NZ. 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

tintawindow.co.nz 

TV Reception Specialists for 

all your digital freeview 

installations and repairs, 

TV wall mounting, Smart 

TV set-up, home theatre 

installation. Call John at 

Ashburton TV &Audio Ltd 

03 308 7332 or 027 277 

1062. 

WINDSCREENS and house 

glass. Qualified flat glass 

glazier now in-house. Anything 

glass, give us acall. 

Your place or ours. Wilson 

Windscreens, 152 Wills 

Street, Ashburton. Phone 

03 308 8485. 

ARE you struggling to make 

ends meet? Need extra 

money? Why not sell your 

unwanted items in The 

Courier! Everything helps. 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

PEASTRAW small bales. 

Delivered Ashburton. $5.50 

each; ex paddock $4.50 

each. Phone/text 027 434 

0442. 

FRUIT &PRODUCE 

POTATOES Nadine and 

Agria. $2 per kilo. Phone 

308 3195 or 027 531 9103. 

81 Elizabeth Street. 

Phone Jann on 

308 7664 or email 


2264293


Dynamic Sales Person wanted 

SITUATIONS VACANT 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

16,065 copies delivered everyThursday 

TheAshburtonCourier is the best read newspaper in the MidCanterbury 

districtand is delivered into over16,065 homes,farms,rural deliveryand 

lifestyle blocks everyweek. 

We pride ourselves on connecting our people in MidCanterbury, with 

the best local news, viewsand issues.Weget fantastic feedback from our 

readers and advertisers from this. 

We arelooking forapassionate go-getter who would thriveinafun 

sales environment. Someone who is apeople person, has ahistoryof 

meeting targets and who is confidentwith client relationships as well as 

prospecting new sales. 

Your keyareas of focus will include but 

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consistentcall cycles 

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or TheAshburtonCourier, 

199 Burnett Street,Ashburton 

Allapplications will be treatedinthe strictest confidence. 

CASUAL STORE PERSON 


Luisetti Seeds is asignificant provider of grain and 

seedboth nationallyand internationally. 

Opportunityhas arisenforaCasualStore Person at 

ourAshburtonsite. 

Keyresponsibilitieswill include: 

• Assistingwith theintake anddispatchfunctions 

includinggeneralyardduties 

• Operating modern seed cleaning, treating and 

mixing plants 

• Opportunity to progress into a peramanent 

positionfor the rightapplicant 

You will have aproven history of: reliability and 

punctuality, efficient time management skills, 

working solo and inateam environment, being a 

self-starter, able towork toadeadline, attention 

to detail, working well under pressure and an 

enthusiastic manner. 

A willingness to work extended hours when 

required and a friendly customer focused 

personality would be desirable. Seed cleaning 

experience, knowledge of agriculture and forklift 

licencewould be an advantage but is not essential. 

On sitetraining will be provided. 

Remuneration to reflect the applicants experience 

and ability. 

Applications should detail recent relevant 

experience, qualifications and references. 

Applications will be treated and viewed in 

confidence. Please apply to: 

Luisetti Seeds Ltd 

PO Box77 

Rangiora7440 

Attention: KarenVan Staden 

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TALK to us today about ways 

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HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medicalassistance outside of normal 

hours please phone your general practiceteam, 24/7, 

to speak withahealth professional who 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 ... 

Saturday9th May is 

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7. 

Sunday10th May is 

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7. 

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 foraccessingthe afterhours services will be on the 

answer phone. 

PHARMACIES 

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 

FOR advice on advertising 

call The Courier 308 7664. 

ANIMALS to good homes 

every week in The Courier. 

TheCancer Societyoffering 

supportfor people 

with acancer diagnosis 

and their families 

CANCER SOCIETY 

TheMackenzie Centre, 

122 Kermode Street,Ashburton 

ContactAnnie on 03 307 7691 

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES 

Quality European 

Vehicle Servicing 

•Advanced 

Diagnostics 

•Experienced 

Technicians 

•Collection/Delivery 

‘Free of Charge’ 

in Ashburton 

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Phone 307 0378. 

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